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In the desert of Arabia was Mohammad born, according to Muslim historians, on April 20, 571. The name means highly praised. He is to me the greatest mind among all the sons of Arabia. He means so much more than all the poets and kings that preceded him in that impenetrable desert of red sand.

When he appeared Arabia was a desert — a nothing. Out of nothing a new world was fashioned by the mighty spirit of Mohammad — a new life, a new culture, a new civilization, a new kingdom which extended from Morocco to Indies and influenced the thought and life of three continents — Asia, Africa and Europe.

When I thought of writing on Mohammad the prophet, I was a bit hesitant because it was to write about a religion I do not profess and it is a delicate matter to do so for there are many persons professing various religions and belonging to diverse school of thought and denominations even in same religion. Though it is sometimes, claimed that religion is entirely personal yet it can not be gain-said that it has a tendency to envelop the whole universe seen as well unseen. It somehow permeates something or other our hearts, our souls, our minds their conscious as well as subconscious and unconscious levels too. The problem assumes overwhelming importance when there is a deep conviction that our past, present and future all hang by the soft delicate, tender silked cord. If we further happen to be highly sensitive, the center of gravity is very likely to be always in a state of extreme tension. Looked at from this point of view, the less said about other religion the better. Let our religions be deeply hidden and embedded in the resistance of our innermost hearts fortified by unbroken seals on our lips.

But there is another aspect of this problem. Man lives in society. Our lives are bound with the lives of others willingly or unwillingly, directly or indirectly. We eat the food grown in the same soil, drink water, from the same the same spring and breathe the same air. Even while staunchly holding our own views, it would be helpful, if we try to adjust ourselves to our surroundings, if we also know to some extent, how the mind our neighbor moves and what the main springs of his actions are. From this angle of vision it is highly desirable that one should try to know all religions of the world, in the proper sprit, to promote mutual understanding and better appreciation of our neighborhood, immediate and remote.

Further, our thoughts are not scattered as appear to be on the surface. They have got themselves crystallized around a few nuclei in the form of great world religions and living faiths that guide and motivate the lives of millions that inhabit this earth of ours. It is our duty, in one sense if we have the ideal of ever becoming a citizen of the world before us, to make a little attempt to know the great religions and system of philosophy that have ruled mankind.

In spite of these preliminary remarks, the ground in these field of religion, where there is often a conflict between intellect and emotion is so slippery that one is constantly reminded of fools that rush in where angels fear to tread. It is also not so complex from another point of view. The subject of my writing is about the tenets of a religion which is historic and its prophet who is also a historic personality. Even a hostile critic like Sir William Muir speaking about the holy Quran says that. “There is probably in the world no other book which has remained twelve centuries with so pure text.” I may also add Prophet Mohammad is also a historic personality, every event of whose life has been most carefully recorded and even the minutest details preserved intact for the posterity. His life and works are not wrapped in mystery.

My work today is further lightened because those days are fast disappearing when Islam was highly misrepresented by some of its critics for reasons political and otherwise. Prof. Bevan writes in Cambridge Medieval History, “Those account of Mohammad and Islam which were published in Europe before the beginning of 19th century are now to be regarded as literary curiosities.” My problem is to write this monograph is easier because we are now generally not fed on this kind of history and much time need be spent on pointing out our misrepresentation of Islam.

The theory of Islam and Sword for instance is not heard now frequently in any quarter worth the name. The principle of Islam that there is no compulsion in religion is well known. Gibbon, a historian of world repute says, “A pernicious tenet has been imputed to Mohammadans, the duty of extirpating all the religions by sword.” This charge based on ignorance and bigotry, says the eminent historian, is refuted by Quran, by history of Musalman conquerors and by their public and legal toleration of Christian worship. The great success of Mohammad’s life had been effected by sheer moral force, without a stroke of sword.

