

Blood Brothers
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Blood Brothers Podcast is the official podcast of 5Pillars News hosted by journalist Dilly Hussain.
The show discusses a plethora of political, religious and socioeconomic issues affecting Muslim communities in the West and the Muslim-majority world with experts, influencers and professionals.
The show discusses a plethora of political, religious and socioeconomic issues affecting Muslim communities in the West and the Muslim-majority world with experts, influencers and professionals.
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Oct 1, 2023 • 1h 25min
Khaled Siddiq | Music, Naseeds, Critics & Controversies | BB #105
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain spoke with the controversial British nasheed artist Khaled Siddiq. #bloodbrotherspodcast #music #nasheeds
Topics of discussion include:
Growing up in Leicester with South Asian Muslims. Having mixed heritage convert parents.
Searching for God, and building a renewed connection with Islam.
Music, musical instruments, and the nasheed industry.
Being cancelled over music, and controversies.
Is all music haram? Imitating non-Muslim in nasheeds.
Accepting differences of opinion on matters of religion.
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Sep 25, 2023 • 1h 14min
Dr Uthman Lateef | Islamic History: Romanticism, Reality & Revival | BB #104
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent Islamic historian and author, Dr Uthman Lateef, of Sapience Institute. #BloodBrotherspodcast #Islamichistory #Ummah
Topics of discussion include:
Quick fire Q&A on Islamic military leaders.
Quick fire Q&A on major battles in Islamic history.
Making sense of Islamic history: Romanticisation and reality.
Was the past better than the present for the Ummah?
Fall of Jerusalem 1099, sacking of Baghdad 1258, and the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate 1924 — how did these events impact the collective Muslim consciousness?
State of the Ummah, collective consciousness, and Islamic revival.
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Sep 19, 2023 • 2h 7min
Shaykh Asrar Rashid | Salafis, Sufis, Syria & the Caliphate | BB #103
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent British scholar Shaykh Asrar Rashid. #BloodBrothersPodcast
Topics of discussion include.
15 Hanafi fiqh questions.
Can Sunnis have any meaningful unity?
Success of Salafi duat and dawah in the West.
Obeying, criticising and rebelling against Muslim rulers.
Shaykh Ramadan al-Bouti, the Assad regime, and the Syrian revolution.
Shaykh Asrar’s upcoming book on the caliphate.
Imam Mahdi and the signs of the end of times.
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Aug 20, 2023 • 1h 34min
Uthman Ibn Farooq | Hanbali Fiqh, Muslim Unity & Criticising Rulers | BB #102
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent American preacher and debater Uthman ibn Farooq. #BloodBrothersBodcast #Dawah #Salafi
Topics of discussion include:
- Q&A on 10 (Hanbali) fiqh rulings Uthman ibn Farooq adopts.
- Would he give talks at a 'non-Salafi' masjid?
- Is there a framework for Sunni unity? Does there have to be uniformity in creed? - Questioning Daniel Haqiqatjou about Deobandis.
- Online dawah beefs - is it healthy and necessary?
- Stabbing incident in March 2020. Fact and fiction. Was it a setup?
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Aug 16, 2023 • 2h 3min
Tariq Ramadan | Moral Shortcomings, State Witch-hunt & Political Islam | BB #101
Dilly Hussain talks to Tariq Ramadan about his ongoing rape cases, the French establishment's witch-hunt against him, reflections in prison, and the future of political Islam. They also discuss the impact of the allegations on his family and academic peers, as well as the role of the UAE and the Zionist lobby in Islamophobic witch-hunts of Muslim influentials in Europe.

Jul 31, 2023 • 1h 5min
Akhi Ayman | Road Life, Reformation & My Mother’s Death | BB #100
For the 100th episode and season 2 finale, Dilly Hussain speaks with the popular youth activist and preacher from London, Akhi Ayman. #BloodBrothersPodcast #AkhiAyman #Gangs
Topics of discussion include:
- Quick fire questions
- Packing out recent youth events across London.
- Managing popularity and avoiding online 'dawah' beef.
- Road life, getting stabbed, and reformation.
- Are Muslim gangs a necessary evil?
- Drill music and Muslim rappers.
- Loss of mother, valuing parents, and the importance of family.
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Jun 30, 2023 • 2h 16min
Imam Omar Suleiman | 9/11, American Dawah & Allying with the Left | BB #99
Imam Omar Suleiman discusses topics like UK vs American Muslims, Dawah priorities in the West, 9/11 impact on American dawah, and Muslims allying with the progressive Left.

Jun 7, 2023 • 1h 37min
Dr Shadee Elmasry | Navigating Differences with LGBTQ, Liberals & Christians | BB #98
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the American scholar and founder of Safina Society, Dr Shadee Elmasry. #BloodBrothersPodcast #LGBT #Liberal
Topics of discussion include:
• Quick fire Maliki fiqh questions.
• "Navigating Differences" joint statement on LGBTQ ideology.
• The struggle for Muslim rights vs Islamic identity in the West.
• Can Muslims “co-exist” with the LGBTQ community?
• Future of Muslims in the West and hijra.
• Muslim laity accounting and criticising scholars publicly.
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May 12, 2023 • 1h 3min
Bushra Shaikh | Andrew Tate, Traditional Gender Roles & Divorce | BB #97
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with TV personality, entrepreneur and pundit, Bushra Shaikh. #AndrewTate #GenderRoles #Divorce
Topics of discussion include:
Emasculation of men, the LGBTQ lobby and Andrew Tate.
Experiencing online hate from Islamophobes, racists and Hindutva.
Marriage and divorce in South Asian Muslim communities.
Muslim women in public. Perception vs reality.
Commenting on Islam and being advised by Muslims online.
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May 7, 2023 • 1h 4min
Jake Matthews | Finding Islam, First Ramadan & Muslim UFC Fighters | BB #96
In this exclusive episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the Australian UFC fighter, Jake ‘The Celtic Kid’ Matthews. #UFC #Islam #BloodBrothersPodcast
Topics of discussion include:
Life before Islam: upbringing, lifestyle and religion.
Searching for Christianity and finding Islam.
Muslim influences and friends before taking the shahada.
Reaction of family and friends after becoming Muslim.
First experience of Ramadan, and struggles since becoming Muslim.
Rise in UFC fighters converting to Islam. Why?
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