The ‘Journal of Islamic Jerusalem Studies’ (JIJS) is a distinctive and unique journal in the field. In winter 1997 the Management Committee of the Islamic Research Academy (ISRA) published the first issue of the journal. The Journal is published twice yearly, so far seven issues have been published. JIJS is the first and the only refereed scholarly journal that is dedicated to the academic study of Islamicjerusalem. The Journal publishes articles, documentations, reports, review articles and book reviews.

The Journal has opened up a new area of specialisation in Islamicjerusalem studies with original articles addressing Islamicjerusalem from a wide range of subjects in this area. Addressing a gap in the published periodical literature, JIJS especially seeks to encourage research into historical, theological, empirical, theoretical, conceptual or cultural themes and topics. As such, this journal will be essential reading for all those who study the Middle East and the Muslim World.

JIJS aims to provide a forum for scholars working on the subject and all those who wish to enhance their appreciation of any aspect of Islamicjerusalem, including Islamic Studies, History and Archaeology, Art and Architecture, Literature's and Linguistics, Geography and Geology, Environment and Politics, and other disciplines. The journal tries to advance the study of the significance and the centrality of Islamicjerusalem  to the Islamic Faith and Muslim identity. To promote better understanding of the region, the journal will also include scholarly contributions studying relations between Muslims and non- Muslims, past and present, in Islamicjerusalem.

The Journal of Islamic Jerusalem Studies is now being published by
the Centre of Islamicjerusalem Studies at Al-Maktoum Institute.

ISRA has published seven issues of the Journal of Islamic Jerusalem Studies before handing over the publication to Al-Maktoum Institute Academic Press.  These were as follows:

             Volume1, Number 1: Winter 1997

              Volume1, Number 2: Summer 1998

              Volume 2, Number1: Winter 1998

              Volume2, Number 2: Summer 1999

              Volume3, Number1: Winter 1999

              Volume 3, Number 2: Summer 2000

              Volume 4/5, Number 1: Winter 2001

              CURRENT ISSUE --- 2005
 

In English
Sacred Space: The Holiness of Islamic Jerusalem
Karen Armstrong.
pp. 5-20.  

Jerusalem as Archetype of Harmonious Islamic Urban Environment
 Abdallah Schleifer .
pp. 21-38.

In Arabic
Al-Quds Fī al-Wa‘ī al-Islāmī
Yousef al-Qaradawi .
pp. 47-89.

Juhūd  Ba‘d ‘Ulamā’ Filastīn Fī Ri‘āyat al-Muqadasāt al-Islamiyah Fī al-Quds wa Himāyatuha: 1918-1931
Muhsin Salih
pp. 47-89.

In English
The Significance of Jerusalem in Islam: an Islamic Reference
Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi.
pp. 47-71.

Document: The Position of the Labour Party towards the Question of Jerusalem
Ernie Ross MP.
pp. 73-78.

In Arabic
Takhrīj Ahādīth Fadā’il Bayt Al-Maqdis wa al-Masjed al-Aqsā:
Ahmad Abu Halabia .
pp. 51-94.

Mawqef Hizb Al-‘Umāl al-Barītānī Min Qadiyat al-Quds:
Ernie Ross MP.
pp. 95-100.

In English
The Excellence of Jerusalem.
Kenneth Cragg.
pp. 1-20.

Muslim Institutional Development in Jerusalem.
Michael Dumper.
pp. 21-38.

Documents: Introduction: The 1998 Conference.
Lord Watson of Invergowrie.
pp. 39-41-89.

In Arabic
Makān Muqadas:Qudsiyat al-Quds al-Islāmiyah
Karen Armstrong.
pp. 1-16.

Al-Quds: al-Nuqtah al-Markaziyah Fī Hayāt Salāh al-Dīn:
Faris Glubb.
pp. 17-36.

In English
Jerusalem: the Central Point of Saladin's Life.
Faris Glubb.
pp. 49-73.

The Significance of Jerusalem to Muslims.
Marwan Abu Khalaf.
pp. 75-79.

In Arabic
Markaziyat al-Quds wa Makānatuhā Fī al-Islam:
Ibrahim Zaid al-Kilani.
pp. 64-41.

