The London Circle

| The London Circle | 07 Aug 2025 Remembrance is an important element to the Kashmiri plight of over 78 years, as it stands fully deserving of the title, The Forgotten Occupation, but what are the practical steps that could or indeed should be taken to realise the aspirations of Kashmir? Dr. Mubeen Shah is someone who speaks with a rich experience behind his back. He has seen the insides of Indian...

| The London Circle | 31 July 2025 Malaysia is seen as a major force for good in not only the ASEAN region, but across the world. It’s attempts to mediate and negotiate rather than to confront, is a unique role in an ever more violent and confrontational global world order Where does Malaysia sit in global geopolitics, particularly amid an East-West confrontational narrative? How does it man...

| The London Circle | 18 July 2025 One cannot but confess to being confused by the situation in Libya. But where did this chaos begin, and why? Is it inherent to Libya and Libyans that they fight amongst themselves for riches and authority, or is it more nuanced than that? Dr. Guma El-Gamaty knows more than most about the history and present of Libya. In this episode he discusses with Anas Altikri...

| The London Circle | 09 July 2025 The Srebrenica genocide in 1995, was the culmination of a conflict that marked one of the darkest moments of Europe, indeed humanity. What led to that horrific crime, and what challenges does Bosnia find itself confronting today? The Balkans war of the early 90s marked a violation of the pledge “Never Again” made in the aftermath of the 2nd World War...

| The London Circle | 03 July 2025 Chris Nineham and Ben Jamal of the PSC will appear in Court on Monday 7th of July, after being arrested for breaching rules imposed by the Police upon the demonstration of the 18th of January. How has the untouchable array of freedoms regress so much, to end up where they seem to be today? No one questions the right to demonstrate, unless it’s the British a...

| The London Circle | 26 June 2025 Just like virtually all people around the world, the Malaysia people feel a strong connection with Palestine and an affinity that transcends borders and ethnicities. The Malaysian perspective on Palestine and how that fits within a view on international politics is highly interesting. The ongoing genocide against the people of Gaza has reverberated far and wide....

| The London Circle | 22 May 2025 The impact of Arab and Muslim history and culture on the West is far greater than we are told, taught and educated. Damascus alone; its history, culture, literature and cuisine, provides a lesson we would be advised to learn from. Diana Darke talks about her house in Damascus, as though describing a love story that embodies her fascination with Arab and Middle Eas...

| The London Circle | 17 May 2025 With a mixture of romance, medicine, politics, religion and history, Murjana is a novel that speaks of a fascinating time and place, but with unmistakable parallels with the here and now. Whether motivated by the illegal war and occupation against Iraq in 2003, or even the chaotic state of the world today, Dr. Ghada Karmi writes a beautiful tale that has many trut...

| The London Circle | 01 May 2025 In this episode of The London Circle, Anas Altikriti speaks with Palestinian American analyst and commentator Khalid Turaani about Trump's first months back in the White House. ----------- Guests: | Khalid Turaani, Palestinian American analyst and commentator   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

| The London Circle | 24 April 2025 With all eyes on Gaza and the ongoing genocide, Kashmir remains, 78 years on, under Indian occupation and subject to continuous genocidal policies. Whilst receiving plentiful prayers and well-wishes, and whilst recognized as an ongoing occupation which wants to eradicate the natives, it seems that no one has a clue what to do regarding the crisis of Kashmir. For...

| The London Circle | 06 Feb 2025 The World finds itself in a mess of epic proportions, with a future that doesn’t seem much brighter. Why, and what needs to happen to create a new reality? Civilisational resurgence is a dream that many talk about, but very few manage to structure better than Drs. Hussein Qazzaz and Amr Darrag. In this two-part discussion, they speak with Anas Altikriti abou...

| The London Circle | 30 Jan 2025 With Islam standing as the fastest growing religion in the world, how can a new approach to the propagation of Islam become a tool of addressing the multiple crisis facing all of humanity? With his unique perspective as a convert to Islam who travelled from a life fighting for social justice in his home in Portugal, to someone who embraced Islam as a faith that fi...

