The London Circle

| The London Circle | 03 July 2024

The issue of rights and responsibilities when it comes to RSE in UK schools seem to be an ambiguous issue, which deemed even the PM’s intervention necessary.

So what are the rights of parents to oversee their children’s education and to intervene when they feel they must?

It could be argued that Relationships and Sexual Education is among the top issues in every British Muslim’s mind, indeed in the minds of the majority of Brits, parents particularly. 

Along with a moral stand on the genocide in Gaza, endorsable candidates for the General Election were asked to express their unequivocal stand on this issue as well.

The fact that there is so much ambiguity and lack of clarity when it comes to an issue, the consequences of which so significant, makes this conversation between Yusuf Patel and Anas Altikriti, all the more crucial. 

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Guests:

| Yusuf Patel, Managing Director of Muslim Family Initiative

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| The London Circle | 27 June 2024

For almost 9 months, the Pro-Palestine coalition has mobilized like it has never mobilized before. Record numbers of protestors, record numbers of events and an unprecedented benchmark for change and effect.

But what next for the Left, as well as for Britain as a whole?

Over 15 national protests, hundreds of local and regional events and millions of protestors who have incessantly come out in support of the victims of Gaza over close to 9 months, in an unprecedented show of support and solidarity.

Anas Altikriti talks with Chris Nineham who traces back this movement to the days of the Afghanistan and then Iraq wars over 20 years ago, and the political and social upheavals that have occurred since, allowing for this tremendous mobilization to be possible.

They discuss Palestine, the British and European Left, the Corbyn years leading Labour and the future of Britain amid the coming general election.

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Guests:

| Chris Nineham, Vice President of Stop The War Coalition

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| The London Circle | 20 June 2024

Whilst the world focuses on the genocide unfolding in Gaza, Kashmir continues to endure its own occupation and cultural, religious and ethnic annihilation by Indian authorities, amid indifference from its supposedly closest allies.

Kashmir has been occupied by India since 1947, and despite UN resolutions and international agreements pertaining to a referendum by the people of Kashmir, India continues to ignore all of that, favouring mass murder, annihilation, torture and cultural and physical genocide instead, relying on its standing as a global economic powerhouse.

Zaffar Ahmad Quraishi speaks with Anas Altikriti to discuss how further light could be shed on this issue and the scenarios for a resolution.

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Guests:

| Zaffar Ahmad Quraishi, Chairman, Kashmir Campaign Global

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| The London Circle | 13 June 2024

A South African Jew, marries to Bangaldeshi Muslim and who grew up in the circles of the ANC before and after the collapse of the Apartheid regime, is now standing opposite the leader of Labour and the widely expected Prime Minister Kier Starmer.

The parralels between Apartheid South Africa and the Zionist state of Israel could not be made clearer than by a South African Jew, who lived under Apartheid and was part of the struggle to see its demise. Andrew Feinstein’s experience with the great Nelson Mandella and his take on the future of the UK, British politics and the Palestinian cause make for a rich and profound discussion with Anas Altikriti

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Guests:

| Andrew Feinstein; Gaza, Apartheid and Standing Against Starmer

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| The London Circle | 05 June 2024

Since the Gaza strip was blocked by Israel and a siege was imposed, despite the denunciation of numerous international laws, various attempts have been made to break the siege by activists from around the world, some failing and some coming close to reaching the besieged strip and its people.

John Adam Turnball, a Canadian retired software engineer and activist, who is one of the captains of the ship Handala speaks with Anas Altikriti about the endeavour to break the siege imposed on Gaza, and the varying degrees of success this has encountered over the years.

He speaks about his own personal journey since hearing of Israel and Palestine and the transformation he and his thinking went through over the years. He also speaks of his hopes and aspirations for the younger generation and their fight for truth and justice over the world.

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Guests:

| John Adam Turnball, Captain of the Ship Handala

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| The London Circle | 30 May 2024

The student movement condemning Israel’s genocide against Gaza is remarkable for a number of reasons, not least the high threshold set by the movement and the demand of western countries to reassess its own respective value systems and identities. Have those movements in Pakistan and Turkey matched that threshold?

The student movements in both Turkey and Pakistan are renowned for their dynamism and influence on the wider societies. However, despite the global movement against the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Turkey and Pakistan, as two of the largest and most influential Muslim countries, have failed to match the volume and expanse of that movement, especially the student and youth sections.

Ahsan Shafiq discusses with Anas Altikriti the reasons and factors that have impacted both societies, and the significant potentials both continue to carry.

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Guests:

| Ahsan Shafiq, Leading Student Activist in Pakistan

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| The London Circle | 22 May 2024

With dissatisfaction with the major parties being at an all-time high, some consider the next general elections as a potentially historic spectacle, where major wins for independent candidates and small parties threaten to win big.

The recent local elections displayed the scale of public frustration and dissatisfaction among the general public towards the main political parties.

Whilst Gaza might have been the point at which people began to question the very values claimed by successive governments, indeed by Western civilization generally, including human rights, women and child safety, democracy and international law, issues at home are playing a significant part in fueling the general appetite for real change.

Anas Altikriti discusses with Kamel Hawwash and Pamela Fitzpatrick the scope and possibilities for real change. 

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Guests:

| Kamel Hawwash, PPC for Birmingham Selly Oak

| Pamela Fitzpatrick, PPC for Harrow West

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| The London Circle | 16 May 2024

The problem with the world right now might seem to be Gaza, but in actual goes far deeper and is far more endemic than one is led to initially believe. Whether it be ‘democracy’, ‘human rights’ or ‘international law’, unless we recognize the more serious problem, we won’t be able to fully comprehend why the world seems to be in such a mess.

In the estimation of Professor Irfan Ahmad, the ongoing genocide in Gaza is merely symptomatic of what is truly at the heart of the worlds’ problems.

In his discussion with Anas Altikriti, Prof. Ahmad attempts to dissect what we have come to accept as givens and as fixtures of the world in which we live and the system with which it is governed.

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Guests:

| Irfan Ahmad, Sociologist & Anthropologist, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul

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| The London Circle | 08 May 2024

The student movement in the US is unprecedented on a number of levels, but the question remains whether this movement signifies a real and permanent change in attitudes, or whether the authorities will succeed in its crackdown and in returning matters to normalcy.

Lauren Booth is a sceptic when it comes to politics, and even the massive student movement across the US as well as many other countries around the world, fails to make her believe that a fundamental transformation is in the pipeline.

With Anas Altikriti, she discusses the global movement for Gaza and the changes that mark this round of global reaction to an Israeli aggression. She also presents what she thinks is wrong and in need of attention for this to come to fruition.

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Guests:

| Lauren Booth; Journalist, Broadcaster and Activist

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| The London Circle | 01 May 2024

All around the world, political authorities seem to be failing people, all people. Amid Gaza, many have begun to ask serious and crucial questions which somehow bring them closer to being introduced to Islam as a faith, a way of life as well as a solution to the crisis suffered by humanity.     

Across social media and all over the world, people of all denominations are asking existential questions about Gaza, which are somehow leading them to ask questions regarding the state of the world.

Whether the widespread conflicts, poverty and deprivation, inequality and injustice, depression and poor mental health, or simply the condition of morality and ethics governing people around the world, countless people are finding their way to Islam.

Sheikh Haitham Al-Haddad discusses with Anas Altikriti the state of the world and how Islam is rapidly becoming the go to faith for actual solutions.

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Guests:

| Haitham Al-Haddad; Founder, The Islamic Council

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