Omid Safi – Sufi Heart – Ep. 35 – Deepening Faith Through Inter-Spirituality with Mike Petrow and Drew Jackson
Hosts of the Everything Belongs podcast, Mike and Drew, enjoy a conversation with Omid Safi about: “What if we come to see the human…
Dr. Omid Safi is director of Duke University’s Islamic Studies Center. He specializes in the study of Islamic mysticism and contemporary Islam and frequently writes on liberationist traditions of Dr. King, Malcolm X, and is committed to traditions that link together love and justice.
Omid is the past chair for the Study of Islam at the American Academy of Religion. He has written many books, including Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism; Cambridge Companion to American Islam; Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam; and Memories of Muhammad. His forthcoming books include Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Traditions and a book on the famed mystic Rumi.
Omid is among the most frequently sought out speakers on Islam in popular media, appearing in The New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, PBS, NPR, NBC, CNN, and other international media. He leads spiritual tours every year to Turkey, Morocco, or other countries, to study the rich multiple religious traditions there. The trips are open to everyone, from every country. More information is available at Illuminated Tours.
Hosts of the Everything Belongs podcast, Mike and Drew, enjoy a conversation with Omid Safi about: “What if we come to see the human…
This time on the Sufi Heart podcast, Omid Safi and James Cooke discuss: “The source of love is actually God. In fact God is…
In this episode, Omid Safi holds a talk on: “We want to become re-acquainted and return to our original home which is the very…
This time on Sufi Heart, Omid Safi has a discussion on: “Luke and Obi-Wan, apprentice and master, this is the very stuff of the…
“The real abode of God is in the heart of mankind. There’s this intimate connection between God and humanity, and if our hearts are…
“Love compelled somebody to put you ahead of their own needs. We’re alive because somebody chose that love and they chose us again and…
“God is to be found here and now…the divine simply is not to be experienced in the afterlife, in the heavenly realms, in the…
This interview is part of the 2023 Mystics Summit a free online event. For more information, please visit mysticssummit.com. This recording is a copyright…
“Every heart has to break and not every heart that’s broken breaks open. We want a heart that opens up. Opens up towards God,…