About three-in-ten U.S. adults are now religiously unaffiliated

December 14, 2021

The secularizing shifts evident in American society so far in the 21st century show no signs of slowing. The latest Pew Research Center survey of the religious composition of the US...

First Muslim international religious freedom ambassador receives promise of prayer

December 20, 2021

The recently confirmed United States ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom has received congratulations and...

Muslim teacher loses job for wearing headscarf in Canada's Quebec

December 12, 2021

A headscarf-wearing Muslim teacher in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec was removed from her position over her religious garment, citing a controversial provincial law...

Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 2019)

By Ahmet T. Kuru
Why do Muslim-majority countries exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of socio-economic development in comparison to world averages? Ahmet T. Kuru criticizes explanations which point to Islam as the cause of this disparity, because Muslims were philosophically and socio-economically more developed than Western Europeans between the ninth and twelfth centuries. Nor was Western colonialism the cause: Muslims had already suffered political and socio-economic...

Between Qum and Qayrawān: Unearthing Early Shii Hadı̄th Sources

Author: Kumail Rajani

In this article, I develop and test a new methodology of unearthing early Shii ḥadı̄th sources that served as the basis for the later collections of the fourth/tenth century...

Intersecting Philosophy of Science with Islamic Thought

Call for Papers | Abstract Submission Deadline: June 30, 2022

Cambridge Muslim College is hosting a one-day online conference on Intersecting Philosophy of Science with Islamic Thought. The field of philosophy of science has grown extensively...

Canon or Code? Standardising and Transmitting Islamic Law

June 16-18, 2022 | Bergen, Netherlands

In the CanCode-project (2020-24) we study change and development of Islamic law by using “canonization” and “codification” as conceptual starting points. "Codification" tends to be...

Online Workshop: “Islam in the RE Classroom”

Call for Papers | Abstract Deadline: February 25, 2022

These twin online workshops aim to enhance the quality of learning and teaching about Islam at GCSE and A-Levels. They aid both the academic-theoretical and practical-pedagogical aspects of conducting Religious Education through drawing on the best practices in the field in terms of...

CEU Scholarships for Religious Studies at the MA Level

Central European University, Vienna, Austria

Students can obtain an Advanced Certificate in Religious Studies in addition to a MA degree in: Cultural Heritage Studies, Gender Studies, History, International Relations, Medieval...