Muslim in Moderation Podcast
season two
Episode 20: POWER and the Law
Legal scholar and historian Anver Emon talks about the London Ontario attacks, who gets labeled a terrorist, the Azarova hiring scandal and systemic barriers to scholarship on Palestine.
Episode 19: MUSLIM WOMEN and SPORt
Researcher and Muslim Women’s Sport Network ExCo Member Dr. Nida Ahmad discusses barriers faced by Muslim women in sport, increasing corporate interest, policy changes required, American Ninja Warrior and more.
Episode 18: MUSLIM AWARDS FOR excellence
CEO Aazar Zafar talks about creating MAX, a multi-pillared organization that recognizes, motivates and fosters high achievement by Muslims.
Episode 17: WESTERN MUSLIM ARCHIVES
Archivist Moska Rokay explains how archives help Western Muslims better represent themselves, what goes into an archive and how the Muslims in Canada Archives (MiCA) compares to archives in the US and UK.
Episode 16: White supremacist THREAT
Civil rights advocate Momin Saeed discusses the storming of the Capitol, the challenges of tackling white supremacist groups in Canada and recent violence targeting Muslim women.
Episode 15: Muslim TEEN NOVELS
Author S.K. Ali talks about writing for young adults, reception to her work from Muslim and non-Muslim audiences, tackling difficult issues and more.
Episode 14: 2020 US Election for Muslims
A deep dive on the 2020 US Elections from an American Muslim perspective featuring Robert McCaw of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Episode 13: MusliM ADVOCACY WORK
National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) CEO Mustafa Farooq discusses civil liberties and pluralism, Black Lives Matter, fighting the Quebec secularism law and coordinating efforts to combat Islamophobia in the West.
Episode 12: Muslim MATCHMAKING online
SingleMuslim.com founder Adeem Younis talks about starting the platform twenty years ago, how attitudes to online match matching have changed and how the digital platform may change in the future.
Episode 11: Zarqa IS BACK!
Muslim TV pioneer Zarqa Nawaz is back to talk about her new show “Zarqa”, taking on the “brown man/white trophy wife” trope, the pandemic and more.
SEASON ONE
EPISODE 10: Muslims AND #METOO
Scholar Zahra Ayubi discusses the problem of spiritual and sexual abuse including Muslim celebrity cases, countering the culture of silence and the importance of women in mosque governance.
Episode 9: caring for elderly Muslims
Aged care advocate Mahjabeen Ahmad discusses transnational care giving, tailoring aged care services for Muslims in the West, overcoming the stigma in receiving help and the prospects for Muslim nursing homes.
Episode 8: Cultural evolution & THE FUTURE OF religion
Dr. Azim Shariff is back to talk about how religion helped foster cooperation, the effect of culture on religious practice, how religions adapt to survive and where religion is headed in the face of rapid technological change.
Episode 7: muslim american women…
Anthropology Professor Shabana Mir shares insights and stories from her award winning book, Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life and Identity.
Episode 6: Mental health matters
Clinical, Counselling and Health Psychologist Saunia Ahmad discusses mental health issues, stigma and changing attitudes, as well as clinical challenges with respect to Western Muslims.
Episode 5: Zarqa on the Prairie
Journalist, filmmaker and show-runner of Little Mosque on the Prairie, Zarqa Nawaz talks about the origins of show, the challenge of being the first of its kind and the show’s enduring legacy.
Episode 4: Spying on Us
Criminal lawyer Nader Hasan discusses supporting Muslim youth contacted by the Canadian spy agency, anti-terrorism rights abuses and the state of civil liberties in the years after 9/11.
Episode 3: Irrational Rationalism
Social psychologist Azim Shariff talks about anti-Muslim reactionaries in rationalist thought, pluralism in a democracy and the effect of social media on civil discourse.
Episode 2: Freedom of Religion
Lawyer Ranjan Agarwal discusses the legal test for religious belief, legality of “burka bans”, strategies for religious advocacy groups and the future of religious accommodation.
Episode 1: Minority Political Action
Political Science Professor Quinn Mecham discusses challenges in Muslim minority mobilization, impact of competing identities and the potential landscape after the Christchurch mosque shooting.