(Not) Using Political Islam: The German Empire and Its Failed Propaganda…
The defeat of Nazi Germany in World War ii brought to an end what Bloch has termed the imperial phase of German history…
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The Ottoman Proclamation of Jihad
Why did the Ottoman empire proclaim Jihad in November 1914 and who was the proclamation’s genuine author? Did the impetus come…
Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, “Holy War” and Colonial Concerns
In the January 1915 issue of the leading Dutch cultural journal De Gids Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936) published an…
Classical Islamic Discourse on the Origins of Language: Cultural Memory and…
Classical Islamic scholarship developed two principal theses on the subject of the origin of language (aṣl al-lugha). The first…
Improving Students’ Sense to Learn Language in Islamic Institution of…
Arabic should be the favourite subject by the students. In addition, Arabic is also the language of Al-Qur'an. As the language…
Media in Muslim Contexts: Inventing and Reinventing Identities (Abstracts)
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Religious Ideas: Islam in the Malay Press
The coverage of Islam in Malaysian newspapers is an intricate matter. This paper discusses the concept of Islam and other…
Right, Left & Wrong: A Comparison of East and West Coverage of Islam
This paper is intended to be a brief comparison of some of the Western and non-Western media coverage of Islamic movements,…
Islamic Imagery and American Policy
As the self-proclaimed “sole world superpower,” the United States has taken a sharp turn toward militarizing its response to a…
Is Objective Reporting on Islam Possible? Contextualising the Demon
Although much of the media in the West claims to be impartial, liberal, free and objective, in reality it is biased, subjective,…
Globalisation of Media Ethics and Localisation of Media Values
The reading and viewing public are not passive consumers. They react to the media, and influence how it speaks to them.…
Four Years after September 11th: The Failure of Western Media
We have reached the fourth anniversary of the terrible attacks of September 11, 2001. I am sorry to say that, in my view, the…
Covering Islam: Challenges & Opportunities for Media in the Global…
It cannot be denied that the events of the last few years in both the global and local arenas have had some impact on tensions…
Answering for Islam: Journalistic and Islamic Conceptions of Authority
Media representations of Muslims in Britain have often disappointed both faith practitioners and scholars. Imputed failings…
“Islamic garden in Christian world” “Christian garden in Islamic world”
Landscape Design in the Middle East is a little-documented subject1. Until relatively recently conventional academic research…
The Algorithm of Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) with Validation of an…
The historic background of algorithmic processing with regard to etymology and methodology is translated into terms of…
An Islamic Perspective of Teaching Philosophy: A Personal Justification
This paper examines the rationale for my teaching philosophy from an Islamic perspective. The theoretical issues in this paper…
Halal Food Issues from Islamic and Modern Science Perspectives
Adulteration of food products has become a common issue in many countries. Adulteration is the act of intentionally take the…
MUSLIM INFLUENCES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION
We hear too much in history about wars and conflicts and too little about the co-operation and mutual influences between various…