

The Mad Mamluks
SIM
We are a Podcast that discusses today's issues, new ideas while working towards solutions for the modern Muslim.
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Oct 3, 2018 • 1h 54min
EP 123: Arpeggio of a Comedian | Baba Ali
The gang talks to Baba Ali at ISNA 2018. Ali Aredekani is an Iranian-American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor. Contact: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ummahfilms Twitter: @babaali www.ummahfilms.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ummahfilms Support our sponsors! ============== www.wahedinvest.com Wahed Invest set out with an idea to provide our community with a reliable, transparent, and most importantly, accessible investment product. www.halfourdeen.com Half our Deen is the Private Muslim Matrimonial website. www.MyWassiyah.com Receive an exclusive discount by using the link below to sign up with MyWassiyah.com http://6mywassiyah.refr.cc/themadmamluks Make sure income from investments is halal! https://www.wahedinvest.com/ ============== E-mail us your comments, feedback, and questions at TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks View pictures of our guests and studio on Instagram: TheMadMamluks *NEW* Subscribe to watch us Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/themadmamluks

Sep 10, 2018 • 1h 14min
EP 121: Low Voltage | Tanzim Alam and Joshua Fayez
On this week's episode, we talk to Austrailian podcasters, Tanzim and Joshua about their show called Boys in the Cave. Support our sponsors! ============== MyWassiyah.com Receive an exclusive discount by using the link below to sign up with MyWassiyah.com http://6mywassiyah.refr.cc/themadmamluks Make sure income from investments is halal! https://www.wahedinvest.com/ ============== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks View pictures of our guests and studio on Instagram: TheMadMamluks *NEW* Subscribe to watch us Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/themadmamluks

Sep 7, 2018 • 2h 34min
EP 120: What is known by necessity ( w/ Safina Society) - Part 2
Part 2 of the collaboration with Safina Society Support our sponsors ============== MyWassiyah.com Receive an exclusive discount by using the link below to sign up with MyWassiyah.com http://6mywassiyah.refr.cc/themadmamluks Make sure income from investments is halal! https://www.wahedinvest.com/ =============================== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks View pictures of our guests and studio on Instagram: TheMadMamluks *NEW* Subscribe to watch us Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/themadmamluks

Aug 30, 2018 • 2h 40min
EP 119: What is known by necessity ( w/ Safina Society) - Part 1
On this week's episode, we share with you our collab with The Safina Society Podcast team, Dr. Shadee, Muin, Alex, and Saad.

Aug 22, 2018 • 1h 40min
EP 118: Electric Eye | Murtaza Hussain
On this week's episode, the guys talk to Murtaza Hussain, a journalist known for his work at the Intercept. We hopscotch around the middle east and talk about the socio-political climate in the Muslim World. Later, we discuss his recent article, "How Democracy Ends" and the end of privacy. Murtaza Hussain is a journalist whose work focuses on national security, foreign policy, and human rights. His work has previously been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian and Al Jazeera English. https://theintercept.com/2018/07/04/how-democracy-ends-david-runciman-review Contact: Twitter: @MazMHussain https://www.goodreads.com/mazmhussain =========== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks View pictures of our guests and studio on Instagram: TheMadMamluks *NEW* Subscribe to watch us Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/thema

Aug 13, 2018 • 1h 23min
EP 117: In My Time of Dying | Joe Bradford and Mohammad Bataineh
On this week's episode, we talk to Joe Bradford and Mohammad Bataineh. We discuss an important and difficult subject, that most people tend to avoid, but if it's not done correctly, it is known to rip families apart. Death. No one likes to think about dying--and that is probably one reason most people lack wills. But death is inevitable, preparing an Islamic will can protect your family from your assets getting into the wrong hands. “Mohammad Bataineh is an entrepreneur, investor, and the managing partner of Bataineh Palmeri, LLP, a law firm with offices in Florida and California. He’s Co-Founder of MyWassiyah.com. Mohammad is known for successfully growing early-stage businesses to scale, including a multi-use real estate development company, a medical instruments manufacturer, and an online fashion company." Receive a discounted price at MyWassiyah by using the link below: http://6mywassiyah.refr.cc/themadmamluks =============================== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks View pictures of our guests and studio on Instagram: TheMadMamluks *NEW* Subscribe to watch us Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/themadmamluks

Aug 9, 2018 • 1h 40min
EP 116: Somewhere in Time | Joseph Kaminski
On this week's episode, we talk to Joseph Kaminski about his experiences living in Bosnia, the socio-political dynamics of the west vs. the rest of world and his book, The Contemporary Islamic Governed State. He is a political scientist, author and a lecturer at the International University of Sarajevo. The Contemporary Islamic Governed State https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319570112 =============================== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks View pictures of our guests and studio on Instagram: TheMadMamluks

Jul 26, 2018 • 52min
EP 115: Goodbye to Romance | Megan Wyatt
Mahin, Sammer, and Naureen talk to Megan Wyatt of WivesofJannah.com ============================== Megan is the founder of Wives of Jannah, a rapidly growing organization of thousands of Muslim wives who are inspired by the core goal which is stated as: Inviting emotionally intelligent Muslim wives from the West to create a loving, emotionally deep, spiritual and passionate marriage; to rekindle marriage as an act of worship, a path to being nearer to our Creator, and a gateway to being a wife in Jannah, insha’Allah. She has successfully led workshops dealing with sexual intimacy, communication, and emotional connection, and teaching wives and couples how to practice the art of her concept Fearless Vulnerability in their marriage. Megan has been coaching Muslims from all over the world since 2008 and through Wives of Jannah works directly with wives and couples in personal coaching and on-site intervention meetings. She has also authored two ebooks both dealing with intimacy, one specifically for women who struggle due to previous sexual trauma in their lives, offering guidance for themselves and their husbands. =============================== Twitter: @MuslimLifeCoach Facebook: www.facebook.com/CoachMeganWyatt http://passionateimperfectionist.com/ =============================== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks View pictures of our guests and studio on Instagram: TheMadMamluks

Jul 4, 2018 • 2h 49min
EP 114: Foreclosure of a Dream | Shadi Hamid
On this week's episode Mahin, SIM and Shaykh Amir talk to Shadi Hamid on the struggle for Islamic governance in the Muslim world. Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. He is the author of Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World and co-editor of Rethinking Political Islam =============================== Twitter: @ShadiHamid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shadihamid20 https://www.brookings.edu/experts/shadi-hamid/ =============================== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks View pictures of our guests and studio on Instagram: TheMadMamluks
Jun 29, 2018 • 2h 34min
EP 113: Wheels of Confusion | Dr. Mohamed Ghilan
Mahin, SIM and Shaykh Amir talk to Dr. Mohamed Ghilan about consciousness and philosophy. The last hour is just an open goofy/serious dialogue for those you who prefer those kinds of episodes. Dr. Ghilan is a neuroscientist, Islamic lecturer, YouTuber, and Podcaster. =============================== AndalusOnline.org - Join the Andalus Book Club! Search for "Mohamed Ghilan" in iTunes and subscribe to his podcast. Twitter: @MohamedGhilan =============================== 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 traveling 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 Quranic 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). =============================== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks View pictures of our guests and studio on Instagram: TheMadMamluks