Emin Poljarevic
Biographic Data
| ID | 1212481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emin Poljarevic |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emin |
| FAMILY NAME | Poljarevic |
| SIGNATURE | POLJAREVIC E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0152-0986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua: An Enslaved Muslim of the Black Atlantic , By Paul E. Lovejoy and Nielson R. Bezerra
Civic Suspicion and Moral Sorting: Islamophobia, Folkbildning, and the Defunding of Muslim Civil Society in Sweden
Once heralded as a model of egalitarian democracy, Sweden’s welfare state, folkhemmet , “the people’s home,” has undergone a subtle yet consequential transformation. This article diagnoses how the erosion of universal welfare and the rise of neoliberal governance have given way to a racialized “governance of suspicion,” wherein Muslim civic actors are conditionally included only through ideological conformity, cultural transparency, and affective…
Adjudicating Muslimness: Islamophobia and the Limits of Swedish Law
Since the late 2010s, Swedish Muslim civil society has pivoted from conventional political contention to courtroom strategies to contest Islamophobia. This article asks why, if courts are imagined as neutral rights-protecting forums, litigation has so often produced losses that normalize contested practices, from funding denials and “neutrality” bans on hijab to the permissibility of Qur’an burnings and closures of Muslim schools. We analyze four…
Introduction: Sweden’s Governance of Suspicion: Islamophobia and Conditional Belonging
This special issue appears at a decisive moment in Swedish political history.As we finalize this volume, Sweden is entering yet another election year in which Muslims and Islam occupy center stage in political discourse.The patterns are by now familiar: Muslims are cast as security threats, framed as "non-integrable," and subjected to demands for cultural conformity that are presented as prerequisites for democracy.Recently, UN bodies have issued…
Negotiating the State: Citizenship and Political Theology in the Thought of Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Rachid al-Ghannouchi
Prospects of Reviving Islamic Civilisation Through Public Spaces: Muslim Civility at the 2022 Fifa World Cup
This essay explores how public spaces promote Muslim civility and contribute to the revival of Islamic civilisation, with a focus on the 2022 FIFA World Cup (WC22) in Qatar. The central question is, if, and how do public spaces, structured around Muslim civility, support the revival (tajdīd) of Islamic thought? Through the World Cup, Qatar created environments where diverse individuals engaged and shared experiences, fostering understanding acros…
A Critical Examination of the Theoretical Foundations of Wasaṭī Minority Jurisprudence
This study critically examines the wasaṭī approach within minority jurisprudence, leveraging insights from prominent Muslim scholars like Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī and Ṭāhā Jābir al-ʿAlwānī. The wasaṭī methodology emerges as a balanced pathway in addressing the religio-legal challenges faced by minority Muslim communities, by navigating between adaptationist and rejectionist viewpoints. By employing the method of revivalist ijtihād, wasaṭī scholars have …
Islam as method
This essay presents ?Islam as Method? as a multi-dimensional approach that serves as an academic framework, a process of engagement, and an activist strategy. It argues that Islam, in the ?Islam as Method? thesis, is an ontological category rooted in a commitment to divine unity and ethical principles such as justice (?adl), dignity (karama) and excellence (ihsan). These commitments enable Muslim activists to assert intellectual and cultural auto…
Introduction to Political Theology: The Next Generation
The onset of the 2020s has presented humanity with a multitude of global predicaments
Social Movements and Civil War: When Protests for Democratization Fail
This book investigates the origins of civil wars which emerge from failed attempts at democratization. The main aim of this volume is to develop a theoretical explanation of the conditions under which and the mechanisms through which social movements' struggles for democracy end up in civil war. While the empirical evidence suggests that this is not a rare phenomenon, the literatures on social movements, democratization and civil wars have grown …
Les Salafistes and a French Reproduction of Certainties in a World of Uncertainties
Les Salafistes and a French Reproduction of Certainties in a World of Uncertainties
The new French documentary Les Salafistes (The Salafis) that premieredJanuary 26, 2016, in a small number of French theaters offersiconographic imagery seldom seen in the public space: a stringof interviews with some of the leading jihadist militants in Mali,Tunisia, Algeria, and Iraq coupled with ghastly images of violenceperpetrated by militant groups. The intention appears to be to showthe irrationality of and paradox in the jihadis’ discourse…
