Many Muslims have misunderstood modernity, postmodernism and secularism. US-based Imam Tom Facchine challenges conventional wisdom and takes on contentious topics in today’s Unscripted podcast. From exposing Jordan Peterson’s “intellectual” theories to exploring the intricate concepts of deconstruction, modernism, and postmodernism. Speaking on his personal journey to Islam, Imam Tom shares why Islam emerged as a formidable contender against Western epistemology as he navigated...

We sit with Shaykh Bilal Ismail from South Africa and hear about the inspiring work being done for the da’wah there. From training Imams and the realities of the ‘Rainbow nation’, the future of Islam in South Africa is bright inshāAllāh!

In this episode, we sit with Shaykh Ahmed Hammuda, a Palestinian writer, on the last week's events in and around Gaza following Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Analysts are already describing it as one of the most significant events to have taken place in the region in the last 75 years with long-running consequences that have already reshaped political calculations.

In this thought-provoking episode, we sat down with Mustafa al-Mansur in a deep and honest conversation about life, personal development, and the gap between our ideals and reality. Mustafa shares his journey of self-discovery and the realisation that having knowledge and talking about ideals is not enough to make a real impact on one’s life and the community. Mustafa introduces the concept of a “self-assessment act return” emphasising the importance of assessing one’s progress in...

We caught up with Ustadh Mobeen Vaid, one of the foremost researchers on Islamic relationship norms in the US & Yusuf Patel, a veteran campaigner on parental rights amid the UK’s LGBT drive in schools, to discuss how the Pride campaign has been affecting Muslims on both sides of the Atlantic. From American school boards inviting LGBT Muslims to address Muslim students and normalise the concept, to whether du’aat are using the right language and constructs to address the Pride...

Is the Ummah too big to rule? Can a Khilafah really be established in the 21st century? Who is looking after the interests of the Ummah today? In this new episode of the Islam21c Unscripted podcast we are joined by Dr. Ovamir Anjum, founder of the Ummatics Institute, a think tank created to advise the Ummah and create a new type of discourse and thought that puts the Ummah on the agenda.

Discussing changes in ‘the Dawah scene’ and how it has progressed in Pakistan, this episode looks at what they mean for the future of the Ummah. Watch Shaykh Dr. Haitham Al-Haddad and Hamza Tzortzis join our co-hosts – both present and past – Dr. Salman Butt, Umer Suleman and Aadil Ali.

In this episode, we discuss women’s rights, feminism and equality with Sally-Anne Burris, Director of Split the Difference CIC.

Did you know that this year marks the 100th anniversay of the abolition of the Ottoman Empire? Join us as our History Editor, Ustadh Kashif Zakiuddin, and our Chief Editor, Dr. Salman Butt, speak with Dr. Yakoob Ahmed, a prominent expert on late Ottoman history, as they delve into some surprising facts about the events that led to the fall of the Empire.

Can Muslims in the West lead the revival of Islamic civilisation? That’s what we discuss in today’s #Unscripted podcast, with Yahya Birt. He is the author of the recent report by the Ayaan Institute think-tank, titled: Ummah at the Margins: The past, present and future of Muslim minorities. His report argues that strategies to enhance the freedoms and prosperity of Muslim minorities requires urgent attention and these have often been overshadowed by interstate rivalries in the Muslim...

Welcome back to the new series of the Unscripted podcast. Today we have a very interesting guest: he is half Sri Lankan and half Welsh, you heard me right! A very rare breed! We should make an NFT out of him! It’s none other than our brother Roshan Muhammad Salih, the Editor of 5Pillars News. Roshan and his team are Muslim journalists with an Islamic ethos. They don’t just report news but break stories relevant to Muslims, travelling to places all around the country to bring us the...

Two educationalists and colleagues Sh Shaqur Rehman & Usman Qureshi critically analyse the current educational model in the Muslim community, comparing it to what’s needed to transform the Muslim mindset, behavior and lead on social change: tarbiyah.

