31 Archive: The Muslim-UU Connection with Ibrahim Farraje

2017-08-31

On this episode of The VUU, we are joined by Dr. Ibrahim Farraje to talk about the connections between Islam and Unitarian Universalism, especially with the foundational understanding that oneness is at the heart of all of creation. At the time of this broadcast, Ibrahim was Starr King School for the Ministry’s Provost and Professor of Islamic and Cultural Studies. He died on February 9, 2016.

Original air date: October 10, 2013

Episode Notes:

• The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight (GoodReads) (Film)
• The Inclusive Mosque Initiative (Facebook) (Twitter)
• Yunus Emre is a 13 century Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. An English translation of some of his work is The Drop That Became the Sea (Amazon)
• A contemporary Sufi mystic is Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (died 1986)
• Queen of Months: An Eco-Halal Sufi Vegan/Vegetarian Cookbook for Ramadan and Beyond by Ibrahim Farajaje and Katherin George Golitzen (Amazon Kindle)

Episode hosts: Meg Riley, Tom Schade, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Patrice Curtis, and Hank Peirce.

Note: This audio is from one of our favorite archived episodes that had previously been available by video only. It has been edited for a better podcast listening experience. View the original live recording on YouTube.