The Thinking Muslim
Muhammad Jalal
The Thinking Muslim
Muhammad Jalal
Tuesday 27 April 2021 : Mohamedou Slahi’s period of unlawful detention in Guantanamo Bey has recently been portrayed in the film ‘The Mauritanian’. His...
Saturday 17 April 2021 : In the month of Ramadan we commonly hear that this is the month of the Qur’an. Usually, we associate this with its increased recitation in...
Saturday 10 April 2021 : The subject of the sighting of the moon has become a metaphor for our broader division as an ummah. We have disputes over the correct day to...
Saturday 03 April 2021 : If you want to see a film that simultaneously depicts the horrors of man’s excessive barbarism but also the indominable spirit of human...
Saturday 20 March 2021 : The social sciences, the humanities, politics, geography and the like are looked upon with the same reverence as natural sciences. And the...
Saturday 27 February 2021 : We live in a world where Islam is subject to an almighty project of reform. In this difficult environment, the simple truths of Islam and...
Thursday 28 January 2021 : A Special Extended Interview Freedom of speech is an idea we all naturally gravitate towards. Who would want to live in a society where...
Monday 11 January 2021 : Vaccines are in the news. As the coronavirus ravages the world, causing untold damage to lives, communities and livelihoods, a glimmer of...
Monday 28 December 2020 : This week we invite back onto the show Ustadh Iyad Hilal from California’s Al Arqam Institute. Ustadh Iyad has expertise in usul ul-fiqh...
Sunday 06 December 2020 : Riaz Hasan speaks to Almir Colan, a thinker on Islamic economics and host of the thought provoking Islamic Finance podcast and Director of...
Monday 23 November 2020 : This episode, I speak at length to the Arab Spring activist Iyad El-Baghdadi about his valuable experience, analysis and forecast about the...
Friday 30 October 2020 : To help us understand the current crises in France, I am delighted to have on The Thinking Muslim Sheikh Yasir Qadhi. Dr Yasir Qadhi is well...
Monday 26 October 2020 : To an outsider, the United States looks like it is in meltdown. In what seems like months, the farce of the US elections has dwarfed...
Saturday 17 October 2020 : As part of our Arab Spring series, we take a look at the events that shook the region at the beginning of 2011 and ask searching questions...
Sunday 27 September 2020 : We are coming to the tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring, the momentous series of events that started in hope with the desperate act of a...
Sunday 13 September 2020 : Malcolm X, the black American Muslim leader is celebrated around the world. His courage, intelligence and skill to persuade, makes him one...
Friday 28 August 2020 : Twenty years ago, the then UK Labour government led by Prime Minister Tony Blair introduced anti-terror laws that, in time, would expand the...
Tuesday 18 August 2020 : This week we invite back onto the show Dr Abul Izz Abdul Salam, a university professor and expert in comparative economics from Jerusalem...
Friday 07 August 2020 : We speak to a regular guest Dr Shadee Elmasry about division within the Muslim community. I ask him, how does Islam help us to navigate our...
Tuesday 28 July 2020 : Even if we don’t subscribe to the oft quoted phrase of Jordan Peterson that there is "a crisis of masculinity", we may accept that young...
Saturday 18 July 2020 : The environment we find ourselves in after 9/11 has made it very difficult for our community to simultaneously continue living an Islamic...
Monday 13 July 2020 : Our guest this week, Dr Joseph Kaminski is associate professor at the Department of International Relations at the International University...
Wednesday 01 July 2020 : Our guest this week, Imam Dawud Walid, although acknowledging the importance of activism within the Islamic tradition, argues that our...
Thursday 18 June 2020 : The dress of Muslim women has been politicised by secular thinkers, left wing activists, conservatives, feminists and talk-show hosts that...
Friday 12 June 2020 : The Hijab or Khimar has been subject to ferocious scrutiny, with youtube influencers, journalists, politicians and academics all...
The Thinking Muslim
Muhammad Jalal
In Conversation with Mohamedou Slahi - the most tortured man in Guantanamo Bay
Mohamedou Slahi’s period of unlawful detention in Guantanamo Bey has recently been portrayed in the film ‘The Mauritanian’. His...
Building an Intimate Relationship with the Qur'an - Ustadh Nuh Saunders
In the month of Ramadan we commonly hear that this is the month of the Qur’an. Usually, we associate this with its increased recitation in...
