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Is the European Union a model for Muslim unity? Can the often fractious and politically weak Muslim world improve its regional strength and international standing by pooling economic and even political sovereignty and creating a zone of prosperity that harnesses talents and halts a brain drain to the West? Until 1924, the Muslim world came under a caliphate; many calling for a modern unity cite the EU as a model.
But is the EU really something to aspire to? What binds the EU states is their unity, which is fracturing under the weight of what my guest today calls Euro Whiteness. Today, many Muslims are being marginalised not just by EU nation states but in a larger sense by an EU that observes itself to be a paradise, protecting its borders from Eastern barbarians – the jungle, as Joseph Borel referred to the world outside.
To help us understand the EU, what it is, and what its failings are, I have the pleasure of speaking today to Mehreen Khan. Mehreen is the economics editor of the Times and she spent five years with the Financial Times as their Brussels Correspondent.
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
2:24 – Euro whiteness
8:42 – Neutrality and Hijab ban
18:29 – European Islam?
20:35 – Secularism – France’s religion
23:38 – What is EU?
27:16 - EU Ideology
31:17 – The Left
34:44 – EU Success
38:05 – Binding structures
44:48 – Europeanness vs Muslimness
47:40 – EU on Gaza
50:03 – Media on Gaza
54:32 – Islamophobia and Optimism
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This live event was held on Youtube to show solidarity with the Syrian revolution. Here’s a list of speakers and their respective timestamps
Timestamps:
0:00- Introduction
9:00 - Omar Suleiman - Justice
24:10 – Tox – On ground feeling
32:44 – Dilly Hussain – Freedom
37:47 – Azzam Tamimi – The Left
46:02 – Ali Hammuda – Quranic view
59:45 – Shadee Elmasry – Propaganda
1:05:35 – Imam Tom – America
1:13:50 – Saifullah – Filmmaker experience
1:17:36 – Razzan Saffour – Syrians experience
1:28:03 – Moazzam Begg – Assad
1:36:40 – Robin Yassin – Prisons
1:47:37 – Maryam Abdulrahman – Faith
1:54:55 – Ismail Patel – Palestine
2:02:30 – Taji Mustafa – Ummatic thinking
2:10:20 – Abdul Wahid – Islam vilification
2:22:23 – Arslan Hidayat – Uyghurs view
2:29:30 – Mohammad Abdulrahman – Martyrdom
2:40:38 – Sikander Iqbal – Victory
2:48:31- Mufti Mangera – Al-Sham
2:51:00 – Imran Muneer – Muslim activism
2:57:48 – Mufti Mangera - Al-Sham
3:06:41 – Bilal Abdulkareem – Revolution Subverting
3:11:40 - Abdullah Jabbar – Aid
3:15:35 – Haitham Al-Haddad – Advice
3:34:17 – Yasir Qadhi – Final words
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Syria is now free. But what does the future hold for a revolution that we believed had all but been decimated? The most recent spectacular offensive has given the rebel groups control over the country's major cities. There now is an appetite for change and unity. I have been struck by the jubilation felt by most Syrians as the tyrant fell. Many who escaped his brutality are returning. The optimism has to be maintained, and the positivity it expresses should not be replaced with the pessimism shown by some partial commentators who are wishing for Syria to fail.
But challenges remain. How do we navigate these? And what of the people who are now at the centre of the new government? I have the pleasure of having Bilal Abdul Kareem on the show to help us understand the complexities of the road ahead and analyse the current players.
Bilal Abdul Kareem is a video journalist who has been covering the conflict in Syria since 2012. He has produced reports for CNN, Channel 4, BBC, and Sky News and runs his own news channel, On The Ground News.
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
2:30 – HTS ideology
5:55 – Justice – Islamic call
8:41 – Jolani – positive?
11:50 – Bilal too pessimistic?
14:34 – New Syria
16:31 – Toleration of Journalists
17:49 – Capability to govern
20:11 – Israel
23:30 – How far is Israel in Syria
26:00 – Assad central to resisting Israel?
28:06 - Where Islam fits?
