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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. 41 No. 3-4 (2024): American Journal of Islam and Society

Published: 2024-12-26

This issue of the American Journal of Islam and Society (Volume 41 Nos. 3-4) comprises three main research articles, which respectively engage with the themes of political loyalty, justice and the just ruler, and popular preaching. We begin with Abdessamad Belhaj’s study, “Political Loyalty in Reformist Islamic Ethics: Resources and Limits.” We then turn to Fadi Zatari and Omar Fili’s contribution, “Justice and the Just Ruler in the Islamic Mirror of Princes.” For our third research article for this issue, we have Hatim Mahamid and Younis Abu Alhaija’s work, “Popular Religious Preaching as Informal Education and its Impact on Medieval Islamic Culture.”

This issue of the AJIS also includes several book reviews, including Iymon Majid’s review essay “Integrating Kashmir.” Majid’s essay considers two recently published and important works, Shahla Hussain’s Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition and Hafsa Kanjwal’s Colonizing Kashmir: State-Building under Indian Occupation. AJIS Volume 41 Nos. 3-4ends with two insightful forum pieces. The first is Mohamed Alio’s contribution, “The Mazrui Dynasty: Serving Islam in East Africa” and the second is Shahzar Raza Khan’s piece on the famous Urdu poet Akbar Allahabadi.

Edtiorial

Editorial Note

David Warren
Abstract 386 | PDF Downloads 121

Page 2-3

Articles

Political Loyalty in Reformist Islamic Ethics

Abdessamad Belhaj
Abstract 930 | PDF Downloads 315

Page 6-33

Justice and the Just Ruler in the Islamic Mirror of Princes

Fadi Zatari, Omar Fili
Abstract 888 | PDF Downloads 248

Page 34-55

Popular Religious Preaching as Informal Education and its Impact on Medieval Islamic Culture

Hatim Mahamid, Younis Abu Alhaija
Abstract 823 | PDF Downloads 262

Page 56-83

Review Essay

Integrating Kashmir: Modernity, Development and Sedimented Narratives

Iymon Majid
Abstract 4864 | PDF Downloads 261

Page 86-100

Book Reviews

Collective Ijtihad: Regulating Fatwa in Postnormal Times

Shiraz Khan
Abstract 491 | PDF Downloads 225

Page 102-107

Slavery & Islam

Anggi Azzuhri
Abstract 662 | PDF Downloads 218

Page 108-112

Islam and Democracy in the 21st Century

Owais Manzoor Dar
Abstract 710 | PDF Downloads 319

Page 113-118

The Exceptional Qur’ān: Flexible and Exceptive Rhetoric in Islam's Holy Book

Ab Majeed Ganaie
Abstract 398 | PDF Downloads 163

Page 119-124

Forum

The Mazrui Dynasty

Mohamed Alio
Abstract 1229 | PDF Downloads 306

Page 126-156

Tackling Displacement

Shahzar Raza Khan
Abstract 593 | PDF Downloads 225

Page 157-182



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