Editorial

In order to combat contemporary ideological and intellectual

challenges, and to re-define Islamic thought, a research based society is

necessary.  This aim cannot be achieved without emphasis on education

and research in different fields of life.

By publishing ‘Hamdard Islamicus’ which is one of the two

research journals being published by Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, we

actually serve academia with the same clear motto and objective.

This combined issue comprises valuable articles. In the first article

from Hungary, titled ‘AbË Huraira’s Cat in Goethe’s Paradise’ the author

is in search of answers to a few questions regarding one of the four

privileged animals, like AbË Huraira’s Cat, who are allowed to enter

paradise.

In the next article from Malaysia, titled ‘Establishing an Exemplary

Islamic Society (in Turkey) – An Analysis of BediuzzamÉn SaÊd NËrsi’s

Reform’ the author estimates SaÊd NËrsi’s contribution to Islamic thought.

The third research based article titled ‘Branding in Islamic

Commercial Law – Eyeing Commercial Gains Versus Opportunities for

Introducing SharÊ‘ah Legal Ethics’, is an effort to introduce and highlight

some of the legal ethical aspects of the branding practices in Islamic law,

predominantly, in Islamic commercial law.

Mohsin al-Mulk, one of the leading Muslim intellectuals of the

subcontinent who have shown keen interest in reviving the intellectual

tradition of Islam, is discussed by the author from Karachi University in

his article ‘Rethinking Islamic Intellectualism – Mohsin Al-Mulk’s Analysis

of Islamic Epistemology’.

The next article, ‘Qualification of IjtihÉd in Present Era’, is an

attempt to point out certain terms and conditions required for IjtihÉd in

the present era.

In the sixth article, titled ‘Causality Broken – Synthesizing Religion,

Philosophy and Modern Physics, Confirming Al-GhazÉlÊ’s Win in

the Debate of the World’s Pre-Eternity by Providing Delay in Effect’,

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the author deals with the central issue of ImÉm GhazÉlÊ’s ‘TaÍÉfut

al-FalÉsifah’, which concerns the world’s pre-eternity rotating around

cause and effect.

The next article, ‘The Cultural Accommodation of Jesuits

Missionaries in China During 1595-1730 and Its Impact on Chinese Muslim

Scholars of HÉn KitÉb Literature’, is covers the period of the seventeenth

and the first three decades of the eighteenth century, with special reference

to Han Kitab literature.

The last article, ‘The Concept of Arrogance in Muslim and Buddhist

Scriptures – A Comparative Analysis’, is actually a comparative analysis

as claimed by the researcher.

We would like, before we close this editorial, to share with our

readers the illness of Dr. Ansar Zahid Khan, Editor, Hamdard Islamicus

and request for prayers for his speedy recovery.

Editor-in-Chief

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