Qur’an and Archeological Discoveries: Evidence from the Near East
This paper examines the archeological remains and historical events that took place in the ancient Near East and compares them…
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Islamic Studies
The Al-sbiu’n (The Sabians): An Overview from the Quranic Commentators,…
The term ‘al-S bi ’n,’ as literally employed in the Qur’ nic commentaries, denotes “peoples who shift from one religion to…
Islamization of the Malay Worldview: Sufi Metaphysical Writings
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Islamic Modernist and Reformist Thought: A Study of the Contribution of Sir…
Muslim modernists, from Middle East to South Asia, asserted the need to ‘reinterpret and reapply’ the principles and ideals of…
The Concept of Al-I‘Tibar and the Fall of the Umayyads: An Explicatory…
This article uses the Quranic philosophy of history, al-I‘tibar, in understanding what’s, why’s and how’s, which brought about…
The Compartmentalisation of Holy Figures: A Case Study of the Heritage of…
When discussing the relevance and value of holy figures in academia, culture and society, it is perhaps easy to…
Qur’an and Archeological Discoveries: Evidence from the Near East
This paper examines the archeological remains and historical events that took place in the ancient Near East and compares them…
Science and Islam
"...I'll end by telling a story. There was once a civilization that was the greatest in the world. It was able to create a…
Arab Civilization
The Arabs were originally the people of the Arabian desert. Converted to Islam in the 7th century A.D., they conquered the…
Science and technology in Medieval Islam
Islam is a religion that began in the 7th century with the prophet Muhammad in Mecca. Muhammad believed that he was a messenger…
The Golden Rule in Islam: Ethics of Reciprocity in Islamic Traditions
The ethics of reciprocity, known as the “golden rule,” is any moral dictum that encourages people to treat others the way they…
Islamic Marketing: Addressing the Muslim Market
The paper aims at filling a gap in international marketing literature covering the various aspects of Islamic marketing mix. Two…
INITIAL REMARKS TO THE DIALECTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE QIY S AND THE HEURISTIC…
Uṣūl al-fiqh (الفقه أصول), that is, the science of Islamic jurisprudence, is deeply rooted on the notion of rational knowledge…
From Text to Law: Islamic Legal Theory and the Practical Hermeneutics of…
Scholars of Islamic law point to the absence of any extant work of legal theory between the Risāla of al-Shāfiʿī and the Fuṣūl…
Islamic Law Bibliography
Islamic law presents a contrast to the Western systems of civil and common law not only in its methods of legal reasoning, but…
QAWA‘ID AL-FIQH: T H E L E G AL MAXI MS OF I S LA M IC L A W
This essay provides a brief introduction to legal maxims, an evidently important chapter of the juristic literature of Islam,…
The Legal Maxims of Islamic Law (Excluding Five Leading Legal Maxims) and…
Al-qawāʿid al-fiqhīyah or legal maxims of Islamic Law are the general rules of fiqh that portray the goals and objectives of the…
A Short History of Ilm ul Usul al- Fiqh (The Science of the Principles of…
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The subject under discussion is the knowledge of the Principles of…
THE PROBLEM OF AL-AMR IN USUL AL-FIQH
This thesis deals with command (amr) in Islamic jurisprudence. In the introduction the significance of amr is explained and the…
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIQH AND KALAM: I ts Brief History and Its Key to…
In the fallawing essay, our main aim is to explore the relationship betweenfiqlı (law) and kalanı (theology). Naturally, in…