Podcasts about al azhar university

This week, we share a clip from the latest episode of the Courage My Friends podcast series. In this episode, host Resh Budhu sat down with visiting professor and dean of the faculty of agriculture and veterinary medicine at Gaza's Al-Azhar University, Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban. The two discuss the weaponization of already fragile food systems in Gaza, the acceleration of the climate crisis through conflict and Palestinian resilience under occupation. Listen to the full episode here. And, if you'd like to hear more from the Courage My Friends podcast, please subscribe to Needs No Introduction. Available on rabble.ca, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.  About our guest  Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban is a visiting professor at York University in the faculties of liberal arts & professional studies and environmental and urban change. He is also dean of the faculty of agriculture and veterinary medicine at Al-Azhar University in Gaza. His work focuses on food systems and climate vulnerability, particularly the impact of conflict on agricultural production and food security in the Gaza Strip. Dr. Abu Shaban plays a leading role in advancing higher education in crisis settings and co-founded the Emergency Committee of Universities in Gaza. If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca.

In episode nine of the Courage My Friends series, we welcome visiting professor and dean of the faculty of agriculture and veterinary medicine at Gaza's Al-Azhar University, Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban. We discuss the weaponization of already fragile food systems in Gaza, the acceleration of the climate crisis through conflict and Palestinian resilience under occupation.   Reflecting on the nexus of food, climate and occupation, Abu Shaban shares: “My father passed away in 2021 and we had a farm in Gaza. This farm was destroyed several times. And this farm is an olive trees farm. And olives, you know, you need to wait at least three to five years to get production out of it.So several times we cultivate the seedlings … The Israelis come inside … and destroy the land, cut the trees. My father would just … recultivate the trees again. I told him, Listen, but this is really too expensive because we are investing a lot of money in this and we never see the production of them. And my father said, Let them cut it for 100 times and we will recultivate for 101 times." About today's guest:  Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban is a visiting professor at York University in the faculties of liberal arts & professional studies and environmental and urban change. He is also dean of the faculty of agriculture and veterinary medicine at Al-Azhar University in Gaza. His work focuses on food systems and climate vulnerability, particularly the impact of conflict on agricultural production and food security in the Gaza Strip. Dr. Abu Shaban plays a leading role in advancing higher education in crisis settings and co-founded the Emergency Committee of Universities in Gaza. Transcript of this episode can be accessed at georgebrown.ca/TommyDouglasInstitute.  Image: Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban  / Used with permission. Music: Ang Kahora. Lynne, Bjorn. Rights Purchased.  Intro Voices: Ashley Booth (Podcast Announcer); Bob Luker (Tommy)  Courage My Friends podcast organizing committee: Chandra Budhu, Ashley Booth, Resh Budhu.  Produced by: Resh Budhu, Tommy Douglas Institute and Breanne Doyle, rabble.ca.  Host: Resh Budhu. 

Dr. Kareem Ali is an Egyptian doctor and medical educator specializing in clinical toxicology and therapeutic nutrition. He graduated from Al-Azhar University in 2001 and earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Toxicology in 2013. Dr. Ali also holds a Master's in Family Medicine from the University of Oradea in Romania.As a passionate advocate for health education, he is the founder of several YouTube channels, including Fekr Tany Channel, Dr. Kareem Ali Channel, and New Thought Channel, where he shares his medical expertise and insights on health and wellness.Dr. Ali is also the author of the FekrTany Encyclopaedia, a comprehensive work on health topics, with four volumes published by 2021. He has dedicated his career to advancing knowledge in toxicology, nutrition, and preventive healthcare.#hikmatwehbipodcast #kareemali#podcast#arabicpodcast#hikmatwehbipodcast #wstudiodxbحكمت_وهبي#حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست##

My guest in this episode is Dr Mkhaimar Abusada, He received his PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1996 and is an associate professor at Al-Azhar University of Gaza and the former chair of the university's political science department. He has authored one book, and many academic articles in local and internationally recognized academic journals. He has also written for Project Syndicate, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Washington Institute for Near East Policy. We talked about his experience leaving Gaza at the beginning of the war and then we delved into international and Palestinian politics.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/jerusalemunplugged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this episode of Uppu Podcast, we sit down with Hamdan MAK, a traveler and scholar who has explored Egypt, Turkey, and Iran extensively. From the vibrant student life at Al-Azhar University to the deep-rooted cultural and social aspects of these regions, Hamdan shares his firsthand experiences and insights.

This is our second interview with Dr. Altalla, surgeon at the last fully functional hospital in Gaza, Al-Aqsa, which suffered an airstrike yesterday from the Israeli regime in their courtyard, killing 5+ and maiming others. This was recorded weeks ago following the massacre at Al-Mawasi, the victims from which Dr. Altalla treated. So some of the information is dated but the overall value of the information concerning the medical situation in Gaza is beyond relevant. The internet connection was very spotty at best and required hours of editing to make it viewable. Dr. Altalla also has to be mindful of potential drone strikes on his location as the Israeli regime actively hunts medical staff to further terrorize their resilient people of Gaza. We discuss the dire shortage of medical supplies, the impending Polio pandemic poised to sweep the population of Gaza, the improvisation and bravery by medical staff to make due with what little resources they have to save lives, and some positive moments in the midst of this hell. A teaching assistant at The Faculty of Medicine at Al Azhar University in Cairo and a medical director of Al Amal Health Center. Dr. Altalla wakes up every day to manage the critical task as surgeon for the Surgery Department of Al Aqsa Hospital. Dr. Altalla had the misfortune of witnessing one of the worst surges of patients as a result of the Al Nussiret Massacre which resulted in 270 + murdered and over 700 severely injured. In defiance of the nightmarish and unsafe conditions weaponized to drive medical staff out of Gaza, Dr. Altalla refuses to evacuate until there is a permanent ceasefire. Dr. Altalla is trying to raise money for his Master's in the UK. You can support Dr. Altalla through his Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-dr-mohammeds-medical-mission-in-gaza?utm_campaign=p_cp+fundraiser-sidebar&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.mohammed_altalla?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== #doctors #nurses #medical #hospital #paramedics #medicine #crises #disaster

Special thanks for the audio mastering done by former Gaza resident Mohammed “MoKu” Kutkut (ig @mokutkut) to bring it to some level of clarity. Words cannot describe the horrific state of Gaza's healthcare system (if it can be described as such) or the point of view of medical personnel taking on the harrowing task of saving as many lives as feasibly possible under a genocidal siege, but Dr. Mohammed Altalla does his best to do so as one of the few doctors still alive or in the capacity to take on such a burden in Gaza's only fully functioning hospital, Al Aqsa. A teaching assistant at The Faculty of Medicine at Al Azhar University in Cairo and a medical director of Al Amal Health Center. Dr. Altalla wakes up every day to manage the critical task as surgeon for the Surgery Department of Al Aqsa Hospital. Dr. Altalla had the misfortune of witnessing one of the worst surges of patients as a result of the Al Nussiret Massacre which resulted in 270 + murdered and over 700 severely injured. In defiance of the nightmarish and unsafe conditions weaponized to drive medical staff out of Gaza, Dr. Altalla refuses to evacuate until there is a permanent ceasefire. As electricity is in obvious scarcity, the internet coverage being extremely undependable, a couple bombs being dropped in the background when he was recording and a drone loitering overhead the entire time, the interview had over a dozen interruptions with very poor quality of audio and video capture, so editing the final result only yielded so much. Yet despite the technical nightmare of interviewing anybody within the kill box of Gaza, the good doctor was able to convey the plight of medical workers throughout the strip, the aftermath of the Al Nussiret Massacre, the grave nature of the IDF's sadism towards medical staff and patients at Al Shifa hospital as a campaign of democide, the more probable estimate of Gaza's casualties being North of 50,000 murdered, a personal story of a specific patient who left a permanent imprint on his heart, and the faith that drives most of Gaza's medical staff into hell's gates for the sake of any innocent lives they may manage to preserve. You can support Dr. Altalla through his Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-dr-mohammeds-medical-mission-in-gaza?utm_campaign=p_cp+fundraiser-sidebar&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.mohammed_altalla?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== #doctors #nurses #medical #hospital #paramedics #medicine #crises #disaster#internationalnews #warzoneclips #veteran #politicalnews #palestina #politics #political #internationalrelations #internationallaw #colonialoutcasts #counterterrorism #globalsecurity #warinukraine #warinukraine2024 #taiwannews #chinataiwan #chinataiwanconflict

