HeyJaredAl-Mahdi Institute Podcasts
Al-Mahdi Institute's podcasts cover a variety of topics from Sunni Shia discussions, Book Reviews, inter-faith discussions, Research seminars on Contemporary Islamic topics.
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Shi'a Identity and Belonging in Britain with Dr Emanuelle Degli Esposti | Thinking Islam Ep.18 (opens the original)
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What happens when a community feels present in Britain but absent from the public story of British Islam? In this episode of Thinking Islam, we explore what it means to be Shi'a in Britain today with Dr Emanuelle Degli Esposti. Drawing on her ethnographic research into Shi'a Muslim communities in the UK, Dr Degli Esposti examines questions of diaspora, minority identity, sectarianism, and belonging. The conversation begins with her own route into the field — from learning Arabic in Paris and rep
The Tug of War over Imāmī Creed & ʿIlm al-Rijāl | Dr Syed Ali Hur Kamoonpuri | Research Seminar (opens the original)
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ʿIlm al-rijāl is often treated as a technical, almost mechanical science — a matter of chains, dates and verdicts. But the criteria by which a narrator is praised or discredited are themselves shaped by theology, and theology changes. In this research seminar, Dr Syed Ali Hur Kamoonpuri (Aligarh Muslim University) traces that entanglement across a thousand years. He argues that the Baghdad school of the Buyid period evaluated transmitters against a firm and uncompromising stance on ghulūw, with
"The Definition of Ghulāt" by Tabriz Gasimov (opens the original)
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In this presentation, Tabriz Gasimov revisits the meaning of ghulāt through hadith literature, tracing it to the concept of "lie" (kadhib) — understood as betraying a trust or disclosing confidential teachings — rather than divinization alone. He shows how this reframing suggests some narrators dismissed as ghulāt may in fact be reliable, with implications for re-evaluating core Shi'i doctrines on Tawḥīd and Imamate.
"Traces of the Ghulāt in Shīʿī Hadith Literature: A Computational and Thematic Analysis of Ghulāt-Affiliated Traditions in al-Kulaynī's al-Kāfī" by Peyman Ünügür Tekin (opens the original)
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In this presentation, Peyman Ünügür Tekin combines classical rijāl criticism with computational analysis to trace narrations transmitted by ghulāt-affiliated narrators in al-Kulaynī's al-Kāfī. She asks whether their presence reflects incidental infiltration or a deliberate transmission strategy concentrated on particular doctrinal themes.
"The Historical Link between Jesus and Ghuluww: Jesus's Function in Ghulāt Thought and its Impact on Shi'a Hadith" by Hossein Barati & Sobhan Ranjbarzadeh (opens the original)
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In this presentation, Hossein Barati and Sobhan Ranjbarzadeh trace how various ghulāt sects appropriated Jesus's ascension and extraordinary attributes to legitimize claims about ʿAlī, Ḥusayn, and the Hidden Imam. They show how Shi'i Imams and later Qom theologians responded directly to these Christological analogies in shaping mainstream doctrine.
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