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The Thinking Muslim

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This podcast is dedicated to exploring issues in some more depth and untangling the complexities of the world around us. We engage thinkers, academics, and scholars in conversation on a number of themes to appreciate the ideas that make up Islam as a system of thought.Follow us on https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/And twitter @thinking_muslim https://twitter.com/thinking_muslimEmail [email protected]

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The Spirit of Badr: Faith, Courage, and Strategy with Dr. Wajid Akhtar

March 27, 2024 20:05 - 1 hour - 118 MB

The 17th Ramadan marks the most decisive battle in the history of early Islam. Dr Wajid Akhtar, founder of Charity Week for Orphans and Children in Need and Council member of the British Islamic Medical Association discusses the great battle of Badr, the most consequential battle in Islamic history. Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslim Listen to the audio version of the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vX...

Gaza: Is It Time to Move Beyond Charity? With insider Kashif Shabir

March 26, 2024 01:43 - 1 hour - 107 MB

Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls:   / thethinkingmuslim   Every year, the list of beleaguered Muslim countries and people increases, and with it, the demand for charity. We are used to giving in sadaqa – and our kindness as a community is rarely matched. The Muslim community in the UK alone gives upwards of £1bn in charity – much of which goes abroad. The situation in Gaza has once again led to a determined effort by many to contribute to charitable causes. A...

Submission and the Human Mind with Shaykh Hamza Karamali

March 21, 2024 22:26 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MB

Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls:   / thethinkingmuslim   We are in the month of Ramadan where Muslims worldwide share in the simple yet profound act of fasting from dawn to dusk. Our collective commitment to this activity is often met with surprise by others who do not share our faith; how can someone be so devoted to a creator, and why is sacrifice so important to submission? We in the West are often confronted with questions about fasting and Islamic practic...

Gaza: Channelling our Rage and Anger with Dr Kamal Abu Zahra

March 17, 2024 15:15 - 1 hour - 101 MB

We are all angry. We live in an unjust world. The so-called rules-based system, the rhetoric surrounding human rights, the endless speeches on democracy and freedom – all of it turned out to be hollow. The death and destruction in gaza is juxtaposed with the triviality with which the political elites in the west talk of human life. We are angry.  How does a Muslim deal with this visceral anger. How do we deal with the inhumanity of these western elites yet stay true to ourselves and who we ...

Gaza and the Power of Narratives with Ahmed Paul Keeler

March 14, 2024 00:04 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MB

Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMu... The current slaughter meted out on innocents in Gaza, fully supported Western Governments, is founded upon a bed of lies. It is said that the truth is the first casualty of war, yet in this war the truth is not hidden –the decapitated bodies, crushed skulls, emaciated children, the callous shelling of hungry souls as they clamour for flour – all of this is known to the world and there re...

The UAE's Bloody War in Sudan with Sami Hamdi

March 09, 2024 10:51 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslim At the time where our attention is fixed on Gaza, rightly, another conflict is taking place with horrendous cost to human life. Sadly As always, our ummah has become subject to the political ambitions of egotistical actors and their outside backers. Sudan is burning. There are 8 million people on the move, escaping the indiscriminate murder, rape and pillage of what can only be describ...

Gaza: Has Biden lost control of Netanyahu? with Sami Hamdi

March 04, 2024 11:56 - 1 hour - 74.3 MB

Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls:   / thethinkingmuslim   Sami Hamdi for the past five months has helped us untangle and understand the motives and actions of the actors that wage genocide in Gaza. The conflict, if that is even a proper term to use, seems to be continuing despite discussions of an end game. At the time of recording this interview, we have heard from Joe Biden casually licking an ice cream and talking of ceasefires when tens of thousands starve ...

Imran Khan's Army Problem with Kashif Gilani

February 27, 2024 00:07 - 1 hour - 95.7 MB

We had a problem with our guest’s audio this week. Apologies for this, we wanted to however get this episode out. Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMu... This past few weeks in Pakistan have been a rollercoaster ride. We have seen the continued, brazen army interference in elections that for so long has earned the country the dubious title of possessing a ‘sham democracy’. The country’s elected leader, Imran Khan, is languis...

