Kanhaiya Yaad Hai – Raag Tilak Kamod (Niazi brothers)
Niazi Brothers are well-known Qawwals from Pakistan.
Qawwali: Kanhaiyya, yaad hai kuch bhi hamari (Hindi/Urdu)
Ustad Ghulam Fariduddin Ayaz Al-Hussaini Qawwal is a Pakistani Qawwal. He belongs to the Qawwal Bachchon Ka Gharana of Delhi. He and his relatives are the flag-bearers of that school of music (gharana), which is also known by the name of the city as the Delhi gharana. He performs various genres of Hindustani classical music…
Ziauddin Sardar: Diversity and Dissent
Ziauddin Sardar is a Pakistan-born, London-based scholar, award-winning writer, cultural critic and public intellectual who specialises in Muslim thought, the future of Islam, futures studies and science and cultural relations. Books authored by him include, Mecca, the Sacred City; Reading the Quran; Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim.
Arab Intellectual – Muslim Failure
An Arab intellectual argues that Prophet Mohammed was secular
Take That : “Prophet Muhammad was a secular”
Kuwaiti activist Nasser Dashti has very controversial views on Islam and Muslim history.
Nasser Dashti Time to Remove Religion from Public Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g163FVaVeZQ&width=640&height=480 Kuwaiti activist Nasser Dashti has very controversial views on Islam and Muslim history
Interesting CNN Debate on French ban on burqa
Mona Eltahawy is a freelance Egyptian-American journalist and commentator based in New York City. A staunch feminist, she is the author of the book Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution.
Mona Altahawy at Event of Muslims for Progressive Values
Mona Eltahawy is a freelance Egyptian-American journalist and commentator based in New York City. A staunch feminist, she is the author of the book Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution.
Leila Ahmed talks to Ingrid Lilly about Islam and feminism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_CTrbVqWW0&width=640&height=480 Leila Ahmed is an Egyptian-American writer on Islam and Islamic feminism. She became the first professor of women’s studies in religion at Harvard Divinity School in 1999, and has held the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity chair since 2003.
Khaled Abou El Fadl – Islamic Law and the Rights of Others
Kuwaiti-American Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the world’s leading authorities on Islamic law and Islam, and a prominent scholar in the field of human rights. He is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor in Islamic Law at the UCLA School of Law where he teaches International Human Rights, Islamic Jurisprudence, National…