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Episode 048 - Epistemological Warfare - Hamza Dudgeon episode / season 1

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In this episode, I caught up with Hamza Dudgeon from the YouTube channels "Hamza the Historian" and "Hamza the Linguist". Hamza is a Muslim convert from Minnesota who I met while he was doing his graduate studies at the University of Chicago. In this almost 3 hour long episode, we talked about powerlifting, his upbringing in Minnesota, his conversion to Islam, approaches to understanding various world views and the aftermath of the George Floyd murder.(We recorded this episode during the trial but it's being released after the conviction of Derek Chauvin) His full bio is available below. Hamza Dudgeon is an academician in Religious Studies and Islamic History. He holds an M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Chicago and is currently a doctoral student at the Islamic University of Minnesota. He has experience teaching at the university level, in public schools, and in a seminary setting. Hamza has taught Somali refugees, graduate students, undergrads, and visiting professors, as well as children of all ages and people of various ethnic backgrounds. Besides teaching, Hamza is also passionately committed to his research. At the University of Chicago, he specialized in Islamic ritual (fiqh). Hamza's doctoral dissertation is on nascent Islamic legal epistemology (Ul al-Fiqh) before al-Shfi (d. 820). Most in the field claim that a 9th century figure, al-Shfi is the first to advocate an Islamic legio-ritual theory known as Ul al-Fiqh. However, al-Shfis teacher, Muammad b. al-asan al-Shaybn (d. 805), promulgated a legio-ritual theory in his Kitb al-Al, which is largely untouched and unknown by Western Academics. Even before that, legal analogy (qiyas) and jurisprudential discretion (istisn) is seen in the thought of al-Awz (d. 774). Hamza Dudgeon has also written on Sufisms esoteric allegories of Islamic ritual, how Chicago muftis use modern science to produce fatwas on transgenderism, Islamic ritual footwear, and Ismaili Shiite legio-ritual theory. Hamza's paper on Islamic ritual footwear, The Khuffayn in Muslim Ritual Thought, was presented at the Middle Eastern Studies Associations annual conference held in San Antonio, TX Nov, 2018. He has also published in JMIAS twice The Counter-Current Movements of Andalusia and Ibn Arab: Should Ibn Arab be considered a hir? and The Revival of Sharia's Allegories: al-Ghazzl and al-akm al-Tirmidh. Hamza has an article on the entire history of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence, which is forthcoming in Routledges Handbook of Islamic Ritual & Practice.

Season 1

episodes

Ep. 097 - Yakoob Ahmed - What can we learn from the Ottoman Sultans?

Ep. 096 - Kamil Uddin - #1 Place to Study Islam in the USA

Ep. 095 - Mohammad Elshinawy - How to Convert your Boss to Islam

Ep. 094 - Saad Tasleem's Sneaker Obsession

Ep. 093 - Saad Tasleem - He Lost both Parents in 33 Days

Ep. 092 - Abdullah Oduro - Dudes in Distress

Ep. 091 - Tom Facchine - What is Innovation in Islam?

Ep. 090 - Yasir Qadhi - Habits, Hobbies, and Social Media Hysteria

Ep. 089 - Hasib Noor - Modern Approaches to Learning Islam

Ep. 088 - Mustafa Umar - No Women Allowed!

Ep. 087 - Haroon Sidat - Confidence and the Drive for Jannah

Ep. 086 - Hamzah Maqbul - A Mawlawi's Perspective on the Gaza Genocide

Ep. 085 - Ismail Kamdar - Auditing a Week in My Life

Ep. 084 - Mohamed Ghilan - How to find a Spiritual Path

Ep. 083 - SOLO - 2023 Al-Maqasid Retreat Review

Ep. 082 - Habeeb Quadri - Islamic Schools, Leaving a Legacy, and Dealing with one's own Mortality

Ep. 081 - Salah Sharief - Business, The Means to Knowledge

Ep. 080 - Ismail Alqadi - The Melody of The Divine

Ep. 079 - Saaleh Baseer - An Ivy League/Madrassa Fusion

Ep. 078 - RAMADAN 1444: Prep, Anxiety, and Aspirations - Umair Haseeb

Ep. 077 - Crafting History - Dr. Yakoob Ahmed

Ep. 076 - 40 Hadith on Masculinity - Nabeel Azeez

Ep. 075 - Fitness Made Stoopid Simple - Jumha Aburezeq

Ep. 074 - "A Farmer Meets an Emir" - John Kiser on Emir Abd el-Kader

Ep. 073 - Double Duty - Shaykh Umer Khan

Ep. 072 - Andrew Tate: Convert or CON-MAN? - Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali, Sh. Mustafa Umar, Nabeel Azeez

Ep. 071 - Work: Practice for Life - Subhi Saadeh

Ep. 070 - Tempering the Cross - Paul Williams

BONUS: Digital Minimalism - 30 Day Results

Episode 069 - Smorgasboard of Fiqh - Mustafa Umar

Episode 068 - Pursuing the "Deep Life" - Naveed Husain, Esq.

