Special Episode - Extras 001

Something special for this week!

Episode 017 - Abyssinia [Episode Guide]

	Ammar ibn Yasir	عمار بن یاسر
	An early convert who found Islam through Abu-Bakr. The son of slaves who served the bani Makhzum clan.
	Mother: Sumayya bint Khayyat

	Abu-Hudhayfa ibn Utba	أبو حذيفة بن عتبة
	The son of Utba ibn Rabi'ah, one of the leading men of the Quraysh. Member of the Abd-Shams clan.
	Father: Utba ibn Rabi'ah Sister: Hind bint Utba

Episode 017 - Abyssinia

A portion of Muhammed's followers flee to Abyssinia where they hope to practice their religion freely, Quraysh try to retrieve them.

Episode 016 - Persecution II

Part two of our look at the persecution of Muslims in Mecca.

Episode Delayed till Next Week

Hello to all followers of the History of Islam podcast! Unfortunately this week's episode will have to be delayed until next week due to issues in the production process. Hopefully this won't happen again, I could have forced out an episode but it would have been incredibly rushed and the quality would be almost certainly sub-par. Essentially it is an issue of quantity vs quality and I hope you all are in support of my decision to favour quality over quantity. What I definitely do not want to do is to just publish an episode for the sake of doing so, my ultimate goal is for every second of every episode to be valuable to the listener whether it be as an informative or entertaining device. Please bear with me in these coming weeks, I promise that we will eventually return to a smoother, more reliable schedule.

That is all from me for now, I will see you next Monday which is the 3rd of October till then take care of yourselves!