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In contemporary world permeated by hegemonic Western positivistic sciences which rescinded the important value of ethics, faith traditions and revealed knowledge that have had impacted human lives for several centuries and millennials were relegated to private life. This notion of privatizing civilizational religions, Islam in particular, had created intellectual numbness, apathy and indifference. To bring forth ‘intellectual compassion’ in the arrogant world of Western sciences, the UP Institute of Islamic Studies was created on November 22, 1973 by Presidential Decree 342, as part of the Philippine Center for Advanced Studies (PCAS). Following the abolition of PCAS on July 9, 1979 by virtue of Executive Order No. 543 issued by the then-president of the Philippines, the Institute was re-established as a separate unit of the University.

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Suara Muslim Initiative for Leadership Empowerment (S.M.I.L.E.)

We are pleased to inform you that the University of the Philippines Diliman- Institute of Islamic Studies (UPIIS) in collaboration with the Center for Integrative and Development Studies- Islamic Studies Program (UPCIDS-ISP) will facilitate the kick-off activity of the project titled “Suara Muslim Initiative for Leadership Empowerment (S.M.I.L.E.)” dubbed as “Iftar for a Cause: Round Table Discussion on the Rehabilitation of Marawi City.” The RTD will be participated by Muslim leaders, experts and stakeholders to discuss ongoing rehabilitation programs in Marawi on May 30, 2018 from 3:00PM to 8:00PM at the Teodoro Room, E. Virata Hall, UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries Building, E. Jacinto Street, Diliman, Quezon City. The output of the RTD will be used as baseline data for the project’s component on community engagement.

 

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Call for Book Proposals: Islam in Southeast Asia Series (Palgrave Macmillan)

The official Series website is available at https://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/16079.

The Series Editors

Nassef Manabilang Adiong
Institute of Islamic Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman

Imtiyaz Yusuf
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC-IIUM)

Lily Zubaidah Rahim
Department of Government and International Relations, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Sydney

Maznah Mohamad
Department of Malay Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore

Nadirsyah Hosen
Faculty of Law, Monash University

The series publishes academic and policy research on historical and contemporary Muslim communities, both in the region and in the diaspora, and on all aspects of Islam in Southeast Asia. It concentrates on theoretical, methodological, empirical, religious, spiritual, and critical studies of Islam, including mundane praxes and lived Islam. We encourage interdisciplinarity and eclectic contributions from scholars and practitioners (e.g. preachers, spiritual/religious leaders, and policy makers) to facilitate a holistic approach towards the study of Islam. The series particularly welcome topics on: 1) Islam and Politics 2) Islam & Ethnicity; 3) Islam and Modernity; 4) MENA Influences in Southeast Asia; 5) pre-Modern and Contemporary Islamic Thought; 6) Sunni and Shia Relations; 7) Islamic Studies and Area Studies; 8) Canonical and Periphery Islam; and 9) Relations between Muslims and non-Muslims across the region. Contributions are welcome from across fields and disciplines including politics, international relations, sociology, humanities, the arts, anthropology, comparative religion, cultural studies, economics, history, law (jurisprudence), philosophy, mysticism (Sufism), and theology. The series will include original monographs, Palgrave Pivots, edited volumes/collections, and handbooks.

Correspondence regarding book proposals should be addressed to Vishal Daryanomel (vishal.daryanomel@palgrave.com).

The Advisory Board

1. Afifi al-Akiti, University of Oxford, UK
2. Chiara Formichi, Cornell University, USA
3. Deina Abdelkader, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, USA
4. Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University, USA
5. Howard M. Federspiel, The Ohio State University, USA
6. Iik Arifin Mansurnoor, University of Brunei Darussalam
7. Jeffrey Ayala Milligan, Florida State University, USA
8. Joseph Chinyong Liow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
9. Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad, State Institute of Islamic Studies, Indonesia
10. Ken Miichi, Waseda University, Japan
11. Kerstin Steiner, La Trobe University, Australia
12. Kevin Caffrey, Harvard University, USA
13. Kevin W. Fogg, University of Oxford, UK
14. Khairudin Aljunied, National University of Singapore
15. Kikue Hamayotsu, Northern Illinois University, USA
16. Martin Slama, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
17. Max L. Gross, Georgetown University, USA
18. Muqtedar Khan, University of Delaware, USA
19. Omar Farouk Bajunid, Hiroshima City University, Japan
20. Osman bin Bakar, University of Brunei Darussalam
21. Patricia Sloane-White, University of Delaware, USA
22. Raffaele Mauriello, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Iran
23. Ronit Ricci, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
24. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The George Washington University, USA
25. Sven Schottmann, Griffith University, Australia
26. Syed Serajul Islam, Lakehead University, Canada
27. Thomas Gibson, University of Rochester, USA
28. Timothy P. Daniels, Hofstra University, USA
29. Vedi Hadiz, University of Melbourne, Australia
30. Vivienne SM. Angeles, La Salle University, USA
31. William Gervase Clarence-Smith, SOAS, University of London, UK
32. Yon Machmudi, Universitas Indonesia

