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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 450 | PDF Downloads 154

Page 2-3

Articles

Political Loyalty in Reformist Islamic Ethics

Abdessamad Belhaj
Abstract 1042 | PDF Downloads 366

Page 6-33

Justice and the Just Ruler in the Islamic Mirror of Princes

Fadi Zatari, Omar Fili
Abstract 988 | PDF Downloads 297

Page 34-55

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

Hatim Mahamid, Younis Abu Alhaija
Abstract 902 | PDF Downloads 300

Page 56-83

Review Essay

Integrating Kashmir: Modernity, Development and Sedimented Narratives

Iymon Majid
Abstract 5044 | PDF Downloads 304

Page 86-100

Book Reviews

Collective Ijtihad: Regulating Fatwa in Postnormal Times

Shiraz Khan
Abstract 550 | PDF Downloads 259

Page 102-107

Slavery & Islam

Anggi Azzuhri
Abstract 765 | PDF Downloads 257

Page 108-112

Islam and Democracy in the 21st Century

Owais Manzoor Dar
Abstract 773 | PDF Downloads 380

Page 113-118

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

Ab Majeed Ganaie
Abstract 498 | PDF Downloads 195

Page 119-124

Forum

The Mazrui Dynasty

Mohamed Alio
Abstract 1557 | PDF Downloads 413

Page 126-156

Tackling Displacement

Shahzar Raza Khan
Abstract 721 | PDF Downloads 275

Page 157-182



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