Tag Archives: Religion

The Roots of Racialized Religion

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Everett M. Naylor

In January of 2017 President Trump issued Executive Order 13769 titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” popularly referred to as the “Muslim Ban.” This executive order banned nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, … Continue reading →

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Islam and Nationalism

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Qicheng Zhang

History and culture have always contributed to our understanding of the ever-changing roles religion has had over time. The distance between religion and our daily actions has been shrinking over time with its increased involvement in our daily political and … Continue reading →

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Islamic Environmentalism in Indonesia: Inherently Ecological or Reactionary Apologism?

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Kaleigh Calvao

How does the Muslim-majority Asian State of Indonesia combat the effects of anthropogenic climate change through people’s mobilization efforts and policy, and what is the role of Islam in influencing environmental preservation efforts? This blog explores the radicalization of both … 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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Tackling Muslim Fashion Within a Secular State

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Carolynn van Arsdale

The typical American student, let’s call him Ryan, who might pay attention in his Social Studies class, would probably define Secularism as, ‘the separation of church and state.’ However, Secularism is not simply the act of separating two spheres, which … Continue reading →

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The Reorganization of Indian Modernity

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Ashanti Gogerly-Moragoda

The ideals of modernity through a highly Westernized lens forcefully permeated its way through Indian culture, social life, politics, and religion. I will be focusing on the alteration and/or complete loss of countless Islamic religious traditions, and the emergence of … Continue reading →

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Saving The Bharat Mata: What was at stake for her children?

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Marissa McFadden

Can you pinpoint the moments in history that make you who you are? The moments that have created your identity? For Muslims, as well as other religious communities in India such as Hindus and Sikhs, one of these defining and … Continue reading →

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