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Islamic Studies
Interviews with scholars of Islam about their new books.
October 30, 2024
The Alt Right, Kekistan, White Shariah
An interview with Dr. Hizer Mir on the Alt Right and Islam This episode was originally published on November 16, 2019.…
October 26, 2024
Beekeeping in the End Times
Every hundred years, as the story goes, two angels wonder out loud whether the bees are still swarming. For as long as the bees are swarming, the ange…
October 23, 2024
Possessed by the Right Hand
In this episode, we interview Prof. Bernard Freamon on his new book Possessed by the Right Hand:The Problem of Slavery in Islamic Law and Muslim Cultu…
October 23, 2024
What Iranians Want
On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday is next week. But she is arrested as she comes out…
October 22, 2024
Zainab's Traffic
Emrah Yildiz's new book Zainab’s Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others Across Borders (University of California Press, 2024) is a masterful ethno…
October 17, 2024
Shared Paths: Exploring Jewish and Muslim Experiences in America
This week on International Horizons, John Torpey, Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute, speaks with sociologists Mucahit Bilici and Samuel Heilman a…
October 16, 2024
Slavery and Islam
In this episode, we talk to Professor Jonathan Brown about his book, Slavery and Islam. This episode was originally published on September 27, 2019.…
October 16, 2024
Beyond Orientalism
The first in-depth study of the collaborative intellectual exchange between the European and the Arabic Republics of Letters. Beyond Orientalism: Ah…
October 14, 2024
Muslim Chinese: The Hui in Rural Ningxia
As the predominantly Muslim Chinese who claim ancestry from Persian and Arabic-speaking regions in Central Asia and the Middle East, the Hui people in…
October 13, 2024
In Conversation: CCIF, France and Islamophobia
In this episode, Amina Easat-Daas is in conversation with Marwan Muhammad on CCIF and Islamophobia in France. This episode was originally published o…
October 6, 2024
Half of My Heart
Today I talked to Christopher Paul Clohessy about Half of My Heart: The Narratives of Zaynab, Daughter of Alî (Gorgias Press, 2020). As Abû ʿAbd Allâ…
October 4, 2024
Muslim Zion
Pakistan, founded less than a decade after a homeland for India's Muslims was proposed, is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in…
October 4, 2024
Sufism in Europe
Francesco Piraino’s Sufism in Europe: Islam, Esotericism and the New Age (University of Edinburgh Press, 2024) is a vital contribution to the growing …
October 2, 2024
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Search for Identity in a Post-2013 Context
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Lucia Ardovini to discuss the Brotherhood’s search for identity in a post-2013 context. This episode was origin…
September 26, 2024
Women, Households, and the Hereafter in the Qur'an
In their book Women, Households, and the Hereafter in the Qur’an: A Patronage of Piety (Oxford UP/Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2024), Karen Bauer and…
September 25, 2024
Re-examining Hassan Al-Banna’s Model of Dawah after the Arab Spring
An interview with Khalidah Ali on re-examining Hassan Al-Banna's model of dawah after the Arab Spring. This episode was originally published on Augus…
September 18, 2024
Just War and the Seal of Prophethood
An interview with Dr. Marco Demichelis in which we discuss the ideas of just war and the seal of prophethood. This episode was originally published o…
September 11, 2024
Decolonial Muslim Political Activism and Thought in Britain
Hizer Mir in conversation with Yahya Birt who speaks on decolonial Muslim political activism and thought in Britain. This episode was originally publ…
September 4, 2024
On the Politics of Islamic Law and Institutions in Qatar
An interview with Dr. Alexandre Caeiro in which we discuss Islamic law and institutions in Qatar, secularisation and the Ottomans. This episode was o…
August 29, 2024
Radio Reorient Season 11: A Wrap Up and Round Up
In this final episode of Season 11, the Radio ReOrient team - Hizer Mir, Claudia Radiven, Saeed Khan, Chella Ward and Salman Sayyid - look back over o…