Maghreb and Islam in Africa

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

في هذه الحلقة نتحدث عن انتشار الإسلام في غرب افريقيا منذ القرن التاسع وعن حج مانا موسى إلى مكة المكرمة، وانجذاب العلماء إلى مالي التي أصبحت في ذلك الوقت مركزاً كبيراً للتعليم الإسلامي 

For centuries, the Indian Ocean has been a vast crossroads of cultures, goods, and ideas - but what role did Islam play in weaving this intricate web of connections? Arab, Berber, Persian and Indian merchants spread Islam from the seventh century onwards across the vast geographi ...  Show more

From the coasts of Senegal to the streets of London, Shaykh Mustafa Briggs shares a journey that weaves together ancestry, faith, and identity. Raised in a Christian household by his Gambian grandmother, he later discovered Islam through the deep spiritual traditions of West A ...

In this episode we talk about Islam at a high level, putting it into perspective as it relates to other religions that came before it, basic history, and Muhammad's character. Matthew 7:15-20.