Entries for January 2019
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2019-01-31
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The Religious Freedom Institute (RFI) welcomes the U.S. Department of State’s recent announcement that it will host a second consecutive Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom July 16-18, 2019. This high-level event, according to the announce...
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2019-01-24
1218 Views
Catholic methods of examining scripture could help tackle radicalization in Islam, a leading Jesuit academic has said, after it was revealed an Irish citizen was captured having left Ireland to fight for the so-called Islamic State.
Originally from ...
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2019-01-23
1076 Views
Date: February 25 – March 1, 2019
Venue: Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
This training program is available for doctoral students registered at any higher education institution in the UK/EU and...
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2019-01-21
1126 Views
Research Project at the University of Kent
The role of empirical research in the study of religion has become increasingly important in recent years. In the discipline of Religious Studies, more postgraduate students are undertaking field-work based...
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2019-01-21
1090 Views
The Louisville International Airport located in Kentucky, USA, has announced it will change its name to be Muhammad Ali International Airport, to honor the late sports legend, CNN reported. “We are so excited to announce that @FlyLouisville wil...
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2019-01-20
1049 Views
Presented by the Islam UK Centre, Cardiff University
Cardiff University is a leading institution for scholarly teaching about Islam and Muslims in contemporary Britain. The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK (Islam-UK Centre) is based within th...
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2019-01-19
1014 Views
A group of leaders from across a broad spectrum of American religious life urged Senators to pledge their opposition to religious tests of any kind for nominees for public office. A letter, organized by the Religious Freedom Institute, was delivered ...
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2019-01-18
1286 Views
FREE Online Course by Cardiff University
Starting Date: March 4, 2019
Duration: 4 weeks
Islam is the second largest religion in the world today and dominates much of the current geopolitical discourse. People are increasingly bombarded by dramatic...
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2019-01-17
1201 Views
Edited by Tahir Abbas and Sadek Hamid
Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
Publisher: Syracuse University Press (February 11, 2019)
In the last few decades, the media, academics, and the general public have put considerable focus on Musl...
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2019-01-14
1072 Views
On Christmas Eve, churches all over the country will welcome into their midnight mass services people who rarely take part in acts of Christian worship but find candlelit carols irresistible. In the pews of St Alban’s in North Harrow there will...
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2019-01-12
1128 Views
Two Muslim organizations in France have launched projects to create "inclusive" mosques: spaces where women and men can pray together, and where female imams would be able to lead Friday prayers. There is some support for women imams in Britain and S...
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2019-01-11
938 Views
Nick Vallelonga, the Green Book writer and producer whose late father Tony is a central character in the film, has apologised for a 2015 social media post that triggered accusations of Islamophobia. Vallelonga has come under fire after the discovery ...
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2019-01-09
1268 Views
The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) was originally conceived of and proposed in 2013 as the Islamic Studies Virtual Curriculum (ISVC) by University of Michigan Professor Pauline Jones as a collaborative initiative between the University of ...
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2019-01-09
819 Views
Editor: Darren M. Slade
Publication History: Spring 2019 (first issue forthcoming)
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Frequency: Biannual
In partnership with Wipf and Stock Publishers, the peer-reviewed academic journal, Socio-Historical Examin...
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2019-01-07
1015 Views
“Ibadism and the Study of Islam: A view from the edge”
Date: June 17 – 19, 2019
Venue: Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
In his seminal "Islam: The View from the Edge", historian Richard Bulliet...
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2019-01-06
1257 Views
Islamic Legal Studies Program: Law and Social Change, Harvard Law School
Application Deadline: February 1, 2019
Harvard Law School's Islamic Legal Studies Program: Law and Social Change invites applications for Visiting Fellowships for the 2019-202...
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2019-01-05
1565 Views
The PreHawza classes are taught by dedicated scholars from the Hawza and are geared towards students of all levels - whether you are interested in simply expanding your basic knowledge or you intend to go for higher studies. Furthermore, the sc...
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2019-01-05
1238 Views
A ban on Muslim and Jewish methods of ritually slaughtering animals has come into force in Belgium.
The ban brings Belgium in line with European Union regulations that require animals to be stunned so they can’t feel pain before slaughter. How...
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2019-01-04
1133 Views
Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
Application Deadline: February 25, 2019
PhD researchers participate in the Maastricht University Graduate School of Law. They will prepare a PhD thesis in English or Dutch within the Faculty of Law&rsq...
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2019-01-02
1063 Views
The new Congress is slightly more religiously diverse than its predecessor, but it remains overwhelmingly Christian, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of congressional data collected by CQ Roll Call.
For the first day of the 116th Cong...
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2019-01-01
1062 Views
A recent development in a two-year-old corruption scandal -- involving the so-called "Islamic University of Europe" in the Netherlands -- has renewed public interest in the institution, involving tax fraud. Its rector, professor Nedim Bahçekap...
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2019-01-01
1737 Views
We would like to deliver a message of happiness and peace to all those who share love and care among people, those whose intention is to bring comfort and happiness into the life of others, so that they could fulfill the true meaning of Christmas.
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