The fourth international Quran symposium -Muslim Efforts on the Qur’ān in the Fırst Three Centuries of Islām- will be held in Ankara, Turkey on October 19-21, 2018...
Read More »Call for papers: Preliminary Considerations on the Corpus Coranicum Christianum. The Quran in Translation
This two-days project will study the Quran and its reception from the Christian perspective by analyzing all Greek, Syriac, and Latin translations of the Quran from the 7th century CE until the Early Modern period...
Read More »Academic Seminar: Sunni & Shia Islamic Thought: Prospects and Challenges
On behalf of the Shia Muslim Council of Southern California, in collaboration with Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, Bayan Claremont College, Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)...
Read More »An Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh), Part 2
In Shahīd Thānī's point of view, ijtihad is contingent upon the knowledge of some studies including: morphology and syntax, terminology, etymology, rhetoric, uṣūl al-fiqh (principles of Islamic jurisprudence), logic, rijāl (scrutiny of...
Read More »An Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh), Part 1
Fiqh is briefly defined as "the knowledge of inferring (istinbāṭ) aḥkām sharʻī". The term istinbāṭ (inference) literally means appearing after being hidden, so extracting water from the depth of a well is called nibṭ. Therefore extracting and discovering aḥkām sharʻī from...
Read More »The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University
The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies is the central forum for the study of Islam and Muslim societies at Stanford University...
Read More »The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Lowa University
The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies track will enable students to learn about the geography, cultures, languages, literature, arts, religions, politics, law and governments of Islamic societies and the...
Read More »Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University
The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University is dedicated to furthering the scholarly study of Islam and the Muslim world in a broadly interdisciplinary context and offers incomparable resources in its world-class faculty, extensive and...
Read More »Respect Graduate School
Respect Graduate School is a private Islamic graduate school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The school opened in 2015 and is currently focused on offering a Master of Arts in Islamic Studies...
Read More »Middle East and Islamic Studies at Sacramento State University of California
The minor in Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS) emphasizes coursework in the history, politics, society, culture, and religion of the Middle East and the wider Islamic world...
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