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New Books in Islamic Studies

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Patrick Bowen, “A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Vol 1: White American Muslims before 1975” (Brill, 2015)

2016/1/12

In the current political moment there is widespread anti-Muslim rhetoric and it would be easy to con

Afsaneh Najmabadi, "Professing Selves: Transsexuality and Same-Sex Desire in Contemporary Iran" (Duke UP, 2013)

2015/12/30

In her fascinating new book Professing Selves: Transsexuality and Same-Sex Desire in Contemporary Ir

Marcia C. Inhorn, “The New Arab Man: Emergent Masculinities, Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East” (Princeton UP, 2012)

2015/12/18

Winner of the 2015 American Anthropological Associations Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Excel

Zeki Saritoprak, “Islam’s Jesus” (University of Florida Press, 2015)

2015/12/17

In Islam’s Jesus (University of Florida Press, 2015), Zeki Saritoprak explores an old topic from a f

Alice J. Kang, “Bargaining for Women’s Rights: Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy” (U of Minnesota Press, 2015)

2015/12/16

Alice J. Kang has written Bargaining for Women’s Rights: Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy (U

Maud S. Mandel, “Muslims and Jews in France: History of a Conflict” (Princeton University Press, 2014)

2015/12/11

In Muslims and Jews in France: History of a Conflict (Princeton University Press, 2014), Maud S. Man

Jorg Matthias Determann, “Researching Biology and Evolution in the Gulf States: Networks of Science in the Middle East” (I. B. Tauris, 2015)

2015/11/29

Jorg Matthias Determann‘s new book looks at the history of modern biology in the Arab Gulf monarchie

Hina Azam, “Sexual Violation in Islamic Law: Substance, Evidence, and Procedure” (Cambridge UP, 2015)

2015/11/25

In her shining new book Sexual Violation in Islamic Law: Substance, Evidence, and Procedure (Cambrid

Naser Ghobadzadeh, “Religious Secularity: A Theological Challenge to the Islamic State” (Oxford UP, 2014)

2015/11/18

While “fundamentalism” and “authoritarian secularism” are commonly perceived as the two mutually exc

Paul L. Heck, “Skepticism in Classical Islam: Moments of Confusion” (Routledge, 2013)

2015/11/15

Skepticism is a familiar term to many of us conjuring up notions of doubt, uncertainty, and perhaps

Karen Bauer, “Gender Hierarchy in the Qur’an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses” (Cambridge UP, 2015)

2015/11/12

In Gender Hierarchy in the Qur’an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses (Cambridge University

Azizah al-Hibri, “The Islamic Worldview: Islamic Jurisprudence” (ABA Books, 2015)

2015/10/27

How can a perspective on Islamic law and jurisprudence be constructed responding to the lives and pr

Debra Majeed, “Polygyny: What it Means When African American Muslim Women Share Their Husbands” (UP of Florida, 2015)

2015/9/30

In her wonderful new book Polygyny: What it Means When African American Muslim Women Share Their Hus

Guy Burak, “The Second Formation of Islamic Law: The Hanafi School in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire” (Cambridge UP, 2015)

2015/9/23

The Second Formation of Islamic Law: The Hanafi School in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge

Christopher R. Duncan, “Violence and Vengeance: Religious Conflict and Its Aftermath in Eastern Indonesia” (Cornell UP, 2013)

2015/9/15

Researching the communal killings that occurred in North Maluku, Indonesia during 1999 and 2000, Chr

Venkat Dhulipala, “Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India” (Cambridge UP, 2015)

2015/8/1

In the historiography on South Asian Islam, the creation of Pakistan is often approached as the mani