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Ep.169 - Is Modernity Destroying Childhood? With Ahmed Paul Keeler
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 10/7/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 10/7/24

Ep.169 - Is Modernity Destroying Childhood? With Ahmed Paul Keeler

An interview with the wonderful Ahmed Paul Keeler on how modernity has destroyed childhood.

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Ep.168 - Why US Muslims are Abandoning Harris with Sami Hamdi
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 10/7/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 10/7/24

Ep.168 - Why US Muslims are Abandoning Harris with Sami Hamdi

An extraordinary discussion on the US elections and how the Gaza vote may decide the outcome.

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Ep.167 - Exploding Pagers and Shattered Credibility with Sami Hamdi
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 9/25/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 9/25/24

Ep.167 - Exploding Pagers and Shattered Credibility with Sami Hamdi

We talk to Sami Hamdi about Israel’s attack on Lebanon, Iran’s response, Hezbollah and Syria, Saudi’s normalisation and Erdoğan’s failure to address Gaza.

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Ep.166 - Can the Sunni-Shia schism be resolved? With Dr Tareq al-Suwaidan
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 9/14/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 9/14/24

Ep.166 - Can the Sunni-Shia schism be resolved? With Dr Tareq al-Suwaidan

Tareq al-Suwaidan returns to discuss the thorny topic of whether the Sunni-Shia schism can ever be resolved. We have a candid conversation about theology and geopolitics and the problem with sectarian thinking.

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Ep.165 - What We Get Wrong About Studying Muslim History With Dr Yakoob Ahmed
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 9/14/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 9/14/24

Ep.165 - What We Get Wrong About Studying Muslim History With Dr Yakoob Ahmed

Ottoman historian Yakoob Ahmed tells me why Muslims are doing history wrong and how Gaza has transformed how he sees his role as a historian.

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Ep.164 - Why Has the Muslim Ummah Failed Gaza? With Dr Tareq al-Suwaidan
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 9/6/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 9/6/24

Ep.164 - Why Has the Muslim Ummah Failed Gaza? With Dr Tareq al-Suwaidan

I speak to Dr Tareq al-Suwaidan on whether the ummah has failed the people of Gaza and how we need a renewal of thought and action.

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Ep.163 - Resisting US Hegemony with Matt Kennard
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/20/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/20/24

Ep.163 - Resisting US Hegemony with Matt Kennard

Matt Kennard explains why we have to resist the US empire and its hegemonic order.

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Ep.162 - Managing Your Money and the Halal Economy with Harris Irfan
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/17/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/17/24

Ep.162 - Managing Your Money and the Halal Economy with Harris Irfan

I interviewed once again Harris Irfan on looking at how to look after your money in the West. We look at Islamic models of economics and finance as an answer to contemporary banking.

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Ep.155 - Will Gaza Change The World? With Sami Hamdi
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Ep.155 - Will Gaza Change The World? With Sami Hamdi

Sami Hamdi returns to discuss US decline, multipolarity, what Gaza symbolises, elections in the US and UK and how we acquire an active mindset.

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Ep.161 - Gaza: The Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh - with Dr Azzam Tamimi (analysis)
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/15/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/15/24

Ep.161 - Gaza: The Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh - with Dr Azzam Tamimi (analysis)

Dr Azzam Tamimi analyses the evolving crisis in Gaza.

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Ep.160 - Bangladesh– Hasina’s Brutal Crackdown with Dilly Hussain
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/5/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/5/24

Ep.160 - Bangladesh– Hasina’s Brutal Crackdown with Dilly Hussain

I discussed the current events and the brutal crackdown on student protests in Bangladesh with Dilly Hussain.

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Ep.159 - Translating the Qur’an for Today with Professor Abdel Haleem
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/5/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/5/24

Ep.159 - Translating the Qur’an for Today with Professor Abdel Haleem

I spoke to the translator of the Qur'an, Professor Abdul Haleem, about how this majestic book attaches to one's life. He talks of his love and attention to the Qur'an and his brilliant translation.

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Ep.158 - The Gaza Surge - Analysing the UK Elections with Riaz Hasan
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/5/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 8/5/24

Ep.158 - The Gaza Surge - Analysing the UK Elections with Riaz Hasan

An interview with election data guru Riaz Hasan on how to interpret the UK general election results, successes, challenges, and how to move forward.

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Ep.153 - Have our Student Islamic Societies Failed Gaza? with Dr Ayo Khalil
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 7/17/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 7/17/24

Ep.153 - Have our Student Islamic Societies Failed Gaza? with Dr Ayo Khalil

Dr Ayo Khalil addresses the thorny subject of why many UK university Islamic societies are apolitical and have remained sedate on Gaza. A necessary conversation.

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Ep.157 - The Political Strategy of the Prophet MuhammadﷺWith Dr Fadhl Hasan
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 7/17/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 7/17/24

Ep.157 - The Political Strategy of the Prophet MuhammadﷺWith Dr Fadhl Hasan

A brilliant conversation with the scholar of Seerah, Dr Fadhl Hasan, looking at the political strategy of the Prophet Muhammad (saw). An in-depth and challenging conversation.

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Ep.156 - Special - Leanne Mohamad: The Courage to Defy The Labour Party
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 7/14/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 7/14/24

Ep.156 - Special - Leanne Mohamad: The Courage to Defy The Labour Party

This remarkable British Palestinian, Leanne Mohamad, is looking to unseat Labour’s rising star in Ilford North. It is the most important election campaign in the country.

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Ep.154 - The Party’s Over with Tasnime Akunjee
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 6/18/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 6/18/24

Ep.154 - The Party’s Over with Tasnime Akunjee

A searching interview with Mohammed Tasnime Akunjee looking at why he stepped down in Bethnal Green as an election candidate and what this election means for Muslims in the UK.

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Ep.152 - UK Muslims, Elections and the Power of Nightmares with Peter Oborne
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 5/28/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 5/28/24

Ep.152 - UK Muslims, Elections and the Power of Nightmares with Peter Oborne

An extraordinary and timely interview with Peter Oborne. We talk about Gaza, Starmer's complicity, how fear of Muslims will be utilised this election, and the independent movement. He tells me Britain owes a debt to Muslim civic engagement.

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Ep.151 - Gaza - Do Boycotts Work? With Ibrahim Khan
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 5/28/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 5/28/24

Ep.151 - Gaza - Do Boycotts Work? With Ibrahim Khan

Ibrahim Khan from Islamic Finance Guru helps us navigate BDS.

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Ep.150 - Are British Schools Hostile to Muslim children? with Dr Amina Shareef
Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 5/21/24 Islam, Middle East Muhammad Jalal 5/21/24

Ep.150 - Are British Schools Hostile to Muslim children? with Dr Amina Shareef

Dr Amina tackles how the education system views Muslim pupils, the issue of hijra and how there is a penalty for any student showing Palestinian solidarity.

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