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Book List: Hajj through the Centuries

Ayah Aboelela وَأَذِّن فِى ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَجِّ يَأْتُوكَ رِجَالًۭا وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ ضَامِرٍۢ يَأْتِينَ مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍۢ  “And proclaim to the people the ḥajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass”Al-Hajj, Ayah 27. Year after year, virtually uninterrupted since the Hajj of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ over fourteen centuries ago, Muslims from all directions … Continue reading Book List: Hajj through the Centuries

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Book List: The 19th Century Muslim World

Ayah Aboelela The long nineteenth century is so rich with transformations that it is impossible to understand the state of the Muslim world today without understanding the events that took place then. Spanning from the late 18th century to the beginning of World War I, this period witnessed the peak of European colonialism, which left no part of the Muslim world untouched by its claws. … Continue reading Book List: The 19th Century Muslim World

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Book Review: Rediscovering the Islamic Classics

Ayah Aboelela Ibn Taymiyyah. Ibn Khaldun. Al-Tabari. These are some of the most famous names that come to mind when we think of classical Muslim scholars and writers. But did you know that less than two hundred years ago, their names and works were rarely mentioned in contemporary mainstream Muslim scholarship? In Rediscovering the Islamic Classics,[1]  Ahmed El Shamsy studies how the widespread use of … Continue reading Book Review: Rediscovering the Islamic Classics

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Literature

Book List: Rabīʿ al-Awwal

There is no shortage of writing devoted to the most praised, the greatest of all mankind: Rasūlallāh ﷺ. Works on sīrah alone number in the thousands. To mark this Rabīʿ al-Awwal, we have compiled a list of books focusing on Prophet Muḥammad’s ﷺ life, teachings and rights upon us. Whilst Martin Lings and The Sealed Nectar are household names, below are a few titles that … Continue reading Book List: Rabīʿ al-Awwal

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Podcast Ep. 23: American Muslim Exceptionalism | Butheina Hamdah

Which comes first: nation or ummah? On Ep. 23, Butheina Hamdah joins us to discuss her research on American Muslim exceptionalism. We examine the impact of American exceptionalism on the Muslim psyche, as well as how American Muslims perceive the broader ummah. As calls for an indigenous Islam in America gain traction, questions of nationalism’s compatibility with an ummatic worldview come to the fore. Butheina … Continue reading Podcast Ep. 23: American Muslim Exceptionalism | Butheina Hamdah

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