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Nouman Ali Khan delves into a very popular question about hijab: why can't a Muslim woman not just be a good person without having to put it on?
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The events of the past 6 weeks have exposed the sheer double standards that apply to the implementation of international law. The so-called liberal international order has been found to be nothing short of hypocritical. Gaza has exposed not only this duplicity but also the very ideas that undergird such a system. Today, we explore these ideas. Many surmise that the West has taken a wrong turn, and if only they return back to their original noble enlightenment values. Yet Gaza unveils a more unsettling truth. That the values of secular liberalism have always remained connected to European chauvinism. Their unbridled support for a settler colonial project and the ease with which they absorb genocide reveals the unsettling nature of liberalism. This is the argument of my guest today, Hasan Spiker.
Hasan Spiker is a philosopher and comparative scholar of Islamic, Greek, and modern thought he studied at the University of Cambridge, where he received his MPhil in philosophy and where is carrying out his doctoral research. He also studied the Islamic sciences. His new book, Hierarchy and Freedom: An Examination of Some Classical Metaphysical and Post-Enlightenment Accounts of Human Autonomy, was released this year.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 124
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:21 Gaza a Turning Point?
07:30 Liberal justification for genocide?
10:49 Mill and Colonialism
12:55 John Rawls
17:32 Liberal interventions
22:10 Immanuel Kant’s Moral Philosophy
24:05 Western superiority
31:20 Islam and rights
35:20 Origin of Maqasids
37:36 Islamic diversity and government
43:52 Liberalism’s crusading spirit
45:12 Good liberals?
50:36 What do liberals want of Islam?
53:40 Muslims in the West
56:20 Islam and diversity
1:02:08 Gaza and Opportunity?
There is a growing interest in Ottoman history. This has come from a recognition that an understanding of our Islamic history is necessary to carve our common Islamic future. But then the question arises, who writes this history? How do we know whether Ottoman historians, East and West, are purveyors of an orientalist narrative, slanted to match political interests?
To untangle the facts from fiction, we have invited Dr Yakoob Ahmed who is an academic specialising in late Ottoman history. He is a PhD graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies and currently teaches Islamic history at Istanbul University. He is in the process of completing his first book on the late Ottoman ulema, to be published next year.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 104
00:00 - Introduction
03:29 - Asking the Wrong Questions
06:00 - Western Assumptions
10:32 - Arab Nationalism
13:18 - Industrialisation
16:38 - Arab Narratives
24:32 - Decline of Ottomans
27:52 - The Printing Press!
33:50 - Literacy
37:20 - Coffee
43:00 - Persecution of Arabs
48:00 - Devshirme/Slavery
54:04 - Forced Conversion
55:30 - Decline
58:50 - Converting Non-Muslims
1:05:21 - Millet System
1:08:34 - A Real Caliphate?
1:13:24 - The Adab Culture
1:19:40 - Empire?
1:24:46 - Ottoman Golden Age?
1:31:00 - Alternative Questions
1:34:16 - WW1 & Ottoman Survival
1:39:48 - Missing Britain?
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You can write to Dr Aafia via her lawyer on email clive@3dc.org.uk . The deadline for the first round of letters is 1/8/23 - you can still send letters after this date for future visits. Please place in the subject of the email: Thinking Muslim letter for Aafia.
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Although the war on terror is now a distant memory to many Americans, it’s horrible residue remains. The incarceration of Aafia Siddiqui, a brilliant academic and mother of three, has become a symbol of its excesses, of which there were many. She languishes in prison, serving an 86-year sentence for an offence that looks barely credible, the attempted murder of two US officials in Afghanistan in 2008. Her whereabouts before that date remain murky, and so does the welfare of her youngest son Suleman – who has not been seen since her detention in 2003.
