Islamic Studies Centers
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2023-06-09
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Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
The Center for Global Islamic Studies (CGIS) at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. Launched in the Fall of 2009 with the support of a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Center is a ...
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2023-06-07
31 Views
Hyderi Community Centre is a vibrant organization based in London, United Kingdom. Originally founded in 1983 to serve the local Shia Muslim community who had emigrated from East Africa (the “Khoja” community), through the ever-growing re...
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2023-06-06
61 Views
Faith is a bridge
Interfaith America (previously known as Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)) was founded in 2002 based on the idea that religious difference should serve as a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. Since that time, Inter...
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2023-03-04
104 Views
The community of members that make up The Islamic Shia Ithna-Ashari Jammaat (ISIJ) of Toronto began congregating for major religious occasions in the late 1960’s. Today they have grown into a Shia Muslim community whose organization is a source...
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2023-03-03
55 Views
Diversity of Faiths and Religious Traditions
The Auckland Inter-Faith Council (AIFC) was established in 2003 as a charitable trust, and is registered with the Charities Commission, and with Inland Revenue. Auckland Inter-Faith Council was formed to ...
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2023-02-13
119 Views
Helping Safeguard Your Both Worlds
Hussaini Association of Calgary (HAC) is a registered Charitable organization in Canada. It was established in 1982 in Calgary. Hussaini Association of Calgary is committed to providing opportunities and facilities...
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2023-02-13
95 Views
The University of Edinburgh, UK
Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations program, housed within the School of Divinity at The University of Edinburgh draws on the strengths of one of the most distinguished centers of religious and theological studies in...
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2023-01-29
81 Views
Cultivating the Next Generation of American Islamic Leadership
The Boston Islamic Seminary (BIS) is an academic institution that aims to train religious leaders who will serve the American Muslim community and to enhance the understanding of Islam i...
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2023-01-28
63 Views
Bridge Differences to Work Together
The University of North Florida (UNF) Interfaith Center's mission is to engage UNF students, faculty, and staff around religious and worldview diversity, through distinctive programs and services to explore religi...
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2023-01-27
114 Views
The Al-Jaafaria Shia Islamic Centre (AJSIC) was established in 1991 in Sydney Australia operating out of one of the believers’ garages. The commemoration ceremonies in the Islamic calendar were upheld. Under the guidance of Sheikh Fahd Me...
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2023-01-15
57 Views
An Institution for the Advanced Study of Islam and the Muslim World
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies was founded in 1985, an institution for the advanced study of Islam and the Muslim world. In 1993, HRH The former Prince of Wales became its Pa...
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2023-01-14
62 Views
The Largest & the Oldest Mosque in the USA
The Islamic Center of America traces its history to the 1940s when the growing number of Muslims in the Detroit region brought Imam Mohammed Jawad Chirri from Lebanon in February 1949. The Islamic Cente...
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2022-12-09
62 Views
Providing Religious, Educational and Social Services to the Muslim Community
MASOM (Midwest Association of Shia Organized Muslims) located in Chicago, IL., seeks to organize and promote religious and educational activities pursuant to Shia faith of ...
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2022-12-07
64 Views
To Make New York & The World Safe for Religious Diversity
The Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) is a secular non-profit organization with a mission to “overcome prejudice, violence, and misunderstanding by activating the power of the ci...
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2022-12-01
69 Views
The first formal Shīʿa organization to operate within North America
The Muslim Group of USA and Canada was founded on November 23rd, 1977 by a collective of college students who noted the scarcity of religious leaders equipped with the cultural lite...
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2022-11-30
82 Views
Harvard University’s leading initiative for producing advanced knowledge on the Shi’a Islamic revival
The Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs at Harvard Divinity School undertakes advanced research on the multifaceted and diverse...
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2022-11-12
79 Views
Civic Engagement, Leadership Development, Community Education
Muslim Community Network is dedicated to use civic education and leadership development to shape the public narrative about what it means to be Muslim in the United States of America.
As...
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2022-11-11
71 Views
Cambridge Interfaith Program (CIP) promotes better understanding of the complex and diverse relationships between different religious traditions
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2022-10-25
86 Views
Religions for Peace is a global interfaith peacebuilding coalition in over 90 countries across 6 regions. These 90 national and 6 regional Interreligious Councils, or “IRCs,” bring together, not only the vast influence and resources of al...
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2022-10-23
66 Views
Costa Mesa, CA, USA
Islamic Educational Center of Orange County (IECOC) is a Shi'a non-profit organization based in Orange County, California, serving all the communities of Orange and Los Angeles Counties since 1996. It provides religious and educa...
