Entries for September 2020
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2020-09-28
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Saint John's University
The Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John’s University serves the CSB/SJU community and hosts events open to the public. The center collaborates with the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning a...
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2020-09-26
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Call for Papers
Date: December 8, 2020
Venue: Online Symposium (FREE)
Abstract Submission Deadline: October 30, 2020
Research on Covid-19 has highlighted its disproportionate impact on Black and Asian Minority Ethni...
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2020-09-26
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The community-based research project, Muslim Women’s Mental Health, asked Muslim women in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) to describe their first-hand experiences of mental health and mental health services.
In Canada, Muslims are...
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2020-09-25
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Date: October 12-14, 2020
Venue: Online Event
Organized by: Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University
Muslim as well as non-Muslim artists have commented on the religion – its narratives, symbols, leading proponent...
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2020-09-25
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Following a break from the Inter-Religious Symposia meetings due to Covid-19, IRS reconvened virtually on Thursday 10th September, welcoming both current members and new ones. The meeting continued with the theme of revelation, focusing on the nature...
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2020-09-25
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Call for Applications
Starting Date: October 2021
Application Deadline: January 8, 2021
The DPhil in Theology and Religion is the research degree for graduate students in the Faculty of Theology and Religion. It involves extensive independent stud...
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2020-09-25
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On August 12, as part of the forum MuslimDebate by the Alhambra Gesellschaft Mathias Rohe, Law Professor an Islamic Scientist at the FAU as well as founding rector of the EZIRE, participated in a discussion under the guiding question What is a &ldquo...
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2020-09-25
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A B.C. theologian who has worked to build bridges between Christians and Muslims and a former Conservative MP who has long championed religious freedom have been appointed to the advisory council of the Religious Freedom Institute at the Ontario-base...
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2020-09-25
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A new University of Toronto literary magazine is empowering students to share their stories of what it means to be Muslim in Toronto – everything from takes on casual streetwear and evening shifts at local coffee houses to Islam among the...
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2020-09-24
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Volume 16, Issue 1, 2020
Editor-in-Chief: Dr Ahmad Ghouri, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, University of Sussex, UK
Publisher: Electronicpublications.org Ltd
MJTILP is a peer reviewed journal and can be accessed on HeinOnline. The journal welco...
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2020-09-24
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Birkbeck, University of London
Starting Date: October 2020
Venue: Central London
Other entry years for this course: 2021
Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time
Our MSc Middle East in Global Politics: Islam, Conflict and Development ...
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2020-09-24
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According to a press release from September 1, Federal Minister of Interior Affairs, Horst Seehofer, has appointed 12 members for the newly-established Independent Body of Experts for Islamophobia. Among them Mathias Rohe, Law Professor and Islamic S...
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2020-09-23
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A Special Issue of Religions
Call for Papers
Guest Editor: Dr. Dr. Kevin Healey, University of New Hampshire
Publisher: MDPI – Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Manuscript Submission Deadline: November 30, 2020
The study of me...
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2020-09-23
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Over the last two decades, a number of surveys have been conducted to capture the views and opinions of Muslims in the West, including North America, Europe and Australia. They have examined religious identity, beliefs, views on social and political ...
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2020-09-22
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A conversation with Jon Armajani, Ph.D.
Moderated by: Jason Schlude, Ph.D.
Sponsored and Organized by: Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John's University
The recently published book Shia Islam and Politics: Iran, Iraq, and Leb...
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2020-09-22
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CMS Seminar Series
Date: December 2, 2020 @ 3:00pm - 4:15pm
Venue: Online Event
Speaker: Ali Houissa Curator
Open to: Free and open to the public
The Comparative Muslim Society Program (CMS) builds bridges across disciplines and borders for bett...
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2020-09-21
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In the global Islamic economy, Australia is best known as a halal food exporter. Last year, it sold $1.45 billion worth of meats to countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, on top of $1.72 billion in cereals, live animals, and dairy. At ...
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2020-09-21
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College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Call for Applications
Application Deadline: October 7, 2020
This is a full-time position, on a 3-year fixed-term non-renewable basis.
The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Is...