But in pure self-defense, after repeated efforts of conciliation had utterly failed, circumstances dragged him into the battlefield. But the prophet of Islam changed the whole strategy of the battlefield. The total number of casualties in all the wars that took place during his lifetime when the whole Arabian Peninsula came under his banner, does not exceed a few hundreds in all. But even on the battlefield he taught the Arab barbarians to pray, to pray not individually, but in congregation to God the Almighty. During the dust and storm of warfare whenever the time for prayer came, and it comes five times a every day, the congregation prayer had not to be postponed even on the battlefield. A party had to be engaged in bowing their heads before God while other was engaged with the enemy. After finishing the prayers, the two parties had to exchange their positions. To the Arabs, who would fight for forty years on the slight provocation that a camel belonging to the guest of one tribe had strayed into the grazing land belonging to other tribe and both sides had fought till they lost 70,000 lives in all; threatening the extinction of both the tribes to such furious Arabs, the Prophet of Islam taught self-control and discipline to the extent of praying even on the battlefield. In an aged of barbarism, the Battlefield itself was humanized and strict instructions were issued not to cheat, not to break trust, not to mutilate, not to kill a child or woman or an old man, not to hew down date palm nor burn it, not to cut a fruit tree, not to molest any person engaged in worship. His own treatment with his bitterest enemies is the noblest example for his followers. At the conquest of Mecca, he stood at the zenith of his power. The city which had refused to listen to his mission, which had tortured him and his followers, which had driven him and his people into exile and which had unrelentingly persecuted and boycotted him even when he had taken refuge in a place more than 200 miles away, that city now lay at his feet. By the laws of war he could have justly avenged all the cruelties inflicted on him and his people. But what treatment did he accord to them? Mohammad’s heart flowed with affection and he declared, “This day, there is no REPROOF against you and you are all free.” “This day” he proclaimed, “I trample under my feet all distinctions between man and man, all hatred between man and man.”

This was one of the chief objects why he permitted war in self defense, that is to unite human beings. And when once this object was achieved, even his worst enemies were pardoned. Even those who killed his beloved uncle, Hamazah, mangled his body, ripped it open, even chewed a piece of his liver.

The principles of universal brotherhood and doctrine of the equality of mankind which he proclaimed represents one very great contribution of Mohammad to the social uplift of humanity. All great religions have preached the same doctrine but the prophet of Islam had put this theory into actual practice and its value will be fully recognized, perhaps centuries hence, when international consciousness being awakened, racial prejudices may disappear and greater brotherhood of humanity come into existence.

Miss. Sarojini Naidu speaking about this aspect of Islam says, “It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for in the mosque, when the minaret is sounded and the worshipers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the peasant and the king kneel side by side and proclaim, God alone is great.” The great poetess of India continues, “I have been struck over and over again by this indivisible unity of Islam that makes a man instinctively a brother. When you meet an Egyptian, an Algerian and Indian and a Turk in London, it matters not that Egypt is the motherland of one and India is the motherland of another.”

Mahatma Gandhi, in his inimitable style, says “Some one has said that Europeans in South Africa dread the advent Islam — Islam that civilized Spain, Islam that took the torch light to Morocco and preached to the world the Gospel of brotherhood. The Europeans of South Africa dread the Advent of Islam. They may claim equality with the white races. They may well dread it, if brotherhood is a sin. If it is equality of colored races then their dread is well founded.”

Every year, during the Haj, the world witnesses the wonderful spectacle of this international Exhibition of Islam in leveling all distinctions of race, color and rank. Not only the Europeans, the African, the Arabian, the Persian, the Indians, the Chinese all meet together in Medina as members of one divine family, but they are clad in one dress every person in two simple pieces of white seamless cloth, one piece round the loin the other piece over the shoulders, bare head without pomp or ceremony, repeating “Here am I O God; at thy command; thou art one and alone; Here am I.” Thus there remains nothing to differentiate the high from the low and every pilgrim carries home the impression of the international significance of Islam.

In the opinion of Prof. Hurgronje “the league of nations founded by prophet of Islam put the principle of international unity of human brotherhood on such Universal foundations as to show candle to other nations.” In the words of same Professor “the fact is that no nation of the world can show a parallel to what Islam has done the realization of the idea of the League of Nations.”

The prophet of Islam brought the reign of democracy in its best form. The Caliph Caliph Ali and the son in-law of the prophet, the Caliph Mansur, Abbas, the son of Caliph Mamun and many other caliphs and kings had to appear before the judge as ordinary men in Islamic courts. Even today we all know how the black Negroes were treated by the civilized white races. Consider the state of BILAL, a Negro Slave, in the days of the prophet of Islam nearly 14 centuries ago. The office of calling Muslims to prayer was considered to be of status in the early days of Islam and it was offered to this Negro slave. After the conquest of Mecca, the Prophet ordered him to call for prayer and the Negro slave, with his black color and his thick lips, stood over the roof of the holy mosque at Mecca called the Ka’ba the most historic and the holiest mosque in the Islamic world, when some proud Arabs painfully cried loud, “Oh, this black Negro Slave, woe be to him. He stands on the roof of holy Ka’ba to call for prayer.” At that moment, the prophet announced to the world, this verse of the holy QURAN for the first time.
“O mankind, surely we have created you, families and tribes, so you may know one another. Surely, the most honorable of you with God is MOST RIGHTEOUS AMONG you. Surely, God is Knowing, Aware.”

