Journal•ISSN: 1528-817X
Journal of Islamic Law and Culture
Taylor & Francis
About: Journal of Islamic Law and Culture is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Islam & Sharia. It has an ISSN identifier of 1528-817X. Over the lifetime, 56 publications have been published receiving 273 citations.
Topics: Islam, Sharia, Politics, Comparative law, Liberalism
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TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of culture on the workforce participation of national women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) private banking sector is investigated, and the current status of Emiratization is reviewed, following which the UAE banking sector, and Emirati female labour force participation within this sector, are explored.
Abstract: This paper presents research conducted into the impact of Emirati culture on the workforce participation of national women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) private banking sector. Beginning by exploring the concept of culture, the paper proceeds to frame such a concept as it pertains to diversity and gender in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. The UAE is then briefly examined from the perspective of gender, class, state and development, with regard to the workforce participation of indigenous females in the UAE private sector, and in particular the impact of Emirati culture upon such participation. The current status of Emiratization is reviewed, following which the UAE banking sector, and Emirati female labour force participation within this sector, are explored. The research rationale and study methodology is discussed, before an analysis of the data collected and the research conclusions and recommendations are then presented.
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TL;DR: A historical overview of Islam in America from its earliest beginnings in pre-Columbia America until the present can be found in this article, where details on the origins, growth and spread of the three largest American Muslim groups are explored as well as the tensions and frictions between the three communities, which undermine the unity of these adherents and their potential influence on the United States’ domestic and foreign policies.
Abstract: In this essay the author gives an historical overview of Islam in America from its earliest beginnings in pre‐Columbia America until the present. Details on the origins, growth and spread of the three largest American Muslim groups – African American, Arab and South Asian – are explored as are the tensions and frictions between the three communities, which undermine the unity of these adherents and their potential influence on the United States’ domestic and foreign policies. Also explored are the ideological struggles some Muslims – perhaps a large percentage in the three groups – have regarding their position in the American mosaic. Are they “Muslims in America” or are they “American Muslims?” Some African Americans, many of whom have adopted Islam and the “new” identity it provides as an antidote to this group’s long history of ostracism and marginalization, are alienated from any wholesale embrace of their American heritage and identity. Among Arab and South Asian Muslims, some feel a loyalty to their...
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TL;DR: This paper contextualised the Islamic notion of citizenship with its contemporary context, while also attempting to strip the authoritative guidelines of Islam from its archaic concepts and additions that on the whole tend to be less than helpful.
Abstract: Citizenship in its contemporary context has developed in tandem with the expansive role and functions of the nation state. The Islamic notions of belonging to a political community, territory, and a system of rule are all present in the source data of the Qurʾan and hadith. Yet they remain undeveloped and also burdened with accretional jurisprudence that has developed around the notions of dār al‐Islām and dār al‐ḥarb (abode of Islam, and abode of war respectively). The main purpose of this essay is to contextualise the Islamic notion of citizenship with its contemporary context, while also attempting to strip the authoritative guidelines of Islam from its archaic concepts and additions that on the whole tend to be less than helpful. This is one side of the picture I present. In another, yet quite fundamental sense, the rules of fiqh on residence and domicile within the wider dār al‐Islām are far less restrictive than the Immigration and citizenship laws of the present‐day Muslim countries.
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TL;DR: The authors argued that to understand the contemporary practices of West African Muslims, one must understand the overall history of their Islamization, a process describing how the Wolof and Malinke have negotiated their preexisting identities to form an Islamic sense of self.
Abstract: While Muslim immigrants from West Africa are arriving in the United States at unprecedented rates, few recognize their Islamic activity. The orientalist stereotypes many westerners consume about Islam prevent them from understanding the complex ways these Muslims negotiate their religious, racial, and ethnic identities. Today, most West African Muslims in the US belong to the Wolof, a major ethnic group in Senegal, followed by the Malinke of Cote dʾIvoire. As such, their Islamic identity is not straight forward, forcing them to shift the boundaries of their Black and African heritage to accommodate their faith. This article argues that in order to fully grasp the contemporary practices of West African Muslims, one must understand the overall history of their Islamization, a process describing how the Wolof and Malinke have negotiated their preexisting identities to form an Islamic sense of self.
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