the encounter of the qur’an and the prophet (a.s) with women’s presence in social-religious and political arenas is one of the important subjects considered by the orientalists. in her article, “women and the state in early islam”, nabia abbott has investigated this subject. her extensive knowledge about the qur’an and the prophetic tradition requires us to pay a special attention to her viewpo...

This article investigates multiculturalism by examining the relationship between migrants’ group demands and liberal states’ policies for politically accommodating cultural and religious difference. It focuses especially on Islam. The empirical research compares migrants’ claims-making for group demands in countries with different traditions for granting recognition to migrants’ cultural differ...

A scientific, economic relationship among self, society and nation is still not clearly known in philosophy, sociology and economics because of lack of concrete historical human data that would enable to substantiate it. Humanity experienced many conflicting economic and political systems. Consequently, philosophers, sociologists and economists have been investigating to study the economic rela...

In this paper, attempts will be made to study and understand the lawful and unlawful foods in the light of Islamic Medical law focus on ethical aspect that has been practiced during Islamic civilization. We will realize that lawful and unlawful foods are not, as some imagine, mere pretense, but rather constitute the divine command which protects against many diseases. In order to present such a...

This article bridges Sri Lankan studies and the academic debate on the relation between contemporary Islam and politics. It constitutes a case study of the Muslim community in Akkaraipattu on Sri Lanka’s war-ridden east coast. Over two decades of ethnically colored conflict have made Muslim identity of paramount importance, but the meanings attached to that identity vary substantively. Politici...

this paper firstly introduces the structure and the content of 'political thought in medieval islam'. the content has two main parts, covering ten chapters totally. in the main part of the paper some critical notes are mentioned and some ameliorative and constructive suggestions are presented. the major headlines of these critiques are as follows: lacking clear methodology and theoret...