International Day to Combat Islamophobia

November 30, 2020

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has decided to designate March 15 as the "International Day to Combat Islamophobia" each year. The OIC Council of Foreign Ministers has passed a resolution in this respect in their meeting in Niamey, Niger. Pakistan...

France to close down nation’s biggest anti-Islamophobia organization

November 20, 2020

France’s Interior Minister has announced plans to dissolve the country’s largest anti-Islamophobia organization, the Collective against...

These Muslims feature in BBC’s 100 Women of 2020

November 25, 2020

At difficult times of COVID-19 pandemic, success stories provide a source of inspiration spreading hopes for a better future. Now more than ever, the success stories of Muslim women around the world are very important in a bid to shatter damaging stereotypes and misconceptions...

Muslims reel over a prayer app that sold user data: ‘A betrayal from within our own community’

November 23, 2020

Five times a day, tens of millions of phones buzz with notifications from an app called Muslim Pro, reminding users it’s time to pray. While...

$5M Marks largest hospital donation pledge from Muslim community in Canadian history

August 20, 2020

In a record-breaking pledge, the Muslim community announced $5 million to support the redevelopment of Mississauga Hospital, one of...

ICAIS 2021: International Conference on Arabic and Islamic Studies

July 12-13, 2021 | Ottawa, Canada

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality...

Pre-modern comparative literary practice in the multilingual Islamic world(s)

July 23-24, 2021 | Online (via Zoom)

The premodern Islamic world was multilingual and multicultural, and by necessity was continually engaged in comparative critical...

Call for Articles for Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Quran Online

Call for Papers | Publisher: Brill

Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Quran Online, edited by Johanna Pink (Universität Freiburg), is the world's foremost digital historical-critical reference work on the Quran. We are seeking...

The Department of Classics and Religious Studies in the University of Ottawa

The Department of Classics and Religious Studies in the University of Ottawa is unique in combining expertise in Late Antiquity and the contemporary world. Our The faculty includes eight...