Episode 2 – 'Isms and Schisms | Dr. Mohamed Ghilan

Oct 21, 2017

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In this episode, we discuss with Dr. Ghilan a variety of topics within a narrow scope of theology such as philosophy, modern science, existence of God, materialism, and empiricism

Dr. Ghilan is a neuroscientist, Islamic lecturer, YouTuber, and podcaster.

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Dr. Mohamed Ghilan is a Canadian Muslim originally born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to parents from Sudanese and Yemeni backgrounds. He attended high school after immigrating to Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia. Eventually, Mohamed moved to Victoria where he obtained a B.Sc. with a major in microbiology (honours) and a minor in business administration.

In 2007, Mohamed began his full-time studies in the Islamic Tradition after having made connections with several Muslim scholars. He has been consistently travelling over the past years to spend intensive extended periods studying various aspects of the Islamic sciences relating to Theology and Creed, Jurisprudence, Hadith, Foundational Principles (Usool), Arabic, Poetry, spiritual purification, and Qur'anic sciences.

Mohamed has previously given lectures on the biography of the Prophet Muhammed peace be upon him, Fundamentalism in Islam, Islam and science, the message of Islam, Jesus in the Qur'an, in addition to others. He has also taught an introductory course on Islamic Jurisprudence according to the Maliki School as well as an introductory course on Islamic Theology ('Aqeedah).

In 2015, Mohamed earned a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Victoria, where he studied synaptic plasticity in Huntington's disease, as well as the effects and molecular mechanisms of stress on the brain in Fragile X syndrome. He hopes his research can eventually be used to develop new therapies can be used to assist individual with movement disorders or intellectual disabilities.

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Shownotes

[4:34] – Why is Dr. Ghilan pursuing medicine after completing a PhD?

[8:05] – Discussion between Peter Slezak and Mohamed Ghilan at UNSW (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhNdIIJ5o0w)

[8:26] – Observations on sectarianism

[10:24] – Ayats 31 and 32 of Surah Ar-Rum (https://quran.com/30/31-32)

[12:31] – Understanding the ideologies of Atheists

[15:55] – Hadith from Sunan Abu Dawud 4833; Sahih (authentic) grade according to An-Nawawi

[24:08] – Ayat 41 of Surah Ar-Rum (https://quran.com/30/41)

[25:12] – Touching on modernism, specifically utilitarianism and capitalism

[28:11] – Battle of Hunayn

[29:10] - Ayat 32 of Surah Al-A'raf (https://quran.com/7/32)

[31:10] – Exploration of science as a framework

[38:51] – Ayat 28 of Surah An-Najm (https://quran.com/7/32)

[54:12] – Ayat 43 of Surah Al-Furqan (https://quran.com/25/43)

[54:36] – Asch conformity experiment

[55:55] – Ayats 31-33 of Surah Saba (https://quran.com/34/31-33)

[57:52] – Exploration of philosophy, and how to engage with the themes of modernism as Muslims

[1:00:32] – Hadith from Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2687; Hasan (fair) grade according to As-Suyuti

[1:00:52] – Islam in Liberalism by Joseph Massad

[1:14:51] – Hadith from Sahih Al-Albani, Book 14, Hadith 273

[1:16:12] – How do we reconcile modernism with Islam as a means of having a standard of truth?