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2020-09-16
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Incorporated in 2004, ISILS is an international, nonprofit, and nonpolitical organization that aims to encourage scholarship on and to foster communication about Islamic law and related subjects. ISILS’s primary focus is the organization and co...
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2020-09-16
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Call for Applications
University of Southern Denmark
Application Deadline: October 1, 2020
1 PhD fellowship is available at the Study of Religion, Department of History, University of Southern Denmark, starting January 1, 2021. The successful cand...
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2020-09-16
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Date: 3 September- 1 October 2020
Venue: Online event
TehranISM is a series of conversations addressing Islamic studies across the world. The aim of conversations is to link "Western" and "non-Western" study of Islam. In particular, it aims at enga...
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2020-09-15
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By Gabriel Said Reynolds
Translated by: Ali Quli Qarai
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Date: June 5, 2018
A groundbreaking comparative study that illuminates the connections between the Qur'an and the Bible
While the Hebrew Bible a...
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2020-09-15
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Date: October 22-23, 2020
Venue: London, UK
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.
ICIST 202...
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2020-09-14
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Date: April 7-9, 2021
Venue: University of Leeds, UK
To mark the 5th anniversary of the journal ReOrient, the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies at the University of Leeds will host the first international conference on Critical Muslim Studies...
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2020-09-14
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The Spanish region of Catalonia decided to teach the Islamic religion in public schools in the region with the start of the new academic year, starting from the current academic year 2020/2021, provided that education takes place from a perspective t...
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2020-09-13
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CMS Seminar Series
Date: October 7, 2020 @ 4:30pm to 5:45pm
Venue: Online Event
Speaker: Raza Ahmad Rumi
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1898) was a major Muslim figure in nineteenth century colonial India whose critica...
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2020-09-12
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Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has defended the right of people to desecrate the Quran in the name of freedom of speech. Solberg was speaking after an anti-Islam rally took place this weekend near parliament in Oslo where pages were torn out o...
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2020-09-11
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Date: September 18, 2020 @ 2:30pm to 4:30pm
Venue: Online via Zoom
Presenters: Sarah DeMott, Middle East Liaison and Research Librarian, Lamont Library and Emily Coolidge Toker, Learning Technology Specialist, Middle East and Linguistics Liaison, L...
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2020-09-11
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Continuing Debates and New Approaches
Edited by: Belal Abu-Alabbas, Christopher Melchert, Michael Dann
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: August 2020
Brings together western and Middle Eastern scholars to explore mediev...
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2020-09-11
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New Digital Resources for Teaching Islamic Art and Architecture
“Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online” is an emerging platform of digital resources to aid the teaching of the history of Islamic art and architecture. In its initial stage,...
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2020-09-10
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University of Edinburgh
In this research area, you can pursue interdisciplinary study of Islamic thought and practice, and of historical, theological, ethical and political encounters between Christianity and Islam.
Staff research interests focus o...
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2020-09-10
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Date: December 4–6, 2020
The Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR) is hosting the 2020 International e - Conference on Interreligious Dialogue, which will bring together religion scholars, specialists, and practitioners of different fait...
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2020-09-10
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www.imamconnect.com, the world's first online platform for Muslim services, launches today. ImamConnect features a global provider community covering a full range of life services, from marriages to education, wills, and life coaching. Users will be ...
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2020-09-08
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Germany’s Federal Labor Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to impose a ban on teachers wearing headscarves in schools in the capital, Berlin.
The German federal court’s decision is the latest in a long legal battle involving a M...
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2020-09-07
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Call for Papers
Date: March 25-27, 2021
Venue: Warsaw, Poland
Abstract Submission Deadline: November 1, 2020
Using the media may be a way to assert and affirm already existing religious identities, as well as an opportunity to challenge and cons...
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2020-09-05
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In the Name of God
“We belong to God and to Him we shall return”
[The Holy Quran]
“Whenever a religious scholar dies, there will be an irreparable breach in Islam that nothing will cover it until the Day of Judgment”
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2020-09-02
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Semester One 2020-21: September 7, 2020 –February 5, 2021
Course Duration: 17 Weeks
This module aims to introduce students to the academic study of Muslim history. It provides students with the knowledge of the development of Muslim history ...
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