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Human dignity in Islam and its impact on society

Islamic history has witnessed varying patterns of Muslim-non-Muslim relations, and contemporary Muslim societies are also seeing occasional lapses into negative…
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Human Benefits: Science and technology in Islam

  Questions have been asked on how Islam relates to science and technology. We respond to this from the perspective…
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A Quranic perspective on thinking

The Quran repeatedly invites its readers to think about the signs of God in the universe and within themselves, and…
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Organ, blood donation acts of great merit

The permissibility in Islam of organ and tissue transplant and blood donation is supposed to be a settled issue here…
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International Best Book of the Year Award

Tehran, February 7, 2017- The Middle Path of Moderation in Islam: The Qur’anic Principle of Wasatiyyah was named as the…
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Religion not the root cause of conflicts

Mainstream media tend to associate extremism and terrorism with Islam, but evidence shows otherwise. The root causes of most present-day…
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Islam and sustainable growth

    Sustainable development (SD) gained traction in the 1960s due to heightened apprehensions over crucial issues of human survival.…
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Shariah Regulations and Contemporary Reforms of Waqf

The paper I have prepared is entitled: ‘Shariah Regulations in Contemporary Reforms of Waqf’ and I have focused mainly on…
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Public Policy in Islam: Exploring Synergies Between Siyasah Shariyyah and Maqasid al-Shari’ah

Siyasah Shar’iyyah is the nearest equivalent of public policy, with one difference perhaps, which is that the Islamic notion of…
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What Everyone Needs to Know about Shariah Featured

The information on Shariah provided in this paper is organized in 52 pages and eight sections, all in question and…
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Extremism, Terrorism and Islam: Juristic and historical perspectives

In this two-part series on 'Extremism, Terrorism and Islam: Juristic and historical perspectives', Mohammad Hashim Kamali, founding CEO of IAIS…
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The Relationship Between Executive and Parliament and the Problem of Constitutional Interpretation and Adjudication During the Karzai Years Featured

This article advances an enquiry into President Hamid Karzai’s (r. 2001-2014) constitutional legacy with special reference to relations between the…
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Interview: Afghanistan's Prospective 'Unity' Government: A Test for the Constitution

The plan for a “unity government” in Afghanistan that includes both of the top presidential candidates will test the integrity…
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The Right to Personal Safety and the Principle of Legality in the Shariah

The Right to Personal Safety and the Principle of Legality in the Shariah
This is a somewhat revised version of a paper presented at the International Conference on Islamic Criminal Judicial Prodecure organized…
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Islam, Rationality and Science

Introduction The debate over the compatibility of Islam and science still continues to invoke responses from basically two opposite camps:…
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Viewpoints: Bribery and Corruption from a Shariah Perspective

Viewpoints: Bribery and Corruption from a Shariah Perspective
 The on-going campaign Malaysia is waging against corruption has gained momentum. Tunku Abdul Aziz called it an “All-Malaysian duty” in…
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Of God's Many names and the Use of 'Allah'

'Allah' is the Arabic equivalent of 'God'. And the two words have been used synonymously by all people throughout the…
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Ethics and Finance: Perspectives of the Sharī'ah and Its Higher Objectives

Ethics and Finance: Perspectives of the Sharī'ah and Its Higher Objectives
Abstract This article begins with the ethical foundations of Islam that are relevant to commercial transactions- much of which strikes…
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VIEWPOINTS: Afghanistan’s Peace Talks Stalling for Lack of Initiative

Introduction In recent months Kabul, Washington and the Taliban have made overtures to work out a negotiated settlement for Afghanistan…
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Viewpoints: Exploring Facets of Islam on Security and Peace: Amnesty and Pardon in Islamic Law

Viewpoints: Exploring Facets of Islam on Security and Peace: Amnesty and Pardon in Islamic Law
Amnesty, pardon, and forgiveness are the means, in Islamic theology and law, as in most other world traditions, of relieving…
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Qiyas (Analogy)

The Encyclopedia of Religion, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1987, Vol 12, pp 128-30.
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Have we Neglected the Shariah Law Doctrine of Maslahah

Islamic Studies, Vol. 27 (1988), pp 287-305.
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The Approved and Disapproved Varieties of Ra'y (Personal Opinion) in Islam

The Approved and Disapproved Varieties of Ra'y (Personal Opinion) in Islam
Abstract While Islam emphasizes confirmity to the direction of the Qur'an and Sunnah, one finds in the same sources a…
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Divorce And Women's Rights: Should Women have Equal Rights

The traditional Islamic law of divorce has undergone considerable change in almost all Muslim countries during twentieth century. These reforms…
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Fiqhi Issues in Commodity Futures

ed. by Munawar Iqbal and Tariqullah Khan, Financial Engineering and Islamic Contracts, NY: Palgraves (2005), pp 20-57.
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Konsep Hudud Luar Tidak Terhad

  being the Malay translation of my article “The Hudud Concept,” serialised in 3 instalments in the K.L, Malaysia, broadsheet…
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Shariah and Civil Law: Toward a Methodology of Harmonisation

Shariah and Civil Law: Toward a Methodology of Harmonisation
Abstract The essay is presented in two parts. In Part I, [the author] explores the meaning of harmonization both as…
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The Principles of Halal and Haram in Islam

