Opinion
From political awakening to influence
How British Muslims can move beyond political mobilisation towards long-term civic engagement, relationship-building, and real local power.
Has our pandemic discourse become secular? | Sh Haitham & Sh Sajid on Unscripted #72
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…
What Black Lives Matter means to me – Sh Abu Usamah
We're in Birmingham Shareef for this week's Unscripted podcast where Salman speaks to Shaykh Abu Usamah at-Thahabi.
Scholars For Dollars?
"The erosion of scholarly independence can be attributed to the nature of the modern nation state itself," writes Ahmed Hammuda, as he discusses the historic features that were pivotal to cementing an…
As 2020 Ends, Make Changes Not Resolutions
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…
To Vax or not to Vax | Sh Abu Eesa on Unscripted #70
Confused about the vaccine? We put all the questions and doubts we found to expert Sh Abu Eesa Niamatullah in this special Unscripted episode.
Scholars vs Sultans
In this instalment, Ahmed Hammuda describes how scholars of the past not only curtailed the political establishment but empowered society to morally ‘punish’ it should it lose sight of justice.