The Muslim Mindset and Islam’s Mission with Dr Sohail Hanif

February 17, 2024 01:06 - 1 hour - 87.1 MB

Our guest this week, Dr Sohail Hanif, argues that we need to reconnect with not just our relationship with our umma but also have to reorient our lives to live like the murabitun of the past, those who saw themselves as within a wider objective of thinking about deen and the umma and their part within this rubric. In this endeavour, to change our mentality, we have to reconfigure how we view some of the fundamental Islamic ideas of zakat, ummah and jihad. Are we in the west manning an outpos...

Why Every 18 year old Should Study Islamic History - Dr Yakoob Ahmed

February 10, 2024 21:16 - 1 hour - 141 MB

How do we learn from the wisdom of others in a world intent on ruthless autonomy? Today, with the Gaza war as our backdrop, we ask Dr Yakoob Ahmed what pieces of advice he would give to his 18-year-old self. Dr Yakoob Ahmed is an academic specialising in late Ottoman history. He is a PhD graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies and currently teaches Islamic history at Istanbul University. He is in the process of completing his first book on the late Ottoman ulema, to be publ...

Gaza: Is the ICJ Ruling Enough? with Tayab Ali

February 02, 2024 18:28 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB

The recent ICJ interim order has been interpreted in many ways by its proponents, who hail it a victory and its opponents, who denounce it as an Israeli conspiracy. However, many have questioned the efficacy of the interim order, pointing to the ICJ’s lack of enforcement and the absence of an explicit mention of a ceasefire. To help us understand the complexities surrounding the judgement, we have invited, at short notice, Tayab Ali in once again. Tayab Ali, is a lawyer specialising in in...

Gaza Eyewitness: The Doctor Treating Genocide - Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah

January 27, 2024 12:31 - 48 minutes - 90.6 MB

When we consider the ongoing slaughter that is Gaza and the West's complicity, it's not the world leaders, East or West, who have captured our collective imagination – it's the ordinary people who have made the difference. It's the journalists, poets – the doctors and nurses that have helped the world see the atrocities of settler colonialism and its abject violence. Certainly, a defused media has given the world, possibly for the very first time, the ability to witness the horrors of Israel...

How Zionism Indoctrinated the West with Ahmed Paul Keeler

January 22, 2024 00:50 - 1 hour - 64.7 MB

Zionism is the ideology that underpins the barbarism that has been meted out on Palestinians, its latest chapter being the slaughter that is currently happening in Gaza. Yet its ideals remain respectable in establishment circles. In the United States, political leaders fall over one another to declare their un denying loyalty to the creed and in Britain, there has been a long tradition of Christian Zionism that spans back to the early twentieth century and the Balfour Declaration.     Ahme...

Gaza: Cruel Zionism, Past and Present with Professor Avi Shlaim

January 16, 2024 17:55 - 1 hour - 88.8 MB

Today, we are confronting nothing short of a campaign of ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians of Gaza, not seen since the Nakba or Catastrophe of 1948. Yet many in the Western world are silent to the suffering. Much of what justifies Israel and its actions in the West is premised on history, and many European and American historians have been ready to present a compelling argument for Zionism and the case for Israel in the heart of the Middle East. This historical justification, based on ...

Gaza: Understanding the Houthis & Will US Muslims Abandon Biden with Sami Hamdi

January 10, 2024 22:08 - 1 hour - 108 MB

We have now passed three months of the Gaza slaughter, and according to the UN, Gaza has become uninhabitable. During these past few days, we have seen another frenetic series of diplomatic meetings by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in the region as the US looks to consolidate the status quo. The genocidal intent of the Israeli state. If it was unclear at the start of the conflict, it is clear now that the United States has given the green light to the Israelis to mete out their punis...

Gaza: Resilience & Hope with Dr Omar Suleiman

January 06, 2024 01:50 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB

In the long durée of Islamic history, we often lose sight that every generation, even the best generation, that of the companions, had deep challenges to overcome. Our enemies have continuously worked to undermine our unity, and it is often the hard lessons of these challenges that help us overcome our petty disputes and territorial differences. This episode we focus on the notion of unity and its real implications. If we agree the lack of Muslim unity is holding us back – how do we overcom...

