What is different about Islamic finance, economics and banking? Can it make an impact in today's market? Is it part of the solution to global issues? Farzanah Adam and Azhar Vadi speak to Mohammed Kaka of Albaraka Bank and Mufti Ismail Desai. (Originally aired on Salaamedia on...
India's Universal Civil Code if implemented will impact on Muslim marriages dramatically. Why is it being pushed ahead and what are its consequences. Farzanah Adam and Azhar Vadi speak to academic, Ml Ashraf Dockrat from South Africa and Indian scholar, Sh Abu Khaled Al Hassen...
What is Islamic economics and finance and does it offer a suitable alternative to the current market place. Farzanah Adam attempts to find answers to these questions along with Mufti Muhammad Haffejee of the Jamiatul Ulama South Africa and Naiefa Rashied, a lecturer at the...
Can Israel be militarily defeated? How is war used as a means of negotiation? What happened when several Arab states attacked Israel in 1973? Farzanah Adam and Azhar Vadi interrogate the issues with internationally renowned journalist, Daoud Kuttab. (Originally aired on Salaamedia on 18/10/16)...
Kashmir struggles to keep itself in the news despite the gross rights violations and human oppression that takes place in the Valley. Within the broader conflict are the struggles experienced by women. And among them, female journalists. Ruwa Shah is a young Kashmiri writer who...
Many classical Islamic scholars have ruled that organ donation is not permissible under Islamic law. However, medical practices have advanced and contemporary scholars are re-looking the old laws. One such scholar is Sheikh Yusuf Badat, a Canadian based Imam at the Mathabah Institute. This podcast...
Deconstructing the confusion that Libya is cannot be easy following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. A myriad of armed groups, each with an agenda and sponsor, have pulled in the country in to bloody mess. But is hasn't always been this way. Mualima Farzanah Adam...
Muallima Farzanah Adam and Azhar Vadi chat to Central Asia researcher, Sarah Kendzior, about Uzbekistan, its history, the life of Islam Karimov and what the future possibly holds. (Originally aired on Salaamedia on 14/09/16)...
Once the companions of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) asked him the reason we still had to do good if our places, whether in heaven or hell were a known by the Almighty Allah. The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Carry on, and [do]...
This year’s Hajj safarnameh (travelogue) on Radio Islam with Umm Abdillah is extracted from Russian Hajj: Empire and the Pilgrimage to Mecca (2015) by Eileen Kane. Professor of Russian and Eurasian history at Connecticut College, Kane writes of how 19th century tsarist officials and later Soviets exploited Russia's hajj...