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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

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[Book Review Essay] Brannon D. Ingram, Revival from Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam | Reviewed by Andrew Booso

By Andrew Booso  //  October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

[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…

[Book Review] The Qur’an and the Just Society by Ramon Harvey | Part I | Reviewed by Arnold Yasin Mol

By Arnold Yasin Mol  //  September 4, 2019September 4, 2019

Ramon Harvey. The Qur’an and the Just Society (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018). 276 pages. $125,- hardcopy, $39.95 paperback. | Reviewed by Arnold Yasin Mol. This article is part I of the book review, reflecting on Ramon…

[CFA-Extended Deadline] Third Annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at GMU | October 11, 2019

By Maydan Editors  //  June 10, 2019July 2, 2019

[CFA] THIRD ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT BOOK REVIEW COLLOQUIUM ON ISLAMIC AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES at GMU   OCTOBER 11, 2019 The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University and The Maydan,…

[Book Review] “Islam in Pakistan: A History” by M. Qasim Zaman | Reviewed by Mahan Mirza

By Mahan Mirza  //  January 23, 2019

M. Qasim Zaman. Islam in Pakistan: A History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018 | 432 pages. $39.50 hardcover | Reviewed by Mahan Mirza This book is not meant to be read. It is meant to be…

[Book Review] Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence in World Religions by Irfan A. Omar and Michael K. Duffey (eds.) | Reviewed by Chris Gooding

By Chris Gooding  //  January 10, 2019

Irfan A. Omar and Michael K. Duffey (eds.). Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence in World Religions (Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2015).254 pages. $32.95 paperback. | Reviewed by Chris Gooding. Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence…

[Book review] Yoav Di-Capua, No Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre & Decolonization | Reviewed by Harald Viersen

By Harald Viersen  //  October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

[Book review] Yoav Di-Capua, No Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre & Decolonization. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2018. 336 pages.$35.00. Reviewed by Harald Viersen  Published as a monograph, Yoav Di Capua’s study of the stormy…

[Book Review] Imperial Muslims: Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937 by Scott S. Reese [Reviewed by Jane Hooper]

By Jane Hooper  //  July 3, 2018July 4, 2018

Scott S. Reese. Imperial Muslims: Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018). 212 pages. $105.00 hardcover. Scott Reese’s Imperial Muslims provides a detailed history of Aden under British…

[Book Review] Religion as Critique: Islamic Critical Thinking from Mecca to the Marketplace by Irfan Ahmad. [Reviewed by Irfan A. Omar]

By Irfan A. Omar  //  May 29, 2018May 30, 2018

Irfan Ahmad. Religion as Critique: Islamic Critical Thinking from Mecca to the Marketplace (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2017). 270 pages. $29.95 paperback. Reviewed by Irfan A. Omar, Marquette University.  …

[Book Review] Jocelyne Cesari, What is Political Islam? | Reviewed by Shreya Parikh

By Shreya Parikh  //  May 7, 2018

Jocelyne Cesari, What is Political Islam? (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers 2018), 232 pages. Hardcover: $65.00 | Reviewed by Shreya Parikh The discontentment generated by Islamic parties in various countries in the aftermath of the…

[Book Review] Stephen F. Dale, The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the Science of Man (Harvard University Press, 2015) by Justin Kerns & Clarke Iakovakis

By Justin Kerns & Clarke Iakovakis  //  April 10, 2018

Stephen F. Dale, The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the Science of Man (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2015). 400 pp, $31.00. In his book, The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the…

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