The Muslim Community and its Ethos
The meaning of “community” changes as human societies develop new social and political orders. This is true of any term: a part of it remains tethered to past meanings, and a part grows in response…
Covid-19’s Impact on American Muslims: Notes from Ramadan 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has been disruptive to all religious communities in the US, including American Muslims. What happens to the rituals of religion—Durkheim’s “eminently social phenomenon”—when the social is withdrawn from them? Believers find themselves…
Broken Politics and the Hope of Discomfort
These are days desperate for answers. In both practical and existential terms, people are asking what Trump’s Electoral College win – and presidency – means. Does his combative style represent a new populism? Does his…
“We are all Americans”: Traditional, Contemporary and Eclectic Works of Islamic Art in Leesburg
Tucked away in a small historic city not far from the nation’s capital lies a community exhibit attempting to build bridges between the indigenous American population and the more recent immigration of Muslim Americans. The…