This issue begins with an editorial on humanistic education and Islam by the journal editor, Ovamir Anjum.
It then features two research articles: Kareem Rosshandler's "A Review of Contemporary Arabic Scholarship on the Use of Israiliyyat for Interpreting the Qur'an" is an important exploration of how modern Arabophone Muslim exegetes employ Israelite narratives in their commentaries. The second article, Abbas Ahsan's "Quine's Ontology and the Islamic Tradition" is a meticulous philosophical treatment of a fundamental point: whether naturalist philosophy, particularly in its Quinean form, is commensurable with an absolutely transcendent notion of God as expressed in certain dominant theological traditions of Islam.
A review essay on the second edition of Jonathan Brown's celebrated book Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World precedes eight book reviews.
Finally, in a refreshing and provocative essay, "Islam in English" Oludamini Ogunnaike and Mohammed Rustom make a case for new vocabulary that could express, not merely describe, Islam in English.
Edtiorial
Editorial
Abstract 247 | PDF Downloads 167 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i2.863Page vii-xv
Articles
A Review of Contemporary Arab Scholarship on the Use of Isrāʾīlīāt for Interpreting the Qurʾan
Abstract 396 | PDF Downloads 387 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i2.200Quine’s Ontology and the Islamic Tradition
Abstract 350 | PDF Downloads 345 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i2.152Review Essay
Book Reviews
Applying Ibn Khaldūn
Abstract 392 | PDF Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i2.581Page 74-78
Suburban Islam
Abstract 385 | PDF Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i2.583Page 78-82
Young Muslim America
Abstract 412 | PDF Downloads 271 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i2.584Page 82-84
Muslim Americans
Abstract 411 | PDF Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i2.585Page 85-86
New Directions in Islamic Education
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Longing for the Lost Caliphate
Abstract 513 | PDF Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i2.588Page 95-98
The Arab Spring
Abstract 877 | PDF Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i2.589Page 98-101
Forum
Islam in English
Abstract 519 | PDF Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i2.590Page 102-111