Under this title I organized, on March 26 and 29, 2010, a workshop that discussed the place of Islamic law in the national codes of states with predominantly Muslim populations in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. What place do their codes assign to Islamic law? As none of the states concerned—with the exception of Turkey—declares itself to be a secular state, they can all claim that the law ...

This study aims to analyze rithā’ poetry, which holds a significant place in the literary production of Ṣadr al-Islām (early Islamic) period. To this end, works period, especially poems, will be carefully scrutinized, while tracing development process identifying themes and topics covered, exploring prominent poets genre. Additionally, historical social context played pivotal role emergence evo...

through its evolution, the islamic mysticism was led in pantheism which was introduced by mohi al-din ibn `arabī. although pantheist ideas can be traced among the old mystics but ibn `arabī has been the founder and disciplinarian of such ideas. along with the spread of islam and persian language and literature in india, islamic mysticism, and subsequently, pantheistic mysticism spread in that c...

amongst the poems of the period of jahiliyyah, there may exist some religious terms and concepts that are similar to the quranic terms and concepts. the precedence of these poems over the holy quran, has led some people contemplate that these jahili poetry could be considered as a resource of the quran. this result relies on the comprehensive similarity of the concept of the jahili poetry as we...

At least from the nineteenth century onward, certain observers have viewed Islam as a religion that discourages entrepreneurship by fostering fatalism, conform-ism, and conservatism. 1 Leading Muslim reformers of the nineteenth century, including Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1839–97), believed that this view confuses a perverted form of Islam, which counsels passive resignation to events, with auth...

This article starts with a critical review of the current literature on the Islamic radicalization and Uighur insurgency in Xinjiang, pointing out that existing literature focuses too narrowly on certain aspects of the Uighur insurgency, and is insufficient to explain the causal mechanism of the insurgency and Islamic radicalization. Built upon historical evidence, this article uses sociologica...

This paper highlights the contemporary issues related to credit risk in Islamic banking and Takaful (insurance). These two areas of the Islamic finance are facing several challenges that need to be highlighted. Both are witnessing a global and regional increase in demand and have bright future. In order to secure proper growth, it is essential to adopt proper strategies regarding credit risk ma...

This book investigates the central role of reason in Islamic intellectual life. Despite widespread characterization of Islam as a system of belief based only on revelation, JohnWalbridge argues that rational methods, not fundamentalism, have characterized Islamic law, philosophy, theology, and education since the medieval period. His research demonstrates that this medieval Islamic rational tra...

Shiraz (Islamic Republic of Iran): Islamic World Science Citation Center in Shiraz in collaboration with ISESCO hosted the First International meeting of Research Journal Editors at ISC campus on October 23-24th 2012. It was attended by a select gathering of Research Journal Editors in different subjects from many Islamic countries including Malaysia, Iraq, Egypt, Pakistan, and Bangladesh besid...

This study examines the value analysis in Islamic and conventional banking services in Pakistan. Many scholars have focused on co-creation of values in services but mainly economic values not non-economic. As Islamic banking is based on Islamic principles that are more concerned with non-economic values (well-being, partnership, fairness, trust worthy, and justice) than economic values as money...