Monthly Archives: April 2018

The Palestinian Struggle for Independence and the So-Called “Muslim World”

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst

*Submitted anonymously with permission of instructor. From the early days of political Zionist intentions to establish a Jewish homeland in the historic land of Palestine, there was widespread support from Muslim majority nation-states in regards to Palestinian independence and retention … Continue reading →

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Meaning-Making in the Mosh Pit: Claiming Muslim and Punk Identities in an Alt-Right Era

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Róisín Todd

When the far right is trying to criminalize your very being, it’s nice to have a scene that’s all about being yourself. —Basim Usmani qtd. in Abber 2015 Taqwacore band The Kominas burst onto the American punk scene in 2004, their … Continue reading →

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The Creation of Minder as a Form of Social Bricolage

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Ava Benham

Because of the lack of inclusivity, I have decided to focus on Muslims in North America and how they are seeking potential marital partners through dating apps that have been created by Muslims specifically for the Muslim community.  One app … Continue reading →

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Essentialization and Erasure in the Occupation of Palestine

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Thomas Mackell

Since at least the mid-nineteenth century, with the increasing spread of colonialism and the fall of the Ottoman empire, imperial world powers have essentialized the practitioners of the religion of Islam to be constitutive of a unified race. As with … Continue reading →

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Long Read: Colonialism, Modernity, Racialization, and African American Muslims

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Charis Jones

When I first began my research for this blog, I wanted to investigate how it is that black Muslim identity has and continues to inform Islam in America today.  Drawing from David Chidster, D.V. Kumar, and Tomoko Masuzawa’s works on … Continue reading →

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Towards Light and Hands: Visual Grammars of Shirin Neshat and Saba Taj

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Edil Hassan

In Memoir as Iranian Exile Cultural Production, cultural anthropologist Amy Malek writes that the cultural production of exile makes possible new codes, inscriptions, and identities that can uniquely exist outside of hegemonic powers (Malek 356). Uniquely too is the transformative … Continue reading →

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The ways in which Islamic mysticism (Sufism) presents as part of the so called ‘Muslim world’, in India during the British Raj.

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Ujjwala Harshavardhan

When the British came to India they made distinctions between the Hindus and Muslims living there based on experiences that the Western world had already had with Muslims, namely the idea of a simple and unified ‘Muslim world’ (Aydin, p.3). … Continue reading →

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Relationships Between Young Nation-States and Established Religious Institutions

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Cullen Paradis

  During time from the end of WWI to the present day, many predominantly Muslim societies have had to face a similar set of challenges and questions surrounding their governing systems. Following the fall of the Ottoman empire after WWI, … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary People, Revolutionary Bodies: Birth Control and Abortion in Iran

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Clare Cecil

In the United States, conversations surrounding birth control and abortion access are controversial, heavily politicized and deeply infused with debates about religion. In Iran, a state known as a rival to the US, perceived as a threat to both American … Continue reading →

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Muslims in the Modern World

Posted on April 30, 2018 by smukuzo

Stevya Mukuzo  Muslims in the Modern World  The issue of modernity has affected Muslim population, particularly those living in the modern world . Some Muslims living in America are faced with the challenges of assimilation and “othering” as a result … Continue reading →

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