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Tune in with Hamzah and Sufyan in this exciting new podcast as we explore news and current affairs - both local and global - with a twist!
๐๐๐๐: ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ
๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด ย ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ต
Roshan has been a journalist for 21 years. After a brief stint in teaching he started his career in local newspapers in the UK before moving into TV journalism with London Weekend Television. He then went to work at Al Jazeeraโs new English website in Qatar. Upon his return to the UK a few years later he became head of news at Islam Channel between 2005-2007. He then moved onto Press TV where he was head of news in London for five years. You may have also seen his work at 5Pillars where he is the managing Editor for the British Muslims News Service.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐: - ๐ฎ๐๐ '๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐กโ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ย
lListen in on this great episode with special guest Usman Malik as we delve into the linguistic miracle of the Holy Quran. ย
Usman Malik has been a teacher for 12 years, and specialises in Studies of Religion. He also teaches Business Studies and has a Bachelor of Business and Accounting with a sub major in Company Law. He has a passion for the language of the Qur'an and has given numerous lectures in its linguistic miracle in youth and community settings. He also has a keen interest in health, fitness and sports - particularly swimming and cricket.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ
The Convo team will aim to unpack this with our esteemed guests:
๐บ๐. ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐-๐ผ๐ -๐ซ๐๐ - recently graduated from the Islamic University of Madinah and has attained multiple ijazaat in Hifdh of the Quran according to Hafs โan โAasim. He holds a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) and is currently pursuing a Masters of Teaching. ย
๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ - studied at Dar al-Uloom Victoria and completed a Bachelor of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage (Honours - Major in Qurโan & Sunnah) at the International Islamic University Malaysia. He also has a Masters in classical Arabic and is a PhD candidate in Islamic Studies at Charles Sturt University. He is currently a Hifth Instructor, advanced Arabic grammar teacher and an assistant Imam. ย
View the live video on Facebook at Episode 24 - The Quest for Knowledge
View the live video on YouTube at Episode 24 - The Quest for Knowledge
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The Convo team along with our guests below unpacked the consequences of the War on Terror narrative in this episode titled: ๐๐ถ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐. ย
๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐ - Research Director at advocacy group ๐๐๐๐ - has specialised in investigating the impact of counterterrorism practices worldwide since 2003. Has published a wide range of NGO reports, academic journals and articles. Author of the book _"Rules of the Game: Detention, Deportation, Disappearance". ย
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ - Writer on Islam, politics and International Relations. Singaporean political activist jailed without trial for 4.5 years - accused of supporting terrorism by Singaporean government. Released November 2020. ย
๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐ - Lawyer, sessional academic and Executive Member of Muslim Legal Network (NSW). His thesis is on Pakistanโs Counterterrorism framework. Other research areas include Islamic Law in the Muslim World, South Asian politics and postcolonial thought. ย
View the live video on Facebook at Episode 23 - Hijacking a Generation: Twenty Years of the War on Terror
View the live video on YouTube at Episode 23 - Hijacking a Generation: Twenty Years of the War on Terror
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The Convo team along with our guests below examined Pakistan's policy towards Afghanistan in this episode titled: ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ -
๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ - A political analyst and commentator on Afghanistan. He has an MA in International Urban and Environment Management and served as an advisor to the former president of Afghanistan, Burhanuddin Rabbani.
๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ - Political analyst, author, activist and founder of Geopolity.com. Written on economics, political Islam, energy, defence and the Middle East for 20+ years. Author of Global Trends for the 21st Century and 100 Years of the Middle East.
View the live video on Facebook at Episode 22 -Between Mountains and a Hard Place
View the live video on YouTube at Episode 22 -Between Mountains and a Hard Place
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๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก: ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ? ย
The Convo team along with our guests below unpacked the current situation in Afghanistan. ย
๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ - Sessional Academic/PHD candidate at USYD, School of Social & Political Sciences, Department of Government & International relations. ย
๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ - Media Office at Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia
๐ด ๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐ - ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ข๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฆ-๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ก-๐๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐. ย
View the live video on Facebook at Episode 21 - AFGHANISTAN: Graveyard of another Empire? ย Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod Follow us on Apple podcast @The Convo Follow our YouTube Channel @The Convo Podcast
๐จ๏ธ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป
๐ฌ With the onset of this second phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, has the education system capitulated a second time or has it shown the agility to react โ
We will hear from a wide range of guests who will help us unpack this discussion:
๐ต Deputy Principle/Instructional leader - ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ก๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ Teacher & Parent - ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ Year 12 Student - ๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐ย
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In this episode, our Convo was centered around bizarre experience of celebrating Eid in Lockdown. No congregational prayers, no visiting close family members or friends such was the nature of Eid this year. Please tune in to listen to the experiences of our hosts Hamzah and Sufyan. ย View the live video on Facebook at Episode 19 - Reflections on an Eid in Lockdown View the live video on YouTube at Episode 19 - Reflections on an Eid in Lockdown ย Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod Follow us on Apple podcast @The Convo Follow our YouTube Channel @The Convo Podcast
๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ธ๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ. ย
Below are some of the topics discussed during the episode: ย
Dangers facing Muslim youth in today's society. The critical role of youth in our community. Taking advantage of your youth; what does being "active" really mean? Does our community do enough to support and assist our youth? ย
View the live video on Facebook at Episode 18 - Islam on the Back of Youth View the live video on YouTube at Episode 18 - Islam on the Back of Youth ย Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod Follow us on Apple podcast @The Convo Follow our YouTube Channel @The Convo Podcast
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recognises a person as experiencing homelessness if they are living in a dwelling that is inadequate; has no tenure, or if their initial tenure is short and not extendable; or does not allow them to have control of, and access to space for social relations. From this overview the ABS defines six categories of homelessness: ย
persons living in improvised dwellings, tents, or sleeping out (โrough sleepersโ)
persons in supported accommodation
persons staying temporarily with other households (โcouch surfingโ)
persons living in boarding houses
persons in other temporary lodgings
persons living in 'severely' crowded dwellings. ย Listen to the discussion with our special guest brother Dean Mousad from Brothers in Need. ย
View the live video on Facebook at Live a Day in my Shoes with Dean Mousad ย Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod Follow us on Apple podcast @The Convo
THE CONVO - EP 16 - Marriage: Taqwa & Maturity: Part 2 of 2
We are excited to announce Dalya Ayoub from Life Matters Academy will be joining us a second time as we continue on part two of our "Marriage: Taqwa & Maturity" series!
