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| Prof. Mazrui speaks on Obama's Identity |
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 Professor Ali Mazrui, Director - Institute of Global Culture Studies at SUNY Binghamton, presented a lecture at IIIT on April 26, 2013 titled: "Barack Obama between Africa and the Muslim World: Issues of Identity." After the intriguing lecture, prominent scholars including ...
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| Shaykh Yasir Qadhi: Reconciling Reason and Revelation in the Writings of Ibn Taymiyya |  Shaykh Yasir Qadhi, lecturer at the Dept. of Religious Studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN and PhD candidate at Yale University, presented a lecture on March 22, 2013 at IIIT in Herndon, VA on “Reconciling Reason and Revelation in the Writings of Ibn Taymiyya.”
He addressed the issue of reconciling aql with naql through a critical examination of Ibn Taymiyya's arguments on Ta'arud Al Aql Wal-naql in his eleven-volume work on the subject.
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| | | Seminary Marks Full Funding of Islamic Chaplaincy Faculty Chair | On Sunday evening, March 17, 2013, the Hartford Seminary community and guests from across Connecticut and the nation celebrated the successful completion of funding for an endowed faculty Chair in Islamic Chaplaincy. The Chair is currently occupied by Dr. Timur Yuskaev, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam and Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at the Seminary....
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| | | Prof. Sachedina on End of Life Decisions | The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) in collaboration with the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies sponsored an Inaugural lecture of the IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies at George Mason University on February 20, 2013. Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina, who assumed the position in January 2013, delivered the lecture entitled “End of Life Decisions: Culture and Tradition in Islam.”... |
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| Reading the Qur'an Contextually |
Jun 6 2013 5:30PM
Location: International Institute of Islamic Thought |
Professor Abdallah Saeed will give a lecture titled "Reading the Qur'an Contextually" at IIIT on June 6, 2013. Prof. Saeed is Sultan of Oman Professor of |
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| Islamic Futures in Post-Normal Times |
Jun 12 2013 5:00PM
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Ziauddin Sardar, Professor of Law and Society at Middlesex University, and a writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic will present a lecture titled "Islamic Futures in Post-Normal T |
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| Sacred Texts and Human Contexts |
Jun 23 2013 8:00AM
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The Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue at Nazareth College will convene an international conference titled "Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: A Symposium on the Role |
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| Islamic Universities: Philosophy And Practice |
Jun 25 2013 8:00AM
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The International Institute of Islamic Thought, Nigeria Office, in collaboration with Bayero University Kano, Northwest University Kano, and Ja’iz Foundation, is organizing a three |
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Summer Students Program 2013
Herndon, Virginia
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First IIIT European Summer School
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Scholars 2013
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Summer Institute for Scholars 2013
Islamic Reform Movements
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IIIT Visitors
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April 2013
Dr. Philippa Strum Senior Scholar, The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington DC
visited IIIT on April 10, 2013 with Dr. Vanda McMartury,
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Hartford Seminary
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Dr. Anita Aziz, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Brunei
and her associate Dr. Joyce Yean .
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Br. Saif Omar, Dr. Ihsan Bagby, Dr. Jimmy Jones, Dr. Abubaker Alshingeiti, Dr. Mukhtar Curtis, and Sr. Matina Yahya
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| Two New IIIT Titles |
The Essence of Islamic Civilization -
Ismail Raji al Faruqi
The Socio-Intellectual Foundations of
Malek Bennabi's Approach to Civilization
Badrane Benlahcene |
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IIIT Books on Goolge, Amazon, & Islamic Bookstore
IIIT books are distributed through Amazon, Islamic Bookstore, and soon they will be available on Kindle.
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IIIT Books on Goolge, Amazon, & Islamic Bookstore
IIIT books are distributed through Amazon, Islamic Bookstore, and soon they will be available on Kindle.
2009 Directory of Policy Experts on Islamic Studies and Muslim Affairs
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Exhibition
The London Office of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) has produced an exhibition which provides useful information on the Institute and highlights some of its recent publications. The exhibition can be downloaded in both high resolution jpg and pdf formats. More ...
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The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities
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The Fairfax Institute Courses
Courses in Seerah and Islamic History, Islamic Civilization, Islamic Education Basics, Islamic Wealth Management, Non-Profit Management, Arabic, and Arabic Calligraphy.
Summer Institute for Scholars 2013
Islamic Reform Movements After the Arab Spring
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