# Faith versus tradition in Islam

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxWarwick
- Speaker: Mustafa Akyol
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Religion
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mustafa_akyol_faith_versus_tradition_in_islam)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Journalist Mustafa Akyol talks about the way that some local cultural practices (such as the seclusion of women) have become linked, in the popular mind, to the articles of faith of Islam. Has the world's general idea of the Islamic faith focused too much on tradition, and not enough on core beliefs?

## Lectures

1. [Faith versus tradition in Islam](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mustafa_akyol_faith_versus_tradition_in_islam/c5e257cbf0d8), 17 min (TED's player)