Liyakat Takim Author & Editor

Liyakat Takim is the Sharjah Chair in Global Islam at McMaster University in Canada. He is the author of a number of books, including,The Heirs of the Prophet: Charisma and Religious Authority in Shi'ite Islam, Shi'ism in America, Shi'ism in North America, and Tashayyu dar Amrica. He has written on a wide range of topics such as reformation in Islam, Qur'anic exegesis, Shi'ism in the diaspora, Islamophobia, and the treatment of women in Islamic law.