Editor's Desk
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From Makkah to Washington DC Islamic Reformation is the buzz word. Though the reform movement is no new innovation in Islam, nevertheless, the rallying cry for reforming Islam from within had never attained such a high pitch. And despite the fact that reformation has an Islamic basis, the external pressure to do so has cast a shadow of doubt on the nature of the reform itself. Then, there are intellectuals in the west, whose…
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Leaders
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Getting Behind The Woman Imam
Dr. Amina Wadud, a female Religious Studies professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, in the United States, led a mixed gender prayer service in New York City on March…
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Conventions Should Not Be Mistaken For Islam
Mothers, sisters and daughters of the Ummah, Assalamu Alaikum O Rahmatullah. This is not the first occasion when I have had the opportunity to visit a religious educational institution meant…
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Insight
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Islamic Discourse between Tradition and Modernity
Introduction: One of the prerequisites of an active interaction with the multiple changes witnessed by our world is a reconsideration of the systems and patterns adopted in our intellectual and…
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Ethics And Globalization: The Interreligious Challenge
I consider it a special honor to have been invited to deliver this third Meriol Trevor lecture commemorating the life and work of this outstanding member of the Bathonian community.…
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Globalization And Emerging Challenges To Islam In Asia
Globalization is posing challenges in almost all the fields – economic, political, cultural and religious. Ideally speaking every change brings its own challenges which have to be faced either by…
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Globalization At Crossroads Of Warfare, Revolution, And Universalization: The Islamic Panacea, Stratagem And Policy Instruments
A Retrospective on Globalization The world has entered the 21st century along with a hope of globalization-based development of all nations, regions and inhabitants of the world. Today, globalization is…
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The Politics Of Islamic Finance
There has been surprisingly little written on the politics of Islamic finance, yet government policy has obvious implications for the development of Islamic finance. Some governments have been very supportive,…
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