EDITORIAL

Tension in the Muslim Mind

LEADERS

Muslim Riots in Europe: Wasn't this part of the programme?

Cultural Challenges to Democratic Reform in the Muslim World: The Case of Syria


INSIGHTS

Civilization As Instrument of World Order? The Role of the Civilizational Paradigm in the Absence of a Balance of Power  
By Dr.Hans Köchler

American Democracy And Comparative Ethnic Performance: Muslims, Blacks And Jews
By Ali A. Mazrui

Martydom: a Drama of Foundation and Transition
By Chritian Szyska (Bonn)

Some Hermeneutica Reflection on INteractions of Islamic Sharia and Cyberspace in Iran
By Dr. Hasan Rezaei

On understanding the Qur'an
By Ashgar Ali Engineer

Astronomy, Moon Sighting and Hijri Calendar
By Dr. Dildar Ahmed, Ph.D

REVIEWS

Confronting Saffron Demography - Religion, Fertility and Women’s Status in India
By: Patricia Jeffery & Roger Jeffery
Reviewed by: Yoginder Sikand

Muslims in Secular India: Problems and Prospects in Education
By: Mushirul Hasan
Reviewed by: Yoginder Sikand

Debating Globalization
By: David Held et.al. edited by Anthody Barnett, David Held and Casper Henderson
Reviewed by: Mirza Asmer Beg

Miniskirts, Mothers and Muslims: A Christian Woman in a Muslim Land
By: Christine A. Mallouhi
Reviewed by: Mohd Asim Siddiqui


Editor's Shelf

The Abrahamic Faiths

The First and Final Commandment

Contemporary Arab Thoughts, Studies in Post - 1967 Arab Intellectual History

Islamic Modernism, Nationalism, and Foundamentalism, Episode and Discourse

The Curse of HAM, Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Understanding Islam, A Guide for the Judaeo-Christian Reader