In this episode Echoes from Exile gets controversial by sitting down with Dr. Yassir Morsi from La Trobe University, Melbourne, and discussing Critical Race Theory.

Dr. Morsi did not specify a charity of the episode but encouraged listeners to donate to and preference in our conversations, the less fortunate in the Ummah who have been wronged by the system of exploitation that exists in the world today.

The Quran and Sunnah constitute the two primary sources of Islamic Law. Within traditional circles this is an accepted axiom, however western academics, recently, have questioned the position , and the validity of preservation, of the Hadith. Such critique has also seeped its way inside the community and is being used by individuals to delegitimize and discredit hadith.

In this episode Dr. Iqbal Nadvi gives us a primer on hadith preservation and why modern criticisms of hadith are both lacking in substance and deficient in reason.

For further reading, Dr. Nadvi mentioned books the following books
1. Tadween e Hadith - Manazir Ahsan
2. work by M. Mustafa Al-A'zami
3. Works by Dr. Hamidullah
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Dr. Nadvi did not specify a charity for charity of the episode but encouraged listeners to donate to grassroots Muslim organizations working in education, publication, media and charity.

What is the Khilafah? Why is it important? Who wants it? Is it practical?

In this episode I sit down with Dr. Anjum, the Imam Khattab Endowed Chair of Islamic Studies at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Toledo, to discuss his views on the concept of a unified Muslim polity, it's various conceptions around the Muslim world and the work that needs to be done in order to get there.

You can check out more of Dr. Anjum's work on the website or twitter page of the Ummatics Colloquium.

Our guest designated charity for the episode is also Ummatics Colloquium. Listeners can donate to the colloquium here! 

And we start off :D