The Insight Interviews

Episode 4: Dr. Eliza Tasbihi, who discusses 'the Meeting of Shiʿism and Sufism through Haydar Amuli and Cosmographical Diagrams'. She is a a Lecturer, Researcher, Specialized Cataloging Editor of Islamic Manuscripts at McGill University. This episode is hosted by Dr. Sajjad Rizvi, a Professor of Islamic Intellectual History and Islamic Studies at Exeter University The Insight Interviews: An informative series of academic discussions, taking a deeper dive on a variety of unique topics. Learn more at https://shiaresearch.ca/insight-interviews View the series playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgu_sYFBPFVV5yBiwTU9snnvMmMlw41gp Follow us on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/ShiaResearchIns Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShiaResearchIns Facebok: https://facebook.com/ShiaResearchIns Contribute to SRI to help us continue creating high quality research and content: https://shiaresearch.ca/donate/

An informative discussion with Dr. Amina Inloes, who discusses her book, Women in Shi‘ism: Ancient Stories, Modern Ideologies. Dr. Amina Inloes is also a co-translator of Spiritual Mysteries and Ethical Secrets, and a contributor to the Tafsir al-Mizan translation project. She completed her PhD at the University of Exeter on Shi’i hadith and is currently a lecturer at The Islamic College in the United Kingdom. Hosted by Dr. Vinay Khetia, the third installment in our series ‘The Insight Interviews’, promises to be an engaging conversation. 0:00:00 / Introduction 0:01:48 / How do we negotiate some of the inherent imperialist and white supremacist agendas when discussing women in Islam or Shīʿism? 0:11:15 / How do you deal with classical literature without superimposing interpretive models pertaining to contemporary notions of patriarchy? 0:13:18 / Are all ideas about women in Shiʿa hadith eternal for the human condition? 0:16:36 / Discussing the outline of the book 0:19:47 / Why does Eve occupy a prominent role in your book compared to Fatima, as an example? 0:21:43 / If Fatima is an exception to the norm, then what other women can be studies in Shiʿa hadith? 0:26:43 / The connection between Eve and the Ahl al-Bayt 0:31:45 / Discussion of a sample hadith from the book 0:35:08 / Creation of Eve and the supposed connection to Islamic divorce law 0:39:13 / Discussing hijab and its history in Arabia 0:42:53 / Why the sample hadith does not meet the demand of legal evidentiary value 0:48:30 / The notion of women as property as per the book? 0:51:51 / Connection between the Abbasid era and certain understandings about women 0:53:34 / How do you deal with the question of Islamic rulings being related to sociological norms of the time? How far can this go? 0:56:40 / How did Muslims in the formative period understand the law, and why in that specific way? 0:59:05 / The figure of Fatima, Kitāb Sulaym b. Qays and anti- misogyny in Shiʿism 1:07:38 / Conclusion Follow us on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/ShiaResearchIns Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShiaResearchIns Facebok: https://facebook.com/ShiaResearchIns Contribute to SRI to help us continue creating high quality research and content: https://shiaresearch.ca/donate/

Dr. Nebil Husayn discusses his book, "Opposing the Imam: The Legacy of the Nawasib in Islamic Literature", published by Cambridge University Press. Hosted by Dr. Vinay Khetia, the second installment in our series ‘The Insight Interviews’, promises to be an engaging conversation. Follow us on: Instagram: ⁠https://instagram.com/ShiaResearchIns⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/ShiaResearchIns⁠ Facebok: ⁠https://facebook.com/ShiaResearchIns⁠ Contribute to SRI to help us continue creating high quality research and content: ⁠https://shiaresearch.ca/donate/⁠

An informative discussion with Dr. Joshua Little, who discusses the unique topic of his PhD thesis: the study of hadith surrounding the age of Aisha’s marriage to the Prophet Muhammad. Hosted by Dr. Vinay Khetia, the first installment in our series ‘The Insight Interviews’, promises to be an engaging conversation. Follow us on: Instagram: ⁠https://instagram.com/ShiaResearchIns⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/ShiaResearchIns⁠ Facebok: ⁠https://facebook.com/ShiaResearchIns⁠ Contribute to SRI to help us continue creating high quality research and content: ⁠https://shiaresearch.ca/donate/⁠