Min Wāqi‘ al-Awqāf Fī al-Quds,Fa‘āliyatIjārat al-Amlāk al-Waqfiyah Khilāl ‘Ām 1009A.H/1600 A.D:
Mahmoud Ali Atallah.
pp. 65-93.

In English
Christian Perspectives on Jerusalem.
Michael Prior.
pp. 1-26.

Jerusalem and Christian-Muslim Relations: the Contemporary Context.
Duncan Macpherson.
pp. 27-42.

In Arabic
Mu‘āmalet al-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah li Ghaīr al-Muslimīn-al-Quds Namūthjan.
Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Buti.
pp. 1-15.

Al-‘Alāqah Bayn al-Muslimīn wa al-Masīhiyn Fīal-Quds Khilāl al-Fath al-Islami al-Awal.
Shafiq Jaser.
pp. 17-30.

In English
Umar's Assurance of Safety to the people of Aelia (Jerusalem): A Critical Analytical study of the Historical Source.
Abd Al-Fattah El-Awaisi.
pp. 47-89.

Documents: Introduction. The 1999 Conference.
Sir Cyril Townsend.
pp. 47-89.

Documents: Opening Address: Jerusalem and the Peace process, The 1999 Conference.
Tony Lloyd MP.
pp. 47-89.

In Arabic
Al-‘Uhdah al-‘Umariyah: Dirāsa Naqdiyah Tahlīliyah Lil Masāder al-Tārīkhiyah:
Abd Al-Fattah El-Awaisi.
pp. 34-66. 

Al-Bu‘d al-Hadārīal-‘Arabī al-Islamī li Qadiyat Bayt al-Maqdis:
Abd Al-Fattah El-Awaisi.
pp. 67-76.

Al-Injāz al-Akādīmī al-Hadārī al-‘Ālamī ‘an Bayt al-Maqdis: Majma‘al-Buhūth al-Islamiyah:
Abd Al-Fattah El-Awaisi.
pp. 77-94.

Bayt al-Maqdis Fī Khatar: al-Quds Bayn al-Tahwīd wa al-Tams li Hadāratihā al-‘.Arabiyah al-Islamiyah:
Abd Al-Fattah El-Awaisi & Aisha Al-Ahlas.
pp. 95-123.

In English

The Problematic Concept of Sovereignty and the Question of Jerusalem
Mahdi Zahraa.
pp. 1-36.

Review: The First Three Volumes of the Journal
Serena Murray.
pp.37-44

In Arabic
Al-Khayārāt al-Muqtaraha liWad‘ Bayt al-Maqdis Fī al-Taswiyah al-Nihā’iyah: Dirāsah Fiqhiyah
Anas Abu-Shadi.
pp. 1-24.

Bayt al-Maqdis Fī Daw’ Fikrat Dār al-Islam wa Dār al-Harb
Muhammad Salim al-Awa.
pp. 25-36.

Al-Umam al-Mutahidah wa al-Wad’ al-Iqlīmī  Ghayr al-Mashrū‘ Fī Bayt al-Maqdis
Muhammad al-Sa’id al-Daqaq.
pp. 37-54.

The Journal of Islamicjerusalem Studies is now being published by:
the Centre of Islamicjerusalem Studies at Al-Maktoum Institute (Click here for following issues).

In English
Islamicjerusalem: A new Concept and Definitions
     Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi.
     pp. 3-18.

The Founder of the New Field of Inquiry of Islamicjerusalem Studies: Background and Methodology
Aisha Al-Ahlas and Sara El-Awaisi.
pp. 19-42

The Muslim Concept of Sovereignty: Islamicjerusalem during the First Muslim Conquest as a Case Study
Aminurraasyid Yatiban.
pp. 43-82

The Position of Islamicjerusalem in the Negotiations between Sultan Salah al-Din and King Richard I “the Lion-Heart”
Maher Abu-Munshar.
pp. 83-108

Political, Social and Religious Changes in Islamicjerusalem from the First Muslim Conquest to the End of Umayyad Period (637-750 CE)
Fatimatuzzahra Abd Rahman.
pp. 109-166

Geographical Boundaries of Islamicjerusalem
Khalid El-Awaisi.
pp. 167-199

In Arabic
al-Masjid al-Aqsa fi al-'Athar al-Qur'aniyah
Haitham al-Ratrout
pp. 1-32

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