In this #YaqeenBehindtheScenes look, Tesneem Alkiek discusses the beginning stages of her research through her initial reading of Ibn al-Qayyim’s treatise on the laws regulating religious minorities. She hopes to explore the social and political realities that shaped the various rights granted to minorities in her paper “Religious Minorities Under Muslim Rule.”
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Fellow, Director of Expanded Learning | Tesneem obtained her undergraduate degree in Early Christianity and Islamic Studies from the University of Michigan. She went on to complete her Ph.D. in Islamic Studies at Georgetown University with a focus on Islamic law. Tesneem currently serves as the Director of Expanded Learning where she works with her team to create curricula and other resources for communities to engage with Yaqeen’s research. She is also a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Rutgers University-Camden.
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