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Scene depicting a husband and wife accusing each other before a quadi (judge) from Les Makamat de Hariri (1054-1122). .

Encounters in medieval matrimony

17 May 2012

Scholars from five different institutions, and both Christian and Muslim backgrounds, will gather in Cambridge tomorrow to look at medieval Islamic...

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Beijing

Islamic scholars head to Beijing for “Cambridge in China” conference

10 May 2012

A conference exploring Chinese perspectives of the Middle East and the Islamic world, at a time when China’s interest in the region is growing, will...

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Islamic Bank of Britain.

Zero interest and growing fast

25 Apr 2012

From humble beginnings, Islamic finance is now a trillion dollar industry and growing at a rate some in the West find alarming. A new analysis...

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Marrakech rooftops

Cambridge in Morocco

16 Apr 2012

In the midst of the historic changes that are affecting much of the Arab world, a team of Cambridge researchers are visiting Morocco to explore new...

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Cambridge

A shared future based on a shared past

28 Mar 2012

A conference which aims to bridge the gap between academic research on Islam and public opinion regarding Muslims in the West will take place in...

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Sign reading "Allah"

Narratives of Conversion

27 Jan 2012

A project concluding this weekend examines why women choose to convert to Islam – and what the experience is like.

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The Third Temple of Solomon under construction in Sao Paolo

Belief and beyond

23 Oct 2011

In a Festival of Ideas talk for the public this Tuesday, Cambridge University academic Dr David Lehmann will discuss the enduring power of...

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David Ford

Literature and Religion in Cheltenham

12 Oct 2011

Professor David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity and Director of the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme, reflects on the first project in an exciting...

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Coexistences.

Intertwined Worlds

09 Sep 2011

A conference which aims to establish wider recognition for a "Judaeo-Islamic tradition"; the shared, cultural past common to Muslims, Arabs and Jews...

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Sarajevo

Cambridge in Sarajevo

07 May 2011

Islamic Studies specialists from the Universities of Cambridge and Sarajevo are to exchange perspectives on religion and politics in a country which...

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Safinatun Najah School - In the class

Classroom lessons in Islamic reform

08 Apr 2011

A Cambridge conference is set to reveal how Islamic faith schools, and other educational institutions, are adapting to far more than political...

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Scriptural reasoning.

All in the script

05 Apr 2011

The power of “scriptural reasoning” to transform the way in which different faiths understand one another is to be the subject of a major lecture in...

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