Applying the Canon in Islam

Islam in the West: From Immigration to Global Islam

Applying the Principles and Procedures of Civil Law to Canon Law: A Recipe for Frustration

Roughly out of every 300 Americans is a lawyer. The remaining 299 of us who are not lawyers still have good reasons to be interested in our legal system. Out of necessity, we have to conduct much of our day-to-day affairs without a lawyer standing beside us. Therefore we need to have at least some knowledge about the law so as to anticipate the possible legal effects of our actions and, for sur...

Food Health in the View of Islam

Background: The instinct and natural tendency to eat food is an undeniable fact in human and all human beings, even the messengers of Allah and Infallible Imams (A.S) need it in order to keep themselves healthy. Methods: In this review study, using the teachings of the Holy Quran and other Islamic texts, the importance and role of food and healthy nutrition and its role in elevating human being...

Islam In The Afghan Resistance

The Afghan resistance sees its struggle more in terms of a "holy war" (jihad) than as a war of national liberation. In a country in which reference to the "nation" is avery recent phenomenon, where the State is perceived as exterior to society and where allegiance belongs to the local community, Islam remains the sole point of reference for all Afghans. It is only in the southern Pushtun tribal...

Islam in local contexts: Localised Islam in Northern Pakistan

As Clifford Geertz remarked in his Islam Observed (1968), the idea of a ‘changing’ religion is a contradiction in terms, as religion is fundamentally concerned with what is permanent and eternal. Still, one way to come to terms with religious change is to consider the many ways that religion is interpreted, by laymen and scholars alike. Social anthropologists like myself have naturally found a ...