Workshop “On Leadership and Authority in the 20th Century ‘Muslim World'”
Together with Layli Uddin (Queen Mary University of London), I’ve organized a workshop to be held on December 8 and 9 at the Freiburg Institute…
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New Review: Jeffrey A. Redding’s “A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India”
I’ve reviewed Jeffrey A. Redding’s provocative and fascinating A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India (University of Washington Press, 2020) for…
New Publication: “Thoughtful Leaders in the Tolerance Alliance: 9/11 and the Quest for a ‘moderate Islam'”
Together with my colleague Alexander E. Balistreri, I have looked at the phenomenon of “moderate Islam” post 9/11 in a new article in Asiatische Studien…
What to read on Twelver Shi’ism in Pakistan?
I discuss the existing literature in a new contribution to Oxford Bibliographies. Check it out here: https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-0295.xml This bibliography will get updated regularly, so please…
New Special Issue on “Divine Sovereignty, Morality, and the State: Maududi and His Influence”
A special issue of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society on “Divine Sovereignty, Morality and the State: Maududi and His Influence,” edited by Humeira…
New Video: Rethinking the Middle East as an Utopian Space (in German)
The video recording our our discussion on December 8 in Zurich is now available on YouTube: Zionism, socialism, pan-Arabism, Islamic Republic: The Middle East and…
Event: The Middle East as an Utopian Space, Zurich, December 8 (in German)
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…
Public Lecture at the University of Basel on “The Invention of Moderate Islam after 9/11” (Nov 25, 2021)
I’m looking forward to participate in the lecture series “20 years after 9/11”, co-organized by the Universities of Freiburg and Basel. Together with Alex Balistreri…
New Position: Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Frankfurt
I’ve been appointed a visiting professor of Culture and Society of Islam at the Institute for the Study of Islamic Culture and Religion, Goethe-University Frankfurt,…
New Publication: “Major Turning Points for Shiʿi Islam in Modern South Asia: Princely States, Partition, and a Revolution”
My chapter on Shi’ism in South Asia has been published in the Routledge Handbook on Islam in Asia. Please also check out the many great…