Introduction The arrival of Muslims in the landmass called South Asia, from the eleventh century onwards, set in motion a complex series of political and sociocultural transformations which continue to shape the terrain in our...
This article is an introduction to the debate over the Japanese translation of the word “Allah” used by Dr. Mujahid Matsuyama, one of Japan’s leading experts in Islamic theology and jurisprudence. Matusyma Yohei writes essays on...
A recent controversy at a small Midwestern university over the display of an Islamic painting depicting the Prophet Muhammad exposed deep disagreements within the Muslim American community on the permissibility or impermissibility of images of...
In the aftermath of the Ottoman defeat in the Russo-Ottoman War (1876-77) and the subsequent Congress of Berlin (1878), an autonomous Bulgarian Kingdom was established. Although initially, most of present-day Bulgaria was still under Ottoman...
The Maydan Podcast · Islam on the Edges EP8 – Muslims of the Caribbean In episode 8 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, our host Dr. Ermin Sinanovic talks with Dr. Aliyah...
[Black American Muslim Internationalism Project ] What does it mean to be a Muslim Woman? | Are all the leaders male? Watch the recording of the first session of a research focus on...
The Songs of Nazrul’s Nightingale: Planting the Islamic Rose in Bengali Soil
There is no Hotoke (仏) except Allah?: How Japanese Muslims Attempted to Comprehend Divinity in Islam
Displaying the Diversity of Muslims: Perspectives on a Controversy Over an Image of the Prophet
Nuvvab Madrasa: A History of Muslim Minority Education in Bulgaria, 1922-1952
[MAYDAN PODCAST] Islam on the Edges EP8 - Muslims of the Caribbean
Video Recording | BAMI Nov. 5 | What does it mean to be a Muslim Woman? | Are all the leaders male?
This article first provides an overall picture of Jesus in the Qur’anic Text, amongst the stories of the other prophets, his prophetic role during the mission God gave him on earth and at the End…
George Mason University AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies Dr. Jamal M. Al-Barzinji Graduate Research Fellowships Call for Applications The AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies Programs seeks application for the Dr. Jamal M. Al-Barzinji…
[Black American Muslim Internationalism Project ] Imams and Chaplains Convening | Dec 17, 2022 11am-1pm EST | Online | Registration Required We invite you to the second public sessions within the BAMI project at AbuSulayman…
The Muslim umma is internally diverse and reaches across a variety of continents, customs and cultures, yet it retains its sense of unity by virtue of a common set of moral precepts and religious beliefs….
When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world in 2020, it caused a plethora of unexpected effects which impacted various aspects of life, including education, employment, travel, health, the economy, and even media consumption, information-seeking, and…
Sixth Annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies | Program | December 8, 2022 Thursday (all times are EST)- Online Registration Required | Register in advance for this meeting: https://gmu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kcuGurTorGtS5dexlPk0GnTVDTyFpfk0_ …
The Maydan Podcast · Islam on the Edges EP7 – The Islamic Party in North America African-American Muslim thought and activism are still relatively understudied areas. Even though they constitute one-quarter to one-third of…
In this episode of the Maydan Podcast, our editor-in-chief, Dr. Ahmet Tekelioglu speaks with a new GMU faculty member, Dr. Aminah McCloud Al-Deen who joined Mason to lead the Black American Muslim Internationalism Project, supported…
Anwar Ibrahim Lecture Series Inaugural Meeting | Featuring Khairudin Aljunied & Ismail Alatas November 10, 2022 | 3:00pm RSVP: https://islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/14039 Southeast Asia was not only a late-comer to Islamic faith and culture but its exposure…
The Maydan Podcast · Knowledge and Its Producers EP 8 – Bharti Lalwani & Nicolas Roth This episode of Knowledge and its Producers talks to Bharti Lalwani, who is a perfumer and art critic as…
In my previous contribution to this forum, I proposed a dialogical approach to understanding Muslim virtue ethics that put Islam’s textual tradition into conversation with the lived practices of Muslims. Since virtue ethics is concerned…
“Praise be to God I’m no longer on that jāhilī app (aplikasi jahiliah),” the middle-aged man sitting beside me said when he caught a glimpse of me checking Twitter moments before our plane taxied down…
