“But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.” (50:5) Introduction Mubasher Hussain published a book review of The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians…
The recently concluded gay pride parade in downtown Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, stirred much debate in the country and the region, and produced two clear winners in the deliberations: the official Islamic…
In ‘Want to Cultivate a Liberal European Islam?,’ Riada Asimovic Akyol argued that “a tolerant European Islam has already existed for centuries” in countries such as Bosnia, Albania, and Turkey. She supported her claim with…
As a political scientist with a background in cultural studies, I happened to experience the so-called ‘culture shock’ in a familiar setting for a Muslim – a mosque, yet in different context and conditions. Having been in…
M. Qasim Zaman. Islam in Pakistan: A History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018 | 432 pages. $39.50 hardcover | Reviewed by Mahan Mirza This book is not meant to be read. It is meant to be…
Introduction On December 5, 2018, the fifth annual meeting of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies (FPPMS) was inaugurated in Abu Dhabi. The forum was co-founded by the renowned scholar Shaykh Abdallah Bin Bayyah…
Immanuel Wallerstein is one of the most important yet controversial thinkers and activists of our time, writing on a wide range of topics, from global economics and international politics, to the decline of the United…
“Respect logic and use it as a tool to improve upon your spiritual understanding.” Imam W.D. Mohammed, American Muslim Revivalist (1933-2008) [Update]: Originally published on February 21, 2017 on the Maydan, this piece is updated…
When I began researching the Deoband movement as a graduate student, I knew basically three things about the Deobandis: there are hundreds of madrasas around the world modelled after the original Deobandi seminary, the Dar…
[Book review] Yoav Di-Capua, No Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre & Decolonization. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2018. 336 pages.$35.00. Reviewed by Harald Viersen Published as a monograph, Yoav Di Capua’s study of the stormy…