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

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How Can a Text Free a Person? In Appreciation of the Qur’an’s Co-translators

By Timur R. Yuskaev  //  September 19, 2019November 24, 2019

Some ten years ago, in the summer of 2009, I heard a striking phrase. At the end of a lengthy conversation, after a long pause, my informal teacher, named Bilal, said, “You know, I was…

[Conference Reflections] An Academic Examination of Elijah Muhammad’s Contribution to the Ministry of Imam W. Deen Mohammed | by Zaid Adhami

By Zaid Adhami  //  November 29, 2018

There was an electrifying energy in the 400-person crowd throughout the day-long conference. The event was a one-of-a-kind conference, titled “An Academic Examination of Elijah Muhammad’s Contribution to the Ministry of Imam W. Deen Mohammed,”…

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