With colleagues Halim Rane and Troy Meston I published a paper titled Mobilising a Decolonial-Islamic Praxis: Convenants in Islam and Muslim-Indigenous Relations. The article is published as an Open Access article in Religions Journal. See Abstract below and the link to our paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Islam was an important factor in the decolonisation of Muslim countries from European colonial rule during the 19th and 20th centuries. However, Muslims are among the migrant-settler populations of Australia, Canada, the United States, and other British colonial states that continue to dispossess and disenfranchise Indigenous populations. This article contributes to the debate on \u201cdecolonising Islam\u201d. It contends that covenants with God and between people in Islam\u2019s pre-eminent sources, the Qur\u2019an and sunnah<\/em>, are antithetical to colonialism and reinforce a praxis-orientated decolonial\u2013Islamic agenda. This article focuses on three aspects of decolonisation, addressing: (1) supremacist ideology; (2) human existence and coexistence; and (3) claims of entitlement. Using Australia as the primary case study, it examines Islamic obligations towards Indigenous peoples in settler-colonial states, emphasising the potential of covenants to promote mutual recognition and dialogue towards redressing injustices and building respectful coexistence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read our paper here: https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2077-1444\/15\/3\/365<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Keywords: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Islam<\/a>; Qur\u2019an<\/a>; sunnah<\/a>; colonialism<\/a>; decolonisation<\/a>; Indigenous<\/a>; Australia<\/a>; covenants<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With colleagues Halim Rane and Troy Meston I published a paper titled Mobilising a Decolonial-Islamic Praxis: Convenants in Islam and Muslim-Indigenous Relations. The article is…<\/p>\n