About the Journal


The Islamic University Journal of Social Sciences (IUJSS) is a high calibre journal for scholars in social sciences and humanities generally. IUJSS is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal that deals with both applied and theoretical issues. The main objective of IUJSS is to offer an intellectual platform to the local, regional and international scholars and it aims to promote interdisciplinary studies in social science. It covers the fields of scientific knowledge and academic scholarship that study social groups and, more generally, human society.IUJSS is a bi-annual publication also cover articles on extended fields of social science.

Latest Issue    |   THEMES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, DECEMBER 2021


1. PAN ARAB NATIONALISM AND STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION ,   GHAZALI BELLO ABUBAKAR   1-13

The 21st century Arab world has no doubt, been characterized by calamitous misadven...  



2. RESILIENCE TO SHOCKS OF COVID - 19 PANDEMIC AMONG RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN OGBOMOSO AGRICULTURAL ZONE OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA ,   ORIMAFO P.K, ADEYEMO P.A, ABEBIYI F.M, ADEYEMI F.G, ADEWOLE W.A   1-13
COVID-19 is pitching the world economy towards a global recession, implying the impact of COVID-19 across the global economy will be profound. Emerging evidence on the impact of CO...  


3. THE STATE OF COVID - 19 IN UGANDA ,   NABUKEERA MADINA   1-14

The cases and deaths of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan African countries have been recorded to be few compared ...  



4. PERFORMANCE OF THE TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES IN UGANDA DURING COVID - 19 TIMES ,   NABUKEERA MADINA   1-14

As most of the countries globally battle with the effects of COVID-19, telecommunication companies ...  



5. OPENED OR CLOSED SOCIAL SCIENCES: HISTORY, DEBATES AND LESSONS FOR THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA ,   LUWEMBA MUSA   1-15

The social sciences are those that study society and its components (individuals and social institutions).The goal is to look at social sciences by identifying key grounds for their exi...  



6. EFFECTS OF COVID - 19 ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE IN UGANDA ,   NABUKEERA MADINA   1-15

To fight the continuous spread of the Corona Virus in Uganda, many meas...  



7. EXPLORING THE REALITY OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH IN EDUCATION IN TODAY'S SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDIES ,   LUWEMBA MUSA   1-16

Several debates on different ways of thinking about the application of sociology in education have dominated recent academic forums. In this piece,  focus will be put on the discussions on ...  



8. UCHANGANUZI WA MITAZAMO YA KIIMANI NA KISEKULA KUHUSU LUGHA ,   YASIN S. MUSA, BADRU M. HAROON, NAWAJE A. MGANGA   1-17


9. MUSLIM WOMEN EDUCATION IN UGANDA: HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS ,   AISHA AISETA AND LUWEMBA MUSA   1-19

Today's educational system displays unequal chances based on socioeconomic status, family background, gender, and religion affiliation, to name a few....  



10. EFFECT OF COVID - 19 ON MOBILE MONEY IN UGANDA ,   NABUKEERA MADINA   1-19

During the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020 in Uganda, government came up with tough measures to ...  



11. LESSONS FOR THE 2021 SCIENTIFIC ELECTIONS IN UGANDA: 2020 ELECTORAL EXPERIENCES FROM AROUND AFRICA,   LUWEMBA MUSA   1-20

Elections are a critical democratic metric for determining a country's level of democracy and democratization. Uganda is set to hold scientific elections in 2021, but it will be a difficult time ...  



12. HOW WADUD RENDERS SELECTED QURANIC VERSES THAT SPEAK ON THE HEREAFTER AND RECOMPONSE TO SUPPORT HER NOTION OF FEMINISM IN ISLAM IN QURAN AND WOMAN (1992),   BOTHWELL MHETA AND AISETA AISHA   1-20

The exegetical model to be applied in the analysis of Wadud (1992) may be typified as multi-faceted...  



13. COUNTERING THE EDUCATION BOG FOR THE GIRL CHILD: GLOBAL PROGRESS TO BUILD ON THE UGANDAN CASE ,   LUWEMBA MUSA AND AISETA AISHA   1-21
One of the primary rights that is required for progress is education. A county that invests in both the girl and boy child's education is one that is committed to long-term, dependable, and sustainable growth. In...  


14. STYLISTIC FEATURES OF YUNUS ABDULLAHI'S "YA LAIMI" ARABIC PRAISE POEMS TO PROPHET MOHAMMED ,   KHALIL MOHAMMED USMAN GBODODOFU AND LAWAL RAHMAN   1-25
Eulogizing the prophet has generated a lot of controversies among the Muslims just as this genre of poetry has been mostly ignored and seen as having no significant content. In the...  


15. TESTING ARTICLE,   The Tester  1-3
Testing is when a tester tests something based on a test scnenario to test
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