The city of al-Qata’i’ was founded by Ahmad Ibn Tulun in 870 A.D., being the third capital of Islamic Egypt, after those of al-Fustat and al-Askar. Historical sources tell us that it had splendid buildings never seen before in Egypt, since the time of the Ptolemies.
This workshop will serve as an introduction to Islamic geometric art for all skill levels. Students will learn how to create their own patterns and work with different mediums, including watercolors, pearl colors, and gold sheets. All supplies and materials needed for the workshop will be provided.
The workshop will be held in English; Arabic speakers are welcome.
Izyico is transforming the payment processing experience for businesses through its bank-integrated, fraud-protected payment platform tailored to the nuances of the Turkish market. The founders saw the potential of online payments in Turkey and launched Izyico with the support of an angel investor in 2013. Izyico's two API platforms, IzyiCollect and IzyiConnect, connect banks and payment companies with merchants, enabling merchants to accept online payments in the easiest and safest manner.
Islamic finance industry is run by multiple players: Islamic scholars, regulators and practitioners. But who is actually running the show? Is it one of them or by all the players altogether?
Speaker: Prof. Volker Nienhaus
The last four years have witnessed an escalation of hate speech and violent acts against religious and ethnic minorities in the West. Among the leading causes are ignorance about the other, the dissolution of social and political bonds, rabid nationalism, white supremacy, and political leaders, who through their popular discourse, encouraged the “othering” of religious and ethnic minorities.
Muhammad bin al-Hasan al-Shaybani (d. 189/805) was one of the earliest Muslim jurists who wrote abundantly on issues under the ‘Siyar’ genre, which today fall under the discipline of international relations.
The goal of this roundtable series was to create a forum for understanding and enhancing the field of Islamic economics and finance, by fostering an open dialogue among industry leaders and academia while providing an opportunity for students to become more involved in the industry.
Following the previous three successful editions of the International Conference on Islamic Finance (ICIF), the Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (CIEF) in the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) at HBKU, with the support of the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) authority, is organizing the fourth ICIF, scheduled to be held on April 6 – 8, 2021 in Doha, Qatar.
#IslamGenZ is a two-day panel discussion and debate on the topics “
In a public lecture given at Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Dr Masooda Bano (Oxford University) presented her continuing project on the study of centers of Islamic authority. The “ambitious project”, as she defines it, is expected to take 5 to 6 years to be finalized. It aims to study ongoing reform attempts both in the “majority