Best Muslim Association Of Canada Podcasts (2024)

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Zakat and Giving in Ramadan 43:58

1+ y ago43:58

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As we enter into the last 10 nights of Ramadan, we are all readying to increase our Ibadah - acts of worship. In this episode, we will discuss one of the five pillars of Islam - Zakat, and with a special Q&A segment on the Fiqh of Zakat! Guest Speakers: ⭐️Sh. Mohammad Zahid Abu Ghuddah, Khateeb and Scholar in Toronto Sh. Mohammad Zahid Abu Ghuddah’…

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Mercy and Compassion in Ramadan 42:54

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We hope your Ramadan has been full of barakah and remembrance of Allah SWT 🤲🏼 Today we have our second segment of Islam & Life in Ramadan: Ramadan Across Canada inshAllah. This week, we were hosting speakers Live from Edmonton, AB! 🇨🇦 The topic: Mercy & Compassion in Ramadan Guest Speakers: ⭐️Dr. Mahmoud Ibrahim, Imam at the MAC Islamic Centre - Ra…

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From London - Building a relationship with the Quran 38:41

1+ y ago38:41

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From London ON with Dr. Abdulkarim Sekta and Dr. Ehab Bader. In this episode, we speak about Building a Relationship with the Quran. Learn more about our two guests: Dr. Abdulkarim Sekta is the Imam at MAC Westmount Masjid in London, ON and a faculty member at Itqan Institute. He is one of the world’s most expert authorities in the Qur’an! He acqui…

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The Concept of “Ummah” 1:06:40

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Today’s Islam & Life session topic: The Concept of “Ummah.” What does it mean to be an “Ummah”? How can we unite as one global community to help our brothers and sisters in need? Join us with Dr. Ovamir Anjum, Imam Khattab Chair of Islamic Studies at the University of Toledo and Founder and Chief Research Officer at Ummatics Institute.…

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Preparing for Ramadan 1:02:47

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Can you believe Ramadan is only two weeks away! May Allah allow us to reach it. Ramadan is an opportunity for change. As we prepare ourselves for a month of fasting and abstaining, we must also remember to prepare for spiritual transformation - both at an individual level and as an Ummah. For our next Islam & Life segment, we will be discussing the…

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In the Face of Calamity 1:15:13

1+ y ago1:15:13

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How to Respond to Tragedy as an Ummah , Relief and Charity from an Islamic Perspective Our guest in this episode was Dr Hany El-Banna, Co Founder, Islamic Relief Worldwide and President, World Humanitarian Action ForumBy Muslim Association of Canada

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Islamic view of justice and compassion amongst humanity 1:03:53

1+ y ago1:03:53

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Islamic view of justice and compassion amongst humanity. The responsibility Muslims have toward injustice our guests in this episode: Sr. Tina Aseffa, Senior Researcher at MAC Sr. Nimao Ali, Social Justice Activist and EducatorBy Muslim Association of Canada

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Allah-Centered Parenting 1:05:19

1+ y ago1:05:19

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Allah-Centered Parenting Raising Strong Muslim Families In this episode we host Sarah Attia, Principal Olive Grove School, Community Leader, Educator Dr. Khurram Khan, Associate Professor of Medicine & MAC Board MemberBy Muslim Association of Canada

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Building Strong Muslim Families (part 2) 1:06:28

1+ y ago1:06:28

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Questions About Homosexuality and Gender Identity Our guest for this episode is Shaikh Mustafa Umar, an Author, Imam, and an ActivistBy Muslim Association of Canada

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Building Strong Muslim Families (part 1) 1:00:14

2y ago1:00:14

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The Importance of Family in Islam and How to Maintain Successful Marriage and Familial Life our guests in this episode: Sr. Haleh Banani, Therapist, Writer and Psychologist Dr. Jasser Auda, Scholar and Professor of Islamic LawBy Muslim Association of Canada

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Islamophobia in Canada Part II: Government’s Responses to Islamophobia 54:01

2y ago54:01

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What has the government done to combat Islamophobia in response to the call for action from the Muslim community? Have the requests been heard? Has it been enough? What more needs to be done, and what can the community do on an individual and collective level to constantly hold the government accountable? Our guest in this episode is Iqra Khalid, a…

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Islam & Life Trailer 1:59

2y ago1:59

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Islam & Life a production of Muslim Association of Canada How do we reconcile our religious values with the ever changing society and norms around us? The challenge to stay grounded in our Islamic framework while being productive members of the wider community is one that we all face. Join us for a weekly show where we have thought provoking...…

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Islamophobia in Canada: Exploring Structural Islamophobia within the Government 1:00:10

2y ago1:00:10

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How big of a problem is Islamophobia in our society? Examining the role the Canadian government plays in generating Anti Islamic narrative and exploring structural Islamophobia in Canada and how it affects the Muslim community. In this episode, we talk to Mustafa Farooq,Lawyer, Former CEO of National Council of Canadian Muslims and Azeezah Kanji, L…

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Under The Spotlight: Muslim Media Productions 1:01:57

2y ago1:01:57

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MAC Islam & Life Under The Spotlight: Muslim Media Productions guests Raef Haggag Singer/Songwriter, Awakening Music Mohamad Hamas Elmasry Associate Professor Media and Cultural Studies, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies Taha Ghayyur Vice President, Sound Vision Foundation; Human rights advocate Islam and Life is a production of Muslim Associatio…

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

2y 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

2y 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

2+ y 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

2+ y 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

2+ y 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

2+ y 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

3y 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

3y 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

3y 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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Friday Message: Spread Joy, Relieve Distress & Sorrow (Oct. 1, 2021)

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Spread Joy, Relieve Distress SorrowBy Podcasts – Sikander Hashmi

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Friday Message: Rise with Humility (Sep. 24, 2021)

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Friday Message: Keeping Differences Healthy (Sep. 17, 2021)

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Keeping Differences HealthyBy Podcasts – Sikander Hashmi

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Friday Message: Vote with Care (Sep. 10, 2021)

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Friday Message: Healthy Friendships (Sep. 3, 2021)

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

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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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Friday Message: Staying Safe at School (Aug. 27, 2021)

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Friday Message: Picking Sides in Conflicts (Aug. 20, 2021)

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Friday Message: Welcoming the New Year (Aug. 13, 2021)

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

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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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Friday Message: Olympic Lessons (Aug. 6, 2021)

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

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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

3+ y 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

3+ y 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

3+ y 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

3+ y 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

3+ y 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

3+ y 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

3+ y 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

3+ y 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

3+ y 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…