Imam Tom Talks About His Favourite Books
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2022
- The books discussed:
The Order of Things by Michel Foucault
Formations of the Secular by Talal Asad
Restating Orientalism by Wael Hallaq
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Thank you for having me, it was a pleasure! - Imam Tom
Thanks for being such a fascinating guest!
I grew up in Buffalo, not far from Utica. Thanks and Peace
jazakallah khair ❤
This was a very enjoyable and educational interview. Thanks guys.
Could you please post Tom's site/blog/channel links. jzk
Loved this ❤️ baarakaAllahufeekum
Need a new Saajid & Tom episode!
@@UTICAMASJID Are u both alumni of the same university?
Saajid Lipham wow nice to see you here!
@@BloggingTheology Saajid on BT?
@@BloggingTheology
Get Sajid on. Can share some knowledge
The consistency of this channel is remarkable. Paul don't for a second think your output might be repetitive. Each one of your videos my mind is blown onto yet more original thoughts, ideas, history and knowledge.
Tom is one of my favorite imams. I've been following him on TH-cam for a year and recommend his playlist to everyone: who is Allah.
Thank you for the recommendation, studying this is the foundation of our deen.
I love these streams especially when books are discussed in relation to one's own intellectual & spiritual journey but their use in Dawah!
Will listen to this fully after work.
I first saw and heard Imam Tom speak on Yaqeen Institute's "Quran 30 for 30" for Ramadhan 2022 and was really impressed by his insights. I'm glad that to see him again here on your channel talking about his favourite books. I hope you make this book talk a regular part of your channel. I usually go to youtube for a special niche called "Book Tube" where people just talk about the books they read but unfortunately, there's not much about Islamic Literature which is why I'm so happy about this. Thank you sir and may Allah bless and compensate you for all the good and benefit we derive from your work. :)
Another pearl in the ocean. Nice one brother Paul. A great conversation and discussion with Imam Tom.
This channel is a Gem.
Thank you Paul, May Allah be pleased with your efforts.
Masha Allah very humble brother may Allah bless him and make things easy for him
Must’ve listened to this at least three times now, and find new gems each time. Amazing discussion, may Allah preserve you both 🤲🏾🤲🏾
"The world can run on democracy until it steps out of bounds." Excellent !
I can already hear "Hello and Welcome to blogging theology"
Dear brother Paul Allah bless you you are doing great work on this planet and we love you so
Brother/Sister with the time stamps, where are you ? 😂
Masha Allah. I have been watching his talks. Really great to see him on BT platform.
جزك الله لكما بالخير
All the talks on this channel really nurture both my faith and intellect, thank u Paul.
This was absolutely riveting! Thank you for producing excellent content as always, brother Paul. A big fan here in NJ! May Allah reward you. Ameen 🤲
I just LOVE your bouquet selections of intellectual minds
Spoilt for choice but this was very informative. Thanks for your hard work in finding these gems in our community.
Very intellectual and educational, many thanks to you both talking Secularism and Islam.👍🏽 Imam Tom is certainly a treasure, a great scholar in making.
What a beautiful interview to start the day with. Thank you so much Paul and Imam Tom very useful and eye-opening in so many ways :)
Just finished listening to it at work.
What a beautiful humble and enlightening brother. Found him to be a Gem!... Intellectually stimulating!... Loved the discussion and you definitely need to bring him back again!!
Yes indeed!
A fresh conversation, as usual brother Paul. Keep the quality guests coming!
Thank you so much, this was eye opening to me, very enlightening.
really enjoyed this brother you seemed fired up for this discussion lots to say, lots of food for thought, I'm aways learning listening to these may Allah bless you Ameen
I used to teach politics at Utica College back in 2011, when it was a part of Syracuse University. I have fond memories especially of the metre-high snow. Many people may not know this but it was one of only a handful of US cities to welcome refugees, including Boanians, Albanians, Somalis, Sri Lankans and others, so it is a very diverse place. Wonderful to hear this talk. Asad and Hallaq being discussed, what more could you ask for?
What kind of feeling is this?! I am craving for more. Knowledge is very sweet. May Allah increase you in knowledge.
I have enjoyed every minute of this !
Thanks to you both , I have also discovered professor Wael Hallaq which is amazing!
Masha'allah
Masha'Allah
My God protect you
Very nice video
Thank you
Jazakum Allah khier
Absolute best channel. Thank you br. Paul for what you do. Keep up the good work.
