Claim OwnershipChronicles of UK Salafism: An insider perspective
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An insight into the focus of Salafi learning and propagation across the UK during the 90s.
40 Episodes
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This final episode provides an overview of Salafism’s contribution to the UK Muslim landscape, introducing - for the first time ever - an insider’s categorisation of existing constituencies that subscribe to its tenets and practices.
Trump’s bigotry and racist statements continue; Maajid Nawaz angers Muslims, Christians & Jews alike with a statement tantamount to disbelief; Kanye West’s claim that slaves chose to remain subjugated; Abu Ibrahim’s clarion call for fellow Asians to ‘stop acting black’
Trump becomes 45th president of US, Westminster Bridge terrorist attack, Manchester Arena terrorist attack, Borough Market & London Bridge terrorist attacks during Ramadan, Grenfell Tower fire, Finsbury Park Mosque attack, the demise of ISIS, Jerusalem illegitimately ‘recognised’ as Israeli capital, UK Salafism’s influence & connectivity with US counterparts.
Brussels terrorist attacks, MP Jo Cox murder, Brexit, US Police killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana, Philando Castile in Minnesota, Keith Lamont Scott in North Carolina, lone gunman kills 5 policemen, Colin Kaepernick takes a knee, Donald Trump becomes 45th US President
Charlie Hebdo attack, “Je Suis Charlie” Obama & Castro historic meeting in Panama, David Cameron government wins with a majority, the Magna Carta, Bataclan targeted terror attacks, Hajj stampede kills hundreds
Sentencing of Jihad Jamie, Abu Hamza reveals his extensive collaboration with MI5 & the police, Al-Baghdadi announces IS caliphate, Andrew Garner killed by NYPD after complaining of not being able to breathe.
Two major terrorist incidents - the Boston Marathon Bomb attacks & murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby - continue to shape counter terrorist strategies while perceptions of racial and religious bias, appear to affect securitised responses.
Lodging an official complaint against scholars involved in fueling conflict among Salafis in the west; A critique of Quilliam Foundation.
Salafi influence on socio-religious and political landscape caused positive changes among other religious groups like Sufis; seismic changes across Muslim societies with spread of the Arab Spring; Google Summit saw a meeting between Abdul Haqq, Maajid Nawaz & Ed Husain; First book publication
This season kicks off with a comparison of the status of the Salafi movement in 2000 and 2010 as different trajectories continue to create a vacuum for unsuspecting extremist elements to exploit
Bird Flu Pandemic, 1st Black President in US history, proud to be black, convert & Salafi, PhD submission, death of a father, lessons learned.
Salafi responses to academic and media focus on Salafism; internecine disputes distract Salafi communities from bigger picture; STREET expands its scope of work, attracting wider support and acknowledgement.
Anti-Muslim sentiment; suspicion & fear of converts as potential home grown extremists; meeting gang members; Socio-cultural disconnects with marriages, polygyny & divorce among Salafi communities
Absence of leadership among Salafis; Wilton Park Conference, Character witness for Zacarius Moussaoui & his sentencing; Newsnight interview with Maajid Nawaz & Abdul Haqq Baker; Saddam Hussein sentenced to death
London Terror attacks; 7/7, 21/7 & the aftermath, Shooting of Charles de Menezes, Muslim Converts under the spotlight, Conflating Salafism with extremism & the Salafi response
Shoe Bomber sentence, Countering threatening narratives from Islamic Awakening Forum, Azzam Publications, SP cult vs wider Salafi communities, Madrid Bombings, Beslan Massacre,
Continuing scrutiny and criticism from fringe groups, letter to Shaykh Rabee, Statutory and government attention, UK & US invasion of Iraq, global condemnation and protests
Media frenzy, visiting scholars in Saudi Arabia, Return to Knowledge 8th Conference, Accusation against Shaykh Rabee al-Madkhali, returning to UK to face arrest...
Ibn Taymeeyah Seminar, 9/11, Zacarius Moussaoui - the 20th bomber; Richard Reid - the Shoe Bomber. Brixton Mosque responds to world media & commences defence and rebuttal of slanderous accusations.
Shaykh Al Albani’s will & testament introduces this new season, followed by religious instruction during that year and the sermons delivered. Particular attention is paid to a sermon that resonates 20 years on with the current coronavirus pandemic that has a third of the world on lockdown.
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