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2022-10-23
71 Views
Sydney, Australia
Bellfield College is an Islamic independent co-educational school, educating young Australians in a nurturing and affirming community. The College promotes the pursuit of academic excellence and social responsibility.
Bellfield Co...
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2022-08-19
111 Views
Traditional Education in a Modern Context
The Qalam Seminary strives to develop Islamic thought and community leaders by means of education, practical training, and mentorship. Qalam aims to bridge the gap between text and context and living the tra...
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2022-05-28
115 Views
The Global Imams and Scholars Network, consisting of seven international scholarly councils, has developed a historic charter for Western Muslim leaders, outlining a general set of principles to be followed.
The British Board of Scholars & Imams...
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2022-05-13
126 Views
The first academic association dedicated to the study of Muslim Ethics
The SSME shall be a nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonsectarian charitable and educational organization incorporated as such under the laws of the State of Minnesota and federal ta...
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2022-04-30
98 Views
Promoting the multidisciplinary study of Muslims in Britain among academics, researchers, and professionals
The Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN) was established by a group of academics in 1992 to encourage and promote the scholarly study o...
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2022-03-27
117 Views
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
CSoC was founded by Prof. Haim Hames in 2012 as an inter-university I-CORE (Israeli Centers of Research Excellence) project. In 2018, CSoC became a BGU center in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and ha...
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2021-11-19
109 Views
Research Program at Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society
How did institutions and structures operate throughout the Muslim world from the earliest history of Islam into the early modern period?
From officially sanctioned top-...
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2021-10-20
128 Views
The American Society of Islamic Philosophy and Theology (ASIP&T) is a collaborative fellowship of scholars who are dedicated to deep and sustained rationalist [‘aqli] inquiry into fundamental questions of Philosophy and Theology via traditi...
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2021-09-28
131 Views
Boston University’s Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA) brings together a multi-disciplinary community of scholars to encourage and support research on the role of religion in public affairs.
Established in 1985, CUR...
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2021-08-28
262 Views
Department of Religion, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
The Master of Arts in Islamic Studies offers an insider’s perspective on Islamic tradition as a religion, a civilization, a culture and a political force. The GW Religion Departmen...
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2021-04-18
193 Views
May 1, 2018 ‒ April 30, 2022
On March 27th, we signed a four-year (2018-2022), 500,000 € contract with the European Delegation in Egypt to finance activities with several partners: the Institute of Manuscripts of the Arab League in Cairo,...
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2021-02-18
306 Views
Promoting Fair and Responsible Reporting of Muslims and Islam
The Centre for Media Monitoring is a Muslim Council of Britain project. Academics and specialists across the world recognize that mainstream media reporting of Islam and Muslims is contri...
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2021-02-07
343 Views
The International Open University (IOU) aims to grant global access to quality undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate level education programs for students at virtually no cost. Its mission is to change the Muslim Nation and the world situation th...
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2021-01-23
332 Views
Through academic and continuing education events, Emmanuel College shares its distinctive contextual approach to the study of religion in all aspects: theology and belief, historical development, lived experience, and diversity of expressions in the ...
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2021-01-03
296 Views
Muslim Interscholastic Tournament (MIST) is a registered educational non-profit organization founded in 2002 by Shazia Siddiqi, now our Founding Trustee Emeritus. After organizing our first regional tournament in Houston, MIST quickly spread in the n...
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2020-12-29
312 Views
Muslim Awards for Excellence is an organization with a vision ‘To elevate the brand of Muslims in Canada by recognizing & motivating high achievement, positive and productive contributions to society by Muslims in Canada.’ In an effor...
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2020-12-29
366 Views
A three-year research project funded by the John Templeton Foundation and hosted by Cambridge Muslim College.
Beyond Foundationalism: New Horizons in Muslim Analytic Theology is a new research project led by Dr Ramon Harvey, Aziz Foundation Lecturer...
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2020-12-05
342 Views
The Department of Classics and Religious Studies in the University of Ottawa is unique in combining expertise in Late Antiquity and the contemporary world. Our The faculty includes eight internationally recognized experts in the languages, lite...
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2020-11-15
366 Views
This project is led by Professor Jocelyne Cesari and is supported by the University's Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion.
Euro-Islam is a network of scholars who conduct comparative research on Islam and Muslims in Europe...
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2020-11-15
426 Views
This project is led by Professor Oliver Scharbrodt and is funded by a European Research Council Consolidator Grant.
