Author, campaigner, ex-Guantanamo prisoner and Director of Outreach at CAGE, Moazzam Begg joins us again this week to discuss ‘The Mauritanian’, a new film that follows the gripping story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Slahi was falsely accused of links to Al-Qaeda and without recourse to due process, ended up spending 14 long years in Camp X-Ray.

Dr Asad Zaman is currently serving on the Economic Advisory Committee of the Prime Minister of Pakistan and as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the State Bank of Pakistan. He has a unique view of modern economics and argues that capitalism is a house of cards masquerading as objective truths.

In today’s rather poisoned landscape, kings and presidents endow scholarly positions through patronage and western liberal states seek to promote a ‘reformation’ from within. We speak to scholar and academic Dr. Osman Umarji on Maqasid al Shari’ah, understanding the objectives of the Shari'ah.