The purpose of this thesis is to present an annotated bibliography of materials available in North America for the further study of the Muhammadijah movement in Indonesia. Since such materials have been found to be very limited, it has not in fact been possible to make the bibliography as selective as was in principle to be desired. Besides books, pamphlets and reports, some newspaper and magazine articles with a direct bearing on the Muhammadijah are included.

The present work on the inter-relationship between Islam and nationalism in Egypt, it may be made clear at the very outset, is an attempt to understand the ideological, intellectual trends, rather than political movements of contemporary Egypt. It is a probe into the aspirations of the different ideological groups found in that country. A number of considerations, however, have prevented a fuller treatment of the subject and certain important aspects -- the impact of Islamic and nationalist ideas in the fields of legislation, the effect of these ideas on the interpretation of history, etc. are being omitted. [...]

This thesis was started at a time when Indonesia was in a turmoil of ideological camps, in which international peace and order could be endangered. The nationalists, according to one of their prominent leaders, Roeslan Abdulgani, are still in search of an Indonesian identity, fighting their way to their dim goal, exerting all their strength and their dearly gained knowledge. The Muslim masses, responding to the call of their faith, cherish the aim of establishing a "Baldatun tayyibatun wa Rabbun Ghafur", a "beautiful, pure and prosperous country under the protection of God the Forgiver". [...]

The choice of the present topic in the field of modern Egyptian historiography has originated from interest aroused by a fifteen years residence in Egypt. It has been brought to fulfilment through the opportunity provided by the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, for the study of the Muslim World and the problems involved in the clah of ancient traditions and values with modernity.

Controversies among ahl al-hadith and Hanafis had assumed serious proportions by the time of Wali Allah. Reconciliation of legal schools was a practical, rather than a merely theoretical problem. From the very beginning Wali Allah had ahl al-hadith proclivities and from that standpoint he bitterly denounced Hanafis for deviating from sunnah. At this stage his basic aim was revival of pristine Shari'ah and reform of Hanafi legal doctrines by making them conform to sunnah.

This is a study of an early modern Indian Muslim thinker's response to the strains and stimuli of the nineteenth century European thought. The study stems from the hypothesis that ideas have a life and role of their own, that if they are determined, they can also determine, directly. The thesis tries to show that under the direct impact of the Western thought, Shibli was trying to rethink his traditional religious norms, and not merely trying to rationalize them. In other words he was not merely reacting, but also creatively responding and synthesizing, even if not always fully consciously. While trying to locate his faith on the map of modern thought, Shibli, at the same time, underlined the unique quality of the religious truths, which made him talk in general spiritual and moral terms, and eventually cost him many a traditional, societal expressions of faith, as is borne out by this thesis -- we hope.

Modern African historians have agreed that the use of indigenous African Muslim historical writings is an important tool for modern interpretation of African history because the majority of source materials that have been previously relied on for the interpretation of African history are for the most part inadequate in giving Africa's view point of its past. This thesis is basically concerned with a study of one representative of the indigenous African Muslim historians in the context of general historiographical studies on Africa. Four works of the author are translated and studied in an attempt to assess their value for the understanding of African history of the times and places mentioned by the author in his works.

The thesis aims at studying the background, the process of development and the effect of the Lanase movement upon the Yoruba Islam. The thesis aims further to study the various problems which the movement is facing because of the changes taking place in Nigeria today. Among these are the rise of Nationalism, secular education, religious liberalism and female emancipation struggles.

This thesis studies an aspect of Islamic legal reasoning in terms of the method for determining the ruling on cases for which the Shari'a has no textual basis. Al-Ghazali (d.550/1111), a great Muslim theologian, philosopher and süfi as well as a remarkable jurist, made an important contribution to this methodological problem. His theory of munasaba proposes a technique for making a ruling on the basis of an understanding and interpretation of the meaning behind the Shari'a. With this theory, a new case can be decided through a rational analysis without direct support in the textual sources. This theory is related to the legal doctrine of maslaha according to which legal reasoning ought to be mainly guided by considerations of public interest. [...] / Ce mémoire de maîtrise explore un aspect du raisonnement de la Loi Islamique qui détermine quel sera le jugement lorsque la Sharï'a n'a pas son fondement dans les textes. Al-Ghazali (d.550/111), un grand théologien de l'Islam, un philosophe, un sufi et un juriste remarquable, a fait des contributions importantes dans ce domaine. Sa propre théorie du munasaba érige une technique afin d'établir la règle de base qui permet d'interpréter et découvrir la signification derrière les principes de la Shari'a. Avec une telle méthode, les nouvelles situations légales peuvent être évaluées et analysées même s'il n'existe pas de références directes aux textes écrits. Cette méthode est en quelque sorte reliée à la doctrine du maslaha. Celle-ci établie que les analogies faites dans les domaines du droit doivent être guidées par l'intérêt public. [...]

Language is said to be the prerequisite to the development of culture. It follows, then, that new cultural experiences require an increase in the resources of a language. We can only conceive of reality in terms of our linguistic symbols of reference to it, say the linguistic experts, and these linguistic symbols are accurate only in terms of a known pattern of reference or of a known pattern of expression. The main functions of a language, in so far as they can be broken down, include: communication, socialization, and cultural accumulation.