Refereed Articles Annual Table of Contents Volume 1 Unity and Diversity in the Muslim Ummah: Some Reflections on ajjat al-wad Zafar Ishaq Ansari Designing Culturally Appropriate Courses for Teaching of English in an Islamic Context Ayaz Afsar The Prophethood of Mu ammad (peace be on him): Some Relections Jamal A. Badawi Social Problems of Rumour Mongering:Some Insights in the Light of Shar ah Muhammad Yusuf Faruqi The Prophet s Sunnah as the Normative Matrix of Islamic Culture and Society Muhammad al-ghazali Planning in the Islamic Tradition: The Case of Hijrah Expedition Javed Iqbal and Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmad Issue Page 1 5 1 27 2 5 2 27 3 5 3 37 Islam and the Chinese Traditional Culture Anis Ahmad 4 5 The Global Financial Crisis: Can Islamic Finance Help? Muhammad Umer Chapra 4 27 An Overview of the Scientific Thought and Technology in the Subcontinent During 18 19th Centuries Gulfishan Khan Said Nursi s Approach to the Environment: A Spiritual View on the Book of Universe Salih Yucel and Selma Sivri 4 39 4 77 INSIGHTS, 03: 4 (Summer 2011) pp. 107-115
The Qur n The Qur n on its Origin Khalid Alavi (Late) 2 59 The Glorious Qur n and Agriculture Qaiser Shahzad 4 99 S rah Today is the Day of Immense Mercy Abdul Jabbar Shakir 1 45 The Role Model: A Few Glimpses from the Life of the Prophet (peace be on him) Abdul Jabbar Shakir 3 71 Interfaith The Vatican Council II and the Christian Muslim Relations Mahmut Aydin 1 61 The Zionist Claims to al- aram al-shar f and al-aq Mosque: A Biblical Perspective Michel Eddeh Contemporary Christian Evaluations of the Prophethood of Mu ammad (peace be on him) Mahmut Aydin Ed. Abdurrahmaan Saaleh 2 101 3 105 History The Covenant of Caliph Umar ibn al-kha b with the People of ly (Bayt al-maqdis) 1 93 Economics The Global Economic Crisis and Islamic Finance Loretta Napoleoni 2 113 Current Financial Crisis and Islamic Economics Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi 3 141 108
Muslims Around the World Islam in Austria 1 101 Muslims in Belgium 2 119 Muslims in the European Union: Developments Since September 11 Ann Sofie Nyman 4 115 Around the Campus Around the Campus 1 135 Around the Campus 2 153 Back to the Origin Selections from The Diary of a German Muslim Murad Wilfried Hofmann 1 127 Full Circle: An Icelander s Journey to Islam Muhammad Ali Niddursan 2 147 From Judaism Back to Islam Maryam Jameelah 3 153 I was Ready Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood 4 151 Obituary Dr Khalid Alavi (1940 2008) Safir Akhtar 3 163 Book Reviews Bernard Lewis. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror Imtiaz Zafar 1 147 Asma Gull Hasan. Why I Am A Muslim: An American Odyssey Ayaz Afsar 2 163 Dr. V. Abdur Rahim. Europe Speaks Arabic Abdul Jabbar Shakir 2 167 109
M.A. Muqtedar Khan. Ed. Islamic Democratic Discourse: Theory, Debates and Philosophical Perspectives Tauseef Ahmad Parray Sohaib N. Sultan, Annotation and Revision; Yusuf Ali, Translation. The Qur an and Sayings of Prophet Muhammad: Selections Annotated and Explained Muhammed Haron 3 171 4 165 Sayed Khattab and Gary D. Bouma. Democracy in Islam Tauseef Ahmad Parray 4 168 * * * 110
Annual Table of Contents Volume 2 Refereed Articles Being a Muslim a Fact or a Challenge and its Implication for Islamic Education Yedullah Kazmi Bay ah as a Political-Legal Principle: Practices of the Prophet (peace be on him) and the Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Views of the Early Fuqah Muhammad Yusuf Faruqi Mohammad Abdul Hakim Khan s The Holy Quran (1905): The First Muslim or the First Q dy n English Translation? Abdur Raheem Kidwai Compassion: The Most Prominent Characteristic Compassion: The Most Prominent Characteristic of Mu ammad (peace be on him) Adil Salahi Ensuring Basic Needs Right to Basic Necessities and the Social Security System: An Interdisciplinary Study in S rah, Shar ah and Law Atique Tahir Freedom of Thought and Religion The Prophet Mu ammad (peace be on him) and the Qurayshite Mushrik n: A Study in the Islamic Position on Compulsion and Violence in Religion Obaidullah Fahad Falahi Human Equality and Racial Fraternity The Prophet Mu ammad (peace be on him): Model for Human Equality and Racial Fraternity Latif Hussain S. Kazmi Universal Peace and Justice The Prophet (peace be on him) as a Model for Universal Peace and Justice Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid and Shaik Abdullah Hassan Mydin Issue Page 1 5 1 33 1 57 2-3 5 2-3 35 2-3 71 2-3 107 2-3 153 111
