The Sound of Discord #AnthroIslam
The sound file you’re listening to is a recording of the muezzin’s evening call to prayer at the East London Mosque in Whitechapel. The…
Read MoreThe sound file you’re listening to is a recording of the muezzin’s evening call to prayer at the East London Mosque in Whitechapel. The…
Read MoreAfter the success of her article published in American Anthropologist in 2002 under the same title, Lila Abu-Lughod released her new book ‘Do Muslim…
Read MoreWe promised we would do it, and now it is done ! Here are the first glimpses into some of the books we advertised in…
Read MoreThe garment before your eyes is called ‘Strude’. I discovered its existence in 2010, while conducting research in Denmark on controversies around Islam that…
Read MoreIn the context of our first thematic week on the anthropology of Islam (follow us on #ANTHROISLAM), Allegra compiled specially for you, dear…
Read MoreA group of British Muslims recently produced a video based on Pharrell William’s song #Happy depicting them dancing in the streets of (essentially) London, on…
Read MoreTo continue our #ANTHROISLAM week, today we offer you a list of classic reading – classic not necessarily as in ‘old’ but as in…
Read MoreIn the context of its thematic week on the anthropology of Islam, Allegra met Islamologist Baudouin Dupret for a virtual interview. He shares…
Read MoreDead serious or pink and fluffy; the ultimate oppressed ‘Other’ or wordly modern citizen and consumer? Talk and visions of Islam and Muslims remain…
Read MoreOver the past decade, law firms in the UK have faced an increasing demand for expertise in the field of Islamic law. This is…
Read MoreThe ‘marriage events’ organised by the Islamic Circles take place at Bircbeck College, in central London, usually on Sundays. These events are meant to…
Read MoreFrom 29 to 31 October, London hosted the 9th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF): an international business event organised by the WIEF Foundation whose…
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