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ISLAMIC RESEARCH & INFORMATION CENTER'S NEWSLETTER

ISLAM  & THE WEST 246

ISLAMIC RESEARCH & INFORMATION CENTER'S NEWSLETTER

ISLAM  & THE WEST 246

ISLAMIC RESEARCH & INFORMATION CENTER'S NEWSLETTER

Chief Editor: A. Edrisi   |   Editor: F. Parsaeian   |   Designed by S. H. S. Rezazadeh   |   December 27, 2023

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Denmark passes law to ban Quran burnings
Denmark passes law to ban Quran burnings
Denmark’s parliament on Thursday passed a law making it illegal to burn the Quran in public places, seeking to deescalate tensions with Muslim countries after a spate of Danish protests during which Islam’s holy book was burned, causing outrage. Denmark...
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Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules
Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules
Employees can be banned from wearing signs of religious belief such as the Islamic headscarf in EU member states, the bloc’s top court ruled on Tuesday. The wearing of the hijab has...
Dutch Muslims fearful for future after ‘shocking’ election results
Dutch Muslims fearful for future after ‘shocking’ election results
Scale of Netherlands vote for Geert Wilders’ far-right party and its anti-Islam policies causes concern over rights and safety. For many across the Netherlands, news that Geert Wilders’...
Biden nominee would be first Muslim on federal appellate court
Biden nominee would be first Muslim on federal appellate court
President Biden announced Wednesday he will nominate Adeel A. Mangi, a Harvard- and Oxford-trained lawyer, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, based in Philadelphia. If...
Denmark passes law to ban Quran burnings
Denmark passes law to ban Quran burnings
Denmark’s parliament on Thursday passed a law making it illegal to burn the Quran in public places, seeking to deescalate tensions with Muslim countries...
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Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules
Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules
Employees can be banned from wearing signs of religious belief such as the Islamic headscarf in EU member states, the bloc’s top court ruled on Tuesday. The...
Dutch Muslims fearful for future after ‘shocking’ election results
Dutch Muslims fearful for future after ‘shocking’ election results
Scale of Netherlands vote for Geert Wilders’ far-right party and its anti-Islam policies causes concern over rights and safety. For many across the Netherlands,...
Biden nominee would be first Muslim on federal appellate court
Biden nominee would be first Muslim on federal appellate court
President Biden announced Wednesday he will nominate Adeel A. Mangi, a Harvard- and Oxford-trained lawyer, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit,...
Denmark passes law to ban Quran burnings

Denmark passes law to ban Quran burnings

Denmark’s parliament on Thursday passed a law making it illegal to burn the Quran in public places,...
Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules

Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules

Employees can be banned from wearing signs of religious belief such as the Islamic headscarf in EU member...
Dutch Muslims fearful for future after ‘shocking’ election results

Dutch Muslims fearful for future after ‘shocking’ election results

Scale of Netherlands vote for Geert Wilders’ far-right party and its anti-Islam policies causes concern...
Biden nominee would be first Muslim on federal appellate court

Biden nominee would be first Muslim on federal appellate court

President Biden announced Wednesday he will nominate Adeel A. Mangi, a Harvard- and Oxford-trained lawyer,...
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Recent Publications

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The Crisis of Muslim Religious Discourse: The Necessary Shift from Plato to Kant
The Crisis of Muslim Religious Discourse: The Necessary Shift from Plato to Kant
Book by Lahouari Addi. Published by Routledge. Showing that Muslim societies are facing a crisis that is more cultural...
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Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalization: Perspectives on Media, Academia and Socio-political Scapes from Europe and Canada
Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalization: Perspectives on Media, Academia and Socio-political Scapes from Europe and Canada
Edited by Leen d’Haenens, and Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada. Published by Leuven University Press. The book discusses the...
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The Crisis of Muslim Religious Discourse: The Necessary Shift from Plato to Kant
The Crisis of Muslim Religious Discourse: The Necessary Shift from Plato to Kant
Book by Lahouari Addi. Published by Routledge. Showing that Muslim societies are facing a crisis that is more cultural than religious, this book focuses on cultural representations through which social life is experienced in the Muslim world. It brings...
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Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalization: Perspectives on Media, Academia and Socio-political Scapes from Europe and Canada
Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalization: Perspectives on Media, Academia and Socio-political Scapes from Europe and Canada
Edited by Leen d’Haenens, and Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada. Published by Leuven University Press. The book discusses the scope and fragmented boundaries of Islamophobia as a concept and a sociopolitical reality. The fifteen chapters of this collection cover...
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The Crisis of Muslim Religious Discourse: The Necessary Shift from Plato to Kant

