This workshop concerns the primary sources associated with Sufi studies and will be conducted by Dr. Gavin Picken, with contributions from CIS alumnus, Osman Qazi. This is the first in a series of workshops that aims to provide an opportunity to engage with a variety of primary sources associated with the discipline of Islamic studies broadly conceived.
The Islamic Institute for Development & Research (IIDR), in partnership with the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and the Minaretein Centre, brings for the first time in Qatar its most popular public education course — Journey through the Quran. The course will cover all 114 chapters of the Quran in four days course in
Orientalism has been rightly held accountable for complicity with colonialism, empire, prejudice, and racism. The wave of critique that was launched against it over the last half century did nothing but insulate it, if not strengthen it, through vaccination and mutation. Held as a part of the Dean’s Foresight Talks series, the lecture will explore the significance of this phenomenon to many academic disciplines and how remolded Orientalism must lead the way in redefining the modern and freeing it from its malevolent tendencies.
Despite the contemporary discipline of psychology being only a little over hundred years old, Islamic scholars have been discussing human psychology for over a millennium. This lecture will explore some of the discussions of human psychology found within the classical Islamic scholarly heritage, with a particular focus on how contemporary
Following the four successful editions of the International Conference on Islamic Finance (ICIF), the Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (CIEF) at the College of Islamic Studies (CIS), at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), with the support of the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority, is organizing the fifth ICIF, scheduled to be held on October 09 - 11, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.
In partnership with Qatar Gas, Maker Majlis is organizing a workshop "Ideathon on
This workshop will discuss what Islamic Shari’a aims to achieve through its provisions, and will explain the major responsibilities in building an integrated human personality that would be able to participate in the renaissance procession. The workshop will also shed light on the importance of ethics and its relevance to religion. The workshop will be held every Monday of January 2022.