Scientific Research and Scholarly Writing in Islam

About the Book

Comprehensibly structured, this guidebook is intended for scholars of various fields, especially Muslims. Alongside specific applications in Islamics, it first clarifies the notion of scientific research and scholarly writing. It then addresses the processes of collecting data and writing a research paper, section by section, from the Title to the Acknowledgments; emphasis is laid on documenting sources both in the text and the References section, with illustrations ranging from multivolume books to on-line documents. The book finally explores the publication process and debates on misconceptions from the religious viewpoint and on ungrammatical and other criticizable English uses.

About the Author

Alpha Mahmoud Bah, PhD, is an agricultural economist alumnus of Tottori University. Before coming to Japan, he worked for Guinea's department of Industry in Conakry. Dr. Bah is currently Chairman of the Islamic Guidance Society, which publishes the Journal of Islamic Guidance, and imam of the Shimane Muslims Association.