Rethinking Salafism: The Ulama and the Contestation of Salafi Identity

Professor Raihan Ismail is the winner of the Muslim World Book Award 2024 for her outstanding publication Rethinking Salafism: Transnational Networks of Salafi 'Ulama in Egypt, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (Oxford University Press, 2021). Professor Ismail is the His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford. She is a Fellow of St. Antony's College. Raihan’s research interests include Political Islam, Sunni-Shia relations, and the intertwining nature of religion and politics in Muslim societies. She is also the author of Saudi Clerics and Shia Islam (Oxford University Press, 2016).