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?

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Blood Brothers Podcast is the official podcast of 5Pillars News, hosted by journalist Dilly Hussain and his brother Aki Hussain. The show discusses a plethora of political, religious and socioeconomic issues affecting Muslim communities in the West and the Muslim-majority world with experts and professionals.