A conference on the book "Mary in the Qur´an", seeks to convene scholars who can discuss the major themes of the book, engaging with the chapters and in dialogue with them....
Read More »Unearthing Abraham’s Altar: The Cultic Dimensions of dīn, islām, and ḥanīf in the Qurʾan
This study discusses three fundamental Qurʾanic terms and argues that each has a salient cultic dimension. These terms are dīn, islām, and ḥanīf. The common understanding of these concepts, both in Islamic learning and in modern scholarship, generally does not emphasize or...
Read More »Call for Papers: Islam and the Discourse of Enlightenment
The Journal of ‘Contemporary Study of Islam’ (JCSI) is delighted to invite researchers and scholars to submit their papers in a special issue of the Journal on the topic of ‘Islam and the Discourse of...
Read More »The Concept of Economy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
The present volume of Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses offers a fascinating insight into the history, the main ideas and current developments in economic thought from the perspective of the three major monotheistic faiths Judaism, Christianity and....
Read More »Western Nationalism and Islamic Nationhood
This article is an introduction that Martyr Murtadha Mutahhari wrote for his book 'The Mutual Services of Islam and Iran' first published in...
Read More »How Islamophobia Suppresses, Marginalizes, Eliminates Muslim Presence
There is a political connection that makes it possible to link the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, the rise of Hindu fundamentalism against minority Muslims in India and the colonial occupation of...
Read More »International Conference on Human-Animal Ethical Relationship in Islam and Christianity
The international conference titled “comparative studies of ethics in Islam and Christianity; Human-animal ethical relationship in Islam and Christianity” to be held online on....
Read More »The Christian-Muslim Frontier: A Zone of Contact, Conflict or Co-operation
his book explores the complex social and political relationship of the frontier between Christianity and Islam, arguing that it should be understand as a zone of contact rather than a distinct line of....
Read More »Call for Papers: Women and Islam: Agency in Francophone and Italophone Autobiography
The aim of this conference is to examine how these texts negotiate the misconceptions and prejudices affecting the lives of Muslim women in Europe with a specific focus on Italy and...
Read More »Call for Papers: Representations of Islam in Germanophone Literature
This Special Issue "Representations of Islam in Germanophone Literature: Cultural Perspectives from the Enlightenment to the Present" invites contributions with a focus on intercultural relationships by using the example of religion, an indispensable element in discourses of...
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