Asma Afsaruddin

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Asma Afsaruddin
Asma Afsaruddin in 2015
Born
Asma Afsaruddin

1958
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
Academic work
InstitutionsIndiana University
Notable works
  • Striving in the Path of God: Jihad and Martyrdom in Islamic Thought
  • The First Muslims: History and Memory

Asma Afsaruddin (born 1958) is an American scholar of Islamic studies[1][2] and Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University in Bloomington.[3]

Biography

She was an associate

Qur'an and hadith), as well as gender studies.[5]

Afsaruddin has been an editorial board member for the

Encyclopedia of Medieval Islamic Civilization and a consultant for The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (2002).[5]

Afsaruddin chairs the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy board of directors. She also sits on advisory committees for the Muslim World Initiative of the United States Institute of Peace and the human rights organization Karamah.[6]

Awards and honours

In 2015, she was presented the Jayezeh Jahani (World Book Prize) for the best new book in Islamic studies by the Iranian president Hassan Rouhani for her book Striving in the Path of God: Jihad and Martyrdom in Islamic Thought.[7] The book was also a runner-up for the British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society Book Prize in 2014.[7]

Publications

  • Contemporary Issues in Islam (Edinburgh University Press, 2015)[8]
  • Striving in the Path of God: Jihad and Martyrdom in Islamic Thought (Oxford University Press, 2013)[9]
  • The First Muslims: History and Memory (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2008)[10]
  • Excellence and Precedence: Medieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2002)
  • Hermeneutics and Honor: Negotiation of Female "Public" Space in Islamic/ate Societies (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 1999)
  • Culture, and Language in the Near East : Essays in Honor of Georg Krotkoff (Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake, Ind., 1997)

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-7355-8482-2
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  2. ^ Suroor, Hasan (2015-03-23). "Towards the birth of a 'new' Islam?". The Hindu. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  3. ^ "Asma Afsaruddin: Core Faculty: People: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures: Indiana University Bloomington". Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  4. ^ Nomani, Asra Q (28 December 2003). "Going where I know I belong". Washington Post.
  5. ^ a b c "Asma Asfaruddin". University Indiana.
  6. ^ "Interview with Asma Afsaruddin". ThatReligiousStudiesWebsite. 20 June 2007.
  7. ^ a b "IU professor honored by Iran's president for her scholarly book on new understanding of jihad". Indiana University. Retrieved Sep 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Reviews of Contemporary Issues in Islam:
    • Burrell, David (2018). "Contemporary Issues in Islam". The Muslim World. 108 (3). Wiley: 564–565.
      S2CID 171563830
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  9. ^ Reviews of Striving in the Path of God: Jihad and Martyrdom in Islamic Thought:
  10. ^ Reviews of The First Muslims: History and Memory:

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