Episodes 27
Avg. Duration 44m
Activity Declining
Since Jul 2018
Latest Episode Jan 2025

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Every 2 Months
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

Sacred Footsteps is dedicated to travel, history and culture from a Muslim perspective. We talk to writers, historians, artists and others, about travel as a spiritual practice, and discuss aspects of Muslim culture and history that are often overlooked.

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Recent Episodes

The Reintroduction of Metaphysics | Muḥiyuddīn Al-ʿAṭṭās

Jan 20, 2025 56m

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 al-Attas. With Zain al-Haddad…

Islam in the Malay World | Muḥiyuddīn Al-ʿAṭṭās

Oct 15, 2024 1h 6m

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 speaks to Syed Muḥiyuddīn…

S1E25 The Eradication of Islamic Epistemology | Prof Joseph Lumbard

Jun 30, 2024 46m

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 Joseph Lumbard about his paper…

S1E24 Cape Town's Circle of Saints

Jan 11, 2023 38m

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 in chains, as slaves or…

S1E22 Islam in Australia: Makassan Traders, Afghan Cameleers & a Sufi Qadiri Connection

Nov 29, 2021 35m

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 European settlement, to the…

S1E21 How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe | Diana Darke

Apr 24, 2021 47m

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 exchanges between Europe and…

S1E20 My Ancestral Past: Visiting the Gilanis in Iran

Mar 31, 2021 17m

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

S1E19 Divine Love & Sufi Poetry of Punjab

Feb 26, 2021 16m

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.

S1E18 Lessons From Life on the Road

Jan 30, 2021 15m

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

S1E17 Adam's Peak: In Search of a Prophet

Nov 28, 2020 9m

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

S1E16 Qawwali

Jul 03, 2020 1h 5m

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

S1E15 Models of Liberation in West Africa | Professor Ware and Mustafa Briggs

Jun 26, 2020 1h 32m

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 towards power and religion, and…

S1E25 025 Which Rumi are you Reading?

May 29, 2020 1h 9m

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 great poet we know him as.…

S1E14 Travel as 'Mutual Unveiling' | Visiting the 'Wali Songo' Nine Saints of Indonesia

Apr 16, 2020 1h 2m

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' and share 'transformative'…

S1E13 Islam in the Caucasus: Sufi Tariqahs, Imam Shamil and Resistance Through Dhikr

Apr 07, 2020 42m

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 tariqas in the region and the…

S1E12 Brooklyn's Tatar Muslims

Dec 13, 2019 57m

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 joining the conversation is travel…

S1E11 Conservation & Protection of Wildlife from a Muslim Perspective

Oct 07, 2019 54m

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

S1E10 Islam in South Africa: Survival, Preservation & Revival

Aug 02, 2019 46m

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 Dutch. A story of survival and…

S1E9 Lahore: Secrets of the Old City

Apr 30, 2019 49m

Zara speaks to Shahroze Khan, a politics and history student and photographer, about the walled city of Lahore. Shahroze explains its history, from its somewhat contentious roots, steeped in Hindu…

S1E8 Challenging Institutional Orientalism in Photography

Mar 30, 2019 45m

Zara is joined by Sacred Footsteps' writers and photographers Afaq Ali and Omar Rais, and Chirag Wakaskar, a photographer based in Mumbai, India and creator of the @everydaymumbai project on…

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