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al• Mawardi's book betrays the difficulties which confronted a political author intent on keeping his balance in the conflict between the clear exigencies of Islamic Shari'ah and the political reali• ties of the time; and, as Prof.
AL THOUGH the subject of the next article, Islam's Contribution to lvfathe• matics and AstronomJ', has been often enough discussed in orientalist litera• ture, we bring it here because it is representative of the youngest genera• tion of Muslim scholars.
IN his beautiful essay, The Urdu LanJ?U• age and Indian-Muslim Culture, Prof.
M. Mujib of the Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, discusses the past and future of what he and we believe to be the real lingua [ranca of India, In his attempt to purge the discussion uf so-called "communal" clements, Prof.
1/0-M uslim Jurisprudence, gives in his present article, The CustomarJ• and Statutory Laws of the Muslims in India, a survey of the legal practices prevalent among these communities and recognis• ed by British-Indian courts of Law. TiiE story of Mumtdz Mahall.