Very pleased and honored to learn that Defending Muhammad in Modernity has won the American Institute of Pakistan Studies 2020 Book Prize. Many thanks to the prize committee for engaging the book, and for writing such a thoughtful description (see link).
My Profound thanks to Professors Talal Asad,
@AnnaBigelow786
, Bruce Lawrence, and Qasim Zaman for these generous and thoughtful endorsements of Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship after Empire which is coming out in 10 days: Friday, 11th August.
Excellent and much needed commentary on the Indian elections by the blazingly sharp Professor Hafsa Kanjwal. The Muslim question is indeed the exhaustive limit of liberal secular politics.
Pleased to share that my second book titled "Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship after Empire" is now under contract with Columbia U. Press, with anticipated publication Fall 2023 in their Religion, Culture, and Public Life Series.
Very thankful for the opportunity to be at the Institute for Advanced Study
@the_IAS
the upcoming academic year. Will be working on third book: an intellectual biography of/reading of key texts by Shah Wali Ullah (d. 1762), coauthored with
@EbrahimMoosa
.
For the next episode of
@NewBooksIslam
due out tomorrow, I am speaking with Professor Ahmed El-Shamsy about his new masterpiece, Rediscovering the Islamic Classics. Be sure to tune in!
The complete Urdu translation of Defending Muhammad in Modernity is now published by IdΔra-yi Fikr-i JadΔ«d in Lahore. My profound thanks to the expert translator Muhammad Jan Akhunzada and to Ammar Khan Nasir for overseeing the project. Call +92 301 2770109 to acquire a copy.
Now available! In this groundbreaking book,
@sheraliTareen
explores how leading South Asian Muslim thinkers imagined and contested the boundaries of Hindu-Muslim friendship from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.
Finally, the Pakistan edition of Defending Muhammad in Modernity is now published via
@Folio_Books
, and should be available across the country. Details in link below.
Defending Muhammad in Modernity is off to the printers and should assume a material form in the next month
@UNDPress
is offering a 40% discount until the end of the year with the discount code "14AARSBL19." Also available for ordering at the AAR, $21 pb.
Just published in the milestones journal: an important address on Tawhid and Muslim political freedom by the brave and brilliant Sharjeel Imam for which I was privileged to write a prologue.
@imammuzzammil
Pleased to report that the India edition of Defending Muhammad in Modernity will soon be released by Permanent Black
@PermanentBlack
as paperback, selling for 795 Rupees. The Pakistan edition is in the works.
Defending Muhammad in Modernity is now officially and materially born, as paperback from
@UNDPress
. Book comes with detailed suggestions for teaching it in various courses on South Asia, Islam, and Religion. 20% discount on press website with code 14ND120. Photo
@MichelleSybert
Out now:
@SheraliTareen
's new book, Perilous Intimacies. This book illuminates Muslim intellectual traditions in South Asia while presenting the historical roots of present-day HinduβMuslim relations and tensions.
Happy to announce publication of a special issue of ReOrient journal "Beyond Revival and Reform: Reorienting the Study of South Asian Islam" that I coedited with Teena Purohit featuring 6 articles on less studied aspects of South Asian Islam (see link).
After 12 years, this is my 100th and last interview on
@NewBooksIslam
. My extensive thanks to all listeners and authors over the years and to
@BabaKristian
you first got me involved; a list/links of all 100 interviews accessible from this link:
Latest episode of
@NewBooksIslam
. I speak with Prof. Tahera Qutbuddin about the majestic new book Nahj al-BalΔghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ΚΏAlΔ«; a complete and outstanding open access English translation of Nahj al-BalΔghah.
American universities invoking "maintenance of public order" to criminalize courageous students protesting an ongoing genocide makes glisteningly clear the coloniality of higher education and the hypocrisy (not to mention conceptual clunkiness) of the "free speech" discourse.