- The 26th chapter of the Qur'ān, ash-Shu‘arā' (The Poets), discusses the role of poets in society, and their commentary on current events of their time, including injustice and evil rulers - Since 1948, Palestinians have faced displacement and denial of their identity. - The 1917 Balfour Declaration by the British favored a Jewish homeland in Palestine, marginalizing the Arab majority as "existing non-Jewish communities." - This had far reaching implications that we are seeing even today, with the conflict in the Middle East - Despite this, around 140 countries now recognize a Palestinian state, with recent recognitions from Spain, Norway, and Ireland. - There is optimism for broader international support, including potential shifts in U.S. policy regarding Palestinian UN membership. - The Shi‘i community has survived various historical challenges as well, including persecution by different regimes. - Notable recognition: Shaykh Maḥmūd Shaltūt of Al-Azhar University issued a 1959 fatwa accepting the Shi‘a Ja‘fari madhahb as a legitimate Islamic school of thought. - Current mufti of Egypt, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭayyib, supports the legitimacy of the Shi‘a school and dismisses myths about differences in the Qur'an. - They are also displaying acceptance of marriages into Shi'a families, and reject fatwas from other countries declaring Shias as heretics. - The struggle for recognition and rights, both for Palestinians and the Shi‘i community, reflects a broader themes of justice and resilience in the face of oppression. Friday Juma Khutba May 31st, 2024 Donate towards our programs today: https://jaffari.org/donate/ Jaffari Community Centre (JCC Live)

This week concludes our old timey vocabulary lesson. We hope you learned a lot you off the hooks, draggle-tailed, Irish apricots you! Then Sam gives us the cheesy action movie version of the story of Gideon from the Bible. 300 men never kicked so much ass!   Shoutout: Erin Hattamer - Pass the Hat TT: @erinhattamer IG: @erinhatta Get That Shit: Operation Olive Branch Support Raghad & her family to escape war in Gaza Raghad is a young woman from Gaza. She has been studying oral and maxillofacial surgery to help Gaza's community at Al Azhar University. That was until the IDF bombed the university. Since the beginning of the IDF's push into Gaza Raghad and her family members have been uprooted five different times. Your donations will help Raghad and her family with securing passage to somewhere safe, starting a new life in a foreign in place and to help Raghad to finish her dream of becoming a Dental Surgeon.  https://www.gofundme.com/f/Helping-raghad-her-family-to-escape-war-in-gaza  or look in our linktree for direct link. 

A handwritten map is all Mamadou Barry had to guide him from Guinea to Egypt.At the age of 24 he had reached a crossroads in his life. Having failed his final year secondary school exams five times in a row, he set his sights on a different type of education. Mamadou had heard about the prestigious Al Azhar University in Egypt, but could not afford a plane ticket. So he decided to set off on an epic adventure, travelling by bike, and leaving his home in Guinea with only $55, a small bag of clothes and tools, and a map he had drawn himself.Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Rob Wilson Translator and interpreter: Olivier Weber Voiceover artist: Gaïus KoweneArchive was from the official YouTube channel for Will Smith

Parvez and Omar are honored to be joined by Shaykh Jamaal Diwan, co-founder and Resident Scholar at The Majlis. This was a wide-ranging conversation with Shaykh Jamaal discussing his personal journey connecting with his faith, his studies at Al-Azhar University, and the principles underlying The Majlis. Beyond his personal journey the conversation touches on parenting, the challenges of nurturing a sense of community in the United States, a "cultural topography" of Southern California, and much more. This is an excellent companion episode to Episode 131 with his wife Shaykha Muslema Purmul, co-founder and Religious Director at The Majlis.       About Shaykh Jamaal Diwan Shaykh Jamaal Diwan was born and raised in Southern California to parents from Newfoundland and Pakistan. He accepted Islam in 2003 while at UCSD. After getting married and graduating from UCSD in Third World Studies, he and his wife moved to Egypt to study Arabic and Islamic Studies. He stayed there for the better part of the next seven years finishing an undergraduate degree in Sharia from al-Azhar. During that time he also completed two years of graduate work in Islamic Studies from the American University in Cairo. In addition to his formal studies he has also obtained ijazat (traditional licenses to transmit and teach) in various branches of Islamic Studies such as aqidah, fiqh, tazkiyah, and hadith. Upon returning from Egypt in 2011 he has served as a religious teacher and instructor in Southern California in various capacities such as Resident Scholar, University Chaplain, and Islamic Studies teacher. He cofounded The Majlis with his wife, Shaykha Muslema Purmul. The Majlis seeks to nurture safe community spaces where people can learn and live Islam, based on the traditional sources of understanding the faith, while acknowledging the particular challenges of the American context. It focuses its efforts on religious education, spiritual refinement, love, and service. He is a father of two, residing in Southern California with his family.  

Professor Nick Maynard trained at Oxford University, Guy's Hospital, London, and Melbourne, Australia. He is a Consultant Upper GI Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Oxford University. He set up the Oxford Oesophagogastric Cancer Centre in 1997 and is the Senior Surgeon and Clinical Lead. From 2021 to 2023 he was President of the Association of Upper GI Surgery for Great Britain and Ireland (AUGIS), demitting in September 2023. Nick first visited Palestine in 2008, and since 2010 he has been visiting Gaza regularly. Each October he leads a group of Oxford Consultants specialising in surgery, medicine, paediatrics, and obstetrics to Gaza to teach medical students from the Islamic University of Gaza and Al Azhar University. Nick also works with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP UK) as part of their surgical team to travel into Gaza to carry out and teach advanced upper gastrointestinal surgery for cancer and benign diseases. In December 2023 with MAP Nick led the first UK medical mission into Gaza during the current conflict and worked at Al Aqsa Hospital for 2 weeks. He will be returning to Gaza shortly. Nick joined the Board of Trustees of IMET2000 (International Medical Education Trust) in 2016 and has been Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2018.

As the horrors of Gaza multiply, we are joined by:- Ahmed Najar, playwright, director, actor, financial analyst who has family in Gaza and studied at Al Azhar University in Gaza- Uri Goren, an Israeli man who cousin was kidnapped by Hamas- Dr. Brenda Kelly from Gaza Medic Voices on the latest humanitarian crisisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do we revive a strong thinking scholarly tradition? Our guest this week is Dr. Shuayb Wani, he is the Director and Co-Founder of the Dār Al ‘Ilm Institute https://daralilm.org. His course on the Islamic worldview is currently running and is available online. He grew up in Indian occupied Kashmir and started his quest to learn Islamic ‘Ulūm during his schooling years. He completed his foundational Islāmic Studies in India, and Al-Azhar University, Egypt. He devoted 10 years studying advanced Islāmic Studies specializing in Usūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) at the International Islamic University, Malaysia. Please consider making a donation, however small, to The Thinking Muslim, to receive a share in the reward and to help us make a greater impact. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can donate either through a one-time contribution: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donateor join our Patreon to get access to exclusive events: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMu...You can now purchase our Thinking Muslim mug here https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch Sign up to our newsletter https://jalalayn.substack.com.........................As always, you can comment your thoughts below.Find us on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We often hear from Muslims that our ummah suffers from disunity on a local, national, and international level. Slight differences of opinion can cause major divisions. Our countries remain deeply divided between themselves and there is an impression that has consolidated that we will not be able to recover our position. This situation has led to despondency. Helplessness and in the extreme an acceptance of the status quo. But is this written? Is there anything we can do about this parlous situation? Have we come to the end of Muslim civilisation and are we now merely managing decline? Are we waiting for the Mahdi, a leader who will change our situation? Or is there anything we can do about our predicament? To help us understand the issues of unity and division from an Islamic perspective we have invited Shaykh Dr. Shuayb Wani. Dr. Shuayb Wani is the Director and Co-Founder of the Dār Al ‘Ilm Institute. He grew up in Indian-occupied Kashmir and started his quest to learn Islamic ‘Ulūm during his schooling years. He completed his foundational Islāmic Studies in India, and Al-Azhar University, Egypt. He devoted 10 years studying advanced Islāmic Studies specializing in Usūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) at the International Islamic University, Malaysia. He holds a Ph.D in : “The Legal Thought of Imam al-Shafi‘i” which was published in 2021. He has 20 years experience of teaching Islamic ulum. He lives in Istanbul with his family. Please consider making a donation, however small, to The Thinking Muslim, to receive a share in the reward and to help us make a greater impact. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate⁠⁠

Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.

