22-28 April Islam in Media Roundup
Maydan editors selected some of the most thought-provoking news items on issues around Islam, religion and public-life for you. Let us know what you have been reading. Drop us a line at mediaroundups@themaydan.com!
[Video] Islam in China: New Studies and Perspectives Conference at GMU Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies
We are happy to present the video recording of the day-long conference Islam in China: New Studies and Persepctives, organized by George Mason University Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies on Thursday, April 4,…
The 2019 Election in Indonesia: The Battle between “Jokowi Lovers” and “Jokowi Haters”
Indonesia makes history, again. On Wednesday, 17 April 2019, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation and one of Asia Pacific’s vibrant democracies held the most complex and largest single-day presidential and legislative elections on earth, involving…
14-21 April Islam in Media Roundup
Maydan editors selected some of the most thought-provoking news items on issues around Islam, religion and public-life for you. Let us know what you have been reading. Drop us a line at mediaroundups@themaydan.com!
Black Muslims in Canada: Challenging Narratives of Belonging and Rootedness
On February 7, 2019 the Black Muslim Initiative and the Tessellate Institute launched the findings from a systematic review of published and unpublished literature about Black Muslims in Canada. The project began in the summer…
Countering Violent Extremism, No Muslim Ban, and the Religious Freedom of Muslims in American Secularism
In Trump v. Hawaii (2018), the United States Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration’s broad travel restrictions targeting the citizens of several Muslim-majority countries. Numerous Muslim Americans and social justice advocates were outraged by this…
[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 we are living in an age…
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,…
The Philosophical Legacy of Said: Relativism and Positive Resistance
Baş tacım için … Impact of Said Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978) is second to none in terms of its scope and impact upon Area Studies. Indeed, 2018 marks the fortieth anniversary of this monumental text…
Hate Groups and Muslim Population Changes in the Fifty States: Does the Presence of Muslims Encourage Hate Group Formation? A Reflection
Recently, I published an article titled, “Hate Groups and Muslim Population Changes in the Fifty States: Does the Presence of Muslims Encourage Hate Group Formation?”, in the peer-reviewed journal, International Journal on Minority and Group…