33:28 – New government and the West
35:54 – Syrian Prisons
39:38 – SDF
43:35 – Iran and Hezbollah
46:25 – Iran’s role in Syria
49:18 – Anti-Imperialist left
52:18 – Syrian Mindset
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Syria has finally been liberated after 13 years of struggle. We mourn the lives of all that have fallen and celebrate with Syrians. But the horrors of Assad’s gulags are coming to light for the world to see. The scenes from Seydnaya, the slaughterhouse, have shocked many of us. Reflecting on the horrors and looking at some of the challenges, I am honoured today to have a Syrian who has been at the heart of this struggle.
Robin Yassin-Kassab is the author of the novel The Road from Damascus. He is co-author with Leila al-Shami of the Rathbone-Folio prize-shortlisted book Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War. And he is the chief English editor of the ISIS prisons museum – which may soon become the Syria Prisons Museum
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Timestamps:
0:00- Introduction
2:16 – Reflections
8:13 – Syria another Libya?
15:20 – Prisons – Torture state
22:57 – Information accessing
25:13 – HTS discipline
31:48 – Syrians re-migrating
35:02 – Israelis in Syria
41:47 – International community crippling revolution
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This episode was filmed on Saturday, before Damascus fell.
The Syrian revolution began in 2011 as a grassroots, civil society uprising against one of the most tyrannical rulers in the Muslim World. Bashar al-Assad like his father before him, presided over a state of terror, with disappearances, secret police repression and a punitive state machinery that governed through fear. Assad styled himself as an anti-imperialist when in reality he had colluded with the West in past conflicts and after 9/11 Syria became a favourite place for the Americans to render suspects for horrific torture.
Today we have Moazzam Begg who is the senior director of CAGE and author of enemy combatant – a book about his time as a detainee first in Bagram and then in Guantanamo. He also spent time in Syria during the revolution, as part of his investigation into the Assad regimes complicity in the CIA torture programme.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:41 – Assad anti-imperialist?
7:07 – Syria’s torture campaign
12:42 – The Left on Syria
16:24 – Why dismiss Syrians?
19:05 – Russia
22:48 – The opposition
27:33 – ISIS vs Opposition
31:59 – Post-Assad Syria
34:36 – Minorities
36:40 – Assad against Israel?
39:17 – Palestinian resistance on Syria
42:48 – Islamic activism
45:26 – Will we be able to visit Syria
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The demands of the people were snuffed out by a deranged dictator who decided he would burn his country, before giving up power. We thought the revolution had ended, and the millions of Syrians dispersed around the world were never to see their homeland again. This all spectacularly changed this past week, where, to everyone’s surprise, the opposition was able, for the first time, to take over Aleppo and are now fighting to expand their territory. Many questions remain, and a deliberate propaganda campaign waged by Iran and Russia with the help of their social media proxies has confused many who had not followed the events.
They hope to throw out false news to make us believe its all too confusing. To help us untangle the political realities I have back on the show Sami Hamdi who joins us today from the US.
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Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
1:50- Rebellion – Why now?
8:48 – Turkey – did they know?
17:29 – Is HTS moderated?
24:37 – Division in rebellion groups
30:30 – Is this another Libya?
43:45 – American policy on Syria
52:20 – Kurdish role
1:02:02 – Syria undermining Gaza?
1:10:03 – Did Hezbollah fail?
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It’s been a spectacular week in Syria. The world had written off the rebellion that began in 2011, believing Assad, with the support of Russian air power and Iranian militias, had consolidated his rule. In the past weeks, it has been reintegrated into the Arab League, and it just seemed the best the revolution could accept is a rump state in Idlib. There are many who have not followed the developments in Syria over the past 13 years of revolution, and the Thinking Muslim will dedicate some of our shows to reveal the facts and provide important analysis.
Today, we have Razan Safoor to give her own account of the Syrian revolution. Razan is a Syrian researcher and an activist. Recently she has been speaking to the international press about developments. So we are honoured to have her with us today.
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Moulana Ebrahim Ismail Bham was born and raised in South Africa. He has attained his masters in the Islamic sciences and theology under great traditional scholars. Shaykh Ebrahim I. Bham is known to be one of the most active scholars in South Africa for education, development and advocacy.
