My latest contribution to Critical Muslim, 34 thematic issue: Destinations. New Territories is my contribution and I thank the publisher Hurst and the editor Ziauddin Sardar for allowing me to... read more →
This is a recent book chapter I co-authored with my graduate student, Nicholas Roberts, in which we dig through Islamic history to explore the different manifestations of "quietism" according to... read more →
Therefore, there is no salvation except in independence of thought. ‘‘Forget all you’ve heard and clutch what you see At sunrise what use is Saturn to thee?’’ If writing these... read more →
US Policy Towards Iran Requires An Urgent Rethink
The Other Susan Sontag _ The New Yorker A piece very much worth reading and reflecting about literature, life, politics and activism.