Entries for April 2017
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2017-04-30
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The Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS) is the product of an exciting new collaboration between Royal Holloway, University of London and the Imam Sadr Foundation (ISF) and affiliated donors. While based in the Department of Politics and...
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2017-04-30
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Call for Book Proposals
I.B.Tauris invites submissions for inclusion in its academic monograph series, The Early and Medieval Islamic World. Led by series editor Professor Roy Mottahedeh (Harvard University), the series promotes innovative rese...
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2017-04-30
1609 Views
79th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion
Date: August 13-14, 2017 (with Opening Reception on Aug. 12th)
Venue: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Program Chair: Di Di, Rice University, dd20@rice.edu
Nearly daily, it seems, ...
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2017-04-30
1466 Views
The eighth annual study on global restrictions on religion, published by Pew Research Center April 10 reports an increase in countries with “high” or “very high” levels of government laws, policies and actions t...
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2017-04-24
2757 Views
The Centre for Islamic & West Asian Studies (CIWAS)
Call for Applications
Application Deadline: June 15, 2017
Applications are invited for eight studentships to be awarded for a Masters by Research Programme in Islamic and West Asian Studies. ...
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2017-04-17
1716 Views
University of Edinburgh
Application Deadline: May 2, 2017
The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to invite applications for a fees only MSc Taught degree scholarship for any of its programs (IMES, Middl...
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2017-04-17
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Date: July 3-7, 2017
Venue: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Organizer: Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities (UU)
Course fee (incl. housing): € 650
Level: Bachelor level
This course focuses on current debates in the academic Study of Religion ...
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2017-04-16
1901 Views
Edited by Wilferd Madelung and Farhad Daftary
Publisher: BRILL
The 16 volume Encyclopaedia Islamica is due to become one of the major comprehensive reference works on Islam and the Muslim world. It is an abridged and edited translation of the Persi...
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2017-04-15
1623 Views
New Directions in 21st Century Islamic Thought
The 10th Annual Summer Institute for Scholars
Date: July 26-29, 2017
Venue: Herndon, VA 20170, USA
Recent debates within the Muslim community on issues of political legitimacy, loyalty and obedienc...
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2017-04-13
1892 Views
Application Deadline: June 30, 2017
Through the annual Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (as) Scholarship, Muslim Congress seeks to support students in their pursuit of education. The Scholarship is open to high school seniors, students enrolled in a college or u...
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2017-04-11
7719 Views
Owing to labor migration in the 1960s and several waves of political refugees since the 1970s, Islam has become a visible religion in Germany. According to a national census conducted in 2011, 1.9% of Germany's population (around 1.5m people) de...
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2017-04-11
1663 Views
In several Western European countries, some politicians want to force imams to deliver sermons only in the official language: In Germany, imams should preach in German; in Italy, in Italian; in Britain, in English; in France, in French. To justify th...
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2017-04-11
1596 Views
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
Application Deadline: September 21, 2017
Brandeis University invites applications to fill the Hassenfeld Chair in Islamic Studies in the field of Ottoman history and culture. This is a full time faculty positio...
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2017-04-09
1759 Views
A new poll on religious views in Canada shows that while acceptance of religious minorities has improved over the past four years, more work is still needed.
The poll, conducted by the Angus Reid Institute, found although some 68 percent of Can...
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2017-04-07
2099 Views
The Center for Islamic Shi‘a Studies (CISS) is a research center which specializes in the study of intellectual traditions and scholarly outputs, articulated by persons or entities committed to the Shi’a Islamic faith, and/or persons or g...
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2017-04-07
1710 Views
Peacebuilding in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Course Duration: 6 Weeks
Date: June 26, 2017 – July 14, 2017
Venue: Bossey, Switzerland
Intended for an international audience of young people (ages 20-35) interested and engaged in inte...
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2017-04-05
2688 Views
Instructor: Shaykh Michael Mumisa
Course Duration: 12 months (38 weeks)
Starting Date: May 1, 2017
Registration Deadline: April 25, 2017
Cambridge IGCSE Islamiyat syllabus enables learners to develop an understanding of the importance of the...
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2017-04-05
2025 Views
Pope Francis met four British imams at the Vatican, two weeks after the London extremist attack. The meeting was part of the Pope’s effort to encourage Muslim leaders who renounce using religion to justify violence.
The audience was scheduled ...
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2017-04-05
1710 Views
More babies were born to Christian mothers than to members of any other religion in recent years, reflecting Christianity’s continued status as the world’s largest religious group. But this is unlikely to be the case for much longer: Less...
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2017-04-03
1655 Views
Germany has no plans to introduce an 'Islam law' codifying the rights and obligations of Muslims, a government spokesman said on Monday, dismissing an idea floated by allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of federal elections in September. Merkel,...
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2017-04-02
1746 Views
CINEMA: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image
Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2017
Edited by:
Patrícia Castello Branco (IFILNOVA)
Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad (SOAS University of London)
Sérgio Dia...
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2017-04-02
1618 Views
Across Eastern Massachusetts Sunday, Muslims gathered, shoulder to shoulder, to begin afternoon prayers. But at the back of the room at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury, a crowd of Christians, Jews, agnostics, and atheists had...
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