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Inspired by her firsthand experience witnessing the Islamic resurgence in Tunisia as an adolescent, Zeghal focuses her research on Islamist movements and the institutionalization of Islam in the Muslim world...
...does it mean for individual Muslims to be part of it, and how does it play out at the political level, particularly for governments?" Zeghal wrote in an e-mail. "These questions have sparked my broader interest in the study of the relationship between Islam and politics, not only in the Middle East but also in the West...
...author of two books, one on the religious institution of al-Azhar University in Egypt and another on the interactions of the Morocan monarchy with Islam. She is currently at work on a third book called "Sacred Politics: Political Islam and the State in the Middle East," which will expand upon her previous studies to include a comparison with Tunisia and Jordan and a discussion of the meaning of secularism...
...looking forward to learning from and contributing to the rigorous academic life at Harvard and to collaborating with some of the leading scholars of Islam and religion," Zeghal wrote. "I am eager to work with the students interested in Islam and politics and to use the extraordinary resources offered by Harvard...
...earlier version of the June 4 news article "Islam Scholar Malika Zeghal To Join NELC Dept." incorrectly stated that incoming Harvard professor Malika Zeghal's first book focused on the colonization of Egypt. In fact, the book focuses on the religious institution of al-Azhar University in Egypt, according to Zeghal...