Entries for March 2017
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2017-03-30
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Call for papers
Date: April 24 - 26, 2018
Venue: Uppsala University, Sweden
Abstract Submission Deadline: October 31, 2017
The Impact of Religion conference offers an interdisciplinary forum for sharing recent research on the role of religi...
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2017-03-30
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Hundreds of Muslims have taken to praying on the streets of a Paris suburb to protest the closure of the hall they had been using as a prayer room. Protesters gathered outside the town hall of the northern Paris suburb of Clichy on Friday. The Muslim...
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2017-03-30
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Germany’s Deputy Finance Minister has called for the introduction of an “Islam law” which should enable more transparency in the Muslim community's affairs by setting up an official mosque registry and encouraging imams to conduct s...
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2017-03-28
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19th International Conference on Arabic and Islamic Studies
Date: April 27-28, 2017
Venue: Renaissanc Brussels Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19, Brussels 1050, Belgium
The ICAIS 2017: 19th International Conference on Arabic and Islamic Studies ...
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2017-03-28
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Special Issue of ‘Surveillance and Society’ journal
Submission Deadline: August 1, 2017
Publication Date: early 2018
Edited by: Eric Stoddart, University of St Andrews, UK, and Susanne Wigorts Yngevesson, Stockholm School of Theology
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2017-03-28
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France’s attempts to counter the radicalization of its young people are in turmoil, with a group home intended to turn them away from Islamic extremism empty, the head of a highly publicized nonprofit convicted of misuse of public funds, and pl...
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2017-03-27
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Hundreds of people from different faith groups and ethnicities circled America’s oldest mosque in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday, March 26, forming a human shield to show support to American Muslims against threats and hate mails sent to mosques...
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2017-03-26
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Postgraduate Workshop
Date: April 25, 2017
Venue: Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, West Rd, Cambridge CB3 9BS, UK
Organized in partnership between postgraduates at SOAS and the University of Cambridge, and kindly sponsored by the&nbs...
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2017-03-26
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Author: Baqir al-Irawani
Translator: Zaid Alsalami
Publisher: ICAS Press
Jurisprudential maxims (al-qawa‘id al-fiqhiyyah) play an important role in determining one's legal duty in particular situations. When applied, these maxims - such as t...
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2017-03-24
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Date: April 20, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Venue: 303 International Center, Muslim Studies Center, Michigan State University, 220 Trowbridge Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Special Guest Speaker: Blaque Hough
Hailing from Michigan, ...
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2017-03-23
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International Studies and Programs
Michigan State University (MSU)
One of the newer programs within MSU’s International Studies and Programs, the Muslim Studies Program (MSP) supports teaching and research about Muslims around the globe from ...
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2017-03-22
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Students’ right to pray in schools would be guaranteed under a bill barreling through the Florida Legislature. The bill specifies that students in public schools are permitted to engage in prayer and that school personnel are allowed to participate in student-led prayers. The bills also guarantee protection for students who wear religiously themed jewelry.
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2017-03-16
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Jibreel Institute is a new exclusive Arabic & Islamic Studies provider for adults at the prestigious East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre. A curriculum of quality classical and contemporary scholarship, with balance and creativity made a...
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2017-03-15
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B.C. Dodge & R. Mordant Mahon talked to Jaime Mujahid Fletcher in this episode of “What a Relief!” In this episode, B.C. & Mordant continue their talk with Jaime Mujahid Fletcher from Islam in Spanish. He shar...
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2017-03-15
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Employers in European Union countries can ban employees from wearing visible symbols of religion such as Islamic headscarves and Christian crosses, a top European court ruled Tuesday.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) made the decision after two M...
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2017-03-13
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Justice and Ethics in Shīʿī thought: From Theoretical Foundations to Sharia Implications
Date: April 6, 2017 @ 3.00pm – 5.00pm
Venue: Al-mahdi Institute, Weoley Park Road, Birmingham B29 6RB, UK
Al-Mahdi Institute will hold a roundtable disc...
