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On the 11 of May, students and faculty gathered together for an informal book discussion about Shahab Ahmed\u2019s groundbreaking work,\u00a0What is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic.\u00a0<\/i>For such a challenging work, the turn out was heartening\u2014 more than thirty people in total were involved in the discussion, from various disciplines and departments, including NELC, History, South Asian Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, and even Physics! The four discussants\u2014 Purnima Dhavan from History, Hamza Zafer from NELC, Joel Walker from History, and Shariq Khan from the JSIS\u2014 lead the discussions with 5-minute briefs of their impressions of the book, followed by an open question-and-answer session where students and teachers engaged in a healthy intellectual discussion about Shahab Ahmed\u2019s ambitious project. In the end, a balanced view of Shahab Ahmed\u2019s book could be seen emerging, with generous praise tempered by careful critiques. To top it all off, there was chai and samosas, to mark a satisfying closure to a pleasant afternoon of intellectual debate and inter-disciplinary camaraderie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the 11 of May, students and faculty gathered together for an informal book discussion about Shahab Ahmed\u2019s groundbreaking work,\u00a0What is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic.\u00a0For such a challenging work, the turn out was heartening\u2014 more than thirty people in total were involved in the discussion, from various disciplines and departments, including NELC, History,<\/p>\n

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