*Julie Poucher Harbin's article is cited in this 2020 book (Syracuse University Press). Citation accessed via Google Scholar.

(RNS) As part of his “Islam in Film” class at the University of Nebraska, religious studies professor Kristian Petersen screens movies such as “The Hurt Locker” , “Argo” and “American Sniper” to make the point that depictions of Muslims on the big...

Mara Leichtman's latest book is "Shi‘i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa: Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal." Senegal is predominantly Sunni Muslim. While Shi‘i Muslims make up only a small minority, the number is growing.

The motto of the Kingdom of Morocco is “Allah, al-Watan, al-Malik” (God, the Nation, the King). This motto was the spark for Yale University professor Jonathan Wyrtzen’s new book, "Making Morocco: Colonial Intervention and the Politics of Identity."

Like most college arguments, the two brothers’ dispute had a familiar parent: procrastination. It was delightfully ironic. Eren and Murat Turan were both eager to avoid preparing for their law school exams...

The Syrian refugee crisis was decades in the making. The international community now has less time to try to resolve it. That was the message from a series of scholars, journalists and artists who spoke at a two-day conference last week at Duke.

Local and visiting scholars and students, activists, journalists, artists and local refugees will come together for a public conference at Duke University Jan. 28-29 to address the urgency of the Syrian, Iraqi and Sudanese refugee crises.

Local and visiting scholars and students, activists, journalists, artists and local refugees will come together for a public conference at Duke University Jan. 28-29 to address the urgency of the Syrian, Iraqi and Sudanese refugee crises.

By spreading news of their brutal conquests via social media, the impact of extremist groups such ISIS has been magnified. Five Duke University faculty members will examine the impact of ISIS at home and abroad in a public discussion.

There is a never ending discussion between liberal and conservative minded people over freedom of choice — whether it furthers the development of our capabilities or leads us to depravity. In my native Kazakhstan ...

In this written Q & A with Malachi Hacohen, ISLAMiCommentary gets this European historian’s take on how ISIS, the Syria civil war, and the refugee crisis is shaping European politics and identity today.

As soon as news broke that the San Bernardino, Calif., shooters were Muslim, skilled Muslim activists took to social media platforms to denounce Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his 27-year-old wife Tashfeen Malik.

(RNS) As soon as news broke that the San Bernardino, Calif., shooters were Muslim, skilled Muslim activists took to social media platforms to denounce Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his 27-year-old wife Tashfeen Malik. “Feeling heartbroken,” wrote…

Didem Havlioglu is a new Turkish Lecturing Fellow in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke. She did her MA and PhD at the University of Washington in Near and Middle East Studies. She works on gender and women in literature.

by PETER COOKE for ISLAMiCommentary on OCTOBER 20, 2015: My first experience working face to face with refugees was last fall in Durham, with the Univ

As in past years, there continue to be more Muslims from the United States than any other country on this year’s “The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims.” Since at least 2012, the U.S. has outpaced nations with a far larger Muslim…

(RNS) As in past years, there continue to be more Muslims from the United States than any other country on this year’s “The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims.” Since at least 2012, the U.S. has outpaced nations with a far larger...

Professor Mustafa Tuna, the Andrew W. Mellow Assistant Professor of Russian and Central Eurasian History and Culture at Duke, briefly outlines the Muslim populations in Russia, inc. immigrants and populations from the Caucasus and Volga Urals.

“The communities I write about in the book — South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Sikh immigrants — are “othered” and scapegoated today in our country. But at the same time, they are finding the strength, courage and purpose to reshape America by telling.."