I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. As a Cultural Anthropologist and Scholar of Religion, my research comprises the study of carceral practices and theologies, subject formations, and meaning-making practices of Muslim communities. I employ an ethnographic approach, anchored in extensive fieldwork, to explore the structural dynamics between state violence and political theology. Central to this exploration is the understanding of how Muslims navigate tribulation and human suffering and adapt their ritual practices—in the broader contexts of secular modernity, political violence, and carcerality—and reconcile them with God, authority, and doctrine. I have sought to understand this w
