Entries for April 2020
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2020-04-30
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A Special Issue of Religions
Call for Papers
Guest Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halim Rane, Griffith University
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Manuscript Submission Deadline: August 31, 2020
The growth of Muslim popul...
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2020-04-30
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By Marc David Baer
Publisher: Columbia University Press (April 2020)
German, Jew, Muslim, Gay offers an astonishing perspective on the history of modern Germany and German-speaking Central Europe from the vantage of a man who united multiple margin...
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2020-04-30
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State and local restrictions on religious gatherings, introduced as measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, have emerged as a top religious freedom issue and prompted a flurry of new lawsuits charging that such measures violate the First A...
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2020-04-30
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The leaders of the three Abrahamic religions – Christians, Jews and Muslims – prayed together in Jerusalem on Thursday amid the global Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic.
The initiative, taken by the Mayor of the Holy City, took place at 12.3...
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2020-04-29
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Muslims hear Azaan through loud speakers for the first time in the history of Canada. Due to coronavirus lockdown, Muslims are not able to pray in the mosques; hence they have got the permission to say Azaan in loud speakers in some mosques.
As of n...
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2020-04-27
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British Muslims condemned appointment of public figure, accused of Islamophobia, to inquiry into high minority death rates. Appointment of Trevor Phillips -- who is considered highly controversial in the British Muslim community -- to take part in a ...
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2020-04-27
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Over 3.2% of Canada’s population belong to the Islamic faith, which means that over 1 million have already immigrated to Canada to join its Muslim expat community. As Muslim people enter the first week of Ramadan, many will be facing challenges...
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2020-04-26
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Switzerland documented a record 352 cases of discrimination in 2019, reflecting an increase in racist acts in public places and attacks spurred by far-right ideologies. Xenophobia was the main driver for racist behavior. Black and Muslim people are t...
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2020-04-25
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A member of the UK Parliament, Sir Edward Jonathan Davey, on Saturday fasted and took part in an online Iftar, or breaking of the fast, with Muslims to show support for the country's community of three million observing the month of Ramadan under a s...
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2020-04-24
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The North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS) is an organization whose mission is to provide a forum for the production and dissemination of academic research on Islam and the diverse lived experience of Muslims. Its conferenc...
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2020-04-23
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NAAIMS 49th Annual Conference
Date: September 25, 2020
Cosponsored By: George Washington University & Xavier University
Program Chair: Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University
Qur’anic studies in Western universities ...
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2020-04-22
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Venue: London, UK
Date: June 12, 2020
Organizer: The Governance Program at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC)
Filmmakers have always engaged in the production of meanings that shape what Islam mean...
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2020-04-21
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Date: June 15, 2020 - August 8, 2020
Venue: Online
Organizer: University of Illinois, IL, USA
Registration Deadline: May 15, 2020
Announcement regarding COVID-19: We are holding a virtual institute for the Summer of 2020. All SILMW classes will t...
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2020-04-20
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Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam
Guest Editor: Cameron Zargar, University of Exeter
Submission Deadline: August 14, 2020
The Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam invites articles for a special issue related to the theme of “M...
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2020-04-18
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Bogazici University, Istanbul
Application Deadline: July 5, 2020
The Department of History at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, invites applications for two full-time assistant professors in the field of History of Science.
The candidates&rsqu...
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2020-04-17
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Special Issue of Journal of Islamic Ethics (JIE)
Call for Papers
Editor-in-Chief: Mohammed Ghaly, Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE)
Publisher: Brill
Submission Deadline: July 31, 2020
The articles will be dedicated to t...
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2020-04-17
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Call for Papers
Date: September 24-26, 2020
Venue: Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain la-Neuve, Belgium
Submission Deadline: May 1, 2020
The European Network for the Study of Islam and Esotericism (ENSIE) invites you to submit propo...
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2020-04-16
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4th Edinburgh Conference in Late Antique, Islamic, and Byzantine Studies
Call for Papers
Date: November 19-20, 2020
Venue: The Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Society of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Submission Deadline: June 15, 202...
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2020-04-16
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Call for Papers
Date: July 6, 2020
Venue: Online
Organizer: Faculty of Religious Studies of Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract Submission Deadline: May 4, 2020
The first international academic conference on “Ethics and Inc...
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2020-04-15
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Launched in the autumn 2019 semester, a Master Islam and Society study course in the main branch (90 ECTS) is offered by the Swiss Center Islam and Society (CSIS) within the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of the University of Friborg.
Current...
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2020-04-12
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The U.S. Constitution does not mention the Bible, God, Jesus or Christianity, and the First Amendment clarifies that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” Still, some scholars have argued that the Bible hea...
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2020-04-12
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Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge
Call for Applications
Application Deadline: April 19, 2020
The University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research and Outreach Associate to design and conduct original research ...
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2020-04-12
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Call for Research Papers
Date: October 20-22, 2020
Venue: The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Qatar
This seminar aims to critically address the key End-of-Life Care (EoLC) ethical questions, by engaging a wide rang...
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2020-04-11
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“Religion and Nature – Cultural Ecologies of Belief”
Organizer: SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore)
Date: September 6-9, 2020
Venue: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
For religious worldviews and practic...
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2020-04-10
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Americans began donning face masks this week after federal and local officials changed their position on whether face coverings protect against coronavirus. This is new terrain for many, who find themselves unable to recognize neighbors and are unsur...
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2020-04-10
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Due to COVID-19 emergency some publishers are now offering free access to their content. These publishers offer significant amount on content for the study of Islam and the Middle East.
“Cambridge University Press is making higher education te...
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2020-04-08
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Families of coronavirus victims in France are foregoing traditional death and mourning rituals to stem the spread of Covid-19 infections. But for observant Muslims and Jews, the absence of these rites are an additional emotional burden at a difficult...
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2020-04-08
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Imam Al-Mahdi (as): The Awaited Hope for Humanity
Birthday of Imam Mahdi (pbuh) on the 15th of Sha’ban (April 9, 2020) is celebration of Hope and Justice for all humankind.
This promise is n...
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2020-04-08
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Brill has entered into a partnership with The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (London, UK) and the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, Canada) to publish the new peer-reviewed, academic Journal of Material Cultures in the Mu...
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2020-04-06
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Campaign engages the world’s religious communities through Religions for Peace’s global, regional and national networks in a collective, multi-religious response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Religions for Peace (RfP) and the United Nations ...
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2020-04-06
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Date: 24 August 2020 - 4 September 2020
Venue: University Library, Leiden, Netherlands
Application Deadline: June 22, 2020
This summer school is for graduate (MA and PhD) students and researchers who have an interest in handwritten materials, edit...
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2020-04-04
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Nearly 100 mosques in Germany and the Netherlands on Friday rang out with the sound of the call to prayer, as a gesture of support for Muslims amid the coronavirus pandemic. The call to prayer (adhan) was chanted from mosques belonging to the T...
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2020-04-02
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The majority of British Muslims are concerned about Islamist extremism and support police along with the principles of the controversial Prevent program, a survey has suggested.
Crest Advisory, an independent crime consultancy, commissioned represe...
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2020-04-01
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Hundreds of Indian Americans of different faiths rallied outside Indian consulates in major American cities on Friday evening to protest against the recent violence in Delhi that has killed at least 42 people, and injured hundreds.
Violence erupted ...
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2020-04-01
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The United Kingdom is paying tribute to the first doctors on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic who have died after contracting COVID-19.
All four men - Alfa Sa'adu; Amged el-Hawrani; Adil El Tayar and Habib Zaidi - were Muslim and had ance...
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