Critical Muslim Studies

Critical Muslim Studies is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on Muslim experience in a global context. 

Unlike more textually based Islamic Studies, Critical Muslim Studies approaches Islam and Muslims in the context of lived experience and history. It takes Muslim life as its primary object of study and underlines the relevance of the humanities and social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, history, and comparative religion. It sees critique not as a luxury, but rather as a necessity for both Muslim life and the understanding of it. Critical Muslim Studies places the study of Islam and Muslims in conversation with various philosophical and intellectual traditions, seeking to understand Muslim experience in truly global terms.

Program Highlights

• Contemporary focus
• Global character: brings together the experiences of Muslim majorities and minorities, especially Muslims in America and Europe
• Gives voice to the missing Kurdish strand in Islamic Studies
• Offers the convenience of an online synchronous program with the highest American academic standards