Race and Islam: Doctrine and the Vernacular
Islam, like all religious identities, is both a way of knowing and a mode of practice. Racial identity is also a way of knowing and a mode of practice. In other words, like all identities,…
[Book Review] Islamophobia and Racism in America by Erik Love | Reviewed by Jeta Luboteni
Erik Love, Islamophobia and Racism in America (New York: NYU Press. 2017). 272 pages. $28.00 paperback. Reviewed by | Jeta Luboteni Islamophobia is becoming increasingly more relevant today for a multitude of reasons. The election…
The Crisis of Faith in American Islam: Between Personal Experience and Authority
Nebil sat silently – but attentively listening – through most of the class at the masjid organized for new Muslims. At the end of a lively exchange between the members of the group about what…
An Alternative View of the Modern Islamic: Indonesian Perspectives on Shahab Ahmed’s Balkans-to-Bengal Legacy
Shahab Ahmed has written an original and elegant book that recommends a reconceptualization of the “historical and human phenomenon that is Islam.” In What is Islam: The Importance of Being Islamic[1], he urges us in…
Book Talk | The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny | with Alireza Doostdar
Book Talk | Alireza Doostdar, The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018). *Alireza Doostdar is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion at the…
Muslim Political Activism in Britain: Identity and the Pursuit of Equality
Since the mid-1900s, British Muslim political activism has undergone significant transformations. Yet even in its current manifestation, and despite facing state ambivalence, it shows no sign of abating. In today’s highly charged and polarized political…
Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and Contemporary Shrine Cultures
In October 1971, Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (d. 1986) was welcomed by a handful of spiritually interested American followers at the Philadelphia International Airport. Little did they know at the time that they were meeting…
Sufis, Salafis and Islamists: The Shaping of British Muslim Religious Identities
In early December 2017, the British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson gave a speech to the Foreign Commonwealth Office on the U.K’s counter-terrorism efforts entitled ‘How global Britain is helping to win the struggle against Islamist…
[Book Review] Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States by Su’ad Abdul Khabeer
Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States by Su’ad Abdul Khabeer. NYU Press, 2016. 288 pages. $30. Reviewed by Rasmieyh Abdelnabi Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United…
History and Memory in the Muslim Community of Moncks Corner
Encircled around Shaykh Arona Faye in the dining hall of Masjid Muhajjirun wal-Ansar of Moncks Corner (South Carolina), a dozen or so students listened intently as he recounted a story of resistance and spiritual power…