the phenomenon of conversion to islam in the territories conquered by the muslim arabs, is one of the ambiguous and controversial topics in the studies of islamic history. major part of the social transformation of copts in islamic egypt returns to their conversion from christianity to islam. gradual changing of the majority to a minority group under muslim rule was a complex process, because m...

in the previous articles, dr. tijani presented a theoretical discussion over the fact that how political concepts and ideas are present in the stories of prophets. in this article he studies the meccan verses addressed to the koreyshites. he believes that political ideas were present in all devine religions and that they exist in islam, as well, because it is the continuation of the previous re...

T he Arab uprisings of 2011 left an indelible mark on the region. As Long-standing presidents fell in four countries, many wondered if a wave of democratization might be sweeping the region. This early optimism soon faded as countries as protests were violently suppressed in Bahrain and subsequently Libya, Syrian and Yemen fell into civil war. This narrative of the failure of the uprisings to y...

in the first part of article, published in the previous issue, the writer explained the generel charactristics of islamic political system. in this part he explains the sunnite political system. according to the writer the sunnite's attempt at presenting specific interpretations of saghafiyye led to the provision of a fairly coherent collection of the principles of the sunnite political sy...