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An Intelligent Guide to Zakat with Dr Osman Umarji
Zakat is often mischaracterised as merely the act of paying individual alms. In reality it is a sophisticated system of wealth redistribution and spi…
4 years, 5 months ago
Russia's War on Ukraine with Professor Joseph Kaminski
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominates the news. This audacious attack on a neighbouring country has shocked Europe with its sheer brutality. Of cour…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Trojan Horse Affair – Britain’s Anti-Terror Industry with Fahad Ansari and Dr Rob Faure Walker
We are back after a short pause.
Britain for the past 21 years has been overtaken by what can only be described as a national hysteria. The recent ja…
4 years, 6 months ago
On Jihad, Empire and Solidarity - a Conversation with Dr Darryl Li and Dr Ovamir Anjum
This past week marks twenty years since the opening of the infamous detention centre, Guantanamo Bay. It remains a symbol of the hollowness of the ve…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Importance of Community in Islam - With Dr Shadee Elmasry
Today we invite back Dr Shadee Elmasry, Imam and community leader who has worked tirelessly at the local level to develop strong communities premised…
4 years, 8 months ago
France's War in the Sahel - with Dr Alex Thurston
The Sahel, a region spanning the countries of West Africa, has been rocked by instability for the past few years. There is what the West calls an Isl…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Ottoman Ulema 2: The Printing Press, Coffee and Secularisation with Dr Yakoob Ahmed
In this second part of an extended interview with Ottoman historian, Dr Yakoob Ahmed from Istanbul University, we take a look at some of the challeng…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Ottoman Ulema 1: Osman, The Caliphate & The Mamluks - With Dr Yakoob Ahmed
In this two part show we talk Dr Yakoob Ahmed from Istanbul University about the relationship between the ulema (scholars) and the Ottoman empire. We…
4 years, 9 months ago
US Liberalism & Islamic Exceptionalism with Dr Shadi Hamid
As you all know, this podcast is no stranger to dissecting the narrative forwarded by liberals in general and those within our community that self-id…
4 years, 11 months ago
Islamic Governance, Caliphates and Emirates - with Iyad Hilal and Kamal Hussain
Since the demise of the Ottoman Caliphate, the Muslim world has moved from one crisis to another. The parlous state of the ummah is now the subject o…
4 years, 11 months ago