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Firas Alkhateeb is a historian that specializes in Islamic History.  He is also the author the book Lost Islamic History. Firas is a graduate student in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago. He is also currently studying traditional Islamic law and theology at Darul Qasim in Glendale Heights, Illinois. He holds a bachelor's degree in History with a concentration in Islamic History f...

Omer Zaman (affectionately known as O.Z) is a close friend of The Mad Mamluks. He is a volunteer for MUHSEN (Muslims Understanding and Helping Special Education Needs) and organization dedicated to help create awareness for Muslim brothers and sisters with special needs across the United States. Brother Omer has come on to help promote MUHSEN's mission, and to encourage others to get involved with...

Yvonne Maffei, MA is a graduate of Ohio University (Athens, Ohio). She has lived and traveled abroad in Central America, Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa as well as the American foodie cities of San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. Yvonne grew up with a passion for cooking and writing and always desired to make a career out of both. After years of being a language teacher, she be...

Mufti Mohammed Wasim Khan grew up in New Jersey and began studying the Islamic Sciences at the tender age of 13.  Initially, he began his education in Darul Uloom Blackburn, England, UK.  He then attended Darul Uloom Al-Madaniyah in Buffalo, New York.  Mufti Wasim then travelled overseas again to study in Darul Uloom Zakariyya, Johannesburg, SA.  He has had the unique opportunity to study the Deen...

Hamza Warsi talks about his organization, Halal Advocates of America. The Halal Advocates are focused on balancing their advocacy between two strategic alliances, the Halal consumer and business, while also trying to help establish the necessary Halal governance practices to combat fraud and create a high-quality Halal accreditation standard in America with others. http://halaladvocates.org

The Mad Mamluks talk to Dr. Kamran Riaz about Darul Qasim Institute's effort to bring Muslim professionals towards Islamic Sciences.  We also discuss some of the challenges of American Muslims today. Dr. Kamran Riaz has a uniquely indigenous background in Islamic studies. Before high school, he completed memorization of the Qur'an at the Institute of Islamic Education in Illinois. He graduated fro...

Dr. Fahad Khan is a psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a Masters degree in Biomedical Sciences.  He is also a Hafiz of the Qur'an (having committed the entire Qur'an to memory) and has studied Islamic studies with various scholars in the Muslim world and the US. He also serves on the Editorial Board for Muslim World Affairs, an online peer-reviewed journal.  The primary focus...

Talking about Halal Meat and Halal Money  

Mad Mamluks talk to Sheikh Omer about Islamic Center of Wheaton (ICW) and it's relationship with a city that is known as the Evangelical Christian capital of America. We also discuss with him the controversy surrounding the Wheaton College professor who wore a Hijab to protest the rising Islamophobic atmosphere in the world. Sh. Omer Haqqani was raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the earlier part...

Round Table Discussion with Mad Mamluks Contributor, Murtaza.  Discussion is about the often thrown about slogan, "unity".  

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