About this episode:
Mobeen Vaid | Pitfalls of Engaging in Secular Liberal Politics & Activism | BB #68
In this candid episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the esteemed American Muslim academic, writer and activist, Ustad Mobeen Vaid. #BloodBrothersPodcast #LGBTQ #Islam
Topics of discussion include:
– Challenges of Muslim activism in light of Left/Liberal alliances.
– Use and abuse of “minority fiqh”, maslaha and maqasid in modern Muslim activism
– The LGBTQ question: How should Muslims in the West navigate around this matter as a “discriminated minority”?
– When are compromises justified? Should political pragmatism have some red lines? If so, what are those red lines?
Meet your hosts:
Dilly Hussain
Podcast Host
Aki Hussain
Podcast Host