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Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
2:05 – Hamidia Masjid
7:40 – South African Muslims
14:18 – South Africa ICJ
19:11 – Nalendi Pandor bravery
22:38 – Justice in Islam
29:30 – How do we stay motivated?
35:22 – Accountability in Islam
40:37 – non-Muslims Islam queries
44:11 – Balance of Ummatic cause
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Now that the US elections are over, I want to explore deeper issues today with my guests. Is political participation really the principal way by which we are going to proceed, and who best should be charged from within us to undertake this task? Some have argued that to progress, we have to play the ‘long game’ and adopt the Zionist prototype of influence.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:50 – Satisfied with results?
7:18 – Will Trump be a problem?
13:20 – Trump vs the globalists?
18:20 - America First Ideology?
20:36 - Trumps cabinet
27:35 – US Empire in trouble?
36:16 – Muslim’s moving forward
42:49 – Islamic ethics?
51:00 – What are the guardrails?
56:32 – Prioritisation in communities
1:04:00 Mid Terms
1:05:15 US Muslims and exceptionalism
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How do Muslims deal with what looks like the comprehensive success of Western civilisation. Is it time to accept defeat, as one writer put it? Or does Islam have something to offer the world that can move us beyond this dysfunctional world.
Our guest today is Hasan Spiker, he argues that modernity is not neutral. The assumption is that modernity is regarded as universal is false. He argues that modernity is Western and its embrace is a means to Western hegemony and domination. He is the author of this soon to be published work, published on the 26th November – The Unraveling of Intelligibility.
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How do Muslims deal with what looks like the comprehensive success of Western civilisation. Is it time to accept defeat, as one writer put it? Or does Islam have something to offer the world that can move us beyond this dysfunctional world.
Our guest today is Hasan Spiker, he argues that modernity is not neutral. The assumption is that modernity is regarded as universal is false. He argues that modernity is Western and its embrace is a means to Western hegemony and domination. He is the author of this soon to be published work, published on the 26th November – The Unraveling of Intelligibility.
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
1:58 – Muslims Disempowered?
4:34 – What is Modernity?
9:42 – Metaphysics and progress
14:51 – Islam and modernity
19:00 – The 5 Bifurcations
24:20 – Importance of Sharia
25:36 – Separating sacred from spirit
27:58 – Sharia vs Spiritual
29:57 – The second bifurcation
37:43 – Protestantism and secularism
41:02 – Nation-state and modernity
44:06 – Liberalism development
49:52 – The third bifurcation
53:02 – Reasoning religious belief
56:38 – Empirical vs Metaphysics
59:10 – The fourth bifurcation
1:08:21 – non-recognition of Metaphysics
1:11:40 – The final bifurcation
1:13:47 – The west’s Machiavellianism
1:17:20 – Liberalism’s Façade
1:19:18 – Gaza western hegemony
1:27:17 – Ideologies and modernity
1:31:58 – Islams counter-hegemony
1:41:41 – City of Love
1:45:51 – Strength of modernity
1:50:30 – Islam will save modernity
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What does Trump mean for the wider world, how do we position Trump’s America First philosophy in the context of US Unipolarity. Are we seeing the unravelling of the US in the world? To help us understand Trumps America I am happy to have back on the show Sami Hamdi. Sami is an analysts and campaigner and we are forever indebted to his energy.
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
3:49 – How much did Gaza play in Kamala’s loss?
17:00 – The Muslim community’s role in Kamala’s loss
21:15 – The Green Party not a vehicle?
23:00 – The power of Dawah
31:30 – Has Gaza brought about a shift?
37:11 – Is Netanyahu emboldened by the Trump presidency?
43:45 – Does Iran have to worry about Trump?
56:42 – Is the Trump administration going to be more ‘America First’?
1:04:35 – ‘America First’ from a trade perspective
1:10:37 – Gaza created a new environment
1:14:27 – What will dictate the future of America?
1:15:58 – Public opinion in America turning towards Nationalism?
1:19:25 – Dawah’s ability to shift society
1:27:20 – Never forget that Gazans are at the centre of all of this
1:38:30 – The reward for our activism is Jannah – centre this
1:43:00 – Connecting Dawah to politics
1:55:09 – Is politics so ingrained within Sami that he will carry on in Jannah?
