Best Islamic Institute Of Toronto Podcasts (2024)

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Anver Emon: Jurisdictional Exceptionalisms: Islamic Law, International Law and Parental Child Abduction 46:13

1+ y ago46:13

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The 1980 Hague Abduction Convention was intended to create international consensus over how to handle cases in which one parent absconded with their child over an international border, effectively leaving the other parent without clear legal recourse. Dr. Emon sheds light on the historical ideas and assumptions that have made it difficult for the H…

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Baljit Nagra: Securitized Citizens: Canadian Muslim Identity Post 9/11 48:22

1+ y ago48:22

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Dr. Nagra discusses the findings of her research with educated second-generation Muslims in Toronto and Vancouver. Nagra analyzes Canadian Muslims' exclusion from citizenship post 9/11. She details her interviewees experiences with racism, the state's border authorities, and security agencies. Nagra reveals the different forms of resistence that yo…

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Sunera Thobani: Contesting Islam/Constructing the West 1:29:04

2y ago1:29:04

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Sunera Thobani, Professor in the Asian Studies Department at UBC, discusses her new book, Contesting Islam: The Inordinate Desire of the West (2021). Dr. Thobani recounts the historical constructions of Muslims and the West through an critical engagement with postcolonial theorists, race theory, feminism, and queer theory. Host: Youcef Soufi Date r…

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Suzanne Marchand: Philology and its Critics 22:10

2y ago22:10

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Professor Suzanne Marchand joins the Reading Practices Hub to discuss German Orientalism and the philological approach. She gives an overview of the history of German Orientalism and the reason for choosing it as a subject of her study. In the episode, Prof. Marchand also discusses the critique of philology and mentions that some critics of philolo…

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The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC): Textual Inspiration, Production, and Impact 23:01

2y ago23:01

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In this episode of the Reading Muslims podcast, the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC)'s director of education and communication, Khaled Al-Qazzaz, discusses MAC as both a place of knowledge transmission and producer of Islamic knowledge in Canada. Specifically, he begins by explaining the texts that centrally inspire and shape MAC's mission in the…

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Junaid Quadri: Islamic Thought between Two Eras 30:25

2y ago30:25

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Professor Junaid Quadri joins the Reading Practices Hub to discuss theoretical questions related to the study of Islamic thought. He focuses on the connection between thought and practice in the Islamic tradition, especially in Islamic law. He also discusses the question of continuity and rupture in a way that he revised the dominant narrative. He …

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Noah Salomon: For Love of the Prophet 37:13

2+ y ago37:13

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Professor Noah Salomon joins this episode of the Reading Muslims podcast to discuss the role texts and textuality came to play in his ethnography of the Islamic State in Sudan, For Love of the Prophet (Princeton University Press 2016). He reflects on what it means to approach texts not only as an object of study, but also as a method that informs o…

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Tazeen Ali: Islamic Religious Authority and The Women's Mosque of America 26:08

2+ y ago26:08

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Dr. Tazeen Ali joins the Anthropology of Islam Hub to discuss her upcoming book project, Authorizing Women: Islamic Authority at the Women’s Mosque of America with New York University Press. She lays out the gendered and racialized landscape of the U.S. Muslim religious authority and what is and isn’t new about Women’s Mosque of America’s approach …

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Katherine Bullock: Muslim Identity and Islamic Book Production 28:46

2+ y ago28:46

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Dr. Bullock explains the vision of Compass Books and how both her academic and activism careers inspired her to found the company. She elaborates various challenges in the book publishing industry, and the role her company aims to play in Muslim identity formation. She discusses how Compass Books walks a fine and often tricky line as it tries to ca…

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Mohammad Fadel: Fiqh & Qahwa (Part 4 of 4) 29:37

2+ y ago29:37

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Dr. Fadel joins this special edition podcast to discuss his beginnings in academia, and his observations about the field of Middle Eastern studies over time. He is joined by Dr. Emon as the two come together to discuss their approaches to Islamic law and legal studies, where textuality (and debates about it) has been and will likely continue to be …

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Basit Iqbal: The Social Life of Islamic Texts and Concepts 38:03

2+ y ago38:03

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Basit Iqbal explores methodological debates in anthropology that have centered on the varying role of texts. The conversation turns to the difference between an anthropology of Muslims and an anthropology of Islam; the vexed disciplinary relationship between theology and anthropology; and the capacity of textually-grounded concepts to offer unexpec…

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Mohammad Fadel: Fiqh & Qahwa (Part 3 of 4) 30:36

