Islam

Political Foreclosure of Queer Liberation: Notes from Lebanon

Ali Kassem • Mar 11 2024 • Articles

Through its constructed reductionist violent identitarian Othering of queerness, fikh and wider Islamic knowledge become rigidly ossified.

Swiping for God: Islamizing Dating or Secularizing Islam?

Noor Suwwan • Aug 25 2023 • Articles

Interactions on the social lab of the Muslim dating apps signals an ongoing negotiating process of what it means to be (a) Muslim, (b) secular, and (c) a secular Muslim.

The Mughal Experiment: The Indo-Islamic Legacy of Global IR

Vasileios Syros • Aug 17 2023 • Articles

The Indo-Islamic model can go a long way in helping to reconcile the seemingly divergent Western and non-Western scientific approaches.

The Final Frontier for the Faithful: Islamic Rulings on Space

Amna Kalhoro • May 17 2023 • Articles

The development of a robust and sustainable space programme can offer numerous benefits to Muslim countries, and Islamic rulings must be considered a source of motivation to explore the cosmos.

Politicized Sufism in Islam: A Double-Edged Sword

Sayed Hassan Akhlaq • May 17 2023 • Articles

Sufi theory and practice throughout history, and across Islamic lands, proves that minimizing its impact to simple negatives and positives would be an oversimplification.

Interview – Muqtedar Khan

E-International Relations • Mar 20 2022 • Features

Muqtedar Khan discusses current global geopolitics, challenges for the Muslim world, as well as his vision for Islamic democracy and governance.

Interview – Tariq Modood

E-International Relations • Jan 17 2021 • Features

Tariq Modood talks about the relationship between secularism and multiculturalism, as well as free speech and the role of political satire.

Hunger Strikes, Iran and Universal Human Rights

Alison Assiter • Jul 18 2019 • Articles

The notion of a human right, enshrined in the UN Convention, is nonetheless vital in the context of the rise of the far right and the rise of religious fundamentalism.

Student Feature – Theory in Action: Securitisation Theory and ISIS

Clara Eroukhmanoff • Jul 16 2019 • Student Features

Through securitisation theory threat magnification that results in certain counterterrorism strategies, which often serve political ends, can be exposed.

Unmasking ‘Religious’ Conflicts and Religious Radicalisation in the Middle East

Bettina Koch • May 17 2019 • Articles

When one discusses conflicts that may have a religious background, it is mandatory to question when and under what circumstances does a conflict qualify as a ‘religious’.

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