Liyakat N. Takim is a professor of religious studies and holds the Sharjah Chair in Global Islam at McMaster University in Ontario. His focus is in the area of charisma and the struggle for authority in the classical period of Islam. He is the author of The Heirs of the Prophet: Charisma and Religious Authority in Shi’ite Islam.
| Website | http://www.religiousstudies.mcmaster.ca/faculty/ltakim |
| Email address | ltakim@mcmaster.ca |
| Phone number | 905-525-9140, ext. 20521 |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices |
| Locations | Canada |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Faiths | Islam |
| Languages | English |