aims and scope

Milestones offers commentary on theology, ethics, and contemporary politics that influence and affect the Islamic world. We publish articles, reviews, interviews, documents, podcasts, photo essays, and other materials that are not available in conventional secular media. As a site, Milestones performs two main functions: 1) Providing a meaningful infrastructure for an ongoing discourse of Islam, 2) Facilitating a platform for the deconstruction of Western hegemonic systems of analyses, epistemologies, political cultures, and moral sensibilities.    

The opinions and arguments published in Milestones are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the editors.

editorial board

Ian Almond, Professor of World Literature, Georgetown University-Qatar

Gil Anidjar, Professor, Departments of Religion and Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University

Ovamir Anjum, Imam Khattab Endowed Chair of Islamic Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Toledo

Talal Asad, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, City University of New York - The Graduate Center

Sylviane Diouf, Visiting Scholar at the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery  & Justice Brown University and at Lloyd International Honors College, University of North Carolina Greensboro.

Allen Feldman, Professor, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University, Steinhardt

Suad Joseph, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality, Women's Studies, University of California, Davis

Abdulaziz Sachedina, Professor and IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies,  George Mason University

Omnia El Shakry, Professor, Department of History, Yale University

Salman Sayyid, Professor of Social Theory & Decolonial Thought, University of Leeds

Stephen Sheehi, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Chair of Middle East Studies, Professor of Arabic Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Director of the Program of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, College of William and Mary

Sunera Thobani, Professor, Department of Asian Studies, The University of British Columbia