Publications

Forthcoming
Shakeb Z ed. The Sufi Literary Tradition in Sind. In: Sufi Poetry in Indian Languages. ; Forthcoming.
Asani AS. Infidel of Love: Exploring Muslim Understandings of Islam. Cambridge: Harvard University Press; Forthcoming. Introduction
2013
Asani AS. Learning from Difference. The Harvard Crimson. 2013. Publisher's Version
2012
Literary Reflections
Asani AS, Halladay A, Austin LG. Literary Reflections. Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys. 2012. Publisher's Version
Peace JH, Mobley G, Rose ON ed. Encountering the Muslim "Other" at Harvard. In: My Neighbor's Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation. Maryknoll: Orbis Books ; 2012. pp. 135-137. Publisher's Version
2011
Kosslyn S, Hammonds E. Enhancing Religious Literacy in a Liberal Arts Education through the Study of Islam and Muslim Societies. In: Shephard J The Harvard Sampler: Liberal Education for the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge: Harvard University Press ; 2011. pp. 1-31. Publisher's Version
Asani AS. Enhancing Religious Literacy. Harvard Magazine. 2011;Sep/Oct. Read article
2007
Mallison F, Kassam T ed. A Brief Note on the Bujh Niranjan. In: Ginans: Texts and Contexts: Essays on Ismaili Hymns from South Asia in Honour of Zawahir Moir. Primus ; 2007. pp. 21-24. Publisher's Version
Asani AS. Reflections on Pluralism and Islam: On Muslims Knowing the Muslim "Other", in World Muslim Congress. Islam Together Foundation ; 2007. Read online
Let's Study Urdu: An Introduction to the Script
Asani AS, Hyder SA. Let's Study Urdu: An Introduction to the Script. New Haven: Yale University Press; 2007.
Let's Study Urdu: An Introductory Course
Asani AS, Hyder SA. Let's Study Urdu: An Introductory Course. New Haven: Yale University Press; 2007.
2006
Waldau P, Patton K ed. "Oh that I could be a bird and fly, I would rush to the Beloved": Birds in Islamic Mystical Poetry. In: Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science and Ethics. New York : Columbia University Press ; 2006. pp. 170-175. Publisher's Version
Asani AS. Pluralism, Intolerance, and the Qur'an. American Scholar. 2006;71 (1) :52-60. Read article
Juergensmeyer M ed. Movements with an Islamic Origin: The Bahai and the Ahmadiyya. In: Global Religions: A Handbook . Oxford : Oxford University Press ; 2006. Read full text
Asani A. Muslim Literatures in South Asia. The Institute of Ismaili Studies. 2006. Publisher's Version
2005
Islamic Poetry. Encyclopedia of Religion (Thomson Gale). 2005;2. Read entry
Islam in South Asia . Encyclopedia of Religion (Thomson Gale). 2005;2. Read entry
2004
Mitchell G. The dargah of Muin ad-Din Chishti in Ajmer. In: Currim M Dargahs: Abodes of Saints. Mumbai: Marg Publications ; 2004. Publisher's Version
2003
Asani AS. "So that you may know one another": A Muslim American Reflects on Pluralism and Islam. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 2003;588 :26-36. Read in JStor
Pollock S ed. At the Crossroads of Indic and Iranian Civilizations: Sindhi Literary Culture. In: Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia. Berkeley: University of California Press ; 2003. pp. 612-646. Read full text

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