Blood Brothers #219: State harassment, surveillance and the pro-Israel lobby

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the viral Muslim debater, writer and YouTuber, Mohammed Hijab.

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Topics of discussion include:

• Hijab’s Schedule 7 case, seized devices, attempted informant recruitment and timing after the Piers Morgan debate.
• Wider implications of Hijab’s case on other public Muslim figures beyond his immediate circle?
• Potentially compromising private information and Hijab’s cryptic tweet about if he ever betrayed the Ummah and Islam in the future.
• British/Western Muslim strategy: Government subversion, political leverage, mobilisation, The Muslim Vote, think tanks, protecting rights and independent Muslim media.
• Theology and geopolitics: Sunni identity, sectarianism and perspectives on Iran, Israel and the US.
• Women in dawah: The Itchahi controversy, male backlash, gender boundaries and the need for female du’at.
• Tarbiya in dawah: Lack of discipline, personal conduct and Hijab’s responsibility for the state of online dawah.

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