CONTENTS

Editorial 1
Abdul Rashid Moten
Articles


Contribution of Bengali scholars to Sirah literature
Md. Masudur Rahman

5


An exposition of Iqbals ideas on human nature and personality
Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak and Nik Ahmad Hisham

15


Extra marital affair and family discord : Way-out in Islam
Md. Abdullah Al Helal

35

Inheritance rights of women in Islamic law : An assessment
Kazi Arshadul Hoque, Muhammad Jalal Uddin and Mohammad Saidul Islam

45

Book Reviews

Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban : Beyond Bin Laden and 9/11
By Syed Saleem Shahzad

59


Islamic civilization in South Asia : A history of Muslim power and presence
in the Indian subcontinent
By Burjor Avari

62


Profit/loss sharing method of finance : An empirical study in a western country
By Jalaluddin Abulkhair

65


Islamic banking and finance in South-east Asia : Its development and future
(3
rd
edition)
By Angelo M Venardos


67

Conference Reports

Growth, Equity and Stability : An Islamic Perspective
Foyasal Khan

71


International Conference on Teacher Education in the Muslim World
(ICTEM), 2013
Rowshan Zannat


74