About the Journal

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. 42 No. 1-2 (2025): American Journal of Islam and Society

Edtiorial

Editorial Note

David H. Warren
Abstract 684 | PDF Downloads 169

Page 2-4

Articles

Reconceptualizing Political Obedience in Islamic Thought

Bachar Bakour
Abstract 3099 | PDF Downloads 652

Page 6-41

The Role of Religiosity in Shaping Sustainable Behavior

Sahibzada Muhammad Hamza, Nasim Shah Shirazi
Abstract 2128 | PDF Downloads 319

Page 42-83

Textual Authority and Modern Urdū Exegetical Interpretations

Naveed Anjum
Abstract 1107 | PDF Downloads 226

Page 84-109

Book Reviews

On the Scale of the World: The Formation of Black Anticolonial Thought

Hamza Dudgeon
Abstract 790 | PDF Downloads 334

Page 112-120

Muslim Prayer in American Public Life

Hussein Rashid
Abstract 2481 | PDF Downloads 209

Page 128-132

The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Women

Nevin Reda
Abstract 784 | PDF Downloads 237

Page 133-137

Qiṣṣat ḥayāt al-Bukhārī: Sīra tārīkhiyya jadīda

Muntasir Zaman
Abstract 895 | PDF Downloads 603

Page 148-153

Forum

The Discourse of the ʿUlamā’ on the Boko Haram Phenomenon in Northern Nigeria

Ismail Hashim Abubakar
Abstract 2096 | PDF Downloads 182

Page 156-177



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