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 737 | PDF Downloads 366

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Articles

In our days, religion has once again become something alien

Sebastian Günther
Abstract 1881 | PDF Downloads 1016

Page 1-30

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

Nevin Reda
Abstract 1147 | PDF Downloads 1937

Page 31-51

Equilibrium and Realization

Mohammed Rustom
Abstract 686 | PDF Downloads 336

Page 52-60

Revivalism or Reformation

Liyakat Takim
Abstract 982 | PDF Downloads 1575

Page 61-81

Water and Sign Magic in al-Jabin, Yemen

Ingrid Hehmeyer
Abstract 1021 | PDF Downloads 1635

Page 82-96

Death and Dying in the Qur’an

Walid Saleh
Abstract 1385 | PDF Downloads 832

Page 97-110

Between the Seventh and the Twenty-first

Omid Safi
Abstract 530 | PDF Downloads 219

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Book Reviews

Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an

Noga Hartmann
Abstract 1438 | PDF Downloads 492

Page 119-121

The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran

Y. Tzvi Langermann
Abstract 2763 | PDF Downloads 1996

Page 121-123

Identity and Religion in Palestine

K. Luisa Gandolfo
Abstract 790 | PDF Downloads 479

Page 124-126

Transnational Muslims in American Society

Alexandra Jerome
Abstract 513 | PDF Downloads 350

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Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century

Sajjad H. Rizvi
Abstract 704 | PDF Downloads 453

Page 129-131

The Heirs of the Prophet

Devin J. Stewart
Abstract 652 | PDF Downloads 458

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Iran in the 21st Century

Houchang Hassan-Yari
Abstract 897 | PDF Downloads 524

Page 133-136

Unity in Diversity

K. Luisa Gandolfo
Abstract 861 | PDF Downloads 578

Page 133-136

Islaamic Rulings for Incarcerated Muslims

Mumina Kowalski
Abstract 747 | PDF Downloads 386

Page 139-141

Medieval Islamic Medicine

Daniel Martin Varisco
Abstract 1025 | PDF Downloads 920

Page 141-143

Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century

Isa Blumi
Abstract 821 | PDF Downloads 594

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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 550 | PDF Downloads 306

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Reports

The Fifth Annual Duke-UNC Graduate Islamic Studies Conference

Ali Altaf Mian
Abstract 569 | PDF Downloads 410

Page 152-155

Muslim Geographies

Richard Phillips
Abstract 430 | PDF Downloads 328

Page 155-158

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

Sameen Ahmed Khan
Abstract 387 | PDF Downloads 322

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