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 ...

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 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.”... 

IIIT hosted Dr. Amr Abdalla, Professor of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution and Vice Rector at the University of Peace, the United Nations, on Friday, February 1, 2013. Dr. Abdalla made a compelling case for an Islamic perspective to conflict resolution and peacemaking based on an enlightened and Maqasid-based approach to understanding Qur’anic verses and hadiths of the Prophet dealing with conflict and issues of war and peace.... 

The opener of IIIT monthly lecture series for 2013 took place on Friday, January 4th. The event featured Dr. Younus Mirza, who recently defended his dissertation on Ibn Kathir at Georgetown University, and his wife, Rehenum Asmi, who completed her doctoral work in the Anthropology and Education program at Columbia University...

Dr. Ermin Sinanovic, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the United States Naval Academy, presented his preliminary research on Islamic Political Thought after the Arab Spring at the International Institute of Islamic Thought on Friday, December 7^th. "Political theory," he stated "is developed in two ways: First through abstract thinking about possibilities, and second through the experience of trial and error." In recent decades before the Arab Spring, Islamic political thought has been mainly been developed as abstract theory. Now, in the post Arab Spring situation, we see parties trying to practice these ideas while adapting to the circumstances causing acceleration in the development of Islamic political thought...

IIIT and the Fairfax Institute hosted a Discussion on Teacher Training with Amaarah DeCuir on November 15th. Ms. DeCuir is a doctoral candidate in the Educational Administration and Policy Studies at the George Washington University, Principal at Al Fatih Academy, and an emerging leader in the field of Islamic Education. The participants in the forum included teachers and administrators from both full-time Islamic schools, as well as weekend programs, and others with a particular interest in the development of teacher trainings. The question that shaped the conversation was "How can American Islamic schools enhance the quality of teaching in their weekend and full-time schools?"...

On November 16th, The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) sponsored a forum at the United Nations brining together international development leaders and experts to look at the importance of Zakat in advancing the global UN development agenda at a forum titled "Linking Muslim Giving to the MDGs". The forum was co-hosted at the United Nations by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), The World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists, and the UN Millennium Campaign....

On Friday, October 19th, IIIT hosted Producer Alex Kronemer for a screening of Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World. The film which aired previously on PBS covers more than 1,400 years of Islamic art from history through visits to nine counties. The themes of the Word, Space, Ornament, Color and Water were used to present viewers with insight and understanding into the culture and meanings behind much of the masterpieces highlighted in the film....

The prestigious Award was presented by AMSS UK Chair, Dr. Anas S. Al-Shaikh- Ali, CBE, FRSA on 4th October 2012 in recognition of " long and distinguished service in the field of politics and economic thought, the promotion of the cause of good governance, and commitment to the principles of freedom, tolerance and justice."

The Award was presented at a lecture by Dr Ibrahim on Does the Arab Spring Have the Potential to Become a Muslim Spring?, held on 4th October 2012 at Sorbonne, CNA, 8, Place Saint Augustin, Paris. Details...