The Lawyer Prosecuting the West and Israel - Tayab Ali

January 01, 2024 17:11 - 1 hour - 93 MB

** This interview was recorded a few hours before South Africa initiated its ICJ case - the Genocide Convention is discussed in detail here. When we consider the disgraceful actions of the Israeli state, it becomes evident that they operate in a system of impunity. But what, if anything, can we do about this? My guest today, Tayab Ali, is a lawyer specialising in criminal trials. He is a partner at the legal firm Bindmans. He has been described as “an irresistible force – he’s fearless.”...

Gaza: Dissecting Israeli Propaganda with Dr Azzam Tamimi

December 29, 2023 18:36 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB

The events in Gaza, the horrific slaughter of over 20,000 Gazans remains a deep wound all people of conscience have had to contend with over the past two months. The callous way with which the lives of young innocents can be so openly calculated and traded is shocking yet predictable in equal measure. Much of what has happened is premised on a set of collective myths the west has attempted to perpetuate about Israel and its intentions. A compliant media and a political class that have provid...

China’s Silent Uyghur Genocide with Abdureşid Eminhaci

December 23, 2023 14:45 - 1 hour - 109 MB

Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslim The plight of the Uyghur Muslims in East Turkestan has been described as a genocide. An entire ethnic, cultural and religious group is being erased. We hear stories of mass detention, the banning of Ramadan, and the closure and demolition of mosques. We also hear the disturbing reports of women being forced into marriage, forced sterilisation and children being removed from families and...

The Israel Lobby, Settler Violence and the Labour Party with Peter Oborne

December 15, 2023 19:02 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MB

As the unrelenting Gaza killing of civilians continues unabated, another potential ethnic cleansing in Palestine is underway – again in plain sight. The gradual conquest of Palestinian land is continuing at pace. Armed Israeli settlers, with the full backing of the state, pillage and forcibly vacate entire villages and farming communities. Yet the international community remains mute. This is ethnic cleansing on two fronts. Today, we have back on The Thinking Muslim. Journalist, author, an...

Gaza: Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Kissinger, China and US Hegemony

December 09, 2023 08:12 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MB

Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslim This past week, the world has reflected on the death of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. As Nixon's national security advisor, he was notorious for his ultra-realist approach to international politics, which saw the policy of triangulation with China and the Soviet Union that was pivotal in bringing China into the Western sphere and ultimately helping the emerging economy beco...

Gaza: Why do Liberals Support Genocide? With Hasan Spiker

December 02, 2023 13:58 - 1 hour - 61 MB

The events of the past 6 weeks have exposed the sheer double standards that apply to the implementation of international law. The so-called liberal international order has been found to be nothing short of hypocritical. Gaza has exposed not only this duplicity but also the very ideas that undergird such a system. Today, we explore these ideas. Many surmise that the West has taken a wrong turn, and if only they return back to their original noble enlightenment values. Yet Gaza unveils a more ...

Gaza: Graveyard of America's World Order With Wadah Khanfar

November 24, 2023 19:29 - 1 hour - 96.3 MB

Wadah Khanfar is the President of Al Sharq Forum and former Al Jazeera Director General from 2003 to 2011. Gaza has been described as a graveyard of children. But it also represents a graveyard of the liberal world order. The very values that undergird this so-called rules-based system have been revealed for what they really are — a set of norms created to preserve the interests of the West. Their unrepentant support for the worst crimes of Israel, the brutality of indiscriminate bombings...

Debunking the Myth: Muslim Politics in the West with Dr Asim Qureishi

November 16, 2023 15:57 - 1 hour - 108 MB

Come election time, Western Muslim communities have been asked to support mainstream political parties in exchange for representation. Some commentators have praised the multiculturalism of countries like the UK, where the party system has integrated many Muslims into the political system. Here in London, we have Sadiq Khan, arguably the highest-ranking elected Muslim official in the Western world. In the United States, there’s a similar push for Muslims to support the Democrats and even the...

Gaza: The Betrayal of the Muslim Rulers with Sami Hamdi

November 13, 2023 00:40 - 1 hour - 104 MB

Since we last spoke to Sami Hamdi, a lot has happened in the ongoing Gaza slaughter. Israel has finally moved its ground operations into Gaza, and their Western backers have set down their intention to provide diplomatic cover to their settler offshoot and shield it from criticism. Western leaders have had to defend the indefensible as Israel's punitive and indiscriminate action continues. For example, Ursula Vonderlyen, the President of the EU Commission, just yesterday sent out a tweet at ...

