The h. alāl industry is still in its early stages of development, and efforts to chart the way forward in compliance with Islamic principles are desirable and necessary. as with Islamic …
Recent political developments in Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Algeria, among others, suggest the possible emergence of an indigenous Islamic path of democratic formation. However, the …
Maqasid al-Shari’ah, or the higher goals and objectives of Islamic law, is an important and yet somewhat neglected theme of the Shari’ah. Generally the Shari’ah is predicated on the …
There is an institutionalized dilemma in Europe that counteracts social cohesion and stability. It is a result of the collision and incompatibility between declarations of universal values (…
The methodology of usiil al-fiqh embodies the basic approach and framework of thought Muslim jurists have proposed for the development of Shari'a. Usil al-fiqh is concerned with the …
Given the importance of Africa to studies of human origins and disease susceptibility, detailed characterization of African genetic diversity is needed. The African Genome Variation …
The most dynamic and repetitive regions of great ape genomes have traditionally been excluded from comparative studies 1 , 2 – 3 . Consequently, our understanding of the evolution of …
In the last 25 years, optical coherence tomography (OCT) has advanced to be one of the most innovative and most successful translational optical imaging techniques, achieving …
Optical metasurfaces are two-dimensional arrays of nano-scatterers that modify optical wavefronts at subwavelength spatial resolution. They are poised to revolutionize optics by …
This article develops the idea of a maqas. id-based framework for civilisational renewal (tajdid had. ari), a broad and engaging prospect that also involves a review and reappraisal of …