This interdisciplinary project investigates the transformation of Shii Islam in the Middle East and Europe since the 1950s. Specifica...
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2020-11-04
400 Views
Everyday Muslim Heritage and Archive Initiative is a long-term project to create a central archive of Muslim lives, arts, education and cultures from across the UK. Our aim is to collect and document the presence and contribution of Muslim life in Br...
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2020-11-04
398 Views
University of Bremen
In our project we research the role of the contemporary media for modern religious communities. We concentrate on the digital (webpages) and on the printed media (journals, newspapers). We aim to answer the following questions: ...
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2020-10-25
421 Views
The Islamic Art and Material Culture Collaborative, a new research network based in Toronto that brings together the capacities and resources of the University of Toronto, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Aga Khan Museum. The aim of the IAMCC is to ...
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2020-09-28
454 Views
Saint John's University
The Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John’s University serves the CSB/SJU community and hosts events open to the public. The center collaborates with the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning a...
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2020-09-16
484 Views
Incorporated in 2004, ISILS is an international, nonprofit, and nonpolitical organization that aims to encourage scholarship on and to foster communication about Islamic law and related subjects. ISILS’s primary focus is the organization and co...
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2020-07-09
526 Views
Project HIWAR was conceived on the grounds of a group of researchers from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas that had the committed dedication to converse, get closer to and build bridges with Islam. Making the most of the experience of inter-religi...
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2020-07-08
555 Views
PLURIEL is the University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon. It was launched by the Federation of the Catholic Universities in Europe and Lebanon (FUCE) in 2014 and is now supported by the International Federation of Catholic Unive...
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2020-07-03
568 Views
The World Council serves as the global leadership body of Religions for Peace, facilitating multi-level multi-religious action that includes the empowerment and equipping-for-action of national and regional Inter-religious Councils (IRCs), Interfaith...
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2020-06-26
632 Views
Germany’s Federal Office's research center is conducting the "Muslim Life in Germany 2020” (MLD 2020) project, following the study in 2008 and 2016. Between July 2019 and February 2020, around 5,200 people answered questions to provide cu...
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2020-06-24
605 Views
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
The Comparative Muslim Society Program builds bridges across disciplines and borders for better understanding of Muslim cultures and societies. Our faculty and students specialize in history, politics, ...
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2020-06-23
735 Views
The Department of Theology and Religion has an outstanding international reputation in the study of all types of religion in the contemporary world, including inter-cultural theology, textual studies, Pentecostal and charismatic studies, inter-religi...
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2020-06-08
661 Views
Institut d'études de l'Islam et des sociétés du monde musulman
Created in 1999 by the Ministry of National Education, Research and Technology, within the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), the Institute for t...
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2020-05-24
719 Views
University of California, San Diego
The Study of Religion is an intellectually exciting program focused on a subject matter that many scholars in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences consider to be an intrinsic dimension of humanity&m...
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2020-05-02
758 Views
The Center for Religious Studies (CRS, formerly the Religious Studies Program) is an academic forum at CEU (Central European University) fostering the study of religion. The mission of the center is to initiate and to coordinate research and the diss...
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2020-04-24
644 Views
The North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS) is an organization whose mission is to provide a forum for the production and dissemination of academic research on Islam and the diverse lived experience of Muslims. Its conferenc...
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2020-02-28
733 Views
The mission of Furqaan Project is to deliver a FREE copy of the English Translation of the Message of the Quran to every household, every hospital room, every hotel room, and other group residential facilities such as retirement homes, college dormit...
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2020-01-30
737 Views
Psychological, Philosophical and Theological Investigations
The scientific study of gratitude to God (GTG) has been virtually ignored, despite the fact that gratitude is at the core of religious ritual and belief systems. We will fund empirical and ...
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2020-01-29
412 Views
The Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS) is a collaboration of academic, non-profit, and religious organizations in the tri-state area (Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.) CERIS facilitates program development and disse...
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2020-01-22
646 Views
The Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE) conducts research and teaching about Islam and Muslim life in Europe from a multidisciplinary perspective. In addition to research and teaching, EZIRE also offers services such as trainings, con...
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2019-12-25
849 Views
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
The Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies (Middle East & Central Asia) (CAIS) forms part of the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences at The Australian National University and is Australia’s pr...
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2019-12-22
678 Views
IS-LE has created a transnational and multidisciplinary academic network and a common and stable space for sharing news and knowledge on late medieval and early modern exchanges between Christianity and Islam in Europe and the Mediterranean.
The pur...
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2019-11-12
801 Views
Building upon the fact that Iran is a religious country with a large number of religious people and different denominations and also with regard to an ever-increasing attention which is being given to religion the world over, it is quite understandab...
