Is it possible to be “just Muslim?” In Episode 14, Sarrah AbuLughod and Shereen Yousuf reflect on Shia erasure and being invisible minorities in the American Muslim community.
Guests
- Sarrah AbuLughod, @SarrahABL, is the Community Engagement Manager at The Family and Youth Institute and a graduate student of Islamic Studies, Christian Muslim Relations, and Islamic Chaplaincy at Hartford Seminary.
- Shereen Yousuf, @ShereenYousuf, is a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture Program. She has been a community organizer within the Shia community and is deeply interested in how Muslims are negotiating their sense of belonging within American Muslim communities.
Episode Details
(1:10) Sarrah recalls the first time she was labelled as a Shia Muslim.
(4:00) Ikhlas and Makkah reflect on when they learned about the many ways that Islam is practiced throughout the world.
(12:40) We discuss what we learned about #TeamMuslim from Mahershala Ali’s Oscar Win.
(18:13) Makkah asks her friend Sarrah to break down the different experiences that Shia and Sunni Muslims have in America and gets a little advice on how to frame (and not to frame) this episode.
(27:54) A chat with Shereen about the big and small ways that Shia erasure occurs within our communities and what we can do about it.
Episode Resources
- “Shiaphobia at the Intersection and Why it Matters”
- “Someone Murdered the Prophet’s Grandson and you ask why I Mourn Him?”
- “10 Tips to Make MSAs More Shia Friendly”
- After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
- The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate
- “Religious Authenticity in the Face of Anti-Muslim Sentiment”
Music
- Intro and Outro: RSPN by Blank and Kytt, CC-licensed
