Jay Willoughby
Biographic Data
| ID | 6961611 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jay Willoughby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jay |
| FAMILY NAME | Willoughby |
| SIGNATURE | WILLOUGHBY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-5330-9610 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 41 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Same God Question in the context of oppression
In recent years, the ongoing debate regarding whether Muslims and Christians worship the same God has predominantly been discussed from theological and philosophical perspectives. Yet, a significant gap exists in exploring this discourse through a sociological lens, particularly in understanding how the “Same God Question” resonates within the contexts of minority groups and the oppressed. This article addresses this gap by investigating the view…
Theologies and Ethics of Justice
The Summer Institute for Scholars 2017, held at the IIIT headquarters inHerndon, VA, from July 26-29, brought together a group of scholars to address“Theologies and Ethics of Justice: New Directions for Islamic Thoughtin the 21st Century.” To present as many of their ideas as possible, the widerangingand thought-provoking comments of the chairs and discussants arenot recountedThe event began with welcoming remarks by Ermin Sinanović (programdirec…
Iiit-FCNA Fiqh Forum on Adoption and Orphan Care
On April 13, 2017, the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) andthe Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) brought jurists, scholars, and professionalsin the field to share their latest research on the topic of adoptionand orphan care. The day-long forum, held at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon,VA, featured one concept paper and five panels.The opening session featured Zainab Alwani (vice chair, FCNA; programdirector, Fiqh Forum on Ado…
Isis and Islam
Islam in Africa
Reaching Consensus on Organ Donation
Islamic Thought and Secular Modernity
Reaching Consensus on Organ Donation
On July 20, 2016, IIIT held a forum entitled “Reaching Consensus on OrganDonation,” in collaboration with the Washington Regional Transplant Community(WRTC; http://www.beadonor.org), to hear presentations by medicalprofessionals, community leaders, religious scholars, and social scientists. Eachof the four panels was followed by a robust Question and Answer session.Panel 1: Conceptual Framework. Lori Bingham (president and CEO,WRTC) outlined the …
Islam in Africa, Islam in Globalization
On October 15, 2105, the International Institute of Islamic Thought commemoratedAli Mazrui’s (1933- 2014) first death anniversary by convening a seminarto honor their mutual close and lasting relationship. Mazrui served as theeditor-in-chief of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (2009-14),participated in many of the institute’s events, and was awarded the IIIT DistinguishedScholar Award in 2011. In addition, he bequeathed his collect…
Islamic Thought and Secular Modernity
The Summer Institute for Scholars 2016, held at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon,VA, from August 8-13, 2016, brought together a group of scholars to address“Islamic Thought and Secular Modernity.” In order to present as manyof their ideas as possible, the wide-ranging and thought-provoking commentsof the chairs and the discussants are not recounted here
Isis and Islam
On May 3, 2016, at the International Institute of Islamic Thought’s headquartersin Herndon, VA, Asaad Al-Saleh (Indiana University; scholar-in-residence,IIIT) spoke on “ISIS and Islam: How a Terrorist's Ideology TwistsReligion.” He began by asking a question – Is ISIS Islamic or not? – and thenproceeded to give a “simple point of view.” He first drew a distinction between“Islam” and “Muslim,” which he said is a very problematic thing to do.“Islam…
Reflections on the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
On November 18, 2014, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, founder and board member,IIIT; leader of the Malaysian opposition; and former deputy prime ministerof Malaysia, shared his “Reflections on the Aftermath of the Arab Spring” withthe general public at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon, VA.He opened with “O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Apostleand those in authority from among you” (Q. 4:59), which he considers one ofthe Qur’an’s “most used a…
Between Salafism and Traditionalism
On March 12, 2015 Emad Hamdeh, a specialist in modern Muslim reformmovements, Islamic intellectual history, historical pedagogical methods, andIslamic law, discussed “Between Salafism and Traditionalism: The Case ofNasir al-Din Albani and His Detractors” at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon,VA. He currently serves as an adjunct professor of Arabic and Islamic studiesin the Department of Modern Languages and Literature at Montclair StateUniversity,…
The Awakening of Muslim Democracy
Jocelyn Cesari (senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkly Center; director,Islam in World Politics program), teaches contemporary Islam at theHarvard Divinity School and directs its Gerogetown-based interfaculty“Islam in the West” program. On March 3 at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon,VA, she elaborated on the topics discussed in her latest book: The Awakeningof Muslim Democracy: Religion, Modernity, and the State (CambridgeUniversity Pres…
Constitutions and Pluralism in Muslim States and Societies
The Summer Institute for Scholars 2015, held at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon,VA, from June 8-21, brought together a group of scholars to address“Constitutions and Pluralism in Muslim States and Societies.” In order to presentas many of their ideas as possible, the wide-ranging and thought-provokingcomments of the chairs and the discussants are not recounted here
