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Ali Asani

Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard University

Harvard University

Areas of expertise

  • - Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures Director Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program

Major works

  • The Bujh Niranjan: An Ismaili Mystical Poem
  • Celebrating Muhammad: Images of the Prophet in Muslim Devotional Poetry (co-author)
  • Ecstasy and Enlightenment: The Ismaili Devotional Literatures of South Asia
  • “Enhancing Religious Literacy in a Liberal Arts Education through the Study of Islam and Muslim Societies” in The Harvard Sampler.

About me

Ali Sultaan Asani is the Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures and the Director of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University