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Legal scholar and historian Anver Emon talks about how power influences the law, including the reaction to the attack on Muslims in London, Ontario, terrorism financing laws, the Azarova hiring scandal at the U of T, systemic barriers to scholarship on Palestine and more. Anver M. Emon is Professor of Law and History; Canada Research Chair in Islamic Law and History; Director, Institute of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He studies pre-modern and modern Islamic legal history, the role of Shari'a both inside and outside the Muslim majority world.…
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Scholar Zahra Ayubi discusses the problem of spiritual and sexual abuse including Muslim celebrity cases, countering the culture of silence and the importance of women in mosque governance. Zahra Ayubi is an assistant professor of religion at Dartmouth College and the author of Gendered Morality: Classical Islamic Ethics of the Self, Family, and Society (Columbia University Press, 2019). She specializes in feminist philosophy of Islam and has published on gendered concepts of ethics, justice, and religious authority, and on Muslim feminist thought and American Muslim women’s experiences. She completed her PhD in Religious Studies from UNC Chapel Hill.…
Australian aged care advocate Mahjabeen Ahmad discusses transnational care giving, tailoring aged care services for Muslims in the West, overcoming stigma and the prospects for Muslim nursing homes. Mahjabeen Ahmad is an independent researcher and award winning aged care advocate based in Adelaide, Australia. She has authored a guidebook and delivers cultural training to provider organizations on Muslim aged care needs. She previously managed a federally funded aged care project for South Australian Muslims.…
Social scientist Dr. Azim Shariff is back to discuss how religion helped to foster cooperation in societies, the effect of culture on religious practice and where religion is headed in the face of rapid technological change. Azim Shariff is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on where morality intersects with religion, cultural attitudes and economics.…
Anthropology Professor Shabana Mir shares insights and stories from her book Muslim American Women: Undergraduate Social Life and Identity . It sheds light on the struggle facing Muslim students to find tolerance and inclusion in the West. Dr. Shabana Mir is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the American Islamic College in Chicago. Her book Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life and Identity received the Outstanding Book Award from the National Association for Ethnic Studies and the Critics’ Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association (2014). She holds a PhD in Education Policy Studies from Indiana University.…
Mental health awareness is on the rise, however, significant stigma still exists, particularly in Western Muslim communities. Psychologist Saunia Ahmad discusses mental health issues, cultural barriers to seeking treatment, changing attitudes across generations, as well as clinical challenges with respect to Western Muslims. Dr. Saunia Ahmad is a Clinical and Counseling Psychologist based in Toronto with expertise in individual and couple therapy. Her approach integrates evidence-based models including Cognitive-Behavioural (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural (DBT), Emotion-Focused (EFT), Psychodynamic, Social Constructivist and Family Systems. Dr. Ahmad holds a Phd from York University.…
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