Islamic Law and Ethics
The Summer Institute for Scholars 2014, held at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon,VA, from June 16-21, 2014, brought together a group of scholars to address“Islamic Law and Ethics.” In order to present as many of their ideas aspossible, the wide-ranging and thought-provoking comments of the chairs andthe discussants are not recounted here
Iiit Intellectual Panels at the Isna 50th Annual Convention
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) organized a two-day seriesof intellectual panels at the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA) 50thannual convention, held in Washington, DC, over the Labor Day weekend(Aug. 31–Sept. 1, 2103). These events were hosted in the institute’s hospitalitysuite on the main floor of the Washington Convention Center. Recently publishedIIIT books and other selected publications were prominently displa…
Islam and Interfaith Dialogue
On March 21, 2014, Seyed Amir Akrami, a visiting Iranian scholar at the EasternMennonite University in Harrisonburg, VA, visited the headquarters ofthe International Institute of Islamic Thought. He holds a PhD in the philosophyof religion (McGill University), as well as a BA and an MA in Islamictheology and mysticism (University of Tehran).In his opening remarks he stated that with the end of the Cold War, thecloser relations between politics an…
Muslim Cosmopolitanism
On November 8, 2013, Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied (National Universityof Singapore; Fulbright Fellow, Columbia University) addressed the topic of“Muslim Cosmopolitanism.” The event was held at the IIIT headquarters inHerndon, Virginia.He began his talk with a personal example: He is the child of an Arab fatherand an Indian mother, his culture is Malay, he prefers to talk in eitherMalay or English, and he understands Chinese. Thus, he is a living …
English Literary Studies
On January 15, 2014, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, assistant professor in the Departmentof English Language and Literature at the International Islamic UniversityMalaysia, addressed an audience at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon,VA. He spoke on how Muslims have tended to associate English studies withwestern value systems, secularism, and anti-Islamic practices.He opened his talk with some background information. He was educatedat a madrassa and then chos…
Islamic Reform Movements after the Arab Spring
On June 24-July 3, 2013, the International Institute of Islamic Thought held its annual Summer Institute for Scholars. Given the number of presentations, only a few of them will be mentioned here. In his welcoming remarks, Abdul Aziz Sachedina (George Mason University) spoke eloquently about how change has to come from within, how politics still dominates values, and how the Qur’an and Sunnah are being read not for inspiration, but for putting do…
Prospects and Dimensions of Conflict Resolution Programs in the Islamic Context
Amr Abdalla (professor and vice rector, University for Peace, San Jose, CostaRica) visited the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) on February1, 2013, to discuss the challenges of conflict resolution and peace that hascaught the attention of so many Muslim and non-Muslim scholars and policymakersfor several decades. As the Muslim world remains plagued with violentconfrontations between states and non-state actors, regional and natio…
Iiit Intellectual Panels at the Isna 49th Annual Convention
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) organized a two-day seriesof intellectual panels at the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA)49th annual convention, held in Washington, DC over the Labor Day weekend.These events, hosted in the institute’s hospitality suite on the main floorof the Washington Convention Center, took place during 1-2 September 2012.Recently published IIIT books and other selected Arabic and English publicat…
Reading the Qur’an Contextually
On June 6, 2013, at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon, VA, Abdulla Saeed (Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia), spoke to the audience about how a “contextualist” reading of the Qur’an is becoming popular among those Muslims who are often referred to as “progressives,” “ijtihadis,” or “contextualists.” Saeed began his presentation by defining context, which he said goes hand in hand with text, in…
Islamic Political Thought after the Arab Spring
On December 7, 2012, Ermin Sinanovic (assistant professor, Department ofPolitical Science, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD) presentedhis “Islamic Political Thought after the Arab Spring,” at the headquarters ofthe International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT; Herndon, VA). After openingwith several questions – How have the events in the Middle East and Arabworld influenced and continued to shape Islamic political thought? Why didth…
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Taking Back Islam
This book is divided into nine sections: an opening section with intro ductoryessays, followed by eight chapters that discuss the writers' viewson certain issues. Each section contains several essays of anywhere frombetween three to six pages. Given the number of authors, I will mentiononly some of the points made in each section.In his introduction, Michael Wolfe lays out the book's generalpremise: Maybe it is time to stop looking to the "mother…
Martyrs