This episode was recorded on Jan 10th, 2023. Sheikha Fatima Barkatulla is an Islamic scholar, author, and director of Muslim Womanhood, an organization that builds resilience and educates Muslim women in the West. She completed her Islamic education in the UK and studied Classical Arabic in Egypt at Al-Azhar University. She holds a Masters degree in Islamic Law from SOAS, University of London, where she received the Doreen Hinchcliffe Memorial Prize for best performance in her year. Fatima is the author of 'Khadijah, Islam's First Lady', and her research focuses on British female converts to Islam. Sheikha Fatima Barkatulla's book: Khadijah, The Story of Islam's First Lady: https://amzn.to/3uZsij2 Muslim Womanhood: www.muslimwomanhood.org Follow Fatima Barkatulla: https://www.youtube.com/fatimabarkatulla Muslim Central Podcast: https://muslimcentral.com/audio/fatima-barkatulla/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/fatimabarkatula   Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tammy.m.peterson/ Faceboook: https://www.facebook.com/MrsTammyMPeterson  

Join us where we welcomed the Women behind Manara! 'Manara' deriving from an Arabic name meaning light- Laila & Iliana truly are beacons of light. With a mission to unlock the human potential of the Middle East and North Africa, Manara are building a community committed to diversifying the global tech sector while uplifting the economies of the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on Palestine and women. Laila Abudahi is CTO and Co-Founder of Manara, a social impact start-up connecting talented developers from the Middle East and North Africa to global job opportunities. Manara focuses especially on Palestine and female developers. Lalia was born and raised in Gaza, where she graduated with a degree in computer engineering from Al-Azhar University, she hacked her way from Gaza into becoming a software engineer at top tech companies in Silicon Valley, working at Nvidia as a senior software engineer building autonomous vehicles. Iliana Montauk is a Polish-American who started studying Arabic at the age of 17. She has worked at Google and Upwork, where she was a product manager in charge of the supply side of the largest talent marketplace in the world. Before Manara, she co-founded and directed Gaza Sky Geeks, a startup accelerator & tech hub in Gaza run by Mercy Corps and funded by Google. While she was there, she ran the largest crowdfunding campaign in the history of the Arab region and increased women's participation in talent pipeline activities from 25% to 49%. She holds a BA from Harvard and is a Fulbright Fellow. Tune in to find out more about the amazing work Manara is carrying out.

Today on Tech Sisters Stories we're excited to have Esraa Qandeel. Esraa is a software engineer at Trilogy. She graduated from Al Azhar University and has a master's degree in computer software engineering from Arizona State University Key Lessons from this Episode Esraa's top tips for surviving technical interviews (9:25) Don't face huge complex problems head-on. Break them down into small pieces first (19:35) Esraa's experience working in tech as a niqabi (28:43) If companies care about the quality of their code, I should care about the quality of my life (40:10) Show Notes and Transcript: https://www.tech-sisters.com/2022/11/esraa-qandeel/ Leave a Review: https://buff.ly/3o3ifG7 Patreon: patreon.com/techsisters

"Cairo Conspiracy" had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Screenplay. Sweden has selected the film as the official entry for this year's Best International Feature Film Oscar. Director and writer Tarik Selah was kind enough to spend time talking with us about what it was like crafting this thriller set within the world-renowned Al-Azhar University in Cairo, working with actor Tawfeek Barhom, what he has planned for the future, and more. Please take a listen, enjoy and thank you!   Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

Did you know Palestine has not held presidential elections since 2005? While an array of factors have contributed to that drought, one is the national divide between its two largest parties, Fatah and Hamas. With tensions rising across the region, and with violence spiking in the West Bank, now is a crucial time to examine this divide and its vast impact. On a new episode of EveryDay Voices, we break down this issue with Dr. Mkhaimar Abusada: associate professor and chairman of the department of political science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza. Alongside our hosts Ezzeldeen Masri and Andrew Hirsh, Dr. Abusada shares key insights from the ground, along with historical context and what the future holds. Written and recorded by Ezz Masri and Andrew Hirsh Edited by Andrew Hirsh Music: Kalte Ohren (septahelix remix) by septahelix (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/septahelix/59527 Ft: starfrosch

Season 2 Finale Donate! supportmu.org View the Future Masjid! https://youtu.be/QwO0qwyD5DA Shaykh Ubaydullah Evans is ALIM's first Scholar-in-Residence. He converted to Islam while in high school. Upon conversion, Shaykh Ubaydullah began studying some of the foundational books of Islam under the private tutelage of local scholars while simultaneously pursuing a degree in journalism from Columbia. Since then he has studied at Chicagoland's Institute of Islamic Education (IIE), in Tarim, Yemen, and Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, where he graduated from its Shari'a program. Shaykh Ubaydullah also instructs with the Ta'leef Collective and the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN), and Miftaah Institute. As the ALIM Scholar-in-Residence, Shaykh Ubaydullah is a core instructor at the ALIM Summer Program. He teaches History of Islamic Law, Shama'il, and Aphorisms of Ibn Ata'illah along with other courses.

Donate! supportmu.org View the Future Masjid! https://youtu.be/QwO0qwyD5DA Mufti Asif Umar was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed his memorization of the Holy Quran and the intensive Alim course program at the Institute of Islamic Education (IIE) in Elgin, Illinois. At IIE, Mufti Asif received extensive training in Arabic, Quran, Hadith, and Islamic Jurisprudence (including the laws of inheritance), among other subjects. Mufti Asif was fortunate to be among the final students of Shaykhul Hadith Maulana Muhammad Na'eem (Rahmatullahi Alayhi). Following his graduation in 2007, Mufti Asif enrolled at Madrasah In'aamiyyah in Durban, South Africa, where he completed a 2-year postgraduate course (Iftaa) specializing in Islamic Law, where he acquired the ability to issue legal verdicts under the tutelage of Mufti Ebrahim Desai. Following his time there, he spent several months studying Arabic at Al-Diwan Center in Cairo, Egypt, and independently under the tutelage of scholars at Al-Azhar University. Upon his return to the United States, Mufti Asif taught Quran and Fiqh at Madinatul Uloom in Virginia before returning to his hometown, St. Louis, where he has served as Imam of the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis since 2012. https://www.instagram.com/islamicfoundationstl/ https://www.youtube.com/c/IslamicFoundationSTL https://www.facebook.com/islamicfoundationstl/ https://www.instagram.com/stlimam/ ⏰ New episode every week!

Taken from an IG Live done in February 2022 where I chopped it with my good friend, Umair Haseeb on the relationship between sartorialism and spirituality, specifically from the Islamic context. Umair is a young student of knowledge who graduated from the Qayrawayin University in Fes, Morocco and is continuing studies at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.  He's also well known for his fine taste in men's clothing.  

Donate! supportmu.org View the Future Masjid! https://youtu.be/QwO0qwyD5DA Shaykh Rizwan Ali is currently the Imam and Religious Director of the Islamic Center of Naperville. He completed his bachelor's degree from Benedictine University in Social Sciences and a minor in Secondary Education. He completed his master's degree from Saint Xavier University in Curriculum and Instruction. He completed his doctorate in Educational Leadership at Creighton University. He completed his Islamic Studies degree from Al Azhar University in Cairo. He works very closely with the youth at CPSA as an Islamic Studies Teacher for boys from 7-12th grade, and Head of the Arabic and Islamic Studies Department. He also is an instructor at Mishkah University and part of the Academic Committee. ⏰ New episode every week!

In this week's episode, I discuss with Dr. Omar Husain holding a Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is also a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, thus making him very familiar with mental health, substance abuse, and the nature of addiction. He is also a graduate of Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, where he attained a degree in Islamic studies and Arabic. His knowledge of the Islamic and social sciences makes him uniquely equipped to address contemporary issues such as the topic of addiction facing the Muslim community.In this episode, we seek to break the silence and shed light on this unfortunate but very real problem within our communities. We dive into intriguing questions such as what differentiates an unhealthy behavior from an addiction? How do people become addicted to something? How can parents prevent their children from substance abuse through modeling and open communication? How should families respond to a relative with an addiction?  How we as an Ummah should approach this crisis to support our brothers and sisters struggling with the issue of addiction? & Much more. If you benefit, consider liking, sharing, and subscribing.We look forward to hearing from you!Dr. Omar Husainhttps://www.drohcounseling.comAlMaghrib Online Coursehttps://www.almaghrib.online/insideout/Instagram/TikTok/ Twitter/Facebook@talkyahaqq

Back from a holiday and COVID hiatus...I had the opportunity to facilitate a conversation between Umar Lee and Ubaydullah Evans on the state of American Muslims. Ubaydullah Evans is the Scholar-in-Residence at ALIM (American Learning Initiative for Muslims). He converted to Islam in high school and went on to obtain his degree in Shariah from Al-Azhar University in Egypt. He is also active with the Inner City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) and Ta'leef Collective in Chicago. Umar Lee is a writer, media personality and political activist from St. Louis, Missouri. He converted to Islam 30 years ago in 1992. He is a previous guest on the podcast. The topics we discussed are: -The ethics of accepting converts into a dysfunctional community -Are most white converts identity seekers? -The decline of Black American Islam -Racism and Classism amongst South Asians and Arabs -When piety becomes extremism -When pushing a fake image of religiosity leads to mental health problems -Muslims proclivity to conspiracy theories You can support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/sultansandsneakers

Swedish artist & anarchist Ivan Aguéli, became Muslim in Paris in the late nineteenth century. Known also as Abd al-Hadi, we learn that he was one of the first Western Europeans to be educated at Al-Azhar University, where he studied Arabic and Islamic philosophy.

