A two day international conference titled “The Contribution of Women to Various Discourses of Islamic Studies in Contemporary Times” Organized by the Faculty of Usuluddin (Female Campus) in collaboration with Iqbal International Institute for Research & Dialogue, International Islamic...
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International Conference and Workshop titled “The Translation of the Qur’an in Indonesia” Organised by Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Department of Islamic Studies, and Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Graduate School...
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Unit of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) invited proposals for both individual papers and pre-arranged panels at the international meeting in Helsinki, July 30-August 3, 2018...
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Human rights and freedom are inseparable from Islam, a discussion featuring prominent Muslim academic Dr. Nader Hashemi said to the oundtable discussion entitled “Is liberty an Islamic value?” organised by...
Read More »Book: Fiqh According to the Qur’an & Sunnah (Vol. 1)
This book illustrates the many facets of our daily life according the Quran and Sunnah. This book is nicely divided into many sections starting with the Book of Purification and ending with the...
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Institut Dominicain d'Etudes Orientales announce the holding of its second conference, on the topic of "The emergence of the Ḥadīṯ as the authority of knowledge (4ᵗʰ/10ᵗʰ‒8ᵗʰ/14ᵗʰ centuries)". The conference will take place in Cairo on...
Read More »Shia-Sunni Unity Conference Held in Birmingham+pics
The aim of the conference was to underline the importance of unity in light of the Qur’an and Sunnah, and to discuss and disseminate the causes of division between the diverging sects and highlighting practical solutions to overcome these differences...
Read More »Law and Tradition in Classical Islamic Thought+PDF
This volume represents an outstanding collection of closely argued and superbly documented papers on law, theology, and philosophy in medieval Islamic society. Rather than rehashing thrice-familiar debates, the authors focus on...
Read More »Holy Peace or Holy War: Tolerance and Co-existence in the Islamic Tradition
In this paper, the writer attempts to delineate the Qur’anic position on peaceful coexistence with the “other” and also examines the classical juridical and exegetical pronouncements on...
Read More »Clarity, Communication, and Understandability: Theorizing Language in al-Bāqillānī’s I’jāz al-Qur’ān and Usūl al-Fiqh Texts
This dissertation explores the intellectual contribution of Abū Bakr al-Bāqillānī (d. 403/1013), a preeminent scholar who was an influential participant in a diverse range of...
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