KalamCast

Abdul Kariim 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 disappointment.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kalamcast/message

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