Podcast Categories: Islam

The Sufi Heart podcast with Omid Safi features teachings and stories about a sacred tradition of love, one that manifests outwardly as justice and inwardly as tenderness.  Drawing primarily on the wisdom of the Islamic tradition as well as the legacies of the Civil Rights movements and other wisdom teachings, Omid invites you to a meditation on the transformative power of love and recalling the necessity of linking healing our own hearts with healing the world. 

Omid Safi is director of Duke University’s Islamic Studies Center. He specializes in the study of Islamic mysticism and contemporary Islam and frequently writes on liberationist traditions of Dr. King, Malcolm X, and is committed to traditions that link together love and justice.

Omid is the past chair for the Study of Islam at the American Academy of Religion. He has written many books, including Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism; Cambridge Companion to American Islam; Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam; and Memories of Muhammad. His forthcoming books include Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Traditions and a book on the famed mystic Rumi.

Omid is among the most frequently sought out speakers on Islam in popular media, appearing in The New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, PBS, NPR, NBC, CNN, and other international media. He leads spiritual tours every year to Turkey, Morocco, or other countries, to study the rich multiple religious traditions there. The trips are open to everyone, from every country. More information is available at Illuminated Tours.

Welcome to Re-Sight Islam, a weekly podcast presented by The Religion News Foundation. I am your host Salaam Bhatti. In this podcast we shed light on a world that politicians, pundits and preachers ignore. Here we take a second look at Islam. A look without the taboos of asking the ‘wrong question,’ but instead a frank dialogue that opens minds and fosters understanding through stories and interviews. So, join me as we have some fun learning about what unites us as we Re-Sight Islam.

This podcast is brought to you by Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research. You’ll find a variety of islamic lectures, conversations, and discussions on topics most important to you. At Yaqeen, we aim to make academic and Islamically-credible scholarship mainstream through accessible resources such as infographics, animations, podcasts, learning materials, and more. Visit www.yaqeeninstitute.org or download the Yaqeen app from the app store to continue dismantling doubts, nurturing conviction, and inspiring contribution, one truth at a time

‘Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz’ offers unique reflections on spirituality, humanity, justice and contemporary issues from the lens of the Qur’an, the Prophet Muhammad, and his immaculate family.

Faith, and Culture

Dr. Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed is one of the best quran reciters in Maldives. He first started his journey in Quran recitation from a Qari class in GA. Maamendhoo. After that, from Al Madrasatul Arabiyatul Islamiya and Mawhad Al Dirasatil Islamiya. Dr. Shaheem memorized the Quran from Pakistan’s Al Ashrafiya University. He learnt Arabic language from Imam Abu Hanifa Higher Institute For Teachers, and got his diploma in Islamic Shariah from Egypt in 1998.

Dr. Shaheem studied in Madinat Al Munawwarah Islamic University, and he filled the Imam post of the Univeristy’s mosque, Masjid Al Shaikh Ibn Baaz. Dr. Shaheem was the Imam of Masjid Al Sultan Hassan Izzaddin of Maldives in 2005, and he was teaching Quran in Al Madrasatul Arabiyatul Islamiya as well. He also was the supervisor of the Center for Holy Quran of the Maldives, and continued being the Imam of the Tahajud prayers during Ramadan at Masjid Al Sultan Mohamed Takrufanul Auzam, the biggest mosque in the country.

Dr. Shaheem has represented Maldives in many international Quran competitions, like the King Abdul Aziz International Quran competition in 1999, Makkah, and in the International Quran competition in Libya in the year 2005.

Dr. Shaheem completed his Masters degree in Islamic Shariah (Fiqh – Usoolul Fiqh), and received his PhD from the same field, from the International Islamic University, Malaysia.

He was appointed the State Minister of Islamic Affairs of Maldives and was the Minister of Islamic Affairs for two consecutive governments of the country. He also was the Dean of Shariah at Villa College. Currently, Dr. Shaheem is the Vice Chancellor of Maldives Islamic University.

This CD is produced due to a number of requests from a lot of people who wish listen to the Quran recited by Dr. Shaheem’s beautiful voice.

May Allah provide Dr. Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed with success. Aameen.

Hayya Allassalah

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