Raed ShakShak is a resident of Gaza and the outreach coordinator for We Are Not Numbers. He graduated from Al-Azhar University in Gaza with a degree in English language and literature.

Dr. Mufti Abdur-Rahman's experiences and personal memories with Shaykh Taha Karaan Rahimahullah. A short video describing his enriching legacy, mannerism and honour. Many lessons for us to learn from his life... Taha Karaan was born in Cape Town. He was the son of Yusuf Karaan. He memorized the Qur'an at Waterfall Islamic Institute and went to study at the Darul Uloom Deoband from where he graduated in 1991 with highest grades. He later studied for two years at the Al-Azhar University.

A ceasefire is holding between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, but that's a long way from lasting peace. We talk to Daniel Taub, a former Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, and Mkhaimer Abusada, professor of political science at Al Azhar University in Gaza. Plus, we discuss efforts to rebuild in Gaza, and the roadblocks to doing so, with Isam Hammad, an engineer and regional manager of the medical equipment company Intermed.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has gone from bad to worse. The Biden administration says it's engaging in "quiet, intensive diplomacy" to broker an end to the violence. Leni Stenseth of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency tells NPR that the humanitarian situation in the region is "extremely alarming." NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro explains how the recent outbreak of violence began — and the historical seeds of the region's conflict. What is the diplomatic path toward some sort of peace? Israeli political analyst and journalist Akiva Eldar, a contributor to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, and Mkhaimar Abusada, a professor of political science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, discuss what life on the ground is like for each of them, and the role of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has gone from bad to worse. The Biden administration says it's engaging in "quiet, intensive diplomacy" to broker an end to the violence. Leni Stenseth of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency tells NPR that the humanitarian situation in the region is "extremely alarming." NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro explains how the recent outbreak of violence began — and the historical seeds of the region's conflict. What is the diplomatic path toward some sort of peace? Israeli political analyst and journalist Akiva Eldar, a contributor to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, and Mkhaimar Abusada, a professor of political science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, discuss what life on the ground is like for each of them, and the role of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Shaykha Maryam Amir joins the Qarawiyyin Podcast for a conversation on women seeking religious knowledge: access, barriers, missteps, and successes. We discuss the challenges women commonly face when attempting to access even basic information about their deen. Shaykha Maryam dispels misconceptions regarding women reciting the Qur'an, and illustrates the power of reciting and memorizing the Word of Allah ﷻ. Shaykha Maryam Amir received her master’s in Education from UCLA and a second bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies through Al-Azhar University. She has also studied in Egypt, memorized the Qur’an and has researched a variety of religious sciences, ranging from Quranic exegesis, Islamic jurisprudence, Prophetic narrations and commentary, women’s rights within Islamic law and more for the past 15 years. She actively hosts women who have memorized Quran from around the world to recite and share their journeys through her Into the Revelation Series and the #FOREMOTHERS campaign. Maryam’s focus in the fields of spiritual connections, identity actualization, social justice and women’s studies have humbled her the opportunity to lecture throughout the United States and the world, including in Jerusalem, Mecca, Medina, Stockholm, London, Toronto and more. She holds a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and speaks multiple languages. You can follow Shaykha Maryam on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. _ The Qarawiyyin Project aims to revive the tradition of Muslim women being at the forefront of discussing the most critical issues of our time from an Islamic perspective, and empower women to be active in their communities around the world in carrying Islam as a way of life. Read our publications: qarawiyyinproject.co Subscribe to our newsletter: qarawiyyinproject.substack.com/welcome Email us: contact@qarawiyyinproject.co

Shaykha Maryam Amir joins the Qarawiyyin Podcast for a conversation on women seeking religious knowledge: access, barriers, missteps, and successes. We discuss her path towards studying the Islamic sciences and the challenges women commonly face when attempting to access even basic information about their deen. Shaykha Maryam dispels misconceptions regarding women reciting the Qur'an, and illustrates the power of reciting and memorizing the Word of Allah ﷻ. Shaykha Maryam Amir received her master’s in Education from UCLA and a second bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies through Al-Azhar University. She has also studied in Egypt, memorized the Qur’an and has researched a variety of religious sciences, ranging from Quranic exegesis, Islamic jurisprudence, Prophetic narrations and commentary, women’s rights within Islamic law and more for the past 15 years. She actively hosts women who have memorized Quran from around the world to recite and share their journeys through her Into the Revelation Series and the #FOREMOTHERS campaign. Maryam’s focus in the fields of spiritual connections, identity actualization, social justice and women’s studies have humbled her the opportunity to lecture throughout the United States and the world, including in Jerusalem, Mecca, Medina, Stockholm, London, Toronto and more. She holds a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and speaks multiple languages. You can follow Shaykha Maryam on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. _ The Qarawiyyin Project aims to revive the tradition of Muslim women being at the forefront of discussing the most critical issues of our time from an Islamic perspective, and empower women to be active in their communities around the world in carrying Islam as a way of life. Read our publications: qarawiyyinproject.co Subscribe to our newsletter: qarawiyyinproject.substack.com/welcome Email us: contact@qarawiyyinproject.co

Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine the pope having the kind of strong relationship with a top Muslim leader that Pope Francis has with the Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb. Back in 2019, the two signed the groundbreaking document on Human Fraternity together in Abu Dhabi, but a new book by the Muslim judge, Mohamed Abdel Salam, who was intimately involved in the process of putting that document together, explains that the road to signing that document was not always easy. Judge Mohamed Abdel Salam presented his new book about the process, The Pope and the Grand Imam: A Thorny Path, to Pope Francis last week. On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell walks listeners through the story of how the pope and the grand imam rebuilt the once-icy relationship between the Vatican and the top Sunni institute, Al-Azhar University. Links from the show: Gerard O’Connell: An inside look at how Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar have revolutionized Catholic-Muslim relations Buy The Pope and the Grand Imam: A Thorny Path: A Testimony to the Birth of the Human Fraternity Document Holy Father Names New Under-Secretary for CDF Pope Francis warns World Bank and IMF: Covid-19 is not the only global crisis we’re facing right now Read: Pope Francis on the risen Jesus’ message of mercy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imam Hosam Helal currently serves as the Youth Counsellor and Educator at ISNA Canada. Associate Chaplain at the University of Brock and an Imam/Teacher at several Masajid in Ontario. Imam Hosam completed his Islamic education in Quran exegesis at Al-Azhar University and studied under the guidance of several Shyookh including his father, Shaykh Ibrahim Helal, an instructor at Al-Azhar. He also completed his education in Health & Disease, Near & Middle Eastern Civilization, Sociology, and Neuroscience at the University of Toronto. Now he continues his schooling at the University of Toronto, hoping to complete a Ph.D. in Religion, with a focus on Quran exegesis. Imam Hosam Helal is also pursuing a career in medicine, hoping to combine medical and religious service for his community. By the blessing of Allah SWT and with the help of his mother, Shaykh Hosam Helal memorized the Quran at the age of eight and has since received several Ijazahs in its various recitation styles. Currently, he is working on his Ijazahs in the ten Riwayat or recitation variants.

In many countries around the world more women than men take law degrees but they're still much less likely to make partner or become a judge. Kim Chakenetsa talks to two lawyers from Egypt and the UK about the discrimination they face and the need for a more diverse legal profession. Omnia Gadalla is a professor of law and sharia at Al-Azhar University. She founded an initiative called Her Honour Setting the Bar which aims to encourage and support female law graduates and to challenge discrimination which prevents Egyptian women from becoming judges. Alexandra Wilson is a barrister in the UK. She's complained about times she's mistaken for a defendant because she's Black and is highlighting the racism she faces in her workplace. She argues that the law profession needs to include more women and people from different ethnic and class backgrounds. Produced by Jane Thurlow IMAGE DETAILS Left: Omnia Gadalla (courtesy Omnia Gadalla) Right: Alexandra Wilson (credit Laurie Lewis)

Imam Hosam Helal currently serves as the Youth Counsellor and Educator at ISNA Canada. Associate Chaplain at the University of Brock and an Imam/Teacher at several Masajid in Ontario. Imam Hosam completed his Islamic education in Quran exegesis at Al-Azhar University and studied under the guidance of several Shyookh including his father, Shaykh Ibrahim Helal, an instructor at Al-Azhar. He also completed his education in Health & Disease, Near & Middle Eastern Civilization, Sociology, and Neuroscience at the University of Toronto. Now he continues his schooling at the University of Toronto, hoping to complete a PhD in Religion, with a focus on Quran exegesis. Imam Hosam Helal is also pursuing a career in medicine, hoping to combine medical and religious service for his community. By the blessing of Allah SWT and with the help of his mother, Shaykh Hosam Helal memorized the Quran at the age of eight and has since received several Ijazahs in its various recitation styles. Currently, he is working on his Ijazahs in the ten Riwayat or recitation variants.