To help us unpick the facts, we have invited Aafias lawyer Clive Stafford Smith to shed light on what happened to Aafia and her children. Clive has helped secure the release of 86 prisoners from Guantánamo Bay and still acts for the remaining numbers. Since the early days of the War on Terror, he has worked tirelessly to force the Americans and other Western powers to adhere to the rule of law. He has sought to uncover the secret prisons and ghost prisoners that stain the reputation of powerful states – who presented their wars in benevolent terms.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 102
Timestamps
00:00 Opening Clip
00:23 Introduction
01:43 The dissonance between the West and the Muslim world
03:12 Background information about Aafia
06:24 The abductors breaking into Aafia and her family in 2003
09:32 Aafia’s son Ahmed Hasan being taken from his mother and put in prison
10:08 Aafia’s daughter being taken from her mother and adopted by an American family
10:56 Aafia’s arrest
11:53 The role of Pakistan in the rendition of Aafia
13:13 President Musharraf’s confession
13:58 America's claims of Aafia between 2003 and 2008
16:20 The life of Aafia’s children after the arrest
20:45 Suleman, Aafiaa’s youngest child
21:31 Rendition and ghost prisoners
26:23 Why the Americans wanted Aafia?
27:48 Aafiya’s release in 2008 and the claim
31:43 Why was Aafia not charged with terrorism by the prosecutors?
33:58 Aafia’s state of mind after the trials
35:55 Fouzia meeting Aafia in prison
39:27 Does Aafia know what happened to her children?
41:00 Pakistani government's attempts to repatriate Aafia?
45:33 How can Muslims around the world help Aafia?
48:45 How American Muslims can help
50:53 Clive's motivations
51:48 Is there hope for Aafia being released?
52:21 Clive and the Quran
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The case of Aafia Siddiqui remains an open wound for us all. It symbolises the inhumanity and barbarism of US foreign policy. The incarceration of this brilliant academic and mother of three, has become a marker of its excesses, of which there were many. She languishes in prison, serving an 86-year sentence for an offence that looks barely credible, the attempted murder of two US officials in Afghanistan in 2008. Her whereabouts before that date has been hotly contested, but her lawyers and activists have patched together the conspiracy surrounding Dr Aafias ordeal. Sadly the welfare of her youngest son Suleman – who has not been seen since her detention in 2003 remains unknown. Presumed dead.
The last time I spoke with Dr Aafias lawyer Clive Stafford Smith he had returned from her prison in Forth Worth Texas – where she had been reunited with her sister Fozia for the first time in 20 years. If you haven’t watched that programme, I would highly recommend you do to give you the backstory to this horrific case. Clive has just returned from a factfinsding mission to Afghanistan, and he has some considerable updates on Aafias case.
Clive has helped secure the release of 86 prisoners from Guantánamo Bay and still acts for the remaining numbers. Since the early days of the War on Terror, he has worked tirelessly to force the Americans and other Western powers to adhere to the rule of law. He has sought to uncover the secret prisons and ghost prisoners that stain the reputation of powerful states – who presented their wars in benevolent terms.
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#thethinkingmuslimpodcast episode 146
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
2.33 – Letter writing to Aafia
3:40 – Funds
4:30 – Summary of her case
8:38 – Aafia in Bagram
11:30 – Muhamidi’s intervention
17:20 – The conspiracy to kill Aafia
19:38 – Why are you doing this?
23:00 – Her harsh treatment
24:37 – Why continued for so long?
26:35 – Aafia’s state of mind
29:04 – Afghanistan security
32:44 – Civil society connections
33:49 – How to help Aafia
38:22 – Media coverage
40:28 – Youngest son Suleiman
41:10 – Moazzam Begg – extremism
45:05 – Optimism
Dr Jonathan Brown joins us this week to engage in an in-depth discussion about the Hadith corpus and why contemporary arguments forwarded by orientalists and modernists lack rigour. He takes us on a journey of informed exploration of some of the key personalities and thinkers of early Islam and the lengths they went through to determine the veracity of a tradition attributed to the Messenger of Allah (saw).
His books include The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon, Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Oneworld, 2009) and His most recent book, Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy (Oneworld, 2014), was named one of the top books on religion in 2014 by the Independent. He is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 86
0:00 - 1:16 Introduction
1:16 - 10:19 Definition of Hadith and its value in Islam
10:19 - 13:20 Does the Quran and Sunnah have equal precedence?
13:20 - 17:09 Why Sunnah of the Prophet is important
17:09 - 24:14 Quran without Sunnah; Sunnah in Islamic law
24:14 - 24:43 Does the Quran authorize the Sunnah?
24:43 - 27:16 What is the Sunnah?
27:16 - 29:29 Connection between the Sunnah as a source of Shariah and as a rule of action
29:29 - 30:07 Do Hanafis regard the Wajib as a lesser obligation than Fardh?
