HAMDARD ISLAMICUS
Quarterly Journal of Studies and Research in Islam

Recognized by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan

Vol. XXXIX April-June 2016 No. 2

Editor-in-Chief:
Mrs. Sadia Rashid

Editor:
Dr. Ansar Zahid Khan

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CONTENTS

* Editorial

* DNA Test of Paternity in Islamic

Law – Implications for Illegitimate

Children Born Less than Minimum

Gestation Period in Malaysia

– Professor Dr. Sayed

Sikandar Shah Haneef

* Meaning and Siginificance of

Fasting in Comparative

Perspective – A Study with Special

Reference to Judaism, Christianity,

and Islam

— Dr. Mohammad Akram

* Some Little Known but Inspiring

Examples of Coexistence and

Cooperation Between Jews and

Muslims

— Dr. Zubair Zafar Khan

* Affairs of Mutual Consultation

(Gleanings from the Pakistani

Press)

* Obituary

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