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Lecture: Ismail al-Faruqi’s Contribution to the Academic Study of Religion

Starry Crown: A Chicago Muslim Story

Virtual Information Sessions

Previous Events

September 6, 2023

Alumni Journeys Series: Tauseef Akbar

August 6, 2023

Virtual Graduate Open House

August 4, 2023

Virtual Open House

April 2, 2023

Chicago Interfaith Trolley Tour & Iftar

March 17, 2023

Hassan Institute Presents: 3rd Fridays – Light Upon Light Fellowship Evening

March 17, 2023

Hassan Institute Presents: 3rd Fridays – Transformative Encounters Coffee Hour

March 3, 2023

AIC Presents: A Musical Performance by Al Firdaus Ensemble

February 23, 2023

Community Conversation with Dr. Aisha El-Amin and Imam Tariq El-Amin

February 19, 2023

Earthquake Relief Fundraiser for Türkiye, Syria, and Lebanon

February 17, 2023

Hassan Institute Presents: 3rd Fridays – Transformative Encounters Coffee Hour

February 17, 2023

Hassan Institute Presents: 3rd Fridays – Light Upon Light Fellowship Evening

February 8, 2023

Alumni Journeys Series: Bill Chambers

February 1, 2023

Lecture: Traditional Islamic Education in Modern Times: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

January 23, 2023

Hassan Institute Presents: 3rd Fridays – Light Upon Light Fellowship Evening

January 19, 2023

Hassan Institute Presents: 3rd Fridays – Transformative Encounters Coffee Hour

November 5, 2022

AIC – HEART Training

October 15, 2022

Music Workshop: Juan Carmona

September 24, 2022

Imam W. Deen Mohammed Conference & Dinner

August 26, 2022

AIC Jazz Collective

August 2, 2022

Bringing Peace to Humanity with “Sound Rhythm and Movement”

May 19, 2022

Join Us for a Conversation – Honoring the Life and Lasting Legacy of Malcolm X

May 6, 2022

The Chicago Immigrant Orchestra & Zeshan B

April 24, 2022

Interfaith Trolley Tour & Iftar

April 22, 2022

Islam & the Climate Crisis

March 31, 2022

Chalaban Music Workshop

February 13, 2022

Shah Waliullah’s Hujjatullah al-Baligha Intensive

February 12, 2022

Maqra’ – Hadith Al-Musalsalat

February 12, 2022

Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars of Islam

January 22, 2022

Re-Orienting Orientalism, Reforming Modernity and Towards an Ethics of the New Human

December 1, 2021

Lecture: Modern Muslim Theology in Work and Practice

October 24, 2021

Sounds of Faith

October 13, 2021

Lecture: Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam

October 7, 2021

Lecture: Multiplexity as an Islamic Methodology for Understanding the Social & Behavioral Sciences

September 29, 2021

Lecture: Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest

June 1, 2021

Summer Seminar: Listening While Muslim

April 13, 2021

Ramadan Quick Talks

April 10, 2021

Celebrating a Season of Renewal & Growth

April 6, 2021

Lecture: Improvisational Islam: Indonesian Youth in a Time of Possibility

March 5, 2021

Gendered Islamophobia: What is it and why we care – stories from Muslim organizers at the frontlines

February 18, 2021

Black Voices of Transformation

February 10, 2021

Lecture: Reading Race in Arabic Literature: A Tale of Two ‘Antarahs

February 9, 2021

Lecture: Journeying Through A Lost Story: A Cambodian Refugee’s Reflection of Self Discovery and Muslim Identity in the Aftermath of the Cambodian Genocide

January 27, 2021

Lecture: Young Muslim America: Faith, Community, and Belonging

December 9, 2020

Lecture: Mind of an Entrepreneur

November 12, 2020

Lecture: Islam, Muslims and the Media: Experiences from the Front Lines

September 16, 2020

Lecture: The Elusive Quest for Racial Equity in Education

August 20, 2020

Thinking About Education

August 19, 2020

Arabic Language Institute: Summer Enrichment Activities

August 11, 2020

Lessons from the Road: Reimagining an Intentional, Beloved Interfaith Community

August 9, 2020

Lecture: The Practical Application of Mercy in the Islamic Legal Tradition

April 22, 2020

Hurma Project 2020 Research Conference (Watch Presentation)

March 21, 2020

Tadabbur al-Qur’an Ramadan Series – Live stream

March 20, 2020

Lecture: A Historical Perspective on the Kashmir Conflict

March 20, 2020

The Intersection of Spirituality & Mental Health Practice

March 20, 2020

Muslim Women Scholars on Change in our Communities

February 23, 2020

Film Screening: The Cave

February 16, 2020

Community Event: Obstacle Course Video Play

February 14, 2020

Lecture: The “Religious Genius” of al-Ghazali

January 26, 2020

Coffee Hour with AIC President

January 21, 2020

Film Screening: American Muslim

January 10, 2020

Public Lecture: Upholding the Sacred Inviolability of Each Person who is Present in Muslim Spaces

November 13, 2019

Lecture: The Politics of Fast-Fashion, from Nike to Blue Tin Production

November 9, 2019

Shine Your True Self and Inspire the Best in Others

November 6, 2019

Tadabbur Al Quran: Strategies to Improve Your Relationship With Qur’an

October 15, 2019

Book Reading & Discussion: After She Said Yes

October 6, 2019

Same God: Film Screening & Discussion

September 16, 2019

Lecture: Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan

September 8, 2019

Community Event: Confronting Atrocity – The Syrian Crisis that Changed the World

May 3, 2019

Graduation Ceremony

April 24, 2019

Lecture: Leading While Muslim

April 9, 2019

Lecture: Muhammadan Mercy in Cosmic Order

March 28, 2019

Book Reading: (w)holehearted

March 23, 2019

Self-Love: A Path to Spiritual Growth

March 22, 2019

Lecture: Internalized Islamophobia and the American Muslim ‘Crisis of Faith’

March 6, 2019

Lecture: Implementing Traditional / Historical Design in Contemporary Architectural Projects

February 12, 2019

Lecture: The Emergence of Early Sufi Piety and Sunni Scholasticism: Abdullah b. al-Mubarak and the Formation of Sunni Identity in the Second Islamic Century

November 7, 2018

Lecture: X as Variable: Muslim Invocations of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)

October 20, 2018

AIC Film Screening & Discussion “The Judge”

October 9, 2018

Lecture: How Much Islam is in Medieval Jewish Thought?

September 29, 2018

Workshop: Race, Power, and Representation in Chicago’s Muslim Community

September 13, 2018

Lecture: Politics Not Religion: Demystifying Middle East Crises

August 31, 2018

Interfaith Dialogue Luncheon

June 21, 2018

Lecture: Integrating the Study of Buddhism in Islamic Studies Programs

May 10, 2018

Journey Through The Quran – Intensive Double-Weekend Course

April 19, 2018

Radically YOU! By Ifrah Mansour – Challenging Anti-Muslim Bias

April 7, 2018

Get Schooled At American Islamic College

April 4, 2018

Lecture: Between Caliphate and Colonizer: Palace Architecture in Early 20th-Century Western Cameroon

March 28, 2018

Lecture: Teachings of the Sufi Mystics: Poetry as a Source

March 6, 2018

Lecture: Monuments of Islamic Architecture under Communist Regime: Appropriation, De-Contextualization, Restoration

February 6, 2018

Lecture: Against the Prison Pipeline; Laboring for Love, Toward Justice, With Joy

February 4, 2018

Muslim Mental Health First Response Certification Training

January 23, 2018

Lecture: Ijtihad, Tradition and Reform in the Modern Muslim World

November 30, 2017

Lecture: Prophetic Love Literature

November 12, 2017

Exposing Truth, Fighting Injustice: The Scholarship & Activism of Dr. M. Cherif Bassiouni

