Organizations must have rules of order to facilitate their debate and to fill in the procedures not detailed by their constitutional documents. While most American organizations are content to operate by Robert's Rules of Order, Muslim organizations have often wrestled with questions over whether the rules of order systemized by a Western military figure are in accordance with the Qur'an and the sunnah. This book tackles the matter directly and takes into account the Qur'an, the sunnah, Islamic manners and the history of Islamic consultation and leadership to provide a simple, practical guide to organizational procedure that can be incorporated into the governance of Muslim organizations. The book includes advice on writing bylaws and on complying with the best practices of the U.S. Dept. of Justice in a way that is Islamically authentic, transparent, and accountable. It provides a basic starting point for any Muslim organization while allowing for flexibility so that organizations may make any variations they require within their own bylaws and constitution, so that it can accommodate differing schools of thought on Islamic law. In its discursive approach it is an essential primer for understanding the value of rules of order and the Islamic context for their application.
The Islamic Rules of Order has been adopted as the rules of order of the Association of Muslims Social Scientists.

This is a two-volume set of books in Spanish entitled Islamic Jurisprudence. The first volume covers worship, discussing the legitimate rites of worship that Allah has ordained for us. The second volume covers topics related to human transactions and interactions.
Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) is the study of the different opinions and rulings deduced from the original Islamic sources—the Qur'an and Sunnah—so that Muslims can put Islamic teachings into practice in all aspects of their lives.
Therefore, these volumes deal with fiqh topics covering all areas of human life, offering answers for every question with knowledge and wisdom. This fiqh includes the rulings about rites of worship, human interactions, trade, contracts and international policies. It includes as well the administrative laws of justice, war and peace. This work aims to convey in simple terms, the basic precepts that every Muslim should know and apply in their daily lives.
This book joins the list of books offered by IIPH for Spanish speakers, as part of its effort to contribute to the diffusion of Islam knowledge and improve the quality of information available about Islam.


La Jurisprudencia Islamica (Fiqh) es la cienca que estudia cada uno de los distintos dictamenes y los deduce de sus Fuentes originales: el Coran y la tradicion Profetica (Sunnah); para que los musulmanes puedan ponerlos en practica en todos los espectos de su vida. Por consiguiente, la Jurisprundencia Islamica (Fiqh) abarca todos los aspectos de la vida humana para asi poder ofrecer un juicio (Hukm) a cada cuestion y contiene desde los ritos de adoracion (Ibadat) a las relaciones juridicais de todo tipo (MuÆamalat).
Como por ejemplo las familaries, las comerciales, las contractuales, las politicas y las internacionales. Como asi tambien los prcedimientos crinales y las administracion be justicia, la Guerra y la paz. El esfuerzo empenado en ests trabajo tiene como finalidad transmitir de manera sencilla y concias los preceptos basicos que todo musulman debe conocer y aplicar en su vida diaria. Este libro se suma a la lista que IIPH presenta a los lectores de habla hispana en su deseo de contribuir a la diffusion del Islam y mejorar la calidad de ensenanza de lis musulmanes.

New Directions in Islamic Education explores the relationship between pedagogy and the formation of religious identities within Islamic education settings that are based in minority and majority Muslim contexts. Based on empirical research, the book engages critically with the philosophical, theological and cultural dynamics that inform Muslim educational thought and practice. The book offers an integrated model of Islamic education that identifies the heart of the Islamic educational imagination as tarbiyah, a transformative process of becoming. Overall, this book seeks to ground the theory and practice of Islamic education within the experience of the educator and the learner, and it synthesises the spiritual foundations of Islam with the tradition of critical reflection within the classical Muslim educational heritage. This ground breaking and wide-ranging work should be of interest not only to Muslim educators and education specialists, but also to social scientists, theologians and policy makers.

This book documents the scientific dynamism of the classical Islamic civilization, its contribution to the rise of modern science, and how the decline of Muslim civilization stemmed from its abandonment of critical thinking in the worldly and religious sciences.