religion

Congratulations to my publisher @BoldTypeBooks on their new name! I’m proud to be a Bold Author and part of the #BoldTypeBooks community. www.BoldTypeBooks.org. https://vimeo.com/307572732 "I am Bold" – Bold Type Books from Bold Type Books on Vimeo. Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires, published October 9, 2018 Now available at Barnes and […]

History

Islamophobia versus World History: Rediscovering Marshall Hodgson

Edmund Burke III

Santa Cruz (Informed Comment) – Published in 1974, Marshall Hodgson’s The Venture of Islam was a watershed moment in the study of Islam. By locating the history of Islamic societies in a global perspective, Hodgson challenged the orientalist paradigms that had stunted the development of Islamic studies and provided an alternative approach to world history. […]

Muslim-Americans

New Rep. Ilhan Omar vows to make the US live up to Religious Freedom

Middle East Monitor

Ilhan Omar marked her first day in office by promising to make the US live up to its ideals of religious liberty, and she demanded the country reject divisiveness and hate, Anadolu Agency reports. Omar was sworn into the House of Representatives on Thursday, and joined Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib in becoming the first Muslim women […]

Democratic Party

The First Muslim-American Women in Congress may get to Impeach Trump

Juan Cole

The most diverse House of Representatives in American history was sworn in on Thursday. The new Congress (including the Senate) is religiously diverse as well as diverse with regard to gender. Out of 534 members (one contest has yet to be decided), there are 34 Jews, 10 Mormons, 3 Hindus, 3 Muslims, and 2 Unitarian […]

Islam

Cole’s ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace’ an NYT Editor’s Choice Book

Juan Cole

Many thanks to the New York Times for recommending my new book, ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires:’ Editors’ Choice: “11 New Books We Recommend This Week” Gregory Cowles writes, “How better to enter the new year than with a look back? History runs through many of this week’s recommended titles, from […]

Holocaust

Quantifying the Holocaust: Measuring murder rates during the Nazi genocide

The Conversation

By Lewi Stone | – Even though the Holocaust is one of the best documented genocides in a historical sense, there is surprisingly little quantitative data available, even on major critical events. What’s more, this history is often told in figures too large to comprehend on the human scale. Large numbers – like the infamous […]

Qur'an

Glowing NY Times Review of Cole’s ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace’

Juan Cole

The New York Times Book Review has a glowing review of my new book, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires, calling it ‘erudite,’ ‘informative’ and ‘ambitiously revisionist.’ Mustafa Akyol writes in his review, “Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins” “Cole’s book, “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires,” is not just eruditely […]

Music

How Muslim-Americans Helped Create Modern Jazz

Shalom Goldman

Jazz, the art form dubbed ‘ America’s Classical Music’ by pianist and composer Dr. Billy Taylor, has garnered a world-wide following in the century since its birth in New Orleans and other cities. Rooted in the African-American experience, jazz has attracted practitioners and listeners from all ethnic groups, religions and nationalities. And from a uniquely […]

Antisemitism

2018’s Biggest Stories: Synagogue Murders & Anti-Semitism in America (AJ+)

AJ PLUS

AJ+ | (Video News Clip) | – “Anti-Semitism, or hatred of Jews, has a long and often violent history in the U.S. It’s also frequently used by white nationalists and others on the right wing to rally against social change. ” AJ+: “The Origins Of Anti-Semitism In America”