IQBAL, MUHAMMAD (1877-1938), Indo-Pakistani political and religious writer and poet. The poetphilosopher of Islam and Pakistan was born on 9 November 1877 at Sialkot, a […]
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INTIZAR.
INTIZAR. Until `All Shari`ati (d. 1977) introduced it in his presentation of Shiism, the term intizar (lit. “waiting”), had not been used as a specific […]
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DIPLOMACY
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DIPLOMACY. Muslim writers argue that the international and diplomatic realms are incorporated in the very comprehensiveness of Islam, and analogues to the […]
ABBAS, SHAH
Shāh ‘Abbās the Great (or Shāh ‘Abbās I) (Persian: شاه عَباس بُزُرگ) (27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629) was the 5th Safavid Shah (king) […]
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
INTERNATIONAL LAW. The expansion of Islam, territorial conquests, and the progressive formation of a Muslim empire that had its apogee between the eighth and ninth […]
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY AT KUALA LUMPUR
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY AT KUALA LUMPUR. Founded in 1983, the International Islamic University, Malaysia, seeks to permeate the teaching of all knowledge with Islamic values. […]
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY AT ISLAMABAD
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY AT ISLAMABAD. In the wake of the islamization policy in Pakistan, a central institution for the coordination of this policy and for […]
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC FEDERATION OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC FEDERATION OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS. A worldwide organization of Muslim student associations, the International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations (IIFSO) received its initial impetus […]
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE. See Muslim-Christian Dialogue; Muslim-Jewish Dialogue.