Research and Publications

PUBLICATIONS

 

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

“How Did Eve Get Married? Two Twelver Shiʿi Ḥadīth Reports”, in Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice, ed. Y. Amin and N. Reda (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020).

 

Women in Shiʿism: Ancient Stories, Modern Ideologies (Gorgias Press, 2019).

 

“Khadijah bint Khuwaylid”, in The Islamic World: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Society, ed. Gordon Newby and James Ciment (Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2017).

TRANSLATIONS, ANNOTATIONS, AND ADAPTATIONS

‘Allamah As-Sayyid Muhammad Husayn At-Tabataba’i, Al-Mizan: An Exegesis of the Qur’an, vol. 30, trans. Amina Inloes and Tawus Raja (Tawheed Institute, 2019).

 

John Davenport, An Apology for Mohammed and the Qurʾan, ed. and introduced by Amina Inloes (London: Islamic Centre of England, 2013).

 

Mulla Muhsin Fayd Kashani, Spiritual Mysteries and Ethical Secrets: A Translation of al-Haqaʾiq fi Makarim al-Akhlaq, trans. Amina Inloes, Nazmina Virjee, and Muhammad Tajri (London: ICAS Press, 2012).

 

Adaptation into English of the historical fiction novel The Idols Will Fall: The Story of the Seven Sleepers of the Cave by M. S. Bahmanpour (London: ICAS Press, 2009).

 

ARTICLES

Zain Al Hussain Moloobhoy and Amina Inloes, “Marjaʿiyyah in the Digital Era: Renegotiating the relationship between marjaʿ and muqallid in the era of the democratization of knowledge”, in Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam, vol. 2, no. 1 (2021), pp. 24–50.

 

“Muhammad Abd al-Rahman (Phillip) Barker: Bridging Cultural Divides through Fantasy/Science-Fiction Role-Playing Games and Fictional Religion”, in The Muslim World, vol. 108 (2018).

 

“A Muslim Reflection on Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds”, in The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol. 33, no. 3 (2016), pp. 104-115.

 

“Was Imam ʿAli a Misogynist?: The Portrayal of Women in Nahj al-Balaghah and Kitab Sulaym ibn Qays”, in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (2015), pp. 325-365.

 

“Racial ‘Othering’ in Shiʿi Sacred History: Jawn ibn Huwayy ‘the African Slave’, and the Ethnicities of the Twelve Imams”, in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 7, no. 2 (2014), pp. 411-439.

 

1. Inloes and L. Takim, “Conversion to Twelver Shiʿism among American and Canadian women”, in Studies in Religion, vol. 43, no. 1 (2014).

 

“The Queen of Sheba in Shiʿa Hadith”, in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 5, no. 4 (2012).

 

“Mukhtar al-Thaqafi: Character versus Controversy” in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (2009), pp. 181-193.

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

Stereotyping Religion: Comparing Clichés, ed. Brad Stoddard and Craig Martin, in Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam, vol. 1, no. 1 (2020).

 

Magic in Islam by Michael Muhammad Knight, in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol. 32, no. 4 (2016).

 

Female Personalities in the Qurʾan and Sunna by Rawand Osman, in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol. 32, no. 4 (2015), pp. 100-104.

 

Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab-American Woman by Evelyn Shakir, in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol. 32, no. 2 (2015), pp. 126-129.

 

The ʿAlids: The First Family of Islam, 750-1200 by Teresa Bernheimer, in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol. 31, no. 3 (2014), pp. 119-122.

 

Shiʿism: A Religion of Protest by Hamid Dabashi, in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 6, no. 3 (2013), pp. 347-354.

 

The Shiʿa Revival by Vali Nasr in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 1, no. 4 (2008), pp. 114- 117.

 

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS

“Female Muslim Religious Authorities”

Authority in the Globalised Muslim World| University of Edinburgh, Scotland| 2020 (via Zoom)

 

“How did Eve get married? Two Twelver Shi‘i narrations”

The Research Conference in Theology and Religion | University of Helsinki, Finland | 2020 (via Zoom)

 

“The Karbala Narrative and Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth”

British Association for Arab and Islamic Studies | Nottingham, UK | 2019

 

“Is it possible to write in an insider voice in Islamic Studies and maintain academic credibility?”

Islamic Studies in the UK: Challenges, Opportunities, and Emerging Agendas | SOAS University of London, UK | 2018

 

“The Virgin Mary in Shi‘i Hadith and the Struggle over the Divine Feminine”

British Association for Arab and Islamic Studies | University of Chester, UK | 2016

 

“Women, Authority and Leadership in Christianity and Islam”

Challenges Faced by Women in Islamic Studies | University of Roehampton, UK | 2012

 

“Women in Shi‘i Hadith”

University of Johannesburg, South Africa | June 2011

Education, Qualification and Training

ACADEMIC FORMATION

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE

 

EDITOR

ICAS Press (The Islamic College), London, UK | 2009 – Present

ICAS Press is committed to producing quality academic publications in Islamic studies, including monographs, translations of classical works, and journals. Responsibilities include:

• Copy-editing and proofreading
• Reviewing submitted manuscripts and translations
• Managing the production of publications
• Organizing academic conferences and seminars
• Light copywriting
• Occasional typesetting

 

LECTURER

The Islamic College, London, UK | 2009 – Present

The Islamic College is a faith-based college offering academic and seminary studies in Islam. Graduates often pursue careers in religious leadership or in the university. Responsibilities include:

• Lecturing at the BA and MA level (in-house and online)
• Supervising MA dissertations
• TRANSLATOR AND EDITORTawheed Institute, Sydney, Australia | 2012 – Present

  Translating, copy-editing, proofreading, and collating the translation of al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an by Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba’i (27 volumes)

   

  BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR AND COPY-EDITOR

  Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam | 2020 – 2021

  • Arranging for reviews of new books in Islamic studies and related fields
  • Copy-editing

   

  MANAGING EDITOR

  Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies | 2012 – 2016

  The Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies was the first indexed, internationally recognized academic journal specialising in the study of Shi‘ism. Responsibilities included managing peer review, communicating with authors, arranging for book reviews, copy-editing, proofreading, and liaising with the printer.

Teaching

LECTURER

The Islamic College, London, UK | 2009 – Present

The Islamic College is a faith-based college offering academic and seminary studies in Islam. Graduates often pursue careers in religious leadership or in the university. Responsibilities include:

• Lecturing at the BA and MA level (in-house and online)
• Supervising MA dissertations

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