Sacred Footsteps - The Podcast

Photographing Jerusalem | Bashar Tabbah

Bashar Tabbah talks to Zara Choudhary about his experience photographing and documenting the sacred sites and daily life of Jerusalem, the birth city of his grandfather.

Fes: Citadels of Light | Umair Haseeb

The Moroccan city Fes, like the other early cities of the Maghreb, was founded as a place of refuge for the Ahl al-Bayt, the Family of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Shaykh Umai

The Reintroduction of Metaphysics | Muḥiyuddīn Al-ʿAṭṭās

A discussion on the need to reintroduce metaphysics based upon the Islamic conception of reality and truth, a prominent theme found in the works of Professor Syed Naquib

Islam in the Malay World | Muḥiyuddīn Al-ʿAṭṭās

Islam arrived in the Malay world through "good word" and quickly established itself though various kingdoms that would later become centres of learning. Zain al-Haddad sp

The Eradication of Islamic Epistemology | Prof Joseph Lumbard

The Islamic sciences were once rooted in an underlying epistemic unity, that existed among all fields of the knowledge in the Islamic world. Zara talks to Professor Josep

Cape Town's Circle of Saints

On the hills in and around Cape Town, you will find 300 year old Muslim graves belonging to notable individuals who arrived on the southern tip of the African continent i

Islam in Australia: Makassan Traders, Afghan Cameleers & a Sufi Qadiri Connection

Zara talks to Dr Abu Bakr Sirajuddin Cook and Dr Rami Dawood about the history of Islam in Australia- beginning with the arrival of the Makassan traders, that pre-dates E

How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe | Diana Darke

Zara talks to author and Arabist Diana Darke about her most recent book Stealing From The Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe. Diana explains how cultural ex

My Ancestral Past: Visiting the Gilanis in Iran

Sana Gillani visits the tombs of her ancestors: the parents of the influential scholar and saint, Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Gilani, in Iran. 

Divine Love & Sufi Poetry of Punjab

Abdullah Sattar explores the roots of Sufism in Punjab, which spread, in large part, through the words of poets that are still recited and resonate today.

Lessons From Life on the Road

Alex Reynolds from lostwithpurpose shares her experiences/conclusions/insights from more than four years of full time travel. 

Adam's Peak: In Search of a Prophet

Sacred Footsteps presents, Khayal Diaries, a series of personal accounts, narratives and critical reflections on topics like Islamic history, culture and travel.   Zara

Qawwali

Omar, Yasmine and Shahroze discuss the history, evolution and spiritual significance of qawwali. Qawwali incorporates music, poetry and story-telling in to a celebration

Models of Liberation in West Africa | Professor Ware and Mustafa Briggs

Mustafa Briggs speaks to Professor Rudolph Ware, author of the 'Walking Quran', about models of liberation in West Africa. They talk about the West African approach towar

025 Which Rumi are you Reading?

Zara and Zirrar talk to poet Baraka Blue about the life, work and legacy of Jalal al-Din Rumi. Baraka tells us about the era in which he lived and how he came to be the g

Travel as 'Mutual Unveiling' | Visiting the 'Wali Songo' Nine Saints of Indonesia

For our first ever crossover episode, Zara speaks to Imran Ali Malik, host of the American Submitter podcast. They discuss the concept of travel as a 'mutual unveiling' a

Islam in the Caucasus: Sufi Tariqahs, Imam Shamil and Resistance Through Dhikr

Muazzam is joined by Salahuddin Mazhary. Salahuddin tells us about the history of Islam in the Caucasus, with a focus on Chechnya and Dagestan. He talks about the Sufi ta

Brooklyn's Tatar Muslims

Omar Rais speaks to Alyssa Ratkewitch, a third generation Tatar Muslim living in Brooklyn and the vice president of the board at the historic Brooklyn Mosque. Also joinin

Conservation & Protection of Wildlife from a Muslim Perspective

Muazzam Mir speaks to fellow Kenyans, activist and founder of Halal Safaris, Samia Bwana and conservationist and Mandela Washington Fellow, Raabia Hawa, about the conserv

Islam in South Africa: Survival, Preservation & Revival

Yaseen Kippie talks to Zara about the history of Islam in South Africa. He tells us about the early community, made up of influential people exiled to the Cape by the Dut