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Islam and Christian—Muslim Relations Contents of Volume 9, 1998 EDITORIAL BOARD Islam and Christian—Muslim Relations is edited jointly John L. Esposito and Jorgen S. Neilsen, by the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian- Joint Editors Muslim Relations (CSIC), Selly Oak Colleges, David Thomas and John O. Voll, Birmingham, UK and the Center for Muslim-— Review Editors Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Amira El-Azhary Sonbol, Associate Editor Washington DC, USA. The Journal provides a Sigvard von Sicard forum for all those who wish to enhance their Jabal M. Buaben critical appreciation of the two religious traditions Carol Bebawi, Editorial Assistant both on the historical, empirical and on the Patricia Gordon, Administrative Assistant ideological, theoretical levels. The Editors welcome scholarly contributions concerning Islam in its relations with other groups and ideologies, past and present, as well as on Christian—Muslim relations worldwide. Articles are also welcomed which deal CONSULTANT EDITORS with the role of Islam and the nature of Christian- Dr Al-Tayib Z. Al-Abdin, Institute of African and Muslim relations, analyses of theological, historical, Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan social, political and cultural responses to Muslim Professor Mumtaz Ahmad, Hampton University, interaction with Christian and other societies and Hampton, Virginia, USA cultures, whether as minorities or majorities. The Professor Mahmoud Ayoub, Temple University, Journal publishes articles, documentation, reports, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA review articles and book reviews. Dr John Borelli, National Conference of Catholic The contents of this journal are abstracted or Bishops of USA, Washington DC, USA indexed by American Theological Library Dr Bert Breiner, National Council of Churches of Association, British Humanities Index, IBR USA, New York, USA (International Bibliography of Book Reviews), Bishop Kenneth Cragg, Oxford, United Kingdom IBZ (International Bibliography of Periodical Professor Abdul Rahman Doi, Rand Afrikaans Literature), Sociological Abstracts, and Theological University, Melville, South Africa and Religious Abstracts. Dr Andreas d’Souza, Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies, Hyderabad, India Editorial correspond » including manuscripts Professor Sidney Griffith, Catholic University, for submission and books for review, should be Washington DC, USA addressed to the Editor, Islam and Christian— Professor Yvonne Y. Haddad, Center for Muslim Muslim Relations, either CSIC, Selly Oak Colleges, Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Bristol Road, Birmingham B29 6LQ, UK, or The Washington DC, USA Center for Muslim—Christian Understanding, Professor Kamal Hassan, /nternational Islamic Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. University, Selangor, Malaysia Details concerning the submission and preparation Dr Thomas Michel, Federation of Asian Bishops of articles can be found on the inside back cover of Conferences, Rome, Italy each issue. Professor Hisham Nashabe, Makassed Institute of Business correspondence, including orders and Islamic Studies, Beirut, Lebanon remittances relating to subscriptions, Professor Sulayman S. Nyang, Howard advertisements, back numbers and offprints, should University, Washington DC, USA be addressed to the publishers: Carfax Publishing Professor James Piscatori, Council on Foreign Lid, PO Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 Affairs, New York, USA and The University of Wales 3UE, UK. Professor Jane I. Smith, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut, USA The Journal is published three times a year. ‘These Professor Christian Troll, Pontificio Istituto issues constitute one volume. An annual index and Onentale, Rome, Italy title-page is bound in the last issue of the volume. CARFAX © 1998 CSIC and CMCU Volume 9 Numberi1 March 1998 Notes on Contributors Mamoun Fandy. Safar al-Hawali: Saudi Islamist or Saudi nationalist? James F. Goode. Samuel Benjamin: unorthodox observer of the Middle East Jamal Malik. Islamic Mission and Call: the case of the International Islamic University, Islamabad Kate Zebiri. Muslim Anti-Secularist Discourse in the Context of Muslim Christian Relations Patricia Mihaly Nabti. Contractual Prayer of Christians and Muslims in Lebanon Patricia Kelly. Muslim Canadians: immigration policy and community development in the 1991 census Gary Bunt. Decision-Making Concerns in British Islamic Environments REVIEW ARTICLE Tarek Mitri. Views on Arab Christians Between Past and Present BOOK REVIEWS Volume 9 Number2 June 1998 Notes on Contributors Andreas Christmann. Islamic Scholar and Religious Leader: a portait of Shaykh Muhammad Sa‘id Ramadan al-Buti Yoginder S. Sikand. The Origins and Growth of the Tablight famaat in Britain Ataullah Bogdan Kopanski. Burden of the Third Rome: the threat of Russian Orthodox fundamentalism and Muslim Eurasia Ismatu Ropi. Muslim—Christian Polemics in Indonesian Islamic Literature Muhib O. Opeloye. The Socio-Political Factor in the Christian—Muslim Conflict in Nigeria BOOK REVIEWS BOOKS RECEIVED Volume 9 Number3 October 1998 Notes on Contributors Barbara Freyer Stowasser. What Goes into a Paradigm? Some reflections on gender-issue ‘differences’ between Sunni law schools, and the problematic of their historical attribution Amira el-Azhary Sonbol. Ta‘a and Modern Legal Reform: a rereading Benedicte Spoelders. Rethinking Development and the Feminist versus Islamist Dichotomy Ellen L. Fleischmann. ‘Our Moslem Sisters’: women of Greater Syria in the eyes of American Protestant missionary women Eleanor Abdella Doumato. Receiving the Promised Blessing: missionary reflections on ‘Ishmael’s (mostly female) descendants’ Fatma Hassan al-Sayegh. American Women Missionaries in the Gulf: agents for cultural change Jane I. Smith. Christian Missionary Views of Islam in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries BOOK REVIEWS BOOKS RECEIVED