The Alchemy of Truth, Episode 1: Feminism

As you know (If you've been following my blog) that I stopped my wildly successful Friday Night Live to prepare for my next even more global radio phenomenon The Alchemy of Truth.

Alhumdulillah the first show started on Friday the 23rd of March 2012. The topic of the show was a topic I had been interested in for a while now: Feminism. I wanted to explore whether Islam and Feminism were compatible. There were strong arguments on both sides, and so I thought to bring the proponents of both ideas to discuss them in a public space to benefit others.

I call the show the alchemy of truth because I think that in many cases we may discuss certain issues to death, but that doesn't mean that anyone of us should be more right than the other. Exploring the ideas was more interesting than reaching a conclusion.



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For making this show possible I would like to thank my two awesome co hosts Sarwa Abdelraheem and Amir (last name withheld). And our esteemed guests Mehal Krayem, Miriam Ahmed, and Hajar Rafiq.

And all the brothers and sisters who were kind enough to follow and contribute on the show.

Tune in next week when we further discuss the ideas of Feminism and Islam with celebrated UTS lecturer Jameela Hussien.

Friday Night Live: Uthman Badar, Hezbu Tahrir and the Media

This part of our series on Muslims and the Media.
 Uthman Badar, media spokesman for the Hezbu Tahrir, discusses with us the dynamics of Hezbu Tahrir with the media. We also discuss the way Muslims have been portrayed in the media during pre and post colonization and the influence that may have on current media representation of Muslims.

Uthman Badar, our guest this week

Sarwa Abdul Rahim, Co Host, stuck with this face.

Nasser Kat, Presente

Video coming up soon as well inshallah.

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Friday Night Live: Keysar Trad, Muslims and the Media

This episode is part of my Muslims and the Media series, where I explore the relationship between representation of Muslims in the media, and the actors and REactors who contribute positively or negatively towards it.

My guest this episode is Keysar Trad, Ex President of the Lebanese Muslims Association. Current President of the Islamic Friendship Association, writer, translator, and very hard working member of the Muslim Community in Australia. We had a frank, open discussion about the Media, the Muslim Community and related global issues.

I would have to say this was one of my most enjoyable interviews. Keysar is well versed man who strong opinions and a drive to do the right thing. I know you're going to enjoy it as well.

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