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2019-09-29
766 Views
CMCS opened its doors in September 2008, aiming to help people think rigorously and relate well together while exploring the broad field of Muslim-Christian Studies. We are an independent Christian-based study centre that brings together Christians a...
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2019-09-06
938 Views
Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council is a national representative Muslim body with presence in Dublin, Cork, Athlone, Port Laoise and Belfast. It is an independent body, established to provide a forum where the Irish Muslim Community can spea...
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2019-09-04
847 Views
Established in 2001, Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education is a unique, independent, research-led centre of excellence for students and staff of all religions and none. Funded primarily by the Al-Maktoum Foundation, it is the first HE establishment ...
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2019-09-04
913 Views
Bradford Muslim College is A ground-breaking organization which was established in 2015 to provide ordinary Muslims with the opportunity to develop their religious and spiritual understanding and practice. The Courses in BMC are as follows:
• F...
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2019-07-22
891 Views
Macalester was founded in 1874 on a firm belief in the transformational power of the liberal arts education. Since then, our students and alumni have demonstrated that power as a force for positive change, in turn attracting a growing community of le...
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2019-07-11
849 Views
Director: Professor Sajjad Rizvi
The Centre for the Study of Islam, based in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, brings together the core teaching staff in Islamic Studies, other staff who have an interest in Islamic culture and civilization,...
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2019-06-27
1014 Views
KAICIID is an intergovernmental organization whose mandate is to promote the use of dialogue globally to prevent and resolve conflict to enhance understanding and cooperation. Over a seven-year-long negotiation and development process, KAICIID’...
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2019-06-13
923 Views
The American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies is a private, non-profit, non-political organization of scholars and other persons interested in the study of Muslim societies throughout the world. Its purpose is to offer opportunities to scho...
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2019-05-14
1154 Views
The Islamic Manuscript Association is an international non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Islamic manuscript collections and supporting those who work with them. It was formed in response to the urgent need to address the poor preservati...
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2019-04-29
1209 Views
Present issues and past experiences of technological revolutions
The Innovative Training Network programs (ITN) are designed to combine scientific research with an intensive training trajectory for young scholars in order to equip them with the nece...
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2019-04-25
950 Views
The European Qur’an. Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion 1150-1850 (EuQu) is a research program funded by the European Research Council (ERC). This description is based on the project proposal submitted to the ERC and approved fo...
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2019-04-20
1025 Views
The British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR) was founded in 1954 and is a member association of the International Association for the History of Religions and of the European Association for the Study of Religions.
The object of BASR is...
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2019-04-18
1016 Views
The Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN) was established to encourage and promote the study of Muslims and Islam in Britain. It brings together academics, students, professionals, researchers, journalists and practitioners.
The aim of the netw...
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2019-04-05
955 Views
The Center is part of the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC’s approach represents a fruitful hybrid between traditional area studies approaches and cross-reg...
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2019-03-10
1083 Views
The Program in Islamic Studies at Johns Hopkins University was established in 2014. It is the culmination of the expression of strong interest on the part of undergraduate students and of many years of effort by faculty from almost all social science...
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2019-02-24
5333 Views
Since 1997, the IUR has been founded as a result of initiatives taken by Muslims living in the Netherlands. Since then, the IUR is established as a Dutch University and more importantly as an intellectual contribution of Muslims to the Dutch society....
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2019-02-05
963 Views
Islamic authority and Islamic law in the Netherlands among ordinary Muslims: recent trends and developments
Affiliated with: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Sociale en Culturele Antropologie (SCA)
Funded by: Nethe...
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2019-02-02
1051 Views
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
The study of Muslims in Britain has remained a major focus of the Centre’s academic interests. The work includes:
• Research and Publications: Priority is given to research which helps an understanding o...
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2019-01-21
1126 Views
Research Project at the University of Kent
The role of empirical research in the study of religion has become increasingly important in recent years. In the discipline of Religious Studies, more postgraduate students are undertaking field-work based...
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2019-01-09
1268 Views
The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) was originally conceived of and proposed in 2013 as the Islamic Studies Virtual Curriculum (ISVC) by University of Michigan Professor Pauline Jones as a collaborative initiative between the University of ...
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2018-12-06
1101 Views
University of Oxford, Faculty of Theology
"Categories of Religion and the Secular in Islam" (CRSI) is an interdisciplinary network of scholars interested in critical approaches to 'religion' and 'the secular/non-religious' as discursive categories i...
