Islamic Studies Centers
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2019-04-29
23 Views
Present issues and past experiences of technological revolutions
The Innovative Training Network programs (ITN) are designed to combine scientific research with an intensive training trajectory for young scholars in order to equip them with the nece...
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2019-04-25
26 Views
The European Qur’an. Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion 1150-1850 (EuQu) is a research program funded by the European Research Council (ERC). This description is based on the project proposal submitted to the ERC and approved fo...
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2019-04-20
30 Views
The British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR) was founded in 1954 and is a member association of the International Association for the History of Religions and of the European Association for the Study of Religions.
The object of BASR is...
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2019-04-18
54 Views
The Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN) was established to encourage and promote the study of Muslims and Islam in Britain. It brings together academics, students, professionals, researchers, journalists and practitioners.
The aim of the netw...
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2019-04-05
63 Views
The Center is part of the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC’s approach represents a fruitful hybrid between traditional area studies approaches and cross-reg...
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2019-03-10
83 Views
The Program in Islamic Studies at Johns Hopkins University was established in 2014. It is the culmination of the expression of strong interest on the part of undergraduate students and of many years of effort by faculty from almost all social science...
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2019-02-24
110 Views
Since 1997, the IUR has been founded as a result of initiatives taken by Muslims living in the Netherlands. Since then, the IUR is established as a Dutch University and more importantly as an intellectual contribution of Muslims to the Dutch society....
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2019-02-05
112 Views
Islamic authority and Islamic law in the Netherlands among ordinary Muslims: recent trends and developments
Affiliated with: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Sociale en Culturele Antropologie (SCA)
Funded by: Nethe...
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2019-02-02
116 Views
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
The study of Muslims in Britain has remained a major focus of the Centre’s academic interests. The work includes:
• Research and Publications: Priority is given to research which helps an understanding o...
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2019-01-21
134 Views
Research Project at the University of Kent
The role of empirical research in the study of religion has become increasingly important in recent years. In the discipline of Religious Studies, more postgraduate students are undertaking field-work based...
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2019-01-09
213 Views
The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) was originally conceived of and proposed in 2013 as the Islamic Studies Virtual Curriculum (ISVC) by University of Michigan Professor Pauline Jones as a collaborative initiative between the University of ...
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2018-12-06
191 Views
University of Oxford, Faculty of Theology
"Categories of Religion and the Secular in Islam" (CRSI) is an interdisciplinary network of scholars interested in critical approaches to 'religion' and 'the secular/non-religious' as discursive categories i...
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2018-11-17
203 Views
The Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University promotes and produces innovative research and scholarship, exemplary teaching and training, robust public engagement, and generous support of individual faculty initiatives at the inter...
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2018-11-06
279 Views
Birmingham University
The Centre aims to provide a world-class research and learning experience, with critical understanding and appreciation of both Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. As a multi-disciplinary Centre, it offers a wide range of subje...
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2018-11-05
235 Views
From 1996 to 2006 the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin has hosted the Working Group Modernity and Islam, a Berlin-based interdisciplinary research network of scholars working at various universities and extra-university institutions on the questions of ...
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2018-10-24
233 Views
The University of Michigan’s International Institute (II) has established a new center focused on the study of global Islamic culture and the study of Muslim societies worldwide: The Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC). The center has received...
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2018-10-15
275 Views
Based in Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, The Bridge Initiative is a multi-year research project that connects the academic study of Islamophobia with the public square.
Through its website...
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2018-09-23
310 Views
The Women's Studies in Religion Program (WSRP) was founded to explore the fundamental role played by religious traditions in defining roles for women and men. Research on religion and gender sheds light on questions about the changing roles of women ...
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2018-08-24
317 Views
The Woolf Institute was founded by Dr Edward Kessler and Revd Professor Martin Forward in 1998. Their aim was to provide an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.
The Woolf Institute ...
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2018-08-22
290 Views
Generously funded by the KC Shasha Charitable Foundation, this project focuses on the cultural and social implications of musical encounters between Jewish, Muslim, and Christian neighbors in historical Iraq and Syria. It examines how the role of mus...
