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Blood Brothers Podcast is the official podcast of 5Pillars News hosted by journalist Dilly Hussain. The show discusses a plethora of political, religious and socioeconomic issues affecting Muslim communities in the West and the Muslim-majority world with experts, influencers and professionals.
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5 hours ago
5 hours ago
- 'Pan-Islam' and 'Islamism' - problematic framings and language.
- Caliph Abdulhamid II's vision of Islamic unity in the Muslim world.
- The Muslim ummah's Islamic identity, belonging and destiny.
- Understanding history and politics with an Islamic lens.
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan, neo-Ottomanism and the Turkish Republic.
- Gaza genocide, the nation state, AI, and an emerging multipolar world.
- Is romanticism and nostalgia necessary for Islamic revival?
6 days ago
6 days ago
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, one of the most witch-hunted medical professionals in Britain for her outspoken positions on Jewish supremacy and Palestinian liberation.
Topics of discussion include:
- Why was Rahmeh initially investigated by the GMC?
- Rahmeh’s four arrests in six months for allegedly “stirring racial hatred” and “supporting terrorism”.
- Do Zionism and Israel represent most Jews?
- Are Jews a religious group, an ethnic group, or both?
- The censorship of criticism of Talmudic beliefs and Jewish religious justifications for Israeli policies such as “Greater Israel” and “Amalek”.
- Jihad in Islam and armed resistance under international law.
- Right vs left politics, alliances, safe spaces and cancel culture.
- Is the progressive liberal left anti-Islam?
- Is opposing usury considered “antisemitic”?
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain travelled to the English city of Derby to speak with professional boxer and influencer, Ty Mitchell.
Topics of discussion include:
- Born and raised in Derby, and the city's demographic makeup,
- Reasons for briefly relocating to Dubai.
- Confronting Tommy Robinson at Misfits event in Dubai. Why did Ty do it?
- People's feelings towards Tommy Robinson at the Misfits event in Dubai.
- Online reaction after from Muslims and non-Muslims.
- Racism, the far-right, British history, and grooming gangs.
- Far right spreading lies from the past: Did Ty commit murder?
- Finding Islam and Muslim converts in prison.
- Preparing for Ramadan and working towards a world title in 2026.
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain spoke with the former leader of the far-right British Nationalist Party (BNP), Nick Griffin.
Topics of discussion include:
- Why did Dilly and Nick's first podcast from December 2023 trigger the British political establishment and the pro-Israel lobby?
- The Zionist lobby, anti-Muslim propaganda, and a major shift in western public opinion against Israel.
- Who wants a civil war in Britain? Tommy Robinson, Professor David Betz and Colonel Richard Kemp.
- Who benefits from a civil war in Britain and across Europe? The American deep state and white European migration to the U.S.
- British Muslims, western foreign policy, remigration and a balkanised Britain.
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain spoke with the independent MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, Ayoub Khan.
Topics of discussion include:
- How has Ayoub’s first 18 months as an independent MP been?
- The pro-Gaza Muslim bloc vote that backed Ayoub in the 2024 general election.
- Online abuse and accusations of being “Islamists” and “sectarian”.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Aston Villa Europa League match: chronology of events.
- Why did the British political and media class unanimously label the ban “antisemitic” and throw their own police force and citizens under the bus for racist Israeli football hooligans?
- Maccabi Tel Aviv fans went on a “Muslim hunt” in Amsterdam last year, and local police facing political pressure to change narrative.
- Will Shabana Mahmood hold her seat in 2029 and will Reform form a majority government at the next election?
Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Saturday Nov 29, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the world-renowned Muslim debater, writer, thinker and influencer, Mohammed Hijab.
Topics of discussion include:
- Is Hijab’s planned MMA fight with far right leader Paul Golding of Britain First all for content, or is it something more meaningful?
- Ethno nationalism, mass immigration, colonialism and the truth behind IQ tests.
- Losing the libel case against Douglas Murray.
- Popular Christian polemicists Sam Shamoun and David Wood have admitted rape, domestic violence and sex with minors.
- Oxford Union debate with Destiny: Why atheism has nothing to offer, and how liberalism and feminism have replaced Christianity in the West.
- Need for Muslim women in ideological debates and dawah: What happened to Myriam Francois and Zara Faris?
- Muslim feminists, marriage, divorce, and acknowledging shortcomings.
Saturday Nov 22, 2025
Saturday Nov 22, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain spoke with the recently freed British Muslim journalist and commentator, Sami Hamdi.
Topics of discussion include:
- What consumed Sami’s thoughts during his 18 days detention in the US?
- ICE treatment, negotiations with Homeland Security, and forgotten prisoners: Leqaa Kordia and Marwan Marouf.
- America First, free speech and the pro-Israel lobby: has the tide finally turned against Israel in the West?
- Why has Sami taken a conciliatory approach with the Trump administration? Does he regret opposing the Democrats and Kamala Harris in 2024?
- Thoughts on Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s recent press briefing in the Oval Office.
- Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s cold war, Sudan and the RSF, and Türkiye and Erdogan’s plans for Gaza.
- Hope for Islamic revival and a reminder to the Muslim ummah.
Saturday Nov 15, 2025
Saturday Nov 15, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain spoke with the prominent British Muslim scholar, author and debater, Shaykh Asrar Rashid.
Topics of discussion include:
- Hanafi fiqh Q&A: Forgetting rakat in prayer, the niqab, combining prayer and wiping over socks in wudu.
- Syria one year on: Positives, negatives, and areas of concern.
- The occupation and liberation of Palestine in light of October 7th.
- Muslim armies, regimes, and the dismantlement of Israel.
- Shifting opinion in the West over Palestine and rise of the far right.
- Tommy Robinson and Imam Umayr Mulla's interview in Jerusalem.
- Deobandi and Barelvi differences and unity.
- State of the ummah, the end of times, and the next great war.
Sunday Nov 09, 2025
Sunday Nov 09, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain spoke with the world-renowned Muslim YouTuber, influencer and debater, Zeeshan Ali aka Smile to Jannah.
Topics of discussion:
- Zeeshan and Dilly reflect on the first time they both shared a screen together in July 2019 on Blood Brothers Podcast episode five.
- Smile2Jannah's transition from light-hearted dawah sketches to news and current affairs: reasons and challenges.
- Thoughts and reflections on Imam Umayr Mulla's interview with Tommy Robinson in Jerusalem.
- Rise of the far right and the return of 'Paki bashing'.
- Refining and updating arguments to counter the far right.
- What happened to Zeeshan's 'Declassified' podcast and how is running S2J News been?
- Principles and pitfalls of debating and giving dawah.
- The need for Muslim communities to support Muslim media, content creators and Islamic influencers.
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain spoke with the prominent Muslim political podcaster, analyst and commentator, Muhammad Jalal of Thinking Muslim.
Topics of discussion include:
- 2024 general elections, the Muslim vote, and pro-Gaza independent MPs.
- Muslims maturing beyond representational and tribal politics.
- How big of a threat is Reform to Muslims in Britain?
- Zarah Sultana, Jeremy Corbyn, and the Your Party drama.
- Green Party under the leadership of the charismatic Zack Polanski.
- Is organising and mobilising for elections a waste of time for Muslims?
- Engaging MAGA conservatives on Israel, foreign policy, and shared values.
- Allah's (swt) victory, the Ummah's efforts, and the downfall of Israel.