Royal Publishers

Can Pakistan (or any Muslim state for that matter) enter into riba based financial transactions with foreign entities? Three petitions were brought up before the Shariat Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1991. Justice Dr. Tanzilur Rehman wrote the judgment which is contained in this very valuable book. Unfortunately (but unsurprisingly) mysterious hands stopped the Judgment from being delivered. But the arguments contained here will be of great interest to students and scholars everywhere.

This book is an attempt to delineat the underlying factors for the growth, development, and end of Pan-Islamic Movement in British India with special reference to Bengal. Constraints of the Pan-Islamists have been systematically studied to investigate the causes for the Indian and Bengali Muslims recourse to territorial Muslim nationalism.

Details how Pakistan's political instability has impacted its educational system. Covers the entire history of Pakistan from its creation to date.

Most people outside Iran may not know that the government that came into power in Iran after the Khomeini revolution heavily promoted mut'a or temporary marriage. Here is a close look at this institution. Who are the people involved in it? what are their motivation? (Men seek sex without responsibility and women seek money but there are other motivations as well, including the religious motivation to earn merits by disobeying Syedna Umar radi-Allahu unhu). How is it arranged? What are the areas of concentration of this practice? (Qum, Mashhad, and Isfahan). And Why? Is the practice, declared haram by a consensus of ahl Sunna wal Jamma, simply legalized prostitution? Get answers to these and many other questions based on interviews with those involved in the practice.