This paper discussed the role and ideas of Sheikh Isma’il Idris in religionand politics in Nigeria. It is very paramount that Islamic scholars are considered to be relevant in modelling the minds of Muslims Ummah towards participation in politics and electoral process. Source: International Journal of Islamic Business & Management Click here to read more.Read More

Sayyid Qutb’s influence upon radical Islamic movements during the secondhalf of the twentieth century is undeniable and has long been recognized. Recentinterest in the rise of radical Islam has led to a number of publications onhim, including a biography by James Calvert and several pieces that analyzecertain aspects of his ideology and writings. James Toth’s...Read More

The subject of Islamic geometric design has been described in numerous ways:Keith Critchlow’s Islamic Patterns and Syed Jan Abbas and Amer ShakerSalman’s Symmetries of Islamic Geometrical Patterns, both highly esotericinterpretations; Owen Jones’ Grammar of Ornament, Emile Prisse d’Avennes’L’Art arabe d’apres les monuments du Kaire, and Jules Bourgoin’s ArabicGeometrical Pattern and Design, all descriptions of drawing...Read More

Over the past few years, an increasing number of academic publications havefocused on the life and work of the Sufi master and theologian Abū l-Qāsim‘Abd al-Karīm b. Hawāzim al-Qushayrī (d. 465/1072 in Nishapur). While thisincreased interest has filled in many gaps in our understanding of this man,an important figure for the Islamic mystical tradition, Nguyen’s...Read More