And these words of the holy Quran created such a mighty transformation that the Caliph of Islam, the purest of Arabs by birth, offered their daughter in marriage to this Negro Slave, and whenever, the second Caliph of Islam, known to history as Umar the great, the commander of faithful, saw this Negro slave, he immediately stood in reverence and welcomed him by “Here come our master; Here come our lord.” What a tremendous change was brought by Quran in the Arabs, the proudest people at that time on the earth. This is the reason why Goethe, the greatest of German poets, speaking about the Holy Quran declared that, “This book will go on exercising through all ages a most potent influence.” This is also the reason why George Bernard Shaw says, “If any religion has a chance or ruling over England, say, Europe, within the next 100 years, it is Islam”.

It is this same democratic spirit of Islam that emancipated women from the bondage of man. Sir Charles Edward Archibald Hamilton says “Islam teaches the inherent sinlessness of man. It teaches that man and woman and woman have come from the same essence, posses the same soul and have been equipped with equal capabilities for intellectual, spiritual and moral attainments.”

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If one looks at the general picture of the Muslim world today it is hard to find something positive on the horizon. There is political chaos and regional turmoil all over the Muslim world. Muslims seem to have lost control of their affairs. They feel frustrated and helpless. Many Muslim governments are persecuting their people – in the name of Islam. Can Muslims hope for a better future under these circumstances?

Allah has blessed Muslims with plenty of natural resources. Yet, they are dependent for most of their basic needs – not to speak of their dependence in the field of science and technology, and on knowledge, in general – on non-Muslims. Their resources are being plundered and wasted on an unprecedented scale, while the majority population suffers extreme hardships.

Muslims generally tend to blame others for their problems. Some blame their rulers. Others blame one another. There may be truth in all of this. But what is lacking from Muslim discourse is an honest and intelligent diagnosis of problems facing the Muslim ummah.

Representing almost a billion Muslims, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) – the official organ of the Muslim countries for discussing such problems – has become no more than a platform for passing resolutions upon resolutions of empty words with no teeth. No wonder it has been dubbed “Oh! I see!” Most other Islamic organizations, more or less, suffer from a similar fate.

In the present environment, Muslims mostly live individual lives (in their own little islands) while using the term Ummah in their discussions. Some seem to cooperate on issues affecting Muslim lives, but that is limited mostly to charity work. Muslims do not have a unifying plan (or, rather, are not interested) to chart out the future course of action for the ummah.  Muslims appear to behave like millions of individual atoms without any strong bonds.

Is there a silver lining in this dark cloud? Will this long, dark chapter in Muslim history ever end?

When we read the history of Muslim contribution to world civilization, it seems very recent that Muslims were on top of the world. They were pioneers and leaders in all areas of human endeavor. They invented new branches of science and mathematics.  They not only laid the foundation of modern knowledge, but propelled it to new heights. In particular, their contribution to the world of medicine is legendary.

So what happened? How did Muslims lose this crowning position of power in the world? And how did they lose leadership in science, mathematics and medicine?

The history of how this loss occurred is heart-wrenching. One way to tell this history is to describe the extraordinary achievements of past Muslims. This makes Muslims feel proud of their past glory – as, indeed, it should; we try to re-live, mentally, at least, the stages of that glory when we talk or write about the history of Islam and science. And this is what we will also do in this article – with one difference. We will not treat this as an end in itself, but with an eye to figure out how to reclaim that past glory.

We begin with a brief description of the achievements of some of the Muslim scientists, as stated, not by Muslim, but by non-Muslim scholars, to avoid any impression of a Muslim bias. The quotations below may seem extensive but they serve an important purpose to highlight the depth and breadth of the new knowledge that past Muslims created and developed, and which, according to Western historians of science, formed the backbone on which the Western renaissance in science began. This shows that Muslims may have forgotten the lesson of their own past intellectual giants in making science history, but the West has not. It continues to build its scientific superstructure for modern science on the foundations laid by our ancestors.

