A recent poetry collection intriguingly titled ʿInd al-thamānīn badaʾt shiʿrī (“At eighty, I Began My Poetry”) by litterateur, senior Azhari Shaykh, theologian, and member of the Supreme Council of Scholars, Ḥasan al-Shāfiʿī (b. 1930), contains…
In his Oft-Repenting Ones, Ibn Qudāma (d. 1223) recounts the story of Awlāsī, a pious ascetic from the early centuries of Islam. It so happened that in his youth he stumbled across a sick, homeless…
Shenila Khoja-Moolji’s Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality (Oxford University Press, 2023). Paperback $29.95, 280 pages, ISBN: 9780197642030. Shenila Khoja-Moolji Shelina Kassam Shemine Gulamhusein Sumaiya Hamdani
Maydan Book forum on Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis (Routledge, 2021) by David H. Warren. ISBN 9780367280628; 136 pages;…
The Arab Spring proved to be a crucial time in Middle East and North African history as the revolutions manifested from and resulted in an unprecedented level of public contention on the fitness and fate…
At 34°, it is one of the hottest days of the year in Istanbul. And while many Istanbullus might be tempted to stay at home or retreat to a cafe with good A/C, I have…
How to Renew Islam in Seven Days? Three Recent Contributions to Ulema Studies
[IMTF] The Beneficiary as Benefactor: Ghazālī (d. 1111) on the Etiquettes of Charity
BOOK FORUM | Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality by Shenila Khoja-Moolji with Shelina Kassam, Shemine Gulamhusein, and Sumaiya Hamdani
BOOK FORUM | Rivals in the Gulf by David H. Warren with Courtney Freer, Walaa Quisay, and Usaama al-Azami
[Book Review] Usaama Al-Azami’s Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy
From Istanbul to Mecca: A Journey through Hajj Mementoes from Mid-Twentieth Century Turkey
At 34°, it is one of the hottest days of the year in Istanbul. And while many Istanbullus might be tempted to stay at home or retreat to a cafe with good A/C, I have…
In 1863, Christopher Rhinelander Robert, a businessman dealing in local commerce, and Cyrus Hamlin, a missionary serving in Istanbul, collaborated to found the now-famous Robert College. Its name was taken from its benefactor, though it…
Since the earliest days of Islamic history, Muslims have deliberated over the structure and purpose of the mosque. The Arabic term for mosque, masjid, derives from the Qur’an and translates simply as a place of…
In episode 10 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanović talks with Prof. Ingrid Mattson about her recent visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Religious tourism, including the Muslim version of “halal tourism,” has…
In 1960, when legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis released the album Sketches of Spain (listen here), a stunning work of fusion which went on to win a Grammy Award, he unwittingly (but intuitively) bridged a…
In the twenty-first century, economists have increasingly recognized the profound issue of wealth inequality that afflicts societies worldwide. This realization holds true not only in non-Muslim countries but extends to the Muslim world, where disparities…
Introduction Atop a rural mesa in Northern New Mexico, where the high desert meets riparian woodlands, there is an adobe mosque. Nubian by design, funded by the Saudi royal family, and built by the hands…
In this guest episode of Maydan Podcast, our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu hosts Dr. Radwan Masmoudi and Dr. Dalia Fahmy from the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID )for a conversation…
The Maydan Podcast · On The Square EP 12 – The Fight to SAVE Our Black Boys In this episode of On The Square, it’s all about our Black boys! Sapelo Square’s Executive Director, Latasha…
The Maydan Podcast · Dr. Aminah Al-Deen with Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali on Black American Muslim Internationalism Dr. Aminah Al-Deen, PI of Black Islam Internationalism Project (BAMI) at GMU’s AbuSulayman…
