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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

ISLAMIC ETHICS

The Forgotten Space of Islam: Home, Care, and Sacred Nearness

By Musa Alkadzim  //  July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

In Pejaten, a neighborhood of South Jakarta, tucked behind alleyways that blur the lines between domestic and communal life, a man named Abeb begins his day not with speech, but with presence. He opens the…

Why Islamic Ethics? Why not Islamic Juridical Ethics?

By Abdulaziz Sachedina  //  July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

From its inception, as a topic of research, this study, titled,  Islamic Ethics: Fundamental Aspects of Human Conduct (Oxford University Press 2022) was searching for a reliable anchor for the historical setting and development of…

[Book Review] The Qur’an and the Just Society by Ramon Harvey | Part I | Reviewed by Arnold Yasin Mol

By Arnold Yasin Mol  //  September 4, 2019September 4, 2019

Ramon Harvey. The Qur’an and the Just Society (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018). 276 pages. $125,- hardcopy, $39.95 paperback. | Reviewed by Arnold Yasin Mol. This article is part I of the book review, reflecting on Ramon…

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