Islamic History X

In this episode we cover:

• Hashim and the merchants of Quraysh in Gaza
• Gaza in the margins of the Prophet ﷺ’s life
• The Muslim conquest of Gaza
• Imam al-Shafiʿi and early Muslim scholarship in Gaza
• Jews and Christians under early Muslim rule in Gaza
• Was the gauze really invented in Gaza?
• Gaza in the time of the Crusades and Salah ud-Din

We're back!

After a nearly 3 year hiatus Islamic History X returns, in this Episode adapted from a lecture delivered with Ustadh Mustafa Briggs we cover:

- The long history of Islamic Africa

-The lasting and disastrous legacy of the colonial period

-Intellectuals and leaders from Islamic Africa

-New and old debates on the history of Slavery on and beyond the continent

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On this weeks episode we cover:

- The socio-political climate of Arabia and Africa at the turn of the 7th century

- The historic relationship between Arabia and East Africa

- The historicity of source material on Islam in Somalia and East Africa

- The emergence of the Somali-Muslim city-states & dynasties 

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Sorry for the wait, Episode 2 is here.

In this episode we cover:

- The Life of Ibn Khaldun

- A Deep Dive into "Asabiyya"

- Dynastic Rise & Decline

- And... a Good Revenge Story

Welcome to the inaugural  episode of the Islamic History X Podcast, in this episode we cover:

- An overview of our podcast and how it will work

- The historical methodology and scope of our podcast

- A brief introduction to Ibn Khaldun and his theory of ʿAsabiyyah (Group solidarity)