Peace and Reconciliation, its Significance and Role Peace and Reconciliation, its Significance and Role in the Mission of the Prophet (peace be on him): The Case of ul al- udaybiyah, A Qur nic View Nisar Ahmad Merciful Reforms in the Conduct of War The Prophet (peace be on him) s Merciful Reforms in the Conduct of War: The Prohibited Acts Muhammad Munir S rah Literature Focusing Socio-Political Reforms of the Prophet (peace be on him): An Appraisal of Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui s S rah Works Tauseef Ahmad Parray S rah Literature Revisiting the Tenors of S rah Literature in Urdu 12th/18th to 14th/20th Century Najeeba Arif Mercy unto Mankind in the Context of the West The Prophet Mu ammad (peace be on him) as Mercy unto Mankind in the Context of 21st Century West M Manazir Ahsan Reception of Mu ammad (peace be on him) in the West Image of the Messenger Mu ammad (peace be on him) in the English Literature: From Early Middle Ages to Present Fahd Mohammed Taleb Saeed Al-Olaqi Developing a Muslim Response Developing a Muslim Response to the Western Criticism of the Prophet Mu ammad (peace be on him) Fatimah Abdullah Che Amnah Bahari Reclaiming the Prophet (peace be on him) Reclaiming the Prophet (peace be on him) after 9/11 Auwais Rafudeen Issue Page 2-3 181 2-3 221 2-3 263 2-3 303 4 5 4 29 4 103 4 125 112
The Qur n Issue Page The Impact of the Qur n on the Style of ad th Khalid Mahmood Shaikh 1 75 S rah The Prophet (peace be on him) s Strategy while Wining over Makkah (Fat Makkah): A Paradigm for Tolerance and Conflict Resolution Ismail Albayrak Interfaith A Muslim Interfaith Initiative (A Common Word between Us and You) and its Christian Response Muhammad Modassir Ali 1 101 1 115 Back to the Origin Her Struggle for Identity Khalida Tanvir Syed 1 157 Obituary Professor Abdul Jabbar Shakir (1366-1430/1947-2009): A Man and an Institution Saad S. Khan Book Reviews John Renard, ed. Tales of God s Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation Muhammad Junaid Nadvi 1 173 1 181 D ktar Ma m d A mad Gh z. Mu ar t-i S rat Muhammad Junaid Nadvi 2-3 331 Ahmad Gunny. The Prophet Muhammad in French and English Literature 1650 to the Present Abdur Raheem Kidwai 4 143 Karen Armstrong. Muhammad: Prophet for Our Time Muhammad Haron 4 151 * * * 113
Annual Table of Contents Volume 3 Refereed Articles The Qur n and ad th Texts (nu ) Muslim Non-Muslim Relations: A Study of the Qur n and ad th Texts (nu ) Regulating the Relevant Jurisprudential Debates Tanveer Ahmad The Historical Context Umar s Am n to the People of Aelia: Islamicjerusalem, A Model for Relationship with Ahl al-kit b Abd al-fattah M. El-Awaisi The Interfaith Dialogue Interfaith Dialogue: A Muslim Legal Perspective on its Validity, Concept and Practices Mohammad Said Mitwally Ibrahim Issue Page 1 5 1 43 1 95 Da wah: The Contemporary Challenges Anis Ahmad 2-3 5 Application and Practice of the Principles of Da wah in the Age of Globalisation Ibrahim Olatunde Uthman The Local versus the Global: Da wah, D iyah and the Discourse of the Modern Afis A. Oladosu and Habibah O. Oladosu-Uthman Promoting Islam to non-muslims: A Study in Da wah Bi l- ikmah as a Strategy Hikmatullah Babu Sahib and Asiah Binti Yaacob 2-3 55 2-3 85 2-3 111 European Muslims: Challenges and Opportunities Abdur Rashid Siddiqui 2-3 171 Walking in the light of the Qur n: Walking with the Qur n or walking through the Qur n Yedullah Kazmi Uncontrolled Anger and its Management: An Integrative Approach, An Interdisciplinary Study in the Qur n, the Sunnah and the Current Psychological Strategies Muhammad Tahir Khalily 4 5 4 33 114
Documents Islam and the West: HRH the Prince of Wales Perspective HRH Charles, The Prince of Wales Ed. & Anno., Abdurrahmaan Saaleh 4 59 Reflections Da wah and Conversion: Reflections of a German Muslim Murad Wilfried Hofmann 2-3 195 What Islam can offer to the West? Reflections of a Western Muslim Ahmad von Denffer 2-3 197 Archives The Reform of Muslim Society Prince Said Halim Pasha [Late] 2-3 211 Obituary Justice Prof Dr Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi (1369 1431/ 1950 2010): A Personal Tribute Syed Salman Nadvi Book Reviews Frederick Quinn. The Sum of All Heresies: The Image of Islam in Western Thought Abdur Raheem Kidwai 2-3 247 1 131 Maleiha Malik, ed., Anti-Muslim Prejudice: Past and Present Ayaz Afsar 1 137 Abdur Raheem Kidwai. Bibliography of the Translations of the Meanings of the Glorious Qur an into English: 1649 2002 A Critical Study Safir Akhtar Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood. need to know? Islam: Understand the religion behind the headlines Muhammad Imtiaz Zafar Harvey G. Cox and Daisaku Ikeda The Persistence of Religion: Comparative Perspectives on Modern Spirituality Ayaz Afsar 2-3 257 2-3 267 4 91 x x x 115