The Power of Elective Affinities in Contemporary Salafism
In the minds of the general public, Salafism is a radical reactionary movement comprised of fundamentalists motivated by a nitpicking religious zeal. Bearing this in mind, one cannot help but wonder why some young Muslims are attracted to the supposed religio‐anarchism and chaos that makes up its worldview. Despite the current mass‐production of analyses and descriptions, little serious attention has been given to the affinities that some adolesc…
Islamic Tradition and Meanings of Modernity
The debate about the compatibility of modernity and (the) Islamic tradition is, at this point, centuries old. This article analyzes some of its most recent expressions. The guiding question here is one about the meaning(s) of modernity and its impact on our general understanding of this particular religious tradition. We are often led to believe that this tradition is uniquely ill-equipped to absorb or make use of modernity’s conceptual repertoir…
Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction
Book review by Emin Poljarevic of Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction, Aaron W. Hughes
In Pursuit of Authenticity: Becoming a Salafi
Salafis refer to their understanding of Islam as authentic. This claim has resonated well with a substantial number of young Muslims. The article sets out to identify this assertion’s main components and its appeal among Egyptian youth immediately before and after the 2011 popular revolt. In other words, what is specific in the Salafi approach to the issue of authenticity? By answering this question, I aim to offer a better understanding of why t…
Hamas: Resistance and Mobilization through Islam
Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah, or Islamic Resistance Movement, or simply Hamas, is one of the most studied social movement organizations (SMOs) in the Middle East. Hamas is a rather idiosyncra
Ventures into a ‘New’ Paradigm of Social Reality
Alain Touraine Cambridge, Polity Press, 2007, pp. 232, indices, £55, ISBN 978 0 74563 671 9 (hardback); £17.99, ISBN 978 0 74563 672 6 (paperback) Alain Touraine Cambridge, Polity Press, 2009 pp. 2
Exploring the Islamic State
Introduction to Political Theology: The Next Generation
The onset of the 2020s has presented humanity with a multitude of global predicaments
The Power of Elective Affinities in Contemporary Salafism
In the minds of the general public, Salafism is a radical reactionary movement comprised of fundamentalists motivated by a nitpicking religious zeal. Bearing this in mind, one cannot help but wonder why some young Muslims are attracted to the supposed religio‐anarchism and chaos that makes up its worldview. Despite the current mass‐production of analyses and descriptions, little serious attention has been given to the affinities that some adolesc…
Exploring the Islamic State
Ventures into a ‘New’ Paradigm of Social Reality
Alain Touraine Cambridge, Polity Press, 2007, pp. 232, indices, £55, ISBN 978 0 74563 671 9 (hardback); £17.99, ISBN 978 0 74563 672 6 (paperback) Alain Touraine Cambridge, Polity Press, 2009 pp. 2
Hamas: Resistance and Mobilization through Islam
Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah, or Islamic Resistance Movement, or simply Hamas, is one of the most studied social movement organizations (SMOs) in the Middle East. Hamas is a rather idiosyncra
Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction
Book review by Emin Poljarevic of Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction, Aaron W. Hughes
In Pursuit of Authenticity: Becoming a Salafi
Salafis refer to their understanding of Islam as authentic. This claim has resonated well with a substantial number of young Muslims. The article sets out to identify this assertion’s main components and its appeal among Egyptian youth immediately before and after the 2011 popular revolt. In other words, what is specific in the Salafi approach to the issue of authenticity? By answering this question, I aim to offer a better understanding of why t…
Islamic Tradition and Meanings of Modernity
The debate about the compatibility of modernity and (the) Islamic tradition is, at this point, centuries old. This article analyzes some of its most recent expressions. The guiding question here is one about the meaning(s) of modernity and its impact on our general understanding of this particular religious tradition. We are often led to believe that this tradition is uniquely ill-equipped to absorb or make use of modernity’s conceptual repertoir…
Les Salafistes and a French Reproduction of Certainties in a World of Uncertainties
Les Salafistes and a French Reproduction of Certainties in a World of Uncertainties
