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.
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 […]
October 31, 2025
Date Posted: 10/10/2025Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & ScienceDepartment: Institute of Islamic StudiesCampus: St. George (Downtown Toronto) 1. Islamic Studies after Gaza The Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS) at the University of Toronto invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Islamic Studies focused on the question of what it means to study “Islam” after Gaza. The successful candidate will […]
October 10, 2025
Location: JHB 100 | Time: 3 pm to 5 pm | Date: October 1, 2025Event Type: On-siteReception to FollowRegister HereOpen to the Public: Registration Required Panelists:Hadeel Abu Hussein (University of Toronto)Sultan Doughan (Goldsmiths University of London)Anver M. Emon (University of Toronto)Nahed Samour (Radboud University) Moderation:Schirin Amir-Moazami (Freie Universität Berlin)Amira Mittermaier (University of Toronto) Co-sponsorsSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of CanadaInstitute of Islamic […]
September 19, 2025