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2018-11-17
1211 Views
The Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University promotes and produces innovative research and scholarship, exemplary teaching and training, robust public engagement, and generous support of individual faculty initiatives at the inter...
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2018-11-06
1371 Views
Birmingham University
The Centre aims to provide a world-class research and learning experience, with critical understanding and appreciation of both Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. As a multi-disciplinary Centre, it offers a wide range of subje...
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2018-11-05
1251 Views
From 1996 to 2006 the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin has hosted the Working Group Modernity and Islam, a Berlin-based interdisciplinary research network of scholars working at various universities and extra-university institutions on the questions of ...
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2018-10-24
1177 Views
The University of Michigan’s International Institute (II) has established a new center focused on the study of global Islamic culture and the study of Muslim societies worldwide: The Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC). The center has received...
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2018-10-15
1358 Views
Based in Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, The Bridge Initiative is a multi-year research project that connects the academic study of Islamophobia with the public square.
Through its website...
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2018-09-23
1336 Views
The Women's Studies in Religion Program (WSRP) was founded to explore the fundamental role played by religious traditions in defining roles for women and men. Research on religion and gender sheds light on questions about the changing roles of women ...
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2018-08-24
1248 Views
The Woolf Institute was founded by Dr Edward Kessler and Revd Professor Martin Forward in 1998. Their aim was to provide an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.
The Woolf Institute ...
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2018-08-22
1231 Views
Generously funded by the KC Shasha Charitable Foundation, this project focuses on the cultural and social implications of musical encounters between Jewish, Muslim, and Christian neighbors in historical Iraq and Syria. It examines how the role of mus...
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2018-08-11
1448 Views
Mapping Islamophobia is a project headed by Grinnell College history and religious studies professor Caleb Elfenbein, with contributions from a number of Grinnell College students and technical support from Mike Conner. The project utilizes a series of powerful interactive maps that document incidents of violence, discrimination, and bias targeting Muslim individuals and communities in the United States.
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2018-07-28
1185 Views
The Religion and Diversity Project was a $2.5 million, 7 year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) housed at the University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).
The project add...
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2018-07-26
1539 Views
The ISSR was founded in Leuven, Belgium in 1948 as the "Conférence Internationale de Sociologie Religieuse" (International Conference for Religious Sociology). After several years of meeting as a confessional organization, with members from mo...
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2018-07-06
1305 Views
The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) is a newly-founded organization intended to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods. By ‘Islamicate,’ we mean the literatures an...
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2018-07-02
1262 Views
"Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe" is a Research project of the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. All religions, which are today commonly known as world religions, have their origin ...
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2018-06-18
1227 Views
University of Winchester
The Winchester Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace (CRRP) is dedicated to helping to create a free, just and peaceful world. It aims to do this by sharing excellence in knowledge, understanding, skills, relationship...
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2018-06-03
1679 Views
The Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI), founded by the Society of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), is a study and research center whose teaching and scientific activities provide the necessary preparation for an in...
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2018-05-28
1636 Views
The Religious Studies Project (RSP) is an international collaborative enterprise producing weekly podcasts with leading scholars on the social-scientific study of religion.
Since January 2012 we have released over 250 interviews (of around 30 minut...
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2018-05-13
1216 Views
Maydan is an online publication of Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, offering expert analysis on a wide variety of issues in the field of Islamic Studies for academic and public audiences alike, and serving as...
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2018-05-07
2732 Views
Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo
The Master’s program in Islamic Studies is conceived as a response to the need for training in Islamic Theology in the European educational area. The question of how to educate the different p...
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2018-05-05
1315 Views
Religion has been studied at the University of Cape Town since 1967. Grown from humble beginnings, the Department today is home to four journals, three Institutes, and has consistently maintained a post-graduate enrolment of around 70 students. The D...
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2018-03-17
1464 Views
CIWAS was established in October 2016 to provide an institutional focus for Royal Holloway scholars interested in Islamic and West Asian societies, including researchers in the departments of History, Music, Geography, Theatre, English, Economics, an...
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2018-02-25
1656 Views
The Abrahamic Foundation was established in 2009 to serve the diverse needs of the Muslim community. It was founded by a group of scholars, teachers and other professional members of the community. The aim of the organization is to create a cen...
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2018-01-14
1428 Views
Research Project Funded by Gerda Henkel Foundation
Call for Proposals
Application Deadline: May 16, 2018
The special program "Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements" is aimed at researchers who, with an eye to current developme...
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2018-01-14
1440 Views
Department of Religious Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
Women of Islamic Studies is a crowdsourced database of women scholars who work on Muslims and Islam. This ongoing project is in its beta version. Once sufficient data has been c...
