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In this week's Unscripted podcast we are joined by two special guests with a deep understanding of the topic: Jalal Ouerghi, a leader of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda Party; and Anas Altikriti, founder and CEO of the Cordoba Foundation think-tank.

Did you know 'Umar b. al Khattab was accused of burning down the Alexandrian Library?

Sh Dr Haitham al-Haddad & Sh Dr Sajid Umar discuss in this special Unscripted episode an increasingly common pitfall of reducing discourse to the material, short-term causes and effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the latest lockdown.

Philosopher of science Hugh Gauch explains, "the idea that science supports atheism is to get high marks for enthusiasm but low marks for logic.”

"As harsh as this may sound, and as politically incorrect as it may be, I have full confidence and no hesitation in stating that whoever claims to be a Muslim, acknowledges Allāh as His Maker and Provider, and has an interest in being safe on the Day of Reckoning, yet still neglects the prayer, then that person is an evil person."

Enjoy one of the most in-depth tafsirs of the Fatihah in English translated by Sh Abu Rumaysah.

We're in Birmingham Shareef for this week's Unscripted podcast where Salman speaks to Shaykh Abu Usamah at-Thahabi.

The changes we want to make do not need to be packaged up as New Year’s resolutions, ‘new year new me’, or other traditions that give you a prescribed time to achieve personal goals. Real and lasting change can begin anytime and relies on a small but critical framework.

“O Ḥalīm, you have been so forbearing towards me. Never deprive me of it, for my life cannot function for a single second without it.”

Far from popular belief, the biggest critics of Darwin's theory of evolution are in fact other evolutionary biologists, writes Subboor Ahmad