The Production and Consumption of Non-Muslim Islams
Book launch.
We are delighted to invite you to the launch of the new volume The Production and Consumption of Non-Muslim Islams, edited by Anders Ackfeldt and Jesper Petersen, and published by Edinburgh University Press (2025).
The launch event will feature presentations from the editors and three contributors, followed by discussion and audience questions. A reception will conclude the evening.
All are warmly invited to join us in celebrating the publication of this volume and to engage in conversation about its themes and implications.
Programme
- Welcome by Jesper Petersen and Anders Ackfeldt
- “Hidden in plain sight - a term is born” by Aaron Hughes
- “The (urban) shape of Islam” by Garbi Schmidt
- “What did Jan Hjärpe choose from the Islamic basket?” By Jonas Otterbeck
- Questions from the audience
- Reception with light refreshments
This volume empirically substantiates a re-conceptualization of Islam as something produced and consumed not only by Muslims but also by non-Muslims. Too often, “non-Muslim Islam” has been condemned or dismissed by scholars rather than investigated. Yet non-Muslim politicians, journalists, and public commentators routinely preach and promote their own interpretations of Islam to both Muslim and non-Muslim audiences, and at times even enter into theological debates with Muslims as de facto non-Muslim Islamic authorities. These interventions cannot simply be reduced to cynical power politics, bigotry, prejudice, or apologetics—although such elements may at times be present. More importantly, such labels do little to advance our understanding of non-Muslim Islam as a phenomenon. This book makes the case for taking non-Muslim Islam seriously as an object of study and demonstrates the value of doing so through eleven case studies. In doing so, it opens up a new field of inquiry and sheds light on the diverse epistemologies at play in the production of different non-Muslim Islams.