Introduction There is a color line in the Muslim world. How and why? While there are multiple forms of racism based on notions of color and ethnicity that exist within the Muslim world – such…
It’s been over a year since the cold winter morning when I picked up my phone to the buzz of a WhatsApp call from an unfamiliar number. It was Brother Ismail Hachim, originally from the…
Sudanese took to the streets in December 2018 and following the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, they have been demanding civilian rule and practicing civil disobedience. As the struggle for the future…
Whereas media and policy circles have (over?)emphasized growing sectarianism in the Middle East, this essay describes the absence of sectarianism in Senegal. Ussama Makdisi defines sectarianism as “a process through which a kind of religious…