The Mad Mamluks

Mahin and Ismail talk to Ustadha Zaynab Ansari at Texas Dawah Convention. Zaynab Ansari spent a decade studying Farsi, Arabic, and traditional Islam, sitting with male and female scholars in seminaries in the Middle East, including traditional scholars in Damascus in the 1990s. Upon her return to the United States, she earned degrees in history and Middle Eastern Studies from Georgia State University. Since 2014, Zaynab Ansari has served as a scholar-in-residence for Tayseer Foundation, offering enrichment courses and halaqahs to women and youth in the Muslim Community of Knoxville, and working on interfaith dialogue. She is currently an instructor at Tayseer Seminary, which features a one-year intensive in Islamic Studies, drawing students from Tennessee and all regions of the United States. Ustadha Zaynab has previously written and taught for SunniPath. She has been a freelance writer for Azizah Magazine, a certified speaker with the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, and a contributor to online Islamic educational portals such as SeekersHub. She has also served as the coordinator of oral histories for the After Malcolm Project, a digital archive of African-American Muslim history. She is part of the teaching faculty of the Ribaat Program, an online Islamic Studies curriculum led by Anse Tamara Gray, a leading woman scholar of traditional Islam. She is also a board member of Tayseer Seminary. Links: http://tayseerseminary.org/ https://www.facebook.com/TayseerSeminary/ ==================== E-mail us your comments, feedback, and questions at TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks  

Mahin, SIM, and Nour sit down with Fahad Tasleem at Texas Dawah Convention.   Fahad Tasleem plays a multifaceted role as an ambassador, an instructor, an entrepreneur, a lecturer and a student. He is the founder of DC Seminary - An institute dedicated to spiritually empowering Muslim working professionals, graduates and students.  He is also the lead ambassador and instructor at the Islamic Education and Research Academy United States (iERA US). His areas of interest include Islamic Theology, Dawah, History, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Quranic Studies. Fahad studied Arabic at Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin and he holds a bachelors in Economics from Michigan State University and a Masters in Taxation from the University of Southern California.   https://iera.org/   http://dcseminary.com/fahad-tasleem/   http://thequantumchronicles.com/   References: The Divine Reality by Hamza Tzortzis https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Reality-Islam-Mirage-Atheism/dp/0996545387/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1517956738&sr=1-1&keywords=the+divine+reality+hamza+tzortzis Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson https://www.amazon.com/Free-Future-Radical-Chris-Anderson/dp/1401322905

On this week's episode, we talk to Bassam Zawadi who is known for his writings, debates, and lectures on answering some of the toughest questions regarding the Islamic belief to Muslims. Hosts: Mahin, Sh. Amir and SIM Resources: www.Call-To-Monotheism.com List of Bassam Zawadi's Refutations and Rebuttals How to Debate for Muslims by Bassam Zawadi ==================== E-mail us your comments, feedback, and questions at TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks  

Imam Daniel Abdullah Hernandez sits down with us talk about how his relationship with basketball and NBA brought him to Islam. Hosts: Mahin, Ismail, and SIM =============== Imam Hernandez is an educational leader and facilitator of IslamInSpanish. Imam Abdullah organizes events in Spanish at the Pearland masjid in Pearland TX on a weekly basis, teaches regular classes in Spanish and English, and leads a Dawah initiatives on behalf of IslamInSpanish domestically and internationally. Imam Abdullah also presides over the Pearland Islamic Center in Pearland, Texas, an extension of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH). Imam Abdullah, converted to Islam in 1999, studied at Al Azhar University in Egypt from 2004-2007, completing five years’ worth of extensive coursework in Islamic Sciences. He continues his education in Islamic studies. He is currently studying at Mishkah University, Salik Acadamy, and Roots &Sprouts! https://www.facebook.com/daniel.a.hernandez.92754 https://www.facebook.com/3PuertoRicanImams/ https://www.islaminspanish.org/ =============== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks

Mahin, Nour, and Ismail sit down with Mohammad Elshinawy at Texas Dawah Convention about the role of fathers in the family unit. Mohammad Elshinawy is a graduate of English Literature – Brooklyn College, NYC. Studied at College of Hadith at the Islamic University of Madinah. Currently completing Bachelors in Islamic Studies at Mishkah University. Translated major works for the International Islamic Publishing House, the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America, and Mishkah University. He is currently a research fellow at the Yaqeen Insititute for Islamic Research. elshinawy@yaqeeninstitute.org https://www.facebook.com/elshinawy.mohammad https://twitter.com/ElshinawyM =============== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks

Sammer and Nour talk to Heraa Hashmi, the organizer behind MuslimsCondemn.com, about her views on Muslim American politics, women’s rights, and Muslim support of the LGBTQ movement. Heraa also offers advice to Muslim centennials on how to make sense of these heated issues.    Heraa Hashmi is the 19-year old Muslim American woman behind the 712-page list of Muslim names condemning a collection of wrongdoings done falsely in the name of Islam, from acts of terrorism to climate change. Heraa was born in India and moved to Colorado at a young age. She’s a graduate of the University of Colorado, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology.   Twitter contact: @caveheraa www.muslimsCondemn.com https://www.amazon.com/Heraa-Hashmi/e/B00HZZ4A0Y =============== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks

“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.”  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago On this week's episode, we talk to Umaima Jafri, a native Houstonian currently residing in the Midwest, as she fights for the release of her husband from a so-called war on terror.   https://www.facebook.com/freeibrahimzm/   https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-ibrahim-mohammed-free-ibrahim-now?recruiter=35938215&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_page.share_redirect-control&utm_term=share_email_responsive   https://muslimmatters.org/2017/11/06/the-day-my-husband-fell/   http://www.browngirlmagazine.com/2017/11/2-years-husbands-arrest-4-kids-still-await-justice-prevail/   =============== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks  

Netflix recently released Resurrection: Ertuğrul to western audiences and Muslims internet has been abuzz about it.   We set out to share our experiences while watching the show and take a stab at providing some historical context and compare it to the situation of the Muslim world today. Hosts: Mahin, SIM, Irfan and Dr. Mohammed Ghilan   =============== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks

We talk to Ustadha Nuriddeen Knight from By The Fig and The Olive Blog about secret marriages, polygamy and the #metoo movement. Hosts: Mahin, SIM and Summer Nuriddeen Knight completed an MA in psychology with a focus on child and family from Columbia University. Alongside her academic degree, she studied traditional Islamic knowledge including Islamic law, theology, spirituality and prophetic biography with local scholars and in the majalis in Amman, Jordan. In 2015 she created Nooralshadhili.com, a holistic initiative focused on human development through education, research, and counseling. Her written work has been featured in thepublicdiscourse.com, mvslim.com,altmuslimah.com and thedemureist.com. She compiled a collection of 40 sayings from the prophet Muhammad's life through the narration of his wife Aisha and is currently working on its second edition. In 2013 she gave a lecture entitled 'A middle ground: An Islamic and Psychological Perspective on the Divided Self', combining Islamic wisdom and psychoanalytical theory. In 2014 she taught the New Muslims Program and Perfecting the Prayer classes for new Muslims in the M.E.C.C.A. center. In the summer of 2015 she conducted a class on traditional Islamic theology in Masjid At-Taqwa in Brooklyn, NY. And most recently gave an online lecture for Rabata.org concerning marital conflict. She currently resides in Fez, Morocco with her husband Ustadh Abu Bakr and NYC. Contact: M.me/Knight.Nuriddeen http://bythefigandtheolive.com/  

Mahin and Ismail talk to Imam Shaheed Muhammad about his conversion to Islam, how he dealt with some of the extreme elements within the Salafi dawah from the east coast and other issues he's concerned about in the western Muslim world. Imam Shadeed is the CEO of Rawdah Publications, Entrepreneur, Muslim, Author, Community Leader and Speaker on Islamic Affairs for Indigenous Muslims. 00:00-10:00: Early interactions with Islam 10:00-23:00: The road from prison to University of Medina 23:00-45:00: The (extreme) Salafi takeover 45:00-60:00: Know your audience 60:00-70:00: Countering 'Progressive Islam' and western Muslim brands 70:00-85:00: Regarding NAK scandal, how large Muslim organizations shun impoverished Muslim communities. 85:00-90:00: The Honorarium problem ================ https://www.facebook.com/ImamShadeedMuhammad/ Twitter and Periscope: @Shadeed_M76 http://www.Rawdah.info/Rawdah  Sound Cloud: Shadeed Muhammad Reclaiming our Communities Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dLIryCsdwk ================ E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks