The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) will convene its 6th Summer Institute for scholars between June 24 and July 3, 2013 at its headquarters in Herndon, Virginia, USA. The Summer Institute is an annual meeting dedicated to the study of contemporary approaches to Qur’an and Sunnah that brings together senior and young scholars to present papers and participate in panels and informal discussions focused on topics related to a particular theme....

Invited by Umraniye Municipality, Dr. Anas visited Bosnia on 25‐28th May to take part in a panel discussion on “Forever Together” to celebrate the 500 anniversary of the edict issued in 1463 by Sultan Mehmet II to protect the basic rights of Bosnian people. The original edict is kept at the Franciscan monastery in Fojnica. Dr. Anas spoke on “Co‐Existence, Tolerance and Multicultural Dialogue”....

IIIT’s 7^th annual Summer Students Program began on Monday May 27, 2012. The students were welcomed by Dr. Abubaker AlShingeiti, Executive Director - IIIT, Dr. Jamal Barzinji, Vice President - IIIT, Dr. Hisham Altalib, VP Finance - IIIT, Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub, Temple University, Prof. Abdulaziz Sachedina, IIIT Chair - GMU, Prof. Sulayman Nyang, Howard University, and Dr. Emad-ad-Dean Ahmad, President - Minaret of Freedom. ...

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 ...

The Essence of Islamic Civilization -                
Ismail Raji al Faruqi

The Socio-Intellectual Foundations of
Malek Bennabi's Approach to Civilization
Badrane Benlahcene

On Sunday, 7/11/2012, Onislam.net held in the Sixth of October City an in-depth press interview with Professor AbdulHamid Abu Sulayman, President of the International Institute of Islamic Thought, on the following topic: "Limits to the relationship between the freedom of faith and freedom of expression from an Islamic perspective", on behalf of the Onislam.net gate, for both its versions, Arabic and English...More...

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....

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.

The first international conference of the Research Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) was held in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday March 9th. 2013. The conference was entitled “Arts and Politics from an Islamic Perspective: Critical Questions” and was the first international conference organized by CILE, a member of Qatar Foundation. The one-day conference brought together scholars of Islamic jurisprudence, artists and politicians from around the world to discuss critical issues pertinent to today’s cultural and political spheres....

IIIT Books in 2012-1013 KUBE/Islamic Foundation Catalogue

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Bulgarian translation of

The Trainig Guide for Islamic Workers

by Hisham Altalib

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Parent-Child Relations: A Guide to Raising Children

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