Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Michigan. Teach in Judaic and Middle East Studies. Specialist on Islamic movements and Israel-Palestine
Joined February 2013
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31 May 2022
In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the 20th Century Middle East is officially out! amazon.com/Shade-Sunna-Salaf…
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I reviewed three excellent books on Salafism for the @themaydan in November 2025; Rethinking Salafism by @ismail_raih; Wahhabism by @colebunzel, and In the Shade of the Sunnah by @AaronRockSinger.
Check it out here; substacktools.com/sharex/6GG…
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Highly recommend this book, which I read as a dissertation and manuscript!
My new book on God, Muhammad al-Ghazali, and Islamic politics in Egypt finally out!
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31 Oct 2025
And for a Halaloween treat, read Arthur Zarate's study of the Spiritualism in mid 20th century Egypt. Jinn, zar possession, and sorcery vs. modernism and rationalist modes of spiritualist science. A fascinating essay!
doi.org/10.1017/S00104175251…
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22 Sep 2025
7/ To grapple with this, I draw on three landmark studies: @ismail_raih's Rethinking Salafism, @colebunzel's Wahhabism, and @AaronRockSinger's In the Shade of the Sunna.
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17 Sep 2025
In a must-read review essay, Contesting Orthodoxy: Salafism, Wahhabism, and the Making of Modern Islam, @FaheemAMHussain engages three monographs by @ismail_raih , @colebunzel , and @AaronRockSinger .
Read: themaydan.com/2025/09/contes… #IslamicThought #Salafism #Wahhabism
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17 Sep 2025
In this piece I explore Salafism through 3 brilliant academic books by @ismail_raih, @colebunzel and @AaronRockSinger and argue that the divide between Salafism and Sunni tradition can be bridged, and in so many ways already has, through a cultural process of Salafisation.
17 Sep 2025
In a must-read review essay, Contesting Orthodoxy: Salafism, Wahhabism, and the Making of Modern Islam, @FaheemAMHussain engages three monographs by @ismail_raih , @colebunzel , and @AaronRockSinger .
Read: themaydan.com/2025/09/contes… #IslamicThought #Salafism #Wahhabism
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17 Sep 2025
Grateful for this thoughtful review
17 Sep 2025
In a must-read review essay, Contesting Orthodoxy: Salafism, Wahhabism, and the Making of Modern Islam, @FaheemAMHussain engages three monographs by @ismail_raih , @colebunzel , and @AaronRockSinger .
Read: themaydan.com/2025/09/contes… #IslamicThought #Salafism #Wahhabism
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17 Jan 2025
My new article on the origins of modern takfīr, "Sacralizing the Nation: The Adoption of Takfīr in Mandate Palestine, 1929–35 ," is out in the International Journal of Middle East Studies (1)
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17 Jan 2025
In doing so, the article offers a corrective not merely to what we know about the origins of takfīr in the modern period, but also a new vantage point for understanding the role of Islam in the development of Palestinian nationalism. (5)
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17 Jan 2025
The article can be found here: cambridge.org/core/journals/… or you can message me for a copy.
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17 Jan 2025
It argues that, far from a story of an underlying “Islamic radicalism” which reemerged in a time of pressure, this is a case in which internal and external political and economic pressures necessitated a drastic solution... (3)
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31 Dec 2024
What a way to close the year!
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ALT Final: Michigan 19 Alabama 13
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12 Nov 2024
Very grateful for this generous and thoughtful engagement with *In the Shade of the Sunna.* Many thanks @FaheemAMHussain.
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24 Oct 2024
Thanks to Joas for this generous review!
24 Oct 2024
You can read my review of @AaronRockSinger's book "In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the Twentieth Century Middle East" for Die Welt des Islams via the link below: academia.edu/124997493/Revie… via @academia
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21 Sep 2024
Having read the book, I find this advanced praise to be entirely unsurprising and well deserved!
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26 Jul 2024
I have read the manuscript and can’t wait to see it published!
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24 Jun 2024
I had the absolutely pleasure of chatting with Alice about my two books.
24 Jun 2024
How was religosity affected by colonialism?
Why were independence leaders relatively secular?
What caused the Islamic revival?
Would it have occurred without Saudi funding?
Podcast with @AaronRockSinger
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/3Xa…
Transcript ggd.world/p/practicing-islam…
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Aaron Rock-Singer retweeted
18 Jun 2024
.@BrankoMilan’s new book on the intellectual history of inequality & @AaronRockSinger’s book on Salafism may sound very different
But actually they have the same methodology:
Contextualising ideas as a reaction to their specific socio-economic context.
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