 While reading these quotations, it would be beneficial to reflect and ponder on where we are, and whither we are going.

George Sarton pays tribute to Muslim scientists in Introduction to the History of Science:

“It will suffice here to evoke a few glorious names without contemporary equivalents in the West: Jabir ibn Haiyan, al-Kindi, al-Khwarizmi, al-Fargani, al-Razi, Thabit ibn Qurra, al-Battani, Hunain ibn Ishaq, al-Farabi, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, al-Masudi, al-Tabari, Abul Wafa, 'Ali ibn Abbas, Abul Qasim, Ibn al-Jazzar, al-Biruni, Ibn Sina, Ibn Yunus, al-Kashi, Ibn al-Haitham, 'Ali Ibn 'Isa al-Ghazali, al-zarqab, Omar Khayyam - a magnificent array of names which would not be difficult to extend. If anyone tells you that the Middle Ages were scientifically sterile, just quote these men to him, all of whom flourished within a short period, 750 to 1100 A.D.”

In Intellectual Development of Europe, John William Draper writes:

“I have to deplore the systematic manner in which the literature of Europe has continued to put out of sight our obligations to the Muhammadans [British term for Muslims]. Surely they cannot be much longer hidden. Injustice founded on religious rancour and national conceit cannot be perpetuated forever. The Arab has left his intellectual impress on Europe. He has indelibly written it on the heavens as any one may see who reads the names of the stars on a common celestial globe.”
This list is a compilation (in-progress) of titles in English language that are deemed appropriate for college level studies related to the Middle East, North Africa and the religion of Islam. The titles are available in the Cornell Library system, mostly in Olin and Uris libraries.

In addition to the literary works written by Arabs, Persians and Turks, you will find studies of Middle Eastern literatures, ethnographic studies of different communities, religious practices, the culture and situation of women, dramas and festival performances, Social life and customs in general, etc. These chosen titles are neither too technical, nor simplified

In order to choose readings on a subject that interests you, I suggest looking over this list carefully. Since these books (or videos, CDs, sound records, etc.) vary widely in difficulty, length, and type of study, it is important to find a group that you will enjoy better. Spend time in the library looking over the books you might want to read before you make your decision. You may find more titles on your topic in the stacks that are not listed here. Use this form to contact me if you need any assistance:

The Arab world Host, Bill Moyers. [videorecording] -- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1997. ( 5 videocassettes (30 min. each) VHS format. ) -- [pt. 1.] The Arabs : who they are and who they are not -- [pt. 2.] The historic memory -- [pt. 3.] The image of God -- [pt. 4.] The bonds of pride -- [pt. 5.] Arabs and the West. [Videocassette release of the 1991 television series produced by Public Affairs Television, Inc, in association with WNET/New York and WTTW/Chicago. [Bill Moyers discusses the Arab world with leading writers and thinkers on Arab culture and history. The particpants discuss the stereotypes which distort our view of the Arab world and its peoples, examine the role of religions in Arab society, survey Arab artistic and literary achievments, look at the historical forces that have shaped the modern Arab world, and examine the long history of Western involvement in the region.] *olin,lim DS;36;.8 .A72x;1997*

The mainstream paradigm, in general, describes the influence of Islamic scholarship chiefly in terms of its "preservation and transmission of portions of ancient Greek philosophy that had been lost to medieval Europe." George Sarton once criticized those who "will glibly say 'the Arabs simply translated Greek writings, they were industrious imitators...' This is not absolutely untrue, but it is such a small part of the truth that when it is allowed to stand alone, it is worse than a lie." And then there is another historian of science, Colin Ronan, "Too often science in Arabia has been seen nothing more than a holding operation. The area has been viewed as a giant storehouse for previously discovered scientific results, keeping them until they could be passed on for use in the West. But this is, of course, a travesty of the truth." (Note the word science is used in its historic meaning--knowledge, comprehensively defined, including philosophy, etc.)

Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951. My memoirs completed (al-Takmilah) / Translated from the Arabic by Harold W. Glidden. -- Washington, American Council of Learned Societies, 1954. (American Council of Learned Societies Devoted to Humanistic Studies Near Eastern Translation Program. ; no.7 *olinDS;154;.52;.A3 c A32z*

Attar, Farid al-Din, d. ca. 1230. [Mantiq al-tayr. English] The conference of the birds / Farid ud-Din Attar ; translated with an introduction by Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis. -- Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1984. (The Penguin classics) [Sufi poetry] *olin PK6451.F22 M336;1984* *uris PK6451.F2 M3;1984*

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Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and a time when Muslims across the world will fast during the hours of daylight.