The first review of Perilous Intimacies is out, and its by that master of book reviews
@RAHMArainsONme
. It's really more of a review essay that goes much beyond the book with especially excellent discussion on questions of method.
Pleased to share Urdu translation of the Introduction of Defending Muhammad in Modernity, very ably and fluently done by Dr. Muhammad Jan Akhunzada from Charsadda (link below). Complete book trans anticipated by end of year.
Latest episode of
@NewBooksIslam
now published (link below). I speak with Professor Ahmed El-Shamsy about his majestic new book Rediscovering the Islamic Classics.
Honored to learn that Defending Muhammad in Modernity was selected as a finalist for the American Academy of Religion book award in the "Analytical-Descriptive Studies" category. Many thanks to the jury for their time and engagement with the book, and for this recognition.
We are thrilled to announce that DEFENDING MUHAMMAD IN MODERNITY by
@SheraliTareen
was selected as a finalist for the
@AARWeb
2021 Book Awards in the Analytical-Descriptive Studies category! Congratulations!
#awards
Kicking off today: a special forum on Jasbir Puar's
@jkpuar
now classic "The Right to Maim" on
@PolTheoNetwork
featuring essays by John Modern, Mayanthi Fernando, Ali Mian, Peter Coviello, Rachel Feldman, and Heike Peckruhn. Link to my intro below.
Truly looking forward to the first online discussion on Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship after Empire with some excellent early career scholars in India. Registration link below.
Book Talk
"Sovereignty & Hindu-Muslim Friendship in India"
Discussing Dr.
@SheraliTareen
's
"Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire"
Sep 28th, 7:30 PM ( IST ), 10 AM US ( EST)
Register Here:
Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship after Empire is now officially published by
@ColumbiaUP
. Code "CUP20" for 20% discount. All info in the link below. Book comes with detailed suggestions and discussion questions for classroom use.
A devastatingly brilliant analysis of the recent Indian elections, and critique of liberal-left nationalist fantasies by professors
@RajbirJudge
and Hafsa Kanjwal on
@Modernities
. Public scholarship at its best.
The India edition of Defending Muhammad in Modernity was officially released today, in paperback, available for 800 Rupees (see link below). My many thanks to
@PermanentBlack
for their stellar job in producing this volume, and
@UNDPress
for their support as well.
"If you can only read three books on Islam in South Asia, Defending Muhammad in Modernity needs to be one of themβ - Margrit Pernau; "major contribution to the literature on the history of Muslims" - David Gilmartin.
New book by
@SheraliTareen
For the next episode of
@NewBooksIslam
coming very soon, I speak with Prof. Jonathan Brown
@JonathanACBrown
about his encyclopedic and provocative new book Slavery in Islam. Be sure to tune in!
Was great to do this podcast on Imran Khan and the current political moment in Pakistan; with professors Salman Sayyid and Shehla Khan
@KShehla7
, via Radio Reorient; link below:
Latest Talk: "What is Secularism?" (Secularism KyΔ Hay)? An introduction to critical secularism studies with focus on the thought and key arguments of Prof. Saba Mahmood. Link below:
Quick Thread: 1. The Madrasa Discourses Program, which brings together 50 Madrasa graduates from India and Pakistan, just completed its 3-week online Summer Intensive Program titled βEngaging the Western and Muslim Humanities: Hermeneutics, History and Political Theology.β
A discussion in Urdu on Perilous Intimacies with some outstanding Madrasa and Islamic University graduates in South Asia that I was privileged to participate in (link below):
Looking forward to visiting Brown this Friday not only for the book talk but more importantly to pay tribute to the 19 Brown undergraduates who went on hunger strike for Palestine. May their courage and moral fortitude multiply across campuses.
Friday, 3/15 at 2PM β Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire.
@SouthAsiaBrown
Book Adda w/ Associate Professor of Religious Studies at
@FandMCollege
SherAli Tareen. Commentators include Ph.D. Candidate in History Suvaid Yaseen.
