The Ikhwan: Roots and Rivalries

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the controversial Saudi Arabian dissident scholar, academic and activist, Dr. Mohammed al-Massari.

Topics of discussion include:

• Family background, heritage and growing up in Saudi Arabia.
• A brief history of Saudi Arabia and the role of Islam in its governance and society.
• The rise of Pan-Arabism and Saudi Arabia welcoming the Muslim Brotherhood during the 1950s-1970s.
• The Iranian revolution, the siege of Makkah, and U.S. troops in Saudi during the first Iraq war.
• Reformation movements and holding Saudi rulers and scholars to account.
• Imprisonment, exile and seeking asylum in Britain.
• Criticising regimes, ruling by Islam, and accusations of extremism.