Dear Friends of IQSA,
For over eleven years the International Qur’anic Studies Association has made fostering Qur’anic scholarship its mission. The Qur’an is an integral part of world literature, and it has shaped and continues to shape the world in which we live. IQSA is mindful of its members and partners, and we want to reach out to those among you who can afford to support IQSA when the organization needs it most. By giving to IQSA as you are able, you are promoting high quality scholarship and building bridges across the globe, which in turn has positive ripple effects on high quality education, journalism, publishing and public engagement.
IQSA is the only non-profit learned society exclusively dedicated to convening regular Qur’an conferences in North America and in Muslim majority countries around the world, as well as to publishing rigorous cutting edge scholarship on the Qur’an. Within eleven short years IQSA has convened large scale conferences throughout major US cities, London, Carthage, Palermo, Tunisia and Jogjakarta, Indonesia, as well as co-sponsored panels in Berlin, Germany and St. Andrews, Scotland. IQSA conferences showcase cutting edge research on manuscripts, historical documents, and high tech digital resources, as well as debate critical issues including methodology, hermeneutics and gender. This is possible because IQSA members include the very best scholars in the field.
The ninth issue of the bilingual Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association (JIQSA) was released this year in cooperation with De Gruyter, including the Review of Qur’anic Research. Find all issues at www.degruyter.com/journal/key/jiqsa/html.
IQSA is committed to breaking down barriers by providing courtesy memberships to scholars and students from the global south and low-income countries. By giving, you help IQSA keep membership dues low and you reward those members of our community who need it most.
It goes without saying that the current political climate has made our task — especially critical scholarship and building bridges — more important than ever. As academics, professionals and philanthropists we have a duty to support the Humanities and Social Sciences across the globe. This also means we have the opportunity to bring about a much more intellectual discussion of the Qur’an when the public needs it most.
IQSA was founded by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, and is now funded through the generous support of its members, partners and friends. Please take time this #GivingTuesday to DONATE NOW to further IQSA’s mission across the globe.
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Most gratefully,
Hythem Sidky, Executive Director
International Qur’anic Studies Association
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