# Mufti Abu Layth introduces his guest, Shaykh Omar Baloch

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/2/
- Date: 2020-07-10 · Kind: announcement · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (1:59–3:50)
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe73zqCi_I&t=119s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth introduces Shaykh Omar Baloch, a New York imam trained in Jungian psychology and CBT.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth introduces the night's guest, Shaykh Omar Baloch, an imam from New York, and the two exchange greetings; the guest says he has benefited from Mufti's lectures and that they had been trying to arrange the conversation for a while. Mufti describes him as an imam in the sense of a scholar within Islam who is also trained in Jungian psychology, practises cognitive behavioural therapy and is closely involved in his local community.

## Sources and names cited

- Shaykh Omar Baloch

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:59–3:50)

[1:23] integrate all your comments and everything into the software today in addition to the comments the stars so I know some of you were sending stars on Facebook but I couldn't see them so my apologies prior to now I couldn't really kind of say shukran or extend my gratitude because I couldn't see on the software you was in I could only see the comments but I have integrated that aspect so you do in it man you do in it and people Allah what an episode let me bring before you first of all by

[1:59] image this the man the myth people the legend we've got I'm just seeing Oh where's that sound coming in from right so we've got with us tonight chef omar Baloch the man the myth the legend the Imam hailing all the way from New York people America right here with us tonight let me bring him right in ah Salam aleikum Shahana of

[2:35] wrath from right right sugar and assalamu aleikum Shahana and welcome and sugar and for extending your time to share it on mine trap with us lectures so I thought and then I you know we've been talking for a while trying to play tag I guess you know so I actually benefited from you

[3:10] people of right so those of you who are not too familiar with chef omar Baloch he is an imam as in he does do imam at by a scholar within islam that's what I mean by Imam but also trained within Jungian psychology he's got a he has a fascination with psychology with CBT cognitive behavioral therapy is a practitioner he's somebody who's very involved in the local community and has

[3:49] and brings a plethora of experience to the table so Damas Y Caballeros let me present to you ladies and gentlemen the man the myth sure tell us a bit about your journey your journey a bit of your background you learning about Islam maybe some of the kind of tradition you're linked with just to give some of our viewers a greater horizon about you so I was well genetically in Pakistani geographically genetically hahaha yeah my mom is from the

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment wCe73zqCi_I/s/2. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/2/

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