Davis seeks to present a balanced view of terrorism vs. martyrdom, moderatevs. radical, the Muslim world vs. the West, and why 9/11 happened.The author is deputy foreign editor at Knight Ridder newspapers and is aregular contributor to her company’s 32 newspapers.In chapter 1, “A Minister’s Question,” Davis, an African-Americanpracticing Christian, wonders why African-Americans mainly have chosennon-violence, while the self-professed Muslims held…
Muslims in the United States
This event, co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center forScholars and the International Institute of Islamic Thought on May 11, 2005,was convened to determine which American Muslim scholars are influentialin the Muslim world.The first panel, “Assessing the Current Influence of American IslamicThinkers on Islamic Thinkers in Asia and the Arab World,” featured OsmanBakar (Georgetown University), Tamara Sonn (College of William andMary…
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is the story of why the so-calleddeveloping never seems to develop, as seen through the eyes of JohnPerkins, who was involved in “developing” several oil-rich nations. Theopening chapters deal with his childhood, which was permeated with elitismand ideas of how only the “right people” really mattered, his subsequentrebellion by defying his parents’ plan for his life, his initial contacts(through his wife) with g…
The Thirty-fourth AMSS Annual Conference
This conference, held from Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2005 and co-sponsored byTemple University (Philadelphia), represented a homecoming for theAssociation of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS), for its source of inspiration,Dr. Isma`il al-Faruqi, taught religion there from 1968-1986. Elevenpanels addressed the theme, “Muslims and Islam in the Chaotic ModernWorld: Relations of Muslims among Themselves and with Others,” by coveringa wide range of topics, fro…
National Advisory Council on South Asian Affairs
On May 19-20, 2005, at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., theNational Advisory Council on South Asian Affairs (NACSAA) held its firstbi-annual seminar to discuss democracy in South Asia. Given the largenumber of speakers, I mention only those that dealt with Muslim countries.Abdul Momen (University of Massachusetts) stated that the outlook fordemocracy in Bangladesh is promising, because it has achieved multipartydemocracy after military rule, …
Oukoubah
Imagine that a struggling revolutionary movement is promising paradiseafter your defenseless country is unwillingly sucked into the maelstrom oftotal war; that the revolutionary leaders are highly respected men andwomen, many of whom were educated in the former colonial master’shomeland; and that the ruler, who is credited with single-handedly achievingyour nation’s independence and enjoys near-divine status among the masses, joins the revolution…
Globalization and Trans-nationalism
On 10 August 2006, The National Advisory Council for South Asian Affairs(NACSAA) met at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC, to answer severalquestions: Do markets know best? Does the market really know? Are the richgetting richer and the poor getting poorer? Does globalization meanWesternization and/or Americanization? Are traditional societies being dissipated?As there were many speakers, I will present only brief summaries.Shabir Ahmed stated th…
The Cham Rebellion
This book is a study of what happened to Cambodia’s Cham Muslims livingin the Khmer Rouge-controlled Kroch Chhmar district (Kampong Champrovince) during the 1970s. Based on reconstructed events and survivors’memories, it is an account of ordinary Muslims caught up in a utopian maelstromof deceit, brutality, fear, unexpected compassion, torture, and deliberatemurder on an almost unbelievable scale while the Muslim world, and theworld at large, was…
Conference on Champa 2007
This first-ever conference convened by the Champa peoples, of whom theCham (both Muslim and non-Muslim) are an important component, focusedon the “Sociocultural Issues of Champa 175 Years after Its Disappearance(1832-2007).” Held on 7-8 July 2007, in San Jose, CA, it was opened byChuck Reed (mayor, San Jose), Musa Porome (chairman, Organizing Committee),Ahmad Yahya (Member of Parliament, Cambodia; founder, RadioSapCham [Voice of the Cham]), and R…
Perils of Empire
TheAssociation ofMuslim Social Scientists of NorthAmerica (AMSS) heldits 36th annual conference at the University ofMaryland from26-28 October2007. Co-sponsored by the university’s Department of Government and Politicsand featuring Dr. Charles E. Butterworth as its program chair, the presentersdiscussed the “Perils of Empire: Islamophobia, Religious Extremism,and the New Imperialism.” In his opening remarks, Butterworth mentionedthat he had been …
Crossing Boundaries
On 24-25 October 2008, the thirty-seventh annual conference of theAssociation of Muslim Social Scientists of North America (AMSS) washeld at the Harvard Divinity School, thanks to the efforts of the late Dr.Louis Cantori (an AMSS board member) and the gracious support of DeanWilliam Graham. Given the expanding role of religion in American foreignpolicy and public life, the conference’s seven panels were structured aroundfinding common ground in a…
Islam in the Age of Global Challenges
On 14-15 November 2008, Georgetown University’s Copley Formal Loungeand Philodemic Room served as the venues for an extraordinary conferenceon a unique Muslim leader who is finally becoming better known in theUnited States: Fethullah Gulen. Beginning in the early 1950s, this graduateof the Turkish seminary system began encouraging Turkish businessmen andothers to build schools to provide a modern education to as many students aspossible. People l…
The Relationship between the Qur’an and the Sunnah
