Alireza Doostdar is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His upcoming book, The Experimenters: Science, Skepticism, and the Supernatural in Iran, explores religious experimentation among Iranians.
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Published in: TransformationHow not to understand ISIS
The view that one particular religious doctrine is uniquely extremist won’t help us to appreciate the cycles of...