After a short emergency interlude into Syria, Conflicted Season 5 returns to our exploration of the fascinating land of Ethiopia.... more

ANOTHER EMERGENCY EPISODE Things are, as ever, moving at lightning speed in the Middle East, as last weekend on December 8th,... more

EMERGENCY EPISODE In another hugely dramatic turn in the Middle East, the Syrian civil war has reignited. On November 27th 2024,... more

This week for the Conflicted Community, Thomas and Aimen are giving their take on, you guessed it, the US election... more

Conflicted’s tour of Africa takes another turn, this time to the East, as we head to the horn of Africa... more

Conflicted is back, continuing our trip across La Françafrique this week, with a survey of the last 10 years in... more

On this week’s Conflicted Community episode, we invite the researcher and author Jack Margolin onto the show, to talk about... more

Bonjour tout le monde! In this week’s Conflicted, Thomas and Aimen are going continental as they continue their survey of... more

This week we’re thrilled to bring our Conflicted Community an interview with a guest who we all at Conflicted are... more

Thomas and Aimen are back with a vital Q&A as the Middle East enters its most dangerous and precarious moment... more

Thomas and Aimen are back to bring you the final episode in our four part survey of the history and... more

Attention dear listeners – there’s been a small change in scheduling as Aimen has unfortunately been incapacitated and unable to... more

This week for our Conflicted Community, we answer your listener questions! This week, it’s a grab bag of topics ranging... more

This week on Conflicted, Thomas and Aimen continue their exploration into the history of Sudan, focusing on two areas of... more

The second episode of our four part series on the history of Sudan is here! As the British Empire loses its... more

This week for our Conflicted Community, we answer your questions about the recent events and escalation in the Middle East. ... more

This week on Conflicted we embark on a four episode exploration of the history of Sudan, to explain the context... more

Our very own Thomas Small has started a brand new podcast over on Substack called ‘Life Sentences’ – and we... more

Season 5 of Conflicted is here! In this season, we’re delving deep into a continent whose Islamic heritage is often overlooked,... more

All Conflicted fans know Aimen’s life story – but what about that of his co-host, Thomas Small? Avid listeners will... more

The 1860 ‘Damascus Events’ saw Syrian Christians murdered by their Sunni Muslim neighbours in a brutal genocidal moment that reshaped... more

Iran is rarely out of the news at the moment: from the death of President Raisi (which we covered in... more

Enjoy another clip from a new episode for our Conflicted Community!  This week, Thomas and Aimen discuss the life and times... more

Enjoy a clip from the first exclusive Q&A episode for our Conflicted Community! Thanks so much to our supporters for... more

Thomas introduces a whole hour of extra content, as Aimen gives evidence to the Foreign Affair Committee in the UK... more

The second episode for our Conflicted Community is here!  This bonus episode is the final one going out to all of... more

Welcome to the first episode for our Conflicted Community!  We’ll be coming to you every two weeks with interactive episodes for... more

The Conflicted Community is now live!  Want to hear bonus episodes of Conflicted and chat with fellow Dear Listeners? Now you... more

On Friday, January 12th, the Houthis added their muscle to the spreading conflict in the Middle East. By attacking commercial... more

The state of Yemen in 2023 is precarious. After the Arab Spring revolution descended into civil war, the Houthis have... more

The Arab Spring of 2011 may have brought with it hope for a new dawn in Yemen, one of democracy... more

2011 was a pivotal year for Yemen, and indeed the entire Middle East. After years of wars against the insurgent... more

Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president of Yemen from 1990 - 2012, described the process of governing Yemen as akin to... more

Ask anyone from the Middle East about Yemen, that country on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, and they’ll... more

In the last episode of Conflicted, we saw Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia terror group, grow in power in the midst... more

Some four decades ago, out of the chaos of the Lebanese civil war, a Shia militant group was born who... more

Emergency Episode: On Saturday October 7th 2023, Hamas terrorists broke through the border of the Gaza Strip and carried out a... more

It’s always difficult to know exactly what is going on in Iran - that isolated, Shia theocracy that dominates so... more

President Erdogan’s time in power has been a fascinating period for Turkey - at once nodding to the liberal West,... more

Over the past couple of episodes we explained the inner workings of the Muslim Brotherhood - that mysterious organisation based... more

In last week’s discussion of the Muslim Brotherhood, we told you how this clandestine group are structured - headed in... more

After finishing our extensive exploration into some of the most colourful and fascinating characters in Islamic History - figures who... more

If the start of Sayyid Qutb’s life was defined by the evolution of his thought, the second part was defined... more

When it comes to the modern era, no Islamic intellectual has influenced modern Salafi Jihadism more than Sayyid Qutb. This... more

When Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab gained the patronage of Muhammad Ibn Saud, it was a fusing of ideology with power... more

While many trace the roots of Saudi Arabia to Muhammad Ibn Saud, its ideological roots can be traced to his... more

The later part of Ibn Taymiyyah’s life saw continued invasions from Mongol Hordes from the outside, and a battle against... more

Ibn Taymiyyah is known as the “Sheikh of Islam” to his admirers, and to his detractors, one of the most... more

This week’s Conflicted sees the second episode of our deep dive into the thrilling life of 7/8th century Muslim scholar,... more

On this week’s episode of Conflicted, we begin a multi episode exploration into the historical figures who function as antecedents... more