The Al-Ma'idah Initiative Podcast

On this episode I talk to my friend Andrew Sullivan about his recent trip to Syria, what has happened in the country and what the future holds. Check out his stuff here: https://www.facebook.com/The-Adventure-Life-2262093810739981/ and here: https://theadventurelife.co.uk/about/

On this episode, I sat down with Omar Ramadan to talk about a range of issues, especially how religion interacts with the collective and the individual.

We talk to Mike, who used to work for the state department about the US involvement in Iraq and the realities on the ground of why the Iraqi state is failing to serve its people.

On this week we talk about the parallels between modern Iraq and and Judea in the time of Jesus. How do you have hope when the world around you collapses, tune in to find out the Bible's answer!

This week we talk to Dan Gibson, who has lived in the Middle Easter for more than two decades about how faith and archaeology intersect with Islam and Christianity. Is the Bible accurate? Can we prove Muhammad existed? Join us as we talk about these and a range of other issues. Find Dan's movie and research https://www.youtube.com/user/canbooks

This week we talk about the mass protests in Iraq, the corruption of the government and what can be done for the countries future.

On this episode I am joined by Tasnim Idriss from the Islam and Liberty network to talk about what has happened in her home nation of Tunisia and the challenges of those fighting for freedom of expression across the Muslim world.

On this episode we talk to Pastor Mansour Khajepour and Shohrat from Turkmenistan about the persecutions they have faced and how people facing persecutions can take courage from the examples and teachings of Jesus.

Tune into this week's episode as we follow the life of a courageous young woman who found herself fighting illness and disease all while beginning a life here in Seattle. Follow her on twitter: https://twitter.com/MahalHomoud

On this episode we talk to Yasmin Luqman about the current war and humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

Today we talk to the Kurdish American journalist and advocate Diliman Abdulkader: https://twitter.com/d_abdulkader We have a conversation about Kurdistan, Self determination and US Foreign policy

We talk about Colonialism, Arab Nation States and how we make the world a better place.

Some stronger language in this episode.

This week I have a conversation with Hiba Jameel about a wide range of topics, ranging, art, culture, Iraq, surviving and thriving in a new culture and what it all means. To find Hiba's art you can visit her Website: https://www.hibajameel.com/ or follow: Hibajartstudio on Instagram.

On this episode we talk about what's currently going on in Saudi and Iran and what that means for the world.

On this episode I talk to Noor about a range of issues from understanding your own faith clearly, interacting with different worldviews and what kind of world we can build together.

On this episode I talk to Jawad Kahki, the director of the Iman Center in Kirkland Washington about the story of Ashura, the memorial of a historic massacre and what it means today.

This week we talk about when it's right and wrong for people to use force to solve problems and how religious views effect our interaction with communism and capitalism.

Today James and Ahmed talk about a range of issues like Leadership, slavery, political correctness and much more.

This Week we talk to Aylar from Turkmenistan about culture, worldview, power and freedom of expression.

On this episode of The Al-Ma'idah Initiative Podcast: we talk to world renowned philosopher Vishal Mangalwadi about the current crisis in Kashmir and how Christians living in oppressive regimes can work towards blessing their nations and transforming them into great nations. You can find his latest book here: https://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Changed-Everything-Amazing/dp/8186701249/ref=tmm_pap_swa...

On this episode of The Al-Ma'idah Initiative Podcast: we talk to world renowned philosopher Vishal Mangalwadi about the current crisis in Kashmir and how Christians living in oppressive regimes can work towards blessing their nations and transforming them into great nations. You can find his latest book here: https://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Changed-Everything-Amazing/dp/8186701249/ref=tmm_pap_swa...

On this episode we talk about different views of the nature of God, Iraq and a range of other topics.

On our first episode we talk with Jacob about what it means to be Human and how we are made right with God, as well as movies, the internet and a range of subjects.