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2017-03-12
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Volume 7, No. 1
The seventh issue of the academic journal was published: The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences (JRISS) Vol. 7, No. 1, 2016. It focuses on themes such as philosophy, epistemology, study of religion and comparative stud...
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2017-03-10
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Masjid Toronto opened its doors to the public so that Torontonians could learn about Muslims and the religion of Islam. On February 17, worshippers attending Friday prayer services at the mosque were greeted by protestors carrying banners and with lo...
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2017-03-09
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Davidson United Methodist Church had invited American Islamic Outreach Foundation to talk to about Islam On Sunday 26th February 2017. The class was of the senior members of the congregation.
Zahir Shaikh and Dorene Alama the dir...
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2017-03-09
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New Yorkers by the thousand, representing myriad backgrounds and faiths, converged on Times Square on Sunday, heeding a music mogul's calls to let Muslims know their fellow Americans stood by them. The demonstrators -- many of them hoisting placards ...
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2017-03-09
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Date: March 19 - 21, 2017
Venue: Pembroke College, Oxford, UK
Subject Fields: Islamic History / Studies, Middle East History / Studies, Religious Studies and Theology, Arabic History / Studies
Funded by: The Arts and Humanities Research ...
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2017-03-08
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International Conference on Religion, Culture and Politics
Date: March 18-19, 2017
Venue: Queens hotel, City Square, Leeds, UK
Organizer: Centre for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences
Religion is often discussed through the eyes of the se...
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2017-03-07
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Date: March 14, 2017 @ 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Venue: National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
Speakers: Amir Hussain, Melissa Rogers, and Rebecca Shah
The panel is co-sponsored by Baylor University Press and the Religious Freedom Research Project of the B...
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2017-03-05
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Date: March 12, 2017 @ 10.00am – 5.30pm
Venue: The Osmani Centre, 58 Underwood Rd, London E1 5AW, UK
Instructor: Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi
This one-day course and extensive question and answer session will seek to clarify critical question...
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2017-03-05
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In the last decade Islamophobia in Western societies where Muslims constitute the minority has been studied extensively. At the same time, Islamophobia is not only a Western phenomenon but a global one. It affects Muslim societies as much due to vari...
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2017-03-04
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AMI Research Seminars
Date: March 16, 2017
Venue: AMI Conference Room, Al-mahdi Institute, Weoley Park Road, Birmingham B29 6RB, UK
Lecturer: Dr Jafar Morvarid (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad)
Al-Mahdi Institute’s Research Seminars are a pl...
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2017-03-04
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A growing number of Christians in Metro Vancouver want to stop controversial U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham from leading a major crusade next month in the city. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson recently met with evangelical, Catholic ...
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2017-03-03
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The Canadian Parliament is debating a motion urging the government to “condemn Islamophobia” and “quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear.” Motion 103, or M-103 as it is commonly called, was introduced i...
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2017-03-02
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Date: July 4, 2017
Venue: Peace House, 19 Paradise Square, Oxford, OX1 1LD, UK
Quranic Studies International Conference that will take place in England is an event that is intended to bring together scholars and professionals with experience and in...
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2017-03-02
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A 42-year-old man who burned a Quran and posted a video of it on Facebook has been charged with blasphemy in Denmark, a striking decision by prosecutors in a country that is largely secular but has grappled with the role of Islam in public life....
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2017-03-01
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As the world grapples with the impact of President Trump’s Muslim ban, Pope Francis stressed that no religion is terrorist, adding that the claimed “Muslim terrorism” does not exist. “Christian terrorism does not exist, Jewish...
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2017-03-01
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Some cities set up Christian and other free schools in Muslim-dominated areas, a media report said today. The so-called "integrated" schools could be run by organizations such as the Church of England and enroll pupils from Christian, Muslim and...
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