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  • The Problem of Divine Hiddenness: An Islamic Response: with Bassam Zawadi

    Check out Bassam’s work at his:

    Blog: https://islamicdiscourse.substack.com/

    Website: https://www.call-to-monotheism.com/

    Personal Academia Page: https://independent.academia.edu/BassamZawadi

    Managed Academia Pages: https://independent.academia.edu/IslamicModernistDiscourse & https://independent.academia.edu/RefutingModernistHanafis



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    58 min
  • Is Abu Hurayrah a Reliable Hadith Narrator? with Abdullah Al-Rabbat

    Abdullah’s books can be purchased here https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AAbdullah+Al-Rabbat&s=relevancerank&text=Abdullah+Al-Rabbat&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1


    - Overview & Introduction: 00:00-21:07

    - Factors Influencing Abu Hurayra’s Prolific Role in Hadith: 21:08-58:25

    - Qualitative Indicators of Abu Hurayra’s Reliability: 58:26-1:18:19

    - The Volume of Abu Hurayra’s Hadith Corpus: 1:18:20-1:32:04

    - How Corroborated are Abu Hurayra’s Hadiths? 1:32:05-1:49:42

    - Perceived Controversies Regarding Abu Hurayra: 1:49:43-1:51:29

    - Umar’s Hadith Ban: 1:51:30-2:02:44

    - Abu Hurayra, Kaʿb al-Aḥbār, and Isrāʾīliyyāt: 2:02:45-2:30:09

    - Abu Hurayra in Shīʿite Satire: 2:30:10-2:55:24

    - Abu Hurayra & Allegations of Misogyny: 2:55:25-3:14:42

    - Abu Hurayra & the Hanafi (Kufan) School: 3:14:43-3:35:03

    - Conclusion + Q&A: 3:35:04-3:49:02



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    3 hr 50 min
  • Islam and Blackness with Dr Jonathan Brown

    Read Islam and Blackness: https://oneworld-publications.com/work/islam-and-blackness/


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    1 hr 18 min
  • Why Secular Ethics is Baseless with Dr. Ovamir Anjum

    Dr. Ovamir Anjum is the Editor-in-Chief at Yaqeen Institute and the founder of https://ummatics.org/


    Being a “Good Person” is Not Enough: Why Ethics Need Islam

    https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/being-a-good-person-is-not-enough-why-ethics-need-islam


    Prophetic Ethics: A Model for those Seeking God and Eternal Life

    https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/prophetic-ethics-a-model-for-those-seeking-god-and-eternal-life


    Introduction: 00:00-03:36

    The Ethical Impulse: 03:37-11:35

    Reason too is necessary: 11:36-17:51

    Humans disagree on what is good: 17:52-31:10

    The “Secular Age” is not doing well: 31:11-36:25

    What people think about ethics/religion: 36:26-37:30

    Does science have an opinion? 37:31-54:08

    The Modern World: 54:09-54:42

    Nietzsche: 54:43-56:21

    Some distinctions: 56:22-1:00:47

    Is secularism just another religion? 1:00:48-1:09:23

    Do we not have secular ethical systems? 1:09:24-1:23:52

    How does secular ethics operate? 1:23:53-1:26:02

    A Made Scientist on Mars: A Thought Experiment 1:26:03-1:31:38

    Liberal ethics: rootless, smuggled, norms: 1:31:39-1:34:37

    MacIntyre’s After Virtue applied to today: 1:34:38-1:43:53

    Prophet Ethics: 1:43:54-1:50:40

    Q&A: 1:50:41 - 2:07:49



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    2 hr 8 min
  • Raising Males into Sacred Manhood with Shaykh Dawud Walid

    Futuwwah: and Raising Males into Sacred Manhood: https://imamghazali.co/en-gb/products/futuwwah-sacred-manhood

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Futuwwah-Raising-Males-Sacred-Manhood/dp/1952306396/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1676656176&refinements=p_27%3ADawud+Walid&s=books&sr=1-1



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    1 hr 15 min
  • Empowering Muslim Children in Public Schools: with Michael Abraham

    Subscribe to Michael’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/abrahameducation


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    Twitter: https://twitter.com/abrahameduc?s=21&t=oEg7YnB21wRX2l7zo-WAeA


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    Get his Book: https://www.amazon.com/Engaging-Muslim-Students-Public-Schools/dp/0578714817


    Refer Educators to his training: https://www.abrahameducation.com/


    Check out his free course for Muslim Parents: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7llaA5_v4fz2dGZusq86JG_nA2d9Ury


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    1 hr 35 min
  • Refuting the Christian claim the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ did no miracles with Dr Louay Fatoohi

    Chapters:

    00:00 - Introduction

    00:25 - Background of Dr. Fatoohi

    00:58 - Today's Topic

    01:10 - Christian claim against Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

    03:53 - Introduction to the Topic

    11:01 - The Inimitable Qur'an

    15:00 - Eternal Unattainable Challenge of the Qur'an

    29:02 - Knowledge of the Unseen

    31:48 - The Qur'an: A Miracle of Miracles

    39:50 - Issues with Josephus' Testimony about Jesus pbuh

    45:11 - Testimonium Gibbonum

    48:02 - Miracles performed by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

