Open AccessIIIT Intellectual Panels
Author(s) -
Hadeel Elaradi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v34i2.875
Subject(s) - islam , piety , context (archaeology) , identity (music) , convention , theme (computing) , sociology , religious studies , muslim world , theology , social science , history , art , philosophy , aesthetics , archaeology , computer science , operating system
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) held a series of panels atthe 42st annual convention of the Islamic Circle of North America-MuslimAmerican Society (ICNA-MAS) in Baltimore, MD, on Saturday, April 15,2017. This year, the convention’s theme was “The Quest for True Success:The Divine Message of Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.”IIIT’s intellectual panels dealt with a variety of topics. The first session,“The Concept of Madrasa: Context and Reform,” revolved around EbrahimMoosa’s What Is a Madrasa? (Chapel Hill: University of North CarolinaPress, 2015). Moosa (professor, Islamic studies, University of Notre Dame)reminisced about his time as a madrasa student in India, stating: “The way Icame into India was in a very pietistic orientation, that Islam was all about piety. India and the madrasas taught me that Islam is about thinking ... piety... goodness ... making a contribution to the world.” However, he continued,the “madrasas have done a good job in preserving the identity of traditionalIslam, but it’s unable to make that identity actually work in the real world. ...and that modern knowledge has been closed off from the lived experience ofMuslims.” ...