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Labour's Gaza Betrayal with Owen Jones

The Thinking Muslim - April 26, 2024 19:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratings
The Labour Party is en route to form the next government of the United Kingdom with what most analysts describe as a landslide majority. The Conservatives have resided over a failed government, with Brexit, economic crisis and poor public services now associated with the Rishi Sunak’s lacklustre...

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Portrait of a Listener Part 2

Mommying While Muslim - April 25, 2024 22:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 89 ratings
THANK YOU to all respondents of our survey so far. Anyone who'd like to receive a a free gift card via email, please head to the link in bio to fill that out by 5/15. Your answers helped us round out and improve the picture we have of you in our minds when we plan and pray for this podcast. 🎧 W...

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The Special Relationship 2

Islamic History Podcast - April 22, 2024 00:01 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 313 ratings
Does the U.S. benefit from the special relationship?

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Prayer in UK Schools: Multiculturalism and Liberal Tyranny with Lord Bikhu Parekh

The Thinking Muslim - April 20, 2024 22:47 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratings
This interview was conducted before the most recent verdict in the High Court rejecting the right of a student to conduct Muslim prayers in British schools. Over the past few years there has been intense debate about the place of Muslim practice in liberal western societies. Across the west, p...

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SERIES: We're Baaaack!: Portrait of a Listener Part 1

Mommying While Muslim - April 19, 2024 03:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 89 ratings
Today is the first of two episodes reporting the results of our Annual Survey. On this one, find out who our fellow listeners are, where they listen in from, what they do, and what this data means to us. Find out if it's true about you or not, and why this data matters to the podcasts industry i...

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Replay: Perpetuity of Ramadan's Spiritual Productivity

Mommying While Muslim - April 17, 2024 06:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 89 ratings
We are in dire need of it, hence the replay of Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi's episode about impediments to spiritual consistency in our lives. While some folks tried to white knuckle it through Ramadan, we used it to treat our broken hearts and rage. But we are still worried about how to make the ess...

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The Special Relationship 1

Islamic History Podcast - April 16, 2024 19:18 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 313 ratings
Why does the United States support Israel?

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Attend to what is better on Friday [62:9]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:12 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Today’s reflection is verse 9 from Chapter 62, Sura Juma, when Allah [swt] addresses the believers and says:   O you who believe! when the call is made for prayer on Friday, then hasten to the remembrance of Allah and leave off trading; that is better for you, if you know. [62:9]   4 imp...

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275 Harkat mein barket [53:39]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:12 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In Verse 39 of Sura Najm, Allah says: And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for. (Holy Quran 53:39) For today’s verse, I could not find a better title than the Urdu phrase: Harkat mein barkat, meaning there is blessing in movement/striving. One of the principles of life, taught b...

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Consult them in the matter [3:159]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:12 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Continuing with this verse from Sura Ale Imran:  So by mercy from Allah, [O Muhammad], you were lenient with them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you. So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and consult them in [some of] the ma...

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Do what good you can, as soon as you can[23:61]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:12 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Today’s reflection is from Chapter 23, Sura Muminum where the Holy Quran says: "It is they who hasten to every good work and these who are foremost in them." [23:61]   In this verse and a couple of verses preceding it, Allah [swt] points out a few qualities of the believers. One of their q...

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Follow a worthy leader [5:55]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:12 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Here is today's reflection from the Quran: In Sura Maida, the Quran whilst talking about whom to take as a Wali, says: Your Wali is only Allah, His Apsotle, and the faithful of those who keep up prayers and give alms while they bow. [Quran 5:55] As we commemorate the occasion of the martyr...

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Have tawakul in Allah [3: 159]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:12 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Continuing with this verse from Sura Ale Imran:  So by mercy from Allah, [O Muhammad], you were lenient with them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you. So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and consult them in [some of] the ma...

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You have what it takes [2:286]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:12 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Yesterday we reflected on a truth about this life from the Quran: that life is full of challenges. Today, let us look at a promise of Allah [swt] that gives us confidence that we have what it takes to succeed in these challenges and find our way through these distresses.  At the end of Chapt...

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As We Say Goodbye . . .

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:12 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
As We Wrap Up The Blessed Month Of Ramadan, We May Be Feeling A Mix Of Emotions: A Tinge Of Sadness At The Ending Of The Month Of Blessings, Mercy And Forgiveness, A Sense Of Relief That We Were Able To Fast And Pray [And That We Can Eat Again!] And Maybe Some Regret That We Did Not Or Could Not...

