Towards Bridging the Salafi-Ashari Divide ~ AMJA Annual Convention | Mar 2016

Video Description

In this academic talk, delivered at the American Muslim Jurist Associations' Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, on 19th March, 2016, Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi summarizes an academic paper to a roomful of scholars and activists, encouraging them to overcome the Salafi-Ashari divide of intra-Sunni Islam. The arguments presented are both historical and modern: the Shaykh argues that even historically, this 'tension' between these strands of Sunnism dates back to at least the 3rd Islamic century, during the time of Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal and his contemporary Imam al-Muhasibi. And from a modern perspective, the Shaykh argues that what combines them, especially in light of modern problems, is far greater than what divides them. A very unique and interesting talk that encourages brotherhood and unity amongst groups that have historically had tensions between them.