My talk on Indian Muslim Poetry, Ethics, and Politics in an Age of Hindu Nationalism youtu.be/l_ExxZxo_Po via YouTube

In "Unknowing and the Everyday," Seema Golestaneh examines how Sufi mystical experience in Iran shapes contemporary life. Check out the introduction for free on our website now. #AnthroTwitter #ReligiousStudies ow.ly/oveF50LBe9i

2002 is ancient history and 1528 is current affairs

#mustread Junaid, Junaid and a Country That Looks Away m.thewire.in/article/commun… via The Wire

Apparently this has pissed off too many people in India. They are saying that it's an attack on Hindus and that caste exists in other religions too. Fair enough! You can prove your point by extending caste reservation and SC-ST atrocities prevention law to non-Hindu SCs and STs.

Welcome to the internationalist far right — Hindu Supremacists and White Supremacists. This network is equally spread throughout United States. Hindu far-right was involved in NJ Bulldozer parade, assaulting protesters in CA, Frisco fundraising to novaramedia.com/2023/02/23/whi…

Call me cynical but when this pair of friends made the news, my 1st thought was 'OK, a Muslim man in UP living up life with a special friend AND making news!? Let's see how long the UP government allows it to continue'. I hate such thoughts. Hate it even more when they're right.

What we hide is who we are.

The fact that Tucker Carlson is a less shitty and quieter version of Arnab Goswami tells you all you need to know about the present state of mainstream Indian media

I'm giving a talk on Muslim engagements with Hindu dharma in an age of Hindutva at George Mason University this Wednesday. It's also on Zoom. Details in the link below. Wednesday May 3: 9.30 pm Delhi/12 pm Washington DC/11 am Nashville/10 am Santa Fe islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/14577

Impressively eloquent and succinct

J&K which accounts for less than 5%of total Muslim population of India contributed 26%decline in enrolment since 2019. #NayaKashmir Muslims in higher education: A sobering tale indianexpress.com/article/opinio… Click here to download IndianExpress App indexpress.page.link/shareDL

A scholar incarcerated pays tribute to a historian who freed himself from previous methods of doing history telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-peop…

Barbaad gulistan karne ko bas ek hi ullu kaafi tha…

If you want to hear some brilliant questions (and some bumbling answers) please listen to this podcast featuring the brilliant Saniya Ahmed as host, and yours truly as the guest. This is one of the most fun conversations I've had in a while. Lots of Urdu poetry quoted too :)

I'm giving a talk on Maulana Azad, sparrows, and minority agency in India this Saturday on zoom (10 am Nashville, 11 am Washington DC, 830 pm India). With introductory comments by Erica Zuniga and concluding reflections by @Shaunnaroder details and link in image

The outsized sympathy and concern for 5 for billionaires vs the indifference to 500 poor migrants tells us about how capitalism and imperialism has conditioned us to value life.

Save Masjid al Karim - Seattle's 'Sufi Mosque' gofund.me/fd671287

Thanks to SherAli Tareen, I got to write a piece in a forum responding to jbartonscott 's thought-provoking book, Slandering the Sacred. I was provoked, and wrote about Tom Coryate, Mohammed Zubair, and Sulh-i-kull marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/the-outra…

Anand Vivek Taneja’s new book is beautiful. (Free @ ucpress.edu/books/the-gabr… ) There is learning here for anyone thinking about how to deal w/ an oppressive state & fractured society: the power of poetry (& old women) to create space to feel & voice an ethical orientation of love.