The London Circle

| The London Circle | 24 May 2023 The charge of Anti-Semitism has become a ready tool to stifle, intimidate and even ruin the lives of pro-Palestinian voices, and particularly those who display anti-Zionist tendencies. The conflation of Anti-Zionism and the criticism of the state of Israel with Anti-Semitism has become an effective tool of intimidation, which has shown its teeth in virtually every...

| The London Circle | 17 May 2023 When Kais Saied decided to mount a coup against the Tunisian constitution in the Summer of 2021, disband parliament and begin a steady process of sidelining his political detractors, the first and last bastion of the Arab Spring came tumbling down. The Arab Spring was launched from the Tunisian capital Tunis in late 2010, and several Arab countries followed suit i...

| The London Circle | 10 May 2023 The civil war in Sudan is well in its third week, with numbers of civilians killed, injured, and displaced, mounting every single day. Why have the old allies fell out and over what? Where does the fighting look like it’s heading and who among the regional powers   The split between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, has resulted in a full-blo...

| The London Circle | 03 May 2023 Azzam Tamimi and Rabbi Weiss hit the road and travel across the United Kingdom to dispel the myth that the Palestinian cause is an Islam Vs Judaism issue, and to prove that much is shared once the barrier of Zionism is overcome and the history of its colonial project in Palestine is understood.   Whilst the mainstream media often project that the Palestinian issue...

| The London Circle | 26 April 2023 The question of what exactly does ‘Extremism’ mean, or who is an extremist, seems to be irrelevant to a 20-year government strategy which claims to pursue eradicating violent extremism. Prevent as a government strategy has been in place since 2003, has proven a significant tool to marginalize the Muslim community and particularly minors within that community. De...

| The London Circle | 19 April 2023 Relationship and Sexual Education (RSE) has been one of the most talks about subjects when it comes to schools and education, for the past few years,  particularly amongst Muslim families.  The marginalisation of the core family unit of a mother and father in favour of same sex couples, followed by the introduction of multi-gender and non-gender identities, has...

| The London Circle | 12 April 2023 Pakistan is uniquely placed to play a crucial role in the way future geopolitics will unfold. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is one of the oldest political parties in Pakistan, and its perspective of events locally and regionally is of great importance.   One of the Nuclear states that straddle a dynamic region bridging the Far and Middle East, and an indispensable player...

| The London Circle | 05 April 2023 The significance of Al-Aqsa Mosque not just for Muslims but also for the world in general. The discussants also observe the rise in global solidarity with the Palestinians as opposed to a decline in world sympathy with Zionism.  -----------   Anas Altikriti discusses these issues with his guests:  | Ismail Patel @FriendsofAlAqsafoa   | Robert Andrews @Europalfor...

| The London Circle | 29 Mar 2023 The most profound social phenomena are those which take place behind closed doors and create victims who are virtually invisible. Domestic abuse, as abhorrent as most would deem it, is nonetheless far more prevalent and is creating much wider effects than initially expected.   Why is this disease so widespread, and how does it take grip within a community that hol...

| The London Circle | 22 Mar 2023 A failed state riddled by sectarianism, corruption, violence and instability, Iraq 20 years on provides a damning indictment of the US President and British Prime Minister who for months, sold the war project to the world. Over a million Iraqis dead, countless displaced, immeasurable corruption levels, a rotten political system, failed governments, terrorist organ...

| The London Circle | 15 Mar 2023 The changes seen throughout the Middle East over the past few years have signalled radical transformative realities that will have an impact on future alliances and conflicts that will have serious political, economic, security and demographic consequences. Whether it be the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) conflict, the alliances and disputes throughout the Arab wo...

| The London Circle | 08 Mar 2023 British Muslims amount to around 6% of the British population and have entered and enriched virtually every aspect of daily life and become normalised within modern British society. Whilst the report on British Muslim Civil Society highlights the array of achievements and successes of British Muslims, it also points to a variety of challenges, difficulties, shortc...

| The London Circle | 01 Mar 2023 While few can argue against the devastating impact Brexit has had on our state of the economy and has deepened the cost-of-living crisis, this episode attempts to address the other effects which have had a serious impact on public life, including the rise of far-right nationalism, racism, and xenophobia. Whether it be the rhetoric that was deployed in the lead-up...

| The London Circle | 22 Feb 2023 Recent news told of around 40 young refugees going missing from a hostel in Brighton. This led to questions as to how many children and minors are in the UK as unaccompanied refugees, and how did they come to find themselves in this situation. Further, how safe are they under the ward of local councils, or as proposed, under the guardianship of the Home Office? Th...

| The London Circle | 15 Feb 2023 How did the three organisers of the historic 2 Million March; Stop the War Coalition, the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), manage to bring to the streets of London that mass wave of protesters from all walks of British life and from all backgrounds? Since the war tragically still went ahead, could that particular...

| The London Circle | 08 Feb 2023 In recent months, community clashes in Leicester saw Indian Hindus clash with Muslims in what was initially describes as mob clashes after a cricket match. However, those on the streets of Leicester speak of the Hindutva ideology being at the heart of these clashes, where Indian migrants have carried over the zeal of Hindu nationalism to their new country of resid...

| The London Circle | 01 Feb 2023 How did Muslims in Sweden and further afield react, and what would be the best way to respond to such incitements to hatred, whether in Sweden or other European countries where racists and Islamophobes might take a leaf out of their comrades’ books and do the same? Anas Altikriti speaks to a panel of experts on this and various other related issues. ----------- Gu...

| The London Circle | 28 Jan 2023 12 years on from the 25th of January revolution in #Egypt which inspired the entire world and saw what was eventually a short but glorious time of freedom and democracy, cut short by a military coup. ----------- Guests: | Prof. Paul Reynolds: Independent adviser on international relations, economics and governance. He is a member of the Lib Dem Federal Internation...

| The London Circle | 18 Jan 2023 Almost 800 men from around the world spent time in Guantanamo detention centre, all of whom were victims of the War on Terror declared by George W. Bush following the 9-11 attacks. Incidents of torture, physical and mental abuse and isolation from the entire world, became folklore and were retold time and again, but to seemingly no avail, as 35 inmates remain ling...