The project, Muftis, Fatwas, and Muslims in the UK – A Study of Islamic Legal Advice, will examine the people who make religious judgements in Britain and the context in which their advice is sought, given and interpreted...
Read More »Introduction: The Leiden University Shiʿi Studies Part
While many European universities, Leiden included, have a proud tradition of research into Islamic studies, a topical and thematic focus on Shiʿi Islam in all its dispensation remains a desideratum...
Read More »The Making of Salafism: Islamic Reform in the Twentieth Century
This book brings much needed clarity to the history of Salafism and revises common accounts of a little known yet much talked about Islamic intellectual trend. Henri Lauzière has skillfully fleshed out the genealogy of Salafism, and his work will have an...
Read More »Call for Papers: The Translation of the Qur’an in Indonesia
International Conference and Workshop titled “The Translation of the Qur’an in Indonesia” Organised by Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Department of Islamic Studies, and Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Graduate School...
Read More »PhD Scholarship in Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh University
The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to invite applications for two fees only PhD scholarships in any area within its expertise...
Read More »Thousands of N-American Muslims to Attend Annual RIS Convention
Thousands of Muslims from across North America and beyond are expected in Toronto this weekend to attend the Annual “Reviving the Islamic Spirit” Convention (RIS)...
Read More »A Conference in Honor of Ayatollah Wa‘iz-Zadeh Held in Mashhad+Pics
The third National Conference on Interpretation and Exegesis of the Holy Quran in the last century of the Seminary of Khorasan, entitled “Intellectual Quran Researcher”, and in honor of the great contemporary researcher Ayatollah Muhammad Wa‘iz-Zadeh Khorasani, with the presence of the professors, jurisprudents, academics and scholars of the seminary …
Read More »Ravil Gainutdin Re-elected as the Head of Council of Muftis of Russia
Ravil Gainutdin reelection took place on Tuesday in Moscow at the SMR Congress whose delegates voted for unanimously by R. Gainutdin, the website of the Council of Muftis...
Read More »Nigerian Muslim Body Slams Law School for Barring Hijab
Nigeria's apex Muslim body on Tuesday threatened the country's law school with nationwide protests for barring a Muslim woman from a call to the bar ceremony because she wore a hijab...
Read More »Call for Papers: Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective
Unit of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) invited proposals for both individual papers and pre-arranged panels at the international meeting in Helsinki, July 30-August 3, 2018...
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