The Alchemy of Truth

The Sydney Muslim Book Club's third session sat to discuss Toni Morrison's powerful book #Beloved. An incredible tale of love, life, and survival when slavery is the background to the story.

Mohamad Tabbaa is a PhD candidate in Law and Criminology at the University of Melbourne. He currently researches issues of discrimination against Muslim minority groups in the West – particularly in Australia.

We will discuss the meanings, explicit and implicit of the terms Human and Rights in today's reality, and how that affects us in Australia and the world today.

Dr Yassir Morsi, from the University of South Australia's Center for Muslim/ Non Muslim Understanding, talks to us about Racism and its different manifestations

Dr Yassir Morsi, from the University of South Australia's Center for Muslim/ Non Muslim Understanding, talks to us about Racism and its different manifestations.

In anticipation of FAMSY NSW's upcoming workshop on Saturday 01/06/2013. We speak to the organizers about the work that FAMSY does.

We also have a chat with sister Monique Toohey, managing director and principal psychologist Nasihah Consulting Group in Melbourne.

We discuss the importance of appreciating our differences in a relationship and how to navigate our differences to create a synergetic and healthy marriage.

We speak to brothers Shamsuddin and Uthman of the NSW Burmese Sunny Muslims Association. About the history of Muslims in Burma and of the human rights abuses happening currently, and what we can do to help.

This show we go out in the field (and over the phone sometimes) to interview a few of the book clubs around Sydney. What do they read, why they have book clubs, and how to join them.

We start our third season of the Alchemy of Truth by covering Cairo through a trip Nasser Alkhateeb took in February.

We also speak to Asma Fahmi and Dr Gabrielle Meranci about Think Tanks and their potential for the community.

March 2013

While Hamza Andreas Tzortzis was visiting Australia as part of an international lecturer tour. I managed to grab him for an hour and talk to him about Islam, atheism, Ibn Taymia and a few other things.

The Hira Conference is held at ISRA Sydney. It hosts thinkers and academics from the Muslim world.

Mehmet Ozalp is the director of ISRA in Australia