Weekly book club
The Reading Circle
A text, a table, and the slow work of thinking together.
DIWANCOLLECTIVEVisit the Diwan
East Windsor · New Jersey
Ideas belong
in company.
Diwan is a gathering place for serious study, thoughtful conversation, and the renewal of a living Islamic intellectual tradition.
History✦Philosophy✦Politics✦Arts✦Society
I / THE IDEA
A house of study & fellowship
Not merely a venue.
A culture of attention.
The diwan has always been more than a room. It is an assembly: a place where poetry, politics, memory, and responsibility meet. We are building that kind of place for the present.
Through weekly gatherings, public programs, courses, and publishing, Diwan Collective cultivates minds that are historically conscious, critically engaged, and morally grounded.
Our storyII / AT THE DIWAN
Recurring gatherings
Come for the subject.
Stay for the company.
12 WEEK01COURSE
Presented with AlQasas · Autumn 2026
Islam as
Civilisation.
Religion, Worldview and Civilisational Thought—with Dr. Yakoob Ahmed.
This advanced 12-week course examines why modern Muslim thinkers came to understand Islam not only as a religion, but as a civilisation and comprehensive worldview—encompassing ethics, law, knowledge, society, culture and ways of life.
- 01The meanings of dīn, ḥaḍāra, tamaddun and medeniyet
- 02Muslim intellectual responses to Western modernity
- 03Historical memory and civilisational consciousness
- Dates
- Sep 19 – Dec 5
- Time
- Saturdays, 10 AM – 12 PM ET
- Setting
- In person at Diwan Collective
Diwan community offer
25%off registration with code
DIWANEnter the code during checkout on AlQasas.
III / FROM THE JOURNAL
Events, notes & announcements
Thinking in public.
EVERY THURSDAYThe Reading Majlis
More than a book club: a weekly space for serious reading, thoughtful discussion, and the formation of conscious Muslim minds.
Join the Majlis
ISSUE / 01The Weekly Reading Majlis: Why History Matters?
Diwan Collective’s first gathering begins with Dr. Yakoob Ahmed’s fundamental text on how Muslims approach history—and how Qur’anic and Prophetic ethos can inform that encounter.
Read the announcement
Gazi Husrev Beg: The Ottoman Waqf Still Serving Sarajevo
How a sixteenth-century Ottoman waqf survived fire, war, and genocide—and continues to serve Sarajevo today.
Read the essayIV / THE SHOP
Books & art · Collection forthcoming
Objects that carry ideas.
A considered collection of books to read and return to, alongside prints, editions, and works by artists whose practice enlarges the conversation.
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Help us build something
that outlives us.
Donate today to support our project of establishing a permanent waqf/endowment and to support our ongoing programs!
Support Diwan CollectiveV / VISIT
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Find your place
at the table.
379 Princeton Hightstown Rd
Building 2, Suite 2102
East Windsor, NJ 08520