The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS) held its 36th Annual Conference on October 26-28 at the University of Maryland's College Park campus in Maryland. Twenty seven panelists presented papers in seven panels on topics within the conference theme “Perils of Empire: Islamophobia, Religious Extremism and the New Imperialism”. Dr. Mamdouh Mamdani of Columbia University delivered the keynote address at the Annual Banquet on Saturday night. A detailed report of the conference will be posted on the AMSS and IIIT websites early next  month. [Click here for conference information and the full conference program.]

A group of scholars and leaders from Islamic and other faiths whom IIIT officials had interacted or worked with during the past year got together at the Friends of IIIT iftar/dinner on October 3 at the IIIT headquarters.