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UF Center for Global Islamic Studies
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The Center for Global Islamic Studies at the University of Florida produces research on Islam as it intersects with broader social, cultural, political and economic dynamics. https://globalislam.center.ufl.edu/
Huge thanks to our Nov 7 Islam In The Mediterranean workshop speakers—Aala Abdelgadir, Valery Dzatsati, and Andrew Lebovich—for engaging talks. Grateful as well to our co-sponsors for making it possible!
#CGIS #UF #Workshop
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Islam in the Mediterranean” (Workshop)

📅 Fri, Nov 7, 2025
⏰ 8:30 AM–2:00 PM
📍 Dauer Hall 219 (UF)
🎙️ Speakers: Aala Abdelgadir, Valery Dzutsati, Andrew Lebovich

✅ Free & open to the public

Hosted by UF Center for Global Islamic Studies with CAS, CES & CLAS.
#UF #CGIS #CAS #CES #Islam
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thanks to Prof. Mauro Nobili (UIUC) for a packed BARAZA lecture: “Writing History in Islamic West Africa: Chronicles, Forgeries & Colonial Misinterpretations.”
Hosted with the Center for African Studies at UF. #CGIS #UF #BARAZA #WestAfrica #History
November 2, 2025 at 5:18 AM
BARAZA lecture: Mauro Nobili (University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign) — “Writing History in Islamic West Africa: Chronicles, Forgeries & Colonial Misinterpretations.” Fri Oct 31 • 3:30 PM • 404 Grinter Hall. Reception to follow. Hosted by UF CGIS & Center for African Studies. #CGIS #UF #BARAZA
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Reposted by UF Center for Global Islamic Studies
"Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam" by Ken Chitwood

Check out his book to learn more about the lives of Puerto Rican Muslims.

#religion #uf #UFReligion #gators #book #religionstudies #alumni #puertorico #muslim #borícua #AmeRícan
August 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
3.7.25
The Center for Global Islamic Studies organized a talk titled "Sinful Speech and the Ethics of Difference in Early Islamic Traditions of Piety, " delivered by Arafat Razzaque, Assistant Professor of Islamic History at the University of Toronto.
March 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
March 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM