Old Jidda, which is now a neighbourhood within the Hijazi City Jidda, is a square kilometer area with properties built during different time periods. AlJami‘ al-‘Atiq literally means the old mosque. ... Read More
During the 19th and 20th centuries, the entire world witnessed dynamic changes. Dramatic alterations such as the decline of the Ottoman Empire, colonization of Muslim lands, two world wars, division ... Read More
The mosque has served as one of the most important institutions of the Muslim world at all times. This paper outlines the religious function of a mosque and explains the architectural scheme to fulf ... Read More
Although the roles of women have evolved with the urbanizing world, conventional house designs have failed to accommodate the spatial needs of the contemporary woman. The majority of houses in Pakista ... Read More
The present study is an effort to gather research aspects for religious education in Pakistan. Religious education, most commonly known as madrasa education, has a profound history titled as Nizamiy ... Read More
The Arab Spring has developed new political realities in the Arab World and paved the way for the surge of the Muslim Brothers, even enabling them to form short lived governments in Tunis and Egypt. ... Read More
This article describes the Dagestani Islamic manuscripts collection of Imam Shamil’s library, housed in Firestone Library of Princeton University in the Garrett Yahuda Collection. It is the purpose ... Read More
The controversies and provocations generated by the West and its media over depictions of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) are not only related to recent caricatures or cartoons but are also about the display ... Read More
Islam is a revealed religion and its principles are universal and permanent. These principles provide guidance and fashion life at all ages and all times. Islamic history and historiography is the s ... Read More
Apart from the orientalists` ignorance, bias and grudges, there is a very basic academic reason which takes them away from the position that Muslims hold in the study of Islam and Islamic Civilizati ... Read More
In the traditional paradigm, the study of the ‘other’ was based on the exclusivist approach. Hence, every individual religious identity claimed exclusiveness in terms of salvation particularly, and ... Read More
This study is a critique of hybridity in the light of Bakhtinian Theory of Dialogism/Hetroglossia with reference to Post Colonial texts, Twilight in Delhi and White Mughals. Hetroglossia which Bakht ... Read More
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