How Iran Works
It’s always difficult to know exactly what is going on in Iran - that isolated, Shia theocracy that dominates so much of the Middle Eastern land mass. It's a diverse and divisive state, ruled with an ...
4 Okt 202358min
President Erdogan: The Mask Slips
President Erdogan’s time in power has been a fascinating period for Turkey - at once nodding to the liberal West, while simultaneously winking at the more Conservative East. It’s his country in a nuts...
27 Sep 202358min
President Erdogan: The Rise to Power
Over the past couple of episodes we explained the inner workings of the Muslim Brotherhood - that mysterious organisation based in Cairo who have their sights set on a new Caliphate for the Muslim wor...
20 Sep 202354min
The Muslim Brotherhood: What do they want?
In last week’s discussion of the Muslim Brotherhood, we told you how this clandestine group are structured - headed in Egypt, but with chapters across the globe. But we tip-toed around their ideology,...
13 Sep 202344min
The Muslim Brotherhood: Who Are They?
After finishing our extensive exploration into some of the most colourful and fascinating characters in Islamic History - figures who influenced modern Salafi jihadism as we know it today - Conflicted...
6 Sep 202356min
Sayyid Qutb: Poet, Reactionary, Islamist (Part 2)
If the start of Sayyid Qutb’s life was defined by the evolution of his thought, the second part was defined by a calcification of his beliefs. With revolution brewing in Egypt following the Second Wor...
30 Aug 202359min
Sayyid Qutb: Poet, Reactionary, Islamist (Part 1)
When it comes to the modern era, no Islamic intellectual has influenced modern Salafi Jihadism more than Sayyid Qutb. This unlikely Egyptian, steeped in Western literature and poetry, would come to de...
23 Aug 202354min
Ibn Abdul Wahhab's Militant Mission (Part 2)
When Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab gained the patronage of Muhammad Ibn Saud, it was a fusing of ideology with power on the Arabian peninsula. This was the time when Wahhabism really took shape, and the m...
16 Aug 20231h 1min
