The Thinking Muslim

This podcast is dedicated to exploring issues in some more depth and untangling the complexities of

Episodes

Total: 199

As you all know, this podcast is no stranger to dissecting the narrative forwarded by liberals in ge

Since the demise of the Ottoman Caliphate, the Muslim world has moved from one crisis to another. Th

This week we bring together two commentators and analysts to make sense of the regional and internat

This episode we bring together two scholars, each on either side of the reform debate. Mustafa Akyol

We live in a world crafted by the tenets of liberalism. Western societies, of all hues, broadly base

The Ottoman state was the last Islamic Caliphate, that at its height brought diverse Muslims togethe

Masjid al-Aqsa is a sacred mosque on a sacred site, observed by Muslims to be the third most revered

France, like many European countries, were once the colonising force in the Muslim world. And like m

For most Muslims, Ramadan’s routine of prayer, reflection and dua was interrupted by the horrific ac

Mohamedou Slahi’s period of unlawful detention in Guantanamo Bey has recently been portrayed in the

In the month of Ramadan we commonly hear that this is the month of the Qur’an. Usually, we associate

The subject of the sighting of the moon has become a metaphor for our broader division as an ummah.

If you want to see a film that simultaneously depicts the horrors of man’s excessive barbarism but a

The social sciences, the humanities, politics, geography and the like are looked upon with the same

We live in a world where Islam is subject to an almighty project of reform. In this difficult enviro

A Special Extended InterviewFreedom of speech is an idea we all naturally gravitate towards. Who wou

Vaccines are in the news. As the coronavirus ravages the world, causing untold damage to lives, comm

This week we invite back onto the show Ustadh Iyad Hilal from California’s Al Arqam Institute. Ustad

Riaz Hasan speaks to Almir Colan, a thinker on Islamic economics and host of the thought provoking I

This episode, I speak at length to the Arab Spring activist Iyad El-Baghdadi about his valuable expe