In this episode of History Speaks, I speak with <a href="https://www.matthewfsteele.com/">Matthew Steele</a> and <a href="https://mahmoodkooria.com/">Mahmood Kooria</a> about the Islamic legal traditions in Africa, South and Southeast Asia.&nbsp; We discussed the life of legal texts as they traveled across the Afro-Asian world, the construction of the center and peripheries in the study of Islamic law and the role of local languages in scholarly communities and the writing of legal texts.

Self and Society in Sufism

The past, present, and future are intimately bound to one another. In short, history matters. History Speaks situates the Islamic intellectual tradition within its socio-political context and connects it to pertinent issues today. Join Dr. Roshan Iqbal as she speaks with Islamic studies scholars about their work on gender, Iaw, and theology in the Islamic tradition. In each episode we move across different time periods and regions to discuss how aspects of Islamic history speak to concerns today.

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