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  • 08 Jul 2024
  • Aga Khan Centre
  • Talks and Lectures
  • Qur鈥檃nic Studies

Beyond Sectarianism - panel discussion

This discussion will commence at 17.00 BST

In her new book Beyond Sectarianism, Tehseen Thaver offers a fundamental re-evaluation of how one should think about the relationship between the Qur示an, Shi士ism, and religious identity. This book focuses on the literary Arabic Qur示an exegesis of the highly influential yet less studied poet, historian, and exegete al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 1015). Al-Radi鈥檚 fascinating interpretations sought to resolve Qur示anic ambiguities or mutashabihat. Through a philologically layered and historically attuned analysis, Thaver argues that al-Radi鈥檚 efforts at resolving Qur示anic ambiguities were interlocked with the project of the canonisation of the Arabic language. Thaver shows that although he was marked as a Shi士i scholar, the interpretive and political horizons that informed al-Radi鈥檚 scholarly endeavours could not be reduced to predetermined templates of sectarian identity.

Speakers

Tehseen Thaver

Assistant Professor

Tehseen Thaver is Assistant Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Her research focuses on multiple forms of Muslim engagement with scripture 鈥 pre-modern and modern, oral and textual, interpretive and performative. She is the author of the book published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2024. She has also published various articles in journals such as the Journal of Qur鈥檃nic Studies, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Studies, and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.

Dr Omar Alí-de-Unzaga

Head, Qur'anic Studies Unit, and 榴莲视频官方 Associate, DARP

Dr Omar Al铆-de-Unzaga is responsible for the academic coordination of the Qur鈥檃nic Studies Unit. He was a recipient of the IIS PhD Scholarship in 1999 and is currently involved in a number of research programmes and publications at the IIS.

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