In The Media

Muslim communities around the world have been facing unprecedented levels of war and destruction. Apart from the immense human toll of conflicts spanning regions ranging from sub–Saharan Africa, to the Middle East, or Central and South Asia, sites of Islamic cultural patrimony have suffered a near constant stream of destruction. The systematic looting of treasured artifacts and archives and the physical destruction of civilizational sites of learning and commemoration have accelerated the immeasurable loss of historical memory. The Abu Sulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies annual conference, "Reclaiming History: Islam and Cultural Patrimony" brings together scholars addressing the phenomenon of cultural destruction and its impact on historical memory in places such as, but not limited to, west Africa, the Balkans, Egypt, Yemen and Iraq, as well as South and Southeast Asia.  Join us on Thursday April 24 and Friday April 25, 2025.  

The Maydan, an online publication of the Ali Vural Ak Center, presents its new resource database and heat map for academic centers based in the US, Canada, Europe and Middle East/North Africa that have a particular focus on Islamic Studies.

"As the coronavirus pandemic upends Ramadan rituals, Muslims turn to their faith for guidance" | April 23, 2020

Maria Dakake, interim co-director, Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies and chair, Department of Religious Studies, took part in an interfaith panel, Religion: A Problem or Solution? offered at George Mason University.