A conversation about Palestine, socialism, and anti-imperialist solidarity, marking the release of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction. Join Sumaya Awad, brian bean, Khury Petersen-Smith, and Jehad Abusalim for a timely discussion about Palestine, socialism, and anti-imperialist solidarity across borders, marking the release of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction. Winning freedom in Palestine necessitates contending with the forces of capitalism, just as the struggle for socialism will have to take on US imperialism. A broadening movement of workers and activists see the injustices they oppose as common expressions of a cruel and irrational system—capitalism, and understand the need to posit a humane alternative: socialism. At the same time, the centrality of the Palestinian liberation struggle is becoming more and more apparent to leftists who see the relationship between liberation within the US and beyond its borders. As the US socialist movement continues to grow, it is critical that it embraces anti-imperialism, and the cause of Palestinian liberation in particular. Just as significantly, it is crucial that the growing Palestine movement orients toward socialist politics, as the only plausible means to achieve justice regionally and internationally. Sumaya Awad and brian bean, editors of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, will be joined for a discussion about these themes by contributors Khury Petersen-Smith and Jehad Abusalim. Palestine: A Socialist Introduction systematically tackles a number of important aspects of the Palestinian struggle for liberation, contextualizing it in an increasingly polarized world and offering a socialist perspective on how full liberation can be won. Contributors include: Jehad Abusalim, Shireen Akram-Boshar, Omar Barghouti, Nada Elia, Toufic Haddad, Omar Hassan, Remi Kanazi, Annie Levin, Mostafa Omar, Khury Petersen-Smith, and Daphna Thier. ---------------------------------------------------- Sumaya Awad is a Palestinian writer, analyst, and socialist organizer based in New York City. Her writings focus on Palestinian liberation, anti-imperialism, Islamophobia, and immigration, and have been featured in the Feminist Wire, In These Times, Open City, the Middle East Solidarity magazine, and Slate, among others. She is co-editor of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction. brian bean is a Chicago-based socialist activist, writer, and speaker originally from North Carolina. He is one of the founding editors of Rampant magazine. His work has been published in Jacobin, Socialist Worker, Red Flag, International Viewpoint, Bel Ahmar بالأحمر) ) and other publications. He is co-editor of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction. Khury Petersen-Smith researches, writes, and organizes about US empire, Palestine, solidarity, and resistance. He is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. He is a cofounder of Black 4 Palestine, an organization of Black people in the US building solidarity with the Palestinian freedom struggle. Jehad Abusalim is a PhD candidate in the History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies joint program at New York University. He studies Arab intellectual writings on Zionism from the first half of the twentieth century. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration and Hebrew from Al-Azhar University in Gaza. He has been published in +972 Magazine, Al Jazeera, Palestine Square, Journal for Palestine Studies, and Vox. ---------------------------------------------------- Order a copy of the book: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1558-palestine-a-socialist-introduction Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/YiW_E5UTiTk Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

For many years, conditions in the Gaza Strip have been dire. Among the issues faced there daily are high unemployment rates, travel restrictions, violence, a paucity of basic resources, political turmoil, and the blockades keeping residents confined in the small, overcrowded territory. Now, with the coronavirus pandemic and prospect of Palestinian elections, 2021 is an especially precarious time in Gaza. To help us understand what is happening on the ground, we’re joined today by Professor Mkhaimar Abusada: an associate professor and chairman of the department of political science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. Register for our discussion session on Wednesday, February 17 at 1:00 PM ET: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkfuyvrjIsG9I_bER0m4H96Kc8UJwNxMfx Get involved with OneVoice Connect: onevoicemovement.org/program Resources on the Gaza Strip: https://gho.unocha.org/occupied-palestinian-territory https://apnews.com/hub/gaza-strip Written and recorded by Ezz Masri and Andrew Hirsh Edited by Andrew Hirsh Music: Kalte Ohren (septahelix remix) by septahelix (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/septahelix/59527 Ft: starfrosch Image courtesy of Ezz Masri/OneVoice

Join us today as we discuss our Relationship with One's Spouse with Sheikh Jehad Ismail. We delve into the concept of marriage, rights and obligations, how to attain the higher levels of morality by learning lessons from the Ahlulbayt (as), and challenge the often misunderstood verses of the Quran.Sheikh Jehad Ismail is an internationally renowned Islamic scholar from Australia. He has studied at both Al Azhar University, Egypt and the Islamic Seminary in Qum, he is also a professional translater/interpreter for the Australian courts. Sheikh has held a variety of positions within the Muslim community including teaching, counselling and translating books; he also sits on the advisory board for Taqwa Media. Find out more: https://www.thegoodtree.faith

This past week we witnessed the capitol building being overrun by white supremacists and many of us can't help but think what would have happened had the perpetrators been black or non-white, further reinforcing what we already know to be true, that there are two Americas. Arqum Rashid discusses with me what we witnessed.   Arqum Rashid is the Resident Scholar and Imam at the Islamic Society of Central Delaware in Dover, Delaware and the Director of Riwaq Institute. He is a graduate of Al-Azhar University with a degree in Sharia (Islamic Law) and a graduate of Delaware Law School with a J.D. (Juris Doctor). Arqum is a licensed Attorney and currently pursuing a Master's in inter-religious studies at Hartford Seminary.   I.G. @TheGambian @Arqum.Rashid Twitter: @MomodouTaal

Grab your tea and take notes as Sh. Omar Baloch explains how the Great Reset will cause a rise and normalization of Islamophobia. Sh. Omar Baloch is a cognitive psychologist. He studied at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. Sh. Baloch has been a local Imam for over 20 years and a student of Dr. Israr Ahmed, Sh. Imran Hossein, and Dr. Omar Zaid. Check out is YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShiekhOmarBaloch Email: truthbebold1@protonmail.com IG: tbb_aziza Join the conversation and live streams in the private FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/961145664414119 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/truthbeboldpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/truthbeboldpodcast/support

This episode is the third in a series of interviews with 'ELT influencers' chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. Nik Peachey talks about his early involvement in technology and the likely forthcoming evolutions in language learning technology including artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality. Nik is interviewed by Christian and answers questions conceived by teacher, trainer and EdTech enthusiast Tamara Parsons, who was one of the TDSIG competition winners. Nik Peachey is Director of Pedagogy at Peachey Publications, an independent digital publishing company that specialises in the design of digital learning materials. He has been involved in Education since 1990 and has more than 20 years experience of working specifically with online and blended learning environments. He has worked all over the world training teachers and developing innovative and creative products and is a two-time British Council Innovations award winner. His customers include British Council, Eton College, Open University, Google Creative Labs and International House. His more recent projects have included two years as pedagogical manager for a 100% online school owned by Macmillan ELT, Head of Content development for EtonX a 100% online school owned by Eton College and content developer for an English and Interfaith Dialogue course designed for the British Council and Al-Azhar University in Cairo. His books include: Hacking Creativity (Shortlisted for the 2020 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/HDeb Digital Tools for Teachers - Trainer's edition (Shortlisted for the 2018 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/B34N Thinking Critically through Digital Media https://payhip.com/b/CjXN Digital Video - A Manual for Language Teachers (Winner of the 2016 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/5n90 Conversation & Listening - A series of lesson for the digital classroom https://payhip.com/b/7fru He also co-edited Creativity in the ELT Classroom and Creativity and the Sustainable Development Goals for the British Council He is editor of the Edtech & ELT Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/technogogy/ Company Website: https://peacheypublications.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikPeachey LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikpeachey Tamara Parsons is a teacher, trainer, EdTech enthusiast, conference speaker and founder of ELT.Training, a collaborative organisation with the aim of sharing teacher development ideas. https://elt.training/

Please consider supporting us here at The Muslim Vibe, just £10 per month would go such a long way: https://themuslimvibe.com/support -- This week our host Salim invites Dr Wafaa Eltantwy and Habeeb Akande to speak about sex and intimacy in Islam. They talk about the perception of sex in Muslim communities, looking at the existing taboo and the harm it perpetuates, and where it originated. Habeeb and Dr Wafaa both stress the importance of sex education, how it's lacking, and how important it is to address it. They highlight some of the things that we, as a community, are doing wrong, and how these contribute to a detrimental cycle that only hurts us in the long run. The conversation touches on Habeeb's book 'A Taste of Honey', the perceived separation between sensuality and spirituality, and the paramountcy of communication,  opening the door on this all-too-important topic and taking those first steps towards shedding the taboo. Dr Wafaa is a gynaecologist, counsellor and therapist. She is an expert in psychosexual & relationship therapy, whilst also being a GMC licensed medical doctor with extensive clinical experience in sexual medicine. Habeeb Akande is an alumnus of Al Azhar University in Cairo. He is a British-born writer, sex educator and historian of Nigerian descent. He is also the author of A Taste of Honey, which looks at Sexuality and erotology in Islam, amongst several other books around this subject matter.  -- The Muslim Vibe has launched a new podcast! We have partnered with Nabil Abdulrashid to bring you the I Am Not Your Bilal Podcast, exploring and discussing the Black Muslim experience with a range of guests. Subscribe here: https://anchor.fm/iamnotyourbilal. Enjoying the podcast? Subscribe and let us know by giving us 5 stars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Join our Facebook group to continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/?ref=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themuslimvibe/message

