All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon the best of His Prophets and Messengers, the Prophet Muhammad and his family and Companions and those who followed him truthfully until the Day of Judgment. Writing the prophetic biography (PB) is essentially the job of the historians...Read More

This paper presents to researchers an overview of research methodology in Islamic Studies domain, indicating that researchers in the field are not trained to use methodology of scientists. The paper reiterates that Islamic Studies paradigm is centered on the message of the Quran, Sunnah and other instruments of knowledge align with the spirit and objectives...Read More

Integrating knowledge and education has become a major issuein Malaysia in the context of globalization. This study develops ateacher-centered Qur’anic methodology based on the integrationof acquired (‘aqlī) and revealed (naqlī) knowledge as regards content,as well as the integration of teachers’ role in a teaching-learningprocess designed to empower students to manage “self” and“system.” It further investigates...Read More

Nancy Roberts’ translation of Fathi Malkawi’s most recent study representsthe latest addition to the corpus of literature dealing with the Islamization ofKnowledge project. The author’s core argument is that a truly Islamic approachto the study of any phenomenon, whether biological, physical, or social,is definitively characterized by its inherent ability to incorporate both theadvances made in...Read More