Ramadan is the fourth of the five pillars of Islam.

The Qur'an was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad during this month. The actual night that the Qur'an was revealed is a night known as Lailut ul-Qadr ('The Night of Power').

How do Muslims keep Ramadan?

Man reading the Qur'anAlmost all Muslims try to give up bad habits during Ramadan, and some will try to become better Muslims by praying more or reading the Qur'an.

Many Muslims will attempt to read the whole of the Qur'an at least once during the Ramadan period. Many will also attend special services in Mosques during which the Qur'an is read.

Fasting is intended to help teach Muslims self-discipline, self-restraint and generosity. It also reminds them of the suffering of the poor, who may rarely get to eat well.

It is common to have one meal (known as the suhoor), just before sunrise and another (known as the iftar), directly after sunset.

Because Ramadan is a time to spend with friends and family, the fast will often be broken by different Muslim families coming together to share in an evening meal.

Eid ul Fitr

The end of Ramadan is marked by a big celebration called 'Eid-ul-Fitr', the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast.

Muslims are not only celebrating the end of fasting, but thanking Allah for the help and strength that he gave them throughout the previous month to help them practise self-control.

The festival begins when the first sight of the new moon is seen in the sky.

There are special services out of doors and in Mosques, processions through the streets, and of course, a special celebratory meal - eaten during daytime, the first daytime meal Muslims will have had in a month.

Eid is also a time of forgiveness, and making amends.

During Eid-ul-Fitr Muslims dress in their finest clothes, give gifts to children and spend time with their friends and family.

At Eid it is obligatory to give a set amount of money to charity to be used to help poor people buy new clothes and food so they too can celebrate.

FASTING



Assalamualaikum
The Ramadan



Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. The Month of Ramadan is also when it is believed the Holy Quran "was sent down from heaven, a guidance unto men, a declaration of direction, and a means of Salvation"
It is during this month that Muslims fast. It is called the Fast of Ramadan and lasts the entire month. Ramadan is a time when Muslims concentrate on their faith and spend less time on the concerns of their everyday lives. It is a time of worship and contemplation

During the Fast of Ramadan strict restraints are placed on the daily lives of Muslims. They are not allowed to eat or drink during the daylight hours. Smoking and sexual relations are also forbidden during fasting. At the end of the day the fast is broken with prayer and a meal called the iftar. In the evening following the iftar it is customary for Muslims to go out visiting family and friends. The fast is resumed the next morning

According to the Holy Quran:


One may eat and drink at any time during the night "until you can plainly distinguish a white thread from a black thread by the daylight: then keep the fast until night"

The good that is acquired through the fast can be destroyed by five things -

the telling of a lie
slander
denouncing someone behind his back
a false oath
greed or covetousness

These are considered offensive at all times, but are most offensive during the Fast of Ramadan

During Ramadan, it is common for Muslims to go to the Masjid (Mosque) and spend several hours praying and studying the Quran. In addition to the five daily prayers, during Ramadan Muslims recite a special prayer called the Taraweeh prayer (Night Prayer). The length of this prayer is usually 2-3 times as long as the daily prayers. Some Muslims spend the entire night in prayer

On the evening of the 27th day of the month, Muslims celebrate the Laylat-al-Qadr (the Night of Power). It is believed that on this night Muhammad first received the revelation of the Holy Quran. And according to the Quran, this is when God determines the course of the world for the following year

When the fast ends (the first day of the month of Shawwal) it is celebrated for three days in a holiday called Id-al-Fitr (the Feast of Fast Breaking). Gifts are exchanged. Friends and family gather to pray in congregation and for large meals. In some cities fairs are held to celebrate the end of the Fast of Ramadan.

Special Characteristics of Ramadan

1. Observing the fourth pillar of Islam has been prescribed during this month, and it is one of the best means by which a person attains piety and forgiveness of sins.

2. The first revelation of the Qur'an as guidance for humanity was given to the Prophet (pbuh) during this month.

3. The sunnah of performing the tarawih prayer is observed during this month.

4. Ramadan contains Laylatul-Qadr, which is better than a thousand months.

5. The great battle of Badr between the Muslims and the unbelievers took place during Ramadan in the second year of the Hijrah.

