An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Lecture

Gallery Talk: Jonathan Brown on The Art of the Qur’an

Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., United States

Date Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 12 pm Details Discover the religious and historical importance of the exceptional manuscripts on view in the exhibition The Art of the Qur’an in this gallery talk by Jonathan Brown, associate professor of Islamic...

“Abduh and the Avicennian Synthesis”

Edward B. Bunn S.J. Intercultural Center, Room 241 Washington, DC, United States

Islamic Studies Lecture Series: Robert Wisnovsky, McGill University The lecture will be held in the CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241)

Understanding the History of Muslims in America

America's Islamic Heritage Museum 2315 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington D.C., DC, United States

With Historian and Curator Amir Muhammad. The presentation will look at early history and contributions of Muslims in America from pre-Columbus, the 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s and Muslims in Service of Our Country today. It...

Conversation: “Islam in Washington: Then and Now”

Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., United States

Did you know that Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, owned a translation of the Qur'an? That the first Muslims in the DC area arrived as slaves in the early 1600s? Or...