This Special Issue of Religions, “Muslim Identity Formation in Contemporary Societies”, seeks to explore new themes and trends emerging in Muslim majority, minority, and....
Read More »How Did Islam Spread: By Sword or By Conversion?
“Islam is an evil religion.” “It promotes violence.” These are some common labels used against Islam by the rightwing Christian media. Such bias is based on the historical stereotype that the Arabs forced the...
Read More »Islamic Human Rights Discourse and Hermeneutics of Continuity
hen analyzing these discussions on Islam and human rights discourse into a typology they can provide insights where compatibility and non-compatibility lies, and where possible reinterpretation is...
Read More »Webinar: A Fatimid Text on the Necessity of the Imamate
This lecture will discuss the contents and context of The Book of Interim Times and Planetary Conjunctions (Kitāb al-Fatarāt wa-l-qirānāt) as well as the state of....
Read More »Call for Papers: Muslims in the UK and Europe Postgraduate Symposium
The University of Cambridge Centre of Islamic Studies invites applications from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the...
Read More »Call for Papers: British Muslim Studies at 50: Retrospect and Prospect
This conference will examine some of the main contributions to British Muslim Studies (BMS), including a specific focus on research institutes and....
Read More »Sociologist Publishes Groundbreaking Report on the Challenges Faced by Canadian Muslim Women
The author of the study, Toronto professor Sarah Shah, says her report shows what biases and socio-economic pressures women face and will be the basis for a new...
Read More »International Conference on the Future of Islamic-theological Studies
The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society (University of Fribourg) is organising a conference in Zurich on 30 and 31 May 2022 on the theme “On the Future of a....
Read More »Embracing Muslims in a Catholic Land: Rethinking the Genesis of Islām in Mexico
This study presents a contrasting hypothesis concerning the genesis and development of Islam in Mexico than the one generally held across academic spheres and...
Read More »The Plight of the Muslim in India
The socio-economic condition of the Indian Muslim, like that of the dalit (the downtrodden untouchables) has worsened over the years. There is a hue and cry in India that the Muslim population in India may outnumber the current Hindu majority before long. The fanatic Hindus point out that Islam, unlike the Hinduism, …
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