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Dear Friends! An International Agency for the Development of Culture, Education and Science (IADCES), in collaboration with the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) invites you to publish in the scientific periodical journal

Journal of Islamic Studies ISSN 0955-2340

The Journal of Islamic Studies is a multi-disciplinary publication dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Islam and of the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to works dealing with history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, law, literature, religion, philosophy, international relations, environmental and developmental issues, as well as ethical questions related to scientific research. The Journal seeks to place Islam and the Islamic tradition as its central focus of academic inquiry and to encourage comprehensive consideration of its many facets; to provide a forum for the study of Islam and Muslim societies in their global context; to encourage interdisciplinary studies of the Islamic world that are crossnational and comparative; to promote the diffusion, exchange and discussion of research findings; and to encourage interaction among academics from various traditions of learning. Publishing periodicity – 3 issues/year. Part of the print run is dispatched to the libraries of major universities worldwide. The Journal is intended for students, Master’s Degree students, post-graduate students, Ph.D. students, post-graduate degree seekers, recent graduates, instructors, and research workers in different countries. The edition materials are posted in Scopus and Web of Science. Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.597 SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.120 Impact factor: 1.073 5-Yr impact factor: 0.959 *2016 Journal Citation Reports®, Thomson Reuters Issue dispatch date – within 180 workdays following the Articles submission deadline. Main subjects areas of the Journal:

 Social Sciences  International Relations

 Political Science  Economics

 Philology and Linguistics  Sociology

 Arts and Humanities  Philosophy

 History  Education

1 EDITORIAL BOARD

EDITOR:

Dr Farhan Ahmad Nizami Magdalen College, Oxford ASSISTANT EDITOR:

Dr M Afifi Al-Akiti Worcester College, Oxford CONSULTANT EDITORS:

Professor Azyumardi Azra State Islamic University, Jakarta Professor Devin DeWeese Indiana University Professor Dimitri Gutas Yale University Professor Cemal Kafadar Harvard University Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Turkish Society for the History of Sciences Dr Abdul-Nabi Isstaif University of Damascus, Syria Professor Yuzo Itagaki University of Tokyo Professor Wadad Kadi University of Chicago Professor Ibrahim Kalin Georgetown University Professor Wilferd F Madelung St John's College, Oxford Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr George Washington University, Washington Professor Francis Robinson Royal Holloway, University of London Dr Eugene Rogan St. Antony’s College, Oxford Professor Abdullah Yusuf Al-Ghunaim Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait

How to publish a paper

1. Send the manuscript and information about the author to the Editorial Board address: agency . iadces @ gmail .com 2. Manuscripts are accepted only by e-mail. 3. After a review, you will be sent a postal message in 30 days with a full cost estimate and payment options. 4. Pay for processing the manuscript and publishing the paper by using the payment details sent to you. 5. After the Journal has been published, we will send it to you immediately by mail. Cost of services Service Cost

Article processing charge (APC - Submission and publication of one manuscript in the Journal, 99 Euro including figures and tables)

Payment options:

 Money transfer to a bank account in Euro to Australia, UK or the USA.  International payment system Skrill – payment from an organisation's business account in Skrill.  International payment system Neteller – payment from an organisation's business account in Neteller.  Payment shall be in Euro.

Contacts: International Agency for the Development of Culture, Education and Science Level 7/ 30 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia www.iadces.org Instructions for Authors Language You can submit your manuscript as one file in Word format for review. Preferred fonts: Arial or Times New Roman. Font size 12. Line spacing - 1.5. Articles are accepted in the English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Serbian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Greek, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Croatian, Indonesian, Philippine, Thai, Persian, Vietnamese, Swahili, Malay, Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Armenian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tamil, Tajik, Turkmen, Polish, Bulgarian, Albanian, Moldovan, Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian languages. Article size The standard size of an article shall be no more than 5,000 words, though articles with more than 5,000 words will be accepted in separate cases if the subject demands such a size.

Shorter materials Analytical notes and survey papers are also accepted. Submission All correspondence, including notifications on Editor’s decisions and requests for revisions, is done by email.

References When submitting, there are no strict requirements to the format of references. Any references format style can be used, provided consistency is observed. If applicable, indicate the name/names of author(s), name of journals/books, titles of chapters /papers, year of publishing, number of volume /book, chapter and page. Using DOI is encouraged. The style of references accepted in the journal will be applied to the accepted article at the proofreading (layout) stage. Please pay attention that at the proofreading (layout) stage missing information may be indicted for the author to add.

Formatting requirements We place no strict requirements to formatting, though all manuscripts shall contain essential elements needed for their processing, e.g., an abstract, keywords, introduction, means and methods, results, conclusions, graphical elements and tables with captions. Page numbering Place make sure that the pages of your paper are numbered sequentially because this is an essential requirement for your paper to be reviewed by your peers. Electronic graphical presentation. General provisions • Make sure that your original graphical presentation uses identical text styles of the same size. • Number the illustrations according to their order in the text. • Use a logical means of assigning names to your files with elements of graphics. Figures and tables in the text Please make sure that the figures and tables in one file are located opposite the respective text in the manuscript, and not in the beginning or end of the file. Mathematical formulas Please insert mathematical equations in an editable format rather than as an image. Insert simple formulas in line with the body text if possible and use a slash symbol (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractions, e.g., Х/Y. In principle, variables should be in italics. Exponents are best to be indicated as exp. Number sequentially all equations, which are inserted separately from the body text (if the text has an explicit reference to such equations). Using software tools for processing the text Please use as simple text formatting as possible. The majority of formatting codes will be replaced or deleted when the paper is processed. The electronic text should resemble a traditional manuscript as much as possible. Essential information placed on the title page • Name of Journal, to which the author's paper is being submitted. • Paper title. Brief and meaningful. Titles are often used in electronic search systems. If possible, avoid using formulas and abbreviations. • Names of authors and place of employment. Please indicate clearly the name(s) and surname(s) of each author and check the names for correctness. Indicate the place of employment under the names, including the country of residence and, if available, the email of each author. • The author responsible for correspondence. Indicate clearly who will maintain correspondence at all stages of reviewing and publication, and also after publication. Make sure that the email address is indicated and that detailed contact information is indicated and updated by the author responsible for correspondence.

Abstract A brief and factual abstract is required. It should contain a brief exposition of the objectives of research, the basic results and conclusions. Keywords Please indicate maximum eight keywords. The key words will be used for indexing purposes. Attention! If the Article is in Spanish or another language (except English), the text blocks are as follows: ‘Name of Journal – Paper title – Names of authors and place of employment – The author responsible for correspondence –Abstract – Keywords– References’ translated into English. If the Article is in English, there is no need to translate the blocks ‘Name of Journal – Paper title – Names of authors and place of employment – The author responsible for correspondence –Abstract – Keywords– References’ into Spanish or another language and place them in the text.