Islamic Scholarly Exchange in Central Asia, 1747-1917
A review of The Persianate Sphere during the Age of Empires: Islamic Scholars and Networks of Exchange in Central Asia, 1747-1917, by James Robert Pickett….
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Mobility and Senses of Belonging among the Fatani People
A review of Be-longing: Fatanis in Makkah and Jawi, by Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad. Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad offers an intriguing and perceptive study on…
Cambodian Cham Identities in a Global Age
A review of From the Khmer Rouge to Hambali: Cham Identities in a Global Age, by Kok-Thay Eng. The Cambodian Genocide: most scholars have heard…
Domination, Resistance, and Violence in Ahmedabad
A review of Domination et résistance de la minorité musulmane après le pogrom de 2002 à Ahmedabad (Inde): Les paradoxes de la ghettoïsation à Juhapura…
Memory and Textualization in Early Modern Persian Ismāʿīlism
A review of The Legendary Biographies of Nāṣir-i Khusraw: Memory and Textualization in Early Modern Persian Ismāʿīlism, by Daniel Beben. At first glance, Daniel Beben’s…
Environmentalism in Iran
A review of Remaking Nature in Iran: Environmentalism, Science and the Nation, by Satoshi Abe. Satoshi Abe’s dissertation Remaking Nature in Iran: Environmentalism, Science and…
Post-Socialism & Islam in Tajikistan
A review of Re‐producing Social Relations; Political and Economic Change and Islam in Post‐Soviet Tajik Ishkashim, by Aliaa Remtilla Aliaa Remtilla’s fascinating dissertation “Re‐producing social…
Diaspora and Islamicity in Cambodia
A review of Historical Imagination, Diasporic Identity and Islamicity Among the Cham Muslims of Cambodia, by Alberto Pérez Pereiro. This dissertation is an ethnographic study…
Islam and Modernity in Kyrgyzstan
A review of The Fruit of Devotion: Islam and Modernity in Kyrgyzstan, by Julie McBrien. In the growing scholarly and popular literature on Central Asia,…
Progressive Islam in Indonesia
A review of Faith, Moral Authority, and Politics: The Making of Progressive Islam in Indonesia, by Alexander R. Arifianto. At a time when Islamic organizations…