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Research Article · Islam and Social Sciences

Developing an Islamic Communication Framework for Social Cohesion

Ahmad Rahman, Maryam Siddiqi

This demonstration article examines how classical Islamic principles of truthful speech, consultation, dignity, and public responsibility may inform a structured communication framework for social cohesion. It outlines a conceptual model linking ethical intention, reliable information, respectful dialogue, and accountable civic participation while identifying limitations that require future empirical study.

Volume 1, Issue 1 · 2026 · Demonstration record

Research Article · Islamic Law and Jurisprudence

Maqasid al-Shariah and the Evaluation of Emerging Social Questions

Fatimah Noor

This fictional demonstration article considers methodological safeguards for using Maqasid al-Shariah in the evaluation of emerging social questions. It emphasizes textual grounding, disciplinary competence, careful description of circumstances, proportional reasoning, and transparent treatment of uncertainty, while warning against using broad objectives as substitutes for legal method.

Volume 1, Issue 1 · 2026 · Demonstration record

Review Article · Islamic Philosophy and Ethics

Moral Agency and Public Responsibility in Contemporary Islamic Thought

Yusuf Kareem

This fictional review article maps representative approaches to moral agency and public responsibility in contemporary Islamic thought. It distinguishes individual intention, social obligation, institutional accountability, and collective action, then proposes questions for comparing how these categories are used across ethical, theological, and social-scientific scholarship.

Volume 1, Issue 1 · 2026 · Demonstration record