
EP.56--History: From the Umayyads to the Abbasids
This episode discusses some elements related to the transition from the first dynasty of the world of Islam, the Banu Umayya, to the highly...
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This episode discusses some elements related to the transition from the first dynasty of the world of Islam, the Banu Umayya, to the highly...

This episode continues discussing the non-Muslim communities of the early Islamic period. The focus shifts to Christian communities after th...

This episode of the World of Islam briefly discusses the non-Muslim communities of the early Islamic period, particularly after the Arab con...

This episode seeks to correct a major misconception concerning Islam and Muslim life. The Islam of the masses is not simply a reflection of...

This episode of the World of Islam introduces the so-called Ikhwan al-Safa (The Brethren of Purity), a group of mysterious thinkers that pro...

Al-Farabi (d.950) was one of the most important philosophers of the world of early Islam. This episode briefly introduces part of his contri...

This episode highlights two perspectives in early philosophy within Muslim contexts. Al-Kindi (d. 860s) viewed philosophy and religion as co...

This episode discusses the interaction with Greek philosophy in the early Islamic period. We encounter Plotinus, Neoplatonism, and the impor...

Today's episode seeks to present a general picture of the Sufi worldview. Some of the questions we briefly deal with include: How do Sufis i...

This episode discusses a further step in the later rise of full-fledged Sufi orientations within the world of Islam. We encounter the concep...

This episode introduces the tradition of Sufism that some also call Islamic mysticism. We are concerned today with the early period and the...

This episode discusses the struggles of modern Muslims to make sense of the concept of Jihad. We consider the impact of European colonialism...

This episode briefly discusses the worldview of the Jihad movements that appeared on the Muslim scene around the 17th and 18th centuries AD....

What exactly is Jihad? This episode discusses the traditional doctrine of Jihad that Muslim Jurists developed and takes a brief look at rela...

What does Ijmāʿ (consensus) mean? How does it function within traditional Islamic Law? In what way do the Sunni concept of “ijmāʿ” and the S...

The episode discusses the concept of ijtihad that has been used by Muslim jurists to derive legal rulings. We particularly focus on what is...

The episode introduces some of the different types of Hadith collections that arose in the world of Islam over the centuries. We discuss the...

Hadith reports attributing sayings and actions to Muhammad came to play a major role in the shaping of the religion of Islam. This episode w...

This episode deals with the institutionalization of the legal field in Sunni Islam and the rise of the four "orthodox" legal schools or madh...

This episode further discusses the debate between the Ahl al-Ra'y and Ahl al-Hadith as well as the compromise initiated by al-Shafiʿi, who w...
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