Webinar: “The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa” with Malika Zeghal, Brandeis University, October 30, 2024 @ 11:00 am

From the organizers:

Challenging claims that Middle Eastern states have become secular in modern times, this Crown Seminar features Malika Zeghal, in conversation with Eva Bellin. Zeghal will offer an innovative analysis of the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam as the preferred religion based on her new book, The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton 2024). Spanning Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon, her work highlights the deep historical roots of current political divisions over Islam in governance. Malika Zeghal is the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University. Eva Bellin is the Myra and Robert Kraft Professor of Arab Politics in the Department of Politics and the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. This event is free and open to the public.

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