My Life in Gaza with Amr Abdul Latif

November 09, 2023 19:20 - 1 hour - 73.9 MB

The death toll in Gaza has reached above 10,000, yet the so-called international community, in reality, the Western nations, are deaf to the cries under the rubble. The Israeli war machine no longer worries about redlines as they act in complete impunity. If the hypocrisy of the West was not evident before this crisis, it is clear now that the Liberal World Order was never meant to safeguard the lives and honour of those it deems lesser people. Amr Abdul Latif was, until recently, a reside...

Gaza: Normalisation & the Arab Street with Dr Tareq Al-Suwaidan

November 04, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

As the Israeli war machine is in full motion, the position of the West lays bare the hollowness of its claims to observe international law. With every US-manufactured bomb dropped on Gaza, the vacuousness of its liberal world order is exposed to Muslims and the world. Yet what can we do about this situation? Lately, many governments have queued up to sign the so-called Abraham Accords with the apartheid state, and it has been concluded that the Arabs no longer care for the Palestinian cause....

Gaza: When will the help of Allah come? An intelligent look with Dr Kamal Abu Zahra

October 30, 2023 21:07 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MB

Our guest this week is Dr Kamal Abu Zahra is a lecturer in Islamic studies and in Islamic law who has an expertise in the contemporary fiqh You can donate to The Thinking Muslim either through a one-time contribution: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate or join our Patreon to get access to exclusive events: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMu... It is easy to feel a sense of gloom. The world has come together against us. Some, particularly those who are not tested like the Palest...

Gaza: Outlawing Palestinian Activism with Dr Layla Aitlhadj

October 25, 2023 22:04 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MB

Please REMEMBER to subscribe and consider making a donation, however small, to The Thinking Muslim to receive a share in the reward and to help us make a greater impact. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The anger we feel from Israel’s continued barbarous shelling of Gaza cannot be put into words. The impunity with which it acts and the green light given by the west just reminds us that the so-called rules-based order is setup to serve the West. With all this in mind, young people in particular are being reminded ...

Gaza: The Roots of Western Hypocrisy with Imam Tom Facchine

October 23, 2023 14:13 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

When we consider the stance of the West over Israel’s actions these past weeks, many point out the blatant hypocrisy in applying their standards. We are constantly told that human rights are inviolable, that freedom of speech is sacrosanct, and that people have the right to self-determination. Westerners sermonise about how Muslims should embrace democratic norms. They pontificate about the rules-based liberal world order, where rules are applied fairly and equally. Yet, in these past weeks,...

Gaza - The Propaganda War with Moazzam Begg

October 20, 2023 13:49 - 53 minutes - 74.3 MB

Please REMEMBER to subscribe and consider making a donation, however small, to The Thinking Muslim to receive a share in the reward and to help us make a greater impact. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode was filmed a week ago before the grave atrocities including the slaughter at Al Ahli hospital. The Western propaganda machine is in full motion. Israel, aided by the west are conditioning western public opinion for the effective expunging of Gaza from the map. This slow, steady war machine is exceptio...

Gaza: Resistance and Betrayal with Sami Hamdi

October 12, 2023 15:43 - 1 hour - 99.8 MB

The inhuman aggression by which Israel treats Palestinians is known to everyone who possesses an ounce of justice. This excludes, of course, Western nations for whom, apparently, history began last Saturday. However, they are very aware that the colonial outpost they set up in the Middle East is hell-bent on extracting as much land as possible to accommodate racist Americans and Europeans. They are aware that in the process, Israel slowly squeezes Palestinians and of the daily humiliations ...

#Moments 3: What Palestine Means to Muslims - Sami Hamdi

October 10, 2023 09:28 - 8 minutes - 7.99 MB

Sami Hamdi from the episode ‘Israeli’s in Riyadh’ answers the question why Palestine matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reviving Islamic Scholarship in the Modern Era with Sheikh Shuayb Wani

October 06, 2023 22:06 - 1 hour - 92.2 MB

How do we revive a strong thinking scholarly tradition? Our guest this week is Dr. Shuayb Wani, he is the Director and Co-Founder of the Dār Al ‘Ilm Institute https://daralilm.org. His course on the Islamic worldview is currently running and is available online. He grew up in Indian occupied Kashmir and started his quest to learn Islamic ‘Ulūm during his schooling years. He completed his foundational Islāmic Studies in India, and Al-Azhar University, Egypt. He devoted 10 years studying adv...

