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 share this with my readers. I would encourage visitors to my page to subscribe to Critical Muslim, since this is... read more →
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BBC InterviewI am sure the Muslim community the world over will welcome the resumption of umra visits, voluntary visits to the Muslim holy places in Makka and Madina, as announced by Saudi authorities. In my comments to the BBC I pointed out: based on the safety measures adopted during the... read more →
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Published 10:18 AM ET Tue, 20 March 2018 Updated 1:12 PM ET Tue, 20 March 2018CNBC.com Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman markets himself as a domestic reformer with the ambition to unleash the potential of 32 million Saudi citizens. His actions both at home and among his neighbors call into question... read more →
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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 different historical exigencies. MoosaRobertsPoliticalQuietisminIslam_Sunni_and_Shi'i_Practi..._----_(Part_I_The_Concept_of_Political_Quietism_Its_Problematics_and_the_Isla...)
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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