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2018-08-11
322 Views
Mapping Islamophobia is a project headed by Grinnell College history and religious studies professor Caleb Elfenbein, with contributions from a number of Grinnell College students and technical support from Mike Conner. The project utilizes a series of powerful interactive maps that document incidents of violence, discrimination, and bias targeting Muslim individuals and communities in the United States.
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2018-07-28
287 Views
The Religion and Diversity Project was a $2.5 million, 7 year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) housed at the University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).
The project add...
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2018-07-26
382 Views
The ISSR was founded in Leuven, Belgium in 1948 as the "Conférence Internationale de Sociologie Religieuse" (International Conference for Religious Sociology). After several years of meeting as a confessional organization, with members from mo...
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2018-07-06
311 Views
The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) is a newly-founded organization intended to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods. By ‘Islamicate,’ we mean the literatures an...
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2018-07-02
293 Views
"Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe" is a Research project of the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. All religions, which are today commonly known as world religions, have their origin ...
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2018-06-18
340 Views
University of Winchester
The Winchester Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace (CRRP) is dedicated to helping to create a free, just and peaceful world. It aims to do this by sharing excellence in knowledge, understanding, skills, relationship...
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2018-06-03
393 Views
The Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI), founded by the Society of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), is a study and research center whose teaching and scientific activities provide the necessary preparation for an in...
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2018-05-28
345 Views
The Religious Studies Project (RSP) is an international collaborative enterprise producing weekly podcasts with leading scholars on the social-scientific study of religion.
Since January 2012 we have released over 250 interviews (of around 30 minut...
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2018-05-13
305 Views
Maydan is an online publication of Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, offering expert analysis on a wide variety of issues in the field of Islamic Studies for academic and public audiences alike, and serving as...
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2018-05-07
345 Views
Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo
The Master’s program in Islamic Studies is conceived as a response to the need for training in Islamic Theology in the European educational area. The question of how to educate the different p...
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2018-05-05
367 Views
Religion has been studied at the University of Cape Town since 1967. Grown from humble beginnings, the Department today is home to four journals, three Institutes, and has consistently maintained a post-graduate enrolment of around 70 students. The D...
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2018-03-17
422 Views
CIWAS was established in October 2016 to provide an institutional focus for Royal Holloway scholars interested in Islamic and West Asian societies, including researchers in the departments of History, Music, Geography, Theatre, English, Economics, an...
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2018-02-25
521 Views
The Abrahamic Foundation was established in 2009 to serve the diverse needs of the Muslim community. It was founded by a group of scholars, teachers and other professional members of the community. The aim of the organization is to create a cen...
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2018-01-14
476 Views
Research Project Funded by Gerda Henkel Foundation
Call for Proposals
Application Deadline: May 16, 2018
The special program "Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements" is aimed at researchers who, with an eye to current developme...
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2018-01-14
466 Views
Department of Religious Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
Women of Islamic Studies is a crowdsourced database of women scholars who work on Muslims and Islam. This ongoing project is in its beta version. Once sufficient data has been c...
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2018-01-06
513 Views
Boston University
The creation of the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations at Boston University reflects the university’s long-standing commitment to the advancement of scholarship of the Muslim world. The In...
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2017-12-26
537 Views
A grant of £49,616 from the British Academy has given the green-light to a collaborative research project with both the University of Erlangen/Nuremberg and the University of Amsterdam. The project will bring a new perspective on Muslim marriag...
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2017-12-25
579 Views
Research Program at Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
While many European universities, Leiden included, have a proud tradition of research into Islamic studies, a topical and thematic focus on Shiʿi Islam in all its dispensation remains a de...
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2017-11-13
588 Views
Founded in the thirteenth century in southern France, the Order of Preachers quickly took interest in Middle East, where the Order soon settled: in Constantinople, Tunis, Baghdad, and later in Mossul. Dominican masters in Theology owe their...
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2017-10-24
624 Views
The Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia (JCMA) was established in Melbourne in 2003, to establish an annual residential conference based upon the thirty years of experience developed by the Jewish-Christian-Muslim conference held in Bend...
