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[Podcast] Muslims, Muslim-ness, and Islam in Politics | Celsabil Hadj-Cherif

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November 25, 2025

What does it mean to be Muslims in politics? How can Muslims really bring about meaningful political change, beyond White House iftars and gimmicky identity politics? Celsabil Hadj-Cherif examines Muslims and Muslimness in politics, failed models of political (dis)engagement, and what it means to bring Islamic ethics into our political vision.

Celsabil Hadj-Cherif is a community organiser, activist, political analyst and student of Islamic sciences. She holds an MA in Law and Politics from SOAS University of London. Her work focuses on the history of Islamic political movements, Islamic law and Middle Eastern politics.

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GregAbdul

November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM

If you measure your engagement in US politics by how many people you teach to hate Israel, you need to stay out and better yet, move to another country. In America PEOPLE ARE OPPRESSED by the rich. Now help us or get out. Quran says you fight oppressors. RIGHT HERE in the US are oppressors and once we go beyond US borders, SUDAN IS A BIGGER HUMANITARIAN CRISIS…..so f*ck Palestine. The place does not exist and if you want to talk about how Arabs get rights as Israeli citizens, THEN we can show you how Black America has made huge strides through NON VIOLENT stuggle.

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