2+ y ago30:36

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Dr. Fadel joins this special edition podcast to discuss his beginnings in academia, and his observations about the field of Middle Eastern studies over time. He is joined by Dr. Emon as the two come together to discuss their approaches to Islamic law and legal studies, where textuality (and debates about it) has been and will likely continue to be …

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Nukhet Varlik: Plague in the Global Context 32:54

3y ago32:54

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Dr. Nukhet Varlik discusses the history of the plague and epidemic diseases in general. She elaborates on how some of the terminology used in plague studies still carries a colonial legacy and how the discovery of the pathogen responsible for the bubonic plague has helped counter some of these biased and disconnected accounts of the disease. She al…

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Mohammad Fadel: Fiqh & Qahwa (Part 2 of 4) 18:10

3y ago18:10

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Dr. Fadel joins this special edition podcast to discuss his beginnings in academia, and his observations about the field of Middle Eastern studies over time. He is joined by Dr. Emon as the two come together to discuss their approaches to Islamic law and legal studies, where textuality (and debates about it) has been and will likely continue to be …

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Mohammad Fadel: Fiqh & Qahwa (Part 1 of 4) 18:18

3y ago18:18

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Dr. Fadel joins this special edition podcast to discuss his beginnings in academia, and his observations about the field of Middle Eastern studies over time. He is joined by Dr. Emon as the two come together to discuss their approaches to Islamic law and legal studies, where textuality (and debates about it) has been and will likely continue to be …

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Ali Usman Qasmi: Postcolonial State-making and the Politics of Readership 35:30

3y ago35:30

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Dr. Ali Usman Qasmi joins the Reading Muslims podcast to discuss the poltiics of readership in a post-colonial context, and how this politics plays out specifically in Pakistan. He speaks to us about the epistemic paraphernalia of classic Islamic jurisprudence texts and how it is appropriated for the legal structures of the modern nation-state. He …

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Amira Mittermaier: Texts Across Disciplines and Fields 39:07

3y ago39:07

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Professor Amira Mittermaier describes how her trajectory from being a student of Islamic Studies in Germany to an anthropologist in North America has shaped how she approaches texts in her research today. She reflects upon the multitude of ways texts matter to Muslims in Egypt, providing examples of the ways she centers these written works in her f…

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Suzanne Conklin Akbari: The Politics of Reading Practices 19:08

3y ago19:08

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Professor Suzanne Conklin Akbari joins the Reading Muslims podcast to discuss reading practices with regards to Islamic texts and how they have changed the way we traditionally study Islam. She speaks about the plural temporality of texts, and how they impact different time periods in history. This episode covers the politics of how we read Islamic…

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Nada Moumtaz: Forms of Textuality in Anthropology 31:00

3y ago31:00

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Professor Nada Moumtaz joins the Reading Muslims podcast to discuss anthropology’s relationship to textuality in modern day research and fieldwork. This episode covers the complexities and difficulties that come with trying to engage in a tradition of textuality that is incredibly vast, and nuanced. Professor Moumtaz speaks about the different appr…

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Haytham Bahoora: Theorizing the Making of a Modern Arabic Literary Tradition 19:48

3y ago19:48

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Professor Bahoora joins the Reading Muslims podcast to discuss the formation of new genres and new modes of reading that correspond to historical shifts that shaped the emergence of the modern Arab world. He discusses the implications of using the word “Islamic” to describe texts. While also discussing historical and current reading practices and h…

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Elizabeth Shakman Hurd: Religious Freedom and the Politics of Islamic Reform 54:16

3y ago54:16

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Professor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd joins the Reading Muslims podcast to discuss state surveillance of Muslims. She situates the discussion through freedom of religion within the American project and explores how it is used as a device to further US political interests abroad. This podcast episode also explores how language can be co-opted by civiliza…

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Reading Muslims: Juliette Galonnier -- France's Fears over 'Islamic Separatism' and Academic Freedom 43:09

3+ y ago43:09

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On Oct 16th, a French schoolteacher in the suburbs of Paris named Samuel Paty was murdered by a Muslim man for showing his classroom caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The aftermath has placed Islam and Muslims under scrutiny with the government claiming that "Islamist separatism" is challenging the Republic's values and unity. In this podcast, J…

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Preparing for Ramadan Dr. Roubiya Mohamed challenges myths about Diet and Nutrition

5y ago

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Ramadan-is-one-of-the-most-important-times-in-the-life-of-a-Muslim.-It-is-a-month-of-fasting--generosity--spirituality-and-good-deeds.How-will-you-prepare-for-it--Join-us-in-this-special-4-week-course-to-explore-the-importance--blessings--rituals--and-rules-pertaining-to-fasting--zakat--Qiyaam--Lailatul-Qadr--and-Eid-al-Fitr.-At-the-end-of-the-cour…

