In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent Ottoman historian, author and thinker, Dr. Yakoob Ahmed. Topics of discussion include:* 'Pan-Islam' and 'Islamism' - problematic framings and language. * Caliph Abdulhamid II's vision of Islamic unity in the Muslim world. * The Muslim ummah's Islamic identity, belonging and destiny. * Understanding history and politics with an Islamic lens. * Recep Tayyip Erdogan, neo-Ottomanism and the Turkish Republic. * Gaza genocide, the nation state, AI, and an emerging multipolar world. * Is romanticism and nostalgia necessary for Islamic revival?

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