art has not been extensively discussed in the islamic tradition, except a few instances in the islamic jurisprudence. there is no discussion of the essence or definition of art in islamic scholarly spheres, including philosophical spheres. one can find nothing comparable to the philosophy of art as found in the western philosophy, especially after the eighteenth century, in the philosophical or...

Accounting for accounting demands renewed attention to the knowledge practices of the accounting profession and anthropological analysis. Using data and theory from Islamic accountancy in Indonesia and the global network of Islamic financial engineers, this article challenges work on accounting’s rhetorical functions by attending to the inherent reflexivity of accounting practice and the practi...

islamic consciousness is set of people-revolutionaries which has being started at late 2010 s, including rising and rebelling of bahrainian on 14th feb. 2011. but this rising is different from others because of bahrain media's trying as well as western governing's efforts about clannish so that it is adapted as shiite cultism, belligerent antagonistic motion against sunnite. the topic...

Al Qaeda and its affiliated groups offer the analyst a highly complex challenge. The current literature classifies Islamic terrorist organizations as either networked or hierarchical. Yet, this classification fails to account for the appearance on the international stage of a new type of global terrorism. Most notably, it does not capture the structure and mode of operation of Al Qaeda as it em...

This paper discusses the case of securitization in Islamic finance to tease out what is universal and what is specific about this technique. To do this, the paper frames the spatial dispersal of securitization as a form of ‘organizational mimicry’, which highlights that techniques always rely for their functioning on locally rooted ‘cultures of practice’, suggesting that successful transplantat...

Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies is an interdisciplinary program whose purpose is to explore the historical experience; literary, religious and cultural expression; and political and material life of the Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern civilizations. Our program is unique in the United States because it integrates Islamic studies and Jewish studies. Whether students favor the study of ...

see Leor Halevi, Muhammad’s Grave: Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007). See also Jane Idleman Smith and Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1981). On twentiethcentury reformist movements and political debates there is a vast literature; see, e.g., Richard P. ...