How to make sense of the influence of Shi’i Grand Ayatollahs (BBC Urdu)
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…
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“Red Zone Tehran”
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…
New Review of “In a Pure Muslim Land” by Prof. Amit Dey (University of Calcutta)
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,…
Instagram Live Conversation with Prof. Sajjad Rizvi
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…
New Article: “Casting aside the Clutches of Conjecture: the Striving for Religious Certainty at Aligarh”
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”…
Zoom-Discussion on “Authoritarianism and Corona” (in German) on April 29
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…
“In a Pure Muslim Land” featured on Jadaliyya
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…
New Review of “In a Pure Muslim Land” by Prof. Karen Ruffle (U of Toronto)
Prof. Ruffle writes: “In a Pure Muslim Land makes a major contribution to the study of Pakistani Shiʿism. Fuchs’ presentation of these difficult-to-access sources mirrors…
New Journal Article: “Legalised Pedigrees: Sayyids and Shiʿi Islam in Pakistan”
My latest article is out in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: “Legalised Pedigrees: Sayyids and Shiʽi Islam in Pakistan” is part of a…
The Return of the Mahdi
Who is the mahdi, an important and intriguing figure in Islamic eschatology? And what is supposed to happen upon his return? I had the pleasure…