Institute of Objective Studies
42 books
Muslims constitute around 22 percent of the total world population of approximately 6.5 billion individuals. They are widely distributed in various proportions in over two third of the total number of administrative or political divisions including nation states dependent areas and territorial categories. They are based in rural and urban areas and are segmented into tribal ethnic linguistic and occupational groups or a combination of more factors than one.
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The bias in the epistemological and philosophical issues involved in social science research has attracted the attention of social scientists only recently. There is a growing literature on these issues. These problems are confronted by every researcher in social sciences. The problem is more acute for the writers thinkers and researchers from the so called Third World because social research methodology and scientific paradigms used by them are dominated by the ...
The IOS Minaret , an online Islamic magazine, was launched by the Institute of Objective Studies in May 2006. The main objective of the website is to present the ideals and principles of Islam in the contemporary idiom and style, provide authentic, updated informational about Muslim communities located in different regions of the world, examine and analyze contemporary tends and issues from an Islamic perspective, and highlight the multifaceted contributions of ...
The focus of all the volumes is on the role of the Muslim freedom fighters in the respective regions. They cover the First War of Independence, Muslim awakening during the British rule and the role of Muslims in various phases of the national movement. Additional information on Muslim individual freedom fighters Satyagrahis of each region is available in the appendices of respective volumes. Volume 1, on Delhi is slightly different. Delhi being the capital of ...
The Ummah, Pan Islamism and Muslim Nation-States is an unusual work of history. It is not history but deals with history, especially of the political developments of early 20 century that played a major role in shaping the modern West Asia. Besides, the book tries to define the unique status and mission of the Muslim Ummah and suggests ways as to how it can revive itself for the wellbeing of mankind. The book specially focuses on Arab-Islamic unity which, in view ...
Since the last quarter of this century, a serious effort is being made by the Muslim scholars to build-up a social science paradigm based on Islamic value system. As a result, scholars from all over the world, both the critics and proponents, have produced a good numbers of academic works in the varies field of Social Sciences in Islamic perspectives covering the disciplines such as Political Science, Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Education, History and Law. ...
This volume mainly consists of papers presented at the Seminar on "Awqaf experiences in South Asia" organized by the Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi. These papers examine the origin, history and law of awqaf generally and their condition in the various countries of the region. The emphasis is on looking at this institution as an effective instrument for the socio-economic development of the Muslims in this region. Major waqf enactments of ...
Earlier several studies were carried out on Muslim fertility and family planning mainly in relation to other communities such as Hindus. Most of these studies revealed a higher fertility and lower family planning practice among Muslims. However, very few efforts have been made to look into high Muslim fertility taking into account various social, cultural and religious factors exclusive to Muslims. The present study tries to fill up this gap. This study has found ...
It is now universally accepted that the environmental crisis is one of the greatest problems of the contemporary world. Different groups are pondering over the predic - ament from their own discrete angles. Amidst several perspectives propounded so far, the Islamic perspective seems to be the most promising one since it accentuates the much needed process of moderation among various polemics and provide a strong basis for mass campaign in a large part of the ...
The pursuit of knowledge occupies a central place in the Islamic ethos. Prophet Muhammad declared that the acquisition of knowledge is an obligation on every Muslim. He said that "wisdom is (like) the lost animal of a believer; wherever he finds it, catches hold of it’. The Prophet exhorted his followers to carry the torch of knowledge and learning far and wide and warned against concealing or with-holding it. Islam opened the portals of knowledge to all ...
It is a case study of Muslims of Gujarat State and their socio-economic profile and is a sample based research endeavour. This report provides enormous information on varied aspects of the Muslims in Gujarat State based on authentic records. Gujarat is a separate state of India dawn on the map on 1st May 1960. Many socio-economic changes have taken place since then. The varying general conditions affect the various ethnic - religious communities in quit ...