May Allah bless u brother for sharing wonderful books which helped him
I smiling and nod and a bit sad. and hope that in the future with Islamic value this world will be a better place for all people and people will learn what Islam actually is.
Great topic. Salam
Aameen
What a beautiful conversation💝💝💝 Straight to the heart and mind! It's what Michelangelo tried to portray with David - the synergy of heart and head💝💝💝Thank you Paul Williams and Imam Tom. May Allah SWT bless you both! I will definitely find those books In Shaa Allah! Slms.
BarakAllahou fikoum to both of you. I will definitely check out Imam Tom's YT channel inchAllah and the books mentioned. Amazing discussion.
I just want to go through blogging theology's library! I love that the books Imam Tom speaks about are on your shelf. Also love the short biographies you provide of each author. I just followed Utica to keep up with Imam Tom - to explain some confusing terms so clearly is an admirable talent! May Allah swt bless you both with even more goodness and beneficial knowledge, ameen
Awesome! Thank you!
Very insightful thank you paul and tom
بارك الله فيكم
Very rich discussion 👌, i really like this new idea paul, where you brought these intellectuals and their favorite books. Very helpful.
Your channel is amazing Br Paul !
This discussion was so interesting. Subhana'Allah
Oh my God, this is sooooo good, i love this on so many levels, brother Tom's insights are sooo relevant 🤯 thank you so much. I wish Tom would write a book on this. And btw Paul's conversational contribution and interviewing wisdom are always top notch. Jzk people
Yes … if we made to Paul William.. s channel i think we kind made it … I also like sheykh… a hakim murad .. a true deep scholar n brother..
This could be one of the most important interviews not just on "Blogging Theology", but on all media platforms perhaps even online "REAL" educational platforms wont be of an exaggeration. I need to watch this again.
If only "don't be an atheist" was to be added somewhere in between that important last segment starting from "If you really want to be a radical.......".
Thank you Bros Paul & Tom for the content and the amazing breakdown.
Please don't take long for a second interview, in sha' Allah.
AlSlam alikom warahmat Allah wabarakatuh.
Salaam Alaikum br Paul : It is so good to see the connecting links between the french , English and the US muttaqeen ( the doers of good )
Only the global link among the good ones will help strengthen and bring about good and useful changes to humanity .
Sir Paul... I also listened to a nice interview with Iman Tom on the channel "I'm a Muslim ( and that's okay ! )." By the way, Utica, New York is not far from where I grew up in Buffalo, New York. I live in Florida now but when I visit Buffalo, I might drive up to Utica !! Peace
R u muslim too brother John?
@@maryanne7161 Actually I'm a Christian believer but don't worry. I am not on here to disrespect Muslims. And I believe that God created us all, although I disagree with some beliefs/worldviews in Islam.
So peace of God to you....
Thankfully Muslims are less than 25% of the world population and people are waking up to how evil this made up religion is. Mohammad's name only appears 3 times in the Quran. US muslims are 1% of the population and many are leaving Islam and also many converts to Christianity. In UK there are churches springing up and one in particular springs to mind with Christmas carols in Farsi. How can the Quran which is one of the most violent religious books in the world ever be regarded as the religion of peace. ha, ha. 72 virgins??
What an eye opening talk. So many things to process. It seems that all religions have fallen into this state secularism and Islam seems the last barrier against it. It's the battle of the survival of the soul and our faith needs to be strong otherwise we will lose our hereafter.
Subhanallah the Imam reminds me of someone I know mash Allah such a wonderful imam to listen to talking on these subjects may Allah bless him and as always thank you soo much uncle Paul for sharing the knowledge of the amazing imam with us may Allah bless you jazak Allah.
Imam Tom, it was enlightening listening to you.
The subjects of your books are interesting and deal with crucial matters that should be of interest for everyone. These are worrying times.
Thanks to both of you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
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I agree with you that "these are worrying times." And it scares me. Peace
@@johnbrzykcy3076 Peace brother
Great work, sheikh Paul Williams!!
A Gem indeed! mashaAllah
Top notch intellectual talk!
Jazakom Allah khair brothers.
باركم وجزاكم الله خيرا 🥀
great talk BT .. jazakullamakhayr
Great description of ‘restating orientalism’, put in my Amazon basket 🧺
You're doing a commendable job, Paul. Shaitaan will try harder as your fame grows, and will try to attack your ikhlaas, and its dangerous because ikhlaas can only be known by Allah SWT.
