September 19 – 25
…Arakan State TIME Tensions between Burma’s Muslim and Buddhist communities are extremely high after news that the Arakan state plans to destroy many Muslim homes and mosques that were constructed…
The Legend of Korraโs Zaheer and the Dark Fantasies of the War on Terror
…audience can comfortably hate. Each season comes with a new villain who is clearly meant to represent a particular real-life “evil” ideology: communism in season 1, imperialism in season 2,…
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti and the Second Coming of Jesus in Islam
…treatises to multivolume compendiums, with an remarkably large presence in almost the entire gamut of the Islamic sciences[14]. Considered for a long time a mere compiler, a judgment that undervalues…
Archives and Archival Sensibilities in Medieval Arabic Historiography
…being lost to posterity. For years, modern scholars laboured under the mistaken view that medieval Islamic communities did not produce documents in large numbers (compared, for example, to pre-modern European…
June 12-18
…to grow between muslim and christian communities. Read More New Study: Islamophobia Common in Catholic Media Religion Dispatches Despite the pope’s insistence on a positive outlook on Muslims and their…
[Book Review] Erik Love, Islamophobia and Racism in America | Reviewed by Michelle S. Dromgold-Sermen
Erik Love, Islamophobia and Racism in America (New York: New York University Press, 2017), 272 pages, paperback $28.00 | Reviewed by Michelle S. Dromgold-Sermen Race scholar Eduardo Bonilla-Silva argues that…
[What You Should Read] Messianism and Muslim Messianic Movements
…political institutions they produce are driven by considerations more closely identified with political pragmatism. The recent scholarship argues, rather, that messianic beliefs reinforce political visions of change, commencing episodes of…
Book Display – March 2017
…by both established and emerging scholars, the Maydan Book Displays will surely be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are searching for compelling sources to enrich their…
July 10-16
…usher in a new era — and new conflicts — across the Middle East. Read More House rejects controversial study of Islam Politico The House on Friday rejected a controversial…
Islam in America: Salve for Strained Race Relations
…the children of Adam come in accordance with the earth. Some come with red skin, white skin, or black skin, and whatever is in between: thin, thick, dirty, and clean.”…