Teaching Islam

Racism in Muslim Societies

Eren Tasar
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In the quest for understanding the dynamics of Muslim societies, understanding Islam is not always the key. This was the theme of my last post on Islam and Decolonization. I would like to offer more thoughts on a related. Read more →

Sufism, Stereotypes, and Spiritual Struggle

Elliott Bazzano
Assistant Professor
Le Moyne College

I recently finished my fourth year of full-time teaching and I have noticed two consistent reactions that students have to course material in my Islam-focused courses (i.e., Islam, Islamic Mysticism, and The Qur’an): 1) Ability and willingness to readily acknowledge Islamophobia in American... Read more →