1:57:56 – We all build on the backs of each other
1:58:45 – Imagine the impact we have if we continue moving
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Should we, people who remain married to justice, accept that international law, if it ever did work, is today defunct? In a broader sense, when we pursue its application are we in danger of creating a sense of false hope. These are the existential questions we are now asking ourselves as the genocide proceeds at pace into its 2nd year.
My guest today is Francesca Albanese, an international lawyer who has been in the eye of the storm, speaking truth at the highest levels. Francesca specialises in international humanitarian law and is the special rapporteur for the UN reporting on Palestine.
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
3:21 – Is international law the problem?
5:05 – ICC ruling, why the delayed decision?
7:07 – How effective are the ICJ judgements ?
9:54 – Who is the system working for?
11:05 – Is Francesca hopeful about international justice?
13:27 – David Lammy and the definition of genocide
16:51 – The reluctance of the West to call this a genocide
19:30 – Is October 7th a catalyst for ethnic cleansing?
26:03 – Can Israel be isolated by the UN?
29:27 – Arab and Muslim countries lack of solidarity
33:48 – How successful can the ICJ complaint be?
37:08 – Weaponizing of antisemitism
41:40 – How can young Muslims stay active?
44:45 – How does Francesca stay motivated in an unjust world?
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There’s an assumption that the West have remained honest brokers in the Gaza genocide, or at least critical friends of Israel. My guest today Matt Kennard argues that contrary to public utterances, the British government, like the Americans are deeply involved in Israel’s merciless bombing of Gaza. They are providing military support, intelligence, diplomatic cover whilst at the same time claiming they want a quick resolution to the slaughter.
Matt is an independent journalist and author of three books Irregular Army, Silent coup and The Racket
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0:00 – Introduction
2:03 – Britain’s participation in the Gaza genocide
7:48 – The secrecy around the intelligence
10:26 – Britain leads in giving intelligence to Israel
12:11 – How do we apply pressure on the Labour government?
15:37 – We need transparency around Cyprus
24:23 – Mainstream media’s complicity
32:15 – Has the Labour government really shifted?
37:29 – Labour has lost control of the narrative
42:37 – How can the activist space reset their focus
51:42 – How do we recalibrate the Palestinian movement
54:11 – Have people moved on from Gaza?
59:29 – What can we do?
1:04:31 – The role of the Muslim Community
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The US elections are nearly upon us, and we have all be subject to the empty words and rhetoric of of the two main political parties. The Green Party has gained a lot of traction, especially amongst the countries small but very important Muslim community. I have already interviewed the leader of the Greens, Dr Jill Stein. But Today I have the pleasure to speak with Professor Butch Bilal Ware, its Vice Presidential nominee.
Professor Butch Ware is a lifelong activist and educator specializing in the history of empire, colonialism, genocide and revolution. For the past two decades, Ware has put scholarship in service of the people, especially in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, as well as the George Floyd murder in 2020.
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0:00 Introduction
2:00 Embrace Islam at 15
5:00 Malcolm X and radicalism
9:09 Sufis and being radical
13:21 Diluting radical tradition
19:40 Green Party and Liberals
23:25 Green’s and social issues
31:57 Uyghurs and foreign policy
40:06 His political leanings
45:55 Can Muslims work independently
52:44 Voting for Trump
58:31 George Floyd
1:03:32 Fascism in US
1:11:42 Dismantling Empire
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The Abandon Harris campaign has been making waves across the US. It has galvanised largely Muslim and conscientious Americans so build a coalition together to resist the genocidal administration through the ballot box. They have a lot of detractors, paid democratic people ready to defame them. But my guest today is relentless.
Hassan Abdel Salam is one of two founders of the Abandon Harris movement. He is also the Executive Director of the Civil Rights Alliance for America, which is the organization that is organizing and coordinating the Abandon Harris movement. Hassan Abdel Salam has been a professor of strategy, movements, and human rights, for 12 years.
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0:00 Introduction
1:30 – His movements
5:54 – The Greens
9:13 – Is this realistic ?
18:40 – A return to Democrats
23:32 – Trump
28:20 – Are you winning?
35:51 – Is the appeal just Muslim?
