Papers are invited for an international conference to be jointly organized by: – the EurIslam network, based at the University of Strasbourg – http://www.eurislam.info/index_EN.html – Centre for European Islamic Thought (CEIT), at the University of Copenhagen – http://www.teol.ku.dk/english/dept/ceit_eng/ The conference will take place Wednesday to Friday 6-8 October 2010 in Copenhagen. The conference was originally…
Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan joined John L. Esposito in a conversation exploring the challenges of confronting the status quo and promoting radical reform in Islam and the Muslim world. Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the Oxford University and President of the European think tank European Muslim Network in Brussels. His…
The number of Muslim MPs has doubled to eight in the closest elections in decades and saw the first three Muslim women — all Labour — elected to the 650-member House of Commons, the Muslim News reports. In addition, the first Conservatives have gained their first two Muslim MPs. Over 90 Muslim candidates of various…
