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Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax
The Muslim World, Volume 115, Issue 4, Page 295-319, Autumn 2025.Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
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The Muslim World, Volume 114, Issue 1-2, Page 14-35, Winter-Spring 2024.Abstract One of the most important developments in modern Islamic missionary activism was the establishment in 1972 of the Libya‐based World Islamic Call Society (WICS, originally the Islamic Call Society) which acted as a leading think tank advocating Muslim unity and Pan‐Arabism throughout the Qaddafi era.
Mykhaylo Yakubovych
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American Ethnologist, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 490-501, November 2024.Abstract British Muslim volunteers in Syria have been variously cast as humanitarians, activists, and—under the suspicious gaze of the war on terror—disguised militants. Yet many volunteers frame their efforts as attempts at iṣlāḥ (reform, repair, rectification). What is the ethicopolitical life of iṣlāḥ, a multivalent concept in the Islamic tradition,
Muneeza Rizvi
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GOOD BUREAUCRATS AND GOD: The Ethical Labor of the Public
Cultural Anthropology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 616-644, November 2024.ABSTRACT Bureaucracies are typically studied for lessons in structural violence, anti‐politics, failures of law, and as foils to the ethical. I, however, argue that they constitute uniquely important sites to theorize the ethical. Conceptualizing ethical labor as a modality of everyday bureaucratic work, I examine this labor as it enrolls law, God, and
MAIRA HAYAT
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Enlightened Declarations: Ottoman and Russian Proclamations in the Ottoman‐Russian War of 1768–1774
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 259-278, September 2024.Abstract This article analyses the Ottoman and Russian proclamations during the Ottoman‐Russian War of 1768–1774 to understand their similarities and differences in discourse and their intended audiences, with a special focus on the elites of the Ottoman Empire.
Yusuf Ziya Karabıçak
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Cultural Myths, Superstitions, and Stigma Surrounding Dementia in a UK Bangladeshi Community
Health &Social Care in the Community, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.The last three census data highlighted that UK Bangladeshi communities have the worst health outcomes. This includes a higher risk of type two diabetes and heart diseases; both are risk factors for developing vascular dementia. However, little is known about Bangladeshi community members’ understandings of dementia, including cultural myths. This paper
Nazmul Hussain +3 more
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Kitabımızla ilgili zihinlerde yaratılmak istenen sorular ve gerçekler [PDF]
, 1984 Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya No: 3-B Harfi Gayrimüslimler (Blak Bey'ler, Balyanlar, Braune)İstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı (TR10/14/YEN/0033) İstanbul Development Agency (TR10/14/YEN ...
Tuğlacı, Pars
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Index to The Crescent (weekly of the Liverpool Moslem Institute) for January 14, 1893-December 30, 1893; and January 2, 1895-March 6, 1895 [PDF]
, 2014 Presents a partial index of the Liverpool Moslem Institute\u27s weekly newspaper The Crescent, covering the major people, places, events, and news from the paper. Indexes January 14, 1893-December 30, 1893; and January 2, 1895-March 6, 1895. Microfilm of
Singleton, Brent D.
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Lipid-based nanovesicles for nanomedicine [PDF]
, 2016 Molecular self-assembly has enabled the fabrication of biologically inspired, advanced nanostructures as lipid-based nanovesicles (L-NVs). The oldest L-NVs, liposomes, have been widely proposed as potential candidates for drug delivery, diagnostic and ...
Andrade, Fernanda +6 more
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