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If you can bear with the awful audio quality of this recording, you are going to really enjoy this interview. Recently, I was interviewed by the BBC for their Heart and Soul podcast for a documentary about the rise of the Muslim manosphere. When I recorded this interview, I had to do it off of a screen share. I didn’t get the Zoom recording. I asked them for the recording but they refused, it’s not something they do. So I had to ninja record it. Alhamdulillah that I did, because they used less than 5% of a 45-minute interview. But the audio quality turned out to be really bad. So I had to...
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The Boys In The Cave podcast recently interviewed Becoming The Alpha Muslim. After publishing the episode, they faced criticism and pressure from SJW Muslims online. They caved to the pressure and took down the episode. Here is the full, unedited interview for your listening pleasure.
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In this episode I talk to serial entrepreneur Hodan Ibrahim about:
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I had the chance to sit down to talk to Hussein Kesvani about his work as a Muslim journalist. He's the UK/Europe editor for Mel Magazine, an online men's magazine. He's also written for Buzzfeed, Vice, The Independent, The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Shortlist, and Refinery29. He's a co-host of the No Country For Brown Men Podcast and also the Trash Future podcast. Hussein and I talked about the state of modern journalism, where it's heading, and how Muslim men can get their start in the industry.
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It's a little after one year since Donald J Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America.
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Every Muslim man needs to learn how to network in a way that is natural and doesn't seem fake. The key here is to not BE fake. To genuinely be interested in people and want to invest in the relationship.
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My guest this episode is dating and relationship coach, Pat Stedman.
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In this episode of the Becoming the Alpha Muslim podcast we are talking to Hussein, a Muslim Chicagoan and the founder of the Streets of Cordoba podcast. It's a brand new podcast focusing on Muslim issues in the West.
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I wasted my 20s. Here’s how: a Born Muslim’s Convert Story. It was all necessary. Those experiences made me who I am today. But that doesn’t mean others have to make the same mistakes, or worse. You don’t have to learn the hard way. Most of you will, because you don’t listen to people with more experience than you. Some of you won’t. You’re the smart ones. This post is for you. Like me, Alexander Juan Antonio Cortes wasted his 20s. I asked him to join me on the show to talk about the mistakes
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My guest this episode is Ed Latimore. Ed is a professional heavyweight boxer, physicist, published author, and self-improvement blogger.
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A few years ago I had a brief stint as a Jumuah Khateeb (someone who delivers the sermon at Friday Mass.)
I took it very seriously – I wrote all of my sermons myself – and was well received.
Ideally, the Friday sermon should be very inspiring and an immediate boost to the faith of the congregants meant to encourage and sustain them for the entire week.
I’m a big proponent of drilling the fundamentals, so in one of my sermons I explained the meaning of la ilaha illa Allah (one-half of the Muslim testimony of faith.)
It was quality work but that’s not why I mention it.
I mention it because of the reaction of the congregants.
One of them, an elderly gentleman, said,
“We’ve been saying it our entire lives, but no one actually explained to us what it means, the way you did.”
Keep in mind, this is as fundamental as you can get.
Our children should know it as well as they know their own names.
Religious Literacy, Religious Literacy, Religious Literacy
In a time where celebrity preachers routinely rubbish the study of Islamic creed, is it any wonder religious literacy among the Muslim masses is trash?
Instead, these same preachers will do advanced Quran Studies with an audience, many of whom don’t know the basic fundamentals of their religion.
FYI, this is the opposite of what the Companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ would do.
It was narrated that Jundub bin ‘Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
We were with the Prophet (ﷺ), and we were strong youths, so we learned faith before we learned Qur’an. Then we learned Qur’an and our faith increased thereby.
Becoming the Alpha Muslim Don’t Play That
As woke Muslim men and readers of this website you shouldn’t fall into the same trap.
So, to help improve your understanding of Islamic creed, here is my sermon in full.
I have added sub-headings to make it easier for you to read.
Non-Muslims Should Read this Too
If you are a non-Muslim this is probably the most important post of mine you will ever read.
Few non-Muslims get exposed to such a detailed explanation of the core of our faith.
Fewer still get exposed to a Friday sermon in English.
My hope for this post is that we all, Muslim and non-Muslim, walk away spiritually energized.
May Allah make it so.
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