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
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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 region famed for hosting the largest number of... read more →
May
23
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... read more →
Apr
27
"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... read more →