Social Justice in Islam Western theoretical approaches of modernization, development, social progress and interaction, have failed to understand the dynamics of the Islamic revival. Using the two tools of dialectical link between fiqh and reality, the author shows their indispensability as important methodological tools for the study of the social sciences and, indeed, of social phenomena.​ Deina Abdelkader received a BA in Political Science from the American University in Cairo, and an MA and PhD in the same field from the University of Maryland. She has lectured at the universities of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Tufts, and has written on minorities in the Middle East; and on the Islamic perspective on conflict management and peace agreements. (2000).