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2018-01-06
1562 Views
Boston University
The creation of the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations at Boston University reflects the university’s long-standing commitment to the advancement of scholarship of the Muslim world. The In...
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2017-12-26
1768 Views
A grant of £49,616 from the British Academy has given the green-light to a collaborative research project with both the University of Erlangen/Nuremberg and the University of Amsterdam. The project will bring a new perspective on Muslim marriag...
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2017-12-25
1614 Views
Research Program at Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
While many European universities, Leiden included, have a proud tradition of research into Islamic studies, a topical and thematic focus on Shiʿi Islam in all its dispensation remains a de...
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2017-11-13
1969 Views
Founded in the thirteenth century in southern France, the Order of Preachers quickly took interest in Middle East, where the Order soon settled: in Constantinople, Tunis, Baghdad, and later in Mossul. Dominican masters in Theology owe their...
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2017-10-24
1732 Views
The Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia (JCMA) was established in Melbourne in 2003, to establish an annual residential conference based upon the thirty years of experience developed by the Jewish-Christian-Muslim conference held in Bend...
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2017-10-15
2227 Views
Established in 2009 in Sydney Australia, Islamic Sciences & Research Academy of Australia (ISRA) is a product of the dialogue movement in Australia. It is a platform for cooperation between Australian Muslims and educational institutions in Austr...
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2017-10-12
1551 Views
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies was established in 1980 through an amalgamation of the old Departments of Arabic, Turkish and Persian (established in 1912, 1950 and 1951 r...
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2017-09-29
2625 Views
In August 2016 (1437) Sh. Khalil Abdur-Rashid, Sh. Omar Suleiman and some other Dallas TX area visionaries established the Islamic Seminary of America (ISA). In a very short period of time, ISA accomplished the following:
1. Taught over 400 adult an...
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2017-09-20
1646 Views
Pathways for Mutual Respect (PFMR) is a non-profit organization aiming to cultivate peace by creating opportunities for the practice of mutual respect. It was founded in 2006 by a few likeminded people, led by John Hartley, the current director of PF...
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2017-09-20
1754 Views
Creating an Alternative umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam
Project Date: From 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Coordinated in: United Kingdom
Host Institution: The University of Birmingha...
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2017-09-03
1832 Views
With roots that go back to 1834, Hartford Seminary is a non-denominational graduate school for religious and theological studies. What makes us unique is our multi-faith environment and our proven ability to prepare leaders for the complex world that...
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2017-08-10
1797 Views
The philosophy of the center is to promote empirical research informed by Islamic methodologies, philosophies and pedagogies, cognizant of the unique Australian context.
Bringing together researchers specializing in Islamic civilization, psychology,...
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2017-08-02
1612 Views
Funded by HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area)
under the “USES OF THE PAST” program
Dates: 1 September 2016 - 31 October 2018
Project Website: www.usppip.eu
Much modern Muslim thought, particularly around legal issues, is c...
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2017-07-24
1636 Views
The International Society for Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS) was conceived in 2003, in Murcia, Spain, during the convening of the Fourth International Conference on Islamic Legal Studies (ILS). A group of participants came together to take steps to es...
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2017-07-15
1523 Views
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs
In the West, the historic consensus over the meaning and value of religious freedom seems to be breaking down. This problem has particular salience in America. We have always thought of religiou...
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2017-07-12
2621 Views
AAIMS is an inter-disciplinary network of scholars at Australian universities. AAIMS promotes teaching and research excellence on Islam and Muslim experiences as a minority or majority.
AAIMS is a leading academic Australian association for scholars...
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2017-07-07
1700 Views
For over two decades, the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC) has served as the unifying force that brings together over 400,000 Muslim Americans in the greater Chicago region, and now increasingly all of Illinois. With o...
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2017-06-28
2010 Views
The International Institute for Peace and Religions (IIPR) was first established in 2011 as “Muslim Christian Interfaith Dialogue” association (MCID) affiliated by Islamic Seminary of the Holy City of Qom (Hawzah Ilmiyya of Qom) and then ...
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2017-06-16
1979 Views
There are an estimated 25 million Muslims currently living in Europe. One half of this number has been living in Europe for centuries, though on the continental fringes. The other half, i.e. 12 million people are part and parcel of the emerging Europ...
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2017-06-12
1941 Views
Respect Graduate School (RGS) operates as an academic institution that grants a Master of Arts degree in Islamic Studies with the approval of the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro A. Rivera.
