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This paper, a noncomparative study which without trying to prove that Islam is the best system to follow, argues that in order to understand Islamic provisions on labor rights, one needs to look at original sources, i.e., Quran and Sunnah. The current article explores the possibility of using Islam as the basic source in creation and adoption of labor codes in Muslim world. This article also identifies the role of government in employment relationship through Hisbah institution. By comparing Islamic teachings on labor relations with the current situation in the most Islamic state in the world, we find out that it is not religion which is oppressing the individual and collective rights in the Muslim world, rather, these are the rulers which interpret religion in such a way to legitimize their un‐Islamic rules.

Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions is the first reference work to offer a comprehensive portrait of love in the context of the classic and contemporary literature of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, as well as other cultures and philosophies. Like no volume published to date, it reveals the full richness of religious teachings on love in all its many forms, exploring an extensive range of topics that offer philosophical, psychological, and religious perspectives to guide the quest for the meaning of love.||Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions features approximately

Religion is a sometimes neglected factor in international relations. Awareness of the influence of religion and other aspects of culture on foreign policy assists students of international relations in their efforts to understand international politics. Like everyone else, students of international relations draw on their own values and religious beliefs in responding to policy questions. With the exception of the "Postscript", this article was written prior to September 11, 2001, but these events may reinforce the article's argument that religious factors deserve attention from students of foreign policy.

Johann Christoph Bürgel: "Allmacht und Mächtigkeit". Religion und Welt des Islam. Verlag C. H. Beck, München 1991. 416 S., geb., 48,- DM

As the culture wars of the last several decades unfolded, religion seemed to loom over every aspect of American life. Would public schools host classwide prayers, teach intelligent design, and require daily deference to the American flag? Would television shows deal frankly with sexuality, abortion, and unconventional families? Would Americans find hope and vitality in an increasingly secular, progressive future, or in an idealized Christian past? Today, as the fog of this protracted cultural struggle clears, it appears that religion—specifically Christianity—was itself contested, rather than merely serving as the moral bulwark of one particular side.