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Ali Olomi

Ali A. Olomi is assistant professor of history at Loyola Marymount University specializing in the history of the medieval Islamic world and its place in modern Middle East politics. He works on the histories of science and religion, gender and sexuality, and empire. He tweets @aaolomi.

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Religion Dispatches
In recent weeks, school boards across the country have become sites of conflict as organized anti-trans and anti-gay protests allied with calls for book bans to target actual and perceived LGBTQ+…
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Religion Dispatches
The irony of his actions lies in the fact that they are exactly what groups like ISIS want: to erase the history of Islam and coexistence in this country.
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Religion Dispatches
As the United States grapples with multiple attacks over the past couple of weeks, the country is asking all the wrong questions. Though the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Daesh) has claimed…
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