Entries for December 2017
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2017-12-29
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Starting Date: February 26, 2018
Organized by: Al-Mahdi Institute
Application Deadline: February 16, 2018
Al-Mahdi Institute is now enrolling for Part-time Islamic studies starting from Monday 26th February 2018. Modules available include “I...
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2017-12-28
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Starting Date: February 20, 2018
Organized by: Al-Mahdi Institute
Featuring FOUR five-week courses exploring Sūrat al-Hujurāt, Sūrat al-Jinn, Sūrat al-Zumar and Sūrat al-Wāqi’ah available to study in-house at Al-Mahdi Institute.
Details are ...
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2017-12-27
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Winter 2018
Venue: Cambridge Muslim College, 14 Saint Paul's Road, Cambridge, UK
The Winter Term classes of Cambridge Muslim College (CMC) are organized as a series and participants are encouraged to attend each session. They must register for each...
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2017-12-26
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A grant of £49,616 from the British Academy has given the green-light to a collaborative research project with both the University of Erlangen/Nuremberg and the University of Amsterdam. The project will bring a new perspective on Muslim marriag...
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2017-12-26
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Illustration of the investiture of ʿAlī by the Prophet at Ghadīr Khumm from the earliest extant illustrated manuscript of al-Birūnī’s (d. 1048) The Chronology of Ancient Nations located at the Special Collections Department of Edinbur...
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2017-12-25
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Research Program at Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
While many European universities, Leiden included, have a proud tradition of research into Islamic studies, a topical and thematic focus on Shiʿi Islam in all its dispensation remains a de...
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2017-12-24
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The first mainstream television advertisement by a Muslim charity will be aired over the festive period, a development many hope will help to challenge the misconception that Muslims are anti-Christmas. The 59-second advert for the West Yorkshire cha...
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2017-12-24
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A special issue of the Journal of Muslims in Europe on ‘Mapping Shia Muslim Communities in Europe’ has been published by Brill.
Dr Yafa Shanneik provides the introduction to the special issue, writing on ‘L...
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2017-12-21
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Contested Presences, Contested Regulations
Call for Application
Date: August 20-24, 2018
Venue: Groningen, the Netherlands
Application Deadline: June 1, 2018
This summer school is designed for finalizing Bachelor students, Master students and Ph...
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2017-12-19
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SPRING 2018
Course Start Date: January 22, 2018
Muslim Congress is a charitable non-profit organization in accordance with section 501 (c)(3) of the IRS tax code. It seeks to promote unity among the Muslims of North America. Our goal is to exc...
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2017-12-19
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Application Deadline: January 31, 2018
The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies (BGSMCS) will admit up to ten PhD students to its doctoral program, which is to begin on 1 October 2018. The Graduate School is a joint project of Freie ...
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2017-12-19
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British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
Volume 45, 2018 - Issue 1: SI: De-Centring Shi‘i Islam, Pages 1-17
By Morgan Clarke and Mirjam Künkler
Published online: October 24, 2017
In the introduction to this special issue, we make...
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2017-12-18
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Call for Papers
Executive Editor: Thijl Sunier
Editors: Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić, Stella Coglievina, Martijn de Koning, Brigitte Maréchal, Jørgen S. Nielsen, Egdūnas Račius, Jörn Thielmann
The Journal ...
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2017-12-17
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Date: February 16-17, 2018
Venue: Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
The Old World dry belt from the Atlantic to the Hindukush experienced in the Early Islamic Empire a prosperity and mobility of resources and people which was unprecedented...
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2017-12-16
1203 Views
Call for Papers
Date: September 26 - 27, 2018
Venue: Stellenbosch (near Cape Town), South Africa
Proposal Submission Deadline: February 1, 2018
The discipline of Christian Spirituality at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and Volos Academy f...
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2017-12-15
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Author: Roy Vilozny
Publisher: Brepols Publishers (November 23, 2017)
Series: Miroir De L'orient Musulman (Book 7)
Based on the earliest Shīʽī sources extant, this book seeks to portray the worldview of the Shīʽa prior to the crystallization of th...
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2017-12-14
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An “Interfaith Symposium on Statelessness” held 7-8 December in Rome focused, for the first time in history, on joint actions from Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian and Jewish groups to address statelessness.
The symposium was cosponsor...
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2017-12-13
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The Islamic Educational College was announced as the fourth Jordanian school being admitted to the PASCH network in Jordan, according to a German embassy statement. The PASCH initiative “Schools: Partners for the Future” was founded by th...
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2017-12-10
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Mid-term Conference
Call for Papers and Panel Proposals
Date: 30 August - 1 September 2018
Venue: University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Submission Deadline: January 10, 2018
The relation between immigration, citizenship, integration/participation i...
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2017-12-10
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On December 7-9, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) held an International Conference entitled “Shii Studies: The State of the Art” organized by Hassan Ansari (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) and Sabine Schmidtke (Institute fo...
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2017-12-08
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Call for Papers
Date: September 20-22, 2018
Venue: University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Proposal Submission Deadline: February 1, 2018
The discipline of Christian Spirituality at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and the Depart...
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2017-12-08
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Religion, State & Society, Volume 45, Issue 3-4, 2017
Edited by Effie Fokas and James T. Richardson
Publisher: Routledge (Sep-Dec 2017)
Contents:
I. ECtHR and case law: clarity, consistency and controversy
1. The principled slope: religious ...
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2017-12-08
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Nearly all of the former US ambassadors to Israel said they were opposed to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize the ultra-sensitive holy city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital over concerns that the move would stoke an alread...
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2017-12-07
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The Islamic College invites abstracts for its Annual Conference specializing in the growing field of Shi‘i Studies.
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2017-12-06
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Thousands of people across the UK took part in the interfaith day encouraging good deeds. Muslims planning to open a new mosque in a traditionally Jewish north London community have joined people at their local synagogue to give blood ...
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2017-12-05
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A one-day Muslims in Britain Research Network conference organized in partnership with the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College London
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2017-12-04
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The recent surge in refugees from Syria and other Muslim-majority nations to Europe has prompted a backlash among segments of Europe’s population, including the rise of political parties that advocate a halt to immigration and groups&...
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2017-12-03
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American Muslims: Shaping the Future through Faith and Vision
Date: December 28 - 30, 2017
Venue: Mccormick Place, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
The Annual MAS-ICNA Convention is one of the largest and most diverse Islamic conventions in North Ameri...
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2017-12-01
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