Understanding Ramadan Moonsighting with Ustadh Iyad Hilal
The subject of the sighting of the moon has become a metaphor for our broader division as an ummah. We have disputes over the correct day to...
The Mauritanian with Moazzam Begg
If you want to see a film that simultaneously depicts the horrors of man’s excessive barbarism but also the indominable spirit of human...
Demystifying social science and the religion of liberal economics with Dr Asad Zaman (Pakistan)
The social sciences, the humanities, politics, geography and the like are looked upon with the same reverence as natural sciences. And the...
Understanding the Objectives of the Shari'ah (Maqasid al Shari'ah)
We live in a world where Islam is subject to an almighty project of reform. In this difficult environment, the simple truths of Islam and...
Freedom of Speech and Muslims with Hamza Tzortzis
A Special Extended Interview Freedom of speech is an idea we all naturally gravitate towards. Who would want to live in a society where...
Understanding Vaccines with Dr Hisham Abdallah
Vaccines are in the news. As the coronavirus ravages the world, causing untold damage to lives, communities and livelihoods, a glimmer of...
The Islamic view on vaccines, fake news and expertise with Ustadh Iyad Hilal
This week we invite back onto the show Ustadh Iyad Hilal from California’s Al Arqam Institute. Ustadh Iyad has expertise in usul ul-fiqh...
Capitalism and Socialism - Thoughts on Islamic Economics - with Almir Colan
Riaz Hasan speaks to Almir Colan, a thinker on Islamic economics and host of the thought provoking Islamic Finance podcast and Director of...
The Return of Tyrants and Foiled Dreams with Iyad El-Baghdadi
This episode, I speak at length to the Arab Spring activist Iyad El-Baghdadi about his valuable experience, analysis and forecast about the...
Macron’s France and the “Muslim Problem” - with Dr Yasir Qadhi
To help us understand the current crises in France, I am delighted to have on The Thinking Muslim Sheikh Yasir Qadhi. Dr Yasir Qadhi is well...
The US elections and the Muslim Community - with Mohammed Hannini
To an outsider, the United States looks like it is in meltdown. In what seems like months, the farce of the US elections has dwarfed...
Why the Arab Spring has only just begun? - A conversation with Dr Azzam Tamimi
As part of our Arab Spring series, we take a look at the events that shook the region at the beginning of 2011 and ask searching questions...
The Arab Spring 10 years on: What went wrong in Egypt and Syria? - Dr Osman Bakash
We are coming to the tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring, the momentous series of events that started in hope with the desperate act of a...
Malcolm X: the myths and reality - with Hakeem Muhammad
Malcolm X, the black American Muslim leader is celebrated around the world. His courage, intelligence and skill to persuade, makes him one...
20 years of British Terror Laws - with Moazzam Begg
Twenty years ago, the then UK Labour government led by Prime Minister Tony Blair introduced anti-terror laws that, in time, would expand the...
Islamic Economics: Public and Private Property in Islam - with Dr Abul Izz Abdul Salam
This week we invite back onto the show Dr Abul Izz Abdul Salam, a university professor and expert in comparative economics from Jerusalem...
Debates, Disagreements & Disunity with Dr Shadee Elmasry
We speak to a regular guest Dr Shadee Elmasry about division within the Muslim community. I ask him, how does Islam help us to navigate our...
The Crisis of the Modern Man - With Ameen (Seera Masters)
Even if we don’t subscribe to the oft quoted phrase of Jordan Peterson that there is "a crisis of masculinity", we may accept that young...
Islam, Liberalism and a Muslim Benedict Option with Ismail Royer
The environment we find ourselves in after 9/11 has made it very difficult for our community to simultaneously continue living an Islamic...
The Srebrenica Massacre – a "human sacrifice” – with Professor Joseph Kaminski (Sarajevo)
Our guest this week, Dr Joseph Kaminski is associate professor at the Department of International Relations at the International University...
Black Lives Matter & Left-Wing Activism - Imam Dawud Walid
Our guest this week, Imam Dawud Walid, although acknowledging the importance of activism within the Islamic tradition, argues that our...
The Politics of Hijab - with Farhat Amin and Ustadh Iyad Hilal
The dress of Muslim women has been politicised by secular thinkers, left wing activists, conservatives, feminists and talk-show hosts that...
Hijab - Not My Body Not My Choice - A Conversation with Eeman Abbasi
The Hijab or Khimar has been subject to ferocious scrutiny, with youtube influencers, journalists, politicians and academics all...
