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Oct 2024
58m 38s

Arabic and Hip Hop with Imam Marc Manley

ISLAMIC HISTORY PODCAST
About this episode

I sit down with Imam Marc Manley of Middle Ground Islamic Center in southern California. We talk about his journey to acquire Islamic knowledge, the problem with how we're taught Arabic, and the moral decay of modern pop music, especially hip-hop.

Visit his blog imammarc.com and subscribe to his podcast Middle Ground Podcast

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