Sami Hamdi analyses the US-led Saudi initiative to normalise with Israel.

A fascinating conversation with Harris Irfan, a former Islamic Finance insider. He explains why he left the industry and the problems with how it functions. He also talks about his role in financing the Makkah clocktower and his regrets

We take a forensic look at the rise of Hindutva fascism and the gradual marginalisation of India's Muslims with Dr Irfan Ahmed.

We speak to Dr Naoki Yamamoto about Japanese Muslim converts, culture and Islam.

We explore with Ottoman historian Dr Yakoob Ahmed some of the claims made against the Ottomans - from Orientalists and Muslims alike including slavery, non-Muslim and Arab subjects, decline, the printing press and ban on coffee.

A wide-ranging interview with Kashmiri scholar, Shaykh Shuayb Wani covering topics such as unity, pessimism, waiting for Imam Mahdi, Ijtihad, AI Mujtahids and more.

This revealing interview with Clive Stafford-Smith - lawyer of Dr Aafia Siddiqui lays out why an innocent woman remains in prison, the forces that do not want her released and what we can do to help her.

We interview Rayan Freschi, a French legal expert and rights advocate, about the execution of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, the Paris riots and how the French state treats Muslims.

We talk to Thomas Abdul Qadir about the phenomenon of Western Muslims migrating or making ‘hijra’ to the Muslim world.

We ask Imam Tom Facchine about the aggressive liberal state that places value-thick demands on the Muslim community and whether Muslims can survive this liberal inquisition. Imam Tom combines a political science study with his traditional Islamic learning.

We talk to Dr Uthman Badar about the centrality of the caliphate in Islam - are Muslims deficient without Islamic governance?

We explore US withdrawal from Afghanistan, where it leaves the country, the geopolitics of the region, Afghanistan’s relationship with Pakistan and the role of the Taliban with Ahmed-Waleed Kakar, an analyst specialising in Afghan political history and the founder and editor in chief of The Afghan Eye.

This week we explore the issues Farhat Amin raises in her new book ‘Smart Teenage Muslimah, an inspirational guide for Muslim Girls’. Farhat is concerned with Muslim girls' challenges in the West and how society impacts their sense of identity and self.

What is disbelief and what is belief? And does every act of disbelief take a person outside of Islam? We take a deep dive into this often misunderstood area and reflect on the differences within classical Islam.

Imam Ashraf, who leads a congregation in the inner-city London borough of Lewisham, discusses why so many British youngsters are turning to Islam.

In this episode, we comprehensively examine Islam and politics with Dr Yasir Qadhi. We explore Muslim engagement in politics in the West, its pitfalls, and the vexed issue of politicians that embrace and celebrate socially liberal positions. We also consider the issue of reviving the caliphate, its obligation and its priority.

From the war in Yemen to raves in Riyadh, political analyst Sami Hamdi analyses the ‘modern’ Saudi Arabia as a regional power.

Paul Williams of Blogging Theology talks to Muhammad Jalal about his ten most influential books, why he recommends them and the importance of reading.

The recent atrocity at al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan underscores the brutality of Israel’s settler colonial project. Our guest this week, Palestinian and Islamic activist Dr Azzam Tamimi gave us a background to the apartheid policies of the state and explained why he believes, ultimately, the severity of Israel’s brutality only serves to express its sheer failure as a project.

Professor Ovamir Anjum, the translator into English of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Madarij al-Salikin, talks to The Thinking Muslim about the great Damascene scholar’s spiritual perspectives, including the wisdom of sin, what attributes a believer should shun and acquire, the multiple stations on the route to this journey and the role of obedience to Allah for spiritual felicity.