History of Shia Orthodoxy and Sufism

Building upon our exploration of gender in Islamic history we dive into the topic of gender bending and how it can help us see gender as socially constructed, historically contingent, and contextual. We explore multiple figures throughout Islamic history from the ghulamiyya to th ...  Show more

Continuing our exploration of gender and sexuality in Islamic history we turn to the figure of the mukhannathun, a third gender category in early Islam. We trace ideas of gender as a fluid spectrum through the lives of these individuals examining their existence in the life of Mu ...  Show more

Things you'll learn in this episode of The Real Shia Beliefs:- Difference in Tahrif hadith in Bukhari and al-Kafi- Why Shias don't accept hadith on distortion in al-Kafi- Why scholars don't delete weak hadith from al-Kafi?- Tampering in Sahih al-Bukhari in the past decades- How S ...  Show more

What connects Sufism, Shi’ism, and Mysticism—and what sets them apart? In this episode of 'The AMI Podcast,' Dr Zoheir Esmail is joined by Dr Seyed Amir Hossein Asghari, a Research Associate at Baylor University, to delve into the similarities and ongoing controversies within ...

In this episode, I attempt to give you an overview of the vast and complex Twelver school of Shi'ism across history.

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Things you'll learn in this episode of The Real Shia Beliefs:- Activities of the souls of believers in Wadi-us-Salaam- Grave of a believer during Barzakh- Interactions of a believer with Ahlulbayt during Barzakh- How remembering Barzakh can help us do better in lifeJoin us as we ...  Show more