Safi Bros Podcast

"Sister’s Over There": Why Muslim Women Are Leaving the Masjid

1.9K views · 1w ago · 1:06:14

Zahra Billoo joins the Safi Bros Podcast for a powerful conversation about growing up Muslim in America after 9/11, hijab, civil-rights advocacy, Muslim women’s leadership, Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian racism, mosque culture, workplace discrimination, Quran education and the emotional weight of defending the community.

Topics: Welcome and introducing Zahra Billoo · Being 17 after 9/11 · Outrage, citizenship and responsibility · Faith, justice and learning to speak out · Muslim women without enough role models · MSA leadership and being told to lead from behind

Fear Is Not Always Faith

16K views · 3w ago · 53:47

Maryam Amir joins Safi Bros for a powerful conversation on Muslim women, Quran, scholarship, doubt, mercy, and the journey back to Allah. From questioning faith as a teenager to finding her heart awakened at Umrah, Maryam reflects on how the Quran, serious learning, and compassionate scholarship can help Muslims move beyond fear, shame, and narrow cultural messages.

Topics: Growing up Muslim and questioning faith · Umrah at 14 and the heart coming alive · Martial arts, discipline, and processing pressure · Returning home and holding onto the Quran · Loneliness after internal change · Personality, modesty, and Muslim women's public voice

Mosques Are Losing the Next Generation

5.5K views · 1mo ago · 35:43

Are Muslim youth being pushed away from the spaces meant to protect them? In this powerful Safi Bros Podcast episode, Sheikh Suleiman Hani joins Ahmed and Ibrahim for a deep conversation on identity, immigrant resilience, prophetic leadership, social media, Gaza, and the urgent need to rebuild Muslim communities with sincerity and wisdom.

Topics: The Palestinian Refugee Story: From Kuwait to America · Building a Detroit Mosque in a Broken Warehouse · Defeating the Racist Real Estate Seller · Why He Chose Sharia Over Becoming a Doctor · Navigating Sectarianism & The Dangers of Rigidity · The Massive Shift to Leadership Studies

Ex-Chaplain Exposes The Prison Radicalization Myth - Imam Abdul Hafiz

5.5K views · 1mo ago · 1:11:12

Guest: Imam Abdul Hafiz

The media says prisons radicalize Muslims. Imam Abdul Hafiz spent decades inside the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and what he saw was the opposite. In this episode, Imam Abu Ishaq Abdul Hafiz shares his journey from the Civil Rights era to Islam, from rejecting racism in religious spaces to leaving behind his slave name, and from vowing never to enter prison to becoming one of the first Muslim chaplains in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Topics: The Civil Rights Era and Racism in the Church · Discovering Islam Through African History · Meeting Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Before His Public Shahada · Taking Shahada and Dropping His Slave Name · Why the Black Panthers Did Not Have the Answer · Six Years of Islamic Study in Saudi Arabia