New World Order: Muslims to be majority in Europe within two generations

September 26, 2017

Within 40 years, the white population in France and the rest of old Europe will recede, creating a Muslim majority, a French researcher says...

Islam in Germany: Muslims prefer to be talked to rather than talked about

October 3, 2017

Nearly 900 mosques across Germany took part in "Open Mosque Day”, an annual event organized by Islamic associations in the country since 1997.

Muslims, Jews gather in Metro Detroit to forge bonds

October 3, 2017

As hate crimes targeting Muslims and Jews rise across the U.S., according to advocacy groups, the key to sparking change in Metro Detroit lies in forging ties and fighting back, activists said...

Muslim World League Secretary-General meets Italian Interior Minister

September 26, 2017

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, a Saudi sponsored organization which is under hard European critics on supporting Wahhabism...

No place to pray; Munich’s Muslims are turning to old pubs and churches

September 22, 2017

The sound of Muslim prayer drifts out from the old pub onto the street, as men and women inside kneel on rugs laid down carefully minutes earlier. Since May, this community of liberal...

A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture, 2 Volume Set

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (August 29, 2017)

Edited by Finbarr Barry Flood and Gulru Necipoglu
The two-volume Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture surveys the field in all its grandeur, whilst encouraging original approaches to canonical subjects and offering new scholarship on previously neglected topics. The combined volumes showcase more than 50 newly commissioned essays that bridge the gap between the summary treatment of the traditional survey and the specialized monograph. These essays are organized according to a new chronological-geographical paradigm that remaps the unprecedented expansion of the field in recent years...

Classical Islamic World Book Prize

Application Deadline: February 28, 2018

Gorgias Press is delighted to announce that the international Classical Islamic World Book Prize (CIW) is available again for 2018. The CIW will recognize three exceptional early career contributions to the academic study of the classical Islamic world. In particular, the CIW...

MAB National Convention 2017: My Faith, My inspiration

October 21, 2017 | The New Bingley Hall, Birmingham, UK

The Muslim Community is full of skilled, motivated and aspiring people. On numerous occasions, the Community has shown its amazing power! However this contribution has been...

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES)

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies was established in 1980 through an amalgamation of the old Departments of Arabic, Turkish and Persian. During the 18th and 19th centuries Arabic attracted primarily theological students who recognized the relevance of Semitic philology to their discipline. Persian was taught...