It was a true pleasure and honor speaking with the brilliant Ahmed Bin Qasim for the terrific new podcast series
@koshurpodcast
as part of this extensive and candid conversation on secularism, Islam, and South Asian politics. Link below:
Kicking off today: forum on Defending Muhammad in Modernity featuring essays by Jonathan Brown, Faisal Devji, Zunaira Komal, Waris Mazhari, Ebrahim Moosa, Ammar Nasir, and Sohaira Siddiqui. Every Tues and Thurs next 3 weeks, link below.
Thanks a lot! The readership in South Asia is always most important to me. Very thankful to
@PermanentBlack
and
@Folio_Books
for making these books available there.
Complex topic/s easy expression with utmost FACTUAL clarity β¦ both the reads were a thorough learning experience. βPerilous Intimaciesβ will b available n Pak in Decemberβ¦ for the author βengaging and needed content, thank youβ
@SherAliTareen
Looking forward to speaking about Perilous Intimacies at Habib University Karachi on Tuesday January 9th 5:30 PM. Talk and registration info in poster below.
In the next episode of
@NewBooksIslam
due out this Friday, I am speaking with Prof. Charles Hirschkind about his eagerly anticipated and majestically brilliant new book "The Feeing of History: Islam, Romanticism, and Andalusia." Be sure to tune in!
Thanks to
@UNDPress
for this promotional flyer of Defending MuαΈ₯ammad in Modernity, and for putting it out as a reasonably priced paperback. The book also includes chapter suggestions and discussion questions for teaching it in various courses on Islam, Religion, and South Asia.
Dr. Sher Ali Tareen, Chair of Department of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania, USA give a talk at
@PU_OfficialPK
He spoke on his book, Perilous Intimacies; Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire.
@profmahboob
@PHEC_official
Really looking forward to speaking at Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO)-Kerala
@SIOKerala
this Wednesday 26th, 8 PM India, 10:30 AM EST on the theme of "Sovereignty and its Afterlives in Muslim South Asia." Registration link:
Kicking off today: a special forum on Defending Muhammad in Modernity on
@MarginaliaROB
featuring critical essays by Professors
@RAHMArainsONme
,
@kecia_ali
,
@MeganEatonRobb
, Noah Salomon, and Mashal Saif. My many and profound thanks to all! Link below:
My just published review of Iqbal Sevea's "The Political Philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal" (CUP) in Journal of Asian Studies. An important and deeply layered study of Iqbal's thought that deserves wide readership and engagement.
Truly looking forward to this discussion and workshop on Defending Muhammad in Modernity with early career scholars in South Asia, tomorrow Tuesday 7 PM India/6:30 PM Pakistan. Registration link:
Latest Talk: The Aligarh-Deoband Divide: Competing Movements of Reform in Muslim South Asia. Video link below, with many thanks again to
@DarulQasim
for the invitation:
This book is theoretically mesmerizing, and just incredibly brilliant in every segment and chapter. One of those intellectual convulsions that happen only rarely. Preorder your copies now!
Want to highly recommend Khurram Hussain's just published book "Islam as Critique" on Sayyid Ahmad Khan's thought and much more. This book marks the entry of an incredibly gifted writer and thinker into the fields of Islam, religion, and South Asia.
For the next episode of
@NewBooksIslam
airing tomorrow, I will be speaking with Professor Salman Sayyid about his majestic book "Recalling the Caliphate: Decolonization and World Order." This is a conversation you will not want to miss!
@CmsReorient
Latest episode of
@NewBooksIslam
. I speak with Prof. Tahera Qutbuddin about the majestic new book Nahj al-BalΔghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ΚΏAlΔ«; a complete and outstanding open access English translation of Nahj al-BalΔghah.
Latest episode of
@NewBooksIslam
now up. I talk to Muhammad Qasim Zaman about his path paving book Islam in Pakistan: A History. We discuss its key arguments and implications in detail. Tune in!
