Eid al-Adha Mubarak from the CIHA Blog
Happy Eid al-Adha to all our Muslim readers and others who celebrate. Millions of Muslims celebrate Eid once again during a pandemic that has had a devastating impact on their […]
Islam
International Forum on “Today’s Islamic Feminisms: National and Transnational Perspectives”
Today we call your attention to an upcoming international forum taking place in Fès, Morocco on the theme of Islamic Feminism. At CIHA, we often highlight religious voices to […]
Religion, Security and Africa: Rhetorical use of Islam to justify U.S. military involvement in North and West Africa
By Emeizmi Mandagi (University of California, Irvine and CIHA Blog intern)
This post looks at the relationship between increased military interventions and humanitarian assistance in parts of Africa to understand how […]
Valuable Lessons of 2016
by Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar
As we ready ourselves for the coming year, we typically reflect on the events of the past year. What are the lessons we need to learn, […]
Rapport sur le Forum du Magal de Touba du 29 au 30 Octobre 2016 à Dakar / From Dakar: Report on the Magal of Touba Forum, 29-30 October, 2016
Towards Intersectional Social Justice: Confronting Homophobia in Our Communities / Vers une justice sociale integrative : Se confronter à l’homophobie dans nos communautés
We are pleased to post this sermon by our contributor and friend Imam Rashied Omar from Cape Town, as part of our effort to provide critical religious perspectives […]
Track Changes: Context and Boko Haram
In our ongoing series, “Track Changes,” we link to online content that we have found to be problematic in its assumptions, framing, or language and provide a question or thought(s) […]