We had such a great discussion in our last episode with Dalya so we will continue with more interesting points that are commonly asked in our community such as: ย
Ideal age to get married What does it mean to be "ready" for marriage? Protect our daughters or educate our sons? What is an appropriate Mahr/Dowry amount? ย View the live video on Facebook at Marriage - Taqwa and Maturity Part 2 of 2 View the live video on Youtube at Marriage - Taqwa and Maturity Part 2 of 2 ย Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod Follow us on Apple podcast @The Convo
THE CONVO - EP 15 - One with Nature: Muslims and our connection with the natural world ย Joining us in the studio for this episode is the enigmatic Shaykh, teacher, bird-watching enthusiast, fisherman and hunter, Bashir Khan.
We will trek through the following issues and see what, if anything, Islam has to say about: ย
Caring for the environment Interacting with wildlife Immersing oneself in natural settings Balancing our Islamic obligations with our desire for leisure ย
View the live video on Facebook at Episode 15 - One With Nature - Muslims and Our Connection to the Real World
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In this episode, our Convo was centered around marriage. This is the second part of our marriage podcast series, we are joined by Dalya Ayoub, founder and CEO of Life Matters Academy, where she also plays an active role as relationship Life Coach.
View the live video on Facebook at Marriage: Taqwa and Maturity
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THE CONVO - EP 13 - Cybersecurity and WhatsApp Controversies.
There has been a lot of discussion recently in regards to the privacy of your information online, on the back of a change in privacy policy from WhatsApp. ย
Please listen in as we delve through this complicated area and attempt to separate fact from fiction. ย View the live video on Facebook at EP 13 - Cybersecurity and WhatsApp Controversies ย Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod
THE CONVO - EP 12 - 2020 Recap - A Snapshot of Key Developments in 2020.
2020 has been a year unlike any other we have experienced. Many events have occurred so we thought it's a good time to dissect through some of them. ย View the live video on Facebook at Ep 12 - Recap 2020 Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod
Recent days have brought many developments worthy of our attention, but none as deeply distressing as the passing of our dear brother, the late Raghe Abdi, may Allah have mercy on him.
Listen in to know the other side of the story.
View the live video on Facebook at Ep 11 - Queensland Police - Armed and Dangerous
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In this episode, our Convo was centered around Muslim marriages. Sheikh Bilal Dannoun aka "the love doctor" was our special guest for the episode. Sheikh Bilal is an experienced marriage celebrant, marriage counsellor and divorce facilitator. Please listen in to be enlightened with his knowledge, experiences and insights.
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In this episode, our Convo was centered around the life after leaving high school. Listen to the podcast for a intriguing discussion on the experience of leaving high school and the multitude of problems going through the big transition to the world outside school.
View the live video on Facebook at Straight Outta High School.
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| ANALYSIS: Trump and the US Elections |
The world's eyes are on the USA as they vote for their next president. In this episode, we're having a Convo about the Donald Trump, the US elections, and what this means for the rest of the world.
โView the live video on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6jgqTnAbdc&ab_channel=TheConvoPodcast
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In this episode, our Convo centered around charity and charitable organizations. We discussed role of charitable organization in the community to eradicate poverty. We discussed in depth whether charity can really eradicate poverty or not.
โView the live video on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/podcastconvo/videos/645505416383786/?vh=e&extid=RcW6UwlSYI3xp7Bj
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Discussing the latest developments in Yemen, the Uyghur plight and the UAE/Israel agreement.
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In this episode, our Convo was centred around the unique struggles that families with special needs experience.ย
We were joined by experts in the field as we discussed the role of society, policy makers, professionals, and families in providing the best care for those with special needs.
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Following the devastating explosions in Beirut, Lebanon was spiralled into further chaos, adding on to the political and economic crises the people have been suffering throughout the year.
We were joined by political experts from Beirut, while also taking live calls, to dissect this issue and its aftermath.
View the live video on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/podcastconvo/videos/670579263669483/
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Join us this week as we discuss the Hajj that went viral, the pennies behind pilgrims, Eid blues, and more!ย
During this unique episode, live calls were taken from our viewers on Facebook + Instagram.
Join us in our pilot episode as we introduce ourselves and our vision.ย
This episode delves into the rise of China as a global power, relations with Australia, COVID-19 reactions, and ideologies.