Mehmet Karabela teaches in the School of Religion and the Department of History at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. He is the author of Islamic Thought through Protestant Eyes (Routledge, 2021) and Mustafa Sabri Efendi (Opsi Press, 2021). Karabela’s articles and writings have also appeared in edited books and journals. He has taught courses on Islam, religion and democracy, political theology, and religion and politics in Muslim societies as well as seminars such as the European perception of Jews and Muslims during the Enlightenment and Muslims, Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire.