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New Azari Translation of "Crisis in The Muslim Will and Sentiment"
Thursday, April 02, 2009 : 671 Views :: News, Featured Book

"Crisis in The Muslim Will and Sentiment" by Dr. AbdulHamid AbuSulayman has been translated into Azari. The original book was written in Arabic.

This book delves deeply into the cultural history of the Ummah, looking into the factors that influenced its journey and the missing dimensions in its development, in an attempt to interpret the causes of failure and to envision a reform plan.
 
The book outlines the most important aspects of cultural deformation that lead to the decadence of the Ummah, the decline of its scientific mentality, and the atrophy of creativity.
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Approaching the Sunnah in Tamil
Monday, February 09, 2009 : 878 Views :: News, Featured Book

Tramil Translation of Approaching the Sunnah by Yusuf al Qaradawi Approaching the Sunnah: Comprehension and Controversy by Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi has been translated into Tamil language. The original book was in Arabic and is also translated into English and other languges including Malay, Indonesian, Turkish.

The Sunnah still provides the stable moral framework – the grammar – that enables Muslims, by formal rules and inward sense, to know right from wrong. However, separation from the mainstream of life puts the Sunnah in danger of becoming rigid – an archaism. Addressing that danger, this book explains how the Sunnah can function as the grammar of a living, adaptive language, capable of guiding (and not shying from) the mainstream. The first chapter sets out the qualities that characterize authentic application of the Sunnah: universality, coherence (so that different spheres of human responsibility are not split), compassionate realism, moderation, and humility.

The second explains standards and procedures for determining the Sunnah in the fields of jurisprudence and moral instruction. The third chapter illustrates through detailed examples common errors in understanding the Sunnah – reading hadiths singly without sufficient context, confusing legal and moral injunctions, means and ends, figurative and literal meanings - and it proposes remedies for these errors.
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AMSS (UK) Publishes Zaki Badawi Memorial Lectures
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 : 1127 Views :: News, Featured Book

In honor of the life and work of Sheikh Zaki Badawi, OBE, KBE, and in recognition of his noted public contribution in championing the vital role of religious faith and values in the life of the nation, the AMSS has established the annual Zaki Badawi Memorial Lecture. The lecture series is dedicated to Dr. Badawi’s vision to foster pluralism, inter-faith dialogue, inter-cultural understanding, and social cohesion.

In Islam, Christianity and Pluralism, the inaugural Memorial Lecture in honour of Sheikh Zaki Badawi, Dr. Rowan D. Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, has contributed a subtle and profound address on the nature of pluralism which highlights some pressing contemporary challenges for faith communities.

In Toward A Muslim Social Contract in Europe, the second Memorial Lecture in honour of Sheikh Zaki Badawi, Dr. Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Hercegovina, examines one of the most important issues facing Muslim communities in Europe today “How to participate actively and faithfully in modern European society?” Dr. Ceric introduces the concept of a Muslim Social Contract theorising on its value, philosophical and religious foundations, as well as wider implications for Muslims in Europe. It is in essence a theory of mutual obligations advocating positive engagement by Muslims on a socio-political as well as intellectual level in wider European society.
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New Additions to IIIT Publications in English and Bosnian
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 : 1150 Views :: News, Featured Book

Three new booklets in English in the Occasional Paper Series have been added to the IIIT publications. The titles are Maqasid al-Shari'ah: A Beginner's Guide by Jasser Auda, Maqasid al-Shari'ah Made Simple by Mohammad Hashim Kamali, and The Islamic Vision of Development in the Light of Maqasid al-Shari'ah by Muhammad Umer Chapra.
 

 

Ijtihad
by Taha Jabir Alwani
has been translated into Bosnian.
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Translated IIIT Books Released
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 : 1437 Views :: News, Featured Book

Several IIIT offices are releasing new publications in different languages, in addition to translating existing IIIT publications. IIIT affiliate in Nigeria has released a book titled "The Relevance of Education in our Society" by Haruna Salihi. A new translation of "Madinan Society in the Time of the Prophet - Part 1"  is in Tamil language. "Imam Shatibi's Theory of Higher Objectives of Islamic Law"  by Ahmad al Raysuni has been translated into Urdu, as well as "Objectives of Islamic Law" by Yusuf Alim.

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IIIT France Publishes New Books for 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 : 1248 Views :: News, Featured Book

 

IIIT France has released its 2008 publications. These are:

  1. Pluralisme et Reconnaissance
  2. Islamophobie dans le monde moderne
  3. Le problème de la méthodologie dans la pensée islamique
  4. Oumma, la communauté charismatique
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Two IIIT Books Translated into Urdu
Thursday, February 28, 2008 : 2010 Views :: News, Featured Book

 

IIIT has just translated  two books into Urdu dealing with the objectives of Islamic Law (Maqasid al Shari'ah). The first book is "Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives of Islamic Law" by Ahmad al-Raysuni. The second is "Maqasid Al-Shariah as Philosophy of Islamic Law: A Systems Approach" by Jasser Auda. More...

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Interfaith Dialogue and Ibn Ashur
Wednesday, February 06, 2008 : 1081 Views :: News, Featured Book

Islam recognizes a plurality of faiths and asks Muslims to respect others, and Muslims are responding to this call enthusiastically. Like their predecessors, many contemporary Muslims are eager to promote interfaith dialogue. But in order to do so effectively, they need to understand the challenges that face them in relating to other faith groups. This guide is an educational initiative to clarify misconceptions by introducing interfaith dialogue as it is defined in its contemporary usage.

  

 

 Shaikh Muhammad al-Tahir Ibn Ashur is the most renowned Zaytuna Imam and one of the great Islamic scholars of the 20th century. In this book, Ibn Ahsur proposed Maqasid as a methodology for the renewal of the theory of Islamic law, which has not undergone any serious development since the era of the great imams. He also addressed the sensitive topic of the intents (Maqasid) of Prophet Muhammad (S) behind his actions and decisions.

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Ibn Ashur: Treatise on Maqasid al-Shari'ah
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 : 976 Views :: News, Featured Book

 

 

 

Shaikh Muhammad al-Tahir Ibn Ashur is the most renowned Zaytuna Imam and one of the great Islamic scholars of the 20th century. In this book, Ibn Ahsur proposed Maqasid as a methodology for the renewal of the theory of Islamic law, which has not undergone any serious development since the era of the great imams. He also addressed the sensitive topic of the intents (Maqasid) of Prophet Muhammad (S) behind his actions and decisions.
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