Tag Archives: Middle East
CFP Deadline: April 15, Special Issue on Kurdish Islam
[ March 15, 2013 to April 15, 2013. ] Lately, Kurdish Islamic cultural repertoires and public religious symbolism have become a significant issue in defining contentious ethnic politics in Kurdish-populated regions in the Middle East. Despite its growing importance especially after the Arab Spring, the topic remains to be understudied among scholars. Sociology of Islam, a peer reviewed quarterly journal published by BRILL plans [...]
Kafaru Tinubu Memorial Ramadan Lecture: Fashola calls for religious harmony in Nigeria
EU program seeks to modernize higher education in Middle East and North Africa
Patriarch Kirill links religious extremism to poor knowledge of religion
Christianity and Islam in the Context of Contemporary Culture
Christianity and Islam in the Context of Contemporary Culture: Perspectives of Interfaith Dialogue from Russia and theMiddle East. This joint UNESCO-Beirut and UNESCO-Moscow publication presents results of a joint international research project to provide a systematic cross-cultural analysis of fundamental problems and actual perspectives of interfaith dialogue between Christianity and Islam, as seen from Russia [...]