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Spotlight on Islam and Muslims October 3, 2011 through October 7, 2011
A week of opportunities to learn about different aspects of Islam the religion and Muslims.
2010 Study Abroad Trip to Morroco and the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music (June 4, 2010 - June 17, 2010)
Please join the UNO Islamic Studies Summer Study Abroad Program as we journey to Morocco for the Sacred Music Festival in Fez. We will study Islam, music and Moroccan culture at UNO before leaving for our two-week stay. Participants will attend daily concerts, colloquiums, attend religious events and visit historic Marrakech and rest on the beaches of Essaouria.
2009 Malcolm X Conference, 'Reading' al-hajj al-Imam Abdul-Malik al-Shabazz (Malcolm X): Where and When We Enter? Dr. M. Ibrahim Farajajé
The Islamic Studies Program sponsored this free lecture as part of the Malcolm X Festival on April 16, 2009. Dr. M. Ibrahim Farajajé graduated from the Theology Faculty of the University of Bern, Switzerland with the degree Dr. Theol. in History of Religions, magna cum laude. He is the Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Islamic Studies and Cultural Studies at the Starr King School for the Ministry, a member school of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He also serves as the Senior Research Analyst for the GTU's Center for Islamic Studies, as well as being a member of the GTU's Core Doctoral Faculty in the area of Cultural and Historical Studies of Religions.
2009 University of Nebraska at Omaha Islamic Studies Lecture Series, Rumi and the Intelligence of the Heart, Dr. M. Ibrahim Farajajé
The Islamic Studies Program sponsored this free lecture on April 13, 2009 as the first in the Islamic Studies Lecture Series
Elinor Aishah Holland holds a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Temple University and studied Arabic at the University of Pennsylvania. A student of renowned calligrapher Mohamad Zakariya, Holland is a calligrapher in the traditional method of the Ottoman Hattat (calligraphers). Her clients include the US State Department, the Clinton Global Initiative, and the Museum of the City of New York.
2008 Nebraska Regional Conference for the Association of Muslim Social Scientists
The Religious Studies Program and the Islamic Studies Program at UNO co-sponsored the 2008 AMSS Regional Conference on April 19, 2008. These annual conferences promote the study of Islam and Islamic thought, encouraging the understanding of Islam as a religion and a civilization without the polemics and apologetics that dominated the 20th century.