[Atlanta, Georgia, 2019. The phone rings.] FARIDA, in Urdu: Hello, kaisay ho (How are you)? [Farida listens closely as Zarina, the woman on the other end, responds in a mix of English and Urdu.] FARIDA:…
This past fall, on October 20-22, the first conference in support of the “Islamic Moral Theology and the Future” Project was held at George Mason University. With the invaluable support of the AbuSulayman Center for…
Review Essay by Dženita Karić, Harun Buljina, and Piro Rexhepi. Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe by Emily Greble. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. 376 pages. $35.00 Agency: everybody has it. But the agency…
“War on terror”-style rhetoric was not always directed against Salafi jihadis. Its targets were once Sufi Muslims. It is hard to believe that Sufism, which today is associated with political quietism and docile pacifism, was…
Introduction The arrival of Muslims in the landmass called South Asia, from the eleventh century onwards, set in motion a complex series of political and sociocultural transformations which continue to shape the terrain in our…
This article is an introduction to the debate over the Japanese translation of the word “Allah” used by Dr. Mujahid Matsuyama, one of Japan’s leading experts in Islamic theology and jurisprudence. Matusyma Yohei writes essays on…
Writing Shia Ismaili Muslim Women into History
[IMTF] Envisioning the Work of Economic Justice in Islam
“Feel-good Orientalism and the Question of Dignity” | A Review Essay on Emily Greble’s Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe
The Saint and the Sword: How Sufi Scholars of the Nineteenth Century Resisted Colonialism and State Repression 
The Songs of Nazrul’s Nightingale: Planting the Islamic Rose in Bengali Soil
There is no Hotoke (仏) except Allah?: How Japanese Muslims Attempted to Comprehend Divinity in Islam
This article is an introduction to the debate over the Japanese translation of the word “Allah” used by Dr. Mujahid Matsuyama, one of Japan’s leading experts in Islamic theology and jurisprudence. Matusyma Yohei writes essays on…
A recent controversy at a small Midwestern university over the display of an Islamic painting depicting the Prophet Muhammad exposed deep disagreements within the Muslim American community on the permissibility or impermissibility of images of…
In the aftermath of the Ottoman defeat in the Russo-Ottoman War (1876-77) and the subsequent Congress of Berlin (1878), an autonomous Bulgarian Kingdom was established. Although initially, most of present-day Bulgaria was still under Ottoman…
The Maydan Podcast · Islam on the Edges EP8 – Muslims of the Caribbean In episode 8 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, our host Dr. Ermin Sinanovic talks with Dr. Aliyah…
[Black American Muslim Internationalism Project ] Imams and Chaplains Convening | Dec 17, 2022 11am-1pm EST | Online | Registration Required We invite you to the second public sessions within the BAMI project at AbuSulayman…
The Muslim umma is internally diverse and reaches across a variety of continents, customs and cultures, yet it retains its sense of unity by virtue of a common set of moral precepts and religious beliefs….
When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world in 2020, it caused a plethora of unexpected effects which impacted various aspects of life, including education, employment, travel, health, the economy, and even media consumption, information-seeking, and…
The Maydan Podcast · Islam on the Edges EP7 – The Islamic Party in North America African-American Muslim thought and activism are still relatively understudied areas. Even though they constitute one-quarter to one-third of…
In this episode of the Maydan Podcast, our editor-in-chief, Dr. Ahmet Tekelioglu speaks with a new GMU faculty member, Dr. Aminah McCloud Al-Deen who joined Mason to lead the Black American Muslim Internationalism Project, supported…
Black American Muslim Internationalism Project at George Mason University’s AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies brought together a number of leading scholars to explore theoretical, historical and contemporary perspectives on the themes of the…
