Entries for June 2020
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2020-06-30
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Volume 16. North America, South-East Asia, China, Japan, and Australasia (1800-1914)
Edited by David Thomas and John A. Chesworth
Publisher: Brill
Publication Date: July 2, 2020
Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History 16 (CMR 16) co...
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2020-06-29
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The Supreme Court made it easier for religious schools to obtain public funds, upholding a Montana scholarship program that allows state tax credits for private schooling. The court’s 5-4 ruling, with conservatives in the majority, came in a di...
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2020-06-26
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Germany’s Federal Office's research center is conducting the "Muslim Life in Germany 2020” (MLD 2020) project, following the study in 2008 and 2016. Between July 2019 and February 2020, around 5,200 people answered questions to provide cu...
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2020-06-26
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A woman in Britain who has become the first judge in the western world to wear a hijab hopes to be an inspiration to young Muslims. Raffia Arshad, 40, who grew up in Yorkshire, north England, has wanted to work in law since she was 11. Ms Arshad, a b...
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2020-06-25
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Date: April 22-23, 2021
Venue: New York, United States
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program....
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2020-06-25
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Growing Islamophobia is not just a phenomenon in Western Europe, in the Balkans where the continents largest number of Muslims are, it’s also a problem.
A European Union-funded report from a Turkish thinktank, has shone a light on how anti-Mus...
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2020-06-25
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French President Emmanuel Macron announced in February that France would crack down on “Islamist separatism” and end a system in which foreign countries send imams to preach in French mosques.
Al Arabiya’s Rola al-Khatib spoke to e...
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2020-06-24
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Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
The Comparative Muslim Society Program builds bridges across disciplines and borders for better understanding of Muslim cultures and societies. Our faculty and students specialize in history, politics, ...
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2020-06-24
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University College Dublin, Ireland
Date: July 7, 2020
Starting Date: As soon as possible, between September 2020 and January 2021
The School of Sociology at University College Dublin is pleased to invite applications from outstanding candidates fo...
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2020-06-24
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Editor: Ulrika Mårtensson, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Book Review Editor: Martin Riexinger, Aarhus University
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Comparative Islamic Studies aims to advance research on Islam through compara...
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2020-06-23
735 Views
The Department of Theology and Religion has an outstanding international reputation in the study of all types of religion in the contemporary world, including inter-cultural theology, textual studies, Pentecostal and charismatic studies, inter-religi...
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2020-06-23
563 Views
In collaboration with the Fall for the Book Festival
Date: October 9, 2020 @ 9 AM to 5 PM
Venue: Online
The Colloquium invites advanced graduate students in the social sciences and humanities to submit reviews on noteworthy books published between...
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2020-06-22
559 Views
Date: June 16, 2020 to August 24, 2020
The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies (AVACGIS) at George Mason University is organizing a webinar series that will explore the impact of Covid-19 on various dimensions of Muslim religious life in ...
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2020-06-20
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Amid calls to take down statues of leaders with a history of racism ringing out across the US, Jews and Muslims in St. Louis have launched a petition to take down a monument to their city’s namesake, and even hope to rename the city.
St. Louis...
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2020-06-14
727 Views
Emgage Action, a national advocacy organization for Muslim Americans, says it is disheartened by Islamophobic comments made by Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, the White House’s nominee for a top position as Pentagon policy chief. The orga...
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2020-06-14
678 Views
In the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, dozens of American Muslim organizations have come together to call for reform to policing practices, and to support black-led organizations.
“The victimization of unarmed Black Musli...
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2020-06-14
582 Views
During the coronavirus pandemic, houses of worship across the country have shut their doors along with other public places. Some states have begun to ease restrictions and allow in-person worship to resume amid public and presidential pressure, but m...
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2020-06-13
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Call for Papers
Date: September 20-21, 2021
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 22, 2021
Hosted by: The Department of Religion and Culture, St. Thomas More College Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Treaty Six Territory, and the Homeland of the M&ea...
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2020-06-13
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Call for Papers
Editor: Géraldine Mossière, Associate Professor, Institut d’études religieuses, Université de Montréal
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 15, 2020
In this special review, we want to a...
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2020-06-12
688 Views
Edited by Majid Daneshgar, and Aaron W. Hughes
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: July 14, 2020
The study of Islam has historically been approached in two different ways: apologetical and polemical. The former focuses on the pre...
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2020-06-11
567 Views
A Special Issue of Religions
Call for Papers
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. C. van Nieuwkerk, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Manuscript Submission Deadline: December 1, 2020
At prese...
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2020-06-10
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Edited by Robert Gleave, István Kristó-Nagy
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: June 2020
Examines the development of Muslim theological, legal, literary and cultural discussions about violence and its legitimatio...
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2020-06-09
564 Views
International Workshop and Publishing Project
Call for Papers
Date: February 12-13, 2021
Venue: Tartu, Estonia
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 31, 2020
Many religious minorities that had gone underground were afforded the opportunity to have ...
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2020-06-08
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Institut d'études de l'Islam et des sociétés du monde musulman
Created in 1999 by the Ministry of National Education, Research and Technology, within the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), the Institute for t...
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2020-06-07
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Session at 56th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Call for Papers
Date: May 13-16, 2021
Venue: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 1, 2020
Papers are sought for “Materiality of ...
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2020-06-06
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On the Occasion of the 710th Anniversary of His Death
Call for Papers
Date: May 20-22, 2021
Venue: Sivas, Turkey
Abstract Submission Deadline: August 31, 2020
Organizer: Faculty of Theology, Sivas Cumhuriyet University and Faculty of Humanities...
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2020-06-05
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Panel on “Political Socialization in MENA Societies: when and where does “the Political” begin?”
Call for Papers for Panel Proposal
Date: June 28-30, 2021
Venue: Aix-en-Provence, France
Abstract Submission Deadline: ...
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2020-06-05
605 Views
Date: 20-22 September 2020
Venue: Doha, Qatar (or online)
This seminar aims to explore the current growing hostilities towards migrants, asylum seekers and refugees around the world from the perspectives of Islamic ethical principles, legal and pol...
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2020-06-04
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Italy’s first Islamic cemetery may soon be built on a green space in Tragliatella, a few kilometers north of Rome. The burial place — to be built on a 400 hectare area near the border between Fiumicino, close to the international airport,...
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2020-06-03
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Business United for Scottsdale Schools (BUSS) is a workforce-development and education initiative that benefits Scottsdale Community College and Scottsdale Unified School District. A local Islamic group filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court ...
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2020-06-03
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The Muslim Council of Britain said it stands in solidarity with anti-racism and police brutality protesters in the US, UK and beyond, pledging to address anti-Black racism within Muslim communities.
The UK's largest umbrella body of mosques and Musl...
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2020-06-02
829 Views
Call for Applications
International Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society
Application Deadline: October 1, 2020
The International Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society is inviting applications to the ‘Seed F...
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2020-06-02
590 Views
Call for Papers
Date: September 7-9, 2020
Hosted by: Centre for Muslim Christian Studies, Oxford, UK
Abstract Submission Deadline: June 15, 2020
Under current Covid19 restrictions, the conference will be hosted fully or partly online.
A three-d...
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2020-06-01
609 Views
With the outbreak of COVID-19, pilgrims and devotees of sacred places, governmental institutions and their health sectors, and also religious leaders and clerics are challenged. Each is endeavoring to be reasonable and resolve several key issues of t...
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