Islam and Civilisational Renewal (ICR)

Islam and Civilisational Renewal (ICR) is an international peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by Pluto Journals for the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. It carries articles, book reviews and viewpoints on civilisational renewal and aims to promote advanced research on the contribution of Muslims to science and culture.

ICR takes a comprehensive approach to civilisational renewal (tajdid hadari) in an effort to respond positively to the challenges of modernity, post-modernity and globalisation.  The journal seeks to advance critical research and original scholarship on theoretical, empirical, and comparative studies, with a focus on policy research.  It plans to advance a refreshing discourse for beneficial change, in the true spirit of the Islamic principles of tajdid (renewal) and islah (improvement and reform) through exploring the best contributions of all school and currents of opinion.

ICR is non-political and non-sectarian, and welcomes contributions from a broad spectrum of scholars, community leaders and writers regardless of religious persuasion and creed.   

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Volume 1 • Issue 4 • July 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial
Mohammad Hashim Kamali

This issue contains seven articles with policy recommendations.

Articles

• The Politics of Accommodation and the Problem of Nation-Building in a Plural Society: The Case of Malaysia, Ruhanas Harun
• The Ḥalāl Industry from a Sharīʿah Perspective, Mohammad Hashim Kamali
• The Compatibility of Islam with Pluralism: Two Historical Precedents, Maher Y. Abu-Munshar
• Growing the Malaysian Venture Capital and Private Equity Industry, Syed Adil Hussain
• Strengthening Critical Thinking Skills Among Muslim Students, Abdul Karim Abdullah (Leslie Terebessy)
• Islam and the Three Waves of Globalisation: The Southeast Asian Experience, Osman Bakar
• Honour in Different Cultures and Legal Systems, Christian Giordano

Viewpoints

• Debt Management with a Conscience, Mohammad Hashim Kamali
• Interfaith Dialogue as a New Approach in Islamic Education, Osman Bakar
• Whither, Malaysia? A Multicultural Country at the Crossroads, Christoph Marcinkowski
• The Japanese People and Islam, Matsuyama Yohei
• Religious Education and the Challenge of Modernity, Tengku Ahmad Hazri

Book Reviews

• Lim Teck Ghee, Alberto Gomes and Azly Rahman (eds): Multiethnic Malaysia: Past, Present and Future, Abdul Raqib Karim
• Muhammad Mumtaz Ali: Critical Thinking: An Islamic Perspective, Abdul Karim Abdullah (Leslie Terebessy)
• Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger [Pope Benedict XVI]: Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions, Christoph Marcinkowski
• Herbert Illig: Wer hat an der Uhr gedreht? Wie 300 Jahre Mittelalter erfunden wurden, Christoph Marcinkowski

Events and Reports

• International Conference on Religion, Law, and Governance in Southeast Asia hosted by IAIS Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, 29–31 January 2010), Christoph Marcinkowski
• A New Constitution for Somalia – Workshop on ‘Sharīʿah Law in Constitutions of Muslim Countries: Challenges for the Somali Constitution-Building Process’ (Djibouti, 6–10 February 2010), Mohammad Hashim Kamali
• Eighth Annual Seminar on ‘Dialogue of Civilisations’ Between Japan and the Islamic World (Tokyo, 23–24 February 2010), Osman Bakar
• Seminar on ‘Islamicjerusalem Studies’, University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur, 4 March 2010), Karim D. Crow
• First International Seminar on Germany and Islamic Culture jointly organised by IAIS Malaysia and the German Embassy in Malaysia,hosted by IAIS Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, 26–27 May 2010), Christoph Marcinkowski

Select Document

• Keynote Address by Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia, at the International Conference on Religion, Law, and Governance in Southeast Asia (30 January 2010).

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