{"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":208,"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":"2026-07-12T14:17:51.561794+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-brothers-3696412"},"episode":{"title":"Sh. Mustafa Briggs | African Islamic History, Nigeria & The Maliki School | BB #207","slug":"sh-mustafa-briggs-african-islamic-history-nigeria-the-maliki-school-bb-207","published_at":"2026-07-11T14:33:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-brothers-3696412/sh-mustafa-briggs-african-islamic-history-nigeria-the-maliki-school-bb-207","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-brothers-3696412","url":"https://bloodbrothers.podbean.com/e/sh-mustafa-briggs-african-islamic-history-nigeria-the-maliki-school-bb-207/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5tuyfhxyncnigvze/BB_208_Sh_Mustafa_Final9dvt2.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent British African scholar, author and historian, Shaykh Mustafa Briggs. Topics of discussion include: The overlooked and forgotten Islamic history of black Africa. Africa before colonialism and transatlantic slave trade. King Mansa Musa and the Mali Empire. Usman Dan Fodio and the Sokoto Caliphate. Sufism in Africa, 'Islamism' and Islamic revival. Marxism, socialism and pan-Africanism. How did the Maliki madhab come to African (including quick-fire fiqh Q&A) You can buy Shaykh Briggs' book 'Beyond Bilal - Black History in Islam' via: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Bilal-Black-History-Islam/dp/B09RVDYCXL 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 the prominent British African scholar, author and historian, Shaykh Mustafa Brigg…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4919,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blood-brothers-3696412/episodes/sh-mustafa-briggs-african-islamic-history-nigeria-the-maliki-school-bb-207/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/sh-mustafa-briggs-african-islamic-history-nigeria-the-maliki-school-bb-207.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}