Podium Magazine is a Melbourne-based magazine which aims to "amplify the voices of those struggling to be heard" as well as capture the wide variety of talents and voices belonging to members of Muslim youth in Australia. Furqan met up with two of the founding members (Eva Mal and Aseel Sammak) as well as a member of the content research team (Muntasser Al Habsi) to discuss the what it is that they wish to achieve through the magazine and some of their experiences thus far. --- Send in a...

Alim Osman (President of the Uyghur Association of Victoria) & Meyassar Ablat (Deputy President of the East Turkistan Australian Association) joined Furqan for an insightful discussion regarding the current situation faced by the the Uighurs. Br Alim started off by discussing the history behind the oppression. Sr Meyassar further elaborated by giving us an accurate understanding of what life in the region is currently like for the Uighur community. Another point of discussion included...

Bilal Ramnac returns to discuss a fictional novel he is currently working on. Furqan and Mustafa (but mostly Furqan) talk to him about fictional world-building, portrayal of Muslims within the media and his writing process. Bilal is in the middle of completing his book, he hopes that we can do another episode after the book has actually been completed. Unfortunately, this will not be for a while as Bilal will shortly be heading off for higher education at the Islamic University of...

In late 2019, Netflix announced the coming of a series called "Messiah." It chronicles the modern world's reaction to a man (referred to as "Al-Masih") who first appears in the Middle East creating a groundswell of followers around him claiming he is the Messiah. Is he sent from God or is he a dangerous fraud bent on dismantling the world's geopolitical order? Furqan gets together with returning guest Almir Colan (who previously discussed Ertugrul) to discuss his opinion on "Messiah."   ---...

Adel Mohamed is a Melbourne-based lawyer and the founder of Wasiyyah, a service dedicated to helping Muslims who live in countries where Islamic law is not recognised, to prepare for death by leaving a Will that is in accordance with Islamic principles and values. Furqan and Mustapha met up with Adel who explained to them what goes in to making an Islamic will, how well his services have been recieved and his motivation behind running Wasiyyah in the first place. --- Send in a voice...

Ahmad Jhaffar (a volunteer for over 2.5 years) and Asim Siddiqui (a volunteer for 7 years) stopped by to talk about their experiences as volunteer firefighters with Furqan and Mustapha. They discussed what it has been like for them so far, the type of commitment and training that is required for such a job, their interaction with other firefighters, their experiences with recent bushfire relief efforts, some of the general dangers involved in the work and how they link such volunteer...

Abdul-Latif Halimi is an Australian-Muslim of Lebanese heritage with a background in political economy and Islamic sciences. He well-known for regularly holding information sessions regarding world events within the community as well as providing nuanced analysis into such events in general. In this episode Abdul-Latif discusses some of his activities, his opinions regarding community reaction, his analysis regarding what is currently taking place with the Uighurs of China and some brief...

Hamza Andreas Tzortzis is a British public speaker and researcher on Islam. He came to Australia in 2016 to deliver an AlKauthar course in Sydney and Melbourne. During that time, he was also able to visit Canberra for a talk or two. Furqan was able to interview him on top of Telstra tower (a telecommunications tower and lookout that is situated above the summit of Black Mountain in Australia's capital city). In this recording, Hamza speaks of some of the things he has learned whilst...

Ahmed Helou is an educator who is currently working on an initiative to educate and inform others about aspects of modern history concerning the Muslim community. The project aims to discuss and inform others on the biographies of those who worked to establish the Australian Muslim community whilst in it's infancy. Among the individuals that are studied in this project are those such as Sheikh Fehmi Naji El-Imam (d. 2016) who was previously the Imam of Preston mosque, a founding member of the...

AbdulKarim Barker is the dynamic founder of AMIN (which stands for "Australian Muslims in Need" and was formerly known as SPINvic). He is known in the local community for his commitment, charitable work and willingness to quickly ‘get the job done.’ In this episode, we discuss the diverse community-level initiatives he is involved in, his motivation, his (positive and negative) experiences with the community, his (perceived) failures and what keeps him going even in the face of...

Abdul Shaheed Drew (author of 40 Hadiths Relating to Islamic Finance), is currently writing a book on the history of Muslims in Australia, he stops by to update us on his book and discuss some of his findings regarding the history of Muslims in Australia.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kalamcast/message

In the aftermath of an appalling incident where a man became violent towards a pregnant Muslim woman (Rana Elasmar) in a Parramatta cafe, Furqan speaks with Sheikh Alaa El Zokm (Imam of Heidelberg mosque, ANIC member and executive member of the Board of Imams Victoria) regarding his thoughts about the incident and how we as Muslims should be dealing with such violent forms of behaviour.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kalamcast/message

In this episode, we are joined with Almir Colan, well-known for his Islamic finance commentaries and discussions on YouTube. We discuss another topic dear to him, the famous series Diriliş: Ertuğrul. Almir discusses why he finds the series to be so endearing, how it is a source for change and some of the lessons we can learn from the series in general. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kalamcast/message

Bilal Ramnac gets right into it to discuss a topic he is quite passionate about; the Far-right. As well as explaining why we should be giving such a discussion greater importance, Bilal mentions some of his own experiences with the far right. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kalamcast/message

This was the very first Kalamistan podcast (later renamed to KalamCast by Episode 4), hosted by 'Cute' Mustafa (sort of) and Furqan. In it, we meet with Da'wah specialist Waseem Razvi to discuss some of his experiences, opinions and controversies. Enjoy!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kalamcast/message