New Publication: “The Simple Logic of Divine Sovereignty”
Perhaps no other neologism has been more influential within Islamic thought in the 20th century than hakimiyya, a term which denotes God’s absolute sovereignty. This…
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New Publication: “The Islamist International in Lahore: The Jamaat-i Islami, the Middle East, and the Quest for an Islamic State”
I have a chapter in the just published Bérénice Guyot-Réchard and Elisabeth Leake (eds), South Asia Unbound New International Histories of the Subcontinent (Leiden: Leiden…
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 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…
Review of “The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad”
I’ve reviewed Thomas Hegghammer’s fascinating account of Arab involvement in the Afghan Jihad of the 1980s (Cambridge University Press, 2020) for the International Journal of…
New Article “A Direct Flight to Revolution: Maududi, Divine Sovereignty, and the 1979-Moment in Iran”
My latest article has been published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (FirstView): https://doi.org/10.1017/S135618632100033X. It is available Open Access for everyone to read.…
Review of “The ‘Ulama in Contemporary Pakistan: Contesting and Cultivating an Islamic Republic”
I’ve reviewed Mashal Saif’s (Clemson University) new provocative and exctiting book (Cambridge University Press, 2020) on Pakistan’s contemporary religious scholars and how they engage the…