6. The Muslims re-entered Makkah victorious during Ramadan in the eighth year of the Hijrah. After this conquest people began to enter the fold of Islam in multitudes, and Makkah became free of polytheism and evil.

Benefits from Ramadan

1. It strengthens one's ties with Allah and trains the soul to observe duties of devotion in accordance with the teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh).

2. It enforces patience and determination in the Muslim individual.

3. It promotes the principle of sincerity by keeping the Muslim away from arrogance and showing off, since it is an act between the individual and his Creator.

4. It promotes good character, particularly truthfulness and trust-worthiness.

5. It encourages the Muslim to do away with bad habits and change his/her circumstances for the better.

6. It enhances generosity, hospitality, and spending on charitable causes.

7. It reinforces feelings of unity and brotherhood among Muslims.

8. It instills orderliness and close observance of the value of time.

9. It serves as an opportunity for children to perform acts of obedience and to practice Islamic acts of worship.

10. It offers a chance to balance one's attention to both physical and spiritual needs.

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The fifth biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, God Is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth: Light in Islamic Art and Culture, will be held November 9-11, 2013 in Palermo, Sicily.
The Hamad bin Khalifa biennial symposia are designed to address major themes in Islamic art and culture. Past symposia have focused on such subjects as water, color, and the art of the object. The 2013 symposium will investigate the topic of light from a wide range of perspectives, from the imagery of light in the Qur’an and in the literatures of the Islamic lands to light’s role in buildings, paintings, and other works of art. We are delighted that our keynote speaker will be the acclaimed visual artist, Iranian-born Shirin Neshat, whose photographic and videographic work is literally created with light.
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01
Nov
Symposium Day 2

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Day two of the fourth biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art is currently underway in Doha, Qatar at the Museum of Islamic Art, designed by I.M. Pei, where twelve speakers are discussing specific objects in the Museum’s collection.
The title of this Symposium is God Is Beautiful; He Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture, and the keynote address was given by Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author for The New Yorker, who discussed the Museum building as a work of Islamic art.
The following speakers read their papers today:
Rachel Ward: The Doha Bucket and an Experimental Glass Workshop(to be read by Jonathan Bloom)
Michael Franses: New Light on Early Anatolian Animal Carpets
Mohamed Zakariya: Murakkaa: The Ottoman Calligraphic Album and Its Role in Establishing the International Style
John Seyller: Assembled Beauty: Five Folios from the Jahangir Album
Eleanor Sims: 17th-Century Safavid Persian Oil Paintings in the Museum of Islamic Art

31
Oct
Symposium Day 1

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Day one of the fourth biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art is currently underway in Doha, Qatar at the Museum of Islamic Art, designed by I.M. Pei, where twelve speakers are discussing specific objects in the Museum’s collection.
The title of this Symposium is God Is Beautiful; He Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture, and the keynote address was given by Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author for The New Yorker, who discussed the Museum building as a work of Islamic art.
The following speakers read their papers today:
François Déroche: Of Volume and Skins
Julia Gonnella: The Stucco of Samarra
Antonio Vallejo Triano: Architectural Decoration in the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus: The example of Madinat al-Zahra
Emilie Savage-Smith: The Stars in the Bright Sky: The Most Authoritative Copy of ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi’s 10th-century Guide to the Constellations
Ruba Kana’an: A Biography of a 13th-century Brass Ewer: the Social and Economic Lives of Mosul Metalwork
Kjeld von Folsach: As Precious as Gold – Some Woven Textiles from the Mongol Period
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Images © Markus Elblaus, VCUQatar
30
Oct
Opening Ceremony & Keynote Discussion

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The fourth biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art is currently underway in Doha, Qatar at the Museum of Islamic Art, designed by I.M. Pei, where twelve speakers are discussing specific objects in the Museum’s collection.
The title of this Symposium is God Is Beautiful; He Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture, and the keynote address was given by Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author for The New Yorker, who discussed the Museum building as a work of Islamic art.
20
Oct
October Newsletter

