Episode Details

Date: 19/05/2026 Join our hosts for Tuesday’s show from 4-6pm where we will be discussing: ‘Historians: Who Tells Our Story?’ and ‘What is a ‘moderate’ Muslim?’ Historians: Who Tells Our Story? Who decides what is remembered in history and what is forgotten? From royal courts to ordinary lives, history is shaped by those who record it, preserve it, and sometimes challenge it. We’ll ask how history is written, and whether history is a fixed truth or something constantly being rediscovered and re narrated. What is a ‘moderate’ Muslim? Why is it that society deems Muslims to be acceptable only if they are ‘moderate’? What does this even mean? Is someone who fully embraces Islam and practices it ‘not moderate’ when Islam itself teaches us moderation in all we do? Guests: Dr Anna Chrysostomides - A historian of late Antiquity and early Islam, teaching at Queen Mary University of London and Oxford, focusing on the intersections of history, religion, and identity. Dr Ruby Lal - An award-winning historian of India and Emory University professor, acclaimed for bestselling and prize-nominated works on Mughal history. Producers: Bushra Tun Nisa Amir and Imam Zakariya Sheik