Islamic Studies is an internationally peer reviewed research journal, published by Islamic Research Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, since 1962. It publishes research articles, notes, comments, review-articles and book-reviews in all disciplines of Islamic Studies including the Qur’an, Hadith, Tafsir, Sirah, ‘Ilm al-Kalam, Jurisprudence, Fiqh, Law, Religion, Philosophy, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Culture, Civilization, Economics, Language, Literature, History, Science and Technology. Its contributors include some of the very best scholars from across the world. Articles and book-reviews published in Islamic Studies are abstracted or indexed in: Science of Religion, Index Islamicus, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen (IBR), Muslim World Book Review, Middle East Journal, ATLA Religion Database, Religion Index One (RIO) and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). Islamic Studies is archived in databases of JSTOR, EBSCOhost and ProQuest. It is among the journals approved by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for research publications. Editor: Muhammad Ahmad Munir Associate Editor: Muhammad Islam Assistant Editor: Brian Wright

Islamic Research Institute, established in 1960 under a constitutional provision, initially worked as a research unit of Government of Pakistan. It was attached to the newly-established Islamic University, Islamabad as its research arm in 1980. When the University received its new charter as International Islamic University, in 1985, the Institute remained its part. The main objectives of the Institute are to develop a methodology for research in the various fields of Islamic learning; to identify contemporary problems and to study/interpret the teachings of Islam in the context of the intellectual and scientific progress of the modern world in order to assist the Pakistani society and the Muslim Ummah to live according to the imperatives of Islam. The results of the work are published in Institute’s Arabic, Urdu and English quarterly journals; books; monographs and research reports. The Institute also organises seminars, conferences and workshops to achieve and promote its objectives.