I’ve reviewed Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi’s “Revolution and Its Discontents. Political Thought and Reform in Iran” (Cambridge UP, 2019) for Political Theology. A marvelous work that transcends…
I’ve reviewed Brannon D. Ingram’s exciting “Revival from Below. The Deoband Movement and Global Islam” (https://www.ucpress.edu/…/9780520298002/revival-from-below) for Die Welt des Islams. The book is essential…
The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh marks his 10th anniversary with a series of…
Syed Rizwan Zamir (Davidson College) has reviewed In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi’ism between Pakistan and the Middle East for Religious Studies Review: “This study…
On Monday, November 16, I will have the pleasure of offering some thoughts on how the Iranian Revolution was read and debated among Sunni Islamist…
In the week from September 28 until October 4, I have the pleasure to guest-tweet on the “Tweeting Historians” Twitter account (@tweetistorian). For the week,…
Our first session on Islamic Socialism in Turkey took place yesterday, September 14. Dr. Layli Uddin (King’s College London) and I talked with with İhsan…
Zionismus, Sozialismus, Panarabismus, Islamische Republik: Der Nahe Osten und seine Geschichte im Verlauf des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts sind von utopischen Ideologien und Gedanken geprägt. Doch heute…
Please mark your calendars: Dr. Layli Uddin and I have convened a series of webinars on “Islamic Socialism in the Global South” from 14-18 September.…
Ali Usman Qasmi (LUMS, Lahore) has reviewed In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi’ism between Pakistan and the Middle East along with Umber bin Ibad’s Sufi…