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 758 | PDF Downloads 376

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Articles

In our days, religion has once again become something alien

Sebastian Günther
Abstract 1962 | PDF Downloads 1216

Page 1-30

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

Nevin Reda
Abstract 1211 | PDF Downloads 2103

Page 31-51

Equilibrium and Realization

Mohammed Rustom
Abstract 703 | PDF Downloads 397

Page 52-60

Revivalism or Reformation

Liyakat Takim
Abstract 1169 | PDF Downloads 1674

Page 61-81

Water and Sign Magic in al-Jabin, Yemen

Ingrid Hehmeyer
Abstract 1057 | PDF Downloads 1674

Page 82-96

Death and Dying in the Qur’an

Walid Saleh
Abstract 1412 | PDF Downloads 903

Page 97-110

Between the Seventh and the Twenty-first

Omid Safi
Abstract 550 | PDF Downloads 230

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Book Reviews

Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an

Noga Hartmann
Abstract 1512 | PDF Downloads 507

Page 119-121

The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran

Y. Tzvi Langermann
Abstract 2972 | PDF Downloads 2074

Page 121-123

Identity and Religion in Palestine

K. Luisa Gandolfo
Abstract 809 | PDF Downloads 491

Page 124-126

Transnational Muslims in American Society

Alexandra Jerome
Abstract 530 | PDF Downloads 368

Page 126-129

Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century

Sajjad H. Rizvi
Abstract 870 | PDF Downloads 463

Page 129-131

The Heirs of the Prophet

Devin J. Stewart
Abstract 662 | PDF Downloads 466

Page 131-133

Iran in the 21st Century

Houchang Hassan-Yari
Abstract 912 | PDF Downloads 538

Page 133-136

Unity in Diversity

K. Luisa Gandolfo
Abstract 893 | PDF Downloads 590

Page 133-136

Islaamic Rulings for Incarcerated Muslims

Mumina Kowalski
Abstract 764 | PDF Downloads 392

Page 139-141

Medieval Islamic Medicine

Daniel Martin Varisco
Abstract 1089 | PDF Downloads 948

Page 141-143

Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century

Isa Blumi
Abstract 846 | PDF Downloads 637

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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 560 | PDF Downloads 316

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Reports

The Fifth Annual Duke-UNC Graduate Islamic Studies Conference

Ali Altaf Mian
Abstract 582 | PDF Downloads 413

Page 152-155

Muslim Geographies

Richard Phillips
Abstract 442 | PDF Downloads 339

Page 155-158

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

Sameen Ahmed Khan
Abstract 398 | PDF Downloads 334

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