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Monthly e-Newsletter January 2017
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"Traditionally and simply expressed,
al tawhid is the conviction and witnessing that "there is no god but God." This seemingly negative statement, brief to the utmost limits of brevity, carries the greatest and richest meanings in the whole of Islam. Sometimes a whole culture, a whole civilization, or a whole history lies compressed in one sentence. This certainly is the case of the
al kalimah (pronouncement) or
al shahadah of Islam. All the diversity, wealth and history, culture and learning, wisdom and civilization of Islam is compressed in this shortest of sentences -
la ilaaha illa Allah (There is no god but God)."
Al Tawhid,
Ismail Raji al Faruqi
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Dr. Ziauddin Sardar
is an internationally renowned writer, futurist and cultural critic. His is the author of over fifty books, including his classic studies, The Future of Muslim Civilization (1979) and Islamic Futures: The Shape of Ideas to Come (1985). His other books include Postmodernism and the Other (1998), Orientalism (1999), and the international bestseller Why Do People Hate America? (2002). A collection of his writings is available as Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures: A Ziauddin Sardar Reader (2003) and How Do You Know? Reading Ziauddin Sardar on Islam, Science and Cultural Relations (2006). His two volumes of autobiography, Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Skeptical Muslim and Balti Britain: A Provocative Journey Through Asian Britain, have received wide acclaim. His latest books Mecca: The Sacred City (2014) received several international awards. He established and Chaired the Muslim Institute, London, and wrote and presented many documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4. Prospect magazine named him as one of Britain's top 100 public intellectuals and The Independent newspaper calls him: 'Britain's own Muslim polymath'. A former editor of Futures, the journal of futures studies, planning and policy, he currently edits the innovative Critical Muslim quarterly.
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Scholarships From Around the Globe
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Dr. Ziauddin Sardar spoke at IIIT on the current political climate.
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Dr. Ousmane Kane spoke about the history of Muslims in West Africa.
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Dr. Ermin Sinanovic moderating the session with presentations by Dr. Madiha Tahseen and Dr. Nahid Kabir.
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Dr. John Esposito, Director of
The Bridge Initiative, Georgetown University, visited IIIT on January 18, 2017 with members of his team.
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Hartford Seminary
Professor Heidi Hadsell, President of the Hartford Seminary, together with the Dean of Academic Affairs Professor Scott Thumma visited IIIT on January 11th, 2017 and engaged in a half day meeting to review joint programs with IIIT as well as present new programs at Hartford Seminary that are of relevance to IIIT and its interests.
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The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Diyanet Center of
America (DCA) on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017.
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