How has U.S. educational policy developed over the years, and has it become racialized? Is the ‪#‎SpringValleyHigh‬ incident of an officer slamming a young black girl on the floor a symptom of a larger racial problem in our education system? How can we move forward to ensure quality education for all students, regardless of thir socio-economic background? Tune in to find out.

Guest: Kevin Kumashiro, Dean of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco

Host: Frederick al-Dean

Producer: Tahera Shireen Rahman

Photo: U.S. Department of Education, https://flic.kr/p/nxNiDK

We speak with Linda Sarsour and her efforts in organizing the Women's March on Washington that will take place January 21st, the day after Trump's inauguration sending the message that the rights and livelihood of many are not to be neglected. In our second half with talk with Radio Islam Host Br. Saladhuddin Khan on Trump's policy and rhetoric.

Guest; Linda Sarsour

Guest: Saladhuddin Kha

Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Producer: Olivia Richardson

Executive Producer: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Image: http://s3.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Donald-Trump-1-1.jpg

Music:

Tours - Enthusiast

Ketsa - Future Life

beat.dowsing - bones

Ant The Symbol - Libby Hill

For more info: http://www.radioislam.com/node/11915

Wacky Wednesday returns! Join Janaan Hashim and Olivia Richardson for the lighter side of life.

Host: Janaan Hashim

Co-Host: Olivia Richardson

Producer: Olivia Richardson

"Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy. He is the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex.

He recently wrote the piece "A Pentagon Rising: Is a Trump Presidency Good News for the Military-Industrial Complex?" for TomDispatch, which states: "The person currently rumored to be the frontrunner ... is General James 'Mad Dog' Mattis, a 44-year Marine and former head of the U.S. Central Command who left the military in 2013 amid disagreements with the Obama administration over how many troops to deploy in Iraq and how hard a line to take on Iran. According to a Washington Post profile of Mattis, he 'consistently pushed the military to punish Iran and its allies, including calling for more covert actions to capture and kill Iranian operatives and interdictions of Iranian warships.' ..."

Guest: William Hartung

Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Producer: Olivia Richardson

Executive Producer: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Image by: Drew Coffman, https://flic.kr/p/9gJ6LX

Music:

Antony Raijekov - By the Coast (2004)

Manuele Atzei - Crezima

Lessazo - Doute

Dr. Azeem Ibrahim joins Radio Islam where we discuss motivations in global politics and we discuss attitudes and cultural beliefs towards Rohingya, common ties of racism seen in both the East and the West especially as the Islamic Terrorist association is used to discredit Rohingya plight.

5:06: Azeem shares Myanmar's lack of political interest allow them to remain unknown and unspoken for.

10:05 - Tackling a black and white narrative of Aung San Suu Kyi as a hero eclipsing her complexity.

16:05 The Buddhist who attack Rohingya are very different than the Buddhist the west knows.

18:35 To change the situation for Rohingya is partially changing the belief that they are subhuman, and on the lower spectrum of life.

25:01 Journalists have limited access to what's been done in Myanmar with the state tightly controlling who reports and has access.

29:00 To disallow one to say "Rohingya" plays into the psychology of keeping the understanding of them as subhuman.

31:55 Eastern racism using the same augments of Islamophobia and conspiracy theories.

33:00 Conspiracies theories of outside parties arising out of the gross overestimation of "others." Parallels into Western political climates.

40:40 Syria is a great advertisement of Russian military weapons and power.

47:00 China deals more in their own interest and will work with any party to their means.

Guest: Dr. Azeem Ibrahim

Host: Olivia Richardson

Producer: Olivia Richardson

Executive Producer: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Image by: Overseas Development Institute, https://flic.kr/p/uA8qbb

Music:

Ketsa - Future Life

Tours - Enthusiast

beat.dowsing - bones

Correction: Host Olivia mentions that Azeem spoke at Brennan Institute, when it was the Brookings Institute, watch here: https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-rohingya/

One of the five tenants of Islam is that Muslims are to pray five times per day. When Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, peace be upon him, received this revelation he had to ask that it be reduced to five. Are there secondary and tertiary benefits? Is it simply wishful thinking? We explore how prayer interacts with those who partake.

For more information: http://www.radioislam.com/node/11848

Host: Adul Malik Mujahid

Producer: Olivia Richardson

Image by: Rajarshi MITRA, https://flic.kr/p/hYZwi2

Music:

Raez - Persepolis Sunset

RoccoW - Bleeps Galore

The Stand with the Prophet Conference is drawing near and we speak with Dr. Siddiqui on what to expect, what the conference is for and who should attend. In the second half of the show we talk about Radio Islam's convention junky, Wahaj Khan filling us in on his convention stories.

Guest: Dr. Mohammed Siddiqui

Host: Janaan Hashim

Co-Host: Wahaj Khan

Producer: Olivia Richardon

Executive Producer: Abdul Malik Mujahid

For more info: http://www.radioislam.com/node/11837

Music:

Antony Raijekov - By the Coast (2004)

Manuele Atzei - Crezima

The Kyoto Connection - Voyage II - Satori

Wildlight - Get Up Out Your Way

Kashmir has been in an on-going conflict for over 60 years, yet reporting and general understanding has been hard to place as forced silence, killings and labels of terrorism have been placed on the people and journalists. Our guests share that there are few options for Kashmiris.

Guest: Naheem Adhami

Guest: Rizwan Kadir

Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Producer: Olivia Richardson

Music:

Ketsa - Future Life

Tours - Enthusiast

beat.dowsing - bones

Image by: BOMBMAN, https://flic.kr/p/ha3SKN

http://www.radioislam.com/node/11831

In this show we talk about singer Junaid Jamshed who has recently passed away in a plane crash in Pakistan. He has been well missed by many though through out his career he's caused controversy.

Taha Ghayyur comments that Junaid was profesional, versatile, approachable, caring, always wanting to collaborate with other artists and went out his way to make sure he could reach all sort of audiences with his voice acquiring languages. However he also has made comments that have been interpreted as misogynistic towards women and contradictory to his image and stance. We discuss this on Radio Islam.

Guest: Taha Ghayyur

Guest: Shahnaz Khan

Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Co-Host: Olivia Richardson

Producer: Olivia Richardson

Board Operations: Wahaj Khan

Music:

Antony Raijekov - By the Coast (2004)

Manuele Atzei - Crezima

Communications Coordinator and Outreach Coordinator Amanda Long and Mrinalini Chakraborty of the Women's March Chicago Chapter joined us in studio today to talk about the upcoming march January 21st, sharing how it got started, what it's like to organize and that the march is for demonstrating voices heard. We discuss though the challenges and the experience of organizing a grass roots movement while working and finding ways to make sure the people of Illinois get out to march the day after inauguration.

Guest: Amanda Long - Communications Director, Women's March on Washington Illinois

Guest: Mrinalini Chakraborty - Outreach Coordinator, Women's March on Washington Illinois

Host: Olivia Richardson

Producer: Wahaj Khan

For more information on the show and guest: http://www.radioislam.com/node/11712

Image by: Duke University Archives, https://flic.kr/p/7NbpBS

Music:

Ketsa - Future Life

Tours - Enthusiast

beat.dowsing - bones

Ant The Symbol - Libby Hill