How Islam evolved from its beginnings to now
John Tolan’s Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present offers a sweeping account of Islam’s evolution, highlighting influential figures, sectarian divisions, and global expansion. Though it…
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Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality – review
In Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality, Shenila Khoja-Moolji recounts how Ismaili women, displaced from East Pakistan and East Africa in the 1970s,…
Zwanzig Jahre Irakkrieg. Ein Land auf der Suche nach dem Staat
Was sind die Grundlagen eines politischen Systems? Nach dem Sturz von Saddam Hussein sollte die Teilung der Macht zwischen Schia und Sunna dem Irak Frieden und Demokratie garantieren.…
With Pierre Loti in Persia
My friend, the historian G. Rex Smith, has recently translated into English a marvelous travel diary by the French military official and traveller Pierre Loti (1850-1923). It is…
Ten Ways on How Not To Think About the Iran/Saudi Conflict
by Omid Safi (@ostadjaan), On Being columnist, January 7, 2016 In the last few days, virtually every news outlet has featured a series of stories on the rising…
Will There be a Sunni-Shi’a War in the Middle East? Not Likely–William O. Beeman, New America Media
Will There be a Sunni-Shi’a War in the Middle East? Not Likely New America Media, News Analysis, …
The Disintegration of Iraq Has Begun–William O. Beeman–New America Media
http://newamericamedia.org/2014/06/the-disintegration-of-iraq-has-begun.php The Disintegration of Iraq Has Begun New America Media, News Analysis, Wi…