We must not fall into the mistake of assuming that the secular is neutral.

Can be read as a blog here: theoryh.asia/essay/

A new book on the history of Islamic Law under colonial rule backed by both prof SherAli Tareen and M. Qasim Zaman. You'll love this one, Şerşeh🍁

One of the last Muslim scholars of Kashmir, whose presence marked the spirit of traditional alim and hilm, shrouded in a self-imposed obscurity. In Allama Sayyid Baqir Musawi's death, this land lost a true alim- a faqih, adeeb, and a muarikh. Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rāji‘ūn

‘People do not read anymore’: Srinagar’s oldest bookstore shuts down permanently thekashmiriyat.co.uk/people-do-not-…

“Youth devoid of reading is ignorant of its past and dead for its future” Zaldagar, Downtown Srinagar.

Act like you can't afford the bread until they find out you own the bakery.

No space to belong: The quiet crisis of public space in urban Kashmir Maliha Khan writes thekashmiriyat.co.uk/no-space-to-be…

Nivedita Menon’s book, ‘Secularism as Misdirection’, dissects often overlooked issues in debates on secularism. The ‘introduction’ disentangles ‘secularism’ and ‘global South’ in discursive contexts, where these terms are known & patently unknown … shorturl.at/0lRJh

Excited to share my latest work, co-authored with aurif m, on the political significance of the 2024 assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, published in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. Feel free to DM me for a PDF. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Folks, let's do an old-fashioned Q and A. Topic -- my new India book. Please don't ask me to summarize 700 pages in a tweet (and let's strive for basic human respect, please), but otherwise, put your questions below.

Some unique features of Islam in #Kashmir

Issue 33.2 is now available online! tandfonline.com/toc/ccsa20/33/2

Hallaq insists: “As we stand today at this crossroads, the antithesis of modernism is one of the most positive things we can find. Even if he thinks he’s backward, the backward is better than the modernist today … we are in a big dilemma … we have entered the age of madness”

May the Lord's Blessings, Peace and Greetings be upon the Messenger who brought Mercy unto the people, Supporter of all the Oppressed and the Weak, Saviour of all mankind from the Darkness of Ignorance, he who will guide them to the Enlightened Path of the Faithful and the Good.

"Mamdani is the only one I have heard so movingly acknowledge the emotional toll that the real and imagined threats of antisemitism have been taking on Jewish New Yorkers. I wonder how many people can hear him through all the din." M. Gessen nytimes.com/2025/06/24/opi…

New article: 'Exploring a Sociolinguistics of Islam'. One of my most important pieces. Built on my research & enriched by collaboration with Prof. Othman (Osman) Barnawi & Dr RA Zabanwala. It brings together many voices, places & perspectives See below article and related special issue CfPs..

Book 3 done (for now) and off to peer review. Fingers crossed..