In a fascinating story for Religion and Politics, Amina Steinfels, a scholar at Mount Holyoke College, argues that most Westerners believe Islam to be “monolithic and explanatory of all aspects of the lives of Muslims in any time and place.” That’s why, she says, she gets invited to speak about the Islamic State (ISIS), Charlie Hebdo, the French cartoonist who was shot last year, and free speech. It does not matter that her expertise is in Sufism, not in ISIS... Read more