Stay safe from the shaitaan, Paul. May Allah SWT give you jaza Khair for your hard work. Aameen. :)
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Yes so true. May Allah protect you both, secure you ikhlas, and put baraka in your work.
@@claynruh Ameen. May Allah protect the great brothers and all people in these times.
I hope you make an Arabic caption to this AMAZING episode. Thank you @BT . brother Paul and Imam Tom.
excellent listing thank you both
The best book discussion of this decade. Mindblowing 👏👏👏
My humble request to brother Paul please invite Tim Humble or Bilal Phillips on Topic of Tawheed.
I listen to this Imam every day I love him
Alhamdulila
Would love to hear your book recommendations Paul? Or how you manage to read so much.
Such a jolly individual, may Allah preserve him
What an enriching discussion--thank you, both genius brothers. May Allah infinitely bless you and the families there In’sha’Allah.
“The one thing you can’t be (expected to be) is traditional”….in the new way world view. So true…..(possibly why the vacillating politics are so confusing nowadays, even totalitarian in nature).
(And who regretted more the building of the bomb than Oppenheimer himself, without meaning to have created something so powerfully destructive). Glad it was also mentioned that the shallow governments far-away that “sprinkle” Islamic phrases with their own secular agendas -these, too, cause peril for many.
So intellectual and fruitful...as usual sheikh Paul Williams.. bless you both
Such an educational clip
You are most welcome Sir
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Masha'Allah 😍
Thanks 4 the vid. . Question: is there a book that talks about the rythmic sense of the quran during reading? Because i have the sense there is a binary breathing rythm when reading .
Could you do a review on said nursi and his risale I nur collection of books.
Mashallah 😍
Mashallah brother
Beautiful!
My humble request to brother Paul please start a separate program dedicated to interviewing converts like Yusuf Estes, Bilal Philips and Abdur Raheem Green and others about their conversion to Islam.
All their interviews r on u tube. I m quite sure they r no longer interested in telling their story repeatedly.
@@maryanne7161 Ya I know but discussion with brother Paul quite possible will be little different.
Enlightening
By the way Paul, please try and bring Dr. Wael Hallaq as a guest!
Yes God willing!
Very informative
Eye opening. Thank you. ♥️
Excellent podcast.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Paul, just like you reading impossible state. Cant wait to see Wael Hallaq in this channel. And why not Jordan Peterson!!
Paul, you have many times said you're sharing a link etc., but I never found any
the list of books is in the description plus a link
Masha Allah
Paul and Imam Tom shed light on the development of human morality/ethics and the discussion takes important turns, even including 'equitable distribution of wealth'. In this regard, the periphery is widened and includes Marxists, including the Chinese president Xi Jinping and his theory of prosperity for all, utilization of limited resources of the earth and protecting climate and using the resources with future generations considered. Making the discussion very rich and for all. Both Paul and Imam Tim are brought together by history. I can remember some American missionaries who could add some weight to the discussion.
Paul, I like to download yr video & cut the first portion will be up to about first 25minutes and upload to my channel, thanks.
You need to get Jamie Turner and pondering soul on!
What a gem! ما شاء الله
Imam Tom should have made Jevons' "The Coal Question" at the top of his favourite books.
Energy supplies, or lack of them, come first - and then humans became engaged by religions (سبع سمان سبع عجاف. و ان الانسان لفي خسر. و لا تمشي في الارض مرحا...انك لن تبلغ الجبال طولا. ثم رددناه اسفل سافلين. و اما ما ينفع الناس فيمكث في الارض).
We hope Imam Tom and his generation of young Muslims will soon convert again and contribute into re-inventing Islam - to be the 1st religion of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, too - as the world departing the fossil fuels age back to woods, sunshine and the trauma they suffered during the oil, coal and natural gas era - in the unsafe hands of the West - as we speak.
Islam, post King Hubbert Curve, must not stay the same as Islam before Hubbert Curve - it must be revolutionised and become revolutionising.
The 2nd golden age of Islam, now verified and provable by the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics - is ahead.
When energy looted - it turns - curse.
A curse that destroys in humans consciousness and the future.
Karl Marx, Nikola Tesla, Balfour, Einstein, Huxley, Orwell, Turing - should be forgiven for thinking their systems can last forever.
Finite fossil fuels are dangerously hypnotic to humans, their consciousness and mental capacity.
