x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

The AMI Podcast

Al-Mahdi Institute

AMI Podcasts explore a range of different topics including the latest cutting-edge research within the field of Islamic Studies, book reviews by prominent authors and academics, and discussions among scholars of diverse faiths and denominations within Islam.

religion & spirituality islam

All Episodes

00:50:58

Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/29

Dr Cyrus Ali Zargar discusses his book "Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism" with Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani. Islamic philosophy and Sufism evolved as distinct yet interweaving strands of Islamic thought and practice. Despite differences, they have shared a concern with the perfection of the soul through the development of character. In The Polished Mirror, Cyrus Ali Zargar studies the ways in which, through teaching and storytelling, pre-modern Muslims

en

00:17:19

Islamic Ruling in Modern Era by Shaykh Yeamin Arafat

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/29

The generally perceived notion/purpose of ijtihād is to provide a solution where there is no direct text on a particular issue. Given that within the theories of Islamic law, it is a well-accepted fact that an ijtihād would not necessarily negate another ijtihād on the same issue, one may arrive at the question of sanctity in relation to the fatwas issued as a result of different ijtihāds being carried out. This study therefore looks at whether the body of fatwas issued are any less in their

en

00:14:43

Islamic Case-based Learning (iCBL) as a...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/29

This paper will discuss the impact of the case method on three separate cohorts, all in the context of Islamic education. Although a very widely used tool in higher education, the use of the case method is rare in Islamic education, normally being superseded by a traditional didactic or instructive style of teaching, a feature that often extends across most age groups and even into specialised seminary learning. Retrospective observational analysis was conducted on three separate cohorts in the

en

00:13:52

Averroes’ Defence of “Islamic” Philosophy by Sayyid...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/29

Averroes adopted a legal-centric epistemological framework in order to prove #Philosophy as #Islamic. The main focus was to demonstrate to what extent philosophy was Islamic using Averroes’ systematised framework from his legal treatise,Kitāb faṣl al-maqālas a rebuttal to Muslim jurists who considered philosophy as anti-Islamic. Using Averroes’ legal treatise, Sayyid Wajee showed how Averroes employs the legal methodology and the principles adopted by Muslim jurists against them, highlighting the

en

00:18:20

The Allowability to Emigrate to non-Muslim Countries...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/29

The presentation aimed to cover the question of whether Muslims are allowed to reside in non-Muslim majority countries under the condition of religious freedom. It encompassed an analysis of the major textual evidence on this topic, regardless of whether they argue for permissibility or prohibition. The focus is to engage with the seemingly contradictory arguments considering their authenticity, historical context and meaning, in the hope of coming close to, or advancing, the understanding of

en

00:13:36

Diversity within Shia Islam by Ali R Khaki

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/29

Diversity within Shia Islam

en

00:21:06

Islam and Science by Dr Stephen Jones

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/29

Dr. Jones presented a paper on ‘Islam and Science’, which drew on previous research on perceptions of evolution by the research team for the project ‘Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum’, as well asnew researchbeing conducted on views of Islam and science among Muslim religious leaders. He spoke about the findings of a survey of British Muslims on science and evolution, highlighting that British Muslims are marginally more likely to identify with science than the wider British public but

en

00:15:14

Female Scholarship Within the Community by Shahanaz...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/29

This presentation looked at narratives dealing with the experiences of female scholars within the Sunni Muslim community in the UK, with a focus on the South Asian community. The South Asian community is responsible for setting up many of the traditional Islamic learning institutions (darul ulums) in the UK for both male and female students. Many of these institutions will follow the same curriculum whereby students will study the same texts and subjects, yet female graduates often face greater

en

00:19:17

The Centre for Islamic Decrees and Doctrines (Dār...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/29

Dr. Rajani explained the dynamics of the abovementioned Centre, explaining how scholars from various denominations come together and attempt to give unified responses to some of the questions and challenges facing Muslims today. Dr. Rajani clarified the processes and methods that the Centre employs to try and arrive at jointly agreed opinions, which are then disseminated in the form of online statements. Hitherto, the Centre has produces 43 statements, ranging from jurisprudential issues – like the

en

00:24:26

Book Review: 'Islam as Power: Shi‛i Revivalism in the...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/28

Providing an in-depth and extensive analysis of the concept of power as articulated by Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (1935–2010), this case study analyses the systemic conceptualisation of power and his argumentation of sacralising Islamised power. The volume also offers a quick overview of how the concept was understood and articulated by other Shi‛ite jurists such as Ayatollah Khomeini. Examining Fadlallah’s oeuvre, in particular his seminal book Islam and the Logic of Power [ al-Islam wa-mantiq

en

00:45:59

Fārābī on the Future Contingent Propositions and...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/24

