John Louis Esposito (1940-2026)

1.CALL FOR PAPERS: Arab Media and Society Issues 42 & 43, Summer/Fall 2026 on “Media Transformation and the Public Sphere” Arab media have long played a central role in shaping public life, political debate, cultural identity, and social imagination across the region. From the rise of the pan-Arab press and

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A Medinese scholar in Injuid Shiraz: Shams al-Dīn al-Zarandī and his theorisation of Sunni imamophilism

1.‘Mecca reoriented: alms, rice, and the marketplace’ J Meloy JRAS, 2026 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/mecca-reoriented-alms-rice-and-the-marketplace/EA1AE76FFF00C28803416F1C270C9BCE?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles           2. The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of Washington calls for submissions for the third cycle of the Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature.  Please find the

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1. Lecture Series on Chinese Muslims by Marie-Paule Hille The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, is hosting a two-part lecture series by Dr. Marie-Paule Hille on July 28, 2026. The lectures will be held in a hybrid format, combining in-person and online participation. The lecture titles

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1.Ferdowsi Summer School Two upcoming online summer courses, which will start this August. The first online course, titled The Shahname: Introduction to the Iranian Epic, is a weekly course held every Friday for two hours. It is designed for anyone interested in a fast but thorough philological and linguistic introduction

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1. The Islamic Art Museumscape: The Jameel Gallery 20th Anniversary Conference – 17th July The V&A’s Jameel Gallery for the Islamic Middle East turns 20 years old in 2026. In this conference, museum professionals and art historians from around the world discuss current trends and issues effecting the presentation of

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2025, Volume 18, Number 1-2, Spring 2025 (Published in 2026)

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/past-issues/

Symbolism and Allegory in Nāṣir Khusraw’s Safarnāmah: A Comparative Analysis with his Confession-Ode

Dawood Mirza

pp. 5-28

Grounded and Groundless Ontologies in Comparison: A Critical Re-Evaluation of Comparative Studies between Mullā Ṣadrā
and Heidegger

Boumediene Hamzi

pp. 29-96

From Moral Counsel to Political Vision: Khumaynī’s Intertextual
Engagement with Nahj al-Balāghah

Sara Abidi

pp. 97-122

Book Reviews

Ashura: Transcendence in Lament by Ayaz Ali and Saarah Bokhari, 2025

Babak Rahimi

pp. 123-127

Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life: New Frontiers in Science and Religion,
edited by Shoaib Ahmed Malik and Jörg Matthias Determann, 2024

Abdullah Ansar

pp. 127-134

The Fatimids: Portrait of a Dynasty by Delia Cortese, 2025

Amir De Martino

pp. 135-142

Malaika and the Seven Heavens: A Memoir of My Encounters with Islam by Toyin Falola, 2023

Huzaifa Dokaji

pp. 143-148

Marital and Sexual Ethics in Islamic Law: Rethinking Temporary Marriage by
Roshan Iqbal, 2023

Saba Fatima

pp. 149-152

1. Prix Avicenne de l’Académie royale de Belgique en hommage à Simone Van Riet (2epériode quadriennale, 2022-2025) Créé 2020, ce prix international est destiné à encourager la recherche et les publications dans les disciplines cultivées par Simone Van Riet, à savoir l’histoire de la philosophie et des sciences de l’époque

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