
ImanWire Podcast
ImanWire is an online publication and multimedia platform focusing on articulating spirituality in a modern context, highlighting a diverse group of American Muslim voices. Visit https://www.almadina.org/studio/podcasts for the latest articles and podcast episodes.
Latest episodes

Jun 21, 2020 • 31min
Ep. 57: On Racism
Mustafa Davis and Moutasem Atiya have a raw, powerful conversation on race in the wake of the ongoing assault on Black lives in America, and we revisit insights from previous guests on anti-blackness, Black history, social justice and anti-racism work.
Referenced Episodes:
Ep. 5: What Is Muslim Cool? Thoughts on Race Relations - Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer
Ep. 9: Walking Qur’ans of Africa: Scholarship, Liberty & the Abolition of Slavery - Dr. Rudolph Ware
Ep. 11: Scholars & Activists: Bridging the Gap - Dawud Walid & Tariq Toure
Ep. 18: In the Footsteps of Hajar: Black Muslim Women Pioneers
Ep. 23: Spiritually Addressing Anti-Black Racism - Dawud Walid
Ep. 27: Suburban Islam? - Hassan Lachheb
Ep. 33: Towards Sacred Activism - Ieasha Prime & Dawud Walid
Conversations on Race, Faith & The Next Generation: Where Do We Start? - Bilal Ansari : https://almadinainstitute.org/blog/conversations-on-race-faith-the-next-generation-where-do-we-start/
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Apr 15, 2020 • 1h 7min
Ep. 56: Closing the Gaps of Social Distancing - Najwa Awad
Widespread lockdowns and social distancing due to COVID-19 present a host of new challenges. Anxiety or depression brought on by home isolation, increased strain on spousal and family relationships, concerns over the psychosocial impact on children and angst over the spectre of an uncertain future weigh heavily on our overall well-being. Najwa Awad, a licensed psychotherapist, joins the podcast to discuss the effects of social distancing and provides practical advice on managing the stress of sheltering in place.
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Mar 19, 2020 • 26min
Ep. 55: A Spiritual Response to the Coronavirus- Mokhtar Maghraoui
Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui discusses the global reaction to the COVID-19 virus and how faith based communities should respond to this unprecedented tribulation.
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Feb 23, 2020 • 54min
Ep. 54: Soul Searching - Yahya Rhodus
What is the state of your soul? Shaykh Yahya Rhodus joins the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on the different stages of the soul, spiritual growth, and the role of submission, an unpopular notion today, in achieving true freedom.
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Feb 6, 2020 • 1h 2min
Ep. 53: Reconnecting With the Prophetic Legacy - Hasib Noor
Hasib Noor, founder of Prophetic Legacy, discusses the importance of preserving and visiting the historical landmarks from the life of the Prophet ﷺ to make the Seerah a living reality to guide our lives. We also discuss the impact of losing our connection to our history and the crisis of spirituality and manhood among Muslim men.
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Jan 19, 2020 • 56min
Ep. 52: What To Learn - Recep Senturk
In the sequel to the previous episode, "Why Learn?", Dr. Recep Senturk, President of Ibn Khaldun University in Istanbul, returns to the ImanWire podcast to discuss what we should learn, from the knowledge of God, to knowledge of the self, to the knowledge to help others.
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Nov 18, 2019 • 1h 12min
Ep. 51: Hearts Turn - Michael Sugich
What is the reality of Tawba? Michael Sugich, author of "Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption", joins the podcast to discuss the process of spiritual purification through continuous turning to God, highlighting examples of those who have walked the path of Tawba toward a higher reality.
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Nov 11, 2019 • 49min
Ep. 50: Crossover: West Meets East
Worlds collide on this special 50th episode of the podcast, as the US and Istanbul teams come together to discuss studying abroad, cultural identity, and the role of community in developing spiritually.
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Nov 4, 2019 • 43min
Ep. 49: The Ottoman Sufi - Suleyman Derin
Professor Suleyman Derin joins the podcast to discuss the great spiritual master, Aziz Mahmud Hudayi, and the importance of spirituality in Ottoman culture.
Suleyman Derin graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Theology in 1991, and completed his Ph.D. in 1999 at Leeds University in the UK. The title of his thesis was “Towards Some Paradigms on the Sufi Conception of Love: From Râbia to Ibn al-Fârid”. Since then, he has been teaching at Marmara University in the Faculty of Theology in Istanbul. He was appointed as full time professor in 2012. He has written several books in the field of Sufism as well as many articles, with an interest in Sufi tafasir, Sufi psychology and orientalist studies on Sufism.
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Oct 20, 2019 • 1h 49min
Ep. 48: On Joker: Muslims in Gotham - Giovanni Herran
Who is the hero and who is the villain? Giovanni Herran joins the podcast to talk about the film "Joker" in a conversation on alienation, socio-economic dehumanization, mental illness, as well as other perspectives on the film when viewed through a Muslim lens.
Giovanni Herran has been an educator for nearly two decades and currently teaches Ethics at Temple University. He has taught subjects including comparative religion and Islamic intellectual history, and his Master's thesis in History researched the intersection between colonization, imperial culture, the production of race, and evolutionary theory. He is currently finishing his doctoral research on epistemology and non-dualism within the late Islamic heritage.
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