The International Journal of Critical Studies on Muslim Societies (IJCSMS) provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

All articles published in IJCSMS are freely accessible online without subscription or payment. Readers are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

This journal operates under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), which permits users to share and adapt the material for any purpose, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the source, and that any derivative works are distributed under the same license.

Authors retain the copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication.

By adopting this open access policy, IJCSMS aims to promote the widest possible dissemination of research and to support the advancement of knowledge in the field of Muslim societies globally.