The Muslim Vibe Podcast

Please consider supporting us here at The Muslim Vibe, just £10 per month would go such a long way: https://themuslimvibe.com/support -- This week our host Salim invites on five guests for a roundtable talk, this time to discuss Black History Month. He invites sisters Hafsa and Naima, and brothers Hamza, Hashim and Ibrahim to share their experiences of being both Black and Muslim. They discuss the...

 Please consider supporting us here at The Muslim Vibe, just £10 per month would go such a long way: https://themuslimvibe.com/support -- This week our host Salim speaks to Sahar Al-Faifi, who describes herself as a "molecular biologist by training and an activist by passion". Sahar is running to be a Plaid Cymru Senedd Member - a member of the Welsh parliament - and in this discussion, we gain so...

Please consider supporting us here at The Muslim Vibe, just £10 per month would go such a long way: https://themuslimvibe.com/support -- This week, Salim shares the mic with Rukshana as they co-host this episode of the TMV podcast. They speak to Dr Suriyah Bi, PhD, on the topic of equality, but from a new perspective. Dr Bi does share her stories on how she has been personally affected by discrimi...

Subscribe to the I Am Not Your Bilal podcast here: www.anchor.fm/IAmNotYourBilal --- After a bit of a hiatus, Nabil Abdulrashid and Salim Kassam are back! As you may have seen over the last few months, Nabil has been on Britain's Got Talent and after getting a golden buzzer from Alesha Dixon for his first audition, he had the judges in hysterics with his semi-final set. They put him through to the...

Please consider supporting us here at The Muslim Vibe, just £10 per month would go such a long way: https://themuslimvibe.com/support  -- This week our host Salim invites Naima, Hafsa, Nabil, and LaYinka onto the podcast to discuss the Black Muslim Festival. The festival, held virtually for all of October, was started by Naima B Robert in the wake of the upsurge that the Black Lives Matter (BLM) m...

Please consider supporting us here at The Muslim Vibe, just £10 per month would go such a long way: https://themuslimvibe.com/support -- This week, our host Salim speaks to Fahima, a relationship and life coach. about the realities Muslim women face post-divorce. They discuss the taboo nature of the topic, and how it prevents divorcees from getting the support they need. Fahima draws on her own ex...

Please consider supporting us here at The Muslim Vibe, just £10 per month would go such a long way: https://themuslimvibe.com/support -- This week our host Salim speaks to Sameer Khan, formerly a musician known by the name Sam Khan, about his journey over the last fifteen years. They discuss how he got into music,  the challenges of staying pure in the industry, and why he decided to leave. S...

Please consider supporting us here at The Muslim Vibe, just £10 per month would go such a long way: https://themuslimvibe.com/support -- This week, our host Salim is joined by Sayed Hussain Makke as they get philosophical, talking about our innate nature, the intellect and the love of Allah. They explore the question of how we can unify our will with the will of Allah and much more! -- The Muslim...

Please consider supporting us here at The Muslim Vibe, just £10 per month would go such a long way: https://themuslimvibe.com/support   -- This week, our host Salim speaks to William, a sociologist, about the issues we face on a community level. They dive into an exploration of the notions of "whiteness" and "meta-colonialism", and how they affect every one of us, in every day of our liv...

Please consider supporting The Muslim Vibe on a monthly basis. Just £10 per month would go such a long way: www.themuslimvibe.com/support -- Our host Salim is joined by Noora on this week's podcast, as they speak to Hana Ali - author and daughter of the legend Muhammad Ali. They speak about her new book "At Home with Muhammad Ali" and how it shines more light on how he was as a father. She shares...

Please consider supporting The Muslim Vibe on a monthly basis. Just £10 per month would go such a long way: www.themuslimvibe.com/support  --  This week our host Salim speaks to Omar Shahid of the Muslim Influencer Network as they come up on its three year anniversary. They speak about MIN, what they do, and where they hope to go, touching on how they help build up influencers and b...

Please consider supporting The Muslim Vibe on a monthly basis. Just £10 per month would go such a long way: www.themuslimvibe.com/support -- This week our host Salim speaks to Ali, The Soulful Poet, about poetry in the context of Islam. The conversation opens with a series of poems Ali wrote over the course of Ramadhan and quickly moves to talk about the miracle of the poetry that comprises the Qu...

