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Center for Islam in the
Contemporary World

AT SHENANDOAH  UNIVERSITY
Promoting a better understanding of Islam and Muslims in contemporary contexts
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Islam on the Edges

Many academic centers dedicated to the study of Islam privilege the Middle East and Arabic language as main references for understanding Islam and Muslims. Without disputing their importance, we at CICW directs our gaze toward the edges of Islam in its various dimensions: geographic, doctrinal, cultural, linguistic, historical, and civilizational. CICW’s work is built on the understanding that Islam on the Edges is Islam full of dynamism, uniqueness, innovativeness, and adaptation. In order to understand Islam in the contemporary world, it is equally important to study Muslim experiences in Indonesia, Malaysia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Senegal, South Africa, Zanzibar – to name a few, as it is to understand Egypt, Saudi Arabia, or Turkey. Constantly at the edges, Muslims who live in these parts of the world embody the contradictions of belonging to the Muslim civilization yet being treated as outsiders, and being so close to the Other but never quite belonging. Unburdened by historical determinism that is often present at what is usually understood to be the “center” of Islam, Muslims who live on the edges are capable of unleashing the type of creativity that is often lacking among the Muslims at the “center.”
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Our research aims to highlight Islam on the Edges by looking at the following: (1) formations of orthodoxy along the Edges, with a corollary claim that Islam on the Edges is as orthodox and normative as Islam in any other part of the world, (2) novel, unique, and heterodox approaches to Muslim experiences in Islam on the Edges, (3) social innovation and entrepreneurship along Islam on the Edges, (4) cultural and material production. CICW’s objective is to do away with the “center-periphery” approach to the study of Islam, and to elevate Islam on the Edges to equal footing with other expressions of Islam anywhere in the world.

We will conduct conferences, seminars, workshops, as well as offer research grants supporting the study of Islam on the Edges. For more information, please contact cicw@su.edu.
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Call for Contributions- Thematic Focus on “Islam on the Edges” in Collaboration with GMU's Global Islamic Center

The Maydan calls for contributions from academics, researchers, artists and others around the theme "Islam on the Edges."

To learn more about our collaboration with GMU and information about the submission process, please click below.
Maydan Collaboration

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  • Home
  • About CICW
    • About the Center
    • Mission and Vision
    • Team
    • President
    • Trustees >
      • About
      • Trustees in the News
    • Annual Reports
  • Activities
    • Research >
      • About
      • Fellows
      • Covid Survey
      • Research Notes >
        • Da'wa Thought and Practice
        • Islamic Learning in Senegal
      • Islam on the Edges >
        • Maydan Collaboration
      • Al Tafsir al Maqasidi
      • Hajj Virtual Reality
    • Research Grants >
      • About
      • 2019 Grant Recipients
      • 2020 Grant Recipients
      • 2022 Grant Recipients
    • Teaching >
      • About
      • Teacher Training >
        • Prophetic Pedagogy >
          • School Registration
      • Imam Training
      • 9-11 Teaching
    • Outreach
    • Scholarships >
      • About
      • Imam Scholarship >
        • 2020 IGSF Recipients
        • 2021 IGSF Recipients
        • 2022 IGSF Recipients
    • Winter Student Institute >
      • About
      • 2023 WSI >
        • 2023 Schedule
    • Graduate Student Institute >
      • About
      • 2021 GSI >
        • 2021 Schedule
      • 2022 GSI >
        • 2022 Schedule
      • GSI Alumni Spotlight
    • Book Talks
    • Publications >
      • About
      • Taha Book
      • Heavenly Returns
      • Five Pillars
      • Muslim Resolutions
      • AHAS-Book
      • Al-Faruqi Book
  • Events
    • Lectures
    • News
  • CICW Blog
    • Survey of Muslim Students and Covid 19