Anti-Muslim incidents increased in U.S. during Israel’s assault on Gaza, spiked in Canada this year

July 21, 2021

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has released a mid-year report documenting the state of anti-Muslim hate incidents in 2021...

Muslim and Jewish Democrats in Congress call for creation of Islamophobia monitor

July 21, 2021

Muslim and Jewish Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have joined to call on the Biden administration to create an Islamaphobia...

EU court rules employers can limit religious symbols

July 15, 2021

The European Union’s top court ruled Thursday that employers may forbid the wearing of visible symbols of religious or political belief, such as headscarves. But the Luxembourg-based...

German spy chief warns of Islamic State's strength

July 14, 2021

The head of Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, has given a rare interview specifically to warn that, despite appearances, Islamist terrorism remains a real threat to world order, even 20 years after 9/11. Speaking to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Bruno Kahl said that...

Workshop on “Typologies in the Islamic Ethical Discourse”

Call for Papers | Abstract Submission Deadline: September 26, 2021

Through discussions on how exemplary and stereotypical characters are used, modified and redefined in pre-modern Islamic texts, this workshop aims to investigate a range of...

Religion, Politics, and Uncertainty: Shifting Boundaries

Call for Papers | Abstract Submission Deadline: September 1, 2021

ISA RC22 mid-term conference Religion, Politics, and Uncertainty: Shifting Boundaries will take place on November 11-14, 2021, in Vilnius, Lithuania. This is an invitation for sociologists...

Professorship in Arabic and Islamic Studies (W3)

University of Leipzig | Application Deadline: August 20, 2021

The Faculty of History, Art and Area Studies seeks to fill the above professorship from 1 October 2022. The future holder of this position will be responsible for research and teaching in the field of culture and history at the Oriental Institute of the University of Leipzig. We are...

PPRI (Public Religion Research Institute) Public Fellowships

Public Religion Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA

PRRI, a Washington, DC-based non-profit, non-partisan research organization focused on the intersection of religion, politics and culture, is seeking a diverse cohort of 16 PRRI Public...