4 posts tagged “muslim”
Episode 34: An Interview with Taki Zaidi and Zain Ali
Host: Jihad F. Saleh
Length: 32:13
Recorded on March 13, 2007 in Washington, DC
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Synopsis: Both Taki Zaidi and Zain Ali traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan and Muzaffarabad, Kashmir in the winter of 2005-06 as members of Youth Medics International - a youth group of Imamia Medics International. The work was dedicated to providing relief aid to the victims of the October 8, 2005 earthquake, and focused on health care in refugee camps and orphanages. They discuss the successes and struggles of their humanitarian work in a Kashmir relief camp. Valuable advice is provided to Muslim youth and young professionals who desire starting or working in a humanitarian NGO.
Bio: Taki Zaidi, Director of Youth Medics International, is a native of New Jersey. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Montclair State University with a B.S. in Physics and completed graduate work in Rutgers/UMDNJ. His previous humanitarian work includes teaching HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention in high schools and universities in Hyderabad, India in the summer of 2003. In August of 2007 Taki will be entering an MD/Ph.D. program and looks forward to seeing the work of Youth Medics International carried on by other motivated youth.
Bio: Zain Ali is a native of New Jersey. He is currently finishing his last year of undergraduate studies at Rutgers University where he majors in Economics and Middle Eastern Studies. He founded an award-winning chapter of Oxfam America at Rutgers University which increases peoples awareness and activism on issues such a Sudan, the Millennium Development Goals, and the ONE campaign. He started a blog and a university-sponsored research project into the socio-economic situation of the Kashmiri people of Pakistan.
To visit their blog site Voice of Kashmir, click here.
Episode 33: A Lecture by Irfan Nooruddin
Host: Jihad F. Saleh
Length: 31:54
Recorded on February 21, 2007, at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Quranic Recitation by Fareez Ahmed
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Synopsis: A respected speaker on Sunni and Sufi topics, Brother Irfan Nooruddin talks about the importance of love for the Prophet Muhammad (saw) and his Ahlul Bayt (as), the inner-circle of the prophetic household. Brother Irfan bases his presentation on historical and legal references from traditional Ahlul Sunnah sources. The presentation underscores the importance of love for the prophetic household as a source of unity amongst Muslims, not a cause of sectarian division between Sunni and Shia communities.
Episode 32: An Interview with Shaikh Mustafa Jaffer
Host: Abbas Kanji
Length: 14:02
Recorded on January 31, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois
Intro and Outro Clip: Recitation of Ziyarat-e-Ashura by Osama Al-Attar
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Synopsis: Well known Shi'a scholar and speaker Shaikh Mustafa Jaffer talks about the significance of Ziyarat-e-Ashura, the salutation prayer given on Imam Husayn (A.S.) and the martys of Karbala. Shaikh Jaffers also addresses the issue of cursing of those who fought Imam Husayn and if this cursing has a place in today's times as well as the concept of intercession.
Bio: Born in Kenya, Shaikh Mustafa Jaffer hails from a family of prominent ulama, including his late uncle, Mulla Asghar M.M. Jaffer. Shaikh Mustafa's early education took place in Kenya with went on to further Islamic studies in Tehran, Iran. Shaikh Mustafa also earned his masters degree in Arabic-English Translation and Interpretation from Edinburgh, Scotland. Shaikh Mustafa has worked with the BBC and more recently was the administrative secretary of the World Federation of Khoja Shi'a Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities. He has also lead Hajj groups for the past 20 years and has delivered lectures to Muslim communities across six continents.
If you have listend to the Qunootcast above, you probably noticed that this podcast did not start with the usual qunoot podcast theme. We have instead started with the opening lines of the ziyarah or salutation on the 3rd Imam, Husayn bin Ali (as), who was martyed in Karbala, Iraq on the 10th day of Muharram, a day known as Ashura.
To mark this sacred month, the Qunoot team has put together a series of podcasts that reflect upon the meaning and the signficance of the martydom of Imam Husayn.
We hope you find them beneficial in learning and/or observing this sacred month.
