Book Review: The Reckoning of Pluralism: Political Belonging and the…
At the time Tambar wrote The Reckoning of Pluralism, there was a briefopening in Turkish political life during which ethnic and…
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Book Review: Performing Piety: Singers and Actors in Egypt’s Islamic…
Anthropologist Karin van Nieuwkerk’s latest book-length study addresses thephenomenon, widely discussed in Egyptian media since…
Book Review: Voice of Islamic Moderation from the Malay World
Mohd Kamal Hassan’s Voice of Islamic Moderation from the Malay Worldpresents a selection of eleven essays written over the past…
Book Review: The Islamic Utopia: The Illusion of Reform in Saudi Arabia
This book is an interesting exposition of the reform discourse and reformironies in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia … a…
The Study of Islam in African Universities: Reflections on Ghana
In general terms, Ghana’s university administrators see no value in supportingthis stream of study because it does not “produce”…
Book Review: Pax Syriana: Elite Politics in Postwar Lebanon
There has rarely been a dull period in Lebanon’s post-Ottoman political history.Its central geographic, if not political,…
Book Review: The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian…
In his most recent work, The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of ModernU. S.-Iranian Relations, Ervand Abrahamian…
Turkish Islamism in the Post-gezi Park Era
The Gezi Park protests have stirred serious controversy both inside and outside Turkey on the JDP’s ruling style and ideology. By…
Book Review: The Essentials of Ibāḍī Islam
When writing about Islamic sectarian diversity, the vast majority of authors pay attention only to Sunni and Shi‘i Islam. Yet…
Book Review: City of Knowledge in Twentieth Century Iran: Shiraz, history,…
Setrag Manoukian’s City of Knowledge in Twentieth Century Iran: Shiraz, History, and Poetry combines the application of Michel…
BOOK REVIEW: Towards an Islamic Enlightenment: The gülen Movement
M. Hakan Yavuz was one of the early contributors to the literature on the Gülen movement, co-editing a major volume on the…
The Future Relations between the Majority and Minority Religious Groups,…
The topic of relations of several religious groups in the world from different perspectives has been a hot issue among…
Islamism and Democratization in Indonesia Post-Reformation Era:…
In general, this paper will explore features and patterns of Islamism in Indonesia after the downfall of Suharto’s regime in…
Aqidah as a Basis of Social Tolerance: The Malaysian Experience
The purpose of Islam is to develop exceptional human beings based on aqidah. Those with faith will have good life and will, in…
Rethinking the ‘Arab Spring’: The Root Causes of the Tunisian Jasmine…
This article reviews the events of 2010-2011 Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions with specific attention to the background of…
Religiosity and Conflict Handling Styles: A Study of a Muslim Community
This is a pioneering study to address the Islamic view of conflict and the preference of using conflict handing styles by the…
Inter-Religious Dialogue: The Perspective of Malaysian Contemporary Muslim…
Malaysia is a country that is rich for the diversity of its people. This diversity can be seen from the aspect of faith,…
Al-Attas’ Philosophy of History on the Arrival and Proliferation of Islam…
This article examines the philosophy of history of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas on the theory of the arrival and spread of…
Makkah is the Ultimate Multilingual Phenomenon
The majority of the published studies on multilingualism concentrate on education, while only a few published papers describe…
A Review on Writings on Religious Tolerance in Malaysia
Living in a multi-religious and multi-cultural country like Malaysia is a very challenging experience. It requires understanding…