In the Name of Allah
ISLAM & THE WEST ♦ 244
ISLAMIC RESEARCH & INFORMATION CENTER'S NEWSLETTER
ISLAM & THE WEST ♦ 244
ISLAMIC RESEARCH & INFORMATION CENTER'S NEWSLETTER
ISLAM & THE WEST ♦ 244
ISLAMIC RESEARCH & INFORMATION CENTER'S NEWSLETTER
Chief Editor: A. Edrisi | Editor: F. Parsaeian | Designed by S. H. S. Rezazadeh | June 21, 2023
News
Leaders of the Muslim community from across Quebec have criticized Education Minister Bernard Drainville’s move to ban public schools from setting up prayer rooms on their premises.
Drainville,...
College Park’s Fazlul Kabir has made history for being elected as the first Muslim mayor in Maryland.
Kabir will be the next mayor of the City of College Park following a landslide...
Michigan lawmakers are introducing a set of bills to mark Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Asian holidays as official state-recognized holidays in Michigan’s official calendar.
The new holidays...
Two mosques in Minneapolis were targeted by an arsonist who set them on fire one after another, raising concerns among the Muslim community who condemned the hate crimes.
Minnesota...
Emotional violence is a form of abuse to control, isolate or frighten individuals. A common misbelief is that physical violence causes more serious and long-term harm than emotional...
Catering to the needs of its Muslim students, Georgetown University has become the first US college to open a mosque with ablution stations.
The Yarrow Mamout Masjid, named after one...
Leaders of the Muslim community from across Quebec have criticized Education Minister Bernard Drainville’s move to ban public schools from setting up prayer...
College Park’s Fazlul Kabir has made history for being elected as the first Muslim mayor in Maryland.
Kabir will be the next mayor of the City of College...
Michigan lawmakers are introducing a set of bills to mark Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Asian holidays as official state-recognized holidays in Michigan’s official...
Two mosques in Minneapolis were targeted by an arsonist who set them on fire one after another, raising concerns among the Muslim community who condemned...
Emotional violence is a form of abuse to control, isolate or frighten individuals. A common misbelief is that physical violence causes more serious and...
Catering to the needs of its Muslim students, Georgetown University has become the first US college to open a mosque with ablution stations.
The Yarrow...
Quebec Muslims denounce ban on prayer rooms in schools
Leaders of the Muslim community from across Quebec have criticized Education Minister Bernard Drainville’s...
Fazlul Kabir elected as first Muslim mayor in Maryland
College Park’s Fazlul Kabir has made history for being elected as the first Muslim mayor in Maryland.
Kabir...
Bills to add Muslim, Sikh, Asian holidays to Michigan calendar
Michigan lawmakers are introducing a set of bills to mark Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Asian holidays as...
Min. Gov. supports Muslims after two Minneapolis mosque set afire
Two mosques in Minneapolis were targeted by an arsonist who set them on fire one after another, raising...
Islamophobia as a form of emotional violence
Emotional violence is a form of abuse to control, isolate or frighten individuals. A common misbelief...
Georgetown opens first mosque in university campus
Catering to the needs of its Muslim students, Georgetown University has become the first US college to...
Recent Publications
Book by Hashim Bata. Published by Brill. This book introduces readers to the legal epistemology that is advocated within Twelver Shiʿite uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory). It critically surveys the epistemological underpinnings upheld by post-19th century Uṣūlī clerics that impel them to mainly deduce and interpret Sharia using scripture and literalist hermeneutical...
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Book by Hashim Bata. Published by Brill. This book introduces readers to the legal epistemology that is advocated within Twelver Shiʿite uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory). It critically surveys the epistemological underpinnings upheld by post-19th century Uṣūlī...
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Exploring the Mind of God: An Introduction to Shiʿite Legal Epistemology
Book by Hashim Bata. Published by Brill. This book introduces readers to the legal epistemology that is advocated within Twelver Shiʿite uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory). It critically surveys...
Articles
PhD Thesis by Sharifa Khalid Muhanna Al Battashi. Young children’s translanguaging between different languages is underexplored...
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PhD Thesis: "Translanguaging and young Muslim children's negotiations of intersectional Muslim identities in an English reception classroom"
PhD Thesis by Sharifa Khalid Muhanna Al Battashi. Young children’s translanguaging between different...
COURSES & CONFERENCES
18th Annual UMAA Convention 2023. Join the 5000 shia Muslims this year insh’allah at the annual UMAA Convention as we come together to shine light on “Islam in America: Challenges,...
A Four-day Summer School. This four-day face-to-face summer school aims to reconsider how Islam, Muslims and their contexts are studied today. It will give participants in-depth knowledge...
The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, a leading academic institution for research and teaching about Islam and Muslims in Britain, has 1 International PhD Jameel Scholarship...
A Lecture on Muslim Perceptions of Science by Stephen H. Jones hosted by the Institute for STEMM in Culture and Society (ISTEMMiCS) and the Science and Technology Cluster in the Department...
The Journal of Contemporary Study of Islam (JCSI) is delighted to invite researchers and scholars to submit their papers in a special issue of the Journal on the topic of ‘Islam and...
18th Annual UMAA Convention 2023. Join the 5000 shia Muslims this year insh’allah at the annual UMAA Convention as we come together to shine light on “Islam in America: Challenges,...
A Four-day Summer School. This four-day face-to-face summer school aims to reconsider how Islam, Muslims and their contexts are studied today. It will give participants in-depth knowledge...
The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, a leading academic institution for research and teaching about Islam and Muslims in Britain, has 1 International PhD Jameel Scholarship...
A Lecture on Muslim Perceptions of Science by Stephen H. Jones hosted by the Institute for STEMM in Culture and Society (ISTEMMiCS) and the Science and Technology Cluster in the Department...
The Journal of Contemporary Study of Islam (JCSI) is delighted to invite researchers and scholars to submit their papers in a special issue of the Journal on the topic of ‘Islam and...
Islamic Studies
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),...
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....
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 growing...
The Inter Faith Network (IFN) for the UK was founded in 1987, following two years of consultation, to advance public knowledge and mutual understanding of the teachings, traditions and practices of the different...
Hyderi Community Centre
Hyderi Community Centre is a vibrant organization based in London, United Kingdom. Originally founded in 1983...
Interfaith America
Interfaith America (previously known as Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)) was founded in 2002 based on the idea...
Center for Global Islamic Studies (CGIS)
The Center for Global Islamic Studies (CGIS) at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. Launched in the Fall of 2009...
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