Aug 21, 2021
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī (865–925 CE), also known by his Latinized name Rhazes, was one of the greatest figures in the history of medicine in the Islamic tradition, and one of its most controversial philosophers. While we have ample surviving evidence for his medical thought, his philosophical...
Aug 15, 2021
The laws of Dhimma, or governance of non-Muslim minorities in a Muslim polity, can arouse difficult feelings amongst both Muslims and non-Muslims especially at sites of tension and conflict between them around the globe.
To discuss with us today a medieval legal work on these rulings is Dr. Antonia Bosanquet, author of...
Jul 19, 2021
"This blessed cenotaph was made for the Imam (al-Shāfʿī)…by
ʿUbayd the carpenter, known as Ibn Maʿālai, in the months of the
year five hundred seventy-four. May God have mercy on him; may he
[also] have mercy on
those who are merciful toward him, those who call for mercy
upon him, and upon all who worked with...
Jul 3, 2021
Literally meaning "speech, word, utterance" among other things, Kalām or philosophy of religion within the Islamic ecumene has divided Muslim believers about it scope, methods and even its validity in itself.
To give us a brief history of Kalām is the presenter of a new podcast devoted to explaining Kalām to the...
Jun 28, 2021
Considered by Sunni Muslims as the second most authentic book after the Quran, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī's collection of the Prophet's sayings and traditions, or ḥadīth, holds an esteemed station in Sunni scholasticism.
To discuss with me the life, works and legacy of al-Bukhari is Dr. Jonathan Brown....