The Production and Consumption of Non-Muslim Islams

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Anders Ackfeldt (Deputy Director, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul) Jesper Petersen (Associate Professor, University of Stavanger)

The Production and Consumption of Non-Muslim Islams

Anders Ackfeldt (Deputy Director, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul), Jesper Petersen (Associate Professor, University of Stavanger)

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Edinburgh University Press
07 October 2025

Comparative religion; Religious ethics; Islam

Series: Advances in the Study of Islam

This book empirically substantiates a re-conceptualization of Islam as produced and consumed by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Non-Muslim Islam is too often condemned and decried by scholars, rather than investigated. However, non-Muslim politicians, journalists, and public debaters preaching and missionizing their own interpretations of Islam to both Muslim and non-Muslim audiences, and venturing into theological debates with Muslims as non-Muslim Islamic authorities, cannot be reduced to cynical power politics, bigotry, political opportunism, prejudice, or apologetics (even if this may sometimes be the case). Neither do these labels increase our understanding of non-Muslim Islam as a phenomenon. This book argues the case for studying non-Muslim Islam and demonstrates the value of doing so through 11 case studies, opening up a new field of research, while also giving an insight into the many epistemologies at play in the production of different non-Muslim Islams.

Edited by: Anders Ackfeldt (Deputy Director Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul), Jesper Petersen (Associate Professor, University of Stavanger)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399542777
ISBN 10: 139954277X
Series: Advances in the Study of Islam
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 07 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Notes on Contributors Introducing Non-Muslim Islam to Islamic Studies Jesper Petersen and Anders Ackfeldt 1. The Consequences of Non-Religious Courts Defining Religion: Twenty Years of Case Law on Sharia from the European Court of Human Rights Mikele Schultz-Knudsen 2. The Making of Non-Muslim State Islam in France Niels Valdemar Vinding 3. What Did Jan Hjärpe Choose from the Islamic Basket? A Study of the Dominant Voice on Islam in Sweden, 1980–2000 Jonas Otterbeck 4. Islam’s True DNA Jesper Petersen 5. Allah Says Beat Them! An Analysis of Non-Muslim Islams Justifying Domestic Violence Jonas Svensson 6. Inverted Islam as Non-Muslim Islam Douglas Mattsson 7. Non-Muslim Islam in the Intersection of Law and Politics Lene Kühle 8. The Politics of Perception: Politicians and the ‘Muslim Other’ Brian Arly Jacobsen 9. Islam as Faith and Non-Faith Olof Heilo 10. The (Urban) Shape of Islam Garbi Schmidt 11. Relatively Non-Muslim: Religious Fluidity and Muslim-Christian Dynamics in the Greek-Albanian Borderland Cecilie Endresen Epilogue: Hidden in Plain Sight: A Term is Born Aaron W. Hughes Index

Anders Ackfeldt, PhD in History of Religions with specialisation in Islamic Studies from Lund University, is the Deputy Director of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. His latest book, Islamic Themes in US Hip-Hop Culture, has been published by Edinburgh University Press in 2025. Jesper Petersen, PhD in History of Religions with a specialisation in Islamic Studies from Lund University, is Associate Professor at Copenhagen University and Starting Grant research leader on the ‘Non-Muslim Islam’ project. His latest book, The Islamic Juridical Vacuum, was published by Brill in 2025.

Reviews for The Production and Consumption of Non-Muslim Islams

Though there have been publications touching upon this subject, this book is the first comprehensive take on it. I have no doubts it will provoke reactions and further research in the field.--Egdūnas Račius, Vytautas Magnus University The Production and Consumption of Non-Muslim Islams is long-overdue. What is most important about the book is that it makes a powerful argument for a phenomenological reality of non-Muslim Islam that is every bit as ""real"" as the normative understandings and experiences of Islam by Muslims.--Mark LeVine, UC Irvine