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Greetings, and welcome to the final e-newsletter of the Fourth Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium, God Is Beautiful; He Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture, to be held at the Museum of Islamic Art, designed by I.M. Pei, October 29-31, 2011 in Doha, Qatar.
Paul Goldberger, the Architecture Critic for The New Yorker and the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at The New School in New York City, will give the keynote address on Saturday, October 29 at 6pm at the Museum.  It is titled, Islamic Architecture, Modernism, and I.M. Pei: The Challenge of the Museum of Islamic Art, and promises to be an incisive look at the architecture of the museum and its relationship to both modernism and to traditional Islamic architecture.  On October 30 and 31, twelve speakers will present original papers on objects held by the Museum of Islamic Art, spanning the principal media, periods and regions of Islamic art from its origins to the present.  Please see the Symposium schedule for a complete list of speakers’ names and paper summaries.
One of our speakers, the famed calligrapher Mohamed Zakariya, will also be the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art during the Symposium.  An Eloquent Eye: Recent Works by Mohamed Zakariya, will run from October 24, 2011 through January 13, 2012.  Mr. Zakariya has also created a new design for the Eid Greetings stamp, issued by the U.S. Postal Service this past August (see his 2009 design here).  Symposium attendees will have a tremendous opportunity to hear Mr. Zakariya give a presentation on the history of Ottoman calligraphy, and then see his recent work in the Museum galleries.
If you do intend to come to the Symposium, please remember that registration is free and open to the public, but space is limited so early registration is suggested.  As always, please feel free to direct any questions or comments to me at the below email address (please do not respond to this address as it is for outgoing communication only).  And thanks again to our sponsors, VCU School of the Arts, VCUQatar, the Qatar Foundation, the Qatar Museums Authority and the Museum of Islamic Art for the generous funding that makes this Symposium possible.
Best Wishes,
Marisa Angell Brown
Coordinator
Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art
mabrown@vcu.edu
15
Jul
July Newsletter

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Greetings, and welcome to the fifth e-newsletter of the Fourth Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium, God Is Beautiful; He Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture, to be held at the Museum of Islamic Art (designed by I.M. Pei) October 29-31, 2011 in Doha, Qatar.
We received approximately 200 fellowship applications for the 20 available Hamad bin Khalifa Travel Fellowships, which cover the cost of round-trip travel to Doha as well as lodging and meals during the Symposium.  We’re happy to announce that the following applicants have been awarded travel fellowships:
Abdul Lateef Usta, conservator, Rajasthan, India;
Adel Adamova, curator of Islamic Art in the Oriental Department of the State Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia
Ahmed Wahby, Lecturer, The German University in Cairo;
Alexandra Van Puyvelde, museologist and scientific collaborator at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels;
Elizabeth Ettinghausen, Independent Scholar, Princeton, New Jersey;
Emily Neumeier, PhD candidate in the Department of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania;
Fernando Martinez-Nespral, Professor of the History of Architecture and Associate Professor of Islamic and Mudejar Art at the University of Buenos Aires´s School of Architecture;
Filiz Yenisehirlioglu, Faculty of Fine Arts, Başkent University, Turkey;
Khaled Tadmori, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture, Lebanese University;
Laura Parodi, Fellow, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT and Harvard University;
Mahnaz Shayestehfar, Faculty of Art, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran;
Nourane Ben Azzouna, Assistant Curator, Louvre Abu Dhabi;
Peter Wandel, Assistant Curator, The David Collection, Copenhagen;
Rebecca Bridgman, Curator of the Islamic Pottery collection, The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge;
Said Ennahid, Associate Professor, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco;
Sandra Aube, Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer on Islamic Art;
Simon O’Meara, material culture research fellow of the European Research Council-funded project, “The Here and the Hereafter in Islamic Traditions,” hosted by the University of Utrecht;
Simon Rettig, Fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin in the research project Kosmos/Ornatus. Ornamente als Erkenntnisformen Persien und Frankreich im Vergleich;
Vivienne Angeles, Associate Professor of Religion, La Salle University, Philadelphia.
Wafaa Zeinalabidin, Lecturer, University of Mosul, Iraq.
The Fellows make up an impressive cross-section of scholars and curators in the field of Islamic art and culture and will no doubt add tremendously to the Symposium.
We hope that you will be able to attend the Symposium in October as well.  To see updated information on the speakers and their paper topics, please visit our website, www.islamicartdoha.org.  And please remember that registration is free and open to the public, but space is limited so early registration is suggested.  As always, please feel free to direct any questions or comments to me at the below email address (please do not respond to this address as it is for outgoing communication only).
And thanks again to our sponsors, VCU School of the Arts, VCUQatar, the Qatar Foundation, the Qatar Museums Authority and the Museum of Islamic Art for the generous funding that makes this Symposium – and the fellowships – possible.

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