Entries for January 2020
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2020-01-30
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Psychological, Philosophical and Theological Investigations
The scientific study of gratitude to God (GTG) has been virtually ignored, despite the fact that gratitude is at the core of religious ritual and belief systems. We will fund empirical and ...
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2020-01-29
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The National Shi’a Student Conference
Date: February 28-29, 2020
Venue: SOCH Harvard, 59 Shepherd Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, US
Shi`a students today find themselves dealing with a myri...
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2020-01-28
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EASA 2020 conference: New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe
Date: 21-24 July, 2020
Venue: University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Convenors:
José Mapril (Center for Research in Anthropology (CRIA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
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2020-01-28
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Date: February 8, 2020
Venue: KSIMC of Birmingham, 17 Clifton Road, B12 8SX, UK
The Council of European Jamaats in conjunction with The World Federation of KSIMC is pleased to present The Khoja Heritage Festival 2020
The Khoja Heritage Festival 20...
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2020-01-27
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BSA SocReL Annual Conference 2020
Date: July 14-16, 2020
Venue: University of York, UK
Keynote Speakers
- Dr Sarah Jane Page (Aston University)
- Professor Sam Perry (University of Oklahoma)
- Professor Colin Campbell (University of York)
Spec...
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2020-01-26
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CIS Public Talks
Date: March 5, 2020 @ 5:00pm - 6:45pm
Venue: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, UK
Lecturer: Hussein Omar
Hussein A H Omar is a cultural and intellectual historian of the Modern Middle East a...
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2020-01-25
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Annual Graduate Symposia
Call for Papers
Date: June 2020
Venue: Moller Centre, Moller Centre, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK
Organized by: The Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge
The Centre of Islamic Studies...
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2020-01-24
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Understanding the dynamic tension between the universals of Islam and the particulars of our communities.
Cambridge Muslim College now offers a new Online Learning Platform providing exclusive access to Lecture Series and Courses that you can take a...
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2020-01-22
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The Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE) conducts research and teaching about Islam and Muslim life in Europe from a multidisciplinary perspective. In addition to research and teaching, EZIRE also offers services such as trainings, con...
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2020-01-21
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Call for Papers
Editors in Chief: Mohammed Saeed Bahmanpour and Sayyed Hashim Moosavi
The newly established, fully open-access Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam is now accepting submissions for its first issue, to be released at the end of...
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2020-01-20
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Date: January 30, 2020
Venue: Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
Prayer Pilgrimage for Life and Peace Conference “A New Era for Korean Peninsula, Northeast Asia and Beyond” is organized by WCC and Bargn Nuri community from Korea.
B...
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2020-01-19
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Call for Papers
Date: June 24-26 2020
Venue: Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 31, 2020
Hosted by: Leiden University Centre for Islam and Society (LUCIS) and Shiʿi Studies Unit of the Institute of Ismail...
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2020-01-18
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Ibadi Manuscripts in European & North American Libraries
Call for Participants
Date: April 24-25, 2020
Venue: Ivan Franko National University, Lviv, Ukraine
Proposal Submission Deadline: February 15, 2020
The field of Ibadi studies h...
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2020-01-18
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Date: February 5, 2020 @ 6-7.30 pm
Venue: Cambridge Muslim College, 14 St. Paul’s Road, Cambridge, CB1 2EZ, UK
Lecturer: Dr Razia Sultanova
In this lecture, Dr Razia Sultanova will trace the influence of Islam and Sufism on poetry and music...
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2020-01-17
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University of Michigan
Application Deadline: January 31, 2020
The University of Michigan Library invites applications for fellowships for research in residence. We will award Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Research Fellowships to support research proj...
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2020-01-17
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The Abrahamic Faiths Initiative group united 25 religious leaders representing millions of Christian, Muslim and Jewish faithful to discuss practical ways of promoting peace and fraternity at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome Jan. 14-16.
A...
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2020-01-16
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There isn’t a single country in Europe where Islamophobic attacks are not on the rise. France saw a 52% increase from 2017 to 2018; in Austria it was 74%. And in the same year, seven pig’s heads were left threateningly around Dutch mosque...
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2020-01-15
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Malaysia has the 13th most powerful passport in the world making it the premier Muslim passport, according to a new list by The Henley Passport Index. Each year the organization ranks all the world’s passports according to the number of destina...
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2020-01-15
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Religious identity development: A review of the research
One of the primary concerns of Muslim parents in the West is the religious identity of their children. Many parents wonder what the secret is to raising a child with imān (faith) in a society ...
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2020-01-15
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Call for Participants
Submission Deadline: January 31, 2020
To advanced graduate students, postdocs, and holders of tenure-track positions working on relevant topics. We are seeking to bring together an internationally recruited group of eigh...
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2020-01-15
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Recognising Islam in Europe and North America
Date: February 5, 2020
Venue: Atrium Conference Room, Aga Khan Centre, 10 Handyside Street, London N1C 4DN, UK
Lecturer: Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed
Organizer: Jonas Otterbeck, Professor of Islamic Studies, A...
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2020-01-09
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Second Lt. Saleha Jabeen was commissioned Dec. 18 at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago by Air Force Chief of Chaplains Maj. Gen. Steven Schaick, the Air Force said in a release Friday.
The Islamic Society of North America endorsed Jabeen to ...
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2020-01-08
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The following joint statement was issued by the Muslim Public Affairs Council, CAIR, Islamic Shura Council, Shia Muslim Council, ILM Foundation, Islamic Center of Southern California and Masjid Ahlul Beyt. A Live Press Event was held today at MPAC's ...
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2020-01-07
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Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia
Call for Applications
Terms: Full Time, Continuing
Application Deadline: March 2, 2020
The Centre is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in the Sociology of Islam and Muslim societies. The appoi...
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2020-01-07
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Honoring the Legacy of C. Eric Lincoln
Date: January 30-31, 2020
Venue: The Rubenstein Arts Center, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, US
This symposium was envisioned and organized with Imam Abdul Hafeez Waheed to honor the Black Muslim community...
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2020-01-06
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Call for papers
Editor-in-Chief: Gülru Necipoğlu
Publisher: Brill
Submission Deadline: March 1, 2020
It invites submissions for the forthcoming volume 38, to be published in 2021.
Muqarnas is a scholarly journal that publishes articles on a...
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2020-01-05
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Starting date: January 19, 2020
Pre-Hawza Online classes are not exclusive for those who are intent on pursuing higher Islamic studies in a seminary, rather these classes are for anyone interested in learning the tenets of faith from qualified schol...
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2020-01-05
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The Islamic Foundation of Ireland is seeking to become the patron body of a new State-funded secondary school due to open in west Dublin next year.
While there are two Muslim national schools in the Dublin area, there is no State-funded Muslim secon...
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2020-01-04
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Some parts of London are now almost 50 per cent Islamic, according to analysis from the Office for National Statistics. If current trends continue the areas could become majority Muslim within ten years.
Official ONS figures for 2018/19 that were re...
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2020-01-04
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Among the faithful are men who fulfill what they have pledged to Allah: there are some among them who have fulfilled their pledge, and some of them who still wait, and they have not changed in the least (Holy Quran, Al-Ahzab:23)
Our condolences to t...
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2020-01-02
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17th Annual Duke-UNC Middle East and Islamic Studies Graduate Student Conference
Date: February 29, 2020
Venue: FedEx Global Education Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, US
The 17th Annual Duke-UNC conference is the longest r...
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2020-01-02
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Members of Airdrie’s Muslim community are pleased to finally have a permanent place to worship. “This is the first mosque [in Airdrie],” said founder Syed Soharwardy, who is also the founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada,...
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