 

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International Seminar-Workshop on Madrasah Education

The Islamic Studies Program of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies, the UP Institute of Islamic Studies, and the Embassy of Indonesia in Manila will organize an international seminar-workshop on Madrasah Education with a theme,  Exploring Best Practices in Madaris and Islamic Studies Education between Indonesia and the Philippines, on July 4-5, 2018 at Balay Kalinaw of the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Since 2015 there are strong moves across the regions to promote the seventeen (17) targets in order to achieve  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),  such as quality education,  reduced inequalities and  peace, justice and strong institutions. In order to support these three targets in the field of Islamic Education, the Indonesian government through the Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Phillipines through the UP-CIDS -Islamic Studies Program, UP Institute of Islamic Studies and the Office of the Education Attaché organized this International Seminar Workshop on Madrasah Education  seminar-workshop with the following objectives:

  1. To gather experts to  share best practices on Madrasah Education between Indonesia and Philippines;
  2. To conduct workshop that can provide assessment on gaps and areas for development on Madrasah pedagogies, curriculum, teachers’ support system and instructional resources such as books, textbooks etc.;
  3. To plan out future activities and areas for further collaboration to enhance the quality of madrasah education in the Philippines;
  4. To strengthen linkages and sharing of experiences between Indonesia and the Philippines;
  5. To produce and publish discussion and policy papers in compliance with the UPCIDS-ISP requirement.

The organizing committee believes that education (Madrasah Education) is one of the indispensable tool in promoting moderate Islam to prevent extremism and terrorism (“counter extremist narrative through education”) in some vulnerable areas in the country.

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The Message of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Faiths

It is an honor for the graduate students of History of Islam and Islamic Political Thought facilitated by Asst. Prof. Dr. Nassef Manabilang Adiong to invite everyone on May 16, 2018 (Wednesday) at 1:00 PM at the Bulwagang Salam of the Romulo Hall, UP Diliman for an open forum lead and lectured by three prominent intellectual and pious speakers of their respective faith traditions:

Programme
  • 01:00–01:10 – Opening Remarks and Introduction of the 1st Speaker by Asst Prof. Dr. Nassef Manabilang Adiong
  • 01:10–02:10 – The Jewish Faith by Rabbi Eliyahu Azaria
  • 02:10–02:15 – Introduction of the 2nd Speaker by Mr. Simon Peter D.L. Ramos
  • 02:15–03:15 – The Christian Faith by Rev. Fr. Rolando V. Dela Rosa, O.P., SThD
  • 03:15–03:45 – Muslim Prayer and snacks for Rabbi Azaria, Fr. Dela Rosa, and their fellows
  • 03:45–03:50 – Introduction of the 3rd Speaker by Ms. Jonty F. Biona
  • 03:50–04:50 – The Islamic Faith by Dean Macrina A. Morados
  • 04:50–06:00 – Open Forum by the three speakers moderated by Asst Prof. Dr. Nassef Manabilang Adiong
  • 06:00 onwards – Iftar, the main meal of the fasting day, which occurs at sunset every day of the holy month of Ramadan.
Interfaith Poster (1)
Profiles of the Prominent Speakers

 

