James E. Baldwin examines how the interplay of these two conceptions of Islamic law – religious scholarship and royal justice – undergirded legal practice in Cairo, the largest and richest city in the....
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The Doha-based Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) is pleased to invite scholars, academics and researchers to submit their research papers to a...
Read More »Call for Papers: “Muslim Identity Formation in Contemporary Societies”
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....
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