Why Publish With ITJ

The modern world is built upon the ideals of the Western Enlightenment. Within this worldview, reason and secularism dictate not only the political order of society but also the framework for the categorization and production of knowledge. As a result, religion has been excluded from both governing structures and institutions of learning and research. Faith, being philosophically immaterial, is not subject to the scientific method within this paradigm. Consequently, it remains a topic of discussion primarily within religious seminaries and private enterprises rather than in state institutions and public systems.

In contrast, the Islamic civilization that preceded modernity integrated governance and knowledge with faith. The foundational value system deliberately and consciously linked faith (īmān) with action (ʿamal). This does not imply that Muslim scholars and thinkers were solely preoccupied with theorizing about God and the afterlife. In fact, classical Muslim religious scholars often distanced themselves from abstract theological debates. Instead, they focused on faith as it manifests in the human body and the natural world, treating faith as an observable and even measurable force through the actions undertaken by individuals and societies.

Unlike the modern worldview, which requires materiality as a precondition for existence, the Islamic perspective acknowledges the incorporeal and its tangible effects. Human beings are influenced by faith just as much as they are by material conditions, generating outcomes that rely on deeply interconnected systems beyond the material world.

The strict division between the incorporeal and the empirical has not withstood the test of time. Increasingly, modern scientific inquiry has expanded into the realm of the incorporeal. Neuroscientists explore the “God center” in the human brain, medical researchers investigate the effects of intermittent fasting, and blockchain developers fragment wholes into digital ether. The scientific method’s selective permeability, which historically filtered out faith, has fractured the integrity of knowledge. Islam Today Journal seeks to restore a holistic approach to knowledge production and preservation.

What sets Islam Today Journal apart is its refusal to separate the conceptual from the non-conceptual, the material from the immaterial, and the corporeal from the incorporeal. It serves as a pioneering platform for researchers and scholars who apply sound, consistent, and testable frameworks of analysis across all disciplines. While the journal is described as “Islamic,” the term is used in the same inclusive sense it held during the peak of Islamic civilization—as a reference to a determinant system that embraced all spiritual and faith expressions, not solely those of Islam. With this perspective in mind, Islam Today Journal invites both Muslim and non-Muslim scientists, scholars, experts, and thinkers to contribute, fostering a renewed application of holistic approaches to understanding both the corporeal and the incorporeal worlds.

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At this stage, IT Journal’s focus is on encouraging Muslim researchers, scholars, scientists, professionals, and experts across various fields to articulate how they integrate their faith with their work. Even in highly technical disciplines—such as software engineering—a Muslim professional does not leave their faith at the door. Their beliefs continue to shape what they do, how they do it, and whether they should do it at all. Faith is not merely a motivating force; it is also prescriptive, guiding individuals to reconfigure the systems they engage with in ways that uphold ethical integrity and interconnected responsibilities.

With this vision, IT Journal invites Muslim experts from diverse disciplines—including architecture, business, education, engineering, finance, law, medicine, economics, social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, technology, astronomy, history, philosophy, and pharmaceutical sciences—to contribute their insights. While English is the Journal’s primary language, we also publish original and translated works in Arabic, Persian, Malay, Turkish, Urdu, Indonesian, and other languages spoken in Muslim-majority countries.

IT Journal features peer-reviewed articles, scholarly reviews, translations of academic works, reports, datasets, and primary sources. In the near future, we will also broadcast paper presentations and scholarly discussions through our Digital Media Channel.

ITJ is an Open Access, multidisciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal; a platform for researchers engaged in the study of Islamic texts, thought, institutions, and events. Authors come from diverse scientific disciplines and rely on sound analytical and methodological approaches.

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