Quebec Muslims denounce ban on prayer rooms in schools

April 9, 2023

Leaders of the Muslim community from across Quebec have criticized Education Minister Bernard Drainville’s move to ban public schools from setting up prayer rooms on their premises...

Fazlul Kabir elected as first Muslim mayor in Maryland

May 16, 2023

College Park’s Fazlul Kabir has made history for being elected as the first Muslim mayor in Maryland. Kabir will be the next mayor of the City of College Park following a landslide victory in a...

Bills to add Muslim, Sikh, Asian holidays to Michigan calendar

April 25, 2023

Michigan lawmakers are introducing a set of bills to mark Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Asian holidays as official state-recognized holidays in Michigan’s official calendar. The new holidays would be Eid...

Min. Gov. supports Muslims after two Minneapolis mosque set afire

April 26, 2023

Two mosques in Minneapolis were targeted by an arsonist who set them on fire one after another, raising concerns among the Muslim community...

Islamophobia as a form of emotional violence

April 24, 2023

Emotional violence is a form of abuse to control, isolate or frighten individuals. A common misbelief is that physical violence causes more serious and long-term harm than emotional violence. In fact, the imprints of emotional abuse are similarly real and long-lasting. The fourth...

Georgetown opens first mosque in university campus

May 7, 2023

Catering to the needs of its Muslim students, Georgetown University has become the first US college to open a mosque with ablution stations. The Yarrow Mamout Masjid, named after one of...

Exploring the Mind of God: An Introduction to Shiʿite Legal Epistemology

Publisher: Brill (May 25, 2023)

By Hashim Bata
This book introduces readers to the legal epistemology that is advocated within Twelver Shiʿite uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory). It critically surveys the epistemological underpinnings upheld by post-19th century Uṣūlī clerics that impel them to mainly deduce and interpret Sharia using scripture and literalist hermeneutical methods. An evaluation of these underpinnings uncovers the important juxtaposition that exists between the seminarian...

Translanguaging & Muslim children's negotiations of intersectional Muslim identities...

By Sharifa Khalid Muhanna Al Battashi, University College London

Young children's translanguaging between different languages is underexplored and often examined in relation to questions of learning...

Islam in America: Challenges, Opportunities and Advocacy

June 30 - July 2, 2023 | Tysons Corner Marriott, Virginia, USA

Join the 5000 shia Muslims this year insh’allah at the annual UMAA Convention as we come together to shine light on "Islam in America: Challenges, Opportunities and Advocacy"...

Summer School: Understanding Muslim Societies in Past and Present

June 27 - 30, 2023 | Lisbon, Portugal

This four-day summer school aims to reconsider how Islam, Muslims and their contexts are studied today. It will give participants in-depth...

Jameel Scholarships: PhD in British Muslim Studies

Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK | Deadline: July 3, 2023

The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, a leading academic institution for research and teaching about Islam and Muslims in Britain, has 1 International PhD Jameel Scholarship and 2 UK PhD Jameel Scholarships in British Muslim Studies available for suitably qualified students...

Lecture: Science Communication, Islam and Muslim Communities

June 29, 2023 | Edgbaston Park Hotel, Birmingham, UK

In this public lecture, Stephen H. Jones will use a range of data to look at what British Muslims really think about science and at the question of whether, and how, science communicators...

CFP: Special Issue on “Islam and the Discourse of Enlightenment”

Call for Papers | Abstract Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023

The Journal of ‘Contemporary Study of Islam’ is delighted to invite researchers and scholars to submit their papers in a special issue of the Journal on the topic of ‘Islam and the...

Hyderi Community Centre

Hyderi Community Centre is a vibrant organization based in London, United Kingdom. Originally founded in 1983 to serve the local Shia Muslim community who had emigrated from East Africa (the “Khoja” community), through the ever-growing relationships with their neighbors and local social, community and political organizations. Hyderi Islamic Centre is now an integral part of the local community, conveying...

Interfaith America

Interfaith America (previously known as Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)) was founded in 2002 based on the idea that religious difference should serve as a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. Since that time, Interfaith America has evolved from a small Chicago-based nonprofit to the nation’s premier interfaith organization. Led by Founder and President Eboo Patel, Interfaith America...

Center for Global Islamic Studies (CGIS)

The Center for Global Islamic Studies (CGIS) at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. Launched in the Fall of 2009 with the support of a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Center is a growing intellectual community committed to the comparative study of Islamic civilization. CGIS promotes interdisciplinary...

The Inter Faith Network (IFN)

The Inter Faith Network (IFN) for the UK was founded in 1987, following two years of consultation, to advance public knowledge and mutual understanding of the teachings, traditions and practices of the different faith communities in Britain including an awareness both of their distinctive features and their common ground...