Islam and Civilisational Renewal (ICR) invites scholarly contributions of articles, reviews, or viewpoints which offer pragmatic approaches and concrete policy guidelines for Malaysia, the OIC countries, civic non-governmental organisations, and the private corporate sector. The principal research focus of IAIS is to advance civilisational renewal through informed research and interdisciplinary reflection with a policy orientation for the wellbeing of Muslim communities, as well as reaching out to non-Muslims by dialogue over mutual needs and concerns.

Our enquiry and recommendations seek to be realistic and practical, yet simultaneously rooted in Islam’s intellectual and spiritual resources, Muslim political and social thought, inter-faith exchanges, inter-civilisational studies, and global challenges of modernity.

Based at the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) in Kuala Lumpur, ICR’s inaugural issue appeared in October 2008, under the name Journal of Civilisation Studies, with contributions from distinguished scholars including Mohammed Hashim Kamali, Osman Bakar, Syed Farid Alatas and Christoph Marcinkowski.

ICR invites contributions on the following topics:

• issues of good governance and Islamic law reform in Muslim societies
• science, technology, development and the environment
• minorities and culture-specific studies
• ethical, religious or faith-based issues posed by modernity
• inter-faith, inter-civilisational, and Sunni–Shi‘ah dialogue and rapprochement.

A complete list of topics may be consulted at: http://www.iais.org.my/research.html. Contributions should be submitted as an e-mail attachment in Word for Windows (Mac files must be converted) to: journal@iais.org.my as well as a hard copy (double-spaced and consecutively numbered on one side only) to: Associate Editor – ICR, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia, Jalan Elmu, Off Jalan Universiti, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

ICR is published in English and it is essential that to help ensure a smooth peer-review process and quick publication all manuscripts are submitted in grammatically correct English. For this purpose, non-native English speakers should have their manuscripts checked before submitting them for consideration. The Editorial Board holds the right to make any necessary changes in the approved articles for publication upon consultation with the writers.