Wise Women with Daisy Khan
Episodes
51 episodes
How Prophet Muhammad Protected Religious Freedom: The Medina Constitution
In this episode, Daisy Khan speaks with Dr. John Andrew Morrow, author of the Covenants of the Prophet. They discuss what the Medina Constitution enabled religious communities to live together in 7th century Arabia. More importantly, it s...
9/11 Was Our Tragedy Too A Mother's Fight To Honor Her Muslim Son's 9/11 Sacrifice
In this episode of Wise Women, Daisy Khan speaks with Talat Hamdani, whose son Salman was killed on 9/11 while responding to the attacks. Talat shares the story of Salman’s final moments and the painful search to find him, as his family h...
Podcast Episode 46: Prophet Muhamad's Birthday
Daisy Khan marks the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, describing why he is considered history’s most influential figure, citing his 23-year transformation of seventh-century Arabia and Michael Hart’s ranking of him as number one. She f...
The Prophet’s Character | What the Quran Says About Prophet Muhammad
In this episode of Wise Women, Daisy Khan sits down with Imam Genghis Khan, author of The Definitive Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad, we look beyond familiar assumptions and examine how the Qur’an portrays him, as tender, compassionate, merciful, pa...
Christian & Muslim: What Do We Really Believe?
In this episode, Daisy Khan sits down with Catholic theologian and author Dr. Jordan Denari Duffner to explore why some Christians fear Islam, how Islamophobia persists, and what Christians can do to move beyond fear and engage Muslims as frien...
Was Aisha 6 or 9 When She Got Married?
In this solo episode, Daisy Khan tackles one of the most damaging misconceptions about Prophet Muhammad: the claim that Aisha was six or nine years old when they married. This narrative has long been used to malign the Prophet's character, fuel...
Time Hoppers: Muslim Heroes At Last
Welcome to another episode of Wise Women with Daisy Khan, where we explore the stories that shape who we are and the legacies that connect generations.What happens when history is no longer something confined to textbooks, but something...
What happens when a Princess slays her inner Darth Vader?
In this episode, Daisy sits down with Robert De Sena to talk about his book Chrysallia: The Princess of Possibility, a modern fairy tale where a young princess faces darkness not with a sword, but with intuition, love, and compassion....
Understanding Hadith: Prophet Muhammad Saying's
Dr. Aisha Musa discusses her book Hadith as Scripture, arguing that questioning Hadith authority is not new but dates to early Islam. She distinguishes Quranic revelation from Hadith and Sunnah, explains the Prophet’s reported prohibition...
American Muslims Unveiled
Daisy Khan interviews Dr. Maytha Alhassen about the PBS series American Muslims: A History Revealed and why Muslim stories have been excluded from textbooks and mainstream media despite Muslims being part of America for over 200 years. Al Hassa...
What Can Birds Teach Us About Faith? Conversation with Perin Gurel
What if the birds around us were inviting us to see the world—and ourselves—in an entirely new way?Daisy Khan speaks with Perin Gurel, a University of Notre Dame professor, about her novel Laleh and The Language of the Birds and...
Muslim Mom Boss
Daisy Khan interviews coach and author Rina Makhdoom (Rina Motivates) about redefining success beyond salary to include faith, family, and purpose. Rina describes feeling empty in a six-figure engineering career, then pivotin...
Juneteenth: Muslim Liberation
Juneteenth, Islam, and the Legacy of Liberation | Wise Women with Daisy Khan ft. Quran ShakirDaisy Khan honors Juneteenth by connecting America’s emancipation to Islam’s early anti-enslavement teachings through stories of Barakah’s free...
How Sharia Become A Scare Word?
What if everything you've been told about Sharia is wrong? In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Dr. Daisy Khan sits down with legal scholar and author Sumbul Ali-Karamali to dismantle one of the most weaponized words i...
From Persia to Iran: Who the Persians Are and Where the Country Is Headed
Kamin Mohammadi is an author, journalist, broadcaster, editor and public speaker. Born in Iran, she and her family moved to the UK during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. She has written for the British and international press inc...
Ramadan: The Night Of Divine Unveiling Tagline - What Laylat ul-Qadr Means