November 7, 2017

Lecture: We Crossed A Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

October 26, 2017

Lecture: Tradition and Progressive Power: Modernizing Islamic Education in Egypt

October 7, 2017

Celebration of Muslim Artists

September 24, 2017

Annual Convocation & Dinner

September 12, 2017

Lecture: Islam, Pluralism and Liberal Peacebuilding in Afghanistan

August 16, 2017

Lecture & Workshop: The Art of Islamic Calligraphy: Scripts & Transmission Methods

June 3, 2017

Keeping the Faith: Higher Education for the Future of Islam in America

May 16, 2017

Lecture: Pastoral Care (Tazkiyat al-Nafs) and a Spiritual Anthropology of Al-ṭarīqa al-Naqshabandīyya

May 10, 2017

Lecture: Authentic Progress in Islamic Thought: How it’s possible?

May 8, 2017

Lecture: Jihad of the Pen, Journal of the Soul: An Anthology of West African Sufi Writing

April 29, 2017

The heART of the Matter: An Intimate Evening with Mehdi Hasan & Artist Aadil Abedi

April 19, 2017

Lecture: Fatwa, Islamic Law, & Governance in Iran: A Conversation with the Rafsanjanis

March 26, 2017

Media & Islam in the Time of Trump

March 7, 2017

AIC Community Talk: Yemen’s Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis

March 1, 2017

Lecture: The Mosque Lamp: Symbol of Divine Light

February 16, 2017

Lecture: Don’t Call it “Sharia Law”: How to Counter the Anti-Sharia Campaign in the United States

January 25, 2017

Lecture: In the Names of God: Approaching the Asma’ Allah al-Husna Genre in Islam

January 12, 2017

Round Table Discussion with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Muslim Community Leaders

December 8, 2016

Lecture: Landmarks in the History of Madinah in the Prophetic Age

November 15, 2016

Dialogue Luncheon: Students from Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Visit AIC

November 10, 2016

Conscious Living, Clean Eating: The Deeper Meaning of Halal

October 3, 2016

Lecture: Resilience, Stress, and our Ability to Thrive

July 31, 2016

Imams & Muslim Chaplains Workshop: Addressing the Current State of Muslim Leadership, Spiritual Care & Education in the US

July 30, 2016

Chaplaincy Workshop: An Interfaith Understanding on Islam

July 14, 2016

Lecture: Escaping the Margins: Poetry of Protest, Poetry of Power

July 1, 2016

AIC Strengthens Ties with Neighborhood at Taste of Ramadan Festival

June 24, 2016

AIC Welcomes Students from Loyola University’s Women & Religion Summer Class

June 16, 2016

AIC Holds 6th Annual Ramadan Reception

May 25, 2016

Dialogue Luncheon: Youth in Mission from Omaha, Nebraska Visit AIC

May 15, 2016

Prayer of the Oppressed

May 6, 2016

AIC Celebrates the End of the Year with a BBQ

April 30, 2016

AIC Community Event: Help Place Muslim Orphans into Real Homes

April 22, 2016

An Evening of Classical Arabic Music with Turath Ensemble

April 22, 2016

Sacred Word: Changing Meanings in Textual Cultures of Islamic Africa

April 17, 2016

AIC Film Series: Mariam

April 12, 2016

Lecture: Spiritual Dimensions of Trauma Healing: An Islamic Perspective

April 10, 2016

Faith in Action: Preventing & Responding to Sexual Violence in Faith Communities

April 1, 2016

Dialogue Luncheon: Students from Dominican University Visit AIC

March 30, 2016

Lecture: How ISIS Changed the World Again

March 21, 2016

Dialogue Luncheon: Youth in Mission from North Dakota Visit AIC

March 15, 2016

Lecture: Islamic Manuscripts of Timbuktu: The Arabic Literature of Africa

March 1, 2016

Lecture: Female Spiritual Leadership

February 20, 2016

Winter Open House

February 2, 2016

Performance by Al Firdaus Ensemble

January 26, 2016

Lecture: Big Da’wah: New Media and Islam