Please consider supporting The Muslim Vibe on a monthly basis. Just £10 per month would go such a long way: www.themuslimvibe.com/support -- This week Salim speaks to Zohra Khaku, Director of the Muslim Youth Helpline. She talks about mental health and the growing struggles that youth are facing, especially now, and how MYH tries to play a role in tackling that. They discuss how the taboo aro...

The Muslim Vibe has launched a new podcast! We have partnered with Nabil Abdulrashid to bring you the I Am Not Your Bilal Podcast, exploring and discussing the Black Muslim experience with a range of guests. Subscribe here: https://anchor.fm/iamnotyourbilal . This is the second episode of I Am Not Your Bilal. Nabil and Salim discuss the murder of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement, and...

NOTE: This was recorded a few weeks before the Covid lockdown.  --- Please consider supporting The Muslim Vibe on a monthly basis. Just £10 per month would go such a long way: www.themuslimvibe.com/support  --  This week our host Salim speaks to Fatema Dewji about her life and journey to where she is now, looking at the landmarjs she's passed along the way. Fatema is a motivational...

Please consider supporting The Muslim Vibe on a monthly basis. Just £10 per month would go such a long way: www.themuslimvibe.com/support -- This week we invite Berak Hussain back on the podcast to speak on a topic she feels passionately about - domestic abuse. Berak is a Canadian psychotherapist and counsellor, who does a lot of advocacy for mental health awareness. Our host Salim joins her in th...

 In this week's podcast, our host Salim talks to Sheikh Javad once again, this time on the topic of self-awareness. The conversation meanders along through several topics, with some of the points discussed being mindfulness, the separation of one's thoughts from one's self, and the parallels between behavioural science and spirituality. Sheikh Javad gives us a new perspective to the fasting w...

Once again, our host Salim speaks to Sheikh Alihusain Datoo, as this week they speak on the topic of Ramadan. As we know, the month of Ramadan brings with it many blessings, but as we discuss, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The conversation highlights ways that we can capitalise on the goodness of the month, and ultimately maximise our spiritual development. This is the best time to seek nea...

Ramadhan Mubarak! This week our host Salim speaks to Iqbal Nasim of the National Zakat Foundation.  It tends to be one of the topics that isn't explored all that much, but in this week's conversation, Salim and Iqbal take a much deeper look at Zakat and how it affects our society. They look at its importance in Islam and impact on the local communities, with Iqbal sharing some of his stronger opin...

Our host Salim is once again joined by Maryam of Nurturing Learners as they discuss homeschooling in the context of quarantine. Maryam, being well experienced with the challenges that homeschooling presents, offers some tips and advice for parents who have been thrown into the deep end in light of the pandemic. She places great emphasis on prioritising how your children feel during such stressful...

This week The Muslim Vibe has partnered with Britsh Muslim TV for today's podcast. Our host Salim speaks to Adeem Younis of singlemuslim.com about online dating in the Muslim community. A trip down memory lane walks us through the story behind singlemuslim.com, taking us through the journey of how an office above a pizza shop turned into a well-known platform with thousands of users. The platform...

Please consider supporting The Muslim Vibe on a monthly basis. Just £10 per month would go such a long way: www.themuslimvibe.com/support -- Berak Hussain joins our host Salim on the podcast once again, tackling the topic of mental health. Berak is a Canadian psychotherapist and counsellor, who does a lot of advocacy for mental health awareness. This week they discuss mental health, and the newfou...

This week Salim is once again joined by Husam as they broach the topic of modest fashion in their conversation with Hafsa Lodi. Hafsa's book 'Modesty: A Fashion Paradox' explores the growing industry that is modest fashion, getting insights from some of the biggest players. This week's podcast extends the conversation, as we tackle the divorce of Islam from modest fashion, watching how the trends...

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT: www.themuslimvibe.com/support  We're looking for 500 people of our audience to give just £10 per month to help support TMV! Please consider being one of those amazing individuals :)  ---- On this podcast, Salim is joined by Muhbeen Hussain, the founder of Rotherham-based organization British Muslim Youth. They discuss how the organisation came into existence and wha...

Salim is joined by Sheikh Jaffer Ladak as they look at the cataclysmic shift in all our lives that coronavirus has brought about. They explore the shifts in government policy and the lessons we must learn as humanity from this global pandemic. Also importantly, looking at Quranic lessons and shifting the discourse away from the next 6 months towards longer-term reforms that we as a society need to...