On January 8, 2020, Dr. Safei-Eldin Hamed, Professor of Architecture, Planning, and Environmental Studies, presented a lecture at the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) titled “The Islamic Garden:......
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IIIT senior researcher, Dr. Ilham Nasser, presented AEMS and the empirical research at the second Annual Meeting of the International Consortium on Nurturing Values and Spirituality in Early Childhood for......
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On November 19, 2019, IIIT research team presented the findings of its year-long Mapping the Terrain research study as part of Advancing Education in Muslim Societies (AEMS) initiative. The......
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The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) continued its collaboration with the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University by sponsoring the Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy and Civil......
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On Monday November 11, 2019, the International Institute of Islamic Thought and (IIIT) International Education and Research Center organized a workshop on “Social and Emotional Learning in Central Asia”......
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Part 1 by: Dr. Ilham Nasser, Senior Researcher November 2019 Values are commonly defined as the guidelines that lead someone’s life decisions and ways of living and thinking (Blanchard, 2018).......
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A research workshop “Islam, Gender and Media” was organized in the oldest Ukrainian educational institution, the National University of Ostroh Academy with the support of IIIT and cooperation with......
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On Thursday, October 17, 2019, IIIT hosted a Fireside Chat with Atif Qarni, Secretary of Education for the State of Virginia, and Dr. Debbie Almontaser, Founder and CEO of......
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On October 1-6, 2019, the III Forum of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) scholars from revealed knowledge and social sciences faculties was held in Istanbul, Turkey on “Islamic Intellectual......
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Policy considerations when promoting value-based approaches to education by Amina Derbi, Executive Analyst October 2019 Very few will argue against universal values and their importance to our education systems. Value-based......
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By: Saulat Pervez, Associate Researcher September 2019 The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is an independent committee established to review and approve research involving human subjects. The primary purpose of......
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On August 20, 2019, IIIT hosted a group of twelve Turkish students from the Islamic Studies Department in their senior year in Istanbul Sehir University, Turkey. For the past......
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On Wednesday, August 21, IIIT hosted an event in partnership with the National Arab American Women’s Association (NAAWA), where a group of social studies teachers from Fairfax County Public......
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Dr. Anas al-Shaikh-Ali was invited to give a presentation to a group of 11 undergraduate theology students visiting the UK for Summer study sponsored by Kocaeli University, Turkey. The......
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The Closing Ceremony of the Sixth IIIT Turkey Summer School officially took place at Demirkoy Farm on 20 July 2019 attended by members of the host family. The Ceremony......
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Putting Theory into Practice from One Classroom to Another On Thursday, August 1, 2019, three members of the AEMS research team, Dr. Ilham Nasser (Senior Researcher and Director of......
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By: Dr. Ilham Nasser, Senior Researcher/ Director-Pedagogy August 2019 Have you ever debated the difference between a picture and a video recording? Have you considered which way to go......
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On Friday July 26th, a Moroccan group of scholars visited IIIT. The ten junior university professors in Islamic Studies are visiting the US from Morocco as part of the......
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On Saturday July 20, 2019, the research team working on “Universal Qur’anic Values” project at the International Institute of Islamic Thought held an academic meeting in Rabat, Morocco that......
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The Sixth IIIT Turkey Summer School (Fifth jointly organised with MAHYA) was officially launched at an Opening Ceremony held at Istanbul University Rectorate Building on 11 July 2019. The......
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