Jun 26, 2026
Reflections on Islam, Muslimness and Decolonisation – IV *Yasin Aktay’s four-part series is a contribution to Critical Muslim Studies that critically engages with S. Sayyid’s Recalling the Caliphate as a means of reflecting on the contemporary manifestations of...
Jun 5, 2026
India’s Dominance is Ruining Cricket Internationally *A version of this blog was previously published under the same title in the Sunday Times. By Faizal Dawjee i Blog 134 Image credit: Cricket ball on field, free to use from pexels:...
May 22, 2026
How History Matters *Talk delivered at the book launch of M.A. Sherif, Friendships in the Square: Muslim Activism in Historic London, 1880s to the 1940s (Kuala Lumpur: Islamic Book Trust, 2025), at the Islamic Cultural Centre, London, 30 April 2026. This talk is...
Apr 16, 2026
Al-Aqsa, Colonial Power, and the Illusion of Normalcy By Ismail Patel i Blog 132 Image credit: Jerusalem 2013 Al-Aqsa mosque by Andrew Shiva. Wikimedia Commons. Accessed 15 April 2026. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jerusalem-2013-Al-Aqsa_Mosque_04.jpg...
Apr 7, 2026
Empire Endures By Shvetal Vyas Pare i Blog 131 Image credit: Created by AI I hear the news. Khamenei has been killed. There is a sense of disbelief, but alongside it is a sense of weariness. Empire endures, and its actions take a heavy toll regularly, physically...
