Omid Safi

In print

Review of Carl Ernst, Following Muhammad, for Middle East Journal, Vol. 58, No. 2, Spring 2004, pp. 325-327.

Review of Akbar S. Ahmad, Islam Under Siege, for The Middle East Journal, Vol. 58, No. 1, Winter 2004, pp. 156-158.

Review of Jawid Mojaddedi, The Biographical Tradition in Sufism, for International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 36, No. 2, May 2004, pp. 286-288.

Review of Shams al-Din Aflaki, The Feats of the Knowers of God, for Journal of the M. Ibn ‘Arabi Society, volume XXXIV (2003), pp. 145-7.

Review of Jonathan Berkey, Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic  Near East (H-Mideast-Medieval, May 2003) [on-line journal].

Review of Th. Emil Homerin, ‘Umar ibn Farid, in Theological Studies 63/3 (2002), pp. 638-640.

Review of Gerald T. Elmore, Islamic Sainthood in the Fullness of Time, in International Journal of Middle East Studies 24/2 (2002), pp. 377-8.

Review of Fatemeh Keshavarz, Reading Mystical Lyric, in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 35/1 (2001), pp. 82-3.  Click here for a link to this review.

Review of Frederick de Jong and Bernd Radtke, eds., Islamic Mysticism Contested: Thirteen Centuries of Controversies and Polemics, in Islamic Studies 39/2 (2000), pp. 325-8.

Film Review of “I am a Sufi, I am a Muslim,” in MESA Bulletin 31/1 (1997), pp. 120-121.

Film Review of “Tolerance: Dedicated to Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi,” in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 31/1 (1997), pp. 121-122.

In press (individual book reviews)

Review of Jonathan E. Brockopp, ed., Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Tariq Ramadan, Western Muslims and the Future of Islam, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Daniel Pipes, Militant Islam Reaches America, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Camille Helminski, Women of Sufism:  A Hidden Treasure, in Religious Studies   Review (October 2004).

Review of Nasr Abu Zaid, Voice of an Exile, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Tariq Ramadan, To Be A European Muslim, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of John Esposito and Azzam Tamimi, eds., Islam and Secularism in the Middle East, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Anour Majid, Unveiling Tradition, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Azzam Tamimi, Rachid Ghannouchi: A Democrat Within Islamism, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Sohail Hashmi, Islamic Political Ethics, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Bernard Lewis, Islam and the West, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Khaled Abou El Fadl, Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Maria Rosa Menocal, The Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History: A Forgotten Heritage, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Richard C. Foltz, Spirituality in the Land of the Noble:  How Iran Shaped the World's Religions, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Review of Maria Rosa Menocal, Raymond P. Scheindlin, and Michael Sells, eds., The Literature of Al-Andalus, in Religious Studies Review (October 2004).

Commissioned Book Reviews, In progress

Review of Muhammad Qasim Zaman, The Ulama in Contemporary Islam, for ARC: the Journal of the McGill Religious Studies Faculty.

Review of Jonathan Sacks, Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations, for JCRT [Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory].

Review of Michael Gilmour, Tangled Up in the Bible: Bob Dylan and Scripture, for JCRT.

Review of Christopher S. Taylor, In the Vicinity of the Righteous, for Islamic Studies.

Review of Paul F. Knitter and Chandra Muzaffar, eds., Subverting Greed: Religious Perspectives on the Global Economy, for JCRT.

Review of Mark Sedgwick, Against the Modern World:  Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century, for JCRT.