    50:14 - Prophet Muhammad ﷺ's private relationship with Allah ﷻ

    53:23 - Issues with Western Scholars' claim of the Qur'an's origin

    1:02:32 - Prophet Muhammad ﷺ's other miracles

    1:05:07 - The Night Journey (Isra)

    1:08:45 - The Heavenly Ascension (Miraj)

    1:12:10 - Knowing a Family Secret

    1:18:16 - A Dream about the Battle of Badr

    1:26:27 - A Vision of Conquering Mecca

    1:36:29 - Potential miracles of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

    1:39:01 - The Spitting of the Moon

    1:51:04 - The Throwing at the Disbelievers

    1:58:16 - The claim of the Qur'an not mentioning the miracles of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

    2:00:32 - Qur'an's Silence & Denial Claim

    2:08:25 - Dishonest Demands for Miracles

    2:13:24 - Miracles Witnessed

    2:14:19 - Continuing Miracles

    2:16:17 - Denying the Denial

    2:18:47 - Prophets' Miracles performed by Allah ﷻ's permission

    2:26:57 - Denial of the Disbelievers

    2:28:27 - Why do people deny Miracles in the Qur'an?

    2:31:43 - Need to Study External sources

    2:35:06 - The Qur'an being Succinct

    2:43:59 - Miracles mentioned in Al-Bukhari & Muslim

    2:49:41 - Miracles mentioned in other Hadith & books

    2:52:11 - Concluding Remarks


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    2 hr 58 min
  • Islam and Transgenderism: What Does the Shariah Say? With Ustadh Mobeen Vaid

    “And the Male Is Not like the Female”: Sunni Islam and Gender Nonconformity

    https://www.academia.edu/34017417/_And_the_Male_Is_Not_like_the_Female_Sunni_Islam_and_Gender_Nonconformity


    "And the Male Is Not like the Female": Sunni Islam and Gender Nonconformity (Part II)

    https://www.academia.edu/44843268/_And_the_Male_Is_Not_like_the_Female_Sunni_Islam_and_Gender_Nonconformity_Part_II_


    The Business of Gender: What is all the fuss about?


    Why this Topic?: 00:00-06:50

    Language Games: 06:51-10:20

    Psychology: 10:21-13:10

    Literature and Film: 13:11-15:44


    Setting the Foundation: Part 1


    What does the Shariah say about Gender Nonconformity? – 15:45-20:29

    Gender is Binary: 20:30-23:25

    Biological Nonconformity: 23:26-32:01

    Dispositional Nonconformity: 32:02-44:23

    Affected Nonconformity: 44:24-48:38

    Conclusions: 48:39-53:30


    Understanding Transgenderism: Part 2


    Gender Ontology: 53:31-1:07:09

    Islam and Gender: 1:07:10-1:11:22

    Transgenderism: History: 1:11:23-1:20:13

    Transgenderism: Schema, Theories: 1:20:14-1:26:07

    Childhood-Onset GID/GD: 1:26:08-1:46:20

    Autogynephilic GD: 1:46:21-1:49:41

    Rapid-Onset GD: 1:49:42-1:56:15

    Medical “Treatments”: 1:56:16-1:57:02

    Puberty Suppression: 1:57:03-2:01:14

    Hormone Therapy: 2:01:15-2:04:56

    Surgery: 2:04:57-2:12:59


    Islam and Transgenderism: What does the Shariah say?


    Islam and Gender: 2:13:00-2:19:52

    History of Jurists and Transgenderism: 2:19:53-2:32:32

    Ruling: 2:32:33-2:37:50

    Concluding Remarks + Q&A: 2:37:51-3:12:25


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    3 hr 13 min
  • The Qur’an: Divine or Man-made? With Sh. Suleiman Hani

    Check out Sh. Suleiman's two-part series on the miraculous nature of the Qur'an below:


    Part 1: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/introduction-to-ijaz-al-quran-the-miraculous-nature-of-the-quran


    Part 2: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/introduction-to-ijaz-al-quran-the-role-of-muhammad


    Additional classes and papers can be found on AlMaghrib.org or on his personal website,

    imamsuleiman.com


    Chapters:

    Introduction: 00:00-10:42

    Components of a Mu‘jizah (Miracle): 10:43-14:12

    The Qur’an as a Mu‘jizah: 14:13-26:32

    Brief History of I‘jaz al-Qur’an: 26:33-32:44

    Scope of I‘jaz al-Qur’an: 32:45-34:25

    Overview of I‘jaz al-Qur’an: 34:26-43:37

    What about Prophet Muhammad: 43:38-48:12

    The Literary Miracle: 48:13-50:45

    Context: 50:46-1:09:45

    Foreknowledge in the Qur’an: 1:09:46-1:31:45

    Knowledge of the Natural World: 1:31:46-1:49:31

    God’s Attributes, Life’s Purpose: 1:49:32-1:54:39

    Objective Morality: 1:54:40-2:05:02

    Prophet Muhammad: 2:05:03-2:22:02

    Conclusion: 2:22:03-2:29:11


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    2 hr 30 min

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Blogging Theology is a channel discussing comparative religion by Paul Williams, a blogger and bibliophile based in London and the South of France.

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