
Asma Afsaruddin
Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Class of 1950 Herman B. Wells Endowed Professor
Adjunct Faculty, Religious Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Gender Studies
- aafsarud@iu.edu
- (812) 856-7347
Research Interests
pre-modern and modern Islamic religious and political thought; Quranic hermeneutics; hadith criticism; exegetical, legal, and ethical perspectives on jihad and martyrdom; Muslim attitudes towards the People of the Book; Islam and religious pluralism; gender roles
















































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