Entries for June 2019
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2019-06-30
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By Bernard O’Kane
Publisher: Assouline (June 2019)
The publishing house of Assouline launched a new book titled, “Mosques: The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship”. Known for the luxurious and collectible nature of its coffe...
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2019-06-30
833 Views
The Quebec government passed a bill late Sunday barring schoolteachers, police officers, judges and other public employees from wearing religious symbols in the workplace, prompting an outcry that civil liberties in the province were under attack.
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2019-06-30
827 Views
Date: July 20, 2019
Venue: Cypress Community Center, 5700 Orange Ave, Cypress, CA 90630, USA
The Shia Muslim Council of Southern California, in collaboration with the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, is proud to present its 2nd Annual ...
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2019-06-29
896 Views
Date: July 10-11, 2019
Venue: Wolfson College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Organizers: Moujan Matin and Alain George
Between the late seventh century and the so-called Golden Age of Islam in the ninth to tenth centuries, the patronage of Isla...
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2019-06-28
850 Views
CILE California Summer School 2019
Date: 27 July - 1 August 2019
Venue: California Islamic University, 598 S State College Blvd, Fullerton, California, USA
The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), member of the College of Is...
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2019-06-27
1014 Views
KAICIID is an intergovernmental organization whose mandate is to promote the use of dialogue globally to prevent and resolve conflict to enhance understanding and cooperation. Over a seven-year-long negotiation and development process, KAICIID’...
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2019-06-25
902 Views
Date: July 17, 2019
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Rosamond Street West, Manchester, UK
As part of the city’s series of events commemorating the 200t...
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2019-06-24
914 Views
Tell MAMA UK, a national project which records and measures anti-Muslim incidents in the United Kingdom., has said that over half of all reported hate crimes in the UK target visibly Muslim women. Religious hate crime has risen in the UK by 40% from ...
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2019-06-23
818 Views
Faith institutions must show strong moral leadership to heal people’s “collective trauma” and fill the void left by international political failure, according to the UN’s deputy head and the leader of one of the UK’s maj...
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2019-06-20
942 Views
Cambridge Mosque, “Europe’s first eco-mosque” has opened after much anticipation. Sustainability and eco-friendliness have been prioritized in the building of the mosque and its mission statement, which quotes Dr Tim Winter, chairma...
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2019-06-19
782 Views
It is with deep dismay that the Muslim-Jewish Leadership Council (MJLC) has heard of recent developments in Austria which could lead to the country’s withdrawal from the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID).
The Board of Directors of the MJ...
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2019-06-18
811 Views
Britain's largest Muslim organization has condemned the Conservatives over "fundamental failures" in addressing Islamophobia within the party's ranks.
In alarming remarks, the spokesperson for the Muslim Council of Britain(MCB) said he had document...
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2019-06-15
989 Views
Celebrating 30 years of the Journal of Islamic Studies
Date: September 27-28, 2019
Venue: The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road, Oxford, UK
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies was founded in 1985. It is a Recognized Independent Cen...
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2019-06-14
905 Views
AAIMS Second Conference on the Study of Islam and Muslim Societies
Date: 30 September and 1 October 2019
Venue: Western Sydney University Parramatta South Campus, Rydalmere, NSW 2116, Australia
Hosted by the School of Social Sciences and Psycholog...
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2019-06-13
923 Views
The American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies is a private, non-profit, non-political organization of scholars and other persons interested in the study of Muslim societies throughout the world. Its purpose is to offer opportunities to scho...
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2019-06-13
776 Views
The German government is condemning an incident in which around 50 copies of the Quran were damaged at a mosque.
Police say that one or more people ripped up copies of the Islamic holy book at a mosque in the northwestern city of Bremen on Saturday....
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2019-06-12
843 Views
“The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict”
Call for Papers
Date: October 14-17, 2019
Venue: Struga, Republic of North Macedonia
Abstract Submission Deadline: June 30, 2019
One of the key questions that contemporary sociology is fa...
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2019-06-11
903 Views
World Congress of Faiths Interfaith Conference
Date: September 10, 2019
Venue: St Michael’s House, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, UK
The World Congress of Faiths (WCF) is a community of individuals from different faiths and beliefs working to...
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2019-06-11
933 Views
The 25th Nordic Conference in the Sociology of Religion (NCSR)
Call for Papers and Panels
Date: August 17-19, 2020
Venue: Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 15, 2020
In today’s globalized and fast changing society, reli...
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2019-06-11
839 Views
A recent attack on a Muslim cemetery in Greece shows the rise of Islamophobia and racism both there and throughout the continent, according to an expert on the region. A Muslim cemetery in the city of Alexandroupolis was found on Tuesday to have suff...
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2019-06-06
768 Views
Without minaret or dome, the beige, rectangular structure in a former industrial area has none of the ornate grace typical of Islamic places of worship. But for the Muslims of Athens, it is the result of a long-fought battle - and the city's first fo...
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