Islam

Obama, Islam, and the American Religious Landscape

February 3, 2016

On Wednesday, February 3, President Barack Obama visited the Islamic Society of Baltimore, which was his first visit to a mosque in the U.S. while serving as president.... Read more about Obama, Islam, and the American Religious Landscape

Examining the Mysteries, and Myths, of the Veil

January 22, 2016

This past fall, Susanna Drake taught a seminar on one of the most contentious religious objects in the world today: the veil.... Read more about Examining the Mysteries, and Myths, of the Veil

Jesus in the Quran

December 21, 2015

The fifth and final post on the Quran by Francis X. Clooney, S.J., HDS professor and director of the Center for the Study of World Religions

Maryam, Mother of Jesus, in the Quran

December 18, 2015

Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., the director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, continues exploring "The Study Quran," this time on the theme of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.

Clooney: How Are We to Understand Violence in the Quran?

December 15, 2015

HDS Professor Frank Clooney's third installment in America Magazine on the Study Quran.

Studying the Quran as a Catholic

December 11, 2015

HDS's Clooney on 'The Study Quran' in Advent.

HDS's Frank Clooney on Trump, Islam, and Ignorance

December 8, 2015

HDS professor Francis Clooney, S.J. writes in American Magazine that Donald Trump's latest call to exclusion is not only deeply offensive to Muslims, it is an abomination to people of other faith traditions as well.

Drawing Parallels Between The Paris Attacks and The Boston Bombings

November 17, 2015

Visiting Professor of Religion and Politics Jocelyne Cesari speaks with NPR following the November 13 attacks in Paris.

Battling Religious Illiteracy

November 5, 2015

Professor Ali Asani, director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard, discusses the worldwide erosion of pluralism when it comes to respecting beliefs.

Poetry, Conflict, and Context

October 13, 2015

Eliza Griswold has traveled the world researching conflicts.

Over the summer, The New York Times Magazine published her article "Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East?" For her first book, The Tenth Parallel, she spent years traveling in Africa and Asia along the fault line where Christianity and Islam intersect and interact.... Read more about Poetry, Conflict, and Context

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Islam

Obama, Islam, and the American Religious Landscape

Examining the Mysteries, and Myths, of the Veil

Jesus in the Quran

Maryam, Mother of Jesus, in the Quran

Clooney: How Are We to Understand Violence in the Quran?

Studying the Quran as a Catholic

HDS's Frank Clooney on Trump, Islam, and Ignorance

Drawing Parallels Between The Paris Attacks and The Boston Bombings

Battling Religious Illiteracy

Poetry, Conflict, and Context

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