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Date: April 13 | Time: 3:00 – 5:00PM | Location: OISE Room 5150, 252 Bloor St W, Toronto  Register Here Description: An ethnography of Islamic Relief (IR), the largest Islamic NGO based in the West, Racializing the Ummah explores how a Muslim organization can do good in a world that defines Muslimness as less than human. Rooted in more than a decade of international research, Rhea Rahman’s study on […]

How do concepts of martyrdom and sacrifice play a role in constructing anti-Islamic discourse? This piece reflects on the ninth century Córdoban martyr movement as a key watershed moment in which anti-Islamic discourse manifests and propels the cause itself. The afterlife of the ‘Martyrs of Córdoba’ movement survives, is commemorated and memorialized as a pinnacle episode in the ‘struggle’ against the ‘pernicious’ forces of Islamic conquest.

Can there be epistemic defiance when reckoning with the knowledge that one’s religious identity has been distilled, caricatured, interrogated and misrepresented throughout the ages?

The Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS), in partnership with Islamic Relief Canada (IRC) are excited to launch a new data report titled: Canadian Muslim Demographics, Socioeconomics, Social Attitudes, and Experiential Outcomes. The report offers a data analysis of the makeup of Canadian Muslim communities and how they are evolving over time. BackgroundIn 2023, IRC approached […]