Respect Graduate School is committed to providing ...
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2017-06-04
1542 Views
The Western Indian Ocean Studies Program at Florida International University in Miami is pleased to announce the launch of its academic Khōjā Studies Listserv. Khōjā Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that connects religious studies, dias...
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2017-05-25
1654 Views
Founded in 2011, the Religion in Society Research Network explores the relationship between religion in society and the changing nature of spirituality. The International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society brings scholars, teachers an...
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2017-05-15
1707 Views
The Islamic Collections
The Chester Beatty Library contains a world famous collection of manuscripts, prints, miniature paintings, early printed books and objets d’art from countries across Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The C...
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2017-05-01
1649 Views
SOAS University of London
The Centre of Islamic Studies, SOAS was established in 1995, and aims to promote scholarship and research in all areas of Islamic Studies, past and present. The study of the Qur’an and Hadith from the Arabic texts, an...
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2017-04-30
2135 Views
The Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS) is the product of an exciting new collaboration between Royal Holloway, University of London and the Imam Sadr Foundation (ISF) and affiliated donors. While based in the Department of Politics and...
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2017-04-07
2099 Views
The Center for Islamic Shi‘a Studies (CISS) is a research center which specializes in the study of intellectual traditions and scholarly outputs, articulated by persons or entities committed to the Shi’a Islamic faith, and/or persons or g...
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2017-03-23
1578 Views
International Studies and Programs
Michigan State University (MSU)
One of the newer programs within MSU’s International Studies and Programs, the Muslim Studies Program (MSP) supports teaching and research about Muslims around the globe from ...
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2017-03-16
2183 Views
Jibreel Institute is a new exclusive Arabic & Islamic Studies provider for adults at the prestigious East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre. A curriculum of quality classical and contemporary scholarship, with balance and creativity made a...
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2017-02-25
2061 Views
George Mason University
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
George Mason’s program in Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS) equips students with the tools and analytical skills for understanding major issues and debates in the study of...
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2017-02-18
2996 Views
California Islamic University (CIU) offers a full time program of study which caters to English speaking Muslims. We have attempted to combine the best and most practical ways of studying Islam, while remaining within the par...
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2017-02-12
2045 Views
In 1909, Professor Ismar J. Peritz of Syracuse University conceived the idea of forming a new organization for professors and scholars of Biblical Studies. Its purpose was to stimulate scholarship and teaching in religion…The group continued t...
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2017-01-20
2108 Views
The Muslim Institute, a registered charity, is a Fellowship society of intellectuals, thinkers, academics, artists, and professionals. It aims to promote and support the growth of thought, knowledge, research, creativity and open debate within the Mu...
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2017-01-09
2042 Views
NISIS is a national research school for the study of Islam and Muslim societies.
NISIS functions as a prime hub for interdisciplinary scholarly exchange in the Netherlands, strengthening research and teaching cooperation between academics of differe...
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2017-01-03
2613 Views
In Depth Study of Subjects Such as Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh and Their Principles
Under the guidance of Mufti Shah Sadruddin
Alim Course
The aim of the Alimiyyah curriculum is to produce Ulama (scholars) and leaders who are competent in the Islamic sci...
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2016-12-24
3022 Views
Al-Hadi School of Accelerative Learning is a full-time accredited private Islamic school, established in 1996, and situated in Southwest Houston, Texas and caters to a diverse population that travels from many different areas of the city. The school ...
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2016-12-19
2078 Views
The Islamic Education Center of Houston serves the community as a center for the Friday congregation, Islamic celebrations, community programs, and above all – a center for imparting knowledge about Islam and promoting Islamic values. A large p...
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2016-12-07
2008 Views
Advancing Islamic Studies through research, teaching and outreach at Stanford
The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies is the central forum for the study of Islam and Muslim societies at Stanford University. We support research on Islam and Muslim soci...
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2016-12-03
2265 Views
Islamic Sciences of Nurturing and Development (ISNAD) is an education provider which aims to lead communities in Islamic education and learning which is up-to-date, acclimatized to the modern world, transformational, yet infused with the rich values ...
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2016-11-22
2514 Views
The Markfield Institute of Higher Education (MIHE) was established in September 2000 with the objective of being a center of creative excellence in academia guided by Islamic ethos. MIHE is unique, as it combines the richness and high standards of tr...
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2016-11-16
1984 Views
The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History is a private research institute attached to the Foundation for Åbo Akademi University. The aim of the Institute is to promote research in religious and cultural history. I...
