The Women's Khutbah Book is the first-ever collection of contemporary Muslim women’s khutbahs (sermons) drawing on their social, religious, and spiritual experiences.
Hajar or Hagar, an enslaved black woman from Egypt and the second wife to Abraham, occupies a significant place in the Islamic tradition. She is celebrated for her unwavering faith, resilience, and her role as the mother of Isma'il.
How can we build more just, equal, and spiritually nourishing Muslim marriages and intimate relationships? How does the Qur’an guide us in shaping this relationship that helps us realize our better selves? In
At the American Academy of Religion in Denver, Colorado on the 19 November, 2022 was the first launch of “The Women’s Khutbah Book: Contemporary Sermons on Spirituality and Justice from around the World.” Co-authored and co-e
Andrea Brigaglia analyses Khadh‘ al-waram min al-khawārij al-Shīkawiyya bi-bay‘at ahl al-karam (Slicing off the Tumour of Shekau's Kharijites, in Pledging Allegiance to the Honourable One
On behalf of the Centre for Contemporary Islam (CCI) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, we are pleased to announce the release of our most recent edition of the Annual Review of Islam in Africa (ARIA). T
Funded by the Oppenheimer Africa Project, in cooperation with the Centre for African Studies (UCT), the Tombouctou Manuscripts Project (HUMA, UCT), and the Centre for Contemporary Islam (UCT), This workshop will take place in c
The focus of this conference will be the Islamic manuscripts produced in sub-Saharan Africa, either in Arabic or in local languages written in the Arabic alphabet (‘ajami).
The aim of the conference is to gather contributions on the dif
