Boys In The Cave

We talk to Harun Harace about the historical and current realities pertaining to the Rohingya people. Harun is a da'ee, and Rohingya community leader. Hosts: Aquib and Joshua Please email us your comments, feedback, and questions at boysinthecave@gmail.com or through our Facebook page, and leave a review and 5-star rating on iTunes! Follow us on: Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/boysinthecave/ Instagram – @boysinthecave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harun's Online Visibility: http://www.brca.org.au/index.php/contact-us.html - Burmese Rohingya Community in Australia Twitter: @HarunHarace Harun Harace is the president of the Burmese Rohingya Community in Australia, and an active organiser and dawah carrier with The Islam Project. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shownotes [2:50] – Introducing the Burmese Rohingya Community in Australia [3:50] – Episode premise [6:31] – What are the Rohingya people going through at this moment in time? [11:43] – Historical presence of the Rohingya [16:07] – Developments that led to modern persecution [28:25] – What are the actions being taken against the oppression? [33:14] – Broader exploration of the atrocities and "selective outrage" witnessed [36:14] – What are the actions that Muslims need to take; what can we tangibly do to help these oppressed people?

In this episode, we discuss with Dr. Ghilan a variety of topics within a narrow scope of theology such as philosophy, modern science, existence of God, materialism, and empiricism Dr. Ghilan is a neuroscientist, Islamic lecturer, YouTuber, and podcaster. Hosts: Aquib, Joshua, and Tanzim Please email us your comments, feedback, and questions at: boysinthecave@gmail.com, and leave a review and 5-star rating on iTunes! Follow us on: Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/boysinthecave/ Instagram – @boysinthecave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Ghilan's Online Visibility: AndalusOnline.org - Join the Andalus Book Club! Search for "Mohamed Ghilan" in iTunes and subscribe to his podcast. Twitter: @MohamedGhilan Dr. Mohamed Ghilan is a Canadian Muslim originally born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to parents from Sudanese and Yemeni backgrounds. He attended high school after immigrating to Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia. Eventually, Mohamed moved to Victoria where he obtained a B.Sc. with a major in microbiology (honours) and a minor in business administration. In 2007, Mohamed began his full-time studies in the Islamic Tradition after having made connections with several Muslim scholars. He has been consistently travelling over the past years to spend intensive extended periods studying various aspects of the Islamic sciences relating to Theology and Creed, Jurisprudence, Hadith, Foundational Principles (Usool), Arabic, Poetry, spiritual purification, and Qur'anic sciences. Mohamed has previously given lectures on the biography of the Prophet Muhammed peace be upon him, Fundamentalism in Islam, Islam and science, the message of Islam, Jesus in the Qur'an, in addition to others. He has also taught an introductory course on Islamic Jurisprudence according to the Maliki School as well as an introductory course on Islamic Theology ('Aqeedah). In 2015, Mohamed earned a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Victoria, where he studied synaptic plasticity in Huntington's disease, as well as the effects and molecular mechanisms of stress on the brain in Fragile X syndrome. He hopes his research can eventually be used to develop new therapies can be used to assist individual with movement disorders or intellectual disabilities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shownotes [4:34] – Why is Dr. Ghilan pursuing medicine after completing a PhD? [8:05] – Discussion between Peter Slezak and Mohamed Ghilan at UNSW (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhNdIIJ5o0w) [8:26] – Observations on sectarianism [10:24] – Ayats 31 and 32 of Surah Ar-Rum (https://quran.com/30/31-32) [12:31] – Understanding the ideologies of Atheists [15:55] – Hadith from Sunan Abu Dawud 4833; Sahih (authentic) grade according to An-Nawawi [24:08] – Ayat 41 of Surah Ar-Rum (https://quran.com/30/41) [25:12] – Touching on modernism, specifically utilitarianism and capitalism [28:11] – Battle of Hunayn [29:10] - Ayat 32 of Surah Al-A'raf (https://quran.com/7/32) [31:10] – Exploration of science as a framework [38:51] – Ayat 28 of Surah An-Najm (https://quran.com/7/32) [54:12] – Ayat 43 of Surah Al-Furqan (https://quran.com/25/43) [54:36] – Asch conformity experiment [55:55] – Ayats 31-33 of Surah Saba (https://quran.com/34/31-33) [57:52] – Exploration of philosophy, and how to engage with the themes of modernism as Muslims [1:00:32] – Hadith from Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2687; Hasan (fair) grade according to As-Suyuti [1:00:52] – Islam in Liberalism by Joseph Massad [1:14:51] – Hadith from Sahih Al-Albani, Book 14, Hadith 273 [1:16:12] – How do we reconcile modernism with Islam as a means of having a standard of truth?

We explore the current culture among young Muslims, and how society has shaped our identities. Hosts: Aquib, Joshua, and Tanzim Send us your comments, feedback, and questions at boysinthecave@gmail.com or through Facebook, and please leave a review and 5-star rating on iTunes! Ep 1 Shownotes [7:25] - What has influenced us to be more practicing Muslims? [13:37] - Observations of society [28:51] - A man asked the Messenger: "Who is the most wise of people O Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "The one who remembers death most often and the one who is well-prepared to meet it; these are the wise" (Ibn Majah, Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4400 - Hasan Grade) [30:11] - Martin Heidegger [32:00] - Reasons for disbelief/dropping in imaan and practice [38:05] - How do we change the landscape to inspire more solid Muslims? [44:11] - "Men returning back to the deen because ..."

We introduce ourselves and talk about our motivations and plans for this project. Hosts: Aquib, Joshua, and Tanzim Email us your comments, feedback, and questions at: boysinthecave@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/boysinthecave/ Instagram – @boysinthecave ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shownotes [4:14] – Introductions [8:25] – Tasfir of Surah al-Kahf (Sayyid Qutb, In the Shade of the Qur'an, Volume 11) [11:17] – Personal Motivations [15:25] – Ayat 56 of Surah al-Kahf (https://quran.com/18/56) [20:52] – Why you should be listening to us? [21:22] – Yasir Qadhi Seerah Episode 100 (http://arqadhi.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/100-farewell-hajj.html) [29:19] – What we are excited about with this project