CALL FOR PAPERS (Islamic Ethics)

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CALL FOR PAPERS (Islamic Ethics)

The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), a
double-blind peer-reviewed journal, is seeking
contributions for its Special Issue on Islamic Ethics, to be published
in July 2010.
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers on the following themes:



1. THEME 1: The historical relationship between Islamic jurisprudence
or law (usul al-fiqh) and Islamic
ethics (ilm al-akhlaq) in all schools of Islamic thought and the
resulting implications for the 21st
century, especially as regards our understanding and development of
contemporary individual or
international morality and the relation of ethics and culture;

2. THEME 2: Problems of applied Islamic ethics pertinent (but not
limited) to ethics in international
affairs (e.g., human rights and global justice); ethical problems of
just war, global jihad, and the “war
on terrorâ€; research ethics related to science, engineering, and
technology; biomedical ethics (e.g., stem
cell science and other controversial issues); environmental ethics
(e.g., climate change and sustainable
energy futures); social responsibility, sustainable economic
development, and business ethics; education
policy and the moral dimensions of curriculum development and pedagogy
at all levels; and moral
dilemmas in psychological practice.

Abstracts of 350-500 words are due by 1 February 2010. Acceptance
notices will be sent by 15 February 2010.
Complete paper must be received by 1 May 2010. Abstracts and papers
must be submitted in English, using
MSWord software, be fully documented in accordance with existing
academic standards, and be original work.
Already published material and non-electronic submissions will not be
considered.

Co-editors: Dr. Yasien Mohamed (professor of Arabic Language and
Islamic Ethics, University of the Western
Cape, South Africa) and Dr. Norman K. Swazo (professor of Philosophy
and Biomedical Ethics, Alfaisal
University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

Send abstracts and papers to both co-editors simultaneously at (
ymohamed@uwc.ac.za ) and
(
nswazo@alfaisal.edu ).


 Jasmin Zine, Ph.D
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Sociology& Muslim Studies OptionDirector,Cultural Analysis & Social Theory (CAST) M.A ProgramWilfrid Laurier University75 University Ave. WestWaterloo, ONN2L 3C5 519-884-0710 x3267 As a lovesick nightingale, you flew among the owls.
Then came the scent of the rosegarden
and you flew off to meet the Rose.-Rumi 

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