Dr. Musharraf Hussain is a Sunni Scholar and the chief Executive of Karimia Institute Nottingham. He came to Britain from Pakistan in 1966 with his parents to the town of Halifax, where he memorized the Quran, learned Tajweed and basic Quranic Arabic. After completing a degree in Biochemistry at Aston University, he went on to gain a Science doctorate. He worked as a Scientist till 1990 and then decided to dedicate himself to serving the Muslim community. He studied the Islamic sciences at a seminary in Pakistan under the guidance of Justice Pir Muhammad Karam Shah and then at Al-Azhar University, Cairo. He was awarded an OBE in 2008 for his services to community relations in Britain. Formerly he was the director of the PGCE teacher training course and vice-chair of the Association of Muslim Schools (2000-2003) as well as the chairman of the Christian Muslim forum (2008-2010). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/muslimsonfire/message

Shaykh Amir talks about his first few years in Egypt studying in an Egyptian High School so that he could enter Al-Azhar University. Please support us: Patreon.com/themadmamluks or via PayPal themadmamluks.com/donate

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Sh. Mustapha Khattab. We talked about his life story as well as what inspired him to write the new English translation of the Quran: Clear Quran. Dr. Mustafa Khattab is a Canadian-Egyptian authority on interpreting the Quran. He was a member of the first ‎team that translated the Ramadan night prayers (Tarawîḥ) live from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca and the ‎Prophet’s Mosque in Medina (2002-2005). Dr. Khattab memorized the entire Quran at a young age and later ‎obtained a professional ijâzah in the Ḥafṣ style of recitation with a chain of narrators going all the way to Prophet ‎Muḥammad ‎ﷺ‎. He received his Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Islamic Studies in English with Honors from Al-Azhar ‎University’s Faculty of Languages & Translation. He lectured on Islam at Clemson University (OLLI Program, 2009-‎‎2010), held the position of Lecturer at Al-Azhar University for over a decade starting in 2003, and served as the ‎Muslim Chaplain at Brock University (2014-2016). He is a member of the Canadian Council ‎of Imams, a Fulbright ‎Interfaith Scholar, and an iERA-Canada Outreach Specialist. He has served as an Imam in the U.S.A. and Canada ‎since 2007 and is the translator of The Clear Quran (2015), the author of The Nation of Islam (2011) and Outfoxing ‎Fox News (2017), and contributor to the Encyclopedia of Muslim American History (2010). His forthcoming works ‎include Qamus-ul-Quran (The Clear Quran Dictionary), The Clear Quran for Kids, and Shukran (children’s ‎story). He's currently the senior Imam of the Anatolia Islamic Centre, Mississauga, Canada.‎ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/muslimsonfire/message

Sahar Tawfiq (born 1951) is an Egyptian novelist, short story writer and translator. Born and raised in Cairo, she studied Arabic language and literature at Al-Azhar University. She has worked as a teacher and educationist in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Her first published work was a short story in an Egyptian weekly in 1971. Her first collection of stories An Tanhadera ash-Shams (That the Sun May Descend; 1984) was well received. After a long hiatus, her next book, a novel called Ta'am ez-Zaitoun (The Taste of Olives), came out in 2000. Since then she has published more works of fiction. She has also translated works from English into Arabic, including books by Margaret Atwood, Ishmael Beah, Doris Lessing and Maxine Hong Kingston. Sahar Tawfiq's work has appeared in Banipal magazine. Points of the Compass, a volume of her short stories translated by Marilyn Booth, won the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award in 1994. She was married to the late sculptor Adel al-Sharqawi. She lives in Maadi, Cairo

In 962- Alaptagin establishes Kingdom of Ghazna. 968-Umayyads establishes University of Cordoba. 969- City of Cairo is established by Fatimids, the 6 largest city in the world. 970- Fatimids conquer Mecca and Medina with this the title Caliph. 971- Al Azhar University is established. 988- Russia and Ukraine accepted Eastern Orthodox Christianity. 996- Pope Pious declares Crusade. 997- Mahmud of Ghazna succeeded Alptagin. 1000- Mahmud starts raiding India. 1004- Mahmud defeats Dawud the fatimid ruler of Multan. 1017- Druze sect is started in Lebanon. 1020- Author of Shah Nama Firdowsi dies. 1024- Mahmud raids Somnath Temple in India.1031- Caliphate of Cordoba disintegrates --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/history-of-islam/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/history-of-islam/support

Dr. Walead Mohammed Mosaad is an internationally recognized scholar in Islamic studies and human development. His academic and traditional training has accorded him the opportunity to work with communities worldwide as a teacher and project driver. He is currently the Chair and Scholar-in-Residence of Sabeel Community, a community-oriented service organization focused on cultivating and nurturing Muslim communities worldwide. Additionally, he is the director of Muslim student life at Lehigh University. He has also worked for the Tabah Foundation, where he managed educational projects in Belgium, Denmark, and Kenya. He has completed degrees from Rutgers University, Fath Islamic Seminary in Damascus, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the University of Liverpool, and a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter in the UK.

Mazin Abdul Adhim is an activist, speaker, member of the Islamic group Hizb-ut-Tahrir and a student at Al-Azhar University.

Di podcast cipika-cikopi episode kali gue di temenin sama temen gue dari kecil yaitu Haikal yang sekarang kuliah di Al-Azhar University. Di episode kali ini akan bercerita tentang pengalaman Haikal di umur 20an mengenai “Ekspektasi Tidak Sesuai Realita”. Selamat mendengarkan

Schizophrenia, Jinn Possession, DMT, Dajjal, Who is Dhul Qarnayn, Gog and Magog, Experience vs. Reality & Al-Ghazali   We touch on all this with Shaykh Omar Baloch.   Shaykh Omar Baloch has completed a degree in Islamic Studies from Al Azhar University.   Host : Tanzim & Rafael   Please email us your comments, feedback, and questions at: info@boysinthecave.com, and leave a review and 5-star rating on iTunes!   Check out our website – boysinthecave.com   Follow us on: Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/boysinthecave/   Instagram – @boysinthecave   Twitter – @boysinthecave   Become a Patreon today! https://www.patreon.com/boysinthecave ——————————————————————————————————– Shaykh Omar Baloch's Online Visibility YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/obaloch

Assalamu alaykum, As I begin my own spiritual journey, I want to hear from those who have taken this path before me. This podcast focuses on them and listening to their stories - uninterrupted. My name is Hebah Masood and I invite you to reflect on the trajectories of their lives, and the guidance and blessings provided by Allah swt along that journey. Before moving to New Jersey, I looked into the Muslim community here and the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU). Long story short -- my Javed Nana (grandma's brother) in Chicago knew of Imam Kaiser Aslam, the chaplain at CILRU, through Kaiser's father. Kaiser had also recently given a khutbah at my old local masjid, Islamic Foundation. I reached out to Imam Kaiser before the school-year, and even though he was just returning from Hajj, he responded right away. CILRU, which is literally a house, has been a cozy and welcoming home away from home this past year. Last winter, I went on an blessed trip with Imam Kaiser and other Rutgers students on my first umrah. This year, CILRU is planning a trip that I'm also hoping to go on, to Jerusalem. It's supposed to be the first of its kind organized for Muslim university students. In this episode, Imam Kaiser talks about his spiritual journey, the path to chaplaincy, and using vacations to squeeze in Islamic classes in amazing locales around the world. - Also available on most other major podcast streaming services including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox and Podbay. - Do you enjoy this podcast? Support the Patreon to ensure the best podcast quality possible. All funds go to equipment and editing software. May Allah reward you. https://www.patreon.com/thejourneypodcast★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Watch the video version of this conversation (for patrons): https://www.patreon.com/posts/2Fmost-muslims-are-30348229  Wissam Charafeddine is a former Imam with diplomas from Al-Azhar University and the Hawza in Qum, Iran. He hails from Lebanon and now lives in Dearborn, the city with the largest population of Muslims in the United States. He is the co-founder of Muslimish, a growing organization where questioning Muslims and ex-Muslims can come together for open dialogue as part of a common community. Muslimish is holding its semi-annual conference in Detroit on October 26 about the compatibility of Islam with science, where Ali will be a speaker. We'll talk about what it means to be "Muslimish," and much more. Don't miss this.

