• Ismailism, Conversion, and Syncretism in Arab Sind." Bulletin of the Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies 11 (1992): 5-13.
• "Real Men and False Men at the Court of Akbar: The Majalis of Shaykh Mustafa Gujarati." In Beyond Turk and Hindu: Rethinking Religious Identities in Islamicate South Asia, ed. Bruce Lawrence and David Gilmartin, 199-215. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000.
• "La sociologie de l'engagement politique: le Mahdawiya indien et l'Etat." Revue des mondes musulmans et de la mediterranee: Mahdisme et millenarisme en Islam, ed. Mercedes Garcia-Arenal, 239-256. Paris: Edisud, 2000.
• "The Sociology of Political Engagement: The Mahdaviyah and the State." In India's Islamic Traditions, 711-1750, ed. Richard M. Eaton, 150-168. Themes in Indian History; Oxford in India Readings. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003.
• "Realizing the Ummah in British Columbia: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Double Diaspora of Asian Muslims." In Asian Religions in British Columbia, ed. Donald Baker, Larry de Vries, and Dan Overmyer. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, in press.

Multi-media Communication

• Cultural and Religious Artifacts and Artifact Types of the Montreal Muslim Community. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, National Museum of Man, 1985. A collection and description of artifacts and photographs of artifacts of the Muslim communities of Montreal.

Encyclopedia articles

• "Cac-nama," in Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1st edition, 1990.
• "'Ala'i, Shaykh," in Encyclopaedia of Islam, 3d edition, 2007.
• "Arur," in Encyclopaedia of Islam, 3d edition, 2007.

Book reviews

• In Indian Economic and Social History Review, International History Review, Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn -Arabi Society, Pacific Affairs, Religious Studies Review.

Canada Research Fellowship (1988-1991)