I began this project in 2015 because of the avalanche of writing in the United States and Europe about the ISIL terrorist group in Iraq and Syria and the constant implication, or even assertion, that such cult-like groups were somehow an expression of an Islami..
Juan Cole
Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He is past president of the Middle East Studies Association, is responsible for over twenty books, and has published over one hundred journal articles and book chapters. He maintains a blog, Informed Comment.