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Oct 1, 2026
Jim RyanHOST
Today on the program, we have my interview with Nafiseh Sharifi about her recent essay in Middle East Report, Soundtrack of Dissent, Protest Music in Iran.
Jim RyanHOST
Sharifi is an Iranian anthropologist and an honorary research fellow at the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter.
Jim RyanHOST
She has written extensively on gender and sexuality politics in Iran, including her 2018 book, Female Bodies and Sexuality in Iran and the Search for Defiance.
Jim RyanHOST
In Soundtrack of Dissent, Sharifi gives us a fascinating short history of protest music in Iran since the 1979 revolution, drawn from her own experiences in student protests in the 2009 Green Movement and the more recent wave of protests that culminated in January's day protests that preceded the U.S. and Israeli war.
Ridvan AydemirGUEST
For example, I am an ex-Muslim, right? I'm a, I left Islam.
Ridvan AydemirGUEST
Under Sharia law, and this is agreed upon even according to the, uh, Oxford Bibliography of Is- of Islamic Studies, it is, um, vastly, almost unanimously agreed upon by Islamic jurisprudential scholars that if somebody leaves Islam, the, the, the punishment for that would be death, which is why a dozen Islamic countries, Muslim countries still have it in their laws written, although not all of them apply it because it's a bit difficult to apply in the modern world without, um, getting high scrutiny from the West and oth- and, and international law.
Ridvan AydemirGUEST
But, uh, you know, blasphemy laws, for example, are a part of, of Sharia law.
Ridvan AydemirGUEST
So, um, Sharia law comes together with being a practicing Muslim.
Ridvan AydemirGUEST
For example, I am an ex-Muslim, right? I'm a, I left Islam.
Ridvan AydemirGUEST
Under Sharia law, and this is agreed upon even according to the, uh, Oxford Bibliography of Is- of Islamic Studies, it is, um, vastly, almost unanimously agreed upon by Islamic jurisprudential scholars that if somebody leaves Islam, the, the, the punishment for that would be death, which is why a dozen Islamic countries, Muslim countries still have it in their laws written, although not all of them apply it, because it's a bit difficult to apply in the modern world without, um, getting high scrutiny from the West and oth- and, and international law.
Ridvan AydemirGUEST
But, uh, you know, blasphemy laws, for example, are a part of, of Sharia law.
Ridvan AydemirGUEST
So, um, Sharia law comes together with being a practicing Muslim.
Ken TaylorHOST
And our guest is Mashad Al-Alaf.
Ken TaylorHOST
He's chair of Islamic Studies and professor of philosophy at the University of Toledo.
Ken TaylorHOST
He's author of The Essential Ideas of Islamic Philosophy.
Ken TaylorHOST
Mashad, welcome to Philosophy Talk.
John PerryHOST
Mashad, first let me ask you a little about yourself.
John PerryHOST
You are a philosopher.
John PerryHOST
You're a student of Islamic studies.
John PerryHOST
You call yourself an Islamic philosopher.
Yasmin MohammedGUEST
So- What I didn't mention is that my mom became an Islamic scholar.
Yasmin MohammedGUEST
She got her master's degree in Sharia from Al-Azhar University in Egypt, and she became the head of the Islamic Studies department at the Islamic School.
Yasmin MohammedGUEST
So hook, line, and sinker into this.
Yasmin MohammedGUEST
And because I'm her child, 'cause all of us are, all three of us, we had to be really versed in the Quran and the Hadith because we can't humiliate her, right? It has to be dishonor on the family if we don't know this religion really well.
Yasmin MohammedGUEST
So what I didn't mention is that my mom became an Islamic scholar.
Yasmin MohammedGUEST
She s- got her master's degree in Sharia from Al-Azhar University in Egypt, and she became the head of the Islamic Studies department at the Islamic school, so hook, line, and sinker into this.
