The Reintroduction of Metaphysics | Muḥiyuddīn Al-ʿAṭṭās
A discussion on the need to reintroduce metaphysics based upon the Islamic conception of reality and truth, a prominent theme found in the w...
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Sacred Footsteps - The Podcast
Sacred Footsteps is dedicated to travel, history and culture from a Muslim perspective. We talk to writers, historians, artists and others, about travel as a spiritual practice, and discuss...
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Islam in the Malay World | Muḥiyuddīn Al-ʿAṭṭās
Islam arrived in the Malay world through "good word" and quickly established itself though various kingdoms that would later become centres...
The Eradication of Islamic Epistemology | Prof Joseph Lumbard
The Islamic sciences were once rooted in an underlying epistemic unity, that existed among all fields of the knowledge in the Islamic world....
Cape Town's Circle of Saints
On the hills in and around Cape Town, you will find 300 year old Muslim graves belonging to notable individuals who arrived on the southern...
Islam in Australia: Makassan Traders, Afghan Cameleers & a Sufi Qadiri Connection
Zara talks to Dr Abu Bakr Sirajuddin Cook and Dr Rami Dawood about the history of Islam in Australia- beginning with the arrival of the Maka...
How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe | Diana Darke
Zara talks to author and Arabist Diana Darke about her most recent book Stealing From The Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe....
My Ancestral Past: Visiting the Gilanis in Iran
Sana Gillani visits the tombs of her ancestors: the parents of the influential scholar and saint, Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Gilani, in Iran.
Divine Love & Sufi Poetry of Punjab
Abdullah Sattar explores the roots of Sufism in Punjab, which spread, in large part, through the words of poets that are still recited and r...
Lessons From Life on the Road
Alex Reynolds from lostwithpurpose shares her experiences/conclusions/insights from more than four years of full time travel.
Adam's Peak: In Search of a Prophet
Sacred Footsteps presents, Khayal Diaries, a series of personal accounts, narratives and critical reflections on topics like Islamic history...
Qawwali
Omar, Yasmine and Shahroze discuss the history, evolution and spiritual significance of qawwali . Qawwali incorporates music, poetry and sto...
Models of Liberation in West Africa | Professor Ware and Mustafa Briggs
Mustafa Briggs speaks to Professor Rudolph Ware, author of the 'Walking Quran', about models of liberation in West Africa. They talk about t...
025 Which Rumi are you Reading?
Zara and Zirrar talk to poet Baraka Blue about the life, work and legacy of Jalal al-Din Rumi. Baraka tells us about the era in which he liv...
Travel as 'Mutual Unveiling' | Visiting the 'Wali Songo' Nine Saints of Indonesia
For our first ever crossover episode, Zara speaks to Imran Ali Malik, host of the American Submitter podcast. They discuss the concept of tr...
Islam in the Caucasus: Sufi Tariqahs, Imam Shamil and Resistance Through Dhikr
Muazzam is joined by Salahuddin Mazhary . Salahuddin tells us about the history of Islam in the Caucasus, with a focus on Chechnya and Dages...
Brooklyn's Tatar Muslims
Omar Rais speaks to Alyssa Ratkewitch, a third generation Tatar Muslim living in Brooklyn and the vice president of the board at the histori...
Conservation & Protection of Wildlife from a Muslim Perspective
Muazzam Mir speaks to fellow Kenyans, activist and founder of Halal Safaris, Samia Bwana and conservationist and Mandela Washington Fellow,...
Islam in South Africa: Survival, Preservation & Revival
Yaseen Kippie talks to Zara about the history of Islam in South Africa. He tells us about the early community, made up of influential people...
Lahore: Secrets of the Old City
Zara speaks to Shahroze Khan , a politics and history student and photographer, about the walled city of Lahore. Shahroze explains its histo...
Challenging Institutional Orientalism in Photography
Zara is joined by Sacred Footsteps' writers and photographers Afaq Ali and Omar Rais, and Chirag Wakaskar , a photographer based in Mumbai,...