Is Britain on a course to make the worst political decision since the Suez Crisis in 1956, that may potentially tip it into a recession and in the words of former PM John Major, reduce its influence in the world? Dr Imran Waheed joins me in conversation to explore Britain’s uneasy relationship with Europe, its current predicament and to speculate about what comes next.

Many Muslims have an uneasy relationship with wealth, it is often associated with fahisha (transgressions) and taqabbur (arrogance), and it’s believed too much wealth leads to extravagance, hassad (envy) and worse.  So how does Islam view wealth and how does it view extravagance? To answer these questions I speak to Hasan al-Hasan, Lebanese academic based in London.

This week I speak to Fadl Hejazi, a Muslim academic from India. It has been two weeks since the Indian government’s actions in Kashmir, the repealing of Article 370. We explored the doctrine that underpins Modi’s India, known as Hindutva, and its impact upon the countries’ Muslims.

Researcher and academic Dr Omar Khan joins us this week to take a deep dive into the motivations surrounding Modi’s decision to unilaterally withdraw from the constitutional arrangement that gave Jammu and Kashmir a special autonomous status, Pakistan’s response, why current US negotiations with the Taliban is key to understanding the timing of the decision and China’s muted role in responding to the crisis.

Uyghur activist and campaigner Arslan Hidayat joins us to discuss the extent to which Muslim Uyghurs have been subject to China’s programme of repression. Arslan has been active for many years, bringing the world’s attention to the situation in East Turkestan, long before it was adopted by the mainstream press. He remains in contact with members of the community and has become a source of information for many.