Islam in Kurdistan: Sunnah, Shiites, Khorshids
While the Kurdish question has received due attention in Western scholarship and public discussions, a range of political and cultural...
Read moreWhile the Kurdish question has received due attention in Western scholarship and public discussions, a range of political and cultural...
Read moreIslam in South Africa is characterised by an exceptional diversity that can be compared to that of the Muslim world...
Read morePresent-day discussions about “traditional Islam” bear relevance to the crisis of identity arising from Muslim encounters with modernity, as well...
Read moreAl-Mesbar’s 136th monthly book explores the religious and sectarian diversity of the area. In addition to Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims,...
Read moreAl-Mesbar’s 134th monthly book, Naqshbandism: Text, History, Impact (February 2018), examines the theological and social history of Sufism’s esteemed Naqshbandi...
Read moreIn addition to their involvement in politics, Islamists in many Arab and Muslim countries have achieved “social depth” by significantly...
Read moreSince Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani ascended to Qatar’s throne in 1995 following a palace coup against his father, the...
Read moreIn Al-Mesbar’s 131st monthly book, we share further knowledge of Sufism, popular Islam, and traditional and parallel religiosity — by...
Read moreIslamist movements draw on a range of historical and contemporary source materials to fuel their ideologies. In 2013, one study...
Read moreThe concept of the nationstate did not enter Arab political discourse in earnest until the second half of the twentieth...
Read moreThe most vulnerable victims of the scars of war — whether physical, psychological, or cultural — are children. One type...
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