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2016-11-10
1897 Views
Launched in August 2004, the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) exists to initiate, support, and conduct research on religion, involving scholars and projects spanning the intellectual spectrum. Its mandate extends to all religions, every...
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2016-11-01
2274 Views
The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies (BGSMCS) investigates the plurality, changeability, and global connectedness of Muslim cultures and societies.
The area of study includes Muslim societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia,...
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2016-10-25
2334 Views
MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development) is a not for profit company working towards enhancing the active engagement of British Muslim communities in our national life, particularly in the fields of politics and the media.
MEND aims to achieve thi...
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2016-10-17
2017 Views
The purpose of the EASR Working Group on Religion in Public Education is to critically study European ways of having or not having education about religion/s and to help promote a study-of-religions (SOR)/religious-studies (RS) approach to education ...
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2016-10-07
1722 Views
The Institute for Advanced Study is one of the world’s leading centers for curiosity-driven basic research. Since 1930, it has served as a model for protecting and promoting independent inquiry, prompting the establishment of similar ...
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2016-10-02
2248 Views
Islamic Reformulations was a three-year Global Uncertainties Leadership Fellowship (GULF), funded by Research Councils UK and administered by the Economic and Social Research Council. The Fellowship, awarded to Professor Robert Gleave ...
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2016-09-27
1943 Views
An Initiative for the Study of Philosophy and the Mathematical Sciences in Islam
Project Leaders:
Prof. F. Jamil Ragep: Scientific Traditions in Islamic Societies (STIS)
Prof. Robert Wisnovsky: Post-classical Islamic Philosophy Database Initiati...
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2016-09-26
1876 Views
Editor in Chief: John L. Esposito
University Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies, Georgetown University, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
This authoritative, dynamic resource bri...
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2016-09-10
2920 Views
Al Buruj Press aims to be a center of excellence in the study of Islam and an institute of acquiring and imparting knowledge and understanding. Through this it seeks to transform individuals into future scholars and students of knowledge in order to ...
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2016-09-05
2008 Views
The Center for Islamic Theology (CIT), housed at Münster University (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), was founded on 1 October 2011. It represents a university department dedicated to faith-oriented Islamic theology and...
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2016-09-01
2427 Views
The vision
To enhance the human living experience through a deep, dynamic and relevant understanding and articulation of the Islamic faith for the 21st Century.
The aim is to bridge the gap between the intellectual tradition of Islam and ...
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2016-08-25
1857 Views
Brandeis University - 2016-17
Brandeis University is a private research university, as well as the only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored college or university in USA- Boston, Ma.
Objectives
The Islami...
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2016-08-18
2492 Views
Vision: Nurturing Piety
Mission: Enabling a learning environment that instills the values of Qur’an and the Ahlul Bayt a.s.
Following the successful Madrasah Retreat held in Dubai in February 2011, in which over 25 madras (sch...
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2016-08-12
2135 Views
SABA Islamic Center
Background
In 1977 a couple of families (Br. Ahmed Mirza and Br. Ali Hussain) took the initiative of locating the whereabouts of the Shia families and organizing a Moharram Majalis at their residences in San Jose.
In 1979 after...
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2016-08-01
1966 Views
The University of Bergen (UiB)
The University of Bergen (UiB) is an internationally recognized research university. Academic diversity and high quality are fundamental for us. UiB is the most cited university in Norway.
The Centre for Mid...
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2016-07-26
2922 Views
The British Muslim Heritage Centre (BMHC) is a non-political organization.
External organizations that may hire space within the Center for their own events and activities may have certain political views and opinions. However, these views...
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2016-07-23
2580 Views
The first Islamic online eLearning platform
The Junior Hawza Program
The Islamic Syllabus project began in 2009. It was launched as a result of a conference between several Islamic Schools (madressahs) from around Australia, held at the Imam Hasan...
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2016-07-15
2915 Views
eHawza is an electronic Hawza program (Islamic Seminary) in the English language. eHawza utilizes modern technology to deliver Islamic Studies all around the world. eHawza was founded and launched by Dr Sheikh Mansour Leghaei in Sydney in 2001....
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2016-07-09
2571 Views
McGill University's Institute of Islamic Studies was founded, along with the Islamic Studies Library (ISL), in 1952, and since 1983 both have been housed on the main campus in Morrice Hall.
Until 1 June 2001, the Institute was a teaching unit of the...
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2016-07-08
3134 Views
Project Start Date: September 2014
Project Finish Date: January 2019
Research Area: The multi-cultural society
This project addresses how Muslim political thought in Europe is affected by societal structures, and, conversely, how the development o...
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