Islam and Islamism in Turkey: A Conversation with İsmail Kara
…[For example, folk Islam in Central Asia was seen as reactionary compared to new modernist Islam (i.e. the jadid movement) during imperial Russia. But when we came to the Cold…
A Database of Summer Language Programs in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
…Blackboard, so students cannot take the test until they have been admitted and have a university NetID and password. Students who do not take the online language placement test prior…
Scientific Literacy for Madrasa Graduates: A Project for Religious Renewal at the University of Notre Dame
…(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984). [42] Friedman, Accelerations, 35. [43] http://reillytop10.com/. [44] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/saudi-arabia-gives-robot-citizenshipand-more-freedoms-human-women-180967007/. [45] http://tajdid.irst.in/. ] [46] https://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/about/research-areas/muslim-humanities/madrasa-discourses/; scroll down to see the video trailer embedded in the website….
An interview with Abdulaziz Sachedina on His Life and Scholarship
…That was something to which I was committed. I regarded the new approach to be a key to reform and changes we were seeking in the Muslim community. I am…
Jerusalem’s Haram al-Sharif: Crucible of Conflict and Control
…of Foreign Affairs, 26 October 1994, http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/foreignpolicy/peace/guide/pages/israel-jordan%20peace%20treaty.aspx. [25] For more, see “Jordan, Palestine Sign ‘Historic’ Agreement to Protect al Aqsa,” Jordan Times, 31 March 2013, http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordan-palestine-sign-historic%E2%80%99-agreement-protect-al-aqsa. [26] On the murder…
From the Madrassa to the Seminary: Training Programs for Aspiring American Muslim Professionals
…the shared aim of training highly competent religious scholars and community builders. Funding needs, and the near absence of financial compensation for teachers with very high experience levels, is indicative…
“Feel-good Orientalism and the Question of Dignity” | A Review Essay on Emily Greble’s Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe
Review Essay by Dženita Karić, Harun Buljina, and Piro Rexhepi. Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe by Emily Greble. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. 376 pages. $35.00 Agency:…
Preparing for Comprehensive Exams in Near Eastern & Islamic Studies
…share of exams, tests, and papers. You know how to cram for a final exam, how to write a 10-page research paper in as many hours, and how to talk…
[Maydan Book Forum] The Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought by Andrew March (Harvard University Press, 2019)
…is bounded by time and space. In a Sunni account, the contingent nature of their compensation reduces their normative force, failing to satisfy the comprehensive demands of justice. Secular commands…
Produce, Consume, Conserve: An Essay Roundtable on Egyptian Popular Culture
…and, in November 2019, the first non-Egyptian guest: Algerian poet-translator Salah Badis. New online forms have birthed new possibilities. Rakha’s digital literary salon has spawned new video and audio forms…