Invitation to Write Book Reviews for Islamic Studies

2026-06-08

Islamic Studies is a Scopus-indexed, peer-reviewed journal published by the Islamic Research Institute since 1962. It regularly receives offers of review copies of books published by renowned academic publishers worldwide. The Editor of Islamic Studies invites scholars of different disciplines to choose books of their interest from the list below and review them for Islamic Studies. Articles and book reviews published in Islamic Studies are abstracted/indexed in many well-known abstracting, indexing, and content-registration agencies, including Crossref, Index Islamicus, and Atla. JSTOR, EBSCO, ProQuest, and Atla Plus also archive Islamic Studies.

Interested scholars are requested to write to the Editor at <islamicstudies.iri@iiu.edu.pk> to convey their consent along with their postal address, contact details, and CV. After the approval of the journal's editorial board, the publisher will be asked to provide reviewers with print/online review copies of the requested books.

A List of Offered Review Copies

  1. Tayob, Abdulkader, ed. Ethics and the Self in Islam: Historical and Contemporary Conversations. Fortress Press, 2026.
  2. Tareen, SherAli. Shah Waliyullah Dihlavi. Oneworld, 2026.
  3. Moosa, Ebrahim, and Joshua Lupo, eds. Engaging the Madrasa: Education and Islamic Thought in a Changing World. Notre Dame Press, 2026. 
  4. Ali, Mukhtar H., trans. Wisdom: The Sufism of Ibn al-ʿArabī in the Mirror of Jāmī. SUNY Press, 2025.
  5. Martini, Giovanni Maria, ed. Visualizing Sufism. Brill, 2025.
  6. Bano, Masooda, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Women and Islam. Cambridge University Press, 2025. 
  7. Petersen, Jesper. The Islamic Juridical Vacuum. Brill, 2025.
  8. Ibrahim, Ayman S., and Clint Hackenburg, eds. and trans. A Medieval Case for Islam's Superiority: The Letter of Ibn al-Layth to the King of the Romans. Baylor University Press, 2025. 
  9. De Jong, Frederick. Proliferation and Bifurcation of the Sufi Orders in Twentieth-Century Egypt. Brill, 2025.
  10. Grosso, Sarah.  Judging Women’s Rights, Gender & Citizenship in Ben Ali’s Tunisia. Brill, 2025.
  11. Şahin, Elena. The Grand Critic of Ibn Khaldūn. Brill, 2025.
  12. Alibašić, Ahmet, ed. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 16. Brill, 2025.
  13. Keeler, Annabel. Bāyazīd: The Life and Teachings of the Mystic Abū Yazīd al-Basṭāmī (d. ca. 234/848). Brill, 2025.
  14. Alibašić, Ahmet, ed. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 15. Brill, 2024.
  15. Aouad, Maroun. Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics. Brill, 2024.
  16. Suleiman, Farid. Ibn Taymiyya and the Attributes of God. Brill, 2024.
  17. Zamboni, Francesco Omar. At the Roots of Causality. Brill, 2024.
  18. Sunier, Thijl. Making Islam Work. Brill, 2024.
  19. Jevtić, Jana. Lives in Solidarity. Brill, 2024.
  20. Daiber, Hans. From the Greeks to the Arabs and Beyond. Brill, 2024.
  21. Dagli, Caner K. Metaphysical Institutions: Islam and the Modern Project. SUNY Press, 2024.