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The scholarly network Philosophy in the Modern Islamic World organizes the international conference “Philosophy, the Political, and Politics of Translation in the Modern Islamic World” in...

This conference brings together leading practitioners and international researchers in Muslim Chaplaincy Studies thereby creating a dialogue at the interface of research and reflective practice. Important current topics will be discussed and perspectives for the further contouring of the...

Al-Azhar, the world's leading Islamic Sunni institution, strongly condemned on Wednesday the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas' Political Bureau, in Tehran earlier Wednesday describing it as a “heinous crime committed by a treacherous occupying entity”....

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei has warned the Israeli regime of a "harsh response" for the the assassination of Hamas's Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh, saying it is the Islamic Republic's duty to avenge the blood of the...

The Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland College Park invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Islamic or Islamicate art and architecture (600-1500 CE)...

uring the meeting, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei commended the extraordinary steadfastness and resistance of the oppressed people of Gaza. “Today, the most prominent flag of Islam is in the hands of the Palestinian nation and the people of...

Shockwaves have rippled through the Muslim community in the UK in the wake of an incident involving British police officers brutally attacking a family of Muslim citizens of Pakistani origin at Manchester Airport. In video footage that has since gone viral online, police officers can be seen attacking at least …

The history of British Islam and British Muslims is a growing area of interest among historians and the general public. But, whilst Muslim women have featured in some research, their lives and experiences prior to the present day have remained obscure, if not ‘hidden’, in both academic and...

One of the stated goals of the Islamic Revolution of Iran led by Imam Khomeini in 1979 was to fight against racism and to support people of color. What did the Islamic Revolution do to prove this...

In this study of devotional hagiographical texts and contemporary ritual performances of the Shi'a of Hyderabad, India, Karen Ruffle demonstrates how traditions of sainthood and localized cultural values shape gender roles...