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2017-10-15
712 Views
Established in 2009 in Sydney Australia, Islamic Sciences & Research Academy of Australia (ISRA) is a product of the dialogue movement in Australia. It is a platform for cooperation between Australian Muslims and educational institutions in Austr...
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2017-10-12
613 Views
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies was established in 1980 through an amalgamation of the old Departments of Arabic, Turkish and Persian (established in 1912, 1950 and 1951 r...
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2017-09-29
988 Views
In August 2016 (1437) Sh. Khalil Abdur-Rashid, Sh. Omar Suleiman and some other Dallas TX area visionaries established the Islamic Seminary of America (ISA). In a very short period of time, ISA accomplished the following:
1. Taught over 400 adult an...
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2017-09-20
643 Views
Pathways for Mutual Respect (PFMR) is a non-profit organization aiming to cultivate peace by creating opportunities for the practice of mutual respect. It was founded in 2006 by a few likeminded people, led by John Hartley, the current director of PF...
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2017-09-20
690 Views
Creating an Alternative umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam
Project Date: From 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Coordinated in: United Kingdom
Host Institution: The University of Birmingha...
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2017-09-03
668 Views
With roots that go back to 1834, Hartford Seminary is a non-denominational graduate school for religious and theological studies. What makes us unique is our multi-faith environment and our proven ability to prepare leaders for the complex world that...
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2017-08-10
719 Views
The philosophy of the center is to promote empirical research informed by Islamic methodologies, philosophies and pedagogies, cognizant of the unique Australian context.
Bringing together researchers specializing in Islamic civilization, psychology,...
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2017-08-02
618 Views
Funded by HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area)
under the “USES OF THE PAST” program
Dates: 1 September 2016 - 31 October 2018
Project Website: www.usppip.eu
Much modern Muslim thought, particularly around legal issues, is c...
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2017-07-24
626 Views
The International Society for Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS) was conceived in 2003, in Murcia, Spain, during the convening of the Fourth International Conference on Islamic Legal Studies (ILS). A group of participants came together to take steps to es...
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2017-07-15
632 Views
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs
In the West, the historic consensus over the meaning and value of religious freedom seems to be breaking down. This problem has particular salience in America. We have always thought of religiou...
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2017-07-12
683 Views
AAIMS is an inter-disciplinary network of scholars at Australian universities. AAIMS promotes teaching and research excellence on Islam and Muslim experiences as a minority or majority.
AAIMS is a leading academic Australian association for scholars...
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2017-07-07
668 Views
For over two decades, the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC) has served as the unifying force that brings together over 400,000 Muslim Americans in the greater Chicago region, and now increasingly all of Illinois. With o...
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2017-06-28
796 Views
The International Institute for Peace and Religions (IIPR) was first established in 2011 as “Muslim Christian Interfaith Dialogue” association (MCID) affiliated by Islamic Seminary of the Holy City of Qom (Hawzah Ilmiyya of Qom) and then ...
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2017-06-16
855 Views
There are an estimated 25 million Muslims currently living in Europe. One half of this number has been living in Europe for centuries, though on the continental fringes. The other half, i.e. 12 million people are part and parcel of the emerging Europ...
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2017-06-12
869 Views
Respect Graduate School (RGS) operates as an academic institution that grants a Master of Arts degree in Islamic Studies with the approval of the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro A. Rivera.
Respect Graduate School is committed to providing ...
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2017-06-04
624 Views
The Western Indian Ocean Studies Program at Florida International University in Miami is pleased to announce the launch of its academic Khōjā Studies Listserv. Khōjā Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that connects religious studies, dias...
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2017-05-25
690 Views
Founded in 2011, the Religion in Society Research Network explores the relationship between religion in society and the changing nature of spirituality. The International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society brings scholars, teachers an...
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2017-05-15
797 Views
The Islamic Collections
The Chester Beatty Library contains a world famous collection of manuscripts, prints, miniature paintings, early printed books and objets d’art from countries across Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The C...
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2017-05-01
755 Views
SOAS University of London
The Centre of Islamic Studies, SOAS was established in 1995, and aims to promote scholarship and research in all areas of Islamic Studies, past and present. The study of the Qur’an and Hadith from the Arabic texts, an...
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2017-04-30
1055 Views
The Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS) is the product of an exciting new collaboration between Royal Holloway, University of London and the Imam Sadr Foundation (ISF) and affiliated donors. While based in the Department of Politics and...
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2017-04-07
890 Views
The Center for Islamic Shi‘a Studies (CISS) is a research center which specializes in the study of intellectual traditions and scholarly outputs, articulated by persons or entities committed to the Shi’a Islamic faith, and/or persons or g...
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2017-03-23
718 Views
International Studies and Programs
Michigan State University (MSU)
One of the newer programs within MSU’s International Studies and Programs, the Muslim Studies Program (MSP) supports teaching and research about Muslims around the globe from ...
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2017-03-16
852 Views
Jibreel Institute is a new exclusive Arabic & Islamic Studies provider for adults at the prestigious East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre. A curriculum of quality classical and contemporary scholarship, with balance and creativity made a...
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2017-02-25
989 Views
George Mason University
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
George Mason’s program in Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS) equips students with the tools and analytical skills for understanding major issues and debates in the study of...
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2017-02-18
1244 Views
California Islamic University (CIU) offers a full time program of study which caters to English speaking Muslims. We have attempted to combine the best and most practical ways of studying Islam, while remaining within the par...
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2017-02-12
955 Views
In 1909, Professor Ismar J. Peritz of Syracuse University conceived the idea of forming a new organization for professors and scholars of Biblical Studies. Its purpose was to stimulate scholarship and teaching in religion…The group continued t...
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2017-01-20
1031 Views
The Muslim Institute, a registered charity, is a Fellowship society of intellectuals, thinkers, academics, artists, and professionals. It aims to promote and support the growth of thought, knowledge, research, creativity and open debate within the Mu...
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2017-01-09
1031 Views
NISIS is a national research school for the study of Islam and Muslim societies.
NISIS functions as a prime hub for interdisciplinary scholarly exchange in the Netherlands, strengthening research and teaching cooperation between academics of differe...
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2017-01-03
1125 Views
In Depth Study of Subjects Such as Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh and Their Principles
Under the guidance of Mufti Shah Sadruddin
Alim Course
The aim of the Alimiyyah curriculum is to produce Ulama (scholars) and leaders who are competent in the Islamic sci...
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2016-12-24
1470 Views
Al-Hadi School of Accelerative Learning is a full-time accredited private Islamic school, established in 1996, and situated in Southwest Houston, Texas and caters to a diverse population that travels from many different areas of the city. The school ...
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2016-12-19
1064 Views
The Islamic Education Center of Houston serves the community as a center for the Friday congregation, Islamic celebrations, community programs, and above all – a center for imparting knowledge about Islam and promoting Islamic values. A large p...
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2016-12-07
1013 Views
Advancing Islamic Studies through research, teaching and outreach at Stanford
The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies is the central forum for the study of Islam and Muslim societies at Stanford University. We support research on Islam and Muslim soci...
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2016-12-03
1115 Views
Islamic Sciences of Nurturing and Development (ISNAD) is an education provider which aims to lead communities in Islamic education and learning which is up-to-date, acclimatized to the modern world, transformational, yet infused with the rich values ...
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2016-11-22
1183 Views
The Markfield Institute of Higher Education (MIHE) was established in September 2000 with the objective of being a center of creative excellence in academia guided by Islamic ethos. MIHE is unique, as it combines the richness and high standards of tr...
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2016-11-16
1000 Views
The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History is a private research institute attached to the Foundation for Åbo Akademi University. The aim of the Institute is to promote research in religious and cultural history. I...
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2016-11-10
1012 Views
Launched in August 2004, the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) exists to initiate, support, and conduct research on religion, involving scholars and projects spanning the intellectual spectrum. Its mandate extends to all religions, every...
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2016-11-01
1030 Views
The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies (BGSMCS) investigates the plurality, changeability, and global connectedness of Muslim cultures and societies.
The area of study includes Muslim societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia,...
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2016-10-25
1263 Views
MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development) is a not for profit company working towards enhancing the active engagement of British Muslim communities in our national life, particularly in the fields of politics and the media.
