From Harvard University Gazette.

Central to the program is Asani's cultural studies approach. Instead of
viewing Islam merely through doctrinal texts, devotional practices, or
interpretations of the Koran, Asani stresses the importance of drawing
from a deeper well of historical, political, and economic contexts to
understand how Islam developed in the Arabian peninsula and spread
throughout the world, adapting to indigenous customs and cultures.

"People cull the Koran for inflammatory passages and immediately
proclaim Islam a violent religion and the source of terrorist violence,
but the same doesn't happen with similar bloody passages in the New
Testament or Torah because we understand these religions as phenomena
occurring in a broader culture.

The idea that Muslims commit violence solely because of their religion
strips them of their history, their cultural, political, and historical
contexts, and ultimately leads to their dehumanization.

Everything that happens in a Muslim majority society or that a Muslim does cannot be naively attributed to Islam.

Wow ... how odd to come across this. I know Asani personally. I hope his work gets a little exposure; he's been fighting the good fight (i.e., against ignorance) for a long, long time.