Centre for the Study of Human Rights with Political Quarterly.

To celebrate the publication of Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation, Hurst & Co invite you to a public debate and reception: 'Are We Seeing the Best or Worst of the Indian State?

At more than 150 million people, Muslims are the largest Indian minority but are facing a significant decline in socio-economic as well as political terms - while waves of communal violence have affected them over the last twenty-five years.

Kathryn Spellman (Aga Khan University)
Date: 21 March 2012
Time: 5:00 -7.00 PM 
Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings, Room: G51, SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Type of Event: Seminar
Series: Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies Seminar Series, SOAS

Speaker: Afiya S. Zia

Paul Weller will provide an overview of key themes drawn from within the chapters of his new co-edited (together with Ihsan Yilmaz of Fatih University, Istanbul) book on European Muslims, Civility and Public Life: Perspectives on and From the Gülen Movement, that were written by a range of authors, including Professor Weller himself.

A militant Islamic movement in northern Nigeria known popularly as Boko Haram has started to be noticed by the British press; it has even been the subject of a leader in The Guardian. But who are they? What is the history of this group? And what is their objective?

Olive Tree Middle East Forum

Date: 17 March 2012
Time: 9:30am – 6.30pm
Venue: Brunei Gallery, Room: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG                                Type of Event: Conference

Malise Ruthven and Eliza Griswold in conversation.