MEND aims to achieve thi...
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2016-10-17
1057 Views
The purpose of the EASR Working Group on Religion in Public Education is to critically study European ways of having or not having education about religion/s and to help promote a study-of-religions (SOR)/religious-studies (RS) approach to education ...
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2016-10-07
898 Views
The Institute for Advanced Study is one of the world’s leading centers for curiosity-driven basic research. Since 1930, it has served as a model for protecting and promoting independent inquiry, prompting the establishment of similar ...
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2016-10-02
1137 Views
Islamic Reformulations was a three-year Global Uncertainties Leadership Fellowship (GULF), funded by Research Councils UK and administered by the Economic and Social Research Council. The Fellowship, awarded to Professor Robert Gleave ...
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2016-09-27
1011 Views
An Initiative for the Study of Philosophy and the Mathematical Sciences in Islam
Project Leaders:
Prof. F. Jamil Ragep: Scientific Traditions in Islamic Societies (STIS)
Prof. Robert Wisnovsky: Post-classical Islamic Philosophy Database Initiati...
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2016-09-26
1089 Views
Editor in Chief: John L. Esposito
University Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies, Georgetown University, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
This authoritative, dynamic resource bri...
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2016-09-10
1502 Views
Al Buruj Press aims to be a center of excellence in the study of Islam and an institute of acquiring and imparting knowledge and understanding. Through this it seeks to transform individuals into future scholars and students of knowledge in order to ...
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2016-09-05
1051 Views
The Center for Islamic Theology (CIT), housed at Münster University (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), was founded on 1 October 2011. It represents a university department dedicated to faith-oriented Islamic theology and...
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2016-09-01
1095 Views
The vision
To enhance the human living experience through a deep, dynamic and relevant understanding and articulation of the Islamic faith for the 21st Century.
The aim is to bridge the gap between the intellectual tradition of Islam and ...
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2016-08-25
1056 Views
Brandeis University - 2016-17
Brandeis University is a private research university, as well as the only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored college or university in USA- Boston, Ma.
Objectives
The Islami...
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2016-08-18
1068 Views
Vision: Nurturing Piety
Mission: Enabling a learning environment that instills the values of Qur’an and the Ahlul Bayt a.s.
Following the successful Madrasah Retreat held in Dubai in February 2011, in which over 25 madras (sch...
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2016-08-12
1022 Views
SABA Islamic Center
Background
In 1977 a couple of families (Br. Ahmed Mirza and Br. Ali Hussain) took the initiative of locating the whereabouts of the Shia families and organizing a Moharram Majalis at their residences in San Jose.
In 1979 after...
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2016-08-01
1023 Views
The University of Bergen (UiB)
The University of Bergen (UiB) is an internationally recognized research university. Academic diversity and high quality are fundamental for us. UiB is the most cited university in Norway.
The Centre for Mid...
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2016-07-26
1684 Views
The British Muslim Heritage Centre (BMHC) is a non-political organization.
External organizations that may hire space within the Center for their own events and activities may have certain political views and opinions. However, these views...
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2016-07-23
1495 Views
The first Islamic online eLearning platform
The Junior Hawza Program
The Islamic Syllabus project began in 2009. It was launched as a result of a conference between several Islamic Schools (madressahs) from around Australia, held at the Imam Hasan...
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2016-07-15
1609 Views
eHawza is an electronic Hawza program (Islamic Seminary) in the English language. eHawza utilizes modern technology to deliver Islamic Studies all around the world. eHawza was founded and launched by Dr Sheikh Mansour Leghaei in Sydney in 2001....
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2016-07-09
1432 Views
McGill University's Institute of Islamic Studies was founded, along with the Islamic Studies Library (ISL), in 1952, and since 1983 both have been housed on the main campus in Morrice Hall.
Until 1 June 2001, the Institute was a teaching unit of the...
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2016-07-08
1112 Views
Project Start Date: September 2014
Project Finish Date: January 2019
Research Area: The multi-cultural society
This project addresses how Muslim political thought in Europe is affected by societal structures, and, conversely, how the development o...
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