Dr Imran Kausar is an entrepreneur and medical doctor. He is the co-founder of UK based food brand Haloodies and the Halal Food Festival, London. In this interview, Imran discusses the move from Medicine to business; the nature of the Halal meat industry and lessons from his childhood experiences. 

*RELATED LINKS

Haloodies: https://haloodies.com/

Article: The Haloodies by Imran Kausar: https://criticalmuslim.com/issues/26-gastronomy/haloodies-imran-kausar

Interview: https://youtu.be/6kaE8ae1KEc

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Season 1 was recorded in 2017 for Radio Ramadhan Glasgow, a community radio station. More info at www.radioramadhan.scot

Desert Island Gems is a personal and intimate discussion about the guest's life journey. They share Gems that they would take with them if they were cast away alone on a desert island. These include verses of the Quran, hadith, poetry and speeches.

Host: Dr Aman Durrani

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Osama Saeed is currently the Director or Marketing & Communications at Amnesty International. He is a PR expert and formerly Head of Communications at Al Jazeera. Osama has been involved in politics and was at the forefront of the campaign against the war in Iraq/Afghanistan after 9/11. In this interview, Osama discusses working at Al Jazeera at the time of the Arab Spring; engagement with politics and the efforts for Scottish Independence; and his experience of racism at school.

*RELATED LINKS

About Osama Saeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_Saeed

Osama on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OsamaSBhutta

Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/

*YOUTUBE

Watch a video version of this interview at https://youtu.be/sl3PGF-w1DE

*ABOUT DESERT ISLAND GEMS

Season 1 was recorded in 2017 for Radio Ramadhan Glasgow, a community radio station. More info at www.radioramadhan.scot

Desert Island Gems is a personal and intimate discussion about the guest's life journey. They share Gems that they would take with them if they were cast away alone on a desert island. These include verses of the Quran, hadith, poetry and speeches.

Host: Dr Aman Durrani

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Naeem Raza is a leading charity consultant, entreupreneur, motivational speaker and broadcaster. In this interview, he shares his journey from being a DJ to a local community Muslim radio station (Radio Ramadhan Glasgow); working with celebrities and dealing with the loss of close friends.

*RELATED LINKS

About Naeem Raza: http://www.naeemraza.com/about-me/

*YOUTUBE

Watch a video version of this interview at https://youtu.be/Lt2lv6EIPPI

*ABOUT DESERT ISLAND GEMS

Season 1 was recorded in 2017 for Radio Ramadhan Glasgow, a community radio station. More info at www.radioramadhan.scot

Desert Island Gems is a personal and intimate discussion about the guest's life journey. They share Gems that they would take with them if they were cast away alone on a desert island. These include verses of the Quran, hadith, poetry and speeches.

Host: Dr Aman Durrani

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Shaykh Abdul Aziz Ahmed is an Islamic scholar and educationalist. He is a renowned global speaker and author. In this interview, Shaykh Abdul Aziz discusses getting thrown out of school; his close friendship with Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) and dealing with some of the hardest time of his life.

*RELATED LINKS

About Shaykh Abdul Aziz: http://www.madinainstitute.org/instructors/shaykh-abdul-aziz-ahmed-fredericks/

*ABOUT DESERT ISLAND GEMS

Season 1 was recorded in 2017 for Radio Ramadhan Glasgow, a community radio station. More info at www.radioramadhan.scot

Desert Island Gems is a personal and intimate discussion about the guest's life journey. They share Gems that they would take with them if they were cast away alone on a desert island. These include verses of the Quran, hadith, poetry and speeches.

Host: Dr Aman Durrani

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Ebrahim Rasool is a South African politician, diplomat and anti-apartheid activist. A close friend of Nelson Mandela. He was imprisoned due to the apartheid regime. South African ambassador to USA during 9/11. A senior member of the African National Congress.

Title: Our Ramadan conversation with God under conditions of danger. Organised by Islamic Society of Britain

View video on https://youtu.be/AeQLU5VPDb4

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambassadorasool

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Habib Malik is a humanitarian who has worked with some of the leading global charities. He is a motivated, energetic and motivating speaker. In this interview, Habib discusses charity work; growing up in rural Pakistan and you will NEVER guess his luxury item! He was presented with the prestigious Robert Burns Humanitarian Award in 2010.

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About Habib: https://www.habibmalik.com/about-me.html

*ABOUT DESERT ISLAND GEMS

Season 1 was recorded in 2017 for Radio Ramadhan Glasgow, a community radio station. More info at www.radioramadhan.scot

Desert Island Gems is a personal and intimate discussion about the guest's life journey. They share Gems that they would take with them if they were cast away alone on a desert island. These include verses of the Quran, hadith, poetry and speeches.

Host: Dr Aman Durrani

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Shaykh Sohaib Saeed is an award-winning scholar of the Quran and translator of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's The Great Exegesis (Al-Tafsir al-Kabir) volume 1. He is also the Head of Research at Bayyinah. In this interview, Shaykh Sohaib shares his journey from Glasgow to Al-Azhar university in Egypt. He talks about Nouman Ali Khan, Bayyinah and connecting with the Quran.

*RELATED LINKS

http://quranica.com/

The Great Exegesis

*YOUTUBE

Watch a video version of this interview at https://youtu.be/1dfpTjqMgL0

*ABOUT DESERT ISLAND GEMS

Season 1 was recorded in 2017 for Radio Ramadhan Glasgow, a community radio station. More info at www.radioramadhan.scot

Desert Island Gems is a personal and intimate discussion about the guest's life journey. They share Gems that they would take with them if they were cast away alone on a desert island. These include verses of the Quran, hadith, poetry and speeches.

Host: Dr Aman Durrani

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Adeem Younis is an entrepreneur and founder of the matrimonial website www.SingleMuslim.com and the charity Penny Appeal. In this interview, he discusses how he established SingleMuslim.com, the importance of charity work and the success of chocolate curry!

*RELATED LINKS

www.SingleMuslim.com

Penny Appeal.

http://adeemyounis.com/

*ABOUT DESERT ISLAND GEMS

Season 1 was recorded in 2017 for Radio Ramadhan Glasgow, a community radio station. More info at www.radioramadhan.scot

Desert Island Gems is a personal and intimate discussion about the guest's life journey. They share Gems that they would take with them if they were cast away alone on a desert island. These include verses of the Quran, hadith, poetry and speeches.

Host: Dr Aman Durrani

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Shaykh Dr. Munir Ahmed (Imam and Khateeb) has studied Islamic sciences for over 30 years, taking him from the UK to Damascus and Cairo. He has studied extensively in the field of Aqeeda & Firaq, Uloom-ul Qur'an, Uloom-ul Hadith, Usool-ul Fiqh & Comparative Fiqh under various scholars, receiving ijaazah from Sheikh Abdullah Yusuf al Judai - a leading Muhadith & Faqih on the European Council for Fatwa and Research.

Dr Munir has been instrumental in the UK dawah scene since the early 1980s and was a General Practitioner by profession.

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Religious and Social imperatives of a RAMADAN like no other - The age of Covid-19. Organised by iSyllabus UK

View video on www.facebook.com/iSyllabus

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