#6 - Dr Haroon Sidat: We Need to Recreate a Living Tradition URGENTLY...

It was a pleasure catching up with scholar and social scientist Dr Haroon Sidat.

Our conversation focused particularly on the past, present and future of religious scholarship and leadership.

Haroon also shared many stories from his personal journey, including encounters with those who have inspired him and those who have threatened his life!

(0:00) The importance of humour

(2:02) Haroon’s early intellectual journey

(6:57) Challenging the notion of “Islamic Studies”

(27:04) The state of contemporary scholarship

(44:30) Haroon invites your questions!

(49:15) How to - and how not to - use hadith

(55:51) Have Darul Ulum seminaries changed?

(59:40) Scholarly spaces and a culture of respect

(1:07:41) Advice to budding scholars

(1:20:49) Is it time for a 5th school of law (madhab)?

(1:38:17) Cambridge Muslim College

(1:43:33) Haroon’s future plans and ambitions

ABOUT HAROON:

Haroon holds two undergraduate degrees, a Masters degree and a PGCE. In 2019, he completed the prestigious Jameel PhD scholarship in Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Cardiff University, in which his topic of study was the education, formation and training of Muslim religious leadership in Britain. He is currently a research associate and scholar at the university's Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK. Haroon has long served as an imam and teacher at a number of mosques and local community organisations in the North of England.

Learn from Haroon: https://hujjahacademy.com

Cardiff University profile: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/sidathe

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-haroon-sidat-00515943/