Yasmin MohammedGUEST
And because I'm her child, 'cause all of us are, all three of us, we had to be really versed in the Quran and the Hadith because we can't humiliate her, right? It has to w- be dishonor on the family if we don't know this religion really well.
Yasmin MohammedGUEST
And so we were very, very well-versed in everything that has anything to do with the stories of the prophet, like the, his life story, the, just everything.
Eric FlemingHOST
and the Faculty Director of the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School.
Eric FlemingHOST
She has held appointments as a Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, as an Associate Professor at NYU Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, and at NYU Law School, and as an Assistant Professor at Boston College Law School.
Eric FlemingHOST
She previously served as a law clerk for Judge Thomas L. Ombro of the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit, as a Temple Bar Fellow in London with the American Inns of Court, and as a Carnegie Scholar for her work on contemporary Islamic law.
Eric FlemingHOST
In 2015, in partnership with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, support from the Luce and MacArthur Foundations, and collaborations with myriad scholars and institutions, she launched Sharia Source.
Roshan KanesanHOST
the paralysis over on the Strait of Hormuz.
Roshan KanesanHOST
So with the Bab al-Mandeb Strait potentially under Houthi control, could the consequence of this conflict extend beyond Yemen and the Middle East? For some insight, we speak here with Muhammad Amirul Ashraf Othman, Research Scholar at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University or ANU.
Roshan KanesanHOST
Good morning, Amirul.
Roshan KanesanHOST
Thank you so much for joining us.
10 MINS LATER
Roshan KanesanHOST
Amirul, pleasure having you on the line with us.
Roshan KanesanHOST
Thank you so much for joining us.
Roshan KanesanHOST
That was Muhammad Amirul Ashraf Uthman, Research Scholar at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University, or ANU.
Roshan KanesanHOST
Up next, Malaysian football has a new FEM president.
Shahnaz HaqqaniHOST
And finally, we discuss Ibn al-Jawzi's interventions in the debate over Yazid and what this reveals about his commitment to the idea of pious rulership.
Shahnaz HaqqaniHOST
This book will be of tremendous interest to scholars and students of Islamic studies, medieval Islamic history, Islamic political thought, and the history of preaching, as well as anyone interested in the relationship between religion, morality, and political power.
Shahnaz HaqqaniHOST
It'll also appeal to readers interested in a different way of thinking about politics, one that takes seriously the power of preaching, of persuasion, of moral and emotional formation to shape those who govern, who rule.
Shahnaz HaqqaniHOST
Without further ado, this here is my conversation with Hansian Liu about his book, Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam, Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought.
Han Hsien LiewGUEST
today.
Han Hsien LiewGUEST
Thank you so much for inviting.
Han Hsien LiewGUEST
I've long been a fan of the New Books Network, especially the Islamic Studies channel.
Han Hsien LiewGUEST
So this is a great honor to be here.
Shehnaz HaqqaniHOST
And finally, we discuss Ibn al-Jawzi's interventions in the debate over Yazid and what this reveals about his commitment to the idea of pious rulership.
Shehnaz HaqqaniHOST
This book will be of tremendous interest to scholars and students of Islamic studies, medieval Islamic history, Islamic political thought, and the history of preaching, as well as anyone interested in the relationship between religion, morality, and political power.
Shehnaz HaqqaniHOST
It'll also appeal to readers interested in a different way of thinking about politics, one that takes seriously the power of preaching, of persuasion, of moral and emotional formation to shape those who govern, who rule.
Shehnaz HaqqaniHOST
Without further ado, this here is my conversation with Han Sian Liu about his book, Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought.
Han Hsien LiewGUEST
Yeah, no, thank you so much for, uh, inviting.
Han Hsien LiewGUEST
I, I...
Han Hsien LiewGUEST
You know, I've long been a fan of, you know, the New Books Network, especially the Islamic Studies channel, so this is a great honor to, to be here.
Han Hsien LiewGUEST
Thank you.
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