Any study of music and music related issues in Muslim society has a double task. It should contribute a body of ideas and data that would satisfy scholars in the fields of ethnomusicology and Islamic studies; and in addition, it should speak meaningfully to members of Muslim society around the world. In order to satisfy...Read More

Islam is the chosen religion of God. It is therefore, a complete way and a comprehensive system of life; and it is so, not in theory alone. Islam is comprehensive in its practicality. By the third century after the Hijrah, the Islamic system of law was complete. The shari’ah covered all the areas usually treated...Read More

When discussing the first pillar (rukn) of Islam, scholars usually tend to pay all their attention to the concept of monotheism or tawhid. Tawhid is, no doubt, a very important principle of ‘slam and the most supreme value in its religious structure. In this paper, however, we would like to discuss the notion of Shahadah...Read More

The rarity of material evidence for the religion of Islam during the first seventy years of the hijra (622-92 CE) has been used to attack the traditional positivist account of the rise of Islam. However, the earliest declarations of Islam are to be found on media produced by the early Islamic state. It is therefore...Read More