Islam

In an interview with Imam Malik Mujahid, Professor Frank Clooney discusses learning interreligiously, comparative theology, and the Qur'an, Mary, and Jesus.

Scholars Mohsen Goudarzi and Terenjit Sevea have each been named Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School. Sevea’s appointment is effective July 1, 2020, while Goudarzi’s appointment is effective July 1, 2021. Sevea is currently...

"In Islam, doing things in a congregational fashion is far more praiseworthy than doing it individually. The quality of being in close company in spaces of togetherness is sacred. It’s the notion of Suhba in our tradition, and it’s deeply impactful. So...

On January 3, the United States launched a drone attack that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, whom United States officials said was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition soldiers. Soleimani’s killing prompted a...

Alicia Izharuddin (University of Malaya), Visiting Senior Lecturer on Women’s Studies and Islam, gives a lecture entitled “‘Bureaucratic Islam and the Romance Industry in Southeast Asia.”

Ali S. Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures (FAS), delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on September 19, 2019. ♦♦♦ To God belongs the East and the West, wherever you turn there is the...

Sidra Ali, MDiv ’19, offered these reflections at the Wednesday Noon Service hosted by the HDS Muslims on May 1, 2019, in preparation for Ramadan. ♦♦♦ As a failed linguistic anthropologist, and a weary amateur academic, there is a particular allure to...

When Salma Kazmi got to her job at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) on the morning of September 11, 2001, she found a telephone message from her boss. “Something terrible has happened,” it said. “Please call me immediately.” After she...

Members of the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) community expressed surprise and sadness at the passing of Lamin Sanneh, a renowned expert on global Christianity and African religion. Sanneh, the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity...

S. Zahra Moballegh, 2018-19 WSRP Visiting Associate Professor, delivers the lecture "Veiled Women Unveiling God: Understanding the Qur’an Through Its Women Characters."