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15th Annual Muslim Mental Health Conference (2023)

15th Annual Muslim Mental Health Conference (2023)

2023-01-30
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Date: March 10-11, 2023 Venue: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA and Online (via Zoom) Theme: Honoring Legacies, Reflecting on Progress, and Envisioning New Horizons The conference is hosted by the Muslim Mental Health Consort...
British Airways unveils uniform featuring hijab options

British Airways unveils uniform featuring hijab options

2023-01-30
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British Airways has unveiled its first uniform change in two decades for its crew members featuring a tunic and hijab options for Muslim women. “Our uniform is an iconic representation of our brand, something that will carry us into our future...
Muslim community in Dearborn faces growing mental health crisis

Muslim community in Dearborn faces growing mental health crisis

2023-01-30
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Dearborn, home to a large Muslim and Arab community, responded to more than 1,000 mental health-related emergencies in 2022. In Dearborn, home to one of the largest Muslim communities in the US and also known as the capital of Arab America, mental h...
Boston Islamic Seminary (BIS)

Boston Islamic Seminary (BIS)

2023-01-29
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Cultivating the Next Generation of American Islamic Leadership The Boston Islamic Seminary (BIS) is an academic institution that aims to train religious leaders who will serve the American Muslim community and to enhance the understanding of Islam i...
Calgary Muslim women share stories of discrimination and Islamophobia

Calgary Muslim women share stories of discrimination and Islamophobia

2023-01-29
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A Calgary Muslim group hosted an event to educate the community and make a change.
University of North Florida (UNF) Interfaith Center

University of North Florida (UNF) Interfaith Center

2023-01-28
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Bridge Differences to Work Together The University of North Florida (UNF) Interfaith Center's mission is to engage UNF students, faculty, and staff around religious and worldview diversity, through distinctive programs and services to explore religi...
North American Muslim Women Artists Talk Back: Assertions of Unintelligibility

North American Muslim Women Artists Talk Back: Assertions of Unintelligibility

2023-01-28
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By Kenza Oumlil Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: July 21, 2022 ISBN: 9780367263669 This book focuses on the ways in which North American Muslim women artists "talk back" to dominant discourses about Muslim identity and work to counter main...
The Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE)

The Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE)

2023-01-28
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Reclaiming and defending women’s rights based on Islam
Al-Jaafaria Shia Islamic Centre (AJSIC) in Sydney Australia

Al-Jaafaria Shia Islamic Centre (AJSIC) in Sydney Australia

2023-01-27
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The Al-Jaafaria Shia Islamic Centre (AJSIC) was established in 1991 in Sydney Australia operating out of one of the believers’ garages.  The commemoration ceremonies in the Islamic calendar were upheld. Under the guidance of Sheikh Fahd Me...
Islamic Development Bank Scholarship

Islamic Development Bank Scholarship

2023-01-26
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Call for Applications Application Deadline: February 28, 2023 Islamic Development Bank call for applications for this year (2022-2023) is currently suspended and will resume in January 2023. Islamic Development Bank Scholarship is a Fully Funded Sc...
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

2023-01-15
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An Institution for the Advanced Study of Islam and the Muslim World The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies was founded in 1985, an institution for the advanced study of Islam and the Muslim world. In 1993, HRH The former Prince of Wales became its Pa...
Islamic Center of America

Islamic Center of America

2023-01-14
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The Largest & the Oldest Mosque in the USA The Islamic Center of America traces its history to the 1940s when the growing number of Muslims in the Detroit region brought Imam Mohammed Jawad Chirri from Lebanon in February 1949. The Islamic Cente...
Master of Arts in Muslim Cultures

Master of Arts in Muslim Cultures

2023-01-13
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Call for Applications Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, UK Application Deadline: January 27, 2023 The MA program at the Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations (AKU-ISMC) in...
ICIIS 2023: International Conference on Islam and Islamic Studies

ICIIS 2023: International Conference on Islam and Islamic Studies

2023-01-12
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Call for Papers Date: October 25-26, 2023 Venue: Istanbul, Turkey Paper Submission Deadline: January 31, 2023 The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholar...
Muslim Women in Contemporary North America: Controversies, Clichés, and Conversations

Muslim Women in Contemporary North America: Controversies, Clichés, and Conversations

2023-01-11
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By Meena Sharify-Funk Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: December 6, 2022 ISBN: 9780367356897 Muslim Women in Contemporary North America is a provocative study of how strongly held and divergent opinions, values, and beliefs, as well as misco...
IRIC Statement on Education of Women in Afghanistan

IRIC Statement on Education of Women in Afghanistan

2023-01-10
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IRIC Statement on Education of Women in Afghanistan (10 January 2023) Considering the sad feelings of thousands of the Afghan high school and university girls, with their eyes full of tears, after denial of access to education and its psychological...
Approval of the official holiday of "Eid Fitr" in the schools of two US states

Approval of the official holiday of "Eid Fitr" in the schools of two US states

2023-01-10
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Media sources announced that the officials and local authorities of two states "Minnesota" and "Connecticut" agreed with the official closing of "Eid Fitr" in the schools of these two states. Following the approval of this order, Muslim students and...
Modest in the West: An Untainted Journey of Wearing Hijab

Modest in the West: An Untainted Journey of Wearing Hijab

2023-01-10
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by Hadiatou Wann Publication Date: December 29, 2022 Publisher: Hadiatou Wann ISBN: 9798987359006 A deep look at the personal and professional challenges of wearing the hijab while living in the Western world, Modest in the West uncovers the spir...
Course: Islamic Finance in Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Course: Islamic Finance in Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2023-01-04
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Starting Date: August 2023 Duration: 2 years (Full-time) Application Deadline: February 2023 The Islamic Finance Program of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University is a specialized program that teaches qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis in ...
New study shows Brazilian Muslim women facing increasing islamophobia

New study shows Brazilian Muslim women facing increasing islamophobia

2023-01-03
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Brazil is often seen as a cordial country unless you’re a hijab-wearing Muslim woman in working-class! A recently published study on islamophobia in Brazil showed that islamophobia is common among Muslim women in the South American nation. The...
Woman learns Welsh language to translate Islamic texts

Woman learns Welsh language to translate Islamic texts

2023-01-02
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There is no full Welsh translation of the Quran.
Mosques in the UK have been holding open days for their local communities

Mosques in the UK have been holding open days for their local communities

2023-01-02
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Mosques in the UK have been holding open days for their local communities for decades. At the national initiative, #VisitMyMosque was first conceived in February 2015 with about 20 mosques taking part. Held under the auspices of Muslim Council of B...
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