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Online Short Course: Introduction to the Study of Islam and Muslims

Online Short Course: Introduction to the Study of Islam and Muslims

2021-04-27
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Date: June 9-25, 2021 @ 15:00 - 17:00 (GMT) Venue: Online (via Zoom) Organizer:  Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations Part of AKU-ISMC's Muslim Culture and Societies 2021 online short course series The course ...
Online Short Course: Islam and Creativity

Online Short Course: Islam and Creativity

2021-04-27
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Date: 7, 14, and 21 June 2021, 13:30 - 16:00 (GMT) Venue: Online (via Zoom) Organizer: Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations Islam has played a crucial role for creativity over time. Muslim as well as non-Muslim artis...
ICIDWT 2021: International Conference on Interfaith Dialogue and World Religions

ICIDWT 2021: International Conference on Interfaith Dialogue and World Religions

2021-04-26
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Date: October 21-22, 2021 Venue: Athens, Greece The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Pros...
Webinar Series: Qur’ans from Morocco to Malaysia

Webinar Series: Qur’ans from Morocco to Malaysia

2021-04-26
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Manuscript Studies from the Frontiers of the Islamic World Date: May 18, 2021 - June 15, 2021 Venue: Online (via Zoom) Organizer: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, UK These webinars will be held via Zoom by the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies ...
Worlding the Qur’an: A corpus of 18th-19th century illuminated Qur’an manuscripts from coastal East Africa

Worlding the Qur’an: A corpus of 18th-19th century illuminated Qur’an manuscripts from coastal East Africa

2021-04-25
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Date: June 1, 2021 Venue: Online (via Zoom) Presenter: Dr Zulfikar Hirji Drawing upon his recent research on a little-known corpus of 18th–19th century illuminated Qur’ans from Pate Island in Kenya’s Lamu Archipelago, this semina...
Nazhruna: Islamic Education Journal

Nazhruna: Islamic Education Journal

2021-04-25
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Vol 4, No 1 (2021): Islamic Education Editor-in-chief: Muhammad Anas Ma`arif Frequency: Three times a year (February, June, and October) Publisher: Program Studi Pendidikan Islam, Institut Pesantren KH Abdul Chalim Mojokerto, Indonesia This issue...
ONLINE Lecture: “Enlightening Europe on Islam and the Ottomans”

ONLINE Lecture: “Enlightening Europe on Islam and the Ottomans”

2021-04-24
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Date: May 14, 2021, 12:30 pm EST Venue: Online (via Zoom) Lecturer: Carter V. Findley (Ohio State University), Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative, New York University This was the most authoritative work ever yet published on Islam and the Ott...
Muslims to Biden: Fighting Islamophobia requires more than lifting Trump's travel ban

Muslims to Biden: Fighting Islamophobia requires more than lifting Trump's travel ban

2021-04-23
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Muslim groups across the country are calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to name a special envoy to monitor and combat Islamophobia, which a U.N. expert says has escalated to “epidemic proportions.” In the letter, the U...
WCC’s interreligious advisers strengthen awareness of role in international affairs

WCC’s interreligious advisers strengthen awareness of role in international affairs

2021-04-22
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More than 40 interreligious advisors from the World Council of Churches (WCC) gathered for a webinar on 20 April to explore the increasingly important role of interreligious relations in the WCC’s work in international affairs. They explored t...
International colloquium focuses on interreligious solidarity

International colloquium focuses on interreligious solidarity

2021-04-22
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An international colloquium on the theme “Who is my Neighbour?” brought together speakers and participants from around the world to reflect on the World Council of Churches (WCC)-Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) joint...
Likes and Prayers: Facebook tests new ‘prayer post’ feature

Likes and Prayers: Facebook tests new ‘prayer post’ feature

2021-04-21
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Facebook is currently testing a new prayer post feature. The idea for prayer posts grew out of the myriad ways users have connected over Facebook while distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the spokesperson. The function will allow...
Adawāt: Tools for Critical Thinking in Islamic Studies

