Author: Anver Emon
Professor Anver M. Emon, co-author and principal research of “Under Layered Suspicion: A Review of CRA Audits of Muslim-led Charities” provides a walkthrough of the report. In each video he unpacks the careful reading and analysis of audit track records and public policies which give insight into the ways systemic biases and prejudicial practices emerge in audits of Muslim-led charities.
Anver Emon is the Director of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto, where he serves as a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the Department of History. Dr. Emon is also the Canada Research Chair in Islamic Law and History, and one of the Principal Investigators in the Reading Muslims Project. Dr. Emon’s extensive research career focuses on premodern and modern Islamic legal history and theory; premodern modes of governance and adjudication; and the role of Shari’a both inside and outside the Muslim world.
Location: Zoom | Time: 12 pm to 2 pm EST | Date: Friday, May 16, 2025 Register Here Workshop Presenter: Dilyara Agisheva Dilyara Agisheva is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto. Our workshop series aims to investigate the transformations in Islamic law under the influence of imperial powers, colonialism, and the modern state. Since […]
April 30, 2025
The Islamic Art and Material Culture Collaborative (IAMCC) program is excited to support a graduate internship opportunity with the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). The intern will provide essential support to the Senior Curator of Islamic World and Collection Specialists on projects centred around Islamic the ROM’s collection of modern Middle Eastern dress and heritage arts, […]
March 17, 2025
The University of Toronto’s Institute of Islamic Studies and the Shi‘a Research Institute invite paper proposals for an international conference on “The Quran and Shi‘i Islam: Texts, Studies, Legacies” to be held in Toronto, Canada, from August 25-26, 2025. Call for Papers A boundless spring of inspiration throughout Islamic history, the Quran has stimulated a […]
March 12, 2025