BONUS: We Plan, He Invites - Hassan Shibly on Hajj and Muhammad AlShareef

Episode 067 - Creative Collab: The Future of Muslim Podcasts with Ahmed Khan

Creative Collab: The Future of Muslim Podcasts with Ahmed Khan

Episode 066 - Dr. Yasir Qadhi, Dr. Shadee Elmasry, Hassan Shibly, Esq. - ENGAGEMENT: Foundations and Applications

SNS Live: What Muhammad AlShareef and AlMaghrib did for me

Episode 065 - Imam Tom Facchine - "The Only Rule is..There are No Rules"

Episode 064 - Midlife Crisis or Midlife Mission? - Dawood Yasin

Episode 063 - "Selling out to Liberals on ABORTION?" - Shaykhs Joe Bradford and Hamzah Maqbul

Episode 062 - Defamation and Divorce in Light of the Depp/Heard Trial - Hassan Shibly

Episode 061 - Compassionate Conservatism - Chaplain Tricia Pethic

Episode 060 - "Go East, Young Man!" - Arthur Richards

Episode 059 - "Decoding the Matrix" - Darrick the "Red Pill Muslim"

SNS Monday Night Live with Gareth Bryant

IG Live - Sartorial Spirituality with Umair Haseeb

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Episode 058 - The State of American Muslims - Ubaydullah Evans and Umar Lee

Episode 057 - Conservative or Contrarian? Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali

Episode 056 - Sultana's Gambit: Mister Omar's Chess Academy - Omar Durrani

Episode 054 - Secular Koranism - Claire Khaw

Episode 055 - Pro-Polygamy Sex Coach - Estela Rodriguez-Jebril

Episode 053 - White on White Violence - Should Caucasians Convert to Islam?

Episode 052 - Human Trafficking in the Heartland - Rana Zakaria

Episode 051 - Med School, Anti-Vaxxers, & Kicks - Dr. Mohamed Ghilan

Episode 050 - The "Injil", Lying Muslims, and other Tangents - Ijaz Ahmad, Joe Wyrostek, Usama Dakdok

Episode 002 - Dr. Craig Considine

Episode 005 - Adnan Jalali on Chasing your 100

Episode 004 - Mustafa Tameez

Episode 001 - Imam Khalid Latif

(Pilot Episode) - The Muslim who went to Church

Episode 006 - Dr. Bart Ehrman on Debating

Episode 007 - A Middle School Reunion with Justin Wood

Episode 008 - Jay Richardson, Former Ohio State Buckeye and NFL Defensive End

Episode 044 - Louis Farrakhan's Former Close Companion Opens Up - Albi Abdullah

Episode 049 - California Nightmare - Yusuf Clack

Episode 040 - From Socialist Marine to Capitalist Millionaire - Matt Sapaula

Episode 046 - Has the Alt-Right Reformed? - Richard Spencer

Episode 045 - Musings of a Spiritual Mutt - Art Ort

Episode 047 - Prophecy or Blasphemy? The Ahmadiyyah Movement

Episode 043 - From Schoolyard Brawls to Philosophy - Asadullah Ali Al-Andalusi

Episode 041 - Dumbest Things I heard while Rollin' with the Madkhalis - Bro Hajji

Episode 021 - Becoming a Reader - Omar Usman

Episode 023 - Colorism in the Black and Brown Communities

Episode 009 - Refugee Support with Ghulam Kehar

Episode 024 - Vyasar Ganesan of Netflix's "Indian Matchmaking"

Episode 036 - Podcasting, Platforming, and Politics - Parvez Ahmed of "Diffused Congruence"

Episode 025 - The Case for Donald Trump - Steve Cuckler

Episode 032 - The Rise of the Roman Crescent - Robert Dufour

Episode 031 - The Man with Two Names - Abiola Oluwajimi AKA Benjamin Gordon

Episode 026 - The Four Levels of Freedom - Ed Latimore

Bonus - Dating Apps, Cat-fishing, and the Caliphate

Episode 027 - A Christian Defense of Nini's Deli - Pastor Joe Wyrostek and Jose Riesco III

Episode 037 - Surviving Police Brutality - Phil Holland

Episode 038 - Conversion, Compassion, Jinns, LGBTQ+, and More! - Gareth Bryant

Episode 034 - Byzantine Revival - Dr. Hugo Mendez

BONUS: Election Recap with Umar Lee

Episode 033 - "Straight Outta Colombo" - Irshad Azeez

Episode 020 - Revenge of a Nerd - Dr. Jonathan Brown

Episode 035 - Finding Jesus in Jerusalem - Dr. Will Caldwell

Bonus - The Power of Networking and Connecting People

Episode 019 - The Cancellation of Nini's Deli - Part 2 with Christian Rangel

Episode 012 - Amir Latif of chak16

Episode 010 - Church History, Theology and Islamic Schools with AbdulRahman Chao

Episode 022 - Dutch Fitness Coach Converts to Islam!

Episode 011 - Religion and Masculinity in 2020 with Nabeel Azeez

Episode 015 - Turkish Origins and Islam's Impact on Psychotherapy

Episode 013 - Dhaka Streets, Part 1 - Zia Imran

Episode 030 - Imam Hamza Perez

Bonus - Coming to Islam in a Nursing Home

BONUS: Reflections on the Passing of Kobe Bryant

Episode 029 - Spirituality and Gender Identity with a Transgender Hafidh/Hafidha

Episode 016 - Where are the Saints? - Umair Haseeb

Episode 028 - A Journey through the Abrahamic Religions - Tim Brennecke

Episode 014 - Dhaka Streets, Part 2 - Mohaimin Mostafa

Bonus - Sufyan Al-Andalusi on Dirili: Erturul, Family and Religious Holidays

Episode 039 - "The Muslim Biblicist" - Dr. Ali Ataie

Episode 018 - The Cancellation of Nini's Deli - Part 1

Episode 017 - George Floyd Murder and the Aftermath

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