ACMCU invites you to attend the following presentation on Wednesday, January 22nd at 11:00 a.m., “Religious Pluralism in Indonesia,” featuring Fr. Hariawan Adji. Event This talk will be on…
In March of 2019, Dr. John L. Esposito was keynote speaker at a scientific conference, Political Islam: An Attempt to Define It, hosted by The Islamic Community in Austria. His keynote…
In the Fall of 2019, ACMCU hosted the Yalla Ila Amrika Panel featuring four expert scholars talking about the Arab Christian diaspora in Latin America.
In April of 2019, Dr. Saadia Yacoob gave a talk at ACMCU on the topic of Gender in Early Islamic Law. This conversation was recorded after her presentation this past…
Play Youtube Video “Beyond Timbuktu,” a book talk with Dr. Ousmane Kane In October 2019, Dr. Ousmane Kane presented at ACMCU a book talk on his new book Beyond Timbuktu:…
Play Youtube Video Description: On Wednesday, October 9th, Dr. Muqtedar Khan spoke at ACMCU and gave a presentation on the topics covered in his new book, Islam and Good…
On this episode of Building Bridges, we speak with Dr. Yasir Qadhi, Dean of Academic Affairs at the Islamic Seminary of America on the history of Salafism and the changing…
“Political Islam” is a constantly changing force in global politics. It is the term frequently used to designate movements that explicitly call for application of Islamic principles in modern political…
Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia and Associate Teaching Professor Dr. Lily Rahim gives a talk entitled, “Regime Change, Resurgent Ethno-Religious Nationalists & Ambivalent Democrats: The Challenge of Democratization…
Najah Bazzy founded Zaman International, a nonprofit that has provided basic necessities, education and job training to more than 250,000 women and children of all backgrounds in…
Play Youtube Video Description: In September of 2019, ACMCU presented a book talk featuring Dr. Mohammad Hassan Khalil entitled, “Islam and the New Atheism.” This video showcases that presentation in…
“Muslim thinkers have long debated the impact of secularism in their societies. This article examines “the rejectionist approach” to the question of secularism as articulated by a renowned Muslim intellectual,…
Professor John L. Esposito answered questions as several members of the Central Connecticut community gathered to hear him discuss islamophobia and terrorism in the age of Trump in the Torp…
Our hearts break with the community of Halle, Germany where a gunman attempted an attack on a synagogue on this holy day of Yom Kippur. We grieve with the families…
On this episode of ACMCU's Building Bridges Podcast, we talk with Dr. Liz Bucar, Professor of Religion and Dean’s Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University in Boston.
Dr. Jonathan A.C. Brown’s new book Slavery & Islam (Oneworld, 2019) reviewed by The Economist. “FOR ANY system of belief that vests ultimate authority in the past, slavery is…
"We can’t fight domestic terror groups efficiently until the law treats them the way we treat foreign ones." | Ali H. Soufan - The New York Times. Mr. Soufan is…
The reassertion of religion in politics and society is signaling a process of de-secularization which has seen religion as a major factor and challenge in domestic and international politics. This…
