The Insight Interviews

Syed Muhammad Rizvi, Principal of SRI, interviews Dr. Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad, discussing his intellectual journey and his extensive work in translating Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s Tajrīd al-Iʿtiqād

An informative discussion on Dr. Nebil Husayn’s book “Caliphate and Imamate: An Anthology of Medieval Muslim Texts on Political Theology”

An informative discussion on Dr. Cyrus Zargar’s book “The Ethics of Karbala – Myths, Modernity, and Virtues of Nobility”

An informative discussion on Dr. Mahjabeen Dhala’s book “Feminist Theology and Social Justice in Islam – A Study on the Sermon of Fatima”

An informative discussion on Dr. Muhammad U. Faruque’s book “Sculpting the Self – Islam, Selfhood, and Human Flourishing”

An informative discussion on Dr. Alessandro Cancian’s book “The Emergence of Shi’i Sufism – Sultan ‘Ali Shah Gunabadi and His Commentary on the Qur’an”

An informative discussion on Dr Hannah-Lena Hagemannr’s book “The Khārijites in Early Islamic Historical Tradition”

An informative discussion with Dr George Warner’s book, “The Words of the Imams”

An informative discussion with Dr. Farah Kawtharani on her book, Political Thought in Contemporary Shi’a Islam

An informative discussion with Dr. Mojdeh Shariatmadari, on the role of psychology and its study in Islam and Shi’ism.

An informative discussion with Dr. Aun Hasan Ali, on his latest book, “The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi‘i Islamic Tradition”

An informative discussion with Dr. Cyrus Ali Zargar, on his latest book, “The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism”

An informative discussion with Dr. Toby Matthiesen, on his new book, and events that have shaped the Islamic world.

An informative discussion with Dr. Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad, on the Exploration of Mysticism and Theology.

An informative discussion with Dr. Eliza Tasbihi, who discusses the Meeting of Shiʿism and Sufism through Haydar Amuli and Cosmographical Diagrams.

An informative discussion with Dr. Amina Inloes, who discusses her book, Women in Shi‘ism: Ancient Stories, Modern Ideologies.

An informative discussion with Dr. Nebil Husayn, who discusses his book, Opposing the Imam: The Legacy of the Nawasib in Islamic Literature, published by Cambridge University Press.

An informative discussion with Dr. Joshua Little, who discusses the unique topic of his PhD thesis: the study of hadith surrounding the age of ʿĀʾisha’s marriage to the Prophet Muhammad.