From 25 July to 6 August 2010, a select group of scholars invited by the InternationalInstitute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) analyzed “The Relationshipbetween the Qur’an and the Sunnah.” Chaired by Mahmoud Ayoub (HartfordSeminary), this twenty-session event focused on how Muslims are dealingwith Islam’s two core sources in the twenty-first century
Good Governance in Islam
The Summer Institute for Scholars 2012, held at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon,VA, from July 9-18, 2012, brought together twenty scholars to address“Good Governance in Islam: Classical and Contemporary Approaches.” Inorder to present as many of their ideas as possible, the wide-ranging andthought-provoking comments of the chairs and the discussants are not recountedhere
Islamic Reform Movements after the Arab Spring
On June 24-July 3, 2013, the International Institute of Islamic Thought held its annual Summer Institute for Scholars. Given the number of presentations, only a few of them will be mentioned here. In his welcoming remarks, Abdul Aziz Sachedina (George Mason University) spoke eloquently about how change has to come from within, how politics still dominates values, and how the Qur’an and Sunnah are being read not for inspiration, but for putting do…
Prospects and Dimensions of Conflict Resolution Programs in the Islamic Context
Amr Abdalla (professor and vice rector, University for Peace, San Jose, CostaRica) visited the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) on February1, 2013, to discuss the challenges of conflict resolution and peace that hascaught the attention of so many Muslim and non-Muslim scholars and policymakersfor several decades. As the Muslim world remains plagued with violentconfrontations between states and non-state actors, regional and natio…
Iiit Intellectual Panels at the Isna 49th Annual Convention
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) organized a two-day seriesof intellectual panels at the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA)49th annual convention, held in Washington, DC over the Labor Day weekend.These events, hosted in the institute’s hospitality suite on the main floorof the Washington Convention Center, took place during 1-2 September 2012.Recently published IIIT books and other selected Arabic and English publicat…
Reading the Qur’an Contextually
On June 6, 2013, at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon, VA, Abdulla Saeed (Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia), spoke to the audience about how a “contextualist” reading of the Qur’an is becoming popular among those Muslims who are often referred to as “progressives,” “ijtihadis,” or “contextualists.” Saeed began his presentation by defining context, which he said goes hand in hand with text, in…
Islamic Political Thought after the Arab Spring
On December 7, 2012, Ermin Sinanovic (assistant professor, Department ofPolitical Science, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD) presentedhis “Islamic Political Thought after the Arab Spring,” at the headquarters ofthe International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT; Herndon, VA). After openingwith several questions – How have the events in the Middle East and Arabworld influenced and continued to shape Islamic political thought? Why didth…
Jewish Revival and Respect for Islam in Nineteenth-Century Europe
On May 17, 2013, Joseph V. Montville, director of the Esalen Institute’s “Toward the Abrahamic Family Reunion” project (http://abrahamicfamilyreunion. org), addressed a select audience at the IIIT headquarters on pre-Zionist Jewish scholarly interest in Islam. He began by recalling how German and Austro-Hungarian Jewish scholars discovered remarkable similarities in the Torah, the Talmud, and the Qur’an. While hardly a surprise to Muslims, this w…
Islamic Law and Ethics
The Summer Institute for Scholars 2014, held at the IIIT headquarters in Herndon,VA, from June 16-21, 2014, brought together a group of scholars to address“Islamic Law and Ethics.” In order to present as many of their ideas aspossible, the wide-ranging and thought-provoking comments of the chairs andthe discussants are not recounted here
Iiit Intellectual Panels at the Isna 50th Annual Convention
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) organized a two-day seriesof intellectual panels at the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA) 50thannual convention, held in Washington, DC, over the Labor Day weekend(Aug. 31–Sept. 1, 2103). These events were hosted in the institute’s hospitalitysuite on the main floor of the Washington Convention Center. Recently publishedIIIT books and other selected publications were prominently displa…
Islam and Interfaith Dialogue
On March 21, 2014, Seyed Amir Akrami, a visiting Iranian scholar at the EasternMennonite University in Harrisonburg, VA, visited the headquarters ofthe International Institute of Islamic Thought. He holds a PhD in the philosophyof religion (McGill University), as well as a BA and an MA in Islamictheology and mysticism (University of Tehran).In his opening remarks he stated that with the end of the Cold War, thecloser relations between politics an…
Muslim Cosmopolitanism
On November 8, 2013, Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied (National Universityof Singapore; Fulbright Fellow, Columbia University) addressed the topic of“Muslim Cosmopolitanism.” The event was held at the IIIT headquarters inHerndon, Virginia.He began his talk with a personal example: He is the child of an Arab fatherand an Indian mother, his culture is Malay, he prefers to talk in eitherMalay or English, and he understands Chinese. Thus, he is a living …
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