Islamic Traditions of Refuge in the Crises of Iraq and Syria

Tahir Zaman is a visiting research fellow at the Center for Research on Migration, Refugees & Belonging (CMRB) at the University of East London, UK, and a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS, University of London, UK. His research is primarily focused on the social and cultural lives of displaced people in the Middle East.

• Introduction: Refuge in Religion and Migration 1. The Noble Sanctuary: Islamic Traditions of Refuge and Sanctuary 2. Sowing the Seeds of Displacement: Religion and Society in Ba'thist Iraq (1980-2003) 3. The Un-Mixing of Neighbourhoods: Iraq on the Eve of Displacement 4. Jockeying for Positions in the Humanitarian Field: Faith-based Humanitarianism in Syria 5. Home Sacred Home Epilogue: Syrian Sanctuary: Finding Continuities between the Iraqi and Syrian Displacement Crises

“Zaman makes an important contribution to understandings of the refugee experience in the Muslim world, as well as the interaction between religion, the agency of the refugee, and the humanitarian aid regime. … I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in notions of humanitarianism, traditions of refuge and sanctuary in Islam, as well Iraqi forced migration post the 2003 Anglo-American invasion of Iraq.” (Dawn Chatty, Journal of Islamic Studies, Vol. 28 (3), September, 2017)