SEPADPod With Raihan Ismail

Richardson Institute

On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Raihan Ismail, His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University. Raihan is the author of two fabulous books published by OUP: 2021's Rethinking Salafism: The Transnational Networks of Salafi ‘Ulama in Egypt, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, and 2016's Saudi Clerics and Shi‘a Islam. On this episode, Simon and Raihan talk about a personal journey from Malaysia to Oxford, the influence of her father, Salafism, Saudi Arabia, ulema, the interplay of intimately tiny and hegemonic dynamics, and much more.