islamic feminism has been articulated through recent decades as an alternative to traditional islamic thinking on women’s issues. scholars who are identified as islamic feminists use different methodological approaches like hermeneutics, historical criticism, and woman perspective in their works on various subjects of study. these scholars who have different cultural and philosophical backgroun...

Islam develops and interacts with various new cultures, the problems it faces become more complicated. As a result, Islamic studies are not enough text analysis but also pay attention to historical aspects that lie behind it. This paper aims answer problem of study epistemology which initially rested on idealism was only textual based use contextual approach. The research method used is literat...

Although the Islamic archaeology of the UAE has only been investigated in a sustained manner in very recent decades, the amount of information that it provides has been so great that, for the pre-modern period, it is now at least as important a source for the country’s past as the rather sporadic and limited literary evidence. As a result of archaeological survey and excavation, form has been g...

The majority of the world’s Muslim population follows the Sunni branch of Islam, and approximately 10-15% of all Muslims follow the Shiite (Shi‘ite, Shi‘a, Shia) branch. Shiite populations constitute a majority in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan. There are also significant Shiite populations in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen. Sunnis and Shiites share ...

The image of Roger Bacon as a 'modern' experimental scientist was propagated as historical truth in 19th century scientific historiography. Twentieth century criticisms attacked this tradition, arguing that Bacon was primarily a medieval philosopher with 'medieval' scientific interests. However, recent scholarship has provided a more careful and critical account of Bacon's science, and identifi...

This study highlights the early history of development Islamic movements in Malaysia since colonial times. It looks at this from two important and overlapping angles: islah movement that brought about national consciousness aspirations for renewal tajdid, influence anti-colonial pioneering politics overseas archipelago. was qualitative nature terms literature review content analysis. The data c...