Recent months have witnessed considerable angst in the academy over what is and isn’t Islam(ic). Spurred by events from the…
Is ISIS Islamic? Why it matters for the study of Islam
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The ISIS shock doctrine
The rapid and shockingly violent establishment of a self-declared Islamic Caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq by The Islamic…
Values and violence: Thoughts on Charlie Hebdo
The week after the massacre, Charlie Hebdo’s “All is forgiven" issue featured a cover depicting the prophet Muhammad in tears, holding a…
Twitter, scripture and practice: A twessay on #ttQuran
In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful #ttQuran What is #ttQuran? We will tell you what…
How to make someone famous for the wrong reason
Shahin Najafi never set out to be a rapper, much less “Salman Rushdie of Rap,” but in early 2012, global…
The Charlie Hebdo shootings
On Wednesday, January 7th, two masked assailants stormed the Paris headquarters of the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, killed 12 people, and wounded…
In whose name? ISIS, Islam, and social media
Commentators routinely remark on the sophisticated use of media by the organization that calls itself the Islamic State, but in…
Short skirts and niqab bans: On sexuality and the secular body
Introduced in Québec in March 2010, Bill 94 proposed requiring women to unveil their faces if they wanted to work…
Faith in the nation: Nigerian publics and their religions
The cityscape of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, is dominated by two houses of worship known as the National Mosque…
The politics of divine intervention
What role do divine interventions play in Egypt’s current political climate? Is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi a Sufi? Is the Muslim…