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Why the Arab Spring has only just begun? - A conversation with Dr Azzam Tamimi
As part of our Arab Spring series, we take a look at the events that shook the region at the beginning of 2011 and ask searching questions about wher…
5 years, 11 months ago
The Arab Spring 10 years on: What went wrong in Egypt and Syria? - Dr Osman Bakash
We are coming to the tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring, the momentous series of events that started in hope with the desperate act of a Tunisian v…
5 years, 11 months ago
Malcolm X: the myths and reality - with Hakeem Muhammad
Malcolm X, the black American Muslim leader is celebrated around the world. His courage, intelligence and skill to persuade, makes him one of the gre…
6 years ago
20 years of British Terror Laws - with Moazzam Begg
Twenty years ago, the then UK Labour government led by Prime Minister Tony Blair introduced anti-terror laws that, in time, would expand the British …
6 years ago
Islamic Economics: Public and Private Property in Islam - with Dr Abul Izz Abdul Salam
This week we invite back onto the show Dr Abul Izz Abdul Salam, a university professor and expert in comparative economics from Jerusalem Palestine t…
6 years, 1 month ago
Debates, Disagreements & Disunity with Dr Shadee Elmasry
We speak to a regular guest Dr Shadee Elmasry about division within the Muslim community. I ask him, how does Islam help us to navigate our differenc…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Crisis of the Modern Man - With Ameen (Seera Masters)
Even if we don’t subscribe to the oft quoted phrase of Jordan Peterson that there is "a crisis of masculinity", we may accept that young men live liv…
6 years, 1 month ago
Islam, Liberalism and a Muslim Benedict Option with Ismail Royer
The environment we find ourselves in after 9/11 has made it very difficult for our community to simultaneously continue living an Islamic life and me…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Srebrenica Massacre – a "human sacrifice” – with Professor Joseph Kaminski (Sarajevo)
Our guest this week, Dr Joseph Kaminski is associate professor at the Department of International Relations at the International University of Saraje…
6 years, 2 months ago
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…
6 years, 2 months ago