This presentation explores paintings of Muhammad produced in Persian and Turkish lands from the 1300s to the modern day. Ranging from veristic to abstract, these images represent Muhammad’s individual traits, primordial luminosity, and veiled essence. Their pictorial motifs reveal that artists engaged in abstract thought and turned to symbolic imagery to convey Muhammad’s origins and prophetic standing. These images inspired various mystical beliefs and practices.
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The Few of a Kind Store and the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh presents: The Life and Legacy of Malcolm X. Please join us Saturday, February 9th, from 6 to 8 PM at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh as our three guest speakers Donna Auston, Khalid Raheem, Ernie Sharif, discuss the impact of Malcolm X through the different stages in his life. Light refreshments will be served. |
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Khalil Gibran Muhammad, a leading scholar on racial justice in America, will share his perspective on “Race, Inequality, and American Democracy." |
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Friday, Feburary 15 Friday, February 22 |
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EXHIBITION DATES Gallery Opening at 4 PM on February 15, 2019 See additional posting on CERIS website DESCRIPTION |
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Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to present their research at the CERIS Research Symposium on March 23, 2019 at Slippery Rock. A broad range of topics are accepted If you think a paper you are writing or a project completed (visual arts, poetry, etc) may qualify but aren’t sure, please email Elaine Linn at eel58@pitt.edu. Abstract deadline March 1, 2019 |
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Black Lives Matter: intersectional and transnational perspectives |
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Penn Highlands will host a community book discussion on The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam. Books are available at local library's throughout Cambria Country. Register to to attend at www.pennhighlands.edu, under events Dr. Susan Douglass, Education Outreach Coordinator, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University will lead the discussion. Refreshments served. |
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The Medieval Melting Pot -- Intersections between Byzantine. Islamic. and Latin Coinages Throughout the Middle Ages |
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Jamaat of Shaykh Uthman Dan Fodio |