Opinion: University of Toronto professor Shafique Virani says his 'weapons of mass instruction' can help curb Islamophobia. The National is CBC Television's flagship news program. Airing seven days a week, the show delivers news, feature documentaries and analysis from some of Canada's leading journalists. ...
Author and activist Karen Armstrong discusses the ways the West can better understand the volatile Pakistan through compassion. Just because the West is removed doesn't mean it can ignore the suffering of the world. The hubris of the West may cloud its sight toward the plight of countries like Pakistan, but the answer is compassion. ...
Through the lens of his own experience, Reza Aslan examines the crisis of identity that is currently gripping the U.S., and suggests some possible ways in which we should think differently about race, religion, and identity. As Aslan points out, America has, from the beginning, been a diverse nation, built on immigration and ethnic diversity. ...
Features a short clip on Islam; a BBC Documentary on Science and Islam; a lecture on Modern Pakistan by Karen Armstrong; a crash course on the Dangers of Rapid Modernization of Early Muslim Colonies; a talk on religion, identity, and the future of America by Reza Aslan; a discussion on the understanding of God by National Geographic...and more. ...
At the Children of Abraham Youth Leadership Grants Program: "Present at the Beginning: Celebrating Three Women and Three Faiths." Kick-off speaker: Dr. Zahra N. Jamal is the Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow on International Women's Rights at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago, and a previous member of ITREB. ...
What is driving the current violence and chaos in the Middle East? Many say it is the "age-old" sectarian conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims, but a look at the facts shows something different. In this week's Reality Check, Mehdi Hasan highlights the myth of the so-called Sunni-Shia war. ...
Features a reality check on the myth of a Sunni-Shia War, a conversation on Islam and the Media, a talk on Islam and radicalism by Reza Aslan, a discussion on Khadija, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad, by Zahra Jamal, and lecture on Rumi by Seyyed Hossein Nasr...and more. ...
Standing in one of the largest hospitals in Qatar, you would not immediately be able to draw a link between the pioneering medical research being conducted and the work of physicists from the 9th century. The documentary highlights links between medical research in the Golden Age of Science during the 9th/14th centuries and the modern practice of medicine today. ...
Dr. Omid Safi evening lecture at the West Michigan Academic Consortium Conference on October 7, 2010 at Calvin College. Omid Safi is a leading Muslim public intellectual. He is the Director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center and a professor of Islamic Studies, and specializes in contemporary Islamic thought and Islamic spirituality. ...
Features a crash course on Islam and the Quran; a lecture on Prophet Muhammad by Omid Safi; a conversation on Islamic Law by Ali Asani, a discussion by Link TV/Gallop on Who Speaks for Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think, a panel on understanding the Shia; an Al-Jazeera documentary on Science and Islam (Al-Razi and Ibn Sina)...and more. ...
The pages of the Quran were written in the desertlike climate of seventh-century Arabia. Therefore, water is a gift from God, says Ali Asani, Harvard professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic religion and cultures. This is just one of many ways water in the Quran is emblematic of a deep relationship between God and humans. ...
Sharia! Jihad! Hijab! These words might sound familiar to you, but don't judge a Quran by its cover. Wajahat Ali and Hussein Rashid (Huffington Post) breaks down the misperceptions around Islam. ...
Features a short introduction to Islam by Wajahat Ali; a lecture on water as substance and symbol in Islam; a clip on fighting Islamophobia with education by Shafique Virani; a talk on faith, Islam and the media by Reza Aslan; a crash course on Islam and Politics; a discussion on Islamic spirituality for humanity by Seyyed Hossein Nasr...and more. ...
Sufism & Islamic Mysticism. Continuously Updated; An introduction to the history, practices, and beliefs of Sufi Islam & Islamic Mysticism. Sufism, or tasawwuf in Arabic, is practiced by many Muslims around the world, both Shia and Sunni, as a personal, mystical, or esoteric path to God. ...
Many people in Western countries perceive Muslims as a unified group and Islam as a religion imbued with fundamentalism that is hardly compatible with modernity and democracy. These videos dismantle one after another these misperceptions about Islam in the West and strongly rejects the Huntington's modish concept of "clash of civilizations". ...
Entire Islam RoundUp Collection. Continuously Updated. Each video has been carefully chosen for both its depth, compelling presentation delivery, and to avoid repetitive content. The collection/playlists present a diversity of speakers and a wide variety of subject matter including documentaries, history, philosophy, theology, arts, architecture, etc. ...
