The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | EP 12 – Younus Mirza with Paul Heck | Emotions in Islam As I look closely at Qur’anic figures, I am struck by how they speak about…
How is the practice of religious rituals already a political act and a movement of justice? What do bodies share between themselves as they learn and convey rituals and genres? Is this mode of teaching…
Maydan Book forum on Rethinking Marital and Sexual Ethics in Islamic Law: The Case of Temporary Marriage, (Lexington Books/ Bloomsbury, 2023) by Roshan Iqbal. ISBN 9781793606280; ix+120 pages; hardback $144.85 Judd King | Fatima Razvi |…
The conversation below focuses on Professor of Near Eastern Islamic Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ) Sabine Schmidtke’s new book Scholar of Islam, Victim of the Holocaust: The Tragic Life of Hedwig…
The passing of the late Royal Laureate Professor Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas on March 8, 2026 (18 Ramadan 1447), at the age of 94, has been mourned by diverse segments of the global Muslim community,…
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | EP 9- Younus Mirza with Khairudin Aljunied on Islam in Southeast Asia When I first started my graduate education, I was attracted to the framework…
[PODCAST] A Common Word | EP 12 – Younus Mirza with Paul Heck | Emotions in Islam
Resourcing Ritualization: Transference and Spiritual Sovereignty in the Islamic Tradition
BOOK FORUM on Rethinking Marital and Sexual Ethics in Islamic Law: The Case of Temporary Marriage by Roshan Iqbal | Contributions from Judd King, Fatima Razvi, and Roshan Iqbal
A Conversation on Scholar of Islam, Victim of the Holocaust: The Tragic Life of Hedwig Klein (De Gruyter, 2026) by Sabine Schmidtke
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (1931-2026): Remembering a Universal Scholar and his Contributions to the Muslim World
[Podcast] A Common Word | EP 9- Younus Mirza with Khairudin Aljunied on Islam in Southeast Asia
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | EP 9- Younus Mirza with Khairudin Aljunied on Islam in Southeast Asia When I first started my graduate education, I was attracted to the framework…
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | EP 8- Younus Mirza with Amir Hussain When I was writing The Islamic Mary, I became further interested in the field of Christian and Muslim dialogue and its…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 15 | Animals in the Qur’an | Roshan Iqbal with Sarra Tlili In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Sarra Tlili, author of…
Maydan editors asked former students of the late Islamic and Iranian historian, Roy Mottahedeh, to reflect on his scholarship, personality, and impact. We remember Prof. Mottahedeh and his contributions fondly. Arafat Razzaque, University of Toronto…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP14 | # Oscars # Animation # Racism # Speciesism | Roshan Iqbal with Natalie Ghazaal In this episode of History Speaks, I talk with Dr. Natalie Khazaal,…
Salafism, a theological and methodological current within Sunni Islam, has long defied neat classification. Though rooted in a call to return to the practices of the salaf—the pious predecessors—it has become a deeply contested category,…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 11 | A Brief Guide to Shi’a Islam: Roshan Iqbal with Saba Fatima In this episode, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Saba Fatima, Professor of Philosophy…
In Pejaten, a neighborhood of South Jakarta, tucked behind alleyways that blur the lines between domestic and communal life, a man named Abeb begins his day not with speech, but with presence. He opens the…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks – Episode 9- Karbala and Nobility What does it mean to act with nobility in the face of certain loss? In this episode of History Speaks, host Roshan Iqbal speaks…
“They just can’t get past [that I am] Black… and formerly incarcerated. It’s like, ‘Okay, well, that’s who Malcolm [X] was. You say you love Malcolm—I’m one of his sons… You say you love him,…
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | Episode 4- Younus Mirza Hosts Jordan Denari Duffner While writing my book the Islamic Mary, I came across various works on Christian-Muslim relations, in particular…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP8 – Inner Dimensions of Fasting In this episode of History Speaks, Roshan Iqbal is joined by Celene Ibrahim, Oludamini Ogunnaike, and Younus Mirza to explore distinct fasting practices…
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | Episode 1- Younus Mirza Hosts Rachel Mikva One of the reasons I have been drawn to A Common Word and the Islamic Mary or Maryam in…
Introduction Founded by Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (d. 1166 A.D.[1]) in the 12th century in Baghdad, the Qadiri order has soon spread to and entrenched its status as a major Sufi order in South Asia, during…
It has been said that podcasts are to radio what online streaming has become to television, the main difference being that most podcasts are free to access. Recent years have seen the medium of the…
