University of Toronto
We’re very excited to share some updates from the Reading Muslims project, as we develop the project throughout the year ahead. About Reading MuslimsReading Muslims is an interdisciplinary conversation on the role of texts and textuality within …
[Read more...] about Reading Muslims: Launch webinar on Jan 21
A report was recently published by the Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS), led by Dr. Sarah Shah, on the status of health data and research on Canadian Muslims. The paper titled “Canadian Muslim Health Exceptionalism—Community Consultation” is …
[Read more...] about IIS Occasional Paper Series: Canadian Muslim Health Exceptionalism
Earlier this month we had the honour of hosting Khaled Fahmy - Professor of Arabic Studies, Cambridge University - for a week-long engagement at the Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS). Public LectureKhaled Fahmy’s visit contained a public lecture …
[Read more...] about Visiting Lecturer: Reflections from Khaled Fahmy’s lecture series
To introduce communities to the Muslims in Canada Archives (MiCA), project lead - Moska Rokay - will be hosting three virtual sessions from December 2020 through January 2021. The sessions will be held on Zoom and will be recorded (in true …
[Read more...] about Muslims in Canada Archives: Webinar Series
On Oct 16th, a French schoolteacher in the suburbs of Paris named Samuel Paty was murdered by a Muslim man for showing his classroom caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The aftermath has placed Islam and Muslims under scrutiny with the government …
