Mucahit Bilici is an American Muslim sociologist, columnist and Kurdish public intellectual. His notable works are Hamal Kürt and Finding Mecca in America: How Islam Is Becoming an American Religion (University of Chicago Press, 2012). He is professor of sociology at John Jay College, City University of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. Mucahit Bilici is also Academic Director at Zahra Institute, Chicago.
Publications
Books in Turkish
- Hamal Kürt: Türk ðslamñ ve Kürt Sorunu [Kurd, the Porter: Turkish Islam and the Kurdish Question]. Istanbul: Avesta, 2017. [Turkish], 264 pages. (4th edition)
- Bir Isme Tutunmak [Clinging to a Name]. Istanbul: Hivda. 2017. [Turkish], 136 pages.
- ðslamda SavaÃ
 BitmiÃ
Âtir [War is Over in Islam]. Istanbul: Avesta, 2016. [Turkish], 112 pages.
Articles/Book Chapters
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2023. âÂÂXanîâÂÂnin AgonâÂÂuâ [Xanî's Agon], Dogu Bati Dergisi, Issue 101, (January 2023) [Turkish]
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2022. âÂÂTurkish Islam and Kurdish Difference,â HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 12:(1)
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2022. âÂÂMiddle Eastern Muslims and the Ethical Inclusion of America as a New Homelandâ In Handbook of Sociology and the Middle East, eds. F. M. Gocek and G. Evcimen. London: IB Tauris.
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2021. âÂÂTeolojide Regicide: TanriâÂÂnin Kellesini Almakâ [âÂÂRegicide in Theology: Beheading GodâÂÂ], Pasajlar: Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Issue 8, (September 2021) [Turkish]
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2021. âÂÂEhmedê XanîâÂÂs Political Philosophy in Mem û Zînâ in Kurds and Yezidis in the Middle East: Shifting Identities, Borders and the Experience of Minority Communities, ed. G. M. Tezcur. London: IB Tauris.
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2021. âÂÂKürtlerin Esitlik Mücadelesi ve Milliyetçilikâ [âÂÂNationalism and the Kurdish Struggle for EqualityâÂÂ] in Ne Mutlu Esitim Diyene: Milliyetcilik Tartismalari [The Nationalism Debates in Turkey], eds. Yasemin Congar, et al. Istanbul: Kiraathane. [Turkish]
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2020. âÂÂKurds between Ethnicity and Universalist Ideologies,â Kurt Arastirmalari / Kurdish Studies 3 (May 2020)
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2019. âÂÂMuslims and the American Constitution: From the First Amendment to the Second?â In Muslims and US Politics Today: A Defining Moment, ed. M. H. Khalil. Harvard University Press, Mizan Series.
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2018. âÂÂSaid Nursi: Dehanin Ehlilestirilmesi ve Imanizmâ [âÂÂSaid Nursi: Domestication of Genius and Reform in IslamâÂÂ] in Kürt Tarihi ve Siyasetinden Portreler [Portraits in Kurdish History and Politics], eds. Y. Cakmak and T. Sur. Istanbul: Iletisim Yayinlari. [Turkish]
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2011. "Homeland Insecurity: How Immigrant Muslims Naturalize America in Islam," Comparative Studies in Society and History (53:3).
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2011. "Being Targeted, Being Recognized: The Impact of 9/11 on Arab and Muslim Americans," Contemporary Sociology (40:2) [review essay].
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2010. "Muslim Ethnic Comedy: Inversions of Islamophobia," in ', A. Shryock, (ed.), Indiana University Press.
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2008. "Said Nursi's Moral Philosophy," Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (19:1), January.
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2007. "Conversion out of Islam: A Study of Conversion Narratives of Former Muslims" (with M. Khalil) The Muslim World, January 2007.
- Bilici, Mucahit. 2006. "Ummah and Empire: Global Formations after Nation," pp. 313âÂÂ327, in Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought, Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.
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