Scholars@Duke
Omid Safi

Omid Safi

Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708
2204 Erwin Road Room 205, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

Remembering Muhammad

Chapter · January 1, 2015 Cite

MODERNISM

Chapter · January 1, 2014 Cite

PROGRESSIVE ISLAM

Chapter · January 1, 2014 Cite

Introduction: American Islam, Muslim Americans, and the American experiment

Chapter · January 1, 2011 The conversation about where American Muslims fit into the larger fabric of American society far predates the election of Barack Hussein Obama to the presidency in 2008. To critically assess the anxiety over American Muslims as part of a historical chronol ... Full text Cite

The Cambridge companion to American Islam

Book · January 1, 2011 The Cambridge Companion to American Islam offers a scholarly overview of the state of research on American Muslims and American Islam. The book presents the reader with a comprehensive discussion of the debates, challenges, and opportunities that American ... Full text Cite

All that is between them

Journal Article Parabola · December 1, 2006 Cite

The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam Negotiating Ideology and Religious Inquiry

Book · January 1, 2006 In a far-r Safi examines the rule of the Great Saljuqs, a Turkish-speaking people from central Asia, who, in the 11th century, established rule over the eastern half of the Islamic world that lasted for 150 years. ... Open Access Cite

Voices of Islam, Volumes 1-5

Book · January 1, 2006 Despite frequent and extensive publications on Islam, very few Americans, indeed very few non-Muslims, truly understand the faith or the more than one billion adherents who live it. This set presents the diversity and richness of Islam, filling in the blan ... Cite

INTRODUCTION: ISLAMIC MODERNISM AND THE CHALLENGE OF REFORM

Journal Article Voices of Islam, Volumes 1-5 · January 1, 2006 Cite