Blood Brothers

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?

Shaykh Suliman Gani | Moon Wars: Following Saudi vs Local Sighting | BB #63

In this timely episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with Shaykh Suliman Gani from Purley Mosque and the New Crescent Society. #BloodBrothersPodcast #ShaykhSulimanGani #MoonWars

Topics of discussion include:

• When is Eid al-Adha?
• Should we follow local, regional or global sighting?
• How reliable is Saudi Arabia’s Umm al-Qura calendar?
• Is the Hajj of the pilgrims accepted if the Islamic calendar date is wrong?
• Can UK mosques unite on local moon-sighting?

Dr Yasir Qadhi | Controversies, Critics and Establishing Khilafah | BB #62

In this much anticipated episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent American theologian and historian, Dr Yasir Qadhi.  #BloodBrothersPodcast #YasirQadhi #Khilafah

Topics of discussion and timestamps:

• Intro & quick fire questions: 00:00:00
• Salafi 'Najdi' Dawah & journey to reform: 00:11:26
• Quran controversy, online critics & accounting scholars: 00:53:40
•  Establishing Khilafah & Dawah priorities: 01:25:45

Mohammed Hijab | Dawah Controversies & Online Dramas | BB #61

In this brutally honest episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent debater, YouTuber and author Mohammed Hijab.

#BloodBrothersPodcast #MohammedHijab #Dawah

Mohsen Mastaan | Muslim Podcasts, Shaykh Imran Hosein & Dajjal | BB #60

To mark the two-year anniversary since the launch of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly and Aki Hussain host the show's cameraman, graphics designer and editor, Mohsen Mastaan from @Dawah Digital YouTube channel. #BloodBrothersPodcast #Dajjal #Conspiracies

Topics of discussion and timestamps:

• Intro, Speakers' Corner & @Dawah Digital channel: 0:00:00
• Quick fire questions on IERA: 0:21:41
• @Dawah Digital shout outs: 0:28:45
• Freemasons, Dajjal & conspiracy theories: 0:31:05
• Muslim podcasts & IERA's ReRooted: 0:39:45
• Podcast quick fire questions: 0:51:39
• Blood Brothers Podcast journey: 0:53:33
• Challenges, workload & time management: 1:07:18
• Shaykh Imran Hosein controversies: 1:14:44
• Dajjal, End of Time & 'The Arrivals': 1:22:53
• Yajuj and Majuj (Gog and Magog): 1:38:01
• Blood Brothers Challenge: 1:47:10