Humans were not ready morally, ethically and intellectually to start the mass extraction of fossil fuels with the advent of the steam engine 300 years ago.
The Magna Carta requires today overhauling - adding to it the right for humans to understand what Energy really is - before any other commandment;
“In any system of energy, Control is what consumes energy the most.
No energy store holds enough energy to extract an amount of energy equal to the total energy it stores.
No system of energy can deliver sum useful energy in excess of the total energy put into constructing it.
This universal truth applies to all systems.
Energy, like time, flows from past to future” (2017).
I rewatched this podcast after watching sekular movement youtube channel. It was a big movement involving big youtuber influencer in my country Indonesia. What should muslim react to this kind of movement?
Salam Alikum Brother Paul,
Is there any way I could reach you for an important issue? I've tried looking for an email address but didn't find anything. Hope you see this.
Jazaka Allahu Khairan
Salam p.a.williams007@btinternet.com
Anyone can list down the books?
Thanks!
I have a question. So, there's a new 'god' in town, AKA the state. (And indeed if it's true then it should be a Dazzalic force.) What's the opposite of State? Anarchy? If anarchy and state both are unacceptable then what remains? Seclusion?
Nuclear was also used on Bikini Island by the US, not only in Japan!!!
Good talk.
Don't forget to add that Tom is my new favorite imam.
How does a student build his library? 1 With Sheikh Dr. Abdul Karim Al-Khudair, I did not find a deep and broad topic on this important topic for Muslims like this long hadith, The Sheikh sailed talking about the sciences of interpretation of the Qur’an
And books of faith, Arabic sciences, hadith, history, rhetoric, etc..
كيف يبني طالب العلم مكتبته؟ 1 مع الشيخ د.عبدالكريم الخضير
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As salāmu 3alaykum, just extending one of the points, I think that Foucault flipping the lens should be applied in the biological sciences. A funny and striking example of this is how ecologists describe species as ‘colonizing’ a territory, but it doesn’t end there. These sort of particularized descriptions of natural phenomena litter biology (from the capitalist framing of resource competition in ecosystems to the postmodern framing of endless flexibility or species). To the objection that this is merely descriptive, I say that I reject this by saying that these particularized terms and categories influence and inform the way evolutionary biologists and ecologists think about natural phenomena in a very real way- ie it is not just “innocently doing science” without assumptions.
Just some preliminary thoughts, wallahu ‘a3lam.
Very nice. Just an advice for myself and everyone, starting talks and any serious matter with praising Allah and prayer on his servant and messenger Mohammed is recommended. Thanks Brother Paul for really good content🌹.
I'm curious.... do Muslims pray to Muhammed? Peace
No, absolutely not . But we ask Allah to magnify Mohammed’s rewards in the hereafter in paradise. hence I said prayer on not to
@@othmanalahmed9771 Thanks for the clarification. I myself do pray to Jesus the Christ. Do Muslims see such as a blasphemy or "haram" or sin? Don't worry... I'm just curious.
Why pray to Jesus pease and blessings on him while you have God who created Jesus available to you? In Islam that is not ok because God made Jesus fatherless as a sign for his power and creation so people will worship him. In fact, in the Quran God said that the creation of Jesus is like the creation of Adam. Here, you can see that nothing special about the creature but the creator.
@@othmanalahmed9771 I don't see Jesus "is like the creation of Adam" because I view Jesus as the Son of God. Maybe Adam too was the "son of God". I'm trying to better understand who Jesus was. However I am becoming aware that there is a "correlation" or connection between Adam and Jesus. Adam disobeyed God but Jesus perfectly obeyed God. Right?
Peace to you always
Hello ☺️
Can you made a video about why 18 is the is the legal age?
Like why it's not 19 or 20? Who decided to make it 18 all over the world?
Hello, in some countries it is not 18.
Different countries set different legal age. In some countries it's 16,17,18,20 etc
what a guy mashaallah it’s Allah who he wants to give hadaya
I was pleasantly surprised to hear about Roger Scruton's 'positive engagement' as you mentioned. I have enjoyed reading him but regretted his disdain for Islam and Muslims. Will you be able to kindly shed more light on what you said about this later phase in his life?
Towards the end of his life he had good intellectual exchanges with Hamza Yusuf and, I guess, other Islamic scholars as well. This may have changed his perspective.
You may find Hamza Yusuf and Roger Scruton exchanges on youtube
Is Tom a student of the Islamic University in Medina?