1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Dr. Azim Ahmed, Research Associate in British Muslim Studies at Cardiff University, discusses the late Shahab Ahmed's (no relation!) seminal work &quot;What is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic&quot; leading us to identify the Anglophone as the New Persianate for the Cathay-to-California Complex. Links: Abdul-Azim Ahmed, Mind the Gap — The Textual, The Social, and Anglophone Islam https://medium.com/@AbdulAzim/mind-the-gap-the-textual-the-social-and-anglophone-islamin-shahab-ahmeds-2015-book-what-is-1e42b79e10ac Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, Islam and the Cultural Imperative https://www.theoasisinitiative.org/islam-the-cultural-imperative Originally published Sep 1, 2022 on https://youtu.be/MBUTbuBGtFw Abbasid History Podcast http://www.AbbasidHistoryPodcast.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/29737443/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/29737443