Talal Asad has conducted extensive research on the phenomenon of religion (and secularism), particularly the religious revival in the Middle East. Professor Asad is the author of Genealogies of ...
Governing Islam traces the colonial roots of contemporary struggles between Islam and secularism in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The book uncovers the paradoxical workings of colonial laws that ...
For Muslims, Islam regulates all aspects of life from ... I find more amusing than the sight of mullahs waving the flag for secularism and mourning its demise.
His latest book, Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Sharia, was published in 2007 by Harvard University Press. AUB CAMES Professor Tarif Khalidy introduced An-Na'im ...