It is aimed that the global issues of Islamic thought will be discussed at this symposium with contributions from internationally competent scholars and intellectuals.

We invite all scholars and thinkers from both academic and civil spheres to contribute by presenting papers.

Important Dates

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: June 20, 2025

  • Feedback Notification: June 30, 2025

  • Full Paper Submission Deadline: October 31, 2025

  • Symposium Dates: November 14–16, 2025

You can access the symposium topics and participation requirements from the link below:

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The multiple problems that have started in Muslim societies and have spread to the entire world seem to be deepening. Whether we look at the daily life practices or the thoughts and perspectives that emerge in approaching issues, in the final analysis we observe that humanity is suffering from global problems that surround life. These problems have both deepened and increased in number in today’s world.

In particular, Muslims are experiencing different problems in the Middle East, where they live predominantly, and in different geographies of the world. First of all, the Palestinian issue has been on the agenda for years with the ongoing Israeli occupation and massacre. One of the most important problems that the Palestinian issue points to from different perspectives is the inability of Muslim states to establish unity, integrity and alliance among themselves. In fact, countries such as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, etc., which have been in the Middle East for many years, have been disintegrating and the region is being reorganized by global actors. As much as conflict and violence, many problems such as poverty, migration, etc. seem to have become the fate of the region. However, the Middle East geography has a serious potential in terms of energy, oil, culture, human resources, religion, language, etc. However, it is seen that these potentials have not been transformed into an actual power.

Muslims living in different countries of the world, especially in Europe, are experiencing problems such as education, work, employment, immigration policies, freedom of belief, etc. Essentially, the people of the world are experiencing deep crises regarding the negative results of capitalism, justice, injustice in income distribution, access to healthy food and water, secularization, freedom, consumption, and debt. African people, on the other hand, are in a deep handicap in terms of providing minimum living conditions and humane life. All of these also bring us a problem that can be defined around “exploitation”. We should especially state that this deepens in Muslim societies as “mental exploitation”.

All these deep problems stem from a paradigmatic crisis. Problems cannot be solved from within the “reason” and “paradigm” that emerged from it. It is time for Muslims to intervene in history as active subjects in solving their own problems and those of all humanity. The necessity of an Islamic “reason” and perspective in the face of all problems has become even more evident. However, before solving these problems, there is a need to start a new and deep discussion on the problems of Islamic thought. It seems that Muslims should act to produce a thought that can cope with the world they live in and to develop horizons from an Islamic mind and perspective.

In this symposium, we aim to comprehensively identify the “problems of Islamic thought” and present analyses and suggestions for their solutions. The symposium will enable scientists and thinkers to come together and discuss, and to more clearly identify the problems of Islamic thought. The newly established “Bayt al-Hikma Institute of Islamic Thought” within the Human and Civilization Movement will guide us in determining the course of our future work and developing strategies with these findings.