The summer students were excited, yet apprehensive. One of the requirements of the 2019 US Summer Student Program was to give a presentation on a thoroughly researched topic at......
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By: Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Senior Researcher July 2019 The Advancing Education in Muslim Societies (AEMS) project aims to create culturally-responsive research methods, design and publication processes. This is a......
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On June 25, 2019, the Department of Arabic Language and Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Asian and African Studies at Saint Petersburg State University conducted a workshop attended......
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We are pleased to report that our third and last phase of the Teacher Training Enrichment Program (TTEP) came to its final stage this past weekend. The workshop included......
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In its continued effort to keep the academic rigor of its empirical research, “Mapping the Terrain” research team, of AEMS initiative, invited eight renowned experts in the fields of......
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On June 13th the “Mapping the Terrain” research team, affiliates, and consultants met to discuss the initial results of the pilot phase of the study which was launched in......
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The 2019 Summer Student Program (SSP) convened on Monday June, 10th. Twenty one students – who were selected from a large number of applicants – have assembled at IIIT......
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By: Dr. Maryam Saroughi, Researcher June 2019 In the proposed design of our empirical AEMS research, we suggest that a more comprehensive educational movement that takes all types of......
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Dr. Isma’il al-Faruqi’s new book “Islam and Other Faiths” was recently translated into Russian and published jointly by “Idrak” Public Union and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT).......
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Dr. Malik Badri’s new book “Abu Zayd al-Balkhi’s Sustenance of the Soul: The Cognitive Behavior Therapy of A Ninth Century Physician” came out. The book was published in Russian......
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On Wednesday May 15, 2019, IIIT hosted its annual Iftar/Dinner at the Cherry Blossom Banquet Hall in Sterling, Virginia. The event hosted more than 100 guests including scholars, government......
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By: Dr. Ilham Nasser, Senior Researcher/ Director-Pedagogy May 2019 One of the main studies carried on by IIIT’s AEMS, the annual “Mapping the Terrain” of education, focuses on surveying......
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The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) and The Georgian Educational Charitable Organization (GECO) are pleased to announce upcoming Summer Student Program (SSP), which will be held on July......
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“The Qur’anic Worldview: A Springboard for Cultural Reform” by Dr. AbdulHamid Ahmad AbuSulayman’s has been published into Russian. This project was implemented by the Public Association “Idrak” together with......
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The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) jointly organized a conference on Advancing Education in Muslim societies (AEMS) with Şehir University Centre for Higher Education Studies and MAHYA Publishing......
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On Thursday, Apr. 18, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Professor of Education and Sociology at American University and Senior Consultant with IIIT, and Saulat Pervez, Research Associate at IIIT, presented the AEMS’......
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On April 7-9, 2019, Dr. Ilham Nasser, Director of Pedagogy, IIIT, chaired the Peace Education Special Interest Group (SIG) and organized the program in Peace Education at the American......
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The first Russian translation of Dr. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani’s book “The Ethics of Disagreement in Islam” was published by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) in collaboration with......
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On March 29-30, 2019, fifteen teachers participated in the second Teacher Training Enrichment Program (TTEP) at the IIIT in Herndon, VA. This program was part of a three stage......
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The International Institute for Islamic Thought (UK) and the College of Divinity at Sakarya University, Turkey hosted an international scientific conference titled “The Authority of the Sunnah” on March......
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