Islam in Media Roundup | 28 October – 3 November
…U.S.-Mexico border wall. Read More Worried about an Islamic State Comeback? Here’s why that’s Unlikely. Washington Post Yes, Trump pulled U.S. troops out of northern Syria, but many other factors…
“It Was a Memorable Day” – How the Black Death United the Population of Medieval Damascus
…ritual’s Day of Arafat. Moreover, the plague was uniting the diverse Damascus population against a common threat. The various religious groups were coming together and even praying in a similar…
Summer 2017 Journal Roundup
…on the journal sites. Please let us know if we have missed any journals or if you have questions at journals@themaydan.com. Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics [Special Issue: Literature…
March 19-25- Islam in Media Roundup
…More Saudi Arabia Says Revamping Education to Combat ‘Extremist Ideologies’ U.S. News Today Saudi Arabia is revamping its education curriculum to eradicate any trace of Muslim Brotherhood influence and will…
8 October – 14 October – Islam in Media Roundup
…and shown that her campaign to misrepresent Islam is complicit with forces that oppress women and refugees. Read More US university in Qatar scraps God debate after backlash France 24…
Islam in Media Roundup | 7 October – 13 October
…Commerce Department has issued a list of 28 state security bureaus and tech companies in China that it says are being used to suppress the country’s Uighur Muslims and other…
October 3 – 9
…a phone call. Now, the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a complaint against Southwest Airlines with the U.S. Department of Transportation. Read More…
Islam in Media Roundup | 25 November – 1 December
…us to question our assumptions about how members of Muslim and Jewish communities interact — especially as political tribalism and divisions become more entrenched on both sides of the Atlantic….
The Building Bridges Seminar: An Exercise in “Relational Theology”
…interpret the texts together.[7] “Interpretive hospitality” allows participants to be invited “into our questioning, not just into our answers.”[8] Participants learn about each tradition in all its complexity rather than…
Islam in Media Roundup 8-14 July
Albany mosque co-founder Shamshad Ahmad remembered as community pillar and bridge San Fransisco Chronicle Shamshad Ahmad, the president of an Albany mosque, a community leader, and University at Albany professor,…