KalamCast

Cybersecurity is the protection of computer systems and networks from information disclosure, theft of or damage to their hardware, software, or electronic data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. Dr Atif Ahmed is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne where he serves as Deputy Director for the Academic Centre of Cyber Security Excellence. He leads a unique team of Cybersecurity Management researchers drawn from information systems, business administration, security intelligence, and information warfare. He spoke to KalamCast about what Cyber Security is, some of the pressing issues within the field and potential opportunities for work.

Hamza Andreas Tzortzis is a British public speaker and researcher on Islam. He came to Australia in 2016 to deliver an AlKauthar course in Sydney and Melbourne. During that time, he was also able to visit Canberra for a talk or two. Furqan was able to interview him on top of Telstra tower (a telecommunications tower and lookout that is situated above the summit of Black Mountain in Australia's capital city). In this recording, Hamza speaks of some of the things he has learned whilst intellectually promoting and defending Islam, his opinions towards certain approaches and his own motivations. Hamza was scheduled for a flight on the same day to Brisbane to attend other speaking engagements, hence the abrupt ending.

In the aftermath of an appalling incident where a man became violent towards a pregnant Muslim woman (Rana Elasmar) in a Parramatta cafe, Furqan speaks with Sheikh Alaa El Zokm (Imam of Heidelberg mosque, ANIC member and executive member of the Board of Imams Victoria) regarding his thoughts about the incident and how we as Muslims should be dealing with such violent forms of behaviour. 

In this episode, we are joined with Almir Colan, well-known for his Islamic finance commentaries and discussions on YouTube. We discuss another topic dear to him, the famous series Diriliş: Ertuğrul. Almir discusses why he finds the series to be so endearing, how it is a source for change and some of the lessons we can learn from the series in general.

This was the very first Kalamistan podcast (later renamed to KalamCast by Episode 4), hosted by 'Cute' Mustafa (sort of) and Furqan. In it, we meet with Da'wah specialist Waseem Razvi to discuss some of his experiences, opinions and controversies. Enjoy!