Dr Zarepour demonstrated Fārābī’s interpretation of Aristotle’s work on logical fallibilism. He showed how Fārābī’s views differs from Aristotle on logical and theological fatalism. To reject these types of fatalism, Fārābī argues that the truth values of future contingent propositions are already distributed but this distribution is indefinite. As a result, that a contingent proposition is now true does not make it necessary in itself. Formalising Fārābī’s solutions to the problems of

en

00:14:31

Female Scholarship and Authority in Islamic Scripture...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/13

Dr Amina Inloes presents "Female Scholarship and Authority in Islamic Scripture"

en

00:21:06

Theorising Diversity & Difference within Muslims...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/09

Dr Ali Reza Bhojani discusses "Theorising Diversity & Difference within Muslims Scholarly traditions"

en

00:19:57

Theorising Diversity & Difference within Muslim...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/11/08

Shaykh Umar Ramadhan presents "Theorising Diversity & Difference within Muslim Traditions"

en

00:23:12

Book Review: 'Opposing the Imām: The Legacy of the...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/10/27

Islam’s fourth caliph, Ali can be considered one of the most revered figures in Islamic history. His nearly universal portrayal in Muslim literature as a pious authority obscures centuries of contestation and the eventual rehabilitation of his character. In this book, Nebil Husayn examines the enduring legacy of the nawasib, early Muslims who hated Ali and his descendants. The nawasib participated in politics and discussions on religion at least until the ninth century. However, their virtual

en

00:12:00

Book Review: 'The Khārijites in Early Islamic...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/10/05

Why are stories told about the Khārijites? The Islamic tradition portrays Khārijism as a heretical movement of militantly pious zealots, a notion largely reiterated by what little there is of modern scholarship on the Khārijites. Hannah-Lena Hagemann moves away from the usual studies of Khārijite history 'as it really was' and instead examines its narrative function in early Islamic historiography. From the Khārijites' origins at the Battle of Ṣiffīn in 657 CE until the death of the

en

00:06:49

Book Review: 'Sexual Violation in Islamic Law' by Dr...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/08/30

This book provides a detailed analysis of Islamic juristic writings on the topic of rape and argues that classical Islamic jurisprudence contained nuanced, substantially divergent doctrines of sexual violation as a punishable crime. The work centers on legal discourses of the first six centuries of Islam, the period during which these discourses reached their classical forms, and chronicles the juristic conflict over whether or not to provide monetary compensation to victims. Along with tracing the

en

00:10:06

Book Review: 'Ash'arism Encounters Avicennism: Sayf...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/08/30

This study of Sayf al-Dīn al-Āmidī’s (d. 631/1233) teachings on creation offers close analysis of all of his extant works of falsafa and kalām. Some of these were not known to previous scholars, yet they bear witness to key facets of the interaction between the historically inimical traditions of Hellenic philosophy and rational theology at this important intellectual moment. Al-Āmidī is seen to grapple with the encounter of two paradigms for the discussion of creation. On the one hand, Ibn Sīnā’s

en

00:48:27

Book Review: 'Visions of Sharia: Contemporary...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/08/30

In Visions of Sharīʿa: Contemporary Discussions in Shī ͑ī Legal Theory Bhojani, De Rooij and Bohlander present the first broad examination of ways in which legal theory ( uṣūl al-fiqh) within Twelver Shīʿī thought continues to be a forum for vibrant debates regarding the assumptions, epistemology and hermeneutics of Sharīʿa in contemporary Shīʿī thought. Bringing together authoritative voices and emerging scholars, from both ‘traditional’ seminaries and ‘Western’ academies, the distinct critical

en

00:12:10

Book Review: 'A Secular Age by Charles Taylor' by Dr...

The AMI Podcast ·

2021/08/30

What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we - in the West, at least - largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries. In what will be a defining book for our time, Charles Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean - of what, precisely, happens when a society in which it is virtually impossible not to believe in God becomes one in which faith, even for the staunchest

en

318 results

Similar Podcasts

Jeff Haygood, Pastor

PodPoint

PASTOR ALVARO VALENCIA

Pastor Alvaro Valencia

Grace Life Church CT.

Joseph Levesque

Pleasant View Church

Ted Nance

Christian Heritage Church"s Podcast

PodPoint