Asma AfsaruddinAsma Afsaruddin is Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is the author and/or editor of seven books, including Striving in the Path of God: Jihad and Martyrdom inIslamic Thought (2013) and The First Muslims: History and Memory (2008). She was named a Carnegie Scholar in 2005. Read More Read Less