Akbar’s Chamber - Experts Talk Islam
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For anyone entering a yoga studio today, the world of Islam might feel a million miles away. Yet for more than a thousand years, practitioners of Yoga have lived side by side with the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent. The history of Islam and Yoga, of Muslims and Hindus, is more than a tale of simple coexistence, though. It’s also a story of close interactions and careful comparisons, of Persian translations of Sanskrit texts, and Arabic investigations of Yogi doctrines, along with a shared concern with the spiritual value of breath-control. In this episode of Akbar’s Chamber, we’ll be looking at some of the most influential Muslim authors on such topics, including al-Biruni (d.1048) and Muhammad Ghaws (d.1562). But far from burying our heads in recondite manuscripts, we’ll be placing these figures in their living environments, where Sufis regularly encountered ‘Jogis,’ and wondered what they had in common. We’ll also be asking how these medieval encounters can inform our understanding of religious pluralism in Asia today. Nile Green talks to Carl W. Ernst, the author of Refractions of Islam in India: Situating Sufism and Yoga (Sage, 2016).
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The Mongol Storm: How the Mongols Transformed the Middle East
Saintly Infrastructures of Medieval Islam: The Shrine at Torbat-e Jam
A Muslim Book Collector in Late Ottoman Europe
Who Decides What is Islamic? Insights from Anthropology
The Many Meanings of Muslim Martyrdom
The Muslims of Sri Lanka: Custodians of Adam’s Footprint
Praising the Prophet in West Africa: The Profound Eloquence of Arabic Madih Poems
The Archaeology of Islam: What Digging Tells us that Reading Doesn’t
The Most Influential Branch of Islam You’ve Never Heard Of: Barelwism
The Architect of Global Jihad: The Exile Life of Abdallah Azzam
Islamic Law across the Indian Ocean: Shafi‘i Debates from Egypt to Indonesia
The Adventures of Joseph in Africa: Swahili Tales of the Prophet Yusuf
A World of Wonders: A Muslim Guidebook to the Cosmos
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The Meanings of Muslim Mysticism: An Introduction to Classical Sufi Texts
Singapore Islam: How a Commercial Hub became a Muslim Melting Pot
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