Latest and a very special episode of
@NewBooksIslam
now published. I speak with Prof. Charles Hirschkind about his new book, destined to become a classic, The Feeling of History: Islam, Romanticism, Andalusia. Link below.
Latest article: "Thinking the Question of Religious Minorities in Colonial South Asia," published in a special issue on "minorities" in CSAAME. Link below:
Latest talk: Urdu lecture on "Islamic Studies in North America" at the wonderful Gift University in Gujranwala, with many thanks to the organizers for inviting me; link below.
Looking forward to being in conversation about Defending Muhammad in Modernity with my colleague and award winning Ottoman historian Prof. Secil Ylmaz, tomorrow Wednesday 3:30 PM EST. Registration link here:
The special volume "Beyond Revival and Reform: Reorienting the Study of South Asian Islam" in ReOrient journal is now open access for free download. Six articles on a range of premodern and modern topics, link below:
Truly looking forward to speaking tomorrow Wednesday on "Non-Liberal Logics of Tolerance in Modern Islam" 11 am EST, 4 PM GMT, 9 PM Pakistan, with many thanks to the Markfield Institute UK for the invitation. Zoom login details in poster below.
Towering contemporary Indian Muslim scholar Mawlana Waris Mazhari responds to Defending Muhammad in Modernity in a remarkable essay that offers a detailed analysis of the book and powerful set of critiques. Original Urdu text also available in link.
Looking forward to speaking in Lahore/Gujranwala: today 4 PM: Idara-yi Fikr o Nazar; Friday 4 Pm Gift University Gujranwala; Saturday the 13th: 11 am Punjab University Dept of History, 3:15 PM (on Defending Muhammad) and 4:30 PM (on Perilous Intimacies) Lahore Thinkfest Alhamra.
Thanks
@UNDPress
. $21 free shipping orders for all 480 pages of Defending Muhammad in Modernity available now at AAR book exhibit. Also at Notre Dame press website with discount code "14AARSBL19."
Congratulations to F&M Associate Professor of Religious Studies SherAli Tareen, who has just won the prestigious American Institute of Pakistan Studies Book Prize for his work βDefending Muhammad in Modernity." π
#FandMProud
1.This year, it has been a privilege to serve as faculty of the Madrasa Discourses program, organized by Dr. Ebrahim Moosa
@EbrahimMoosa
that brings together 60 female and male Islamic seminary graduates from India and Pakistan for dialogue between Western and Muslim Humanities.
Looking forward to speaking (virtually) for Columbia U South Asia Institute this Monday 4:15 PM EST, with Prof. Sudipta Kaviraj responding. Talk and registration details in link below:
Join us this Friday at 8 PM CST for a special program with Dr.
@SheraliTareen
Competing Movements in Muslim South Asia: The Aligarh-Deoband Divide
Streaming LIVE!
YouTube:
Facebook:
A true pleasure speaking with the inimitable Ahmed bin Qasim
@MusalmanKoshur
about Perilous Intimacies (link below); his questions are what make this podcast worth listening to.
I speak to Prof.
@SheraliTareen
on his new book called Perilous Intimacies. We talk about Muslim scholarly translations of Hinduism, intra-Muslim debates on cow sacrifice, caliphate, and a lot more. We also talk about the politics of Sharjeel Imam.
Listen:
It was terrific chatting with
@SinanovicErmin
about Defending Muhammad in Modernity for the
@CICWatSU
podcast series, link below. Many thanks for the invitation, your time, and the great questions!
Looking forward to speaking tomorrow (Thurs) 11 am EST on the theme of "Inter-religious Polemics in Colonial India" as part of Habib-Exeter facebook live series "Islam after Colonialism" in conversation with
@mullasadra
and Nauman Naqvi, livestream at:
Would like to strongly second the recommendation here. This is a remarkable book by Prof. Sohaira Siddiqui that combines philological density with conceptual panache, now available in lower priced paperback. Here below my interview with the author.
