D4.2 Annotated List of the Various Actors Involved in Modern Islamic Knowledge Production

Annotated List of the Various Actors Involved in Modern Islamic Knowledge Production

This deliverable revolves around religious authority and knowledge production in the European context. It aims to pinpoint an annotated list of various actors involved in modern Islamic knowledge production in the target setting. Here, it is important to highlight that ‘religious authority’ and ‘religious knowledge production’ are conceptualized in their broader sense, and taken to be highly varying processes depending on the context. Furthermore, it should be noted that the term ‘actors’ refers to the social scientific notion of ‘acting agency’ rather than to concrete persons or institutions per se. In this piece, we bring together three sections written by three different authors. The first section draws from the works of Hayat Douhan, who researches on Muslim diasporas in Europe. The second section is the work of Aleeha Zahra Ali, whose project explores digitization of a Shia ritual. The final section is by Justin Mauro Benavidez, who chronicles historical genealogies of knowledge between Muslim intellectuals.