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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] 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] 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] 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…

2017 Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle East Studies- Program and Schedule

By Maydan Editors  //  September 21, 2017July 20, 2020

2017 Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle East Studies October 12, 2017 The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University is pleased to announce the program of the 2017 Book…

Refashioning the Engagement of Islamic Thought with the Public Life: Do We Need a Neo-Shariati Account?

By Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi  //  September 7, 2017

[Book Review] : Siavash Saffari , Beyond Shariati: Modernity, Cosmopolitanism, and Islam in Iranian Political Thought (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017). 256pp., $96.41 Ali Shariati is probably the most celebrated Islamist thinker in contemporary Iran. His…

[Book Review] Making Moderate Islam: Sufism, Service, and the “Ground Zero Mosque” by Rosemary Corbett

By Katie Merriman  //  August 31, 2017

Corbett. Rosemary. Making Moderate Islam: Sufism, Service, and the “Ground Zero Mosque”. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2017. 204p. $24.95 | Reviewed by Katie Merriman To better understand the challenges and limitations of asserting Muslim life…

Placing the Islamic First in an Art Exhibit: A Review of Sackler Gallery’s “The Art of the Qur’an” Exhibit

By Lawrence E. Butler  //  December 1, 2016December 14, 2016

The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery’s dazzling new exhibition, “The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts,” offers Smithsonian museum visitors a new perspective on Islamic art.   From the Sura…

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