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A truth about life [90:4]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:12 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
  Today’s reflection is from Sura Balad where Allah [swt] says: Certainly We have created man to be in distress. [90:4]   In this verse, Allah [swt] uses the word kabad for distress. Scholars explain that the word kabad which originally means intensity, also signifies 'a disease in the liv...

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Be lenient with those that trigger you [3:159]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:12 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
For the next couple of days, we will inshallah explore the following verse from Sura Ale Imran:  So by mercy from Allah, [O Muhammad], you were lenient with them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you. So pardon them and ask forgivene...

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Pray for future generations [25:74]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:11 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
And they who say, “Our Lord! Grant us in our spouses and our offspring the joy [comfort, coolness, delight] of our eyes and make us imams [leaders] for the God-conscious” [25:74]   The last quality mentioned of the Ibad ur Rahman is that they have a fervent prayer consisting of two parts:  ...

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The reward for perseverance [25:75]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:11 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
The verses we have been considering the last few days lay out the qualities of His special servants or the Ibad ur Rahman, some of which are the following:   They are those who: Are humble in their demeanour [25:63] Do not engage with the ignorant [25:63] Worship at night [25:64] See...

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Be a force for good [5:2]

Loving and Living the Quran - April 10, 2024 05:11 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Sura Maidah verse two says: O, You who believe . . . help one another in goodness and piety. [5:2] Cooperating with others in goodness is one of the basic principles for a society build on spiritual and ethical values. When people of faith work together, they motivate and provide encouragement...

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Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 29: The Final Praises

Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz - April 08, 2024 23:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 29: The Final Praises   We close out Sura Rahman, and this sacred month, with pain that anguishes our hearts, but with a new, improved relationship with our Lord. 

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Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 29: The Final Praises

Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz - April 08, 2024 23:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 89 ratings
Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 29: The Final Praises   We close out Sura Rahman, and this sacred month, with pain that anguishes our hearts, but with a new, improved relationship with our Lord. 

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Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 28: What Do We Deny?

Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz - April 07, 2024 23:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 89 ratings
Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 28: What Do We Deny?   In Sura Rahman, God often poses the rhetorical question..."What do you deny?" But what precisely does it speak to? 

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Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 28: What Do We Deny?

Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz - April 07, 2024 23:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 28: What Do We Deny?   In Sura Rahman, God often poses the rhetorical question..."What do you deny?" But what precisely does it speak to? 

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Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 27: Beyond the Physical

Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz - April 06, 2024 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 89 ratings
Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 27: Beyond the Physical   Happiness is not only derived by the things that appear to be physical, but rather things run a bit deeper than appears on the surface. 

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Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 27: Beyond the Physical

Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz - April 06, 2024 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 27: Beyond the Physical   Happiness is not only derived by the things that appear to be physical, but rather things run a bit deeper than appears on the surface. 

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Replay: This Isn't How I'm Supposed to Feel

Mommying While Muslim - April 06, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 89 ratings
This week's replay is Dr. Fareeha Malik, DDS, mom of 2 with a history of severe postpartum depression. PPD ended up informing her relationships and and even her reproduction. Of course, we discuss how she she found healing. Bringing home a baby doesn’t always mean mom’s eternal happiness. Not ...

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This Isn't How I'm Supposed to Feel

Mommying While Muslim - April 06, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 89 ratings
This week's replay is Dr. Fareeha Malik, DDS, mom of 2 with a history of severe postpartum depression. PPD ended up informing her relationships and and even her reproduction. Of course, we discuss how she she found healing. Bringing home a baby doesn’t always mean mom’s eternal happiness. Not ...

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Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 26: Good Decisions = Good Results, Part II

Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz - April 05, 2024 23:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Ramadan Reflections to Nourish the Soul 26: Good Decisions = Good Results, Part II   It suffices that every decision we make, plays a big role in determining the potential results. And our decisions when it comes to our hearts and deeds is no different.

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The Struggles of Muslim Women Today - Student Council Interview #2 - feat. Sister Daniyal Masoud

Qur'an Connection by Good Tree Academy - April 05, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
In this episode, Sr Daniyal talks to our hosts Shauna Mustafa and Maryam Yousafzai about the struggles of Muslim women in the modern world. Support the show