September 12 – 18
…believes this causes a “hyper-conservative strain of Islam” to exist. Read More Drivers Take Off for Muslim Holiday, and New York Is in Short Supply of Yellow The New York…
Islam in Media | Oct 5 – Oct 11
…Party; she always saw herself simply as a Palestinian dentist who devotes her time serving her local community. In this election, though, she will be breaking new ground. Read More…
Islam in Media | Sep 28 – Oct 4
Afghanistan Whose Islam? The New Battle for Afghanistan New York Times Finding common ground on the role of Islam is the most decisive task in the peace talks between the…
24 September โ 30 September โ Islam in Media Roundup
…the hijab could not be more different across the channel. Read More The Latest Attack on Islam: It’s Not a Religion The New York Times Lawyer and religious liberty expert…
[Book Review] Pilgrimage in Islam: Traditional and Modern Practices by Sophia Rose Arjana | Reviewed by Kenny Schmitt
Arjana, Sophia Rose. Pilgrimage in Islam: Traditional and Modern Practices. London: Oneworld Academic, 2017. 228 pages, $24.99 | Reviewed by Kenny Schmitt. Sophia Rose Arjana, in her new book Pilgrimage…
[IMTF] Zakat fir-Riqab: Becoming Muslim in Colonial Racial Capitalism and its Carceral Regimes
…Black and Black-led Muslim communities in East Oakland flourished from the 1970s-1990s, purchasing multiple properties, creating New Medinas, and running multiple independent K-8 schools and informal scholarly communities. These communities…
April 9-15- Islam in Media Roundup
…communities, and beyond. Read More Islamic Scholar Says Bitcoin is Compliant With Sharia Law as Price Surges CCN A recent declaration by an Islamic scholar that Bitcoin is compliant with…
Islam in Media Roundup 15-21 July
…community protested in Dallas Sunday demanding justice for the deceased 24-year-old man in the state of Jharkhand in India last month. The protests were part of a nationwide protest held…
[Book Review] Rachida Chih, Sufism in Ottoman Egypt: Circulation, Renewal and Authority in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (New York: Routledge, 2019) | Reviewed by Ida Sofie Nitter
…had multiple affiliations (25). For example, when Shaykh al-Hifnฤซ established the Khalwatiyya at al-Azhar the Shฤdhiliyya was already a very important order amongst the ‘ulama’ in Egypt. Many scholars combined…
Islam in Media Roundup | 11 May โ 17 May 2020
…New Zealand Muslim Community a Year after Mosque Attacks Sky News The royal joins in on a video call with survivors he met when visiting New Zealand in the aftermath…