Book Review: The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian…
In his most recent work, The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of ModernU. S.-Iranian Relations, Ervand Abrahamian…
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Islam, Sexuality, and the “War on Terror”: Luce Irigaray’s Post- Colonial…
This paper explores the reasons why, in the aftermath of 9/11, the interests of Muslim women and Muslim gays have become the…
Book Review: Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World…
Index Islamicus, begun in 1906, is a database of bibliographic information of publications in all areas of studies connected with…
Book Review: Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning and Interpretation in…
This book surveys the development of literal meaning and literalism in Islam and Islamic legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh) in…
The Martin Luther of Islam?: Ismail al-Faruqi’s Impact on Contemporary…
John Esposito and John Voll narrate in their Makers of Contemporary Islam a brief story: “An old Christian acquaintance of…
From Christianity to Islam: An Analysis of Ibn Rabban’s Approach towards…
With the expansion of Muslim territory in the ninth century, non-Muslim communities’ reactions to the denials of the prophethood…
The Objectives and References of Mi‘yar al-‘Ilm fi Fann al-Mantiq
Mi‘yar al-‘Ilm fi Fann al-Mantiq of al-Ghazali is the first book written specifically on Muslim logic. But the comprehensive and…
Inter-Religious Dialogue: The Perspective of Malaysian Contemporary Muslim…
Malaysia is a country that is rich for the diversity of its people. This diversity can be seen from the aspect of faith,…
Muslim Worlds’ Missed Opportunity
The longing to recapture the glorious past of Islam is almost universal in the Muslim world. An accurate diagnosis of failed…
Purpose of the Creation of Man: Quran’s True Version of Anthropic Principle
Scientists, especially theoretical physicists and cosmological philosophers have always wondered the beauty of the universe,…
The Notion of Sunna: An Eclectic Reading in the Ibadhi Legacy
This paper offers a cursory reading in the Ibadhi legacy, drawing on its diversity in place and time. It investigates the notion…
Education during the Arab Renaissance and Its Path to the West
Islam was at the origin of schools, during the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, as every Moslem had to know how to read the Koran.…
The Incompatibility of the Vision of God as a Basis of Factual Belief from…
Religious people may feel confident that they have something that nonreligious people lack, namely, direct experience of God.…
Al-Attas’ Philosophy of History on the Arrival and Proliferation of Islam…
This article examines the philosophy of history of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas on the theory of the arrival and spread of…
Rational Explanation of the Relationship between the Material Intellect and…
The relationship between the material intellect and the active intellect from Averroes’ perspective is an important and yet…
The Concept of Rights and Protection to Employees: A Comparative Overview
Issues relating to the rights and protection accorded to employees throughout their employment with the employers is a matter…
Muslim Societies’ Ambivalence to Arabic: Reasons, Manifestations and…
The relationship between Arabic and Islam was conceived when the commandments of Allah were revealed to Muslims in Arabic. In…
Makkah is the Ultimate Multilingual Phenomenon
The majority of the published studies on multilingualism concentrate on education, while only a few published papers describe…
Islamic Legal Maxims Analysis on Orthognathic Surgery and Treatment
Medical treatment by Muslim doctors will sometimes be influenced by Islamic law and ethics rather than solely medical…
Maslahah’s Role as an Instrument for Revival of Ijtihad
Islam presents a comprehensive system of life based on divine guidance. Its dynamism is due its general principles through which…