43:44 – Speaking truth
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I know that not all Americans value what I have to say on the US elections. However, I do receive many emails and messages daily asking for advice, and my podcast, The Thinking Muslim, has been fairly instrumental in setting the correct intellectual parameters in parts of the US Muslim community when forming a conscious electoral decision on November 5th.
My original position was to echo the views of many leaders within the US Muslim community who have said Muslim voters must disavow the two parties and opt for a third-party option, whoever that may be. But upon reflection, I think that advice, although in the right direction, will not procure the intended result – simply because it will diffuse the messaging of our vote. And thus diffuse its ability to make a statement. That’s why I have concluded that Muslims must vote for the Green Party on November 5th, even if they disagree, as I do, with some parts of their policy platform and public positions.
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The pro-genocide administration of Biden and Harris has been involved in a frenetic outreach to America’s small but vocal Muslim community. These critical constituents in crucial battleground states like Michigan are where November’s election will be won or lost. Both parties, the Democrats and Republicans, are Zionist to their core, but this genocide has happened with the seal of approval and the consent of the Biden-Harris administration.
Is Gaza a turning point? Can we move beyond this two-party nightmare? Are third-party options plausible in a system that approves only two possibilities? Or is voting for anyone but the two bad options a wasted vote? And what of the broader question of the US empire and its propensity to violence? How will this election address what the world observes as an imperium without moral or ethical standards?
Today I have a very special guest, Dr Jill Stein, leader of the Green Party and Presidential candidate. Jill is a Harvard educated doctor, an environmentalist, campaigner and organiser.
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0:00 Introduction
2:00 Is a vote for the Green Party a vote for Trump?
6:27 Voters vs Donors
7:31 Why is Kamala Harris not opposing the Genocide?
9:22 Does the Green Party have a Syria problem?
12:47 Oppressive leaders
14:24 Mehdi Hasan's position on Kamala Harris
20:33 How does voting Green Party help Gaza?
22:00 Green Party being contested
23:30 AIPAC is running America
25:38 The Responsibility of a Third Party
32:41 Building a Third Party for the American people
35:00 Muslims in the Green Party
39:50 5% of The Popular vote
44:46 Dr Stein's vision of American power?
50:59 Where do Ordinary Americans stand?
59:26 It's Not Too Late
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I have been struck by the thoughtful and nuanced conversations that are being had across the US about the coming elections. But there remains confusion. One such community that probably has reason to be sceptical of mainstream Muslim organisations and their approach to politics, as relationships, is the all-important African American Muslim community – very often neglected in any conversation.
I have invited today to show someone who I deeply respect for how he thought through these essential topics long before Gaza came along to haunt us. Imam Dawud Walid is the author of Towards Sacred Activism and an Imam in Michigan.
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We have seen the horrific genocidal scenes unfolding in the north of Gaza and in particular the onslaught by the occupation in Jabaliya. There is a horrendous cleansing of Palestinians, apparently to make way for Israeli settler expansion and cut the territory into two. This is a Nakba but worse. A catastrophe. But the world seems to remain silent. On a deeper level – many are asking when will the help of Allah come? How do we deal with this situation as a personal trauma.
My guest today, is Imam Fuad Abdo, himself from palestine. Imam Fuad is the imam of Goodmayes Mosque, and someone who I have seen firsthand at the forefront of activism – especially encouragement the encampment movement.
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The US elections are in full flow, with the two big parties focussing on the key swing states that will decide this election. In states like Michigan, a slight movement of voters can determine the outcome. And this means Muslim voters may play a decisive role.
To help us understand the political and intellectual climate, I have invited back onto the show Imam Tom Facchine show. Imam Tom has been instrumental in galvanising Muslims behind the anti-Harris campaign, and he joins us from Pennsylvania.
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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
2:09 - Mehdi re Trump worse
8:31 – You are supporting Trump
11:43 – Trump vs Harris
17:47 – Lesser of the two evils
22:33 – Emgage and Harris
29:38 – Emgage no excuse
33:08 – Michigan is the showdown
40:46 – Green Party challenges
45:43 – Quantifying our Gaza votes
48:05 – Leverage within Democrats
50:55 – Staying at home
53:20 – US Exceptionalism
57:16 – Liberal ideology
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