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Awakening Islam through Pop Music

May 9, 2023Shanon Shah

Muslim pop music is changing the image of Islam around the world

Feature

The Muslim Women Using Feminine Pronouns for Allah

May 9, 2023Hafsa Lodi

The pronoun switch is helping women forge deeper religious connections

Perspective

Breaking Down Gender Binaries, Building Muslim Community

October 6, 2022Katrina Daly Thompson

Transgender and nonbinary Muslims are creating welcoming spaces and transforming Islam

Review

The Rise of the Muslim Sitcom

December 9, 2021Kristian Petersen

A review of two new broadcast television comedies about Muslims in America

Excerpt

Humanizing American Muslims

December 9, 2021Caleb Iyer Elfenbein

An excerpt from the book Fear in Our Hearts: What Islamophobia Tells Us about America

Feature

Muslim Marriage Matchmaking Goes Digital

November 4, 2021Hina Husain

A new generation of religious Muslims is skipping dating apps in favor of online platforms for marriage

Feature

A French Inquisition: France’s Crackdown on Muslim Life in the Name of Public Order

May 6, 2021Kirsten Wesselhoeft

What are the real reasons the French government is monitoring Muslim charities, mosques, and imams?

Perspective

Malcolm X: Why El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Matters

April 5, 2021Sara Kamali

What Malcolm X's teachings during the last months of his life, after he converted to Sunni Islam, can teach...

Conversation

Rethinking Religious Violence

December 8, 2020Kali Handelman, Darryl Li

Kali Handelman interviews Darryl Li about his book The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity

Podcast

The Revealer Podcast Episode 6: Black Muslim Men’s Fashion

September 3, 2020Editorial Staff

The unique styles of Black Muslim fashion, corporate retail attention, and influence on the broader culture

Feature

Bowties, Beards, and Boubous: Black Muslim Men’s Fashion in the United States

September 3, 2020Kayla Renée Wheeler

How Black Muslim men's clothing reflects their religious beliefs and influences the broader culture

Perspective

Islamophobia and Americans’ Problems with Face Masks

September 3, 2020Liz Bucar

We could better embrace COVID masks if we took the time to understand people’s motivations who cover their faces...

Review

Ramy Season Two: Let’s Talk about Sex, Habibi

July 14, 2020Mehammed Amadeus Mack

A review of the show's portrayal of American Muslims and queer identities

Feature

Value for Our Shareholders: Reading the Islamic State Media

June 3, 2020Suzanne Schneider

Why does ISIS produce newsletters that resemble corporate reports?

Feature

Freeing Workers: Labor and Plague in the Islamic World

May 6, 2020Shireen Hamza

Do histories of slavery during earlier epidemics teach us anything about "essential workers" today?

Feature

Introducing the Quran to Europeans: The Orientalism of Translation

October 10, 2019Ryan T. Woods

The complicated history of Christians translating the Quran into European languages.

Conversation

There is always hope: A conversation with Chaplain Imam Abdul-Wahab Omeira

August 9, 2019Lauren Pond

Lauren Pond interviews the Muslim chaplain at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County in Lancaster, California

Feature

Representing Migration: Two photographers creating new ways to see history and sanctuary

August 9, 2019Ashley Okwuosa, Soumya Sankar Bose, Cinthya Santos-Briones

Images that challenge us to see migration differently

Review

Destruction on Display: The Politics of Preservation

August 9, 2019Raha Rafii

A review of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's exhibition, “Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from...

Excerpt

The Crusades: An Epitome

May 29, 2019Susanna Throop

An excerpt from The Crusades: An Epitome with an introduction by the author

Feature

Abusing Religion: Race, Islam, and Not Without My Daughter

May 29, 2019Megan Goodwin

The second installment in a three-part series about stories of abuse in minority religious communities and how they have...

Field Note

The Notre-Dame Fire and France’s National Reconstruction Project

April 26, 2019Elayne Oliphant

Will repairing Notre Dame reinforce the inequality it has long-represented?

Feature

RIP: Public Funerary Rituals for American Celebrities in Turkey

February 20, 2019Ilker Hepkaner

Why are people in Turkey memorializing Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson?

In the News

In the News: Lots of bad and a bit of good

December 20, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing

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Awakening Islam through Pop Music

The Muslim Women Using Feminine Pronouns for Allah

Breaking Down Gender Binaries, Building Muslim Community

The Rise of the Muslim Sitcom

Humanizing American Muslims

Muslim Marriage Matchmaking Goes Digital

A French Inquisition: France’s Crackdown on Muslim Life in the Name of Public Order

Malcolm X: Why El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Matters

Rethinking Religious Violence

The Revealer Podcast Episode 6: Black Muslim Men’s Fashion

Bowties, Beards, and Boubous: Black Muslim Men’s Fashion in the United States

Islamophobia and Americans’ Problems with Face Masks

Ramy Season Two: Let’s Talk about Sex, Habibi

Value for Our Shareholders: Reading the Islamic State Media

Freeing Workers: Labor and Plague in the Islamic World

Introducing the Quran to Europeans: The Orientalism of Translation

There is always hope: A conversation with Chaplain Imam Abdul-Wahab Omeira

Representing Migration: Two photographers creating new ways to see history and sanctuary

Destruction on Display: The Politics of Preservation

The Crusades: An Epitome

Abusing Religion: Race, Islam, and Not Without My Daughter

The Notre-Dame Fire and France’s National Reconstruction Project

RIP: Public Funerary Rituals for American Celebrities in Turkey

In the News: Lots of bad and a bit of good

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