The Principles of Halal and Haram in Islam
  Book chapter in Halal Development Corporation: The Modern Compendium Halal Volume 1: The Essence of Halal, Kuala Lumpur, 2011,…
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Islamic Personal Law Featured

The area of personal law is often considered to be the main bastion of Islamic law. One reason for this…
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Madhhab (Legal School)

  The Encyclopedia of Religion (as above), Vol. 9, pp 66-70.
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The Limits of Power in an Islamic State

The Limits of Power in an Islamic State
There exists a difference of perspective between Muslim scholars and their Western counterparts on the nature and characteristics of Islamic…
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Siyasah Shariyyah or the Policies of Islamic Government

Siyasah Shariyyah or the Policies of Islamic Government
Siyasah shar'iyah is a broad doctrine of Islamic Law which authorizes the ruler to determine the manner in which the…
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Civilian and Democratic Dimensions of Governance in Islam

Civilian and Democratic Dimensions of Governance in Islam
  Classical Islamic political thought contains ideas and principles comparable to modern day tenets of democracy and pluralism. Islamic thought…
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Environmental Care in Islam: A Quranic Perspective

Environmental Care in Islam: A Quranic Perspective
 Abstract This article addresses the human-earth relationship from an Islamic perspective in two parts. The first part draws attention to…
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Not Easy to Use Laws Against Black Magic Featured

Not Easy to Use Laws Against Black Magic
A SYARIAH High Court judge suggested at a seminar in Kuantan early last month that Malaysia should criminalise black magic…
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The Absence of Islam in Arab Spring

The Absence of Islam in Arab Spring
The Arab uprising is still unfolding and uncertainties exist that may yet be clarified in the course of time. But…
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Is Peace Normative in Islam? Featured

Is Peace Normative in Islam?
The centrality of peace in Islam is manifested by its nomenclature: Islām signifies peace, and then also in the daily…
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Transgenders and Justice in Islam

Transgenders and Justice in Islam
THE untimely death of Ashraf Hafiz Abdul Aziz at 26 and the difficulties he faced put many in a reflective…
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The Shariah Stand on Abandoned Child

The Shariah Stand on Abandoned Child
Muslim jurist have addressed the issue of an abandoned child (laqit) from diffirent angles beginning with the existence of a…
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Islamic Family Law Reform: Problems and Prospects

Islamic Family Law Reform: Problems and Prospects
Abstract This article features with a general characterisation of the Qur'an with reference to family law and gender equity. Its…
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The absence of Islam in Arab Spring

The absence of Islam in Arab Spring
  While most of the recent movements in the Muslim world have been spearheaded by Islamic parties and leaders, the…
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Classical and Contemporary Approaches to Education Featured

Abstract This article charts the historical trajectories of education in Islam, surveying the scriptural, philosophical, and institutional foundations and examines…
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Islam’s Views on Sorcery, Black Magic

Islam’s Views on Sorcery, Black Magic
Black magic is condemned in Islam but Muslim thinkers are not clear on how to deal with this superstitious holdover…
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Constitutionalism and Democracy

Constitutionalism and Democracy: An Islamic Perspective,” Islam and Civilisational Renewal, Vol. 2, No: 1 (October 2010), 18-45.
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Causality and Divine Action: The Islamic Perspective

Introduction Much has been said about the nature of causality. Scientists, philosophers and theologians have offered different perspective as to…
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Appellate Review and Judicial Independence in Islamic Law

 Appellate review and judicial independence are interrelated in the sense thatindependence can hardly become a reality in the administration of…
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Tas'ir (Price Control) in Islamic Law

Tas'ir (Price Control) in Islamic Law
The market (suq or bazar) has a distinctive place in the history of Islamic civilization. Makkah and Madinah were major…
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Viewpoints: Debt Management with a Conscience

Viewpoints: Debt Management with a Conscience
The world experienced two major financial crises within a decade: the currency and stock market crises of 1997-98, and now…
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Allah in the Qur'an and Scholastic Theology

The extraordinary sensitivity that Malaysian Muslims have manifested over the non-Muslim use of 'Allah' leaves on in no doubt that…
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The Halal Industry from a Shariah Perspective

The Halal Industry from a Shariah Perspective
 Abstract The halal industry is still in its early stage of development, and efforts to chart the way foward in…
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Diversity and Pluralism: A Qur’anic Perspective

Diversity and Pluralism: A Qur’anic Perspective
Abstract This article begins with a review of the meaning and concept of pluralism and such of its allied words…
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Islam Hadhari from a Shari’ah perspective

“Islam Hadhari from a Shari’ah perspective”, Islam Hadhari: Bridging Tradition and Modernity, Kuala Lumpur: The Intl Institute of Islamic Thought…
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Kartika Drags Shariah, Justice into Spotlight

Kartika Drags Shariah, Justice into Spotlight
Mohammad Hashim Kamali examines the reasoning, or the lack thereof, behind the Kuantan syariah court judgment.  ........ Download the full…
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Citizenship: An Islamic Pespective

Citizenship: An Islamic Pespective
 Abstract Citizenship in its contemporary context has developed in tandem with the expansive role and functions of the nation state.…
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Strictly from the Quranic Perspective

Strictly from the Quranic Perspective
With syariah legistlation continuing to develop in the empowerment of religious courts, Mohammad Hashim Kamali asks if hudud remains open…
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