Alen Bašić | Ottoman History, Islam in the Balkan & The Bosnian Genocide | BB #209

In the first official Blood Brothers Podcast collaboration between 5Pillars and One Nation Media​⁠, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent South African political commentator and thinker, Pieter Kriel. Topics of discussion include: Nelson Mandela’s legacy and the broken promises of post-apartheid South Africa. The rise of xenophobia and Afrophobia in South Africa in light of the March and March movement. South Africa’s political landscape: ANC, Democratic Alliance, Jacob Zuma’s MK Party and Gayton McKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance. AfriForum, Afrikaner identity and the politics of minority interests. Pieter Kriel’s Pan-Africanism and how it shapes his politics and worldview. Israel’s alleged influence in South Africa’s political turmoil, particularly the rise of anti-migrant sentiment. The place of religion and morality in politics and society. Israeli apartheid and what a future Palestinian state could look like.  FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:    Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with viral American-Egyptian debater and streamer Itachi. Topics of discussion include: Itachi’s first experience of London and Speakers’ Corner. Itcahi's early influences and growing up watching Ahmed Deedat. Why Itachi focuses on biblical contradictions rather than the Trinity or textual preservation. Expanding into debates on atheism, liberalism and feminism. The decline of Christianity in the West. Managing virality, attention and sincerity, as well as her family’s reaction. Criticism of Itachi’s combative debating style and her thoughts on marriage in the future. FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:    Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the viral Niqabi debater and Muslim polemicist, Korra The Taymi. Topics of discussion include: What did Korra make of Speakers’ Corner? Why is Aisha’s (ra) marriage to the Prophet (saw) weaponised against Muslims? Managing virality very quickly and at a young age. How did Korra get into debates and polemics, and are there particular scholars she learns from or consults? Why has Christianity become Korra’s main area of focus? Korra’s recent response to the TikTok “Pink Cherry Islam” phenomenon. Muslim women in dawah and an antagonising posture. Given Korra’s Sudanese heritage, what are her thoughts on the situation in Sudan? FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:    Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent American Muslim scholar and men's marriage coach, Shaykh Abdullah Oduro. Topics of discussion include: Quickfire Q&A on the fiqh of Muslim marriages. What is 'Prophetic masculinity' and what are its foundations? How does Prophetic masculinity deal with modern challenges facing Muslim marriages? Carrying out due diligence on a woman's chastity before marriage. Marital intimacy, love language and porn addiction. Setting boundaries with your wife as early and clearly as possible. The importance of managing anger, and communicating clearly and respectfully. Quickfire Q&A on 'controversial' hadith relating to women. FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:    Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent British Muslim film producer and matchmaker, Jamaal Richards. Topics of discussion include: Growing up in the Windrush generation and memories of Jamaica. Christianity in Caribbean culture and in Jamaal's family. Muslim matchmaking and catering for black Muslim reverts. Domestic abuse, manipulative behaviour and messy marriages. Jamaal's book 'Abdul Wakeel and the Great Race' and the use of AI.  Buy 'Abdul Wakeel and the Great Race' via: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Abdul-Wakeel-Great-Jamaal-Richards/dp/B0GHJHT9M4 FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:  Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with Ottoman historian, content creator and the social media manager of 5Pillars, Alen Bašić. Topics of discussion include: Joining 5Pillars and Alen's first year at the organisation. Difference between working with Roshan Salih and Dilly Hussain. Ottoman history and Islam in Balkans. How did the Bosniak people embrace Islam? Devshirme, The Janissaries and Ottoman Jews. Former Yugoslavia and the Bosnian war. Serb and Croat mythologising and dehumanising Bosniak Muslims. The role of media in manufacturing consent for war and genocide. FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:    Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent British African scholar, author and historian, Shaykh Mustafa Briggs. Topics of discussion include: The overlooked and forgotten Islamic history of black Africa. Africa before colonialism and transatlantic slave trade. King Mansa Musa and the Mali Empire. Usman Dan Fodio and the Sokoto Caliphate. Sufism in Africa, 'Islamism' and Islamic revival. Marxism, socialism and pan-Africanism. How did the Maliki madhab come to African (including quick-fire fiqh Q&A) You can buy Shaykh Briggs' book 'Beyond Bilal - Black History in Islam' via: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Bilal-Black-History-Islam/dp/B09RVDYCXL   FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:    Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews  

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the Sunday Times bestselling author and award-winning CEO of Solace UK, Aliyah Umm Raiyaan. Topics of discussion include: Aliyah's early years as a new Muslim activist with Hizb ut-Tahrir. A racist Islamophobic step-father and the breakdown of her relationship with her mother.   The struggles of Muslim converts and Solace UK's origin story. Vulnerability of new Muslim/Muslim convert sisters in finding spouses. Intra-Muslim and anti-black racism among South Asian Muslims. Honest Tea Talk and online gender wars. Is there a need for Muslim women in dawah, debates and polemics? FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:    Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent British Muslim debater, thinker, writer, and the CEO of the Islamic Education & Research Academy (IERA), Subboor Ahmad. Topics of discussion include: IERA's dawah activities after two major organisational realignments. Dawah in Africa (Malawi) and Latin America (Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela). Latin American approach to God, truth and religion. Dawah in the absence of a state or civilisation. Women in dawah and debates: A necessity or fitna? Confidence in dawah and debates against bad faith interlocutors. Muslim unity and putting differences aside for a loftier goal. FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:    Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with author, thinker and senior researcher at the Sapience Institute, Imran Hussein. Topics of discussion include: Understanding aliens and UFOs. Pentagon disclosures and congressional hearings on UFO/UAP sightings. Alien form, UFO intelligence and the jinn. The jinn hypothesis: points of contact and similarities. Jinn possession, attachment and misguidance. The occult, AI and the dawn of transhumanism. DOWNLOAD Sapience Institute's book Aliens, UFOs and the Jinn hypothesis: https://www.sapienceinstitute.org/the-jinn-hypothesis/  FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:   Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews