ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. As Europe’s Industrial Revolution got underway, the Islamic world was in the final phase of a protracted decline that began around the twelfth […]
Month: November 2012
DRAMA:THE ISLAMIC VIEW
THE ISLAMIC VIEW OF DRAMA AND RELIGION By Dr. Malik S. Khan A Publication of Motamar at the United Nations by the International Islamic Council […]
DIWAN
DIWAN. A term of uncertain derivation, used throughout Islamic history to cover a number of institutions and practices, diwan can most inclusively be defined as […]
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY. With a long tradition in the customary practices of nations, diplomatic immunity, originally justified on the basis of theories of sovereign representation and […]
DHIMMI
DHIMMI. In Islamic law one who is in the covenant of protection (dhimmah) with the Muslim power is considered dhimmi. In principle, the covenant could […]
DHIKR
DHIKR. Most commonly associated with Sufism, dhikr (“remembrance, reminder, evocation”) is both a concept and a meditative practice. It is also a unifying theme across […]