@AaronRockSinger

Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Michigan. Teach in Judaic and Middle East Studies. Specialist on Islamic movements and Israel-Palestine

 Ann Arbor, MI
Joined February 2013
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In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the 20th Century Middle East is officially out! amazon.com/Shade-Sunna-Salaf…

In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the Twentieth-Century Middle East

Salafis explicitly base their legitimacy on continuity with the Quran and the Sunna, and their distinctive practices—praying in shoes, wearing long beards and short pants, and observing gender...

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Arthur Zarate@ArthurZara81557Oct 11
Happy to share my new article in International Journal of Middle East Studies: “Scouting for God: Metaphysics and Masculinity in the Muslim Brotherhood’s Jawwala Program, 1933–1948" which explores how scouting became a space for rethinking Islam cup.org/3VCXFRb

Scouting for God: Metaphysics and Masculinity in the Muslim Brotherhood’s Jawwala Program, 1933–1...

Scouting for God: Metaphysics and Masculinity in the Muslim Brotherhood’s Jawwala Program, 1933–1948

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Faheem A. Hussain@FaheemAMHussainMar 24
I reviewed three excellent books on Salafism for the @themaydan in November 2025; Rethinking Salafism by @ismail_raih; Wahhabism by @colebunzel, and In the Shade of the Sunnah by @AaronRockSinger. Check it out here; substacktools.com/sharex/6GG…
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Highly recommend this book, which I read as a dissertation and manuscript!
Arthur Zarate@ArthurZara81557Mar 5
My new book on God, Muhammad al-Ghazali, and Islamic politics in Egypt finally out!
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CSSH@CSSHJournal31 Oct 2025
And for a Halaloween treat, read Arthur Zarate's study of the Spiritualism in mid 20th century Egypt. Jinn, zar possession, and sorcery vs. modernism and rationalist modes of spiritualist science. A fascinating essay! doi.org/10.1017/S00104175251…
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7/ To grapple with this, I draw on three landmark studies: @ismail_raih's Rethinking Salafism, @colebunzel's Wahhabism, and @AaronRockSinger's In the Shade of the Sunna.
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The Maydan
@themaydan17 Sep 2025
In a must-read review essay, Contesting Orthodoxy: Salafism, Wahhabism, and the Making of Modern Islam, @FaheemAMHussain engages three monographs by @ismail_raih , @colebunzel , and @AaronRockSinger . Read: themaydan.com/2025/09/contes… #IslamicThought #Salafism #Wahhabism
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In this piece I explore Salafism through 3 brilliant academic books by @ismail_raih, @colebunzel and @AaronRockSinger and argue that the divide between Salafism and Sunni tradition can be bridged, and in so many ways already has, through a cultural process of Salafisation.
The Maydan
@themaydan17 Sep 2025
In a must-read review essay, Contesting Orthodoxy: Salafism, Wahhabism, and the Making of Modern Islam, @FaheemAMHussain engages three monographs by @ismail_raih , @colebunzel , and @AaronRockSinger . Read: themaydan.com/2025/09/contes… #IslamicThought #Salafism #Wahhabism
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Grateful for this thoughtful review
The Maydan
@themaydan17 Sep 2025
In a must-read review essay, Contesting Orthodoxy: Salafism, Wahhabism, and the Making of Modern Islam, @FaheemAMHussain engages three monographs by @ismail_raih , @colebunzel , and @AaronRockSinger . Read: themaydan.com/2025/09/contes… #IslamicThought #Salafism #Wahhabism
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My new article on the origins of modern takfīr, "Sacralizing the Nation: The Adoption of Takfīr in Mandate Palestine, 1929–35 ," is out in the International Journal of Middle East Studies (1)
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In doing so, the article offers a corrective not merely to what we know about the origins of takfīr in the modern period, but also a new vantage point for understanding the role of Islam in the development of Palestinian nationalism. (5)
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The article can be found here: cambridge.org/core/journals/… or you can message me for a copy.
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It argues that, far from a story of an underlying “Islamic radicalism” which reemerged in a time of pressure, this is a case in which internal and external political and economic pressures necessitated a drastic solution... (3)
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@UMichFootball31 Dec 2024
What a way to close the year! #GoBlue
Final: Michigan 19 Alabama 13

ALT Final: Michigan 19 Alabama 13

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Very grateful for this generous and thoughtful engagement with *In the Shade of the Sunna.* Many thanks @FaheemAMHussain.
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Thanks to Joas for this generous review!
Joas Wagemakers@JoasWagemakers24 Oct 2024
You can read my review of @AaronRockSinger's book "In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the Twentieth Century Middle East" for Die Welt des Islams via the link below: academia.edu/124997493/Revie… via @academia
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Having read the book, I find this advanced praise to be entirely unsurprising and well deserved!
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I have read the manuscript and can’t wait to see it published!
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I had the absolutely pleasure of chatting with Alice about my two books.
Alice Evans@_alice_evans24 Jun 2024
How was religosity affected by colonialism? Why were independence leaders relatively secular? What caused the Islamic revival? Would it have occurred without Saudi funding? Podcast with @AaronRockSinger Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/3Xa… Transcript ggd.world/p/practicing-islam…
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