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The Problem with Being Islamic: Definitional and Theoretical Limits and Legacies – by Zareena Grewal

August 23, 2016August 22, 2016

The third essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? Last semester I began my graduate seminar, “Interrogating the ‘Crisis’ of ... [Read More]

For All That Is Good and Holy: Reclaiming Religion for the Black and Latinx Victims of the #PulseOrlando Massacre by Elizabeth Pérez

June 24, 2016July 4, 2016

What happened in Orlando was an act of desecration no less than terror. There has been no avoiding the stories, even for those ... [Read More]

MRBlog | An Act of Terror and an Act of Hate

June 13, 2016

By Thomas J. Whitley An act of terror and an act of hate. That is what President Obama called the Sunday morning shooting ... [Read More]

Contemporary Islam Considered: Students Encountering Islam in the Classroom

January 5, 2016January 5, 2016

What happens when nine regular American students do nothing but study Islam and the Middle East for four months? Listen in for this ... [Read More]

MRBlog | Muslims and Republican Mythmaking

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015

By Thomas J. Whitley Move out of the way, Red Scare, we’re on to a new enemy. Communism is no longer a ... [Read More]

MRBlog | No, Religion Is Not Disappearing

June 11, 2015June 12, 2015

By Thomas J. Whitley This week in “How Can I Use the Pew Research Center’s Latest Religious Landscape Survey Data to Make A ... [Read More]

MRBlog | ISIS and the US Government: The Propaganda War

May 11, 2015

By Thomas J. Whitley In late August of last year the U.S. State Department released a video on YouTube called “Welcome to ISIS ... [Read More]

Contemporary Islam Considered: A Deep Look into ISIS

April 14, 2015June 19, 2015

Princeton Professor Bernard Haykel joins Sarah Eltantawi to discuss ISIS’s origins, genealogy, and aims. Haykel is Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Director of ... [Read More]

MRBlog | ISIS: What’s a Poor Religionist to Do?

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015

By Aaron W. Hughes ISIS presents scholars of religion with a real problem. Rather than use the Islamic State as an opportunity to ... [Read More]

MRBlog | Embracing the Terrorist Narrative

February 20, 2015February 26, 2015

By Thomas J. Whitley Do as I do and not as I say. This seems to be the message of President to Obama ... [Read More]

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