Both “Islamic history” and “global history” have been critiqued as categories of historical analysis in recent years; might bringing them together help put both to work in more productive ways? As anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies are ramped up in our public spheres, and as the academy –and historical scholarship in particular—are subject to sustained ideological attack, what are the responsibilities of historians in Europe and America writing about Muslim history as global history? Is it possible to bridge the chasm between disciplined knowledge-production and divisive, myth-peddling white noise?