February, 2012

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Education
 The Fairfax Institute (TFI)
 
Online and Onsite courses
Publications
Featured Scholar
 
Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award
 
eventsRecent Activities

A New Era for Democracy in the Arab World? 

From left to right: Dr. Haddam, Dr. AlShingeiti, Dr. Khan, Dr. Nimer

 

IIIT held its first seminar for the year 2012 on Thursday, January 5th at its offices in Herndon, Virginia. The three-hour panel discussion focused on the recently held elections in Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt and the debate that ensued after Islamist parties in the three countries achieved significant electoral victories. They won absolute majority in the Egyptian Parliament and significant votes in Tunisia and Morocco that allowed them to form strong coalition governments in the two countries. The main panelists were...More...

 

American University Students Visit IIIT

Top left to right: Dr. Haddam, Dr. Shingeiti, Dr. Ahmad, & Dr. Nimer

Center bottom: Students at IIIT

American University students attend lecture at IIIT presented by Dr. Anwar Haddam, Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad and Dr. Mohammad Nimer.

iiitofficesAffiliates 
Left to right: Dr. Raed Okasha, Dr. Fathi Malkawi, Dr. Abdallah Al Kilani

 

The International Institute of Islamic Thought, Jordan Office, organized a workshop on Saturday, January 28, 2012 that discussed the development of a Master's Degree program in Contemporary Islamic Thought. This program could be adopted by different universities and adapted to their needs. Thirty scholars from different universities and fields of study participated in the workshop....More 

Women's Empowerment: Paradigms, Sources, Methodologies

A three-day international conference on "Women's Empowerment: Paradigms, Sources, Methodologies" was inaugurated in Calicut, Kerala, India on January 6-8, 2012 by economist Dr Abusaleh Shariff with an address on "Gender Empowerment in India: Concept, Measurement and Policy." The conference was organized by the Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) in collaboration with National Women's Front. More... 

publicationsNew Releases
upcomingeventsUpcoming Events 
Seminars and Awards
  1. The Question of Identity: What is Our Role? Panelists include Prof. Clovis Maqsoud, Dr. Mohammad Nimer, Dr. Mohamad Finaish, and Dr. Anwar Haddam.

  2. AMSS (UK) Building Bridges Award 2012 will be presented to Professor Nabil Matar, Presidential Professor, Department of English and History, Unviersity of Minnesota.

studentsSummer Students Program

 

IIIT's annual Summer Students Program for 2012, which will run for five and a half weeks between Monday, June 11 and Wednesday, July 18, 2012. The program is designed for senior undergraduate and graduate students who are majoring in the humanities or social science disciplines and... More...

scholarsSummer Institute for Scholars

 

IIIT's fifth Summer Institute for Scholars will convene this year from July 9 -18, 2012. The purpose of the Summer Institute is to bring together and engage senior and young scholars with a particular interest or expertise in Qur'anic studies or Sunna in focused, organized discussions of topics related to a contemporary understanding and articulation of issues involving Qur'an and Sunna. The specific objectives of the seminar are ... More...

featuredscholarFeatured Scholar
Professor Sulayman Nyang: Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof. Sulayman Nyang
  
Professor Sulayman Nyang, Member, IIIT Council of Scholars and Howard University Professor of African Studies, received the Howard University Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2011.
 
Eight years ago, Sulayman S. Nyang, Ph.D., lay in a hospital ... More...

 

�Reprinted with permission from Howard University's Capstone. 

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