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Audio renditions of select essays

What Walking Can Do For Our Souls

The significance of walking in the Islamic tradition, both as a prelude to and as a part of prayer, provides the ground on which to explore the riches of rootedness as a divinely endowed gift unto human beings.

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Counting the Minutes

Productivity and the Well-Lived Day between Abū Ĥāmid al-Ghazālī and Benjamin Franklin

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What Islam Gave the Blues

The blues is neither African nor Islamic—rather, it’s an African American creation shaped by some of the most enduring contributions of West African Muslims to American culture.

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Courteous Exchange in an Age of Empire

Prevalent examples of courteous exchanges between differing viewpoints are sorely lacking today. Can Victorian poets, influenced by the Muslim East, show us a path to discovering our commonality?

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Where Islam and Nationalism Collide

Islam contains teachings that clearly argue against the most important elements of nationalism.

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