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The goal of the Halal Monk project is to revive the tradition of encounters and debates between monks, preachers and artists of different faiths. The Halal Monk, a Christian theologian, does so through conversations with influential spiritual leaders, academics and artists of the islamic world as well as through personal reflections on a series of Qur'an verses.
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Musdah Mulia - The tawhid of human rights 07/01/2014 A conversation with Indonesian activist and scholar Musdah Mulia about the spiritual backbone of human rights which can be found within Islam. |
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Yassin Alsalman – The Narcycist 06/17/2014 A conversation with Canadian Hip-Hop Multimedia artist Yassin Alsalman on identity, activism and self-expression. |
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Mona Siddiqui - Jesus, Islam and interfaith humbleness 06/02/2014 A conversation on the place of Jesus in Islam, the pitfalls of interreligious dialogue and the need for interfaith humbleness. |
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Ousmane Ag Moussa - The Blues of the Desert 05/05/2014 The fontman of the Malinese band Tamikrest on the struggle of the Tuareg, the trouble with the islamists and the strength of his sisters. |
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Ziauddin Sardar - Critical Muslims, transmodern tradition 04/03/2014 A conversation on tradition, transmodernity and the art of criticism with a British-Pakistani polymath full of relentless intellectual energy. |
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Amir Sulaiman – The Poetry of Creation 03/04/2014 A conversation with an amazing def poetry artist on the importance of words, the poetry of creation and the sneaky Smeagol in all of us. |
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Dr. D. Latifa - The destruction of normative Islam 02/19/2014 A thoroughly thought provoking conversation on mysticism, petro-islam and femininity in religion. |
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Muazzam Fateh Ali Khan – Sufis, extremists and Madonna 02/04/2014 A conversation with a great Qawwali singer who continues the tradition of his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. |
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Tahir Hameed Tanoli – Reflections on Iqbal 01/20/2014 The life and spirit of Alama Muhammad Iqbal. |
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Mithu and Gonga Saien – Drums, drugs and devotion 01/06/2014 In the cool breeze of the night a smell of hashish invited me into the crowds that were gathered around some drummers. |
