PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 78: Khuram Zaman Khuram Zaman is the CEO of Fifth Tribe, a leading digital agency serving the Washington DC Metropolitan Area based out of the 1776 Startup Co-working...
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PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 77: “In Shaykh’s Clothing” Danya Shakfeh & Danish Qasim “In Shaykh’s Clothing” is a service and website to support survivors of spiritual abuse around the world, and...
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PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 76: Hena Khan Hena Khan is an award winning Pakistani American children’s author. Her middle grade novel Amina’s Voice was named a Best Book of 2017 by the Washington...
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PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 75: Umar Lee Umar Lee is a writer and activist from St Louis currently living in the Dallas metro area. He has been published in Politico, The Guardian, The Nation...
Read moreEp. 74: Bid’a/Innovation
PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 74: Bid’a/Innovation There is probably no word more abused in our contemporary religious discourse than bid’a/innovation. Is there room in Islam for innovation, iteration...
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PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 73: Music “What does Islam say about music?” is perhaps one of the top 10 questions Muslims ask every day. This episode seeks to lay down some basic ground work, important...
Read moreEp. 72: Diplomacy
PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 72: Diplomacy This particular episode was a suggestion from a listener. Diplomacy is a large, large topic and this episode in no way, shape, or form answers all the...
Read moreEp. 71: Islamic Principles #26: Making Islam Look Good
PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 71: Islamic Principles #26: Making Islam Look Good We all know the common complaint that Islam looks bad and is misrepresented. It doesn’t help that it seems often times...
Read moreEp. 70: Islamic Principles #25: Passing on Islam
PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 70: Islamic Principles #25: Passing on Islam We frequently hear the statement that Islam is valid for all time, place, and circumstance. Yet, the key underlying question...
Read moreEp. 69: Islamic Principles #24: Men & Women
PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 69: Islamic Principles #24: Men & Women This was a hard episode for me to put together. There is so much back-and-forth today about issues of gender relations, how...
Read moreEp. 68: Islamic Principles #23: Charity
PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 68: Islamic Principles #23: Charity Muslims talk about charity a lot, but mostly in the context of the community in need of charitable help. As a first principle, however...
Read moreEp. 67: Islamic Principles # 22: Coexistence
PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 67: Islamic Principles # 22: Coexistence While I covered models of coexistence previously on this podcast, here I take several steps back to consider the concept of...
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