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

religion and politics

The Governor and the Emir: A Struggle over Islamic Authority in Kano State, Nigeria

By Alexander Thurston  //  September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

Muhammadu Sanusi II, also known as Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is one of the most famous hereditary Muslim rulers in the world today. He is also one of the most embattled. As politicians seek to decimate…

[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…

Religion and Politics in Turkey: A Background to Turkey’s 2018 Elections

By Michelangelo Guida  //  June 20, 2018

In the first days of June, the İsmailağa Cemaati released a statement  on its website in which they declared that the conservative religious movement had chosen to vote for Mr. Erdoğan in the upcoming presidential…

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