Blood Brothers

Firas Zahabi | Covid Theatre, Citizen’s Arrests & Dealing with the Ego | BB #73

In this exclusive episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly and Aki Hussain were honoured to host the legendary UFC trainer, Firas Zahabi, of Tristar Gym for a second time on their show. #BloodBrothersPodcast #UFC #FirasZahabi

 

Topics of discussion included:

• COVID-19 lockdown and “quarantine theatre”.
• UFC current affairs: Joe Rogan censorship, arrest of Cain Verlasquez, meteoric rise of Khamzat Chimaev.
• Citizen’s arrest by UFC fighters, including Firas’s own incident of an arrest.
• Dealing with arrogance and egos within fighters.
• Parenthood and reality of death.

 

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Aki Hussain | Mental Health, Emasculation of Males & Moany Muslim Men | BB #72

In this overdue episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly and Aki Hussain discuss the hypocrisy of the West over the Ukraine war, men’s mental health, and the emasculation of Muslim men. #BloodBrothersPodcast #MentalHealth #AkiHussain

 

Topics of discussion include:

• Hypocrisy of the West over Ukraine war. 00:00:00 - 00:35:23
• War, trauma and mental health. 00:35:24 - 00:35:24 - 00:37:06
• Mental health and the emasculation of Muslim men. 00:37:07 - 01:20:32
• Next episode’s subject to closing. 01:20:33 - 01:23:12

 

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Tasnime Akunjee | Shamima Begum & the UK’s Two-Tier Justice System | BB #71

In this eye-opening episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with terrorism, complex crime and defamation lawyer, Mohammed Tasnime Akunjee. #BloodBrothersPodcast #Racism #ShamimaBegum

Topics of discussion include:

• Shamima Begum case: Background, facts and politicisation.
• Britain's racist two-tier justice system.
• Almondbury Community School bullying case of a Syrian refugee boy in Huddersfield.
• Tommy Robinson lawsuit, and far-right abuse online and offline.
• Nationality & Borders Bill Clause 9: Citizenship revocation without notification

Roshan Salih | My trip to the Taliban’s new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | BB #70

In this much-anticipated episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the editor-in-chief of 5Pillars, Roshan Muhammed Salih, who has just returned from Afghanistan. #BloodBrothersPodcast #afghanistan #Taliban

Topics of discussion include:

• How Roshan’s trip to Afghanistan came about and the journey there.
• Personal experiences and observations of the new Islamic emirate.
• How Islamic is the Taliban’s new state?
• Security, economy and women’s rights.
• Should Muslims trust or support Afghans who collaborated with the US/Western occupiers?

Uthman Badar | Secularism, Critical Race, HT and the Caliphate | BB #69

In this long-overdue episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent Australian Muslim thinker, writer and activist Uthman Badar. #BloodBrothersPodcast #Secularism #Caliphate

Topics of discussion include:

• Quick fire questions
• Epistemology and ontology of secularism
• Secularism vs Islam and the Muslim world
• Critical Race Theory: Good or bad for Muslims?
• ‘Ummatics Colloquium’ project and Islamic revival
• Hizb ut-Tahrir and the Caliphate: Differences and agreements

Mobeen Vaid | Pitfalls of Engaging in Secular Liberal Politics & Activism | BB #68

In this candid episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the esteemed American Muslim academic, writer and activist, Ustad Mobeen Vaid. #BloodBrothersPodcast #LGBTQ #Islam

Topics of discussion include:

• Challenges of Muslim activism in light of Left/Liberal alliances.
• Use and abuse of “minority fiqh”, maslaha and maqasid in modern Muslim activism
• The LGBTQ question: How should Muslims in the West navigate around this matter as a “discriminated minority”?
• When are compromises justified?
• Should political pragmatism have some red lines? If so, what are those red lines?

Attiq Malik | Life in Luton & the Socioeconomics of UK Asian Drug Dealers | BB #67

In this in-depth episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with criminal defence lawyer and social justice activist, Attiq Malik, from Liberty Law Solicitors in Luton. #BloodBrothersPodcast #Luton #TrueCrime

Topics of discussion include:

• Growing up in Luton and fighting racism in the early 1990s.
• Socioeconomics of British Asian drug dealers and organised crime
• Conflict of interests when representing local Lutonians
• Conflict of values in criminal defence and social justice cases
• Featuring in Channel 4's '24 Hours in Police Custody'

Rabbi Elhanan Beck | Jews, Judaism & Zionism | BB #66

In this much anticipated episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain hosts the UK spokesman for the Neturei Karta movement, Rabbi Elhanan Beck. #Jews #Judaism #Israel

Topics of discussion include:

• Jewish vs Muslim beliefs: Differences and similarities
• Differentiating between, Jews, Judaism and Zionism.
• Zionism’s epistemological opposition to normative Judaism.
• The political illegitimacy to Israel.
• Resisting and ending the Zionist occupation of Palestine: Peace or war?

Sami Hamdi | Islamists, the Ikhwan & Political Pragmatism | BB #65

In this insightful episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain hosts journalist, political pundit and activist Sami Hamdi. #bloodbrotherspodcast #ikhwan #islamism

Topics of discussion include:

• What is ‘political Islam’ and should Muslims use the term “Islamist”?
• Has Islamism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) become synonymous with the Muslim Brotherhood/Ikhwan?
• What is the future of Islamic political parties and movements in the MENA, namely the MB?
• Pitfalls of unrestricted political pragmatism - compromises and being fair/consistent in criticising/praising Islamist movements and figures.
• The plausibility of any meaningful Muslim unification emerging in the existing world order.

Dilly & Aki Hussain | Getting Paid for Dawah, the Taliban & Anti-Vaxxers | BB #64

Dilly and Aki Hussain discuss car trading, the Taliban, getting paid for Dawah, and COVID-19 anti-vaxxers in a long overdue episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast. #BloodBrothersPodcast #Taliban #Antivax 

Topics of discussion include:

• Why hasn't there been an episode of the BB Podcast in over two months?
• Trading cars and getting paid for Dawah/Islamic activism.
• The Taliban, living under their Shariah, and Western propaganda.
• Should COVID-19 anti-vaxxers be taken seriously?