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Volume 27, Number 2, Spring 2010 issue of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), a joint publication of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America (AMSS) and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), has been published.
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 A two days international seminar on The Legacy of Ismail Al-Faruqi: Thought and Institution was held on 6-7 June 2010 at the University of Westminster in London. The seminar was jointly organized by The Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminister, London, UK, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, USA and the International Institute of Islamic Thought, (IIIT) UK and USA.
A total of eleven research papers by academics from Malaysia, South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, Algeria were delivered at the seminar. These papers covered topical areas of - Islamization of Knowledge and Ijtihad Islamic Humanism, Interreligious Dialogue and Ethics; Study of Religion and Science and Modernity; ... |
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 “Islamic finance is a serious alternative that academia is still ignoring,” said Dr. Muhammad Fahim Khan, a distinguished economist speaking at a seminar at IIIT on May 28.
In his lecture entitled “Islamic Finance: Future Directions and Agenda for Research", Dr. Khan focused on the inherent problems of Islamic Finance, its current challenges and future directions. He started off with outlining the political circumstances of the 1970s that gave rise to Islamic financial institutions such as the events in Afghanistan, the retreat of Russia, the Islamic revolution in Iran, the Islamization policy of the military government of Pakistan (under Zia Ul Haq), and Sudan’s commitment to Sharia. Islamic resurgence – he maintained – was seen at the horizon and economic institutions – and not social institutions – were to take the lead. It was not a good ... |
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