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Diffused Congruence: The American Muslim Experience

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Parvez Ahmed & Omar Ansari

A podcast seeking to celebrate the many facets of the American Muslim experience. The goal of the show is to highlight and focus on unique and interesting personalities from both within and without the American Muslim community, and engage them in what will hopefully be a worthwhile and invigorating conversation not only for the guests, but also for listeners. Essentially, a long form interview format that’s meant to flow organically.

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Episode 159: Exploring Online Ecosystems and Subcultures with Sana Saeed

Omar and Parvez welcome back <a href='https://x.com/SanaSaeed'>Sana Saeed </a>to discuss t... more

15 Nov 2025

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:50

15 Nov 2025

#162

Episode 158: Insights into Chaplaincy and Civic Leadership with Imam Khalid Latif

This episode was another opportunity to check off a bucket list for the podcast as we were... more

20 Sep 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:16

20 Sep 2025

#161

Episode 157: David Coolidge Returns to Discuss His Study of Hinduism

Parvez and Omar finally return after the longest hiatus in the show's history! They bring ... more

29 Aug 2025

2 HR 43 MINS

2:43:20

29 Aug 2025

#160

Episode 156: Understanding the Challenges Young Muslims Face in High School with Mental Health Clini...

Parvez and Omar kick-off 2025 by finally dedicating an entire episode to a recurring and p... more

23 Jan 2025

1 HR 55 MINS

1:55:40

23 Jan 2025

#159

Episode 155: Syrian-American Perspectives on the Syrian Revolution, Overthrowing Assad, and the Futu...

To close out 2024 Parvez and Omar are joined by two Syrian-American guests to share their ... more

29 Dec 2024

2 HR 02 MINS

2:02:04

29 Dec 2024

#158

Episode 154: Election 2024 and the Muslim Vote with Zahra Billoo

Mere days aways from Election Day 2024, Parvez and Omar are rejoined by Civil Rights Attor... more

03 Nov 2024

59 MINS

59:29

03 Nov 2024

#157

Episode 153: Instilling Righteous Masculinity in Today's Young Men and the Al Qawwamun Retreat with ...

After a bit of a hiatus due to busy schedules, Parvez and Omar are honored to be joined by... more

02 Oct 2024

2 HR 03 MINS

2:03:28

02 Oct 2024

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Episode 152: Muharram and Āshūrā within the Shīʿī Tradition with Ahmad Rashid Salim

Closing out the blessed month of Muharram, Parvez and Omar are back for a timely and impor... more

04 Aug 2024

3 HR 02 MINS

3:02:05

04 Aug 2024

#155

Episode 151: Prophet Abraham, Sacrifice, God's Covenant and the Land of Israel with Dr. Ali Ataie

A special discussion for the Haj and Eid-ul Adha season, Parvez and Omar are joined by ret... more

26 Jun 2024

1 HR 41 MINS

1:41:41

26 Jun 2024

#154

Episode 150: Protests, Encampments, and the BDS Movement with Zahra Billoo

For the show's 150th episode Parvez & Omar are joined by the second guest ever to appear o... more

21 May 2024

1 HR 56 MINS

1:56:14

21 May 2024

#153

Episode 149: A Physician's Medical Mission to the Gaza Strip with Dr. Mohammad Subeh

Parvez and Omar are truly honored to host <a href='https://www.milkenscholars.org/scholars... more

02 Apr 2024

1 HR 56 MINS

1:56:08

02 Apr 2024

#152

Episode 148: Islam in the Inner City and the Work of Islah LA with Dr. Jihad Saafir

Here is an episode that's been a few years in the making! We finally had the privilege of ... more

26 Mar 2024

2 HR 19 MINS

2:19:38

26 Mar 2024

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Episode 147: Imam Tahir Anwar, His Silicon Valley Roots, Religious Education, and Advice for Ramada...

It's not too often that you come across a Silicon Valley raised and Dar-ul-Uloom trained I... more

12 Mar 2024

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:57

12 Mar 2024

#150

Episode 146: From SoCal to Al-Azhar and Back with Shaykh Jamaal Diwan

Parvez and Omar are honored to be joined by <a href='https://www.themajlis.us/who-we-are'>... more

13 Feb 2024

2 HR 04 MINS

2:04:33

13 Feb 2024

#149

Episode 145: Integrating Islamic Spiritual Approaches into Professional Psychology and the Khalil Ce...

For our first episode of 2024 we present an interview conducted during our trip to Chicago... more

16 Jan 2024

1 HR 31 MINS

1:31:23

16 Jan 2024

#148

Episode 144: Black Power and Palestine with Professor Michael Fischbach

We are back to close out 2023 and continuing our discussions on Palestine, this time throu... more

24 Dec 2023

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:17

24 Dec 2023

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Episode 143: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine with Dr. Rashid Khalidi

We are deeply honored and privileged to be joined by the eminent historian and perhaps lea... more

19 Nov 2023

51 MINS

51:09

19 Nov 2023

#146

Episode 142: Media Coverage of the Palestinian Crisis with The Intercept’s Murtaza Hussain

We are back to discuss the ongoing crisis in Palestine, this time focusing on the one-side... more

14 Nov 2023

49 MINS

49:53

14 Nov 2023

#145

Episode 141: Historicizing and Contextualizing the Palestinian Struggle with Dr. Ussama Makdisi

We had the pleasure of sitting with Dr. <a href='https://history.berkeley.edu/people/facul... more

24 Oct 2023

1 HR 36 MINS

1:36:05

24 Oct 2023

#144

Episode 140: Diffused Congruence Celebrates 10 Years!

10/3/2013 - 10/3/2023 Parvez gets on mic to ruminate on 10 years of the podcast, its genes... more

05 Oct 2023

24 MINS

24:46

05 Oct 2023

#143

Episode 139: What is Palliative Care and Its Implications? In discussion with Dr. Aziz Ansari and Om...

We continue making our way through our Chicago recordings with a very special conversation... more

23 Sep 2023

1 HR 43 MINS

1:43:09

23 Sep 2023

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Episode 138: Habeeb Quadri, Educator Extraordinaire

Next stop in Chicagoland takes us to Skokie where Parvez and Omar had the honor of sitting... more

05 Sep 2023