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Established in 1984, the American Journal of Islam and Society (AJIS) is an open-access, biannual, double-blind peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary journal with global reach, published by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), and distributed worldwide.


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The Department of Publication and Translations (DPT) at the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) congratulates and celebrates Professor Mehmet Asutay on being awarded the prestigious 2024 Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Prize for Impactful Achievement in Islamic Economics (www.IsDBInstitute.org) earned for his significant and influential contributions to the field of Islamic economics and finance.


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Current Issue

Vol. 41 No. 2 (2024): American Journal of Islam and Society

Published: 2024-08-07

Volume 41 Issue 2 of the American Journal of Islam and Society comprises four main research articles, each of which engages themes of Muslim collectiv­ity, community, and umma from different vantage points. The first article is Rezart Beka’s contribution, “The Reconceptualization of the Umma and Ummatic Actions in Abdullah Bin Bayyah’s Discourse.” The second article is titled “An Egyptian Ethicist: Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh Drāz (1894-1958) and His Qurʾān-Based Moral Theory” by Ossama Abdelgawwad. The third research article for this issue is “The Other Legitimate Game in Town? Understanding Public Support for the Caliphate in the Islamic World”, a co-au­thored study by Mujtaba A. Isani, Daniel Silverman, and Joseph J. Kaminski. The fourth and final research article in this issue is Ashwak Hauter’s, “The Reparative Work of the Imagination: Yemen, ‘Afiya, and Politics of the Umma”.
 
This issue of the American Journal of Islam and Society also includes a number of insightful book reviews, including editor Ovamir Anjum’s review essay engaging Joel Hayward’s recent work The Warrior Prophet: Muhammad and War and Celene Ibrahim’s author response to a review authored in a previous issue on her book, Women and Gender in the Qur’an.

Edtiorial

Editorial Note

David Warren
Abstract 443 | PDF Downloads 85

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Articles

An Egyptian Ethicist

Ossama Abdelgawwad
Abstract 643 | PDF Downloads 157

Page 46-79

The Other Legitimate Game in Town? Understanding Public Support for the Caliphate in the Islamic World

Mujtaba Ali Isani, Daniel Silverman, Joseph J. Kaminski
Abstract 934 | PDF Downloads 607

Page 80-117

The Reparative Work of the Imagination

Ashwak Hauter
Abstract 706 | PDF Downloads 205

Page 118-144

Review Essay

The Warrior Prophet: Muhammad and War

Ovamir Anjum
Abstract 1340 | PDF Downloads 258

Page 146-157

Book Reviews

Response to Zainab Bint Younus’ Review of "Women and Gender in the Qur’an"

Celene Ibrahim
Abstract 493 | PDF Downloads 160

Page 160-165

Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire

Yohanan Friedmann
Abstract 611 | PDF Downloads 127

Page 171-177

Islamic Architecture: A World History

Tammy Gaber
Abstract 383 | PDF Downloads 162

Page 178-185



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