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GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

The International Journal of I slamic Thought (IJI T)publishes scholarly articles, research

notes, and review articles -- whether empirical or theoretical -- dealing with political, social,

economic, and strategic developments in the Muslim world. Contributors to IJIT should

abide by the following guidelines:

1. Articles should be scholarly and of relevance to issues faced by Muslimcommunities. IJIT has a firm policy of not considering material that has already

been published or has been concurrently submitted elsewhere.

2. Articles should be between 6,000 and 9,000 words. Articles should also include:a. An abstract, written concisely and clearly, of no more than 250 words. It

should outline the purpose of the research, the significance of the study, the

design, methodology or approach used, the findings, and limitations of the

study.

b. Five to six keywords describing the essence of the article. Keywords willincrease the number of people viewing the article and will increase the

number of times the article will be found in search engines.

3. Review article should compare several books and contain the reviewers analysis ofthe problem under investigation. Reviewers must define and clarify the problem,

summarize the findings of previous research to inform the readers of the state of

current research, identify the gaps or inconsistencies in the literature and suggest the

steps in solving the problem under investigation. Review articles should not exceed

5,000 words.

4. Short Note should advance a new idea or approach to seeking solution to a problem.It should be between 3,000 and 4,000 words (but up to 5,000 may be accepted under

certain conditions). It must adhere to the research paper instructions regarding e.g.,

referencing and bibliographic information.

5. A book review describes and evaluates the quality, meaning and significance of abook. It should focus on the book's purpose, content, and authority. It should

include the complete citation for the work with an introduction that sets the tone of

the review and a conclusion assessing the book. Authors should review bookspublished in the last three or four years. Length of text should be around 900-1100

words.

The journal does not publish opinion pieces or narratives of a current affairs or

journalistic nature. An abstract together with a brief author profile (150 words or

less) should accompany the submission. The authors name and affiliation must not

appear on the main body of the manuscript, but only on a separate cover sheet.

Submissions can be made by e-mail, or by regular mail. Please use a standard

proportional font such as Times or Times New Roman, 12-point size, and 1-

inch/2.5-centimeter margins on all sides.

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IJIT STYLE SHEET

IJIT generally conforms to the The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), latest edition.

Citations can be formatted as endnotes, but they MUST BE DOUBLESPACED. Notes are

arranged in the order cited and are commonly single spaced. To indicate a citation in the

text place a superscript number after punctuation, preferably at the end of a sentence, one

citation only per sentence. Multiple references may be combined in the endnote. Some

examples are given below:

Books

Moten, A.R. Political Science: An Islamic Perspective (London: Macmillan Publishing

Company, 1996), 72.

Al-Faruqi, I. R. & al-Faruqi, L. L. The Cultural Atlas of Islam (New York: Macmillan

Publishing Company, 1986), 32-37.

Chapter in a Book

Alias, A. Human Nature in N. M. Noor (Ed.), Psychology from an Islamic Perspective: A

Guide to Teaching and Learning(pp. 79-117) (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2009), 72.

Iqbal, Justice Javid. The Concept of State in Islam in Mumtaz Ahmad (Ed), State and

Politics in Islam (pp. 37-50), (Washington: American Trust Publication, 1986), p. 42.

Journal Article

Ahsan, Abdullah. Pakistan sinc Independence: An Historical Analysis,The Muslim World

93, no. 3&4 (2003): 357.

Nancy M. Somerick, A Strategy for Protecting the Integrity of an Internship Program,

Public Relations Quarterly 46, no. 3 (2001) : 40-43.

First and subsequent notes for a source

For subsequent references to a source already cited, simply give the authors last name, a

short form of the title, and the page or pages cited

Moten,Political Science, 27.In case of two consecutive notes from the same source, use Ibid and the page number

Ibid., 147.

The Qurn

Quran 18:1-3.

adth

Al-Bukhr, Muhammad ibn Isml,a al-Bukhr(Beirut: Dr al-Fikr, 1981).

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The Bible

Matthew 12: 31-32

Transliteration of Arabic and other words should follow the ALA-LC (Library of Congress

and the American Library Association) transliteration scheme.

Subscription

Annual subscription rates for the print version, includings postage be airmail, are as

follows :

Types BDT USDInstitutions 250 50

Individuals 200 35

Subscriptios are to be prepaid by bank draft in Bangladeshi Taka or USD, and made

payable to the Bangaldesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT), House # 04, Road # 02,

Sector # 09, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh. E-mail : ijit@iiitbd.org,

biit_org@yahoo.com.

Back Issues

Single issues from the current and previous two volumes are available at the current single

issue price. Earlier issues may be obtained from :

International Journal of Islamic Thought (IJIT)

Bangaldesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT)

House # 04, Road # 02, Sector # 09, Uttara Model Town

Dhaka1230, Bangladesh

E-mail : ijit@iiitbd.org, biit_org@yahoo.com.