The Idrisid Imamate: From Ancient Morocco to the Ribāṭ Age
An in-depth historical analysis of the Idrisid Imamate, tracing how prophetic lineage, moral authority, and Moroccan sovereignty converged to form a new western center of Islamic legitimacy from Volubilis to Fez.
The Ribaṭs of Morocco: An Idrisīd Phenomenon
This study argues that ribāṭs represent the earliest form of institutional Islam in Morocco, emerging in the 3rd/9th century as a spatial and social response to Idrīsī political fragmentation rather than as juridical institutions shaped by Mālikī orthodoxy. By re-centering ribāṭs as foundational Idrīsī structures, it reframes Moroccan Islamic history around continuity, genealogy, and territorial legitimacy.
Mahdism Without Baraka: The Almohad Creation of Makhzan and the Return of Sharīfian Morocco
A critical study of Muḥammad ibn Tūmart and the Almohad movement, examining Mahdism as a revolutionary technology of authority and tracing its limits within Moroccan political theology, makhzan formation, and Sharīfian memory.