{"podcast":{"title":"Blood Brothers","slug":"blood-brothers-3696412","podcast_index_feed_id":3696412,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/bloodbrothers/feed.xml","website_url":"https://bloodbrothers.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11495034/IMG_2071_mpgiiy.png","author":"5Pillars","episode_count":213,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-05T10:17:12.937439+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-brothers-3696412"},"episode":{"title":"Alen Bašić | Ottoman History, Islam in the Balkan & The Bosnian Genocide | BB #209","slug":"alen-ba-i-ottoman-history-islam-in-the-balkan-the-bosnian-genocide-bb-209","published_at":"2026-07-19T08:54:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-brothers-3696412/alen-ba-i-ottoman-history-islam-in-the-balkan-the-bosnian-genocide-bb-209","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-brothers-3696412","url":"https://bloodbrothers.podbean.com/e/alen-basic-ottoman-history-islam-in-the-balkan-the-bosnian-genocide-bb-209/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/f5dw3xgry56m7xtr/BB_209_Alen_Final7dp2a.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with Ottoman historian, content creator and the social media manager of 5Pillars, Alen Bašić. Topics of discussion include: Joining 5Pillars and Alen's first year at the organisation. Difference between working with Roshan Salih and Dilly Hussain. Ottoman history and Islam in Balkans. How did the Bosniak people embrace Islam? Devshirme, The Janissaries and Ottoman Jews. Former Yugoslavia and the Bosnian war. Serb and Croat mythologising and dehumanising Bosniak Muslims. The role of media in manufacturing consent for war and genocide. FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON: Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews","meta_description":"In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with Ottoman historian, content creator and the social media manager of 5Pillars, Alen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4933,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blood-brothers-3696412/episodes/alen-ba-i-ottoman-history-islam-in-the-balkan-the-bosnian-genocide-bb-209/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-brothers-3696412/alen-ba-i-ottoman-history-islam-in-the-balkan-the-bosnian-genocide-bb-209.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}