Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow is the Islamic Mary Different? Reviewing the Books on Maryam from the Last Ten Years
As I speak about the book The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries, I keep getting the question: how is your book different? In this show, I r…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Lament - Verse 23 in the Chapter of Mary (Surat Maryam) (Throwback)
In the climax of the story, Maryam makes a remarkable statement: "I wish I had died before this and been a thing forgotten". Qur'anic commentators u…
7 months ago
Commentary on Nostra Aetate: Shared Spirituality, Figures and Social Justice
Here I present a short commentary on Nostra Aetate, a Catholic document on the church's relationship with other religions. Specifically, I focus on …
7 months, 1 week ago
One God and Two Religions - An Interview with Amir Hussain (Throwback)
When I was writing The Islamic Mary, I became further interested in the field of Christian and Muslim dialogue and its relevancy today and in the fut…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Opening - Verse 1 of the Chapter of Mary (Surat Maryam) (Throwback)
Today, we revisit the first episode of my commentary of the chapter of Mary (Surat Maryam). I have now done commentaries of over 30 of the first ver…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Nostra Aetate and Islam
I had the opportunity to speak at Georgetown University on the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, a Catholic document on the church's relationship wi…
8 months ago
A Devotional Qur'an - An Interview with Shawkat Toorawa (Throwback)
When I started writing my book The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries, I was drawn to the Qur'anic chapter of Mary or Surat Maryam. As I sta…
8 months, 1 week ago
Understanding Salafism - An Interview with Yasir Qadhi
One of the reasons I became interested in Biblical and Qur'anic figures is because I did my dissertation and initial research on the medieval Ibn Kat…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Christians, Muslims and Mary - An Interview with Rita George-Tvrtkovic (Throwback)
When I started my career, I was interested in the figure of Abraham/Ibrahim and how he could be a bridge figure between Christians, Jews and Muslims.…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
How Can We Speak to an Infant? - Verse 29 of the Chapter of Mary (Surat Maryam)
When Maryam returns to her people, she mocked and told that she come from a righteous family, her father was a good man and her mother was chaste. I…
9 months ago