The Art of the Qur’an – landmark exhibit shows holy book as text and work of art

October 24, 2016

First major exhibit on the Qur’an in the US, at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery in WA, displays manuscripts over a period of a millennium...

Muslims protest in front of Colosseum over mosque closures

October 21, 2016

Hundreds of Muslims have staged a mass prayer outside the Rome's Colosseum in protest against the closure of mosques in Italy. An estimated 1.6 million Muslims live in Italy, yet there are only...

Feds drop Muslim outreach program whose counseling teams were said to have sown mistrust

October 18, 2016

An FBI-led program to establish “shared responsibility committees” to intervene to prevent radicalization was canceled...

More in the militia movement are finding a new target: American Muslims

October 22, 2016

The revelation of an alleged domestic terrorism plot to kill Somali immigrants in southwest Kansas serves as a glaring illustration of what...

Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture

Call for Papers | Submission Deadline: October 31, 2016

Published by the American Research Institute for Policy Development (ARIPD)
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is a peer reviewed international scholarly journal. The journal is dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Islam and of the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to works dealing with history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, law, literature, religion, philosophy, international relations, environmental and developmental issues, as well as ethical questions related...

The Quran: Text, Society & Culture, 2016

November 10-12, 2016 | SOAS, University of London, London, UK

The conference series seeks to provide a forum for investigating the basic question: how is the Qur’anic text read and interpreted? Our objective is to encompass a global vision of current research trends, and to stimulate discussion & research on all aspects of the Qur'anic text...

Remembering Beliefs – The Shifting Worlds of Religion and Faith in Secular Society

Call for Papers | Submission Deadline: December 16, 2016

The Annual Conference of the Oral History Society(OHS) in conjunction with Newman University and Leeds Trinity University...

Unregistered Muslim Marriages – Regulations and Contestations

April 24-25, 2017 | De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

Non-state registered Muslim marriages or ‘unregistered marriages’ have increasingly become the focus of public policy debates both in Muslim-majority countries and in settings...

Postdoctoral Fellowships: Law and Learning in Imami Shi’ite Islam

Application Closing Date: November 8, 2016

The LAWALISI project is looking to recruit two postdoctoral researchers with a focus in pre-modern Imami Shi’i law, particularly the formative and classical periods. These 2-year...

Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND)

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 this by:
- Running seminars for Muslims on how to...