Channel The Rage
127 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsChannel the Rage brings to you interviews with Muslim victims of the 'Global War on Terror.'
CJ Werleman, a internationally renowned journalist and author, gives voice to those the world chooses to ignore; those who are persecuted, oppressed, and silenced.
This is not a podcast for lobbyists, agenda drivers, and spin doctors. This a podcast that gives a microphone to the victims of wrong-headed and self-serving Western foreign policy.
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Episodes
Episode 27: Escalating Violence in Afghanistan
February 02, 2018 16:34 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBI chat with Afghan American journalist Harun Arsalai. We talk about the escalating violence in Afghanistan; emergence of ISIS in Nangahar province, and the historic roots of conflict and chaos there. Please help this podcast grow by contributing as little as $1 per month here: www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 26: "I'm Not Your American Muslim"
January 29, 2018 17:36 - 28 minutes - 25.6 MBCJ chats with American Muslim scholar and speaker Omar Sulieman, who was dubbed “The Religious Leader Dallas Texas Needs” by D Magazine. We talk about the anniversary of Trump’s Muslim ban, the threat Omar received from ISIS, and the time he helped lead the memorial service, alongside President Obama, for those killed in the 2016 Dallas Shooting. Please support this podcast by contributing as little as $1 per month at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 25: How to Challenge Infamous Islamophobes
January 24, 2018 20:38 - 22 minutes - 21 MBCJ chats with Ali Dawah, who is not only a British revert to Islam, but also one of the biggest sources of discomfort for prominent Muslim haters in the UK. Please support this podcast by donating as little as $1 at www.patreon.com/challengetherage
Episode 24: When Western Feminists Attack the Hijab
January 16, 2018 19:44 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBCJ chats with Eeman Abbasi, who is a Human rights advocate, community organizer, and co-director of the group More than 10,000, which aims to resettle and integrate Syrian refugees in the United States. They discuss how the "war on terror" has differed under Bush, Obama, and Trump, and how the hijab has become a fixation for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Please support this podcast by contributing as little as $1 at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 23: Bridges Between Muslims & Non-Muslims
January 12, 2018 03:50 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this episode, CJ chats with Fadel Solimon, who is a member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars; has a Master’s degree in Shariah, and is the founder of the Bridges Foundation, which aims to bridge the gap between Muslims and non-Muslims in the post 9/11 era. Please help sustain and grow this podcast by contributing as little as $1 per month here: www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 22: China's Brutal Oppression Uyghur Muslims
January 09, 2018 20:01 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBCJ speaks with Abdugheni Thabit, who is an activist, journalist, and advocate for the rights of Uyghur Muslims in East Turkistan. He speaks about the Chinese government’s campaign to ethnically cleanse the region of its Muslim population, campaign that is happening in total media silence. Please support this podcast by donating as little as $1 at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 21: Trump's War on Pakistan
January 03, 2018 17:41 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBCJ speaks with award winning Pakistani writer and journalist Bina Shah about the sinister motives and intent behind US President Donald Trump’s twitter attack on Pakistan, and the extraordinary sacrifices here country has made in supporting the US War on Terror. Please help grow this podcast by contributing as little as $1 per month at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 20: The Entrapment of Muslims
December 30, 2017 16:07 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBCJ speaks with Nabil Mouad, who was falsely arrested on terrorism charges in the United States in 2006, and then deported to the country of his birth, Morocco. It’s an all too tragically familiar story of anti-Muslim discrimination in the post-9/11 era. Please support this podcast by donating as little as $1 per month to www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 19: American Jew Converts to Islam.
December 27, 2017 20:30 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode, CJ speaks with Katie Miranda, who is not only a Jewish born Palestinian rights activist, but also a convert to Islam. He speaks about her journey from agnosticism to Islam, and the years she spent in the West Bank protesting Israel’s brutal military occupation. Please support this podcast by contributing as little as $1 per month here: www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 18: Starvation in Yemen.
December 22, 2017 03:51 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBCJ Werleman speaks with Yemeni journalist Mohammed Al-Rumim about the human catastrophe that is gripping his country. Not only are 21 million Yemenis in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, and not only do nearly half a million children find themselves on the brink of starvation, but also Yemen is facing the world’s largest ever outbreak of cholera. A misery that is brought on and prolonged by protagonists that seek to control the region’s vital energy corridors. Please support this p...
Episode 17: CIA Shadow War in Afghanistan
December 19, 2017 16:28 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBI speak with investigative journalist Emran Feroz about the CIA’s shadow war in Afghanistan. Emran met and spoke with the Afghan families of those killed by US drone strikes, and those who live under the brutal rule of US backed militias. It’s a harrowing and disturbing account of America’s savage execution of its global war on terror. Please support this podcast by contributing as little as $1 per month here: www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 16: Dr. Basem Naim
December 15, 2017 16:44 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this episode, I speak with Dr. Basem Naim in Gaza, who is the Former Palestinian Minister for Health. We discuss Trump’s move on Jerusalem, and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza today. Please support this podcast by contributing as little as $1 at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 15: Muslim While Flying
December 11, 2017 20:07 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this episode, I speak with Nouri Sardar, a British Muslim poet, artist, filmmaker, and senior editor of the online magazine Muslim Vibe. We discuss the discrimination Muslims face while flying, and Trump's move on Jerusalem. Please support this podcast by contributing as little as $1 per month at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 14: British Jihadist in Syria
December 06, 2017 15:01 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBIn this episode, we seek to gain a better understanding of what drives certain young Muslim men living in Western societies to risk it all in traveling to Syria to fight the Assad regime. I talk with Amer Deghayes, a Libyan born British foreign fighter who traveled to Syria in 2013, ultimately ending up with the jihadist rebel group Jabhat al Nusra. We cover a lot of ground, including the reasons that compelled him to fight, his role in the conflict now, and his assessment of the reality i...
