PENAL LAW

The body of law dealing with wrongs that are punishable by the state with the object of deterrence is known as criminal law. Islamic criminal […]

PARTNI UNITED LIBERATION ORGANIZATION

PARTNI UNITED LIBERATION ORGANIZATION. A Muslim separatist organization in Thailand, the Patani United Liberation Organization (PULO) was established in 1968 by Tenku Bira Kotanila, who […]

PARTAI PERSATUAN PEMBANGUNAN

PARTAI PERSATUAN PEMBANGUNAN. The only Islamic political party in Indonesia today is the Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (Development Unity Party, abbreviated as Partai Persatuan, PPP, or […]

PARTAI ISLAM SE-MALAYSIA

PARTAI ISLAM SE-MALAYSIA. The antecedents of Partai Islam Se-Malaysia, better known by its Malay-Arabic acronym PAS, come from three distinct Malay groups, linked to a […]

PARADISE

Paradise is the term for a place of timeless harmony.The Abrahamic faiths associate paradise with the Garden of Eden, that is, the perfect state of […]

PAN-TURANISM

PAN-TURANISM. The nationalist ideology known as Turkism or Pan-Turkism, and also called Pan-Turanism or Turanianism, began to emerge in Turkey during the Young Turk era […]

PAN-ISLAM

PAN-ISLAM. Since about 1878, the European appellation, for the ideology calling all Muslims to unite in support of their faith has been Pan-Islam. As a […]

PAMPHLETS AND TRACTS

PAMPHLETS AND TRACTS. Although religious pamphlets and tracts are a worldwide phenomenon in Islam, this article concentrates on their presence in the Arab world. To […]

PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION

PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION. The recognized representative of the Palestinian people, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was established in 1964 in Jerusalem. Its first leader, the […]