Language and law seem to have either distant or no connection at all. However, in reality these two disciplines are closely interconnected and interrelated, particularly in the perspectives of Islamic legal theory. One’s language competence is among the determining factors in comprehending Islamic law. This is because in Islamic legal theory, law is derived from...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

Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? What is my moral responsibility towards myself and others? The human being asks himself these and tens of other crucial questions from time to time, but can find no satisfactory answer unless he listens to the call of revelation. When he does this,...Read More

The outbreak of Arab uprisings across the Middle East in early 2011 coincided with a marked rise of Islamic political movements in the Arab world. The electoral successes of Islamic political groups, particularly in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Morocco, reflect this rise. These successes were, in part, an expression of the desire shared by a...Read More