| The London Circle | 23 Jan 2025 The toll that the Aafia Siddiqui saga has taken on the immediate family is tremendous, but the tenacity to keep going is incessant and drives the family to rally behind this pursuit of justice. Fowzia Siddiqui was described by Clive Stafford Smith as the sister that anyone in trouble would wish to have. For years, and as Aafia Siddiqui endured the most horrid inju...

| The London Circle | 16 Jan 2025 India’s global importance is beyond doubt, but since the revival of Hindu Nationalism amid the Narendra Modi rule, it’s image as well as its huge Muslim minority have suffered tremendously. With over 200 million Muslims, India has the most Muslims anywhere in the world. Yet, with Kashmir seemingly further away from a peaceful resolution than any time i...

| The London Circle | 09 Jan 2025 For almost 22 years, Aafia Siddiqui has been subject to an almost unbelievable series of injustices that speak of the evil of a system that governs today. Aafia Siddiqui’s story is truly harrowing, yet it’s one that has actually taken place, and Aafia lingers in a high security US prison cell after almost 22 years after it all started. For no reason wh...

| The London Circle | 21 Nov 2024 With Donald Trump achieving a landslide victory over Kamala Harris in the recent US Presidential elections, countless questions emerge regarding what the world, as well as the US itself, can expect from the next 4 years. Whether, the US economy or the issue of illegal migration, or whether Ukraine, China, the Middle East, the questions surrounding that Trump 2nd t...

| The London Circle | 14 Nov 2024 The genocide in Gaza has been met with a widespread societal reaction on many fronts and several levels in Australia. The question remains as to whether this reaction will create a permanent platform, or whether it is just a passing thing. The genocide in Gaza has been met with a widespread response from almost all sectors of Australian civil society. In this epis...

| The London Circle | 08 Nov 2024 While the outrage over Gaza is palpable, the Australian government remains silent, and to many actively complicit with Israel in the crimes against the Palestinians. But things are changing, or are they? This discussion with Sue Bolton and Mohammad Helmy is fascinating for a number of reasons, not least because of the decades long involvement of both with bringing...

| The London Circle | 31 Oct 2024 Islamic schools are a prominent feature within Australian Muslim societies, and among the greatest success stories one can tell. However, there are immense challenges within the sector, particularly in attempting to provide an exemplary education to Australian Muslims and Australia as a whole. Dr. Zacharia Matthews is clearly passionate about his vocation, when di...

| The London Circle | 24 Oct 2024 There’s no denying that Gaza has motivated Australian Muslims, and possibly the entire pro-Palestine movement in Australia to engage with the coming elections in an unprecedented manner. How though? And towards which direction and for what end? Wherever you go and whoever you speak to, there’s no denying the impact that Gaza has had on every discussion and every e...

| The London Circle | 17 Oct 2024 As Australia goes through its council elections and braces for its Federal Elections, what are the main challenges they face, and what opportunities stand before them? Also, what are the political and non-political tools at their disposal to achieve their collective goals. Sheikh Shadi Alsuleiman is a prominent figure in the life of the Australian Muslims, and sin...

| The London Circle | 20 Sep 2024 For almost two decades, Prevent has been enforced by one UK government after another, as the main point of reference for combatting terrorism and extremism within Muslim youth, and encouraging social cohesion. However, not everything is as described on the packaging. PreventWatch was established ten years ago, after it became clear that the government’s anti-extre...

| The London Circle | 12 Sep 2024 With Far-Right riots dominating the news, the question of whether this spike in racist outbursts, is an abnormal occurrence and a blip on the radar or whether it’s a phenomenon that is here to stay for a while. Anas Altikriti talks with Weyman Bennett on the recent far-right racist riots and how they are likely to manifest in the coming days, weeks and probably ev...

| The London Circle | 05 Sep 2024 Riots across the UK, accompanying a rhetoric adopted by politicians and sections of the media, strongly remind of the days when NF racists marched the streets of Britain and politicians declared racist viewpoints from prominent lecterns. Is this a return to that?  Whilst Islamophobia has been a much discussed topic in recent years, very few would’ve predicted the...

| The London Circle | 22 Aug 2024 Over 500 years, the Ottomans were regarded as the greatest power in the world, with cultural, aesthetic, architectural influences as well as their military and political supremacy. But it’s never as simple as that, not does it just stop there.  The impact of the Ottomans on the entire world, and not only in the regions of Anatolia and the Near East, is remarkable....