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

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Are the Writings of Yasir Qadhi on the LGBTQ Movement Incompatible with Liberal Democracy?

By Sari Hanafi  //  October 4, 2023October 5, 2023

Over the last few months, it seems not a day passes without another conservative criticism of gender fluidity and the complete delinking of gender roles from sex, with arguments that some LGBTQ rights conflict with…

[Maydan Book Forum] The Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought by Andrew March (Harvard University Press, 2019)

By Micah A. Hughes  //  December 16, 2020December 21, 2020

[Maydan Book Forum] Andrew March, The Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought (Harvard University Press, 2019) Andrew March | Ovamir Anjum | M. Owais Khan | Sohaira Siddiqui | Andrew March- Response…

Immanuel Wallerstein, Islam, Islamists, and the World-System Theory

By Ozlem Madi-Sisman & Cengiz Sisman  //  November 26, 2018November 26, 2018

Immanuel Wallerstein is one of the most important yet controversial thinkers and activists of our time, writing on a wide range of topics, from global economics and international politics, to the decline of the United…

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