Silicon Scholars: AI and The Muslim Ummah with Riaz Hassan

September 29, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB

Please consider making a donation, however small, to The Thinking Muslim, to receive a share in the reward and to help us make a greater impact. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can donate either through a one-time contribution:  https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate or join our Patreon to get access to exclusive events:  https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslim/ You can now purchase our Thinking Muslim mug here https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch  Sign up to our newsletter https://jalalayn.substack.co...

Do We Need a Modern Salahuddin? with Historian Dr Abdur Rahman Azzam

September 22, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 101 MB

Please consider making a donation, however small, to The Thinking Muslim, to receive a share in the reward and to help us make a greater impact. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can donate either through a one-time contribution: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate To help us understand the great Salahuddin, I have invited Dr Abdul Rahman Azzam onto the show. Dr. Azzam has authored several books, including Saladin: The Triumph of the Sunni Revival. He is a scholar specialising in Islamic history, and we a...

Are We Hard-Wired to Believe in God? Jamie Turner on Fitra

September 15, 2023 22:39 - 1 hour - 63.6 MB

Please consider making a donation, however small, to The Thinking Muslim, to receive a share in the reward and to help us make a greater impact. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can donate either through a one-time contribution:  https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate or join our Patreon to get access to exclusive events:  https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslim/ You can now purchase our Thinking Muslim mug here https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch  Sign up to our newsletter https://jalalayn.substack.co...

The War on Muslim Women with Lauren Booth - Abaya Bans and European Delusions

September 09, 2023 06:07 - 1 hour - 55.2 MB

Please consider making a donation, however small, to The Thinking Muslim, to receive a share in the reward and to help us make a greater impact. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate You can now purchase our Thinking Muslim mug here https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch Sign up to our newsletter https://jalalayn.substack.com It is no exaggeration to say that in their quest to malign Islam, some in the West target Muslim women. Her position within the family, her place in society ...

Israelis in Riyadh - Why the Saudis want to Normalise? with Sami Hamdi

September 01, 2023 18:37 - 1 hour - 85.6 MB

Please consider making a donation, however small, to The Thinking Muslim, to receive a share in the reward and to help us make a greater impact. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate You can now purchase our Thinking Muslim mug here https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch Sign up to our newsletter https://jalalayn.substack.com The so-called Abraham Accords, delivered by the Trump Administration and embraced by Biden, has solidified Israel’s position in the Middle East. To date, nor...

Is Islamic Banking Really Islamic? An Insider's view with Harris Irfan

August 26, 2023 16:22 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

Please consider making a donation, however small, to The Thinking Muslim, to receive a share in the reward and to help us make a greater impact. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/DonateYou can now purchase our Thinking Muslim mug here https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch Sign up to our newsletter https://jalalayn.substack.com Check out our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f13mgKVjJsU Muslims worldwide have come to the realisation that the prevailing capitalist economic...

Is a Genocide of Muslims Underway in Modi's India?

August 13, 2023 14:25 - 1 hour - 77.6 MB

India’s 200 million Muslims are at the mercy of an ultra-nationalist government that looks to create an exclusively Hindu Bharat or homeland. Since the rise of the BJP government, led by Narendra Modi, Muslims have been subject to discrimination, alienation, daily religious abuse, economic marginalisation, state-sanctioned mob violence and pogroms like in Gujarat in 2002. This Hindu nationalism is underpinned by a pernicious cultural and political ideology, Hindutva, framed by antagonism tow...

An Islamic Japan? with Dr Naoki Yamamoto

August 04, 2023 18:20 - 1 hour - 77.5 MB

You can also watch this programme on Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zbOe1pDdHkA Newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com/ Japan is a country that is known for its deep connection with tradition. Much of its rich culture comes from its adherence to two religious beliefs, Shintoism and Buddhism but it has also been influenced by Confucianism. The Japanese value purity and cleanliness. Unlike western individualism, Japanese culture places a great deal of attention on the group and m...

