The growth of endowment institutions and charitable activities witnessed significant expansion during political transitions in the Levant, Iraq, and Egypt. Notably, this trend became more pronounced following the post-Crusades ...

This paper discusses the role of religious wars in laying the foundation for the emergence of the modern nation-state. The central hypothesis is that the modern nation-state, that governs our world today, cannot be understood ...

The present paper examines the importance of the functional criterion employed in assessing the legitimacy of the state in the context of political and Islamic communities. The main, underlying hypothesis is that the ...

This study investigates the historical context of the development of waqf educational institutions during the Abbasid Era from the fourth century AH to the seventh century AH. This study focused on two parts. The first ...

تناقش هذه الورقة وظيفية الأمة كما يمكن استخلاصها من الدلالات القرآنية والعلاقة الشرطية بين التزام الأمة بالوفاء بمتطلباتها الوظيفية وبين استحقاقها للشرعية. والفرضية التي تنطلق منه هذه الورقة أن الدين بمعناه المحدد في العقيدة ...