Announcing an exciting event in the UK this month: SherAli Tareen, author of #PerilousIntimacies, will be debating Hindu-Muslim friendship at the Bradford Literature Festival on June 29: bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/perilous… Columbia Univ Press

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.

Very thankful for the opportunity to be at the Institute for Advanced Study Institute for Advanced Study (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 Ebrahim Moosa. ias.edu/scholars/shera…

Latest episode of NB Islamic Studies 📚. I speak with Prof. Tahera Qutbuddin about the majestic new book Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī; a complete and outstanding open access English translation of Nahj al-Balāghah. newbooksnetwork.com/nahj-al-bal%C4…

After 12 years, this is my 100th and last interview on NB Islamic Studies 📚. My extensive thanks to all listeners and authors over the years and to Kristian Petersen you first got me involved; a list/links of all 100 interviews accessible from this link: newbooksnetwork.com/hosts/profile/…

A response to Maaz bin Bilal’s review of Perilous Intimacies, published in Milestones: Commentary on the Islamic World milestonesjournal.net/articles/2024/…

A devastatingly brilliant analysis of the recent Indian elections, and critique of liberal-left nationalist fantasies by professors rajbir singh judge and Hafsa Kanjwal on CM Research. Public scholarship at its best. contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current…

Thanks a lot! The readership in South Asia is always most important to me. Very thankful to Permanent Black and Folio Books for making these books available there.

Looking forward to speaking on Perilous Intimacies in London this Friday 6 pm at the Al-Manaar Centre; details in the link below. eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…

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): m.youtube.com/watch?time_con…

My extensive thanks to Shaheer Ahmed for this excellent review and summation of Perilous Intimacies and its key arguments for Reading Religion. Link below: Columbia Univ Press readingreligion.org/9780231210317/…

A conversation on Perilous Intimacies and questions of Islam and liberal secular power more broadly on the Blogging Theology podcast with Paul Williams Paul Williams who asked fantastic questions. youtube.com/watch?v=iF8nJu…

A review of Perilous Intimacies by the eminent Professor Yohanan Friedmann with an excellent analysis of the book, including some probing and substantive criticisms, just published open access at AJIS (link below): mail.ajis.org/index.php/ajis…

A conversation on my intellectual journey and the importance of the Humanities and Religious Studies on UK’s Islam TV Urdu channel. Link below: begins 12 mins in. watch.islamchannelurdu.tv/watch/52527791

Looking forward to speaking at Upenn tomorrow at 3:30 PM; details below. Columbia Univ Press

Launching today: a special forum on Marginalia Review of Books on Barton Scott's book Slandering the Sacred published in Class 200 series from Chicago Press. Link to my introduction to the forum below: marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/slanderin…