From the start, this project was both exhilarating and humbling because the co-constitutive dynamics of law, religion, politics, and society…
Tamir Moustafa
Tamir Moustafa is Professor of International Studies and Stephen Jarislowsky Chair at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He primarily works at the intersection of law, religion, politics, and society with a focus on Egypt and Malaysia.
Latest posts
Constituting Religion—An introduction
June 6, 2019
Most Muslim-majority countries have legal systems that are meant to embed religion in state law. In many cases, the broad…
Paradoxes of “religious freedom” in Egypt
April 16, 2012
The place of religion in the political order is arguably the most contentious issue in post-Mubarak Egypt. With Islamist-oriented parties…