In “Islamic Studies in Australia’s Higher Education Sector” (The Australian Journal of Islamic Studies 6, no. 2 (2021)), Adis Duderija (Griffith University) and Jessica Mamone (Griffith University) collect any discuss data from 2017 on the state of substantive Islamic studies courses taught at top Australian universities.
In “Civilised or Savage: The Effect of Colonialism’s Dichotomus Language on Views of Prophet Muhammad’s Leadership” (The Australian Journal of Islamic Studies 6, no. 2 (2021)), Mostafa Hany El-Gashingi (Charles Sturt University) takes issue with extant narratives about the Islamic prophet “civilising” an otherwise “savage” society, simultaneously calling for a new lens to critically examine sīra studies that focus on the biography of the Prophet.
In “English Translations of the Qur’an: A Descriptive Comparative Study in their Aspects of Disagreement” (The Australian Journal of Islamic Studies 6, no. 2 (2021)), Abbas Brashi (Umm Al-Qura University) reviews the scholarly monograph entitled English Translations of the Qur’an: A Descriptive Comparative Study in their Aspects of Disagreement (al-Tarjamātu al-Ingilīziyyaui li-Maʿānī al-Qur’āni al-Karīm: Dirāsatun fī Maḍāhiri al-ʾIkhtilāf) (Cairo: Hala Publishing Company, 2020) by Ali Yunis Aldahesh.
