Host: Fareena Alam

Broadcaster: British Muslim TV

First Broadcast: 18th of January 2016 at 9pm

Repeat: Saturday 23rd of January 2016 at 1pm

The human race has never been more greedy for material possessions, and Muslims are far from immune to this. But should we do better? How do we cope with the constant bombardment of overt and covert messages enticing us toward the latest buys and the latest trends given how simply our pious predecessors lived? Fareena Alam discusses with a panel of experts whether we are becoming materialistic as a community.

Panel

Shabbir Razvi is an economic and political analyst. Founder of international Finance Solutions Association and director of International Dialogue Foundation.

 

 

 

Sayed Zeeshan Shah is the CEO of OneCapital and One Investments and a property development company. Also the chairman of the Pakistan trade and investment coporation.

 

 

 

 

Ibrahim Rahman is a freelance journalist, filmmaker, web designer. He has delivered a series of reports on Islam for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire – and currently present a weekly sports show in Cambridge.

 

 

 

Harun Rashid: is an entrepreneur and a partner at Seed Investments, an Islamic investment company based in London set up to encourage Muslim entrepreneurship; he is the Founder and Director of Islamic Design House.