ملخص الجهاز:
At the time, it was felt that Muslim scholars engaged in social science research projects with an Islamic perspective found mainstream scholarly journals inhospitable.
Their hard work came to fruition in 1984, when the first issue of the American Journal of Islamic Studies (AJIS) was published.
Due to a change in financial sponsorship, which helped establish the journal’s long-term financial viability, in 1987 it was renamed the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS) and gained new editorial board members.
Dr. AbdulHamid AbuSulayman, then president of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), was elected AMSS president and became the journal’s editor-in-chief.
Thus, it reflected the understanding that the journal, now housed within IIIT’s headquarters, would make a significant contribution to the development and articulation of the ideas propounded by Islamic social sci ence.
Thus twenty five years on and after a succession of dedicated editors, AJIS/AJISS has every right to be proud of its consistent track record of serving as a forum for bringing Muslim perspectives to bear on contemporary issues facing Muslims, and indeed the world, today.
I would now like to introduce the new associate editors: Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Dr. Mehmet Asutay, Dr. Marcia Hermansen, Dr. Haifaa Jawad, and Dr. Ahmad Yousif.
In addition, he is an author and teaches courses at the University of Maryland (religion and progress; religion, science, and freedom) and at Georgetown University’s Center on Muslim-Christian Understanding (Islam, science, and development).