This was a great interview. I’m studying Islam and in particular, the four waves of jihad throughout the history of the religion and it is fascinating to see how it’s been used (and abused) by the faithful (and the totalitarian project). Wonderful to have another great researcher on my list for resources!<br><br>Off subject: please consider interviewing Christopher Partridge at Lancaster University. I’m reading his two-volume set The Re-Enchantment of the West and it’s so good. He also writes about pop music, new religious movements, the occult. He’s very interesting!,(reply>), An interesting episode of Islamic history, for you, would be when the second-generation Afghan Muslims learned, and helped in compilation/authentication of Islamic sciences in Baghdad City, they notified cousins back home that nowhere in Quran or Hadith has it been decreed that only Arabs should rule the Muslim lands - you can guess what happened next. ;),(reply>), I would reccomend also looking to Said Nursi’s perspective of jihad.