The Université de Nantes is recruiting doctoral candidates and post-doctoral scholars for work on the project “The European Qur’an: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150–1850)” (EuQu). There will be up to four doctoral and twelve post-doctoral positions available. This is an exciting opportunity for early career researchers to …
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Two-day workshop will be held on 23rd and 24th April 2019 at Islamic University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam, The Netherlands...
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The Nahj al-Balaghah Research Institute in cooperation with Saadi Foundation and International Association of Dialogue for Peace will host the two-day workshop on Man & Social Relations in Shia Tradition on the...
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the book “The Creation of Philosophical Tradition: Biography & the Reception of Avicenna’s Philosophy from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century A.D.” clearly documents the vitality of the post-classical philosophical tradition as reflected in literary biography, the genres of...
Read More »Islam, Law and the Modern State: (Re)imagining Liberal Theory in Muslim Contexts
This path-breaking study on comparative public law confirms that the globalisation of debates about the relationship of law and religion allows today a profound, sensible re-assessment of plurality-conscious ‘justice as...
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Islam and the Future of Tolerance has been published with the explicit goal of inspiring a wider public discussion by way of example. In a world riven by misunderstanding and violence, Harris and Nawaz demonstrate how two people with very different views can find common ground. In this short book, …
Read More »The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate +PDF
This erudite, complex, and fascinating book reexamines the struggle over and for the office of caliph, primarily during the period from the death of the Prophet Muhammad to that of his...
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