This report offers a high-level comparative review and analysis of Muslim family laws (MFLs) in seven countries in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHoA) region that was conducted to build the case for legal reform towards justice and equality in…
Published: 2024
Author:Gofran Abdulrahman Al-Absi
This timely volume addresses the rising interest in the role of religion in global issues worldwide. The ambitious Agenda 2030 and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) serve as the framework for this exploration, discussing questions such as: What role…
Published: 2023
Author:Christine Schliesser
Mindanao State University-Sulu (MSU-Sulu) partnered together with the ICRC to produce the book’s translation into Tausug, a major language spoken in the Sulu archipelago and Zamboanga, among other places. Pana’ta offers guidance on important topics, such as ways to attend…
Published: 2023
Author:Abdul Karim Al-Zayd
As a joint learning network focused on evidence in religions and development, we (i.e., JLI) are often asked to summarize the “evidence” on religions and development. While that may seem like a simple request, it is, in fact, a complicated…
Published: 2022
Author:Olivia Wilkinson, Susanna Trotta, Katherine Marshall, Ezra Chitando, Emma Tomalin, John Blevins, Esther Mombo, Philipp Öhlmann, Ignatius Swart, Selina Palm, Kanykey Jailobaeva, Elisabet Le Roux, Nora Khalaf-Elledge, Susan Hayward, Erin Wilson, and Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh.
This book: Discusses the roles that mosques play in saving lives and reducing losses Shows the role of imams' flexibility to help communities in need Presents point of view to see religion differently in a much broader constructive array than…
Published: 2022
Author:Abdur Cheema
The publication explores such important topics such as how to deal with victims of armed conflict in accordance with Islamic Shariah, looks at lessons learnt from the early Islamic battles like Badr, and lays out what Islamic law says about…
Published: 2020
Author:Zaid Abdel Karim Al-Zaid
This important reference work, now available to the many millions of Kiswahili speakers around the world, is divided into four chapters focusing on ways to protect civilians, the wounded, the dead, non-combatants and their property during armed conflict, as well…
Published: 2019
Author:Abd al-Ghani Abd al-Hamid Mahmoud
Almost all religions reflect on the creation of the universe, or universes, in different forms and with varying degrees of clarity or detail. Common across most religions is an agreement that “creation” is an act of God and should be…
Published: 2021
Author:William Avis
Promoting respectful relationships, equitable communities, child spacing and social cohesion This resource has been adapted for Gender Champions who have been trained using Tearfund’s Transforming Masculinities toolkit and are working with Muslim communities as part of the Masculinities, Faith and…
Published: 2020
Author:Prabu Deepan
The Muslim training manual for Gender Champions in the Masculinities, Faith and Peace (MFP) project This Masculinites, Faith and Peace (MFP) manual introduces the training for Muslim Gender Champions and faith leaders. It provides a detailed activity guide for use…
Published: 2021
Author:Prabu Deepan
Task Force 7 - G20 SUPPORT FOR SDGS AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION There is an urgent need to better recognize and integrate the significant involvement of faith-based actors in development initiatives through effective policy-driven responses. These responses require novel and inventive…
Published: 2020
Author:PETER PETKOFF, COLE DURHAM, JUAN NAVARRO FLORIA, ALBERTO MELLONI, KATHERINE MARSHALL, NAOTO YOSHINKAWA
Islam aur Takreem-e-Insaniyat ke Usool (Islam and Humanitarian Principles) is a new Urdu publication jointly produced by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Islamabad and the ICRC. Based on discussions held during a two-day National Round Table arranged by IPS…
Published: 2021
Author:Nadeem Farhat, Institute of Policy Studies, and Dr. Ziaullah Rahmani, International Committee of the Red Cross
A new Kiswahili language publication called “Utangulizi wa Sheria ya Kimataifa ya Kibinadamu ya Kiislamu” (“Introduction to International Humanitarian Law in Islam” / “muqaddimah fi ‘l-qanun ad-duwali al-insani fi ‘l-islam”), a reference work that was authored in Arabic by Professor…
Published: 2021
Author:Professor Zaid Abdel Karim Al-Zaid, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh
On March 11, 2021, JLI held a webinar where Dr. Riham Ahmed Khafagy (Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, Zayed University) presented her paper ‘Faith-based Organizations: Humanitarian Mission or Religious Missionary’. In her presentation, Dr. Ahmed Khafagy compared the British…
Published: 2021
Author:Riham Ahmed Khafagy
“Prayer was the rope of survival.” “Religious needs are my primary needs.” “I wish I had been asked.” These statements were shared by displaced women in Iraq, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey in three independent, coordinated research studies in 2019 led…
Published: 2021
Author:Kathleen Rutledge, Sandra Iman Pertek, Mohammad Abo-Hilal and Atallah Fitzgibbon
The Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) - Indonesia How this story represents an international-local faith partnership in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL): Internationally operating German Protestant faith-based donor organisation. Coordination by national Islamic faith inspired organisation, partnerships with Muslim…
Published: 2021
Author:Jennifer Philippa Eggert, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities and co-author Ghufron Masudi, Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN)
This handbook accompanies The Mosque Management Handbook previously developed by Faith Associates. It is intended as a clear guide to help Madrassah and Mosque management successfully run their Madrassah and contains practical advice including the legal requirements, for the United…
Published: 2020
Author:Shaukat Warraich & Dr Muhammad Ayub Rahim
Working paper 591 The world is facing multiple challenges with huge impacts on humanity, requiring action from citizens, policy-makers and activists. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets demonstrate the scale and ambition of the current global agenda.…
Published: 2020
Author:Paola Pereznieto, Jenny Rivett and Virginie le Masson with Rachel George and Rachel Marcus
New book published! What can we learn from Islamic teachings that will take us closer to addressing today’s most pressing development challenges, including forced migration and refugees, safeguarding and child welfare, gender-based violence, climate change, and peacebuilding and conflict…
Published: 2020
Author:Eds. Ajaz Ahmed Khan and Affan Cheema
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