Youssef Kromah is an award-winning poet, best-selling author, dynamic speaker, community activist and international television host at Huda TV in Cairo, Egypt. He was first featured as a spoken-word poet on Russel Simmon’s HBO series Brave New Voices and later as a featured guest speaker on CNN’s Who’s Black in America, hosted by Soledad O’Brien. He is the founder of the Do It for The Deen initiative and an active youth leader in several Muslim communities. Youssef serves as a khatib for over 10 masjids in the Delaware Valley region, as well as assistant imam at Masjidullah in Philadelphia, Pa. Youssef is currently pursuing a degree in Islamic Studies at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, with hopes of following a career track in Islamic Scholarship, while continuing his art, da’wah work and youth development initiatives.

Kings of Islam, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Grass roots movements, different readings of the Seerah, Caliphates of the past, Justice in the modern day, how to change society, how a Khilafa would look in the modern day, politics in America.   We explore all these topics with Shaykh Omar Baloch.   Shaykh Omar Baloch has completed a degree in Islamic Studies from Al Azhar University.   Hosts : Tanzim & Rafael   Please email us your comments, feedback, and questions at: info@boysinthecave.com, and leave a review and 5-star rating on iTunes!   Check out our website - boysinthecave.com   Follow us on: Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/boysinthecave/   Instagram – @boysinthecave   Twitter - @boysinthecave   Become a Patreon today! https://www.patreon.com/boysinthecave   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Shaykh Omar Baloch's Online Visibility   YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/obaloch     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When Islam was introduced it brought teachings to help people worship, honor and serve God more intently and Prophet Muhammad (SAW) saw to it that women were also elevated with its introduction. When I was thinking of topics for future podcast episodes I thought about how I can further honor women and empower them to own their Islamic Identity, I wanted to hear what men’s true perspective on Boss women in business is! Please enjoy this transformative bonus episode where I uncover the male perspective as I speak with Youssef Kromah while he’s abroad In #Egypt perfecting his craft by pursuing his dream of learning Islamic Studies and bringing it back to his home community. Youssef Kromah is an award-winning poet, best-selling author, dynamic speaker, community activist and international television host at Huda TV in Cairo, Egypt. He was first featured as a spoken-word poet on Russel Simmon’s HBO series Brave New Voices and later as a featured guest speaker on CNN’s Who’s Black in America, hosted by Soledad O’Brien. Youssef’s ability to captivate and enthrall audiences with his poignant words and power-packed performances has taken him all over the United States and abroad, including Cuba, Hong Kong, Palestine, Ireland, Thailand, Morocco, London, Egypt and many other countries. An alumnus of LaSalle University, Youssef graduated with the distinctions while double majoring in Leadership and Global Understanding and English. He is the founder of the Do It for The Deen initiative and an active youth leader in several Muslim communities. Youssef serves as a khatib for over 10 masjids in the Delaware Valley region, as well as assistant imam at Masjidullah in Philadelphia, Pa. Youssef is currently pursuing a degree in Islamic Studies at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, with hopes of following a career track in Islamic Scholarship, while continuing his art, da’wah work and youth development initiatives. #hudatv______________________________________________________________ This podcast was brought to you by Be You In HD, LLC a transformational coaching company, aimed at helping women get unstuck, follow their passion and become full-time entrepreneurs. As one of our listeners we welcome you to schedule a "Discovery Call" with us to get started on your "Boss Business" today. For more information about Be You In HD and the webinars and workshops visit: www.beyouinhd.com

It seems like political events cause huge divisions in the ummah. So we talk with Shaykh Omar El-Banna about how we can reconcile political events. He also clarifies the whole takfir incident that happened with him.     Shaykh Omar completed a Bachelor of Science majoring in Engineering, attained in ijazah in teaching the Quran, studied for 8 years under shaykhs in Egypt, and also graduated from Al-Azhar University in Cairo from the Faculty of Shariah, Islamic Jurisprudence.   Please email us your comments, feedback, and questions at: boysinthecave@gmail.com, and leave a review and 5-star rating on iTunes!   Follow us on:   Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/boysinthecave/   Instagram – @boysinthecave    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Shaykh Omar's Online Visibility:   https://www.facebook.com/Sheikh-Omar-El-Banna-212684098797820/    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shownotes   [1:00] Intro to Shaykh Omar's life   [4:00] Shaykh Omar taking Al-Azhar University to court   [8:55] The nature of Al-Azhar in regards to be controlled by the government   [12:00] How should Muslims react to Muslim political divisions?   [17:00] How do we reconcile groups with ideological difference like HT and Muslim Brotherhood?   [22:00] Does finding the Haqq in regards to politics boil down to sincerity?   [27:00] Does each group have a “portion” of the straight path?   [28:00] Tanzim mentions an example of cultish behaviour due to being affiliated with a certain group.   [32:00] Can cultish behaviour be excused on the basis of “taqlid”?   [34:00] What should our actions be when we witness injustice by the government? Should we stay quiet and obey the state or rebel?   [35:25] Are scholars perhaps justifying injustice by the government?   [40:00] Tanzim witnessing the different Islamic groups as a youth and the different ideologies that they bring to the table.   [45:00] Describing the incident where a person takfired Shaykh Omar   [56:00] If you had to hang with 3 people from history who would it be?    

22-year-old Ahmed Alnaouq is a graduate of Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, a freelance journalist, and a project manager with We Are Not Numbers, which aims to disseminate Palestinian stories to an international audience. He was an active participant in the Great March of Return protest movement and present on the day of the May 14th massacre.

On Friday, March 30, more than 30,000 Palestinians gathered at the border of Gaza and Israel to commemorate the 1976 killing of six Palestinian citizens of Israel protesting the theft of their land, which became known as the Palestinian Land Day. On the first day of what the organizers call “The Great March of Return,” Israeli military forces opened fire into the peaceful demonstration, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 750. The Israeli occupation forces boasted on their Twitter account that they “know where every bullet landed” during the massacre. They tweet was later deleted. Organizers of the Great Return March note that the objective of the march is to demand the implementation of the United Nations Resolutions 194 allowing for Palestinian refugees to return to their original towns and villages that are part of now Israel. The March was part of a 6-weeks event that will culminate in the commemoration of 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba or Catastrophe. That’s the term Palestinians use to describe the events leading to creation of the State of Israel and displacement of more than 750,000 Palestinians now refugees in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, surrounding Arab countries and around the world. We’ll go to Gaza to speak with Mohamad Abdulwahab Abu Hashem a legal researcher with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights and a human rights and criminology lecturer at Al Azhar University in Gaza, and Rawan Yaghi, a writer based in Gaza We’ll also remember renowned palestinian singer, songwriter, and composer Rim Banna, who passed away in her hometown of Nazareth on March 24th after a long battle with cancer.

