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Simon Wolfgang Fuchs Lecturer in Islam and Middle East Studies, University of Freiburg

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Publications

New Review: Jeffrey A. Redding’s “A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India”

Publications   |   September 29, 2022

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…

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New Publication: “Thoughtful Leaders in the Tolerance Alliance: 9/11 and the Quest for a ‘moderate Islam'”

Publications   |   August 29, 2022

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…

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What to read on Twelver Shi’ism in Pakistan?

Publications   |   July 18, 2022

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…

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New Special Issue on “Divine Sovereignty, Morality, and the State: Maududi and His Influence”

Publications   |   April 22, 2022

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…

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New Publication: “Major Turning Points for Shiʿi Islam in Modern South Asia: Princely States, Partition, and a Revolution”

Publications   |   September 30, 2021

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…

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Review of “The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad”

Publications   |   July 6, 2021

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…

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New Article “A Direct Flight to Revolution: Maududi, Divine Sovereignty, and the 1979-Moment in Iran”

Publications   |   May 25, 2021

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.…

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Review of “The ‘Ulama in Contemporary Pakistan: Contesting and Cultivating an Islamic Republic”

Publications   |   April 23, 2021

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…

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Review of “Revolution and Its Discontents. Political Thought and Reform in Iran”

Publications   |   February 8, 2021

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…

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Review of Brannon Ingram’s “Revival from Below”

Publications   |   January 29, 2021

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…

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