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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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Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain spoke with the prominent South African imam, Bilal Ismail, from Durban.
Topics of discussion include:
- Ustad Bilal Ismail’s background and the Muslim community of Durban.
- What is the ‘Imam Development Programme’?
- The socioeconomic reality of imams in Africa.
- Amazing stories of the ‘super imams’ the IDP supports.
- Muslim communities' treatment of their local imams.
Thursday Aug 07, 2025
Thursday Aug 07, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain, spoke with the prominent Syrian-American humanitarian aid worker, activist and legal advocate, Hassan Shibly.
Topics of discussion include:
- Dilly and Hassan's differences and disagreements over Andrew Tate.
- Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Palestine and the Axis of Resistance.
- Islamic duty to fight injustice and sacrifice for Allah.
- Donald Trump, America First and Muslims living in the West.
- Weaponisation of children during divorce and separation.
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent American imam from New Jersey and research director at Yaqeen Institute, Tom Facchine.
Topics of discussion include:
- "Islam isn't just the past, it's the future." Dilly questions Imam Tom about his opening remark at The Prophetic Strategy Summit in Malaysia.
- Romanticising Islamic history and civilisation.
- Dismantlement of oppressive colonial structures.
- What type of decolonisation could be unIslamic?
- Muslim unity: Centralised vs. De-centralised
- New York mayoral race: Zahran Mamdani and American Zionists.
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Sunday Jul 27, 2025
Sunday Jul 27, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent Muslim influencer, content creator and youth advocate, Shoaib Hussain aka 'The Sunnah Guy'.
Topics of discussion include:
- Shoaib's background, upbringing, and relationship with his father.
- Shoaib's journey to practicing Islam and engaging local youth.
- Content creation, COVID-19 lockdown, and going viral.
- Fame, critics, and self-accountability.
- Men, masculinity, loneliness, and free time.
- Brotherhood, belonging, purpose and reformation.
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain, speaks with the world-renowned Islamic scholar, thinker and writer, Dr. Tareq al-Suwaidan.
Topics of discussion include:
- Misconceptions about the geopolitical importance of pre-Islamic Arabia and the status of the Arabs.
- Was the establishment of a state a means or the end objective for the Prophet Muhammad (saw)?
- At what point in the Seerah did the mission to establish a state go from “strategic thinking” to “strategic planning”?
- Can there be a civilisation without a state or a polity?
- What makes a state “Islamic” - is its constitution, its laws and courts, the societal culture and values?
- Dr. al-Suwaidan’s thoughts on Wael Hallaq’s argument that it’s impossible for the modern nation state to be Islamic?
- What is the caliphate, and can such a polity exist in the modern day?
Saturday Jun 28, 2025
Saturday Jun 28, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the erudite British Christian philosopher, ethicist and medical doctor, Dr. Calum Miller.
Topics of discussion include:
- Recent amendment of the Abortion Bill which decriminalises abortion up to the day of birth.
- Recent Assisted Dying Bill which passed through parliament with a majority.
- Who, or what, is spearheading the normalisation of these laws?
- Individualism, low fertility, suicide, mental health and the breakdown of the traditional family in Britain and the West.
- Ethics behind religious slaughter: halal, kosher and the Christian position.
- Tolerating religious pluralism as a practicing evangelical Christian.
- Reform, Europe's shift to the right, and the rise of 'cultural Christianity'.
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the British Palestinian emergency physician who was deployed to Gaza twice since the Israel's genocide began, Dr. Mohammed Mustafa.
Topics of discussion include:
- Dr. Mustafa's family background and heritage.
- Dr. Mustafa's deployment to Gaza: When, why, with who, and why?
- Death and destruction in Gaza, and the dehumanisation of Palestinians.
- Detachment of religious and political views and sentiments as a medic.
- Gatekeepers and negative energy within the pro-Palestine movement.
- Dr. Mustafa's campaign to build a children's hospital in Gaza: Support and criticisms.
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent British scholar, counsellor and chaplain, Imam Abdullah Hasan.
Topics of discussion include:
- Muslim marriages, secular therapy and Islamic psychology.
- Common issues that lead to divorce: finances, in-laws and "falling out of love".
- Dealing with trauma, mental health issues and black magic.
- Priorities for Muslims in the UK and the west: integration vs assimilation.
- Political lobbying, dawah and voting in elections.
- Identity and belonging: The Ummah vs your country of birth.
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent academic, writer, activist and research director of CAGE International, Dr. Asim Qureshi.
Topics of discussion included:
- What have we learnt from 20 months of Israel's genocide in Gaza?
- Dr. Asim’s viral open letter to Muslim scholars this Ramadan. https://www.islam21c.com/opinion/letter-to-scholars-during-genocide/
- Understanding fear in the context of tawhid, courage and Prophet Musa (as).
- Palestine Action, fighting Zionism and the ‘Filton 18’ case.
- Gatekeepers and grifters in the pro-Palestine camp: two state supporters and anti-resistance.
- Riverway Law and CAGE International’s application to de-proscribe Hamas.
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the controversial Saudi Arabian dissident scholar, academic and activist, Dr. Mohammed al-Massari.
Topics of discussion include:
- Family background, heritage and growing up in Saudi Arabia.
- A brief history of Saudi Arabia and the role of Islam in its governance and society.
- The rise of Pan-Arabism and Saudi Arabia welcoming the Muslim Brotherhood during the 1950s-1970s.
- The Iranian revolution, the siege of Makkah, and U.S. troops in Saudi during the first Iraq war.
- Reformation movements and holding Saudi rulers and scholars to account.
- Imprisonment, exile and seeking asylum in Britain.
- Criticising regimes, ruling by Islam, and accusations of extremism.