ISLAMerican Views

ISLAMerican Views presents the first edition of Quran Battle Royale featuring Quran reciters Muhammad Ali, Mohammad Marouf, and Mohamad Badawi with special commentator Feras, of course. Enjoy some sweet sounds of Quran recitation on your Friday! See you next week with a brand new episode!

In this week's episode Feras, Badawi, and Marouf discuss heart transplantation and organ donation in Islam. Feras' starts with sharing a personal story about his son who past away due to heart complications while waiting for a heart transplant and his feelings and struggles in making sure he is doing the best for his son and at the same time doing what's right in his religon.

This episode is dedicated to Malik Majeed-The time spent with you will last a lifetime.

Check out Article About Imam Johari Abdul Malik and his efforts to making organ donation a clear "YES" amongst the Muslim community:

https://www.donatelifevirginia.org/imam-johari-abdul-malik-and-the-change-of-muslim-heart-towards-organ-donation/

In this week's episode, the guys and some friends sit and tell their own individual family stories of how their families immigrated and or settled in America. Please reply in the comments with your own experiences as well as episode topic suggestions! Enjoy and thank you for listening!

In this week's episode Feras, Badawi, and Nabeel are joined by Zain, Marouf, and Marwan as they discuss the reasons why people might want to leave the religion of Islam as well as some possible solutions for individuals and community members to think about. Hope you enjoy! Please remember to submit your topics for next week's episode or questions you might want answered and we will try our best to include them our future episodes!

In this week's episode, Feras, Badawi, and Nabeel discuss a topic inspired by a facebook post made by public figure, Dalia Mogahed titled, "On The Crisis Of Authority" Simply put, questions discussed were: How should we react or respond when our scholars, mentors, and religious leaders fall from grace or do something that goes against the teaching of the religion or the topics of their lectures? Comment below if you have any additional thoughts, we would love to hear them! Enjoy and thanks for listening!

In this episode, Feras and Samra are joined by Nabeel and Ali as they discuss things they heard or believed were impermissible most of their lives growing up as Muslims as told by their parents, families, mentors, and or older folk. They break down some of these tales and try to come to an understanding of their origin. Hope you enjoy the first episode of 2019! Happy New Year!

In today's episode, Badawi, Feras, and Samra discuss the idea of unity among Muslims and debate the idea of Muslims breaking away to create their own cultural "comfort zone" Finally, the guys break down how unity should ideally look like and the difference between being unified through purpose and unified through opinion. Enjoy, follow, and Share!

In today's episode hosts, Feras, Samra, and Badawi alongside good friends Marwan and Mohammad Marouf dive into mosque politics and dissect the missteps as well as some potential fixes. They then dedicate some time to speak on the lack of woman inclusion in the mosque as well as the effects of an unwelcoming or disheveled women space in the mosque. It is a packed episode today! Enjoy!

Today, Feras and Samra alongside their friend Nabeel decode Thanksgiving and discuss the popular Islamic thought/Rulings when it comes partaking in the Thanksgiving festivities and how Muslim Americans can navigate this HUGE dilemma...In this episode, they decode Thanksgiving. Look No Further. ENJOY!

In today's episode, Feras and Badawi discuss the need for Muslim Americans to carve out their own identity separate from international influence, specifically the Saudia Arabian Government. They go on to explain why it is dangerous for the west to rely on one or two countries in the Middle East to be their "representatives" of Islam. Enjoy!