Jul 4, 2025
The Ghostly Caliphate This blog post is part of the blog series After the Caliphate: Sovereignties and Subjectivities. [i] By S.Sayyid i Blog 114 The significance of the caliphate, its possibilities and calamities, has been contested along familiar lines: for...
Aug 26, 2024
Islamophobia in the UK * A shorter version of this blog was published by Anadolu Agency on 12 August 2024 (https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis/opinion-the-islamophobic-pogrom-in-the-uk-is-a-result-of-decades-of-racist-policies/3300466) By S. Sayyid i Blog 96 Image...
Mar 11, 2021
Islamophobia, Racism and Muslimness: The Work of Definitions* Comments by S. Sayyid & AbdoolKarim Vakil i Blog 48 Measures of social inequality, crime surveys, polling data, reports on media bias, all consistently show that Muslims face obstacles which limit their...
Jul 13, 2020
Black Lives Matter and The White Society of the Spectacle 0 Comments by Barnor Hesse and S.Sayyid i Blog 44 13 July 2020 Black Lives Matter | White Society Image Source: Drazen Zigic | iStock / Getty Images We have been here before: another killing of a Black man...
Dec 5, 2018
Defining Islamophobia 0 Comments by S. Sayyid and AbdoolKarim Vakil i Blog 29 5 December 2018 Islamophobia Introduction A definition is not a magic spell. Defining Islamophobia[1] will not by itself end Islamophobia. What is needed is not a detailed legal...