MSU Muslim Studies Program

Information on events for Michigan State’s Muslim Studies Program will be available here as well as link to register for any and all upcoming events! ⬇️

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Join us this Thursday, April 2nd, 2:20-4:00pm, in room 303 of the International Center for a special lecture by Professor Rhea Rahman (Brooklyn College), “Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White”

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Correct version of April 9th flyer

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Join us for lectures by Jennifer Pruitt!

Wed April 8, 7pm, EL Public Library: “
Intro to Islamic Architecture: The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem & Great Mosque in Damascus

Thu April 9, 12:40pm, 303 Int’l Ctr: Construction, Destruction, & Concealment under Cairo’s ‘Mad’ Caliph

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Please join us next Tuesday for a screening and discussion of the Iranian film Close-Up (1990)—“an evening with Abbas Kiarostami”

Tuesday, April 7th, 7:00-8:45pm, B122 Wells Hall

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Join us for lectures by Jennifer Pruitt!

Wed April 8, 7pm, EL Public Library: “
Intro to Islamic Architecture: The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem & Great Mosque in Damascus

Thu April 9, 12:40pm, 303 Int’l Ctr: Construction, Destruction, & Concealment under Cairo’s ‘Mad’ Caliph

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Join us this Thursday, April 2nd, 2:20-4:00pm, in room 303 of the International Center for a special lecture by Professor Rhea Rahman (Brooklyn College), “Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White”

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Join us April 9th for a conversation and Islamic Manuscripts Collection visit with artists specializing in Ottoman classical book arts!
6-8p in the Hatcher Gallery
https://t.co/N85qpUNZ13
Sponsored by @UMichLibrary @umichGISC @UmichArtHist

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Coming up in April: Senses of Mourning: Moharram Performances in Shiʿi Iran from the Qajar to the Covid Era by Dr. Babak Rahimi

Thursday, April 9, 2026, 5:00PM
Location: 110 Weiser Hall (1st floor), 500 Church St, Ann Arbor MI
RSVP: https://t.co/cNoJMAbi7b

Join the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) on Thursday, April 9, 2026, in 110 Weiser Hall at 5:00 PM for a talk by Dr. Babak Rahimi (University of California, San Diego) on his new book Senses of Mourning: Moharram Performances in Shiʿi Iran from the Qajar to the Covid Era (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026).

This talk explains how Moharram rituals in Shiʿi Iran have changed over time by looking at how people experience them through their senses, showing how these practices reflect wider social and political changes.

For more information & to RSVP: https://t.co/v5pK3bETbv

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Coming up:

"The Use and Abuse of the Islamophobia Framework in US Higher Education"

April 3-4, 2026 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

For over two decades, scholars have studied the racialization of Islam, arguing that Islamophobia is better understood as anti-Muslim racism. They have pointed out that this form of discrimination is not contained to questions of religious freedom, but also impacts Muslims’ experiences with surveillance, policing, immigration, employment, and media narratives. The idea of racialization was an important intervention and framing that helped shift the conversation from a focus on individual and interpersonal bias to systemic targeting that marks Muslims, and those mistaken for Muslim, as threats to US national security.

For more information, please visit: https://t.co/NwuIkvHGPZ

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TODAY!

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@MSUMuslimStudy Program welcomes Assistant Professor of Anthropology from Brooklyn College Dr. Rhea Rahman to campus for a book talk on, "Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White,"

The event is put on in partnership with #MSUAnthropology

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… Islamic aid entities face in the effort to disentangle themselves from neocolo­nialism and Western hegemony.

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Join us this Thursday, April 2nd, 2:20-4:00pm, in room 303 of the International Center for a special lecture by Professor Rhea Rahman (Brooklyn College), “Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White”

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Rooted in more than a decade of international research, Rhea Rahman’s study on the organization’s projects, methods, and limitations reveals how racial capitalism permeates all as­pects of humanitarianism—and paints a frank, nuanced portrait of the constraints… 2/

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Please join us for 2 lectures by Diana Darke, one at MSU, another at Detroit Institute of Arts

3/24, 12:40-2pm, 303 Int’l Ctr: “How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe”

3/25, 6-7pm, DIA: “How Syrian Art and Architecture Helped Shape Europe’s Romanesque and Gothic Styles”

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Join us online this Thursday and Friday, March 26-27, for the 19th Annual Muslim Studies Program Conference: “Does Islam Have a Liberation Theology?”

Free Registration at https://t.co/wjBA6VdKZ9

Here is the updated schedule.

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Join us online on March 26-27 for our 19th Annual Conference: “Does Islam Have a Liberation Theology?,” featuring multiple panels and keynote presentations by Ebrahim Moosa and Sylvia Chan-Malik.

Free Registration at https://t.co/wjBA6VdKZ9

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Join us online on March 26-27 for our 19th Annual Conference: “Does Islam Have a Liberation Theology?,” featuring multiple panels and keynote presentations by Ebrahim Moosa and Sylvia Chan-Malik.

Free Registration at https://t.co/wjBA6VdKZ9

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THIS Wednesday, February 25th, 4:00-5:00pm, JMC Library, Case Hall:

D. (Dede) Fairchild Ruggles (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), “Gardens and Canals: The Making of the Islamic Environment”

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Please join us THIS Tuesday and Wednesday for lectures by the renowned scholar of Islamic architecture, Prof. Dede Ruggles! See comments for details.

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THIS Tuesday, February 24th, 12:40-2pm, 303 International Center:

D. (Dede) Fairchild Ruggles (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), “The Great Mosque of Cordoba: The Biography of an Extraordinary Moment”

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Join us on Monday, February 16th, 7-9pm, for a FREE screening of the acclaimed film, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, in room B122 of Wells Hall.

This will be followed by a panel discussion with Professors Farha Abbasi, Waseem El-Rayes, and Salah Hassan.