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The Year of Grief - Sh. Abdool Hamid

5y ago

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Essentials of Tasawwuf Session 2

5y ago

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In-this-course--we-seek-to-answer-this-question-and-hope-to-show-how-we-ought-to-distinguish-between-genuine-Tasawwuf-and-pseudo--Tasawwuf.-We-shall-then-proceed-to-distill-the-essentials-of-Tasawwuf.-Finally--we-shall-discuss-some-of-the-practical-ways-of-integrating-the-wisdom-of-Tasawwuf-in-our-daily-life-to-gain-an-enhanced-spiritual-experience…

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Preparing for Ramadan Class #2 April 5th,2019 Sh. Abdool Hamid

5y ago

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Ramadan-is-one-of-the-most-important-times-in-the-life-of-a-Muslim.-It-is-a-month-of-fasting--generosity--spirituality-and-good-deeds.-How-will-you-prepare-for-it--Join-us-in-this-special-4-week-course-to-explore-the-importance--blessings--rituals-and-rules-pertaining-to-fasting--zakaat--Qiyaam--Lailatul-Qadr-and-Eid-al-Fitr.-At-the-end-of-the-cour…

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Thematic Journey Through The Quran - Sh. Musleh Khan - March 28th, 2019 class.

5y ago

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Essentials of Tasawwuf Session #1 Sh. Ahmad Kutty

5y ago

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In-this-course--we-seek-to-answer-this-question-and-hope-to-show-how-we-ought-to-distinguish-between-genuine-Tasawwuf-and-pseudo--Tasawwuf.-We-shall-then-proceed-to-distill-the-essentials-of-Tasawwuf.-Finally--we-shall-discuss-some-of-the-practical-ways-of-integrating-the-wisdom-of-Tasawwuf-in-our-daily-life-to-gain-an-enhanced-spiritual-experience…

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Preparing for Ramadan Session #1 Sh. Abdool Hamid

5y ago

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Ramadan-is-one-of-the-most-important-times-in-the-life-of-a-Muslim.-It-is-a-month-of-fasting--generosity--spirituality-and-good-deeds.How-will-you-prepare-for-it--Join-us-in-this-special-4-week-course-to-explore-the-importance--blessings--rituals--and-rules-pertaining-to-fasting--zakat--Qiyaam--Lailatul-Qadr--and-Eid-al-Fitr.-At-the-end-of-the-cour…

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Islam at the Crossroads Reform or Revival - Sh. Abdullah Hakim Quick - Class #10

5y ago

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Islam at the Crossroad Reform or Revival Sh. Abdullah Hakim Quick. March 26th, 2019 class

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Courage and Dependence on Allah - Sh. Abdullah Hakim Quick

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Vocabulary of the Quran Sh. Abdool Hamid March 27th, 2019

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How To Move On From The New Zealand Mosque Shooting - Sh. Musleh Khan

5y ago

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Sh.-Musleh-Khan-delivers-a-kuthbah-on-ways-to-move-on-from-the-recent-tragedy-in-New-Zealand-at-the-Islamic-Institute-of-Toronto.----Please-follow-us-on-Facebook--Instagram----Twitter--islamic-Institute-of-Toronto--and-visit-our-website--Islam.ca-

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Thematic Journey Through The Quran - Sh. Musleh Khan - March 21st, 2019 class.

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Vocabulary of the Quran Sh. Abdool Hamid March 20th

5y ago

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Islam at the Crossroad Reform or Revival Sh. Abdullah Hakim Quick. March 19th, 2019 class

5y ago

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New Zealand Shooting - Sh. Abdullah Hakim Quick

5y ago

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New Zealand Mosque Shooting - Sh. Abdullah Hakim Quick

5y ago

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Thematic Journey Surah Nisaa Sh. Musleh Khan

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Vocabulary of the Quran Winter 2019 March 5th, 2019

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Islam at the Crossroads Reform or Revival March 5th, 2019

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Loans and Debts - Sh. Abdul Hamid - Jumuah Kuthbah

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Thematic Journey through the Quran Surah Nisaa Sh. Musleh Khan

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Islam at the Crossroads Reform or Revival Sh. Abdullah Hakim Quick

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Black History Month Special Africans and Islam 22:02

5y ago22:02

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Thematic Journey of the Quran Class #5 1:46:08

5y ago1:46:08

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Vocab of Quran Class #4 Sh. Abdool Hamid 1:28:16

5y ago1:28:16

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Sh. Ahmad Kutty Mental Health Wellness and Islam 24:36

5y ago24:36

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Thematic Journey Sh. Musleh Khan Class #4 1:24:32

5y ago1:24:32

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