Dr. Ibrahim Karim, founder of Biogeometry https://www.biogeometry.ca/ What started off as an occasional gathering of friends grew over twenty years into a weekly pivot in the lives of many people of different ages, religions, professions, social background and nationalities. Unstructured lectures and dialogues about almost any subject, where Dr. Karim believed that he has learned as much as he has taught his holistic approach which he calls the BioGeometrical Way; a new and expanded world view; equally scientific and spiritual in essence. In his own words “to be truly holistic it must incorporate anything and everything”. BioGeometrical shapes interact with Earth’s energy to produce a balancing effect on all energy levels of biological systems. Research into shapes of body organs led to the discovery of the relationship between of organ function, energy pattern, and shape. These patterns called “BioSignatures” produce, through resonance, a balance of energy and immunity that support orthodox and alternative medicine. An Architect by profession; graduate of the renowned F.I.T. Zurich, Switzerland; with BA/MA,and D.Sc. in Tourist Planning. He occasionally teaches as visiting professor of Architecture at several universities. Dr. Karim owns: Alemara Consultants Architecture firm founded by his father Dr. Sayed Karim in the1930’s, who is the main pioneer of modern architecture in the Middle East and author of several books on the Culture behind the greatness of Ancient Egypt. While still a postgraduate student in Switzerland, a chance meeting with Dr. Mahmoud Mahfouz led to an intellectual, philosophical conversation on hospital design and other topics. Dr. Mahfouz, later Minister of Health, appointed Dr. Ibrahim Karim as the youngest Consultant in the Egyptian Government, in order to bring innovative thinking to his Ministry. Dr. Karim worked in integrated health planning and developed new design concepts of flexibility and expansion for health projects in addition to working in the USAID project of Urban Health Development. In 1976 he was a consultant to Dubai’s ministry of health and is, since over twenty years, a member of the British Royal Society Of Health, and founding member of the Imhotep society in Egypt for scientific research in the alternative sciences. In 1982 Dr. Karim was a consultant to the Minister of Culture, the late Mohammed Radwan and e put the initial concept for the new Museum of Civilization for which the international appeal for funding was launched by UNESCO. Later on, as a consultant to the Minister of Tourism in 1985, he did the first tourist planning for the Red Sea and Western Sinai coastal areas. As a consultant to the Minister of Scientific Research in 1990e was the principle investigator of the environmental pilot project on the Mahmoudiya Canal in Alexandria and headed a committee at the National Research Center to research the effect of geometrical shapes on biological functions. He patented the first BioGeometrical shapes in 1993, others followed. He received an award at the international congress for inventors in 1998. His work as an architect includes several hospitals, residential and scientific projects, as well as tourist resorts on the Red Sea. While renovating the museum of Ancient Egyptian medicine in 1972, Dr. Fawzi Soleiman Sowiha, the director of the museum,introduced him to the science of Radiesthesia and with him he met Dr. Khalil Messiha, who introduced him to the French system of Physical Radiesthesia and its Ancient Egyptian origins. In France, at the Maison de Radiesthesie he acquired original books and instruments, those of the pioneers of this science. Fluent in many languages, Dr. Karim was able to combine modern concepts of physics, Harmonics, Perception, as well asPythagorean theories to develop a new “Physics of Quality” and based on it, a science of “qualitative” measurement: Egyptian Radiesthesia. It became the main research tool in his subtle energy research, supported by biofeedback and Bio-Imaging devices. Taking this research into Architecture, Geobiology and Building Biology, he found the basis on which he developed his new science of BioGeometry. Dr. Karim gives seminars and workshops, in Europe, America, and the Middle East. He is regularly on radio and television (e.g. Reuters, CNN). He had his own daily television program: “God grant me knowledge”, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the turn of the Millennium, on Egyptian Satellite Channel. Since March 2002 he has a weekly one-hour program on the Egyptian ‘El Mehwer’ satellite channel. He did research in BioGeometrical organic planting with Prof. Peter Mols of the University of Wageningen in Holland and conducted a workshop to find solutions to harmful Earth radiation at the Design Academy of Eindhoven. In Egypt, he joined the “National Hepatitis C Research Project” lead by the late Dr.Taha Khalifa, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy of at Al-Azhar University, where he achieved significant results. These significant research results of the research were made public on air by Dr. Khalifa in a historic, often repeated, television program that included the former minister of Health, as well as prominent medical doctors, in the “Mesaha Horra” series, presented by Isaad Younis on the Orbit Satellite television channel in 1999. He is also discussing, with the governor of Alexandria, the ambitious futuristic project of the energy balance of the city. He is constantly traveling in the USA, Europe, and the Middle East, on consulting work in energy balancing of buildings.

Imam Daniel Abdullah Hernandez sits down with us talk about how his relationship with basketball and NBA brought him to Islam. Hosts: Mahin, Ismail, and SIM =============== Imam Hernandez is an educational leader and facilitator of IslamInSpanish. Imam Abdullah organizes events in Spanish at the Pearland masjid in Pearland TX on a weekly basis, teaches regular classes in Spanish and English, and leads a Dawah initiatives on behalf of IslamInSpanish domestically and internationally. Imam Abdullah also presides over the Pearland Islamic Center in Pearland, Texas, an extension of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH). Imam Abdullah, converted to Islam in 1999, studied at Al Azhar University in Egypt from 2004-2007, completing five years’ worth of extensive coursework in Islamic Sciences. He continues his education in Islamic studies. He is currently studying at Mishkah University, Salik Acadamy, and Roots &Sprouts! https://www.facebook.com/daniel.a.hernandez.92754 https://www.facebook.com/3PuertoRicanImams/ https://www.islaminspanish.org/ =============== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks

The remains of hundreds of babies and toddlers found at a former Bon Secours mother and baby home at Tuam, Co. Galway have led to calls for further investigation. Joe Little from RTE talks to Martin. The first publication of a historical encyclopaedic text on Jainism has been launched by SOAS University of London. It was written by Dr Johannes Emil Otto Klatt who dedicated his life primarily to the study of the historical records of Jainas. Martin talks to Dr Peter Flügel, he's made the writing accessible in English for the first time. Bob Walker reports on the religious response to the European Court of Justice ruling on the wearing of hijabs at work. Bishop Anba Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom is calling for the international community to do more to address the escalating deadly attacks on Christians in Egypt. The Vatican has confirmed that a papal trip to Egypt will happen in April. It follows the end of a five-year freeze in relations between the Vatican and the Al-Azhar University in Cairo. The Tablet's Christopher Lamb talks to Martin about the state of Catholic-Islamic dialogue. Senior government defense adviser, Major-General Tim Cross, has said that Foreign Office officials' understanding of the importance of religion is inadequate. He discusses this with Francis Davis former faith advisor to cabinet ministers. Trevor Barnes hears the quarter peal of bells at Westminster Abbey dedicated to Julie McDonnell, she has terminal cancer and has raised over 7 million pounds for Cancer research ringing bells. Producers Carmel Lonergan Louise Clarke-Rowbotham Editor Amanda Hancox.

The anti-government protests that began in the Arab world in 2010 triggered division between the religious scholars of Islam's largest branch – the traditional Sunnis. Some of the most senior Sunni scholars in the world held fast to the idea that revolution, and even simple protest, was forbidden in Islam. Others decided to back armed groups in Syria, though not the global jihadists of al-Qaeda and ISIS.Presenter Safa Al Ahmad travels to Egypt to meet Dr Abbas Shouman, one of the most senior scholars at Islam's most famous seat of learning, Al Azhar University. She also tells the story of Sheikh Ramadan al-Bouti, a famous Syrian Islamic scholar whose stance on the uprisings cost him his life.(Photo: Anti-Government protesters in Cairo. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

The anti-government protests that began in the Arab world in 2010 triggered division between the religious scholars of Islam's largest branch – the traditional Sunnis. Some of the most senior Sunni scholars in the world held fast to the idea that revolution, and even simple protest, was forbidden in Islam. Others decided to back armed groups in Syria, though not the global jihadists of al-Qaeda and ISIS. Presenter Safa Al Ahmad travels to Egypt to meet Dr Abbas Shouman, one of the most senior scholars at Islam's most famous seat of learning, Al Azhar University. She also tells the story of Sheikh Ramadan al-Bouti, a famous Syrian Islamic scholar whose stance on the uprisings cost him his life. (Photo: Anti-Government protesters in Cairo. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Shaykh Amir, Mahin and Murtaza sit down with Shaykh Ubaydullah Evans at his beautiful home in Chicago and discuss the Madhab of Malik, the infamous Playboy article, his sense of syle/fashion and what he thinks of the social media craze. Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans is ALIM’s first Scholar-in-Residence and now Executive Director. He converted to Islam while in high school. Upon conversion, Ustadh Ubaydullah began studying some of the foundational books of Islam under the private tutelage of local scholars while simultaneously pursuing a degree in journalism from Columbia. Since then he has studied at Chicagoland’s Institute of Islamic Education (IIE), in Tarim, Yemen, and Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, where he is the first African-American to graduate from its Shari’a program. Ustadh Ubaydullah also instructs with the Ta’leef Collective and the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) at times. https://www.alimprogram.org

The DeenOverDunya Show Hosted By Saiful-Haqq and Guest Speaker Imam Omar Muhammad    A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF BROTHER OMAR MUHAMMAD Since 1993, Brother Omar Muhammad has volunteered as the Khateeb (Cleric) of Masjid  Al-Faatir, founded by his father Jabir Herbert Muhammad and boxing legend  Muhammad Ali.  The nephew of Imam Wallace Deen Mohammed (leader of the  Muslim American Society), Brother Omar was fortunate to study Al-Islam at young age under the private tutelage of Imams from Sudan, Nigeria and Al-Azhar University.  Upon graduating from high school as valedictorian, he was awarded a full scholarship  to continue his Islamic studies in the Institute of Arabic at Imam Muhammad Bin Saud  University in Riyaadh, Saudi Arabia. Brother Omar  also serves on the Board of Directors of both the Muhammad Islamic  Corporation – which administrates Masjid Al-Faatir; and the Voice of Islam Foundation,  an organization established to produce and distribute Islamic publications. Over the past  twenty two years, Brother Omar has assisted in the production and  publication of several Islamic books, including Short Surats of The Holy Qur’an, Weapon of  the Prophets, and one the most comprehensive books on the Holy Month of Ramadan:  The Best Month, the Best Night  - Second Edition.  Additionally, he has served as an  instructor for Qur’anic Arabic Courses and Islamic Studies classes at Masjid Al-Faatir. Brother Omar balances his time between volunteering at Masjid Al-Faatir