Episode 13: Crisis in Myanmar
December 03, 2017 18:15 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBIn this episode, we return to the crisis in Myanmar, and I speak to my friend Sattar Islam Nirob, who is a Rohingya Muslim refugee living in a camp on the Bangladesh border. Sattar was my first ever guest on Channel the Rage, and here we speak again to find out whether things have improved or deteriorated since our last conversation. Please support this podcast by making a small contribution here: www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 12: A Former White Supremacist
November 28, 2017 18:16 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBMy guest is Brad Galloway, a former leader of a white supremacist group, and we discuss how Muslims have replaced Jews as the #1 target for Nazis, and the way in which Trump and right wing media is empowering and mobilizing white supremacists throughout North America. Please support this podcast here: www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 11: Rabia Chaudry
November 21, 2017 16:42 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBThis episode features my chat with Rabia Chaudry, who is an American Muslim attorney, activist, and fellow at the US Institute for Peace. We talk about the way in which perceptions have changed towards Muslims in America, and how Muslims must wrestle control of their narrative, their stories from both Islamophobes and extremist groups like ISIS. Please support this podcast at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 10: "The Good Muslim"
November 16, 2017 22:10 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBThis episode features my chat with Randa Abdel-Fattah, who is an Australian Muslim writer and academic of Palestinian heritage. Recently she completed her PhD in Islamophobia. We talk about the way in which Islamophobia aims to cultivate “the good Muslim” by producing compliant, quiet, and conformist Muslims. Please support this podcast at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 9: Crisis in Kashmir
November 11, 2017 17:48 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBThis episode features my chat Ahsan Nazir Raja, a human rights activist in Kashmir. We talk about the everyday injustices that everyday Kasmiris suffer at the hands of the Indian military, and about their hopes for freedom and self-determination. Please support this podcast at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 8: Dr. Nasser Kurdy
November 07, 2017 19:56 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBThis episode features my chat Nasser Kurdy, a British Muslim orthopedic surgeon who treated victims of the ISIS inspired attack in Manchester, England, in may of this year. Less than 6 months later, however, Nasser would himself be the victim of hate crime, stabbed in the neck by an assailant while on the way to his local mosque. His is a story not only of courage and forgiveness, but one that also should inspire all of us to seek ways to heal the racial and ethnic divisions in our societi...
Episode 7: Author Q&A with an Islamophobe
November 04, 2017 16:43 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThis episode features my chat Siddiq Bazarwala, author of the newly released 'Q&A with an Islamophobe,' which reads as a profoundly informed response to more than 200 of the most commonly disseminated anti-Muslim tropes in today’s political discourse, tropes and crass generalizations that are levelled against ordinary Muslims and Islam today by renowned Islamophobes, anti-Muslim groups, talk show hosts, presidential candidates and right wing politicians, either out of intolerance or ignoranc...
Episode 6: Hollywood Actor Fahim Fazli
October 28, 2017 17:16 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBThis episode features my chat with Fahim Fazli, an Afghanistan born Hollywood movie star, and former US Marine. We discuss his love for his country of birth, Afghanistan, and devotion to his adopted country America. Also, his roles in Rock the Kasbah, Argo, and the soon to be released 12 Strong. Please support this podcast at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 5: Belonging to Nowhere
October 25, 2017 15:49 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBHabbibies al-Zurkat is 30-year-old Pakistan born refugee in Pakistan. Belonging to nowhere, Habbibies is viewed by Pakistan, the country of his birth, as an outsider; and viewed by Afghanistan, the country of his parent's, as a terrorist. He explains to CJ Werleman how the US War on Terror has disrupted his life. From as little as $1 per month, you can support this podcast at www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 4: How US War on Terror Hurt Pakistan
October 22, 2017 15:13 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBMehr Tarar is a popular Pakistani journalist and columnist. She talks about her love, fears, and optimism for her country, and the negative impacts US War on Terror has had on Pakistan. From just $1 per month, you can help us bring the voices of Muslim victims of War on Terror to Western audiences. It is our hope their voices will soften hearts, broaden minds, and then ultimately change policy. Please support this podcast here: www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 3: Pakistani Aid Worker Saves Rohingya
October 20, 2017 16:43 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBAbdullah Karim is a Pakistani Muslim aid worker who has just returned from Rohingya Muslim refugee camps in Bangladesh. He saw young Rohingya girls with RPG and landmine injuries, and took testimonies from gang rape victims. Please support this important podcast by clicking here: www.patreon.com/channeltherage
Episode 2: Hkam in Syria.
October 16, 2017 15:51 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBThis week’s episode features my chat with Hkam Zahab, a 23-year-old Syrian trapped in Idlib in eastern Syria. When the war broke out he had just turned 18 and had begun studying law at a university in Aleppo, but the war destroyed his family’s home, his school, and robbed him of his future. He’s now one of the 12 million displaced Syrians. Our chat reveals much of the cruel dynamics at the root of this intractable conflict. Please support this podcast by making a small donation at ww...
Episode 1: Rohingya Muslim Refugee
October 12, 2017 20:09 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBAbdul Satar Islam is a Rohinga Muslim refugee who escaped Burma's death squads along with his parents and sisters. He describes the horrors he has witnessed at a hospital on the Bangladesh border, victims of landmines and automatic rifle fire. It's a heartbreaking account, but one you need to know.