AJISS, established in 1984, is a quarterly, double blind peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary journal, published by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), and distributed worldwide. The journal showcases a wide variety of scholarly research on all facets of Islam and the Muslim world including subjects such as anthropology, history, philosophy and metaphysics, politics, psychology, religious law, and traditional Islam.

 

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4

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Editorial

Basheer Nafi
Abstract 479 | PDF Downloads 240 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2353
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Articles

Heresy or Hermeneutics

Charles Hirschkind
Abstract 1955 | PDF Downloads 864 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2366

Page 463-477

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Sacral Qualities of Form in Mosque Architecture

Salim A. Elwazani
Abstract 680 | PDF Downloads 282 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2367

Page 478-495

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The Moral Context of the Prohibition of Riba in Islam Revisited

Abdullah Saeed
Abstract 2370 | PDF Downloads 741 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2368

Page 496-517

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Designing the Islamic Component of a Proposed World Religion Curriculum for South African State Schools

Ray Basson
Abstract 423 | PDF Downloads 208 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2369

Page 518-533

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Reflections

Why Muhammad?

Murad Wilfried Hofmann
Abstract 611 | PDF Downloads 310 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2354

Page 534-538

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Some Remarks on the Islamic and the Secular Paradigms of Knowledge

Taha J. al Alwani
Abstract 450 | PDF Downloads 549 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2355

Page 539-544

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Review Essay

Desacralizing Secularism

Parvez Manzoor
Abstract 394 | PDF Downloads 493 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2356

Page 545-559

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Book Reviews

Al Hurriyat al 'Ammah fi al Dawlah al Islamiyah

Khaled Alhroub
Abstract 790 | PDF Downloads 333 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2357

Page 560-564

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Western Domination and Political Islam

Basit B. Koshul
Abstract 526 | PDF Downloads 283 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2358

Page 564-566

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Rethinking Middle East Politics

David Priess
Abstract 494 | PDF Downloads 536 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2359

Page 566-568

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Early Philosophical Shi'ism

Mehdi Aminrazavi
Abstract 702 | PDF Downloads 371 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2360

Page 568-571

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Central Asia Reader

Farkhad S. Juraev
Abstract 453 | PDF Downloads 350 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2362

Page 571-575

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Islamic Banking in Pakistan

Shujaat A. Khan
Abstract 722 | PDF Downloads 333 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2363

Page 576-578

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Reports

The Plight of Islam in Europe

John Horvath
Abstract 434 | PDF Downloads 290 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2361

Page 579-583

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Research Notes

Al Ghazali between Philosophy and Sufism

Yasin Ceylan
Abstract 1691 | PDF Downloads 613 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2364

Page 584-589

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Seminars

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

Ingrid Mattson
Abstract 374 | PDF Downloads 287 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v12i4.2365

Page 590-594

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