This is one of my most recent pieces, a chapter in a volume on the idea of tradition in modern history, edited by Thomas Albert Howard. MoosaDisruptionsTraditionUpdated2
May
27
May
20
Official announcement of my appointment to an endowed chair at the University of Notre Dame, as the Mirza Family Professor of Islamic Thought and Muslim Societies in this notification.Very pleased about this outcome. Thanks to Susan Scribner Mirza, a Notre Dame alumna who made a generous donation to the Keough... read more →
May
20
:: Muwaṭṭaʾ Roundtable :: Journey of the Muwaṭṭaʾ in different periods of the history of South Asia: Shāh Walīyullāh’s Pursuit of Mālik
Posted on December 8, 2019 by islamiclawblog
By Ebrahim Moosa (University of Notre Dame)
It is one of those twists of history that in a …
May
23
ʿĪd Mubārak
Diary: Eid al-Fitr–30 Ramadan 1441 AH- 23 May 2020 -South Bend, Indiana, USA
Wishing you a contemplative ʿĪd Mubārak/Eid Mubarak, a blessed opportunity to celebrate the conclusion to the month of prayer, fasting and sexual abstinence during daylight hours. But I am in no joyous mood for celebration but relieved …
Apr
27
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/opinion/coronavirus-hajj-pilgrimage.html
“But suspending the pilgrimage is a call the Saudis and religious leaders must make, for during wars, epidemics and extreme danger, the obligation to perform the hajj is removed. The Quran is explicit: “And do not with your own hands invest in destruction.” Prophet Muhammad taught that one should avoid …