Adawāt: Tools for Critical Thinking in Islamic Studies

2021-04-18
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May 1, 2018 ‒ April 30, 2022 On March 27th, we signed a four-year (2018-2022), 500,000 € contract with the European Delegation in Egypt to finance activities with several partners:  the Institute of Manuscripts of the Arab League in Cairo,...
Postgraduate Funding: Jameel Scholarships

Postgraduate Funding: Jameel Scholarships

2021-04-17
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The Islam-UK Centre at Cardiff University Application Deadlie: May 21, 2021 The Islam-UK Centre at Cardiff University is pleased to offer postgraduate funding for the coming autumn. There are 3 scholarships available for the 1 year MA and 3 scholar...
Call for papers: Special Issue “The Qur’an in History”

Call for papers: Special Issue “The Qur’an in History”

2021-04-17
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A Special Issue of Religions Call for Papers Guest Editor: Dr. Marco Demichelis Publisher: MDPI – Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Manuscript Submission Deadline: August 31, 2021 The Issue would like to explore the correlati...
Green Ethics (GE) and the Scholarly Disciplines in the Islamic Tradition

Green Ethics (GE) and the Scholarly Disciplines in the Islamic Tradition

2021-04-16
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Call for Papers Date: October 12-14, 2021 Venue: Doha, Qatar Abstract Submission Deadline: June 30, 2021 The Doha-based Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) is pleased to invite scholars, academics and researchers to submit ...
Interfaith campus partnerships are building bridges to overcome our divisions

Interfaith campus partnerships are building bridges to overcome our divisions

2021-04-15
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The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities and Interfaith Youth Core have launched a partnership in hopes of building new bridges across religious divides. Religious and cultural divides dominate our national headlines. Images of violent...
Lectureship in Islamic Studies

Lectureship in Islamic Studies

2021-04-15
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Cambridge Muslim College, UK Application Deadline: April 30, 2021 Start Date: August 1, 2021 (or as soon as possible thereafter) Cambridge Muslim College provides world-class education and research rooted in the rich intellectual and spiritual her...
8th Parliament of the World’s Religions, 2021

8th Parliament of the World’s Religions, 2021

2021-04-15
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Date: October 17-18, 2021 Venue: Virtually Around the World The 8th Parliament of the World’s Religions, hosted for the first time virtually, will bring together people of faith from around the world in an instant. The virtual Parliament is a...
Book Launch: Reactions to the Law by Minority Religions

Book Launch: Reactions to the Law by Minority Religions

2021-04-14
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Date: April 29, 2021 @ 5.30-7.30pm BST Venue: Online (via Zoom) This will be the launch of the newest title in the Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements: Reactions to the Law by Minority Religions, edited by Eileen B...
McGill’s Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec Memorial Award

McGill’s Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec Memorial Award

2021-04-14
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Standing in the face of hate and islamophobia in Quebec, a group of McGill Alumni is raising funds to support and encourage students advocating for a more inclusive and harmonic society. On January 29, 2017, at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Qu&ea...
Importance of Interfaith Collaboration

Importance of Interfaith Collaboration

2021-04-13
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Conversations about faith and religion are often avoided. In the midst of polarized times such topics can be especially daunting. However, as shared by Rev. Brian E. Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel, a key to understanding others lies in having these...
OPenn Primary Digital Manuscripts of the Muslim World Available to Everyone

OPenn Primary Digital Manuscripts of the Muslim World Available to Everyone

2021-04-13
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The project offers over 500 manuscripts and 827 paintings that are “mostly unresearched.”
Call for Papers: The Journal of Iranian Islamic Period History

Call for Papers: The Journal of Iranian Islamic Period History

2021-04-12
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The Journal of Iranian Islamic Period History is now taking submissions for one of its issues in 2021. Quarterly “Journal of Iranian Islamic Period History” after years of publishing scientific articles in the field of post-Islamic histor...
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