Research Papers
The Ummatics Institute publishes original research papers on a range of ummatic issues for the benefit of scholars, students, and enthusiasts alike.
Our papers serve to develop, engage, and enhance, both scholarly and popular discourses on ummatic thought and practice by interrogating the various social, political, economic, religious, and historical questions most pertinent to the life and future of the Muslim Umma.
The Jerusalemite Murābaṭa: On the Frontier of the Islamic-Israeli Conflict
Call for Papers: Contemporary Dynamics of Political Unification
Divergent Statecrafts: Between Islamic Governance and Modern State Power
Criminalizing the Caliphate: Transforming Remembrance into Resistance
Contention One: Ummatic Exceptionalism and the Prospect of Double Humiliation
Secular Integration Models and Global Governance Schemes: Lessons for Ummatic Integration
Classical Texts Series
This series compiles writings from classical Muslim scholars, using the four juristic madhhabs as an organizational framework.
The selected passages, translated and annotated by experts, focus on foundational aspects like the role of politics and governance in Islam, adherence to sharia, the communal obligation of leadership, and the religious importance of political unity.
Guest Contributions
In the spirit of our commitment to fostering dialogue and cultivating discourse on ummatic thought and practice, Ummatics provides a space for a selection of guest contributions. The opinions expressed in these publications are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Ummatics.
Nationalism and Ummatic Solidarity: Reflections on a British memo (1917) from colonial East Africa
The Indigenized War on Terror and Its Implications for the Muslim World
Protecting the Vulnerable: Failures of the Liberal Order and the Potential for an Umma-Centered Global Imaginary
The United States, West Africa, and Islam: Connections, Romanticization, and Securitization
Translated Works
In an effort to reach wider audiences, the Ummatics Institute has been working to translate our core papers into languages predominant in the Muslim world.