10 Ottoman Myths Debunked with Dr Yakoob Ahmed

July 30, 2023 08:39 - 1 hour - 94.5 MB

There is a growing interest in Ottoman history. This has come from a recognition that an understanding of our Islamic history is necessary to carve our common Islamic future. But then the question arises, who writes this history? How do we know whether Ottoman historians, East and West, are purveyors of an orientalist narrative, slanted to match political interests? To untangle the facts from fiction, we have invited Dr Yakoob Ahmed who is an academic specialising in late Ottoman history. H...

Unity, Waiting for Imam Mahdi & AI Mujtahids with Shaykh Shuayb Wani

July 21, 2023 22:53 - 1 hour - 71.3 MB

We often hear from Muslims that our ummah suffers from disunity on a local, national, and international level. Slight differences of opinion can cause major divisions. Our countries remain deeply divided between themselves and there is an impression that has consolidated that we will not be able to recover our position. This situation has led to despondency. Helplessness and in the extreme an acceptance of the status quo. But is this written? Is there anything we can do about this parlous sit...

Dr Aafia Siddiqui - Why the US Don't Want Her Released with Clive Stafford Smith

July 14, 2023 22:48 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MB

You can write to Dr Aafia via her lawyer on email [email protected] The deadline for the first round of letters is 1/8/23 - you can still send letters after this date for future visits. Please place in the subject of the email: Thinking Muslim letter for Aafia.Clive has set up a crowdfunding page for a monthly standing order/debit for Aafia; this is to pay for a young Pakistani researcher to help on the case and to fund the trips to the US etc. Use -  https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/freea...

Why Does France Hate Muslims? The Death of Nahel with Rayan Freschi

July 07, 2023 19:15 - 1 hour - 70.7 MB

France’s estimated six million strong Muslims are subject to daily inhuman treatment at the hands of a militant secular state. Islam as a faith has long been traduced and othered, exceptionalised as a religion that must be chastened by French enlightenment. It is this context that we observe with horror the recent episode of brutality. Seventeen year old Nahel Merzouk was killed at point blank range for a minor traffic infraction. His death, normally another statistic, was caught on camera a...

Why Are Western Muslims Moving to Turkey? with Thomas Abdul Qadir

July 01, 2023 17:06 - 1 hour - 66.7 MB

Theres a growing movement in Europe and North America to reconsider where the future of Muslim communities lie. In recent years, a host of security and social concerns have brought to question just how much Muslims can maintain their commitments to Islam and leave peacefully in a society that constantly looks for opportunities to marginalise Islamic practice. The Liberal state is intent on secularising and liberalising Muslims. This has led to a call for Hijra, or migration away from the west...

Can Muslims Survive the Liberal Inquisition? with Imam Tom Facchine

June 23, 2023 19:55 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

Many Muslims living in the West have become aware that the ideas of tolerance, individualism, liberal multiculturalism and freedom of religion – all liberal notions — have their limits when it comes to our community. A series of tensions, from depictions of the Messenger (saw) in offensive cartoons and the teaching of sexual practices at odds with our faith in schools, has brought into focus how there remains an incompatibility between the ever-increasing demands of the liberal state and the...

Can Muslims Thrive without a Caliphate? with Dr Uthman Badar

June 16, 2023 22:37 - 1 hour - 74.9 MB

The issue of the caliphate has recently made a resurgence within Muslim discourse. For nearly 100 years the Muslim ummah has been without a caliphate, and many have come to the view that the world of empires is behind us, and we now must embrace the era of nation-states. Yet the issue remains a live one, Islam and Muslims have remained tortured by our lack of ability to resolve some of the most intractable problems we face – leading to the suggestion that establishing a post-nation state bri...

Who's Afraid of the Taliban? with Ahmed-Waleed Kakar

June 09, 2023 21:23 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

For twenty years, the United States fought an unwinnable and ultimately self-defeating war in Afghanistan – only to withdraw in a humiliating way in 2021. The conflict ended what many saw to be a colonial enterprise. We explore that war, where it leaves Afghanistan, the region's geopolitics, Afghanistans relationship with Pakistan and the role of the Taliban. Many see the austere Islamic group as classic freedom fighters, defeating the world's strongest and only superpower. But have they ult...

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