The word “jihad” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none. 7 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Asma Afsaruddin is a Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University in Bloomington .1She was an associate professor in Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Notre Dame , Indiana . She has previously taught at Harvard University and the Johns Hopkins University , from which she received her PhD in 1993. Her fields of specialization include the religious and political thought of Islam, study of the primary Islamic texts ( Qur'an and hadith ), as well as gender studies. Afsaruddin has been an editorial board member for the Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, published by Cambridge University Press. Afsaruddin chairs the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy board of directors. She also sits on advisory committees for the Muslim World Initiative of the United States Institute of Peace and the human rights organization Karamah. In 2015 she was presented the Jayezeh Jahani (World Book Prize) for the best new book in Islamic studies by the Iranian president Hassan Rouhani for her book Striving in the Path of God: Jihad and Martyrdom in Islamic Thought . The book was also a runner-up for the British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society Book Prize in 2014. "IU professor honored by Iran's president for her scholarly book on new understanding of jihad" .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Asma Afsaruddin is an associate professor in Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Notre Dame , Indiana . She has previously taught at Harvard University and the Johns Hopkins University , from which she received her PhD in 1993. Her fields of specialization include the religious and political thought of Islam, study of the primary Islamic texts ( Qur'an and hadith ), as well as gender studies. Afsaruddin is an editorial board member for the Bulletin of the Middle East Studies Association , published by Cambridge University Press. Asfaruddin chairs the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy board of directors. She also sits on advisory committees for the Muslim World Initiative of the United States Institute of Peace and the human rights organization Karamah.
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Asma Afsaruddin (Araic: اسماء افسر الدین) is a Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University in Bloomington . She was an associate professor in Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Notre Dame , Indiana . She has previously taught at Harvard University and the Johns Hopkins University , from which she received her PhD in 1993. Her fields of specialization include the religious and political thought of Islam, study of the primary Islamic texts ( Qur'an and hadith ), as well as gender studies. Afsaruddin is an editorial board member for the Bulletin of the Middle east Middle East Studies Association , published by Cambridge University Press. Asfaruddin chairs the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy board of directors. She also sits on advisory committees for the Muslim World Initiative of the United States Institute of Peace and the human rights organization Karamah.
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American scholar of Islamic studies Asma Afsaruddin (born 1958) is an American scholar of Islamic studies and Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University in Bloomington .Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures . 2022-10-06 .
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associate professor in arabic and islamic studies at the university of notre dame
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american scholar of islamic studies and professor in the department of near eastern languages and cultures at i
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