Absolutely! And abhorrently the 'other' side includes many in US higher education who specialize in holding private meetings with brown people on campus, but lack the basic decency of publicly condemning hate crimes like that in Vermont let alone publicly condemning the genocide.
Latest episode of
@NewBooksIslam
now published. I speak with Professor Ather Zia
@aziakashmir
about her splendid and spellbinding new book Resisting Disappearance focused on powerful narratives of Kashmiri women resisting settler colonial occupation.
βCompeting Movements of Reform in Muslim South Asia: The Aligarh-Deoband Divideβ a talk by Dr
@SheraliTareen
with Dr Syed Jaffar Ahmed as the moderator of the session.
ποΈJan. 6
π11am-12:30pm
πIBA, Main Campus
Attendees from outside the IBA can register π
For the next episode of
@NewBooksIslam
coming out this week I will be speaking with Professor Narges Bajoghli
@nargesbajoghli
about her incredible and incredibly timely book "Iran Reframed." This is not an interview you will want to miss!
No condemnation is enough for the massacre being carried out by the apartheid state of Israel in Rafah. Israel's genocide of Palestinians continues unabated in complete violation of all international laws, and despite the ICJ ruling. If ever there was a rogue state in all senses
Latest episode of
@NewBooksIslam
now published. I speak with Professor Salman Sayyid about his monumental book Recalling the Caliphate. Be sure to tune in! (incorrect link in last tweet just deleted).
An interview on Perilous Intimacies with Saad Ismail at Project Noon
@noondialogues
. Would highly recommend this venue to authors of South Asian and Islamic Studies; great and probing questions link below:
Latest Article: "The Conduct of the Sufi Path: NaqshbandΔ« Meditation in Early Modern India," published open access Journal of the Institute for Sufi Studies; download link below:
Looking forward to speaking at this event at LUMS (Lahore) tomorrow (via video link) on Madrasa traditions of knowledge in South Asia and the ongoing Madrasa Discourses program that connects Western and Muslim Humanities.
This is happening in Lahore tomorrow. Looks like a very interesting conversation:
70 years of Madrasah Education in Pakistan: Myths, Realities and Rhetoric.
Latest Talk (in Urdu): "The Qur'an and Socioeconomic Justice," a brief analysis of 'Ubaydullah Sindhi's (d. 1944) revolutionary politics and Qur'an hermeneutic, with many thanks to the International Qur'an Conference for the invitation.
Latest episode of
@NewBooksIslam
now published (link below). I speak with Prof. Antonia Bosanquet
@asbosanquet
about her remarkable new book "Minding their Place: Space and Religious Hierarchy in Ibn al-Qayyim's AαΈ₯kΔm Ahl al-Dhimma." Be sure to tune in!
Happy to announce that Imagining the Public in Modern South Asia with
@routledgebooks
co-edited by
@brannoningram
, Bart Scott, and myself is now out in paperback. An excellent range of essays designed for courses on South Asia in multiple disciplines.
Honored and truly looking forward to speaking virtually at the inaugural Peshawar Literature Festival this Tuesday March 29th, 6 PM PK time in conversation with the brilliant Dr. Altaf Qadir at the University of Peshawar.
"Prophet Motive." Faisal Devji responds to Defending Muhammad in Modernity in his signature quizzical and provocative style by interrogating the interaction of modern sovereignty, capitalism, and the discourse on blasphemy in Islam and Christianity.
For the next episode of
@NewBooksIslam
due out Friday, I will be speaking with Prof. Maria RashΔ«d
@mariarshd
about her hauntingly majestic new book Dying to Serve: Militarism, Affect and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army. Be sure to tune in!
Latest episode of
@NewBooksIslam
now published. I speak with Prof. Jonathan Brown
@JonathanACBrown
about his important new book Slavery in Islam. Be sure to tune in!