In episode 10 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanović talks with Prof. Ingrid Mattson about her recent visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Religious tourism, including the Muslim version of “halal tourism,” has…
In episode 10 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanović talks with Prof. Ingrid Mattson about her recent visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Religious tourism, including the Muslim version of “halal tourism,” has…
In 1960, when legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis released the album Sketches of Spain (listen here), a stunning work of fusion which went on to win a Grammy Award, he unwittingly (but intuitively) bridged a…
In episode 9 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Dr. Ermin Sinanović talks with Dr. Asim Qureshi about the racialization and securitization of Muslims after 9/11. Dr. Qureshi is the Research Director at the…
This article is an introduction to the debate over the Japanese translation of the word “Allah” used by Dr. Mujahid Matsuyama, one of Japan’s leading experts in Islamic theology and jurisprudence. Matusyma Yohei writes essays on…
The Maydan Podcast · Islam on the Edges EP8 – Muslims of the Caribbean In episode 8 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, our host Dr. Ermin Sinanovic talks with Dr. Aliyah…
In episode 8 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, our host Dr. Ermin Sinanovic talks with Dr. Aliyah Khan and Dr. Kenneth Chitwood about the Muslims of the Caribbean. There is a country with…
African-American Muslim thought and activism are still relatively understudied areas. Even though they constitute one-quarter to one-third of the Muslim population in North America, African-American Muslims did not receive as much attention in the study…
In this episode of Maydan Podcast, our guest host Wikke Jansen speaks with Ken Chitwood about his latest book, The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean (Lynne Rienner, 2021). They discuss the role of…
Recently, the Norwegian Ministry of Culture published a comprehensive report on parts of the Schøyen Collection. The Collection, which is owned by the Norwegian collector Martin Schøyen, is based in London and Oslo and contains…
The Maydan Podcast · Islam On The Edges EP 05 – Female Muslim Piety in Bosnia and Herzegovina In this episode, Islam on the Edges host Dr. Ermin Sinanovic talks to Dr. Dženita Karić (Humboldt…
In this episode, Islam on the Edges host Dr. Ermin Sinanovic talks to Dr. Dženita Karić (Humboldt University, Germany) and Đermana Kurić (a Ph.D. student at the University of Sarajevo) about female Muslim piety in…
The Maydan calls for contributions from academics, researchers, artists and others around the theme “Islam on the Edges.” Developed as a research agenda by Ermin Sinanovic at the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World…
In this episode, “Islam on the Edges” travels to a traditional edge of the Muslim and Arab worlds, Morocco. Often overlooked in the study of Islam and Islamic thought, Moroccans see themselves as part of…
In this episode of Islam on the Edges, Dr. Ermin Sinanovic talks to Dr. Hatem Bazian of the UC Berkeley and the Zaytuna College about Islamic Palestine and its place in Muslim theology, culture, history,…