Farkhunda: Mob Murder, Martyrdom, and Redemption through Social Media Olga M. Davidson | December 7, 2015 Critical Approaches / Current Events, Visual Culture AboutCritical Approaches "Farkhunda Malikzada was a fine carpet weaver and a great cook. She always wore black, and recited the Koran early every morning." So begins an article reporting on the murder of this 27-year-old woman by a mob in Kabul on March 19, 2015... Read the rest of this entry
VIDEO: On the Interpretive Strategies of the Islamic State Michael Pregill | November 25, 2015 Critical Approaches / Current Events AboutCritical Approaches Jessica Stern addresses the Islamic State organization’s appeal to its recruits, arguing that we must evaluate that appeal in terms of the material incentives ISIS provides to its supporters as well as its ideology. Michael Pregill describes the political exegesis of the biblical and qur’anic image of Noah’s Ark in Dabiq, the Islamic State’s propaganda magazine. Read the rest of this entry
Welcome to Mizan Michael Pregill | September 29, 2015 Critical Approaches / Current Events AboutCritical Approaches Welcome to Mizan, a new digital scholarship initiative housed in the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations at Boston University! Mizan is dedicated to fostering public scholarship and supporting research on Muslim societies across the world … Read the rest of this entry