‘Divine Sovereignty, Morality and the State: Maududi and His Influence’
H Iqtidar, O Scharbrodt
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
doi: 10.1017/S1356186321000766, 17 pages

‘Afghanistan’s minority Hazaras see gains of past two decades “falling apart”
The Taliban may be talking the inclusivity talk, but Afghanistan’s historically marginalised Hazaras are not convinced the hardline Sunni Islamist group is walking the walk on the ground. Last week’s decapitation of a statue of a major Hazara leader killed by the Taliban in 1995 has done little to allay those fears.’
France24
23.8.21

‘US-funded media spreads bizarre conspiracy theory about Shi’a Muslims
The charges against the al-Khoe’i Foundation were so wild that the State Department had to step in and disavow the story.’

Responsible Statecraft, June 14, 2021

Esoteric Islam in Modern French Thought
Massignon, Corbin, Jambet
Z. Elmarsafy
Bloomsbury, 2021
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/esoteric-islam-in-modern-french-thought-9781780938240/

‘Afghanistan: Escalation of Ethnic Tensions While the US Prepares to Evacuate its Troops’
Diane Villemin
Orient XXI, 11.5.21

Falling Out of Love with the Franks: The Life and Writings of an Armenian Catholic Diplomat in the Service of Late Safavid Persia
Henry R. Shapiro

Iranian Studies
Volume 54, 2021 – Issue 3-4

‘A Silent Quest for New Shīʿa Religious Leaders in Italy’
M. Mirshahvalad,
Journal of Muslims in Europe, 2020-10-28, Vol.10 (1), p.68-84.

Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires
The Idea of Iran Vol. 10
London: Bloomsbury, 2021