Muslim Founder

Dr Abdallah Rothman is the Head of Islamic Psychology at Cambridge Muslim College and Executive Director of the International Association of Islamic Psychology.

An American convert and licensed counsellor, he spent over 15 years as a practising therapist before writing one of the first academic models of Islamic psychology.

He went on to serve as Principal of Cambridge Muslim College, founded Dar al-Shifaa, and now trains the next generation of Muslim therapists from the UAE.

In this episode, he breaks down what Muslims get wrong about their own minds, how the Prophet ﷺ dealt with anxiety and sadness, and the daily practices that actually change your heart.

Find out more:
https://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/aer
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00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - The Part of You That Forgets Where It Came From
07:44 - The Verse People Hide Behind to Avoid Studying the Soul
17:30 - Doing Everything Right and Still Feeling the Constriction
20:06 - The Year the Prophet Spent in Sadness
24:24 - Why Psychology Books Put a Severed Head on the Cover
26:38 - The Five Minutes Before Prayer That Change It
28:13 - Why He Refuses to Call It Mental Health
33:54 - Don't Wait Until You're Out of Options
44:11 - The Part of Istikhara Almost Nobody Means
47:48 - Why He Thinks Superintelligence Is the Wrong Goal
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Dr Wajid Akhter is the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, the largest umbrella body for Muslims in the UK.

A practising doctor born and raised in Britain, he founded Charity Week and the Islamic History Channel, and was a founding member of the British Islamic Medical Association.

He was elected to lead the MCB in January 2025 and re-elected for a second term in July 2026, running on a plan he calls Vision 2050.

In this episode, he breaks down why so many Muslim organisations duplicate each other, what that fragmentation actually costs, and why he thinks we should be building institutions instead of personal brands.

Find out more:
https://mcb.org.uk/
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00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - One Street in Leicester With Eight Mosques
06:54 - Seven Hospitals in One Year, From Student Collections
10:54 - The Advice He Got on Day One at MCB, and Why He Ignored It
15:14 - The Red Phone and the Medical Student Who Did Too Little
17:24 - Michael Jordan, or the Man Who Owns the Club
26:12 - What If Disney Ran Your Mosque?
28:32 - The Words That Kept Britain Fighting
34:41 - The Muslim Nobody Talks About Who Built Everything
36:26 - The Best Answer to Islamophobia Isn't a Better Argument
44:37 - A Million Fried Chicken Shops, Not One KFC
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Yusuf Omar is a journalist and co-founder of Seen TV, building the world’s most immersive storytelling company. Creating a more empathetic world by helping people share their lived experiences.

Born to South African parents, he has been a foreign correspondent carrying nothing but a phone since 2010, later becoming CNN's senior social media reporter on Snapchat and mobile editor at the Hindustan Times.

He was recently detained at Ben Gurion Airport (Tel Aviv), deported, and banned from entry for up to ten years. He is now taking the case to court.

In this episode, he breaks down what happened in detention, why he thinks Muslims have failed at media, and the fund he wants to leave behind for independent journalism.

Find out more:
https://www.instagram.com/yusufomar/
https://www.seen.tv/
https://x.com/YusufOmarSA
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00:00 - Introduction
03:48 - The Watermelon Question
05:36 - 18 Hours in Interrogation
12:33 - Why He Thinks Muslims Have Failed at Media
14:01 - What America Actually Gave the World
17:25 - Boarding the Flotilla With a Six-Week-Old at Home
21:59 - Why the Ummah Won't Fund Media
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Shahzad Younas is the founder and CEO of Muzz, the world's largest Muslim marriage app.

A former VP at Morgan Stanley, he walked away from nine years in investment banking, taught himself to code, and launched the app from his bedroom in 2015.

Today Muzz has more than 20 million members, a team of 160, and is closing in on a million people who've met their partner on the app.

In this episode, he breaks down turning down Match Group's acquisition offer, the lawsuit that forced a rebrand, and why he's raised just $9 million in over a decade.

Find out more:
https://muzz.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahzad-younas
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0:00 - Introduction
1:46 - Five Traders Huddled Around One Phone
2:45 - The App He Designed in Microsoft Word
4:45 - Racing Out of Jummah to Hand Out Business Cards
9:17 - Would He Build It Again? His Honest Answer
12:55 - The Billboard That Went Viral Before Anyone Knew It Was Them
31:36 - The Acquisition Calls He Took From a Mosque Classroom
33:39 - Walking Away From $35 Million Over Dinner at The Ivy
34:18 - The Court Case That Cost Them Their Name
36:53 - Why Half His Series A Is Still Sitting in the Bank
45:10 - The Easiest Way for Muslim Men to Stand Out on the App
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Raafi Hossain is the co-founder and CEO of Fasset, a stablecoin-powered digital bank built for emerging markets.

Born in Dhaka, he studied at Harvard and worked at the UN before starting the company in 2019.

Today Fasset is valued at $1 billion, with more than 3 million wallets across 125 countries and $40 billion in annualised transaction volume.

In this episode, he breaks down why almost all of crypto is a scam, how he gets regulators and politicians to say yes, and why he thinks Sharia compliance is the wrong way to think about Islamic finance.

Find out more:
https://www.fasset.com/
https://www.instagram.com/raafihossain/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raafihossain/
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0:00 - Introduction
4:14 - The Five Banks Standing Between You and $100
7:01 - Why He Says 99.99% of Crypto Is a Scam
8:55 - The Official Who Told Him to Come Back in 2074
10:23 - The Person Every Regulator Actually Answers To
16:15 - John Smith Clears in Seconds, Muhammad Ahmed Doesn't
21:20 - Why He Calls Sharia Compliance a Colonial Mindset
27:55 - The American Banking Problem He Didn't Expect
36:44 - Why He Thinks Western Muslims Are Too Comfortable
40:54 - The Medina Parable He Uses When Onboarding New Hires
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