Rabbi Eliyahu Azaria is the head of the Bait Yaacov Synagogue of the Jewish Association of the Philippines, the only synagogue in the country that houses a large function room, a spacious kosher kitchen, a library, classrooms, a mikveh and offices. The community owns a Jewish cemetery as well. Rabbi Azaria, a native of Chicago, and his family moved to the Philippines in September 2004, after his rabbinical studies and ordination at the Midrash Sephardi Yeshiva (Shehebar Sephardic Center) in Jerusalem. A graduate of the Joseph Straus Rabbinical Seminary’s Amiel Program (Straus-Amiel), Rabbi Azaria underwent training to meet the challenges of serving different communities, whether within monolithic religious communities, in mixed congregations with religious and secular members, or communities seeking to find their way back to Judaism. Straus-Amiel training covers understanding Diaspora communities; professional leadership; communications and public relations; family counseling, rhetoric and public speaking; guiding families through life-cycle events; the structure and management of the synagogue throughout the Jewish year; and contemporary questions in the Jewish world. After several years, the Jewish community in the Philippines has grown, their membership has almost tripled and they now have more visitors. The Friday night meals that they used to host at the Rabbi’s home were moved to the Social Hall because of the increase in the number of people coming that now ranges between 40 to 50 at night and 80 to 100 in the morning. With the help and support of their community, they have established a minyan on Mondays, Thursdays, Rosh Hodesh, Holidays, Shabbat and any other time that they have a special occasion like a Brit Milah, burial, wedding, etc.

 

Rev. Fr. Rolando V. Dela Rosa, O.P., SThD is the former Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome and the University of Santo Tomas (UST), the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Asia. In 2004, he was appointed by then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education. Reverend Father Dela Rosa was born in Legazpi City, Albay in 1953. He finished his primary and secondary education at Aquinas University Rawis in the same city, while he earned his BA degree in Philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies graduating Magna cum Laude (with great distinction). In 1980, Fr. Dela Rosa completed his second bachelor’s degree (with great distinction as well) in Sacred Theology at UST. Three years after, he was ordained to the priesthood and completed another two degrees from the same university, these are, Magna cum Laude in Licentiate in Sacred Theology and Summa cum Laude in the Master of Arts in Higher Religious Studies. By 1985, he attained full Professorship at the UST Ecclesiastical Faculty, and subsequently thereafter, he earned two highest Doctoral degrees from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. From 1990 to 1998, he was the President of the Association of Catholic Universities of the Philippines, and in 1995 he founded the Network of Dominican schools, colleges and universities in the country. In addition, he also served as the President of the International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Over the years of his illustrious scholarly life, he has published books, journal articles, Manila Bulletin’s editorial pieces, and received several national and international awards, including the 1991 National Book Award in History, 1995 Outstanding Manila Award in Education, 1996 Medal of Highest Honor from South Korea’s Kyung Hee University, 1997 Catholic Authors Award, among others.

 

Asst. Prof. Macrina A. Morados is the 8th Dean of the Institute of Islamic Studies of the University of the Philippines Diliman. She finished her Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Studies and Bachelor of Laws at the Mindanao State University in 1991 and 2001, respectively. She earned her Master’s Degree in Islamic Studies at the UP-IIS in 2003 and presently pursuing her PhD in Philippine Studies at the UP Tri-College majoring in Philippine Culture and Society. She passed the Shariáh Bar Examinations and granted license to practice by the Supreme Court on November 7, 2006.  Her field of expertise include:  Muslim Personal and Family Relations (PD 1083), Muslim Women and Children’s Rights in Islam, Interfaith Relations, Islamic Civilization and History of the Muslims in the Philippines. She is co-author with Dr. Carmen A. Abubakar of the book titled: “CRC and Islamic Law Divergences and Convergences: The Philippine Case” (2007).  In 2008, she was recipient of a Cultural Exchange Program granted by the US Department of State and Purdue University. Her recent published articles include topics on Theocentricism and Pluralism. She was Shari’ah Bar Examiner in 2008 and recently in 2013 for the subjects in Islamic Inheritance Law and Persons and Family Relations, respectively. For this year (2016), she is hoping to finish her second book titled: “Islamic Adab (Ethics) in the Context of Filipino Values,” a UP-IIS book project funded by Zayed University, Dubai, UAE. Recently, she was tapped by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) as Lecturer on the Islamic perspective during the National Gender and Development (GAD) Orientation Seminar conducted by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) held in various divisions particularly in the cities of Cagayan de Oro City, Davao, Cebu and Quezon City, Metro Manila She is also a member of the Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) under the Historical Injustice Study Group (2015). Also team leader of an ongoing research engagement (for Caloocan City Cluster) on the study: “Children and Harmful Work in the Philippines: A Child Rights Situational Analysis” in collaboration with Prof. Rufa Guiam of Mindanao State University, General Santos City and Save the Children International.