David Johnson

Farideh Goldin

Amr G.E. Sabet

Tammy Gaber

Khaleel Mohammed

Kenza Oumlil

Syed Zahir Idid and Abdurezak A. Hashi 

Benina Gould, Yayah Khisbiyah, and Jeffrey B. Gould 

Khosrow Bagheri Noaparast and Mohammad Zoheir Bagheri Noaparast

Seyed Mohammad Marandi and Zeinab Ghasemi Tari 

Leyli I. Behbahani

Mazen Hashem

The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), established in 1984, is a quarterly, double blind peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary journal, published by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), and distributed worldwide. The journal showcases a wide variety of scholarly research on all facets of Islam and the Muslim world including subjects such as anthropology, history, philosophy and metaphysics, politics, psychology, religious law, and traditional Islam.

American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 29:2

In an age where interfaith dialogue has become vitally important, this book examines a shared narrative between the Bible and the Qur’an. Mohammed charts the changes in Muslim exegesis of David’s affair with Bathsheba, and in the process presents a new look at the history of the hermeneutical tradition in Islam.

The Bathsheba Affair

David in the Muslim Tradition

After 9/11, many writers have posited the relationship between Islam and violence as either elemental or anomalous. Khaleel Mohammed defines Islam as transcending the usual understanding of religion, being instead like a 'sacred canopy' that provides meaning for every aspect of life. In addition, he shows that violence has both physical and psychological dimensions and expounds at length on jihad. He traces the term's metamorphosis of meaning from a struggle in any worthy cause to war and finally to its present-day extension to include martyrdom and terrorism. Finally, he covers the dimensions of violence in the Islamic law and the institutional patriarchy.

Islam and Violence

Khaleel Mohammed

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