10.17192/meta.2017.7.6490 Hecker, Pierre Pierre Hecker Islam and the Alleged Incompatibility with Popular Culture Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 7 (2017) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2017 Cultural Theory Popular Islamic Culture Resistance Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-01-31 2017-01-27 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2017/179/6490 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2017-179-64901 https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2017.7.179 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2017/179/6490/6490.png 2196-629X application/pdf This paper critically reflects upon the alleged incompatibility of Islam and popular culture, the antipathy toward the study of popular culture in the field of Islamic studies, and the question of what it is that puts "the popular" into culture. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 7 (2017)