Answers on arts/book-lounge, newest recording first. https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/arts-book-lounge.atom.xml 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z Mufti Abu Layth Archive pipeline/feeds.py https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/8/ 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z

Is The Satanic Verses a critique of Islam or an insult? Mufti Abu Layth says the novel is an insult rather than a critique, since it makes no argument and only portrays the Prophet and his wives offensively. Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 42:08) A more recent answer on society/blasphemy-and-free-speech exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/ Watch on YouTube at 42:08: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&t=2528s

<p><b>Is The Satanic Verses a critique of Islam or an insult?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth says the novel is an insult rather than a critique, since it makes no argument and only portrays the Prophet and his wives offensively.</p> <p>Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Salman Rushdie &amp; The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 42:08)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on society/blasphemy-and-free-speech exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/">How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&amp;t=2528s">Watch on YouTube at 42:08</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/7/ 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z

What is The Satanic Verses actually about? Mufti Abu Layth summarises the novel's plot, including the Mahound episode and the brothel whose women bear the names of the Prophet's wives, and says this part, though short, shows the book's hostility to Islam. Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 32:57) A more recent answer on society/blasphemy-and-free-speech exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/ Watch on YouTube at 32:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&t=1977s

<p><b>What is The Satanic Verses actually about?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth summarises the novel's plot, including the Mahound episode and the brothel whose women bear the names of the Prophet's wives, and says this part, though short, shows the book's hostility to Islam.</p> <p>Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Salman Rushdie &amp; The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 32:57)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on society/blasphemy-and-free-speech exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/">How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&amp;t=1977s">Watch on YouTube at 32:57</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/5/ 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z

Identity, Midnight's Children, the fatwa and the years in hiding Mufti Abu Layth says Rushdie's lack of a secure identity runs through his books, and recounts Midnight's Children, Khomeini's fatwa and the years in hiding before turning to The Satanic Verses. Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 25:03) A more recent answer on society/blasphemy-and-free-speech exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/ Watch on YouTube at 25:03: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&t=1503s

<p><b>Identity, Midnight's Children, the fatwa and the years in hiding</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth says Rushdie's lack of a secure identity runs through his books, and recounts Midnight's Children, Khomeini's fatwa and the years in hiding before turning to The Satanic Verses.</p> <p>Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Salman Rushdie &amp; The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 25:03)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on society/blasphemy-and-free-speech exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/">How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&amp;t=1503s">Watch on YouTube at 25:03</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/16/ 2020-09-22T00:00:00Z 2020-09-22T00:00:00Z

What does Robert Hoyland's In God's Path say about how Islam spread? Mufti Abu Layth recommends Hoyland's In God's Path as fair and well researched, and agrees that Islam's ability to integrate other peoples explains its rapid spread. Mufti Abu Layth says he accepts Hoyland's point that Islam's capacity to integrate is a key aspect explaining its spread. Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:24:50) A more recent answer on history/umayyads-and-abbasids exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/12/ Watch on YouTube at 1:24:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=5090s

<p><b>What does Robert Hoyland's In God's Path say about how Islam spread?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth recommends Hoyland's In God's Path as fair and well researched, and agrees that Islam's ability to integrate other peoples explains its rapid spread. Mufti Abu Layth says he accepts Hoyland's point that Islam's capacity to integrate is a key aspect explaining its spread.</p> <p>Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:24:50)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/umayyads-and-abbasids exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/12/">Why was Imam Malik flogged?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&amp;t=5090s">Watch on YouTube at 1:24:50</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/16/">Open the segment</a></p>