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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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Current Issue

Vol. 41 No. 3-4 (2024): American Journal of Islam and Society

Published: 2024-12-26

This issue of the American Journal of Islam and Society (Volume 41 Nos. 3-4) comprises three main research articles, which respectively engage with the themes of political loyalty, justice and the just ruler, and popular preaching. We begin with Abdessamad Belhaj’s study, “Political Loyalty in Reformist Islamic Ethics: Resources and Limits.” We then turn to Fadi Zatari and Omar Fili’s contribution, “Justice and the Just Ruler in the Islamic Mirror of Princes.” For our third research article for this issue, we have Hatim Mahamid and Younis Abu Alhaija’s work, “Popular Religious Preaching as Informal Education and its Impact on Medieval Islamic Culture.”

This issue of the AJIS also includes several book reviews, including Iymon Majid’s review essay “Integrating Kashmir.” Majid’s essay considers two recently published and important works, Shahla Hussain’s Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition and Hafsa Kanjwal’s Colonizing Kashmir: State-Building under Indian Occupation. AJIS Volume 41 Nos. 3-4ends with two insightful forum pieces. The first is Mohamed Alio’s contribution, “The Mazrui Dynasty: Serving Islam in East Africa” and the second is Shahzar Raza Khan’s piece on the famous Urdu poet Akbar Allahabadi.

Edtiorial

Editorial Note

David Warren
Abstract 225 | PDF Downloads 47

Page 2-3

Articles

Political Loyalty in Reformist Islamic Ethics

Abdessamad Belhaj
Abstract 433 | PDF Downloads 168

Page 6-33

Justice and the Just Ruler in the Islamic Mirror of Princes

Fadi Zatari, Omar Fili
Abstract 396 | PDF Downloads 134

Page 34-55

Popular Religious Preaching as Informal Education and its Impact on Medieval Islamic Culture

Hatim Mahamid, Younis Abu Alhaija
Abstract 317 | PDF Downloads 132

Page 56-83

Review Essay

Integrating Kashmir: Modernity, Development and Sedimented Narratives

Iymon Majid
Abstract 4477 | PDF Downloads 140

Page 86-100

Book Reviews

Collective Ijtihad: Regulating Fatwa in Postnormal Times

Shiraz Khan
Abstract 285 | PDF Downloads 88

Page 102-107

Slavery & Islam

Anggi Azzuhri
Abstract 341 | PDF Downloads 130

Page 108-112

Islam and Democracy in the 21st Century

Owais Manzoor Dar
Abstract 513 | PDF Downloads 205

Page 113-118

The Exceptional Qur’ān: Flexible and Exceptive Rhetoric in Islam's Holy Book

Ab Majeed Ganaie
Abstract 253 | PDF Downloads 103

Page 119-124

Forum

The Mazrui Dynasty

Mohamed Alio
Abstract 586 | PDF Downloads 108

Page 126-156

Tackling Displacement

Shahzar Raza Khan
Abstract 211 | PDF Downloads 126

Page 157-182



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