30:07 - 39:19 Are sunnah and hadith synonyms? How to know the Prophet's Sunnah?
39:19 - 53:48 Hadith collection in the first 200 years after the Prophet, why did Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim compile and verify Hadiths?
53:48 - 55:28 The emergence of Hadith criticism based on isnad
55:28 - 59:48 Arrangement of Hadith books topic-wise and with complete isnad to Prophet Muhammad
59:48 - 1:06:21 Did the Hadith compilers appeal to the ruling class?
1:06:31 - 1:10:51 What blinds Western scholars to diverse assumptions about history?
1:10:51 - 1:16:33 How does a questionable Hadith not raise serious issues in usage?
1:16:33 - 1:39:52 The criteria for determining the authenticity of a Hadith
1:39:52 - 1:48:13 Relationship between a Hadith scholar and a Jurist (Muhaddith and a Mujtahid)
1:48:13 - 1:56:48 Comments on Abu Hurairah's Hadith reports as misogynistic
1:56:48 - 2:03:40 Islamic law on a person’s rejection of Hadith
2:03:40 - 2:03:56 Additional resources
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Watch our episode with Yakoob Ahmed on the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate 99 years ago.
The issue of the caliphate has recently made a resurgence within Muslim discourse. For nearly 100 years the Muslim ummah has been without a caliphate, and many have come to the view that the world of empires is behind us, and we now must embrace the era of nation-states. Yet the issue remains a live one, Islam and Muslims have remained tortured by our lack of ability to resolve some of the most intractable problems we face – leading to the suggestion that establishing a post-nation state brings together our resources, people and potential.
Dr. Uthman Badar has been thinking about the concerns of the caliphate. He is the lead editor at the Ummatics Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Western Sydney University in 2023, where he currently teaches. He is also an active Muslim community member in Sydney, Australia, with over two decades of engagement in grassroots activism and da’wah.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 98
00:00 Opening clip
00:29 Introduction
02:04 Normative Islamic position on the caliphate
09:03 Deficiency in the absence of a caliphate
13:15 What about explicit textual proof?
19:51 Does governance always have to be in the form of the caliphate?
24:37 Reach of the state in historical caliphates
27:49 Implementing the shariah
30:50 Learning from historical experience
34:18 The obligation of the caliphate - a fardh kifayah
41:14 Who is most obligated?
48:39 What kind of expertise do we need?
51:54 Advocacy or Da'wah work
55:39 What can an ordinary Muslim contribute?
01:04:24 Is the caliphate a forgotten obligation?
01:10:37 On groups and thinkers since the fall of the caliphate
01:16:50 The Ummatics Conference in Istanbul
01:19:33 When will the caliphate be realised again?
01:21:25 Additional information
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It is no exaggeration to say that in their quest to malign Islam, some in the West target Muslim women. Her position within the family, her place in society and, of course, her dress are placed under the microscope – and like colonialists in the days of empire, her emancipation is seen to be a means to a greater Islamic reformation. In recent days, France’s minister of education has announced that Abayas, the loose dress many Muslims wear for modesty, will be banned from schools. Apparently, a piece of clothing is an affront to French secularism and, yet again, another sign of separatism. In the UK, the former prime minister likened burka-wearing Muslim women is a those who chose to look like letterboxes and bank robbers.
Young Muslim women are subject to a barrage of what can only be called propaganda, traducing their religious dress and promising to liberate them from their religion. To help us understand how this works and to caution against some of the extremes by which the community can handle this onslaught.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 109
00:00 Introduction
02:20 On Nicky Campbell's review
05:50 Onslaught against Muslim women
07:58 Obsession with women's dress
10:45 Societal Pressure
11:32 Criminalising young Muslim men
13:20 A deliberate agenda
15:38 Navigating the noise around the hijab
19:49 Modernist interpretations of scripture
22:53 Progressive gender ideologies
24:06 How secular society judges women
26:35 Women in Muslim societies
29:52 Muslims leaving the West
34:11 Making the move
36:38 Gender roles
39:17 Living feminism
44:25 Gender wars
46:50 Hyperindividualism
49:43 British politics post Iraq war
51:22 Attending a Muslim event
55:22 Why write a memoir
58:10 Palestine and Isreal
Nouman Ali Khan explains the foolishness and silliness behind hadith criticism. This piece was taken from Br. Nouman's tafsir of Surah Naas.
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