Mohammad R. Kalantari (Royal Holloway) considers the book “a wealthy and important contributionto our understanding of Shiʿis in Pakistan, the indigenous ʿulamaʾ and their transnationalties…
Julien Levesque (Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi) has reviewed In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi’ism between Pakistan and the Middle East for The Book…
Thanks to the generosity of the University of Freiburg and the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), my recently published article in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic…
Together with Prof. Ali Usman Qasmi (Lahore University of Management Sciences, LUMS), I had a chance to write a piece for BBC Urdu in which…
For the new “Science and Corona” website of Bavarian Broadcasting (Bayerischer Rundfunk), I provided an analysis of authoritarian regimes how the Iranian government has handled…
Prof. Amit Dey (History Department, University of Calcutta) has reviewed In a Pure Muslim Land for the the Indian Daily The Telegraph: “The multi-disciplinary approach,…
On Monday, May 4, I will discuss with Prof. Sajjad Rizvi (Exter) my ongoing research related to the global history of the Iranian Revolution: “How…
What motivated the famous North Indian Muslim modernist Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (d. 1898) and his associates? My new article in “Islamic Law and Society”…
Das Lob der harten Hand: Sind autoritäre Regime in der Bewältigung der Corona-Krise effektiver? Ist ein autoritäres Durchgreifen in der Corona-Pandemie effektiver? Auf den ersten…
The “New Text Out Now” (Newton) project run by Jadaliyya has given me the opportunity to reflect a bit on how In a Pure Muslim…