World Interfaith Harmony Week Prize to Melbourne

May 10, 2018

The King of Jordan attended the 2018 King Abdullah II World Interfaith Harmony Week prize ceremony at Al Husseiniya Palace and presented awards to the winners. First Prize went to The...

Collection of the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin now published online

May 28, 2018

The Museum "für Islamische Kunst" in Berlin now provides access to more than 11.000 objects online on its website. This is a fundamental...

A History of the Shi’a People

Publisher: Al-Ma’arif Publications (2017)

By Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi
This book deals with the history of the Shi‘a Ithna-‘Ashari Muslim community from the early days of Islam up to present day. Starting with a brief note on the origin of the Shia faith, the book describes the early days of its followers’ history from the 7th-11th century. From there, it focuses on regions; beginning with the history of the Shi‘as of Iran, Iraq & Afghanistan, reviewed together due to the multiple layers of mutual influences among them on socio-religious and political levels. Then it moves on to the Arab Middle-East & Turkey; followed by the east, to the Indian Sub-Continent; and then to Sub-Saharan Africa; followed...

Advanced ‘Alimiyyah Degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies

Starting Date: September 17, 2018 | Cambridge Islamic College, UK

Advanced Islamic Scholarship Residential Alimiyyah Degree is the flagship degree level program of Cambridge Islamic College. It is a two-year full-time residential intensive...

Two Post-Docs to work as Research and Outreach Associates in the Centre of Islamic Studies

University of Cambridge | Application Deadline: June 20, 2018

The University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint up to two Research and Outreach Associates in the Centre of Islamic Studies, to begin in...

Islamic Studies in the UK: Challenges, Opportunities and Emerging Agendas

June 19, 2018 | Brunei Gallery, SOAS University of London, UK

Islamic Studies is one of the key strands of the project and the overall aim of the day is to build on and reformulate discussions led by the Islamic Studies Network (2008-2012) about the role...

Challenging Islamophobia – Know Its Causes & Cures

June 29, 2018 | Lenton Business Centre, Nottingham, UK

Muslim engagement and development (Mend) invite to an evening to learn about: the rise of Islamophobia, Islamophobia in the media, the levels of discrimination and hate crime against Muslims, how we can all be part of tackling this disease. MEND is a not-for-profit company that...

The Religious Studies Project (RSP)

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 minutes) on cutting-edge theoretical, methodological and empirical issues, which is...

Re/presenting Islam on Campus

Re/presenting Islam on Campus is a three year project funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and by the Economic & Social Research Council. It explores how Islam and Muslims are represented and perceived on UK University campuses. Islam means different things to different people and much has been...