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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 268
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Black Lives Matter & Left-Wing Activism - Imam Dawud Walid
Our guest this week, Imam Dawud Walid, although acknowledging the importance of activism within the Islamic tradition, argues that our community must tread carefully when developing lines of collabor…
01:12:34 |
Wed 01 Jul 2020
The Politics of Hijab - with Farhat Amin and Ustadh Iyad Hilal
The dress of Muslim women has been politicised by secular thinkers, left wing activists, conservatives, feminists and talk-show hosts that all believe their take on the subject will emancipate Muslim…
01:07:08 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Hijab - Not My Body Not My Choice - A Conversation with Eeman Abbasi
The Hijab or Khimar has been subject to ferocious scrutiny, with youtube influencers, journalists, politicians and academics all participating in what is now a regular feature in how liberal society …
00:44:09 |
Fri 12 Jun 2020
“I can’t breathe” – George Floyd & structural racism in America with Hakeem Muhammad
My guest today, Hakeem Muhammad, grew up in the communities excluded by mainstream America. He argues that in our anger we should not undervalue the structural conditions that enable and safeguard th…
00:52:30 |
Tue 02 Jun 2020
The Problem with 'Muslim Twitter' - a Conversation with Justin Parrott
Muslim’s that engage on social media often contribute to the online antagonism that reflects the coarse and crude trend of wider society. It goes like this, someone tweets a view, sometimes coherent …
01:10:57 |
Wed 27 May 2020
The Appeal of Diriliş Ertuğrul with Dilly Hussain and Imran Muneer
Ertugrul is a show about the legendary father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Sultanate. The show’s success in the Muslim world leaves many, especially those with liberal leanings, perplexed. …
01:01:01 |
Sun 17 May 2020
The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife with Kamal Abu Zahra
Death has become a part of our everyday lives. Covid-19 and its spread have brought home to us the undeniable reality that we are mortal beings and our accumulation of wealth, prestige and power will…
00:57:59 |
Sat 09 May 2020
Plagues & Prophetic Medicines with Iyad Hilal
How should we understand the ahadith related to plagues and medicines? We are often deluged with cures for a host of ailments and some argue conventional pharmaceuticals have little value in the face…
00:56:17 |
Mon 04 May 2020
Modi, India and 'Corona Jihad' - with Fadl Hejazi
This week I speak to Fadl Hejazi, a Muslim academic from India, about the crisis facing the Muslims of India. To cover its obvious failures, key Indian politicians and its RSS supporters opted to tur…
00:45:01 |
Fri 24 Apr 2020
The Facts, Fiction & COVID Conspiracies with Dr Naveed Syed and Dr Imran Waheed
What is pronounced today in a post-truth world is the increase of non-experts on social media that forward their views and gain an audience upon conspiracy theories and half-baked truths. This week w…
01:03:19 |
Sat 18 Apr 2020
The Post-Coronavirus World Order - a Conversation with Riaz Hasan
Since the Coronavirus lockdown became a daily feature of our lives, a number of commentators have speculated about the future of economic liberalism. Many on the left and some Muslims have concluded …
01:05:29 |
Sun 05 Apr 2020
Ten Questions on the Coronavirus Pandemic and Islam with Dr Shadee Elmasry
As we hunker down and wait in anticipation for a Covid-19 breakthrough, we inevitably begin to think about our mortality and whether we have within us the ability to deal with this crisis. In the com…
00:51:48 |
Mon 30 Mar 2020
Who wants the Caliphate? - Dr Ovamir Anjum
My guest this week, Dr Ovamir Anjum , although abhorring all that Isis may stand for, suggests that its brief rise to notoriety has opened up space for intelligent minded Muslim’s to reimagine a worl…
01:08:34 |
Fri 21 Feb 2020
Toxic Masculinity, an Islamic Response with Dr Shadee Elmasry
What is a man, what makes a man and what is masculinity? Dr Shadee Elmasry takes a look at toxic masculinity and Islam's response. Dr Shadee in this debate, stands out for his dedication to a nuanced…
01:06:04 |
Sun 26 Jan 2020
Understanding India's Citizenship Law with Dr Asher Siddiqui (Delhi)
This week I speak to Dr Asher Siddiqui, an engineer from Delhi who has been at the epicentre of the protests at Delhi’s Jamia Millia University.During the past two weeks, India has been rocked by co…
00:32:13 |
Wed 01 Jan 2020
Coping with Grief and Loss with Dr Yousif Haj Yousif
In our short lives it is inevitable that we shall experience the death of our loved ones. Psychologists claim that there are five stages of grief, and for some to come to terms with the death of a pa…
00:53:12 |
Wed 25 Dec 2019
Islam and Mental Health with Psychiatrist Dr Imran Waheed
My guest this week has been working in the field for over twenty years, Dr Imran Waheed is a consultant psychiatrist and looks at what is mental illness and why is it on the increase? How does Islam …
00:51:13 |
Tue 03 Dec 2019
Islamic Economics: Wealth distribution, the rich and investment with Dr Abul Izz Abdul Salam
This week I ask Dr Abul Izz Abdul Salam, a professor and expert in comparative economics from Jerusalem Palestine, to take a look at how Islam deals with the creation of wealth and at the same time a…
00:39:18 |
Mon 11 Nov 2019
Islamic Economics: Poverty, Inequality and Zakah with Dr Abul Izz Abdul Salam
This week I talk to Dr Abul Izz Abdul Salam, an academic and thinker of Islamic and comparative economics and a university professor from Jerusalem Palestine. We take a look at how Islamic Economics …
01:01:34 |
Sun 03 Nov 2019
Understanding Secularism – with Uthman Badr
This week I talk to Uthman Badr, academic, speaker and activist from Sydney Australia, on secularism, its origins, meaning and its impact upon the Muslim World.Follow the programme on Twitter@thinkin…
01:06:37 |
Tue 22 Oct 2019
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