Unscripted 2.0 – The new revamped Podcast from Islam21c! Welcome back to our next instalment of our new Unscripted Podcast, with none other than Sh Ali Ahmed, who holds a PhD in Qadā’. What are his views on gun laws? Guess—he’s Afghani and American – a deadly combination he says! He talks about how Sharia looks today and how you can’t apply classical Fiqh in courts today. A memorable podcast hitting right at the heart of implementing Sharia in our daily lives from...

Unscripted 2.0 – The new revamped Podcast from Islam21c! Welcome back to our next instalment of our new Unscripted Podcast, with one of our latest editors to join the Islam21c Editorial team. Shaykh Kashif Zakiuddin our resident expert on History a Masters graduate from SOAS in the field – he talks about his own history with Dr. Salman and how the history of the da’wah has grown and changed over time. An interesting look into history and insights in what is to come in the future of...

Unscripted 2.0 – The new revamped Podcast from Islam21c! Welcome back to our next instalment of our new Unscripted Podcast, with one of the biggest and probably one of the loudest YouTube influencers and Muslim debaters around – none other than Brother Mohammed Hijab. This is a fiery podcast and ermmmm lets just say Dr. Salman was taken apart in some of the discussions! But don’t worry Mohammed Hijab kept his T-Shirt on this time and we did not let Dr. Salman even consider taking his...

Unscripted 2.0 – The new revamped Podcast from Islam21c! Welcome back to our next instalment of our new Unscripted Podcast, one of the first we filmed but specifically for release in this part of Ramadān in the last 10 nights when most of us consider paying our annual Zakat – a powerful thought provoking discussion with the CEOs of NZF and Wahed Invest – Dr Sohail Hanif and Umer Suleman. They highlight the issues of Zakat in today’s framework and it’s power along with endowments in...

Unscripted 2.0 – The new revamped Podcast from Islam21c! his is a special podcast with our Charity sponsors, One Ummah, who distribute Zakat given through us to them at 100% due to a brilliant programme whose admin is sustained by entrepreneurial activity. A thoroughly deep yet entertaining podcast with the world famous Yusuf ~Islam~ Chambers! Don’t worry we don’t let him sing! Of course our dear brother Yusuf Chambers has dedicated his life to helping the less fortunate around the...

Do you trust Muslim charities? What are these “admin fees” all about? Is there such thing as a 100% donation policy? Find out in today’s Unscripted episode as we talk to a veteran in the charity sector, Muslim Aid’s CEO Kashif Shabbir.

Today we have two special guests – Prof. John Holmwood and the now quite infamous gentleman, Tahir Alam – that guy who was singled out by the government, Birmingham City Council and the whole Educational establishment for being an Extremist Islamic Trojan horse in the heart of the Birmingham Education system. Recently the New York Times have done a deep expose into the scandal of the Trojan Horse affair and that these allegations were wholly untrue and marked a man and his colleagues...

Today’s episode is rated 12A! Sh Kamal El Mekki is back and this time he’s not holding any punches! He and Salman talk about how the 🇬🇧 Muzlamic scene is better than the 🇺🇸, how Salman is better at basketball than him, and also his new AlMaghrib course “CONFIDENTIAL”.

In today’s Unscripted episode, Imam Abdullah Hasan talks about his mission to get Muslims to unlearn colonial psychology. What is the dark side of psychology? What is decolonial psychology? What’s the problem with the “mental health” discourse in the public domain? What can Muslims do to fix it?

For the first time in #Unscripted history! While they were in the UK for the Uyghur Tribunal and G7 summit, President Dolkun Isa and Inspector General Abdulhakim Idris of the World Uyghur Congress joined Dr Salman Butt in a special podcast not to be missed.

We’ve got a royal rumble on today’s Unscripted podcast! A roundtable discussion all about the victory of the Palestinians, and the role our young brothers and sisters played. Ustadh Abu Haneefah Sohail, Ustadh Ahmed Hammuda & Imam Omar Hajaj discuss how to nurture activism in our youth, and the barriers to their awakening—from non-Muslims AND Muslims.

Dr Salman is joined by the veteran activist and advocate Sh Ismail Patel from Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) for an enlightening and empowering conversation about reclaiming the discourse on Palestine. They spoke about al-Aqsa – past, present, and future; the need to decolonise our thinking, practical things we can do for Palestine, as well as common misconceptions that people put to Palestinian activism.