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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Edtiorial

The Qur’an as Matrix of Islamic Civilization and Society

Todd Lawson
Abstract 826 | PDF Downloads 406

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Articles

In our days, religion has once again become something alien

Sebastian Günther
Abstract 2035 | PDF Downloads 1439

Page 1-30

The Qur’anic Talut (Saul) and the Rise of the Ancient Israelite Monarchy

Nevin Reda
Abstract 1350 | PDF Downloads 2656

Page 31-51

Equilibrium and Realization

Mohammed Rustom
Abstract 739 | PDF Downloads 448

Page 52-60

Revivalism or Reformation

Liyakat Takim
Abstract 1748 | PDF Downloads 2261

Page 61-81

Water and Sign Magic in al-Jabin, Yemen

Ingrid Hehmeyer
Abstract 1148 | PDF Downloads 1946

Page 82-96

Death and Dying in the Qur’an

Walid Saleh
Abstract 1574 | PDF Downloads 1034

Page 97-110

Between the Seventh and the Twenty-first

Omid Safi
Abstract 571 | PDF Downloads 253

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Book Reviews

Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an

Noga Hartmann
Abstract 1768 | PDF Downloads 538

Page 119-121

The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran

Y. Tzvi Langermann
Abstract 3547 | PDF Downloads 2227

Page 121-123

Identity and Religion in Palestine

K. Luisa Gandolfo
Abstract 839 | PDF Downloads 526

Page 124-126

Transnational Muslims in American Society

Alexandra Jerome
Abstract 549 | PDF Downloads 408

Page 126-129

Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century

Sajjad H. Rizvi
Abstract 1021 | PDF Downloads 495

Page 129-131

The Heirs of the Prophet

Devin J. Stewart
Abstract 681 | PDF Downloads 512

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Iran in the 21st Century

Houchang Hassan-Yari
Abstract 954 | PDF Downloads 568

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Unity in Diversity

K. Luisa Gandolfo
Abstract 922 | PDF Downloads 618

Page 133-136

Islaamic Rulings for Incarcerated Muslims

Mumina Kowalski
Abstract 793 | PDF Downloads 420

Page 139-141

Medieval Islamic Medicine

Daniel Martin Varisco
Abstract 1180 | PDF Downloads 1021

Page 141-143

Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century

Isa Blumi
Abstract 968 | PDF Downloads 687

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Forum

U.S. Foreign Policy, Not Islamic Teachings, Account for al-Qaeda’s Draw

Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Alejandro J. Beutel
Abstract 585 | PDF Downloads 346

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Reports

The Fifth Annual Duke-UNC Graduate Islamic Studies Conference

Ali Altaf Mian
Abstract 606 | PDF Downloads 447

Page 152-155

Muslim Geographies

Richard Phillips
Abstract 458 | PDF Downloads 365

Page 155-158

The First International Conference on Arabs’ and Muslims’ History of Sciences

Sameen Ahmed Khan
Abstract 417 | PDF Downloads 373

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