Adnan Husain on Reorienting History

Adnan Husain on Reorienting History

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John Tolan, "Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present" (Princeton UP, 2025)

A concise new narrative history of Islam that draws on the transformative insights of recent research to emphasize the diversity and dynamism of the tradition. Today’s Muslim world has been experiencing upheaval: legalists and mystics engage in intense debates, radical groups inv ...  عرض المزيد

Radio ReOrient 13.9: “Everyday Islamophobia,” with Peter Hopkins, hosted by Claudia Radiven and Amina Easat Daas

In this episode, Amina Easat Daas and Claudia Radiven were in conversation with Peter Hopkins to discuss his work and most recent book, Everyday Islamophobia. The conversation ranged from UK counter-terror policy, to citizenship, the Far-Right, but largely on the mainstreaming of ...  عرض المزيد

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Kiyokazu Okita, "The Building of Vṛndāvana: Architecture, Theology, and Practice in an Early Modern Pilgrimage Town" (Brill, 2023)
New Books in Indian Religions

The small town of Vṛndāvana is today one of the most vibrant places of pilgrimage in northern India. Throngs of pilgrims travel there each year to honour the sacred land of Kṛṣṇa’s youth and to visit many of its temples. The Building of Vṛndāvana: Architecture, Theology, and Prac ...  عرض المزيد

Ep 4: The Fatimids: Founders of Cairo, with Dr Shainool Jiwa
Muslim Footprints

The Fatimids were an Ismaili dynasty that reigned over a diverse religious and ethnic population for about 200 years, emerging from the vibrant 10th century world of the Mediterranean. At its height, the Fatimid Empire stretched across the length of the southern Mediterranean and ...  عرض المزيد

Jessica Parr, “Inventing George Whitefield: Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon” (UP of Mississippi, 2015)
New Books in Christian Studies

George Whitefield was a complex man driven by a simple idea, the new birth that brought salvation. Because of such passion, Whitefield received both enthusiastic support, preaching to audiences numbering in the thousands, and bitter criticism for violating religious doctrine or p ...  عرض المزيد

#1307 - Untold Story of Kabir & an Iranian King
The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

Sadhguru narrates a story of poet-saint Kabir and King Ibraheem of Bukhara in present-day Iran and Iraq. He explains how Kabir made the king recognize that, despite his deep longing to have a taste of the beyond, his mental clutter had become a hindrance in his spiritual growth. ...  عرض المزيد