The new French documentary Les Salafistes (The Salafis) that premieredJanuary 26, 2016, in a small number of French theaters offersiconographic imagery seldom seen in the public space: a stringof interviews with some of the leading jihadist militants in Mali,Tunisia, Algeria, and Iraq coupled with ghastly images of violenceperpetrated by militant groups. The intention appears to be to showthe irrationality of and paradox in the jihadis’ discourse…
The Power of Elective Affinities in Contemporary Salafism
In the minds of the general public, Salafism is a radical reactionary movement comprised of fundamentalists motivated by a nitpicking religious zeal. Bearing this in mind, one cannot help but wonder why some young Muslims are attracted to the supposed religio‐anarchism and chaos that makes up its worldview. Despite the current mass‐production of analyses and descriptions, little serious attention has been given to the affinities that some adolesc…
Social Movements and Civil War: When Protests for Democratization Fail
This book investigates the origins of civil wars which emerge from failed attempts at democratization. The main aim of this volume is to develop a theoretical explanation of the conditions under which and the mechanisms through which social movements' struggles for democracy end up in civil war. While the empirical evidence suggests that this is not a rare phenomenon, the literatures on social movements, democratization and civil wars have grown …
Introduction to Political Theology: The Next Generation
The onset of the 2020s has presented humanity with a multitude of global predicaments
Prospects of Reviving Islamic Civilisation Through Public Spaces: Muslim Civility at the 2022 Fifa World Cup
This essay explores how public spaces promote Muslim civility and contribute to the revival of Islamic civilisation, with a focus on the 2022 FIFA World Cup (WC22) in Qatar. The central question is, if, and how do public spaces, structured around Muslim civility, support the revival (tajdīd) of Islamic thought? Through the World Cup, Qatar created environments where diverse individuals engaged and shared experiences, fostering understanding acros…
A Critical Examination of the Theoretical Foundations of Wasaṭī Minority Jurisprudence
This study critically examines the wasaṭī approach within minority jurisprudence, leveraging insights from prominent Muslim scholars like Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī and Ṭāhā Jābir al-ʿAlwānī. The wasaṭī methodology emerges as a balanced pathway in addressing the religio-legal challenges faced by minority Muslim communities, by navigating between adaptationist and rejectionist viewpoints. By employing the method of revivalist ijtihād, wasaṭī scholars have …
Islam as method
This essay presents ?Islam as Method? as a multi-dimensional approach that serves as an academic framework, a process of engagement, and an activist strategy. It argues that Islam, in the ?Islam as Method? thesis, is an ontological category rooted in a commitment to divine unity and ethical principles such as justice (?adl), dignity (karama) and excellence (ihsan). These commitments enable Muslim activists to assert intellectual and cultural auto…
Negotiating the State: Citizenship and Political Theology in the Thought of Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Rachid al-Ghannouchi
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua: An Enslaved Muslim of the Black Atlantic , By Paul E. Lovejoy and Nielson R. Bezerra
Civic Suspicion and Moral Sorting: Islamophobia, Folkbildning, and the Defunding of Muslim Civil Society in Sweden
Once heralded as a model of egalitarian democracy, Sweden’s welfare state, folkhemmet , “the people’s home,” has undergone a subtle yet consequential transformation. This article diagnoses how the erosion of universal welfare and the rise of neoliberal governance have given way to a racialized “governance of suspicion,” wherein Muslim civic actors are conditionally included only through ideological conformity, cultural transparency, and affective…
Adjudicating Muslimness: Islamophobia and the Limits of Swedish Law
Since the late 2010s, Swedish Muslim civil society has pivoted from conventional political contention to courtroom strategies to contest Islamophobia. This article asks why, if courts are imagined as neutral rights-protecting forums, litigation has so often produced losses that normalize contested practices, from funding denials and “neutrality” bans on hijab to the permissibility of Qur’an burnings and closures of Muslim schools. We analyze four…
Introduction: Sweden’s Governance of Suspicion: Islamophobia and Conditional Belonging
This special issue appears at a decisive moment in Swedish political history.As we finalize this volume, Sweden is entering yet another election year in which Muslims and Islam occupy center stage in political discourse.The patterns are by now familiar: Muslims are cast as security threats, framed as "non-integrable," and subjected to demands for cultural conformity that are presented as prerequisites for democracy.Recently, UN bodies have issued…
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