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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AJISS CALL FOR PAPERS 2013
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The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS) will be producing a special issue on Islamist Spring? Islamists and the State: New Paradigms and Engagements, to be published in July 2013. To submit a research paper, a book review, or a shorter reflection piece for consideration, please refer to the Call for Papers for guidelines. Click here for more information on AJISS (external site). Submission deadline January 15th 2013.
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NEW TITLES FOR MARCH 2012
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Two new titles will be published in March 2012 by IIIT London Office. These titles are: Anthropomorphic Depictions of God: The Concept of God in Judaic, Christian and Islamic Traditions - Representing the Unrepresentable; and Ocassional Paper No. 20: Maqasid Al-Shariah, Ijtihad and Civilisation Renewal. Click here for the new publications flyer. Click here for the publications page.
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ARABIC TRANSLATIONS PUBLISHED
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Arabic translations of three Maqasid themed Occasion Papers have been published:
* OP13: MAQASID
AL-SHARIAH MADE SIMPLE by Mohammad Hashim Kamali
* OP14: MAQASID AL-SHARIAH A BEGINNER'S
GUIDE by Jasser Auda
* OP15: THE
ISLAMIC VISION OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE LIGHT OF MAQASID
AL-SHARIAH by Mohammad Umer Chapra
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LECTURE - 28TH MARCH 2012
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A lecture by Professor Nabil Matar entitled "HENRY STUBBE AND THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD: CHALLENGING MISREPRESENTATION " was given on Wednesday 28th March 2012 at the University of Cambridge. At the lecture, Professor Matar was presented with the AMSS (UK) Building Bridges Award 2012 for pioneering scholarship on the relationship between Islamic civilisation and early modern Europe as well as raising awareness of the historical roots of Western perceptions of Islam. Click here for award press release. Click here for event & award flyer. Click here for lecture booklet and programme.
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BOSNIAN TRANSLATION OF 'FAITH' LECTURE PUBLISHED MARCH 2011
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A Bosnian translation of the lecture "Is Religion Making Itself Irrelevant?" has been published in the March 2011 issue of Muallim, a leading Bosnian Journal. The lecture was originally written and presented in English by Dr Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali, CBE, Chair of AMSS UK, at the Future of Faith in the Age of Globalisation conference held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 19-20 September 2010. Click here for more information on the conference and its themes.
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NEW TITLES FOR SEPTEMBER 2011
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Seven new titles were published in September 2011 by IIIT London Office. These titles cover: Ethics of Disagreement in Islam; Al-Shura (Consultation); Apostasy in Islam; Qur'anic Worldview; Malek Bennabi's Approach to Civilisation; Interfaith Dialogue; Towards Reformation (Islamic Law and Jurisprudence). Click here for the publications page.
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ISLAMOPHOBIA PAPERS PUBLISHED BY OUP 2011
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Oxford University Press published in 2011 Islamophobia: The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century, edited by John L. Esposito and Ibrahim Kalin. Dr Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali, CBE, chair of AMSS UK, contributed a paper entitled Islamophobic Discourse Masquerading as Art and Literature: Combating Myth through Progressive Education. Click here for more information abou the publication on the publisher's website.
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LECTURE - 3RD JUNE 2011
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A lecture by Professor Jack Goody, KBE entitled "EUROPE AND THE NEAR EAST:
THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF METALS" was given on Friday 3rd June 2011 at the Unversity of Westminster, London. Click here for more information on the lecture and the speaker (external link to AMSS UK website). Click here for lecture programme. The AMSS Building Bridges Award for 2011 was awarded to Professor Goody at the event. Click here for award press release.
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BOOK REVIEWS - APRIL 2011
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Two separate Occasional papers on the theme of Maqasid Al-Shariah written by Mohammad Hashim Kamali and Jasser Auda have been reviewed in the Arabic edition of Asharq Al-Awsat. Click here to read the review in full (external link to the Asharq Al-Awsat website). Publications are in English and the review is in Arabic.
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INTERVIEW - MARCH 2011
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Dr Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali CBE, Academic Advisor to the IIIT in London UK, has recently been interviewed for the Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat. Click here to read the Arabic interview in full (external link to the Asharq Al-Awsat website).
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ONE DAY CONFERENCE - POSTPONED UNTIL 2012
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THIS CONFERENCE HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL 2012.
A one day conference on Western Muslim Intellectuals & the Challenge of Islamic religious Reform will be held at Westminster University, London, UK. This conference seeks to focus mainly on the possible
contribution of the western-based muslim intellectuals
to religious reform, assessing their claims and examining
the evidence from historical experience.
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ISMAIL Al-FARUQI SEMINAR IN JUNE 2010
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A 2-day international seminar on The Legacy of Ismail Al-Faruqi: Thought and Institution was held 6-7 June 2010 at Westminster University, London, UK.
For the conference programme click here. For a review of the conference click here. More photos of the conference are available here.
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OUR SHARED EUROPE PROJECT - ROUNDTABLE MEETING
4TH MAY 2010
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| Dr. Anas Al-Shaikh Ali, CBE attended a roundtable meeting of friends and partners of the British Council "Our Shared Europe" project, London Tuesday 4th May 2010. More information... |
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ALLIANACE OF CIVILISATIONS ADDRESS
30TH MARCH 2010
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Dr. Anas Al-Shaikh Ali, CBE addressed the first group of fellows of the Alliance of Civilisations at an event organised by, and held at, the British Council London UK on Tuesday 30th March 2010. More information... |
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IIIT LONDON OFFICE ACADEMIC ADVISOR
ON THE QUEEN'S HONOURS LIST
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Dr. Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali, Director and Academic Advisor, IIIT London Office, has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for June 2009 by being awarded a CBE (Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). The citation in The London Gazette reads as follows: Dr. Anas Al-Shaikh Ali, Academic Advisor, London Office, International Institute of Islamic Thought. For Services to Community Relations. |
According to Directgov website the “honours are given to people from all walks of life and all sections of society who have made a difference to their community. There are several different types of award, each one recognising a different type of contribution.” It adds that “the British honours system is one of the oldest in the world. It has evolved over 650 years as the country has found alternative means of recognising merit, gallantry and service”.
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IIIT BOOK WINS ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR TRANSLATION 2008
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Ibn Ashur: Treatise on Maqasid Al-Shariah (translated by Dr. Mohammad
Al-Tahir Al-Mesawi) has won the prestigious 2008 Abdullah Bin
Abdulaziz Award for Translation in the Humanities from Arabic to other
languages category. The Award recognizes excellence in translation and
is given to distinguished works of translation and prominent
institutions which have contributed significantly to the field of translation from and into Arabic. The award was established in 2006. |
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The IIIT London Office was established in 1987 as a branch of the main IIIT Head Office in the United States. An
intellectual cultural foundation the Institute aims to provide a comprehensive
Islamic outlook to relevant issues of contemporary thought.
The London
office oversees the production of English
Language titles as well as commissioning translations and promoting the objectives and work
of the Institute both in the UK and Europe.
As well as producing
publications in English the London Office has produced an Occasional Paper Series as well as audio and CD versions of a selection of the latter.
The London Office is also involved in the organisation of conferences seminars and workshops and to date has
organised over ninety conferences, seminars and workshops, as well as
management skills training programmes throughout the UK and Europe.
PRESS
RELEASES:
Previous press releases can be viewed on the
archive page.
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AUTHENTIC-ATION OF HADITH
by Israr Ahmad Khan
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£10.00, US$14.95
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£16.00, US$24.95
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WHERE EAST MEETS WEST
by Mona Abul-Fadl
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£8.95, US$9.95
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£12.95, US$19.95
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Fiqh for
Minorities (revised)
by Taha Jabir
al-Alwani
PBK: £4.50, US$3.50
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This
publication is No. 18 in the IIIT Occasional
Paper Series. |
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The People on the Edge
by Abdelwahab El-Affendi
PBK: £4.50, US$3.50
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This
publication is No. 19 in the IIIT Occasional
Paper Series. |
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