The Crisis of Muslim Religious Discourse: The Necessary Shift from Plato to Kant

Book by Lahouari Addi. Published by Routledge. Showing that Muslim societies are facing a crisis that is more cultural than religious,...
Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalization: Perspectives on Media, Academia and Socio-political Scapes from Europe and Canada

Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalization: Perspectives on Media, Academia and Socio-political Scapes from Europe and Canada

Edited by Leen d’Haenens, and Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada. Published by Leuven University Press. The book discusses the scope and fragmented...
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Articles

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PhD Thesis: “How Educational Leaders Influence the Experiences of Muslim Students in Public Schools”
PhD Thesis: “How Educational Leaders Influence the Experiences of Muslim Students in Public Schools”
PhD Thesis by Maryam Siddiqa Hasan. In the U. S., Muslim students have faced bias, bullying, and Islamophobia since the attacks on 9/11. This qualitative study aimed to investigate...
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PhD Thesis: “An Ethnographic Exploration of Faith, Fashion, and Female Muslim Entrepreneurship in the US”
PhD Thesis: “An Ethnographic Exploration of Faith, Fashion, and Female Muslim Entrepreneurship in the US”
PhD Thesis by Hassanah El-Yacoubi. The Modest Fashion Phenomenon has created new ways of understanding the complexities of Muslim womanhood through Islamic corporeality and...
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When Modesty Meets Aesthetic Labor: Islamic Modesty as Antithetical to Muslimah Social Media Influencers' Aesthetic Labor
When Modesty Meets Aesthetic Labor: Islamic Modesty as Antithetical to Muslimah Social Media Influencers' Aesthetic Labor
Article by Inaash Islam, Published in Feminist Formations. What is the relationship between Islamic principles of modesty and practices of aesthetic labor in the industries...
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PhD Thesis: “How Educational Leaders Influence the Experiences of Muslim Students in Public Schools”
PhD Thesis: “How Educational Leaders Influence the Experiences of Muslim Students in Public Schools”
PhD Thesis by Maryam Siddiqa Hasan. In the U. S., Muslim students have faced bias, bullying, and Islamophobia since the attacks on...
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PhD Thesis: “An Ethnographic Exploration of Faith, Fashion, and Female Muslim Entrepreneurship in the US”
PhD Thesis: “An Ethnographic Exploration of Faith, Fashion, and Female Muslim Entrepreneurship in the US”
PhD Thesis by Hassanah El-Yacoubi. The Modest Fashion Phenomenon has created new ways of understanding the complexities of Muslim womanhood...
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When Modesty Meets Aesthetic Labor: Islamic Modesty as Antithetical to Muslimah Social Media Influencers' Aesthetic Labor
When Modesty Meets Aesthetic Labor: Islamic Modesty as Antithetical to Muslimah Social Media Influencers' Aesthetic Labor
Article by Inaash Islam, Published in Feminist Formations. What is the relationship between Islamic principles of modesty and practices...
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PhD Thesis: “How Educational Leaders Influence the Experiences of Muslim Students in Public Schools”

PhD Thesis: “How Educational Leaders Influence the Experiences of Muslim Students in Public Schools”

PhD Thesis by Maryam Siddiqa Hasan. In the U. S., Muslim students have faced...
PhD Thesis: “An Ethnographic Exploration of Faith, Fashion, and Female Muslim Entrepreneurship in the US”

PhD Thesis: “An Ethnographic Exploration of Faith, Fashion, and Female Muslim Entrepreneurship in the US”

PhD Thesis by Hassanah El-Yacoubi. The Modest Fashion Phenomenon has created...
When Modesty Meets Aesthetic Labor: Islamic Modesty as Antithetical to Muslimah Social Media Influencers' Aesthetic Labor

When Modesty Meets Aesthetic Labor: Islamic Modesty as Antithetical to Muslimah Social Media Influencers' Aesthetic Labor

Article by Inaash Islam, Published in Feminist Formations. What is the relationship...
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COURSES & CONFERENCES

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3rd International Conference on Critical Muslim Studies: "ReOrienting the (Global) South"
The 3rd Critical Muslim Studies Conference invites scholars, researchers, and thinkers to engage with the theme of ReOrienting the (Global) South. The conference seeks to explore the...
Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World Visiting Fellowships for 2024-2025
Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World Visiting Fellowships for 2024-2025
Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World (PLSMW) invites applications for Visiting Fellowships for the 2024–2025 academic year. The Fellowship provides opportunities...
Full Professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World
Full Professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World
The Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna, seeks to appoint a full professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World.
Faith and the Environment: Muslims and Christians Responding to or Impacted by Environmental Issues
Faith & the Environment: Muslims & Christians Responding to or Impacted by Environmental Issues
The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford (CMCS) is pleased to announce its second conference on the intersection of faith and the ecological environment. The event on 1 March...
CFP: Special Issue “Gender, Violence and Islam”
CFP: Special Issue on “Gender, Violence and Islam”
Religions is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal on religions and theology, published monthly online by MDPI. It has invited researchers and scholars...
CIWAS-Mainstay PhD Studentship in Middle East and Islamic Studies
CIWAS-Mainstay PhD Studentship in Middle East and Islamic Studies
The Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London has announced the availability of 4 PhD studentship opportunities within the...
20231226--3rd-International-Conference-on-Critical-Muslim-Studies
3rd International Conference on Critical Muslim Studies: "ReOrienting the (Global) South"
The 3rd Critical Muslim Studies Conference invites scholars, researchers, and thinkers to engage with the theme of ReOrienting the (Global) South. The conference seeks to explore the...
Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World Visiting Fellowships for 2024-2025
Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World Visiting Fellowships for 2024-2025
Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World (PLSMW) invites applications for Visiting Fellowships for the 2024–2025 academic year. The Fellowship provides opportunities...
Faith and the Environment: Muslims and Christians Responding to or Impacted by Environmental Issues
Faith & the Environment: Muslims & Christians Responding to or Impacted by Environmental Issues
The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford (CMCS) is pleased to announce its second conference on the intersection of faith and the ecological environment. The event on 1 March...
Full Professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World
Full Professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World
The Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna, seeks to appoint a full professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World.
CFP: Special Issue “Gender, Violence and Islam”
CFP: Special Issue on “Gender, Violence and Islam”
Religions is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal on religions and theology, published monthly online by MDPI. It has invited researchers and scholars...
CIWAS-Mainstay PhD Studentship in Middle East and Islamic Studies
CIWAS-Mainstay PhD Studentship in Middle East and Islamic Studies
The Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London has announced the availability of 4 PhD studentship opportunities within the...
20231226--3rd-International-Conference-on-Critical-Muslim-Studies
3rd International Conference on Critical Muslim Studies: "ReOrienting the (Global) South"
The 3rd Critical Muslim Studies Conference invites scholars, researchers, and thinkers to engage with the theme of ReOrienting the (Global) South. The conference seeks to explore the...
Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World Visiting Fellowships for 2024-2025
Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World Visiting Fellowships for 2024-2025
Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World (PLSMW) invites applications for Visiting Fellowships for the 2024–2025 academic year. The Fellowship provides opportunities...
Full Professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World
Full Professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World
The Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna, seeks to appoint a full professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World.
Faith and the Environment: Muslims and Christians Responding to or Impacted by Environmental Issues
Faith & the Environment: Muslims & Christians Responding to or Impacted by Environmental Issues
The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford (CMCS) is pleased to announce its second conference on the intersection of faith and the ecological environment. The event on 1 March...
CFP: Special Issue “Gender, Violence and Islam”
CFP: Special Issue on “Gender, Violence and Islam”
Religions is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal on religions and theology, published monthly online by MDPI. It has invited researchers and scholars...
CIWAS-Mainstay PhD Studentship in Middle East and Islamic Studies
CIWAS-Mainstay PhD Studentship in Middle East and Islamic Studies
The Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London has announced the availability of 4 PhD studentship opportunities within the...
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