Shejrhoi Loik Sherali Dar Vasfi Modar

Modern-day poet Loik Sherali was born in Mazari Sharif near Penjikent in 1941. Prezentaciya portfolio uchitelya nachaljnih klassov v kazahstane. He earned the title 'People's Poet of Tajikistan' and when he died in 2000 was buried alongside other notables in Dushanbe. His statue shows him in a suit standing between what could be interpreted as the symbolic leaves.

Loik Sherali Loik Sherali was awarded the honorary title “People’s poet of Tajikistan” and in 1978 was named Abuabdullo Rudaki he awarded the State Prize for his poetry collections “Land of the Fatherland” and “Inspiration from the” Shahnameh “. Fees: International Prize “Lotus” he was awarded in 1999. The poet died on June 30, 2000, his body was handed over to the ground with the participation of thousands of fans of his poetic talent. He is buried next to the famous personalities of our nation in the memorial park Luchob Dushanbe. Selected works of the famous Tajik poet Loic Sherali thematically categorized and arranged in the published in 2013 the book in the Tajik language, entitled “Muntahabi ashor” ( “Selected Poems”), the presentation of which was held in “Mino” Gallery April 27, 2013.

SherAli has been teaching at F&M since 2012. He received his PhD in Religion/Islamic Studies at Duke University and his BA at Macalester College. His work centers on Muslim intellectual thought in modern South Asia with a focus on intra-Muslim debates and polemics on crucial questions of law, ethics, and theology. His book project “Contesting Muhammad in Modernity: Tradition, Reform, Innovation” that explores polemics over critical questions of law, theology, and politics among major Muslim scholars (' ulama') in modern South Asia is under contract with the University of South Carolina Press.

He is also interested in the intersection of secularism and Muslim intellectual thought. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Law and Religion, Muslim World, Political Theology, and Islamic Studies. His academic publications can be found at: His teaching menu includes courses such as RST 114 Islam, RST 275 Islam, Tradition, and Modernity, RST 370 Islamic Law and Ethics, RST 371 Sufism, RST 375 Islamic, Law, Gender, and Sexuality, and the Connections Courses Muslim America and Islam in North America. SherAli also co-hosts the popular podcast newbooksinislamicstudies.com featuring interviews with authors of important new books in the broader field of Islamic Studies.

Monograph: Contesting Muhammad in Modernity: Tradition, Reform, Innovation (Under Contract, University of South Carolina Press). Edited Book: Imagining the Public in Modern South Asia (with Barton Scott and Brannon Ingram), Routledge, 2016. Edited Journal Volumes: “The Deoband Madrasa.” Special Edition Muslim World, Blackwell Publishing, Volume 99, Number 3, (July 2009). “Imagining the Public in Modern South Asia” (with Barton Scott and Brannon Ingram) South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Taylor and Francis Publications, Volume 38, Number 3, (September 2015).

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles: -“Normativity, Heresy, and the Politics of Authenticity in South Asian Islam.” Muslim World, Blackwell Publishing, Volume 99, Number 3, (July 2009), pp. Special Edition on “Deoband Madrasa.” Served as Guest Editor. -“Competing Political Theologies in Islam: Intra-Muslim Polemics on the Limits of Prophetic Intercession.” Political Theology, Equinox Publishing, Volume 12:3 (June 2011), pp. -“The Polemic of Shahjahanpur: Religion, History, and Miracles.” Islamic Studies Journal, Islamic Research Institute, Volume 51, Number 1, (July 2013), pp.