A Global and Historical Comparison AHMET T. KURU, San Diego State University Reviewed by Noor Mohammed Edward Said sagaciously mentions in his seminal work on Orientalism that economics, politics and sociology in the modern academy are ideological sciences, and, went on to unequivocally state that, “No one has ever devised a method for detaching the…

Reviewed by Abdul Hai While I hold a dissenting view regarding the assertions presented in Samuel Huntington’s “Clash of Civilisations,” I find the title itself to be thought-provoking and a significant observation by the author. My perspective aligns with the notion of a Clash of Civilisations, as previously articulated in other discussions. It suffices to…

Reviewed by Abdul Hai “In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious.” Joseph Kasule is a research fellow at Makerere University, Uganda. He is the author of the article entitled “The Restrictive Immunity Doctrine under the 2004 U.N Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property: the Need for a Human Rights…

Reviewed by Abdul Hai Human nature as understood by Islam, is naturally good. Their transformation into something that is unnatural occurs when the environment and greed take hold of them. Their lower selves (an-nafs al-ʾammārah) then further enhances their transformation. Ideologies emerging from the unnatural self will only lead to destruction, although they may start…

Chapter review Reviewed by: Alaa Dean Alzalam  Introduction The following paper critically reviews Virkama’s (2017) Invisible Islam: Muslim student migrants’ everyday practices in French secular universities. The chapter is taken from Aune and Stevenson’s compilation: Religion and Higher Education in Europe and North America (2017). The selected chapter has been chosen for its relevance to…