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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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Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent British journalist, activist and influencer, Robert Carter. #bloodbrotherspodcast #britishmuslim #islam
- Getting to know Robert: background and heritage.
- Growing up in a typical English household in London with right-wing influences.
- Christianity, exposure to Muslims and finding Islam.
- Shia influences and becoming a Twelver Shia.
- Leaving Shi'ism, Press TV, Iran and Syria.
- White convert privileges and joining 5Pillars.
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
In this timely episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with political commentator and broadcaster Sami Hamdi. #Gaza #Palestine #SaudiArabia
Topics of discussion include:
- Operation Al Aqsa Flood and the Palestine-Israel war.
- Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel at the U.N.
- Israeli intelligence failure, Egyptian tip-off, and conspiracies.
- Is the Palestinian struggle a religious and civilisational struggle?
- Islam, justice, and the safety of Jews under Muslim rule.
- Is Sami a part of the Muslim Brotherhood (the Ikhwan)?
- Saudi-Israel normalisation, and MBS vs MBZ Cold War.
- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s unIslamic ‘2030 Vision’ for Saudi Arabia.
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Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
- Growing up in Leicester with South Asian Muslims. Having mixed heritage convert parents.
- Searching for God, and building a renewed connection with Islam.
- Music, musical instruments, and the nasheed industry.
- Being cancelled over music, and controversies.
- Is all music haram? Imitating non-Muslim in nasheeds.
- Accepting differences of opinion on matters of religion.
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent Islamic historian and author, Dr Uthman Lateef, of Sapience Institute. #BloodBrotherspodcast #Islamichistory #Ummah
Topics of discussion include:
- Quick fire Q&A on Islamic military leaders.
- Quick fire Q&A on major battles in Islamic history.
- Making sense of Islamic history: Romanticisation and reality.
- Was the past better than the present for the Ummah?
- Fall of Jerusalem 1099, sacking of Baghdad 1258, and the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate 1924 — how did these events impact the collective Muslim consciousness?
- State of the Ummah, collective consciousness, and Islamic revival.
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Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent British scholar Shaykh Asrar Rashid. #BloodBrothersPodcast
Topics of discussion include.
- 15 Hanafi fiqh questions.
- Can Sunnis have any meaningful unity?
- Success of Salafi duat and dawah in the West.
- Obeying, criticising and rebelling against Muslim rulers.
- Shaykh Ramadan al-Bouti, the Assad regime, and the Syrian revolution.
- Shaykh Asrar’s upcoming book on the caliphate.
- Imam Mahdi and the signs of the end of times.
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Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent American preacher and debater Uthman ibn Farooq. #BloodBrothersBodcast #Dawah #Salafi
Topics of discussion include:
- Q&A on 10 (Hanbali) fiqh rulings Uthman ibn Farooq adopts.
- Would he give talks at a 'non-Salafi' masjid?
- Is there a framework for Sunni unity? Does there have to be uniformity in creed? - Questioning Daniel Haqiqatjou about Deobandis.
- Online dawah beefs - is it healthy and necessary?
- Stabbing incident in March 2020. Fact and fiction. Was it a setup?
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Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
In the opening episode of Blood Brothers Podcast season 3, Dilly Hussain spoke with the prominent Swiss Muslim academic and thinker, Dr Tariq Ramadan. #BloodBrothersBodcast #Metoo #TariqRamadan
Topics of discussion include:
- The multiple ongoing rape cases against Tariq Ramadan. Background, facts, and fiction.
- The French establishment vs Tariq Ramadan. A witch-hunt by the media and senior politicians.
- Reflections in prison, jail stories, and reconnecting with the Quran.
- Impact of rape allegations and extramarital affairs on family, marriage, and academic peers.
- The Arab Spring and the future of political Islam in the Muslim-majority world.
- The roll of the UAE and the Zionist lobby in stoking Islamophobic witch-hunts of Muslim influentials in Europe.
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Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
For the 100th episode and season 2 finale, Dilly Hussain speaks with the popular youth activist and preacher from London, Akhi Ayman. #BloodBrothersPodcast #AkhiAyman #Gangs
Topics of discussion include:
- Quick fire questions
- Packing out recent youth events across London.
- Managing popularity and avoiding online 'dawah' beef.
- Road life, getting stabbed, and reformation.
- Are Muslim gangs a necessary evil?
- Drill music and Muslim rappers.
- Loss of mother, valuing parents, and the importance of family.
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Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
In the penultimate episode of Blood Brothers Podcast season 2, Dilly Hussain speaks with Imam Omar Suleiman of Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research. #BloodBrothersPodcast #OmarSuleiman #AmericanMuslim
Topics of discussion include:
- UK Muslims vs American Muslims.
- Angels, Hereafter, Jannah and Dhul Hijjah series. Will there be a Jahanam series?
- What are priorities for Dawah in the West?
- Lex Fridman Podcast and Oxford Union talking points.
- Are American Muslims stuck between the Left and the Right?
- How has 9/11 and the War on Terror impacted American dawah and activism?
- Muslims allying with the progressive Left – principles and red lines.
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Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the American scholar and founder of Safina Society, Dr Shadee Elmasry. #BloodBrothersPodcast #LGBT #Liberal
Topics of discussion include:
• Quick fire Maliki fiqh questions.
• "Navigating Differences" joint statement on LGBTQ ideology.
• The struggle for Muslim rights vs Islamic identity in the West.
• Can Muslims “co-exist” with the LGBTQ community?
• Future of Muslims in the West and hijra.
• Muslim laity accounting and criticising scholars publicly.
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