This volume brings together a variety of scholars both inside and outside of Islamic Studies in order to grapple with such questions as: what, if anything, is unique about Islamic Studies? How should Islamic studies as religious studies engage with postcolonial critique? What is the role of identity politics in such endeavors?

This volume brings together a variety of scholars both inside and outside of Islamic Studies in order to grapple with such questions as: what, if anything, is unique about Islamic Studies? How should Islamic studies as religious studies engage with postcolonial critique? What is the role of identity politics in such endeavors?

Owning the Secular examines three cases studies dealing with religious symbols and cultural identity, including two public controversies over the veil in Canada—at the federal level and in the province of Québec—and an ex-Muslim podcaster rethinking her atheist identity in the era of Donald Trump and the alt-right.