In this episode, we cover: (00:00) What is Orientalism? (05:02) Is Orientalism still relevant today? (07:30) How has Orientalism distorted Western consciousness regarding Islam and Muslims? (10:53) What came first, Orientalism or political domination? (14:59) How has Orientalism impacted Muslims since the Enlightenment? (19:08) Have religious movements in the Islamic World been influenced by Orientalist narratives? (20:36) Has political domination of the Orient always been the subject of Orientalism? (24:09) How did 'Christian' become 'Judeo-Christian'? (26:09) How have the perceptions of Western elite and laymen, regarding Muslims, changed over time? (34:03) Did Western academia marginalize Islamic epistemology in the pre-colonial era? (37:41) What Orientalist concepts have been absorbed by Muslims today? (43:14) Are Orientalism and the political and epistemic subjugation of the 'Other' unprecedented? (46:25) Why did the Mongol invasion not damage the Muslims as much as Western colonisation?