Of Sheikh Ahmad and Toyin Falola: Opening Spaces of Knowledge, By Afis Ayinde Oladosu
More of such interactions and engagements remains a desideratum.
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…what this interviewed has achieved, in the main, is that it opened new spaces of dialogue and understanding within, among and across faiths. It has long been my argument that the first step towards building global peace is the liquidation of spaces of ignorance of and about the other and what he holds dear.
The event was conceived to be a refreshingly different departure from the run-of-the-mill meet-up on Islam. Or how else might one begin to reflect on a interview session or rather a conference, if you will, that had Professor Falola as the preceptor and Sheikh Abdulrahman as the facilitator. The first, the interviewer – an intellectual and generic scholar; the second, the interviewee – a consummate practitioner and missionary of Islam. The first, a world-renowned scholar of African history and culture; the