Introduction The marriage contract according to Islamic law is preceded by a khiṭbah (solicitation of marriage), is ratified at the behest of the ijāb and qubūl (the “offer” of marriage and the “acceptance” of the…
Context Academics with expertise in Islamic Studies have much to offer a public arena saturated with prejudiced media coverage, self-styled experts and growing anti-Muslim sentiment. However, making interventions in the mainstream can come at a…
Ahmet Köroğlu: Thank you very much Professor Muhammed Haron for having accepted our request. In this interview, we want to talk about Imam Abdullah Haron since you are the son of Abdullah Haron. First of…
ISLAM AND HUMANITARIANISM: INTERDISCIPLINARY INQUIRIES ON ISLAMIC FORMS OF AID The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia November 1-2, 2019 CONFERENCE PROGRAM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 |…
[Book Review Essay] Brannon D. Ingram, Revival from Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam (Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018). 315 pages. Paperback $26.03. Hardcover $61.81. | Reviewed by Andrew Booso Barbara Metcalf’s…
In 1994, South Africa had its first democratic election with South Africans from all races allowed to vote. With the African National Congress (ANC) victory, the racist system of apartheid began to be dismantled. Three…
Female Agency in Marriage in the Ḥanafī School of Law: Between Damascus and Transoxiana
The Perils of Engaging CVE Policy Making: A British Case Study
Remembering Imam “Mfundisi” Abdullah Haron and Apartheid South Africa | An Interview with his son, Muhammed Haron
Conference Program | ISLAM AND HUMANITARIANISM: INTERDISCIPLINARY INQUIRIES ON ISLAMIC FORMS OF AID – Nov 1-2, 2019
[Book Review Essay] Brannon D. Ingram, Revival from Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam | Reviewed by Andrew Booso
An Interview with Farid Esack by Noah Black on Liberation Theology and Esack’s Scholarship | The Maydan Podcast
In 1994, South Africa had its first democratic election with South Africans from all races allowed to vote. With the African National Congress (ANC) victory, the racist system of apartheid began to be dismantled. Three…
It has become a ritual: before every national and European election, the far-right is featured in great detail. Being one of the media’s most favorite cash cows, radical right-wing parties have gained huge coverage. Like…
Some ten years ago, in the summer of 2009, I heard a striking phrase. At the end of a lengthy conversation, after a long pause, my informal teacher, named Bilal, said, “You know, I was…
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…
Muhammadu Sanusi II, also known as Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is one of the most famous hereditary Muslim rulers in the world today. He is also one of the most embattled. As politicians seek to decimate…
Dressed in an all-white suit with a white tie, attorney Joe Brandon, Jr., paced back and forth in the county courthouse in Rutherford County, Tennessee, peppering witnesses with incendiary questions. On some of the six…
Soft and Hard Conceptualizations of Modernity Classic modernization theory in the Weberian form posits that societies and states are evolving in a process of enhanced rationality. Such rationality manifests itself in technological advancement, progressive scientific…
The state of freedom has steadily declined all over the world since 2005. This growing freedom deficit is most emphatic in the Muslim World; the group of nations with Muslim majorities. According to the human freedom index,…
Introduction This paper aims to provide an overview of the historical and contemporary developments of the Xidaotang 西道堂 (lit. “Western Path Hall” or “Western Daotang [1]”), a Chinese Muslim community. First, I will examine the…
Islam and Humanitarianism: Interdisciplinary Inquiries on Islamic Forms of Aid Call for Applications November 1-2, 2019 | Fairfax, VA Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University [Extended] Submission Deadline: September…
