FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Hajj and Muslims: Peace and Forgiveness
Guest: Asim Khwaja, Associate Professor of Public Policy
Topic: Julia Ward Howe: Pushing for Peace on Mothers Day
Guest: Valarie Zeiglar, Professor of Religious Studies at DePaw University

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THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Rebroadcast
Topic: Commercial Competition vs. Greed: Where to Draw the Line?
Guest: Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History, University of California; Author, State of the Union: A Century of American Labor
Topic: Human Rights in Pakistan: the Struggle Continues
Guest: Tighe Barry, Member of Code Pink, Anti-war Activist
Guest: Medea Benjamin, Co-founder, Code Pink

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Veteran Suicides: Worse than War
Guest: Penny Coleman, Author and Activist
Topic: The Pope and Islam: Icy Relationship
Guest: Frank Cordaro, Des Moines Catholic Worker, Former Priest

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TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence
Guest: Itedal Shalabi, Co-founder, Executive, Arab American Family Social Services

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MONDAY, MAY 5, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Sustainable Living
Guest: Mr. Dervaes, Path to Freedom
Topic: Patriot Act in 2008
Guest: Nancy Talanian, Co-founder, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Guest: Brent Mesick, Chicagoland Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

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FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Gun Violence in Chicago
Guest: Mark J. Walsh, Field Director, Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Topic: Unites States, Iraq, and Sadr: Civilians in the crossfire
Guest: Beau Grosscup, Professor International Relations, California State University

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THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
Topic: Black Men in America are in Danger: Solutions in Context
Guest: Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League
Guest: Phillp Jackson, Executive Director, Black Star Project

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Culture Wars
Guest: Marcia Hermansen, Director of Theology, Islamic Studies, Loyola University
Topic: Indiana Voter ID Supreme Court Decision
Guest: Justin Levitt, Levitt is counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice

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TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Cozy Relations: The Government and Big Media
Guest: Isabel MacDonald, Fair Media Watch
Topic: FDA: Lax on Regulations
Guest: William Hubbard, Alliance for Stronger FDA

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MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Police Brutality: A Continuing Legacy
Guest: De Lacy Davis, founder and president of Black Cops Against Police Brutality
Topic: Invasion of E-Privacy
Guest: Marvin Ammori, general counsel of Free Press

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SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Culture
Guest: Ty Tabing, Chicago Loop Alliance for Looptopia
Guest: DJ K Salaam, Peace Activist and DJ
Guest: Julia Salameh, Muslim Artist: Graphic Arts/Painting

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2008
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Mandatory Service playing at the Tribeca Film Festival
Guest: Nirah Shirazipour, Producer of EyesInfinite Films
Guest: Jessica Habie, Founder and President of the EyesInfinite Foundation

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Uplifting the People: Brothas Keepa
Guest: Jmalo Torriel, Co-Founder Brotha's Keepa Guest: Ayele Akibulan, Co-Founder Brotha's Keepa
Topic: Addressing Autism
Guest: Dr. Andy Shih, Vice President of Scientific Affairs at Autism Speaks

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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Marching for Rights: Workers March May 1st
Guest: Jorge Mohicka, Worker's rights organizer
Topic: Needlessly Starving: Food Waste
Guest: Ryan Zinn, Campaign Coordinator, Organic Consumers Association

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Muslim Retirement Plans
Guest: Monem Salam, Director of Islamic Investing/Deputy Portfolio Manager at Saturna Capital
Topic: Educating the Ummah: Development in Literacy
Guest: Shazeen Mufti, Development manager of DIL

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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: An American Islamic School’s Senior Class Trip to Turkey
Guest: Delila Benameur, Dean of Students, Universal School
Guest: Aya Odeh, Senior, Universal School
Guest: Nadia Ahmed, Senior, Universal School

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MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Guest: Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved
Topic: Peace with Hamas: Carter in Palestine
Guest: Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy

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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Second Chances: We all deserve one!
Guest: Congressman Danny Davis
Topic: Victory for Democracy: Maoists Win Majority
Guest: Pramod Parajuli, Professor at Portland State University

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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Imams, the Community, and Family Issues
Guest: Inamul Haq, Professor of Islamic Theology, Elmhurst College
Guest: Sheik Kifah Mustapha, Imam and Associate Director, Mosque Foundation

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Millions Starving for Fuel: The Global Food Crisis
Guest: Katarina Wahlberg, Social and economic policy program coordinator for the Global Policy Forum
Topic: Community Builders
Guest: Dr. Qauder, Founder and CEO of Community Builders

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Micro-Loans: Small Starts, Big Outcomes
Guest: Alex Counts, Pressident and CEO of Grameen Foundation
Guest: Jeremiah Grossman, Program Specialist at IRIS Center at the University of Maryland, Dep't of Economics

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MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Zimbabwe: On the Brink
Guest: Edmond Keller, Director of UCLA's Globalization Research Center–Africa
Topic: Airlines and Whistleblowers
Guest: Paul Hudson, executive director of the Aviation Consumer Action Project

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SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Supporting Muslim Theatre
Guest: Calvin Hunt, Senior Director of Performance and Production, Alvin
Ailey American Dance Theater
Guest: Maiesha McQueen and Cristal Chanelle Truscott, Progress Theatre

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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008
Host: Amir and Mohammed
Topic: Presidential Town Hall Discussion
Guest: Sarosh Bukhari, Town Hall Panelist
Guest: Yousef Zaffar Khan, Town Hall Panelist

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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Humanitarian Situtation in Gaza
Guest: Andrew Whitley, Director of the Representative Office of UNRWA
Topic: Tap Vs Water: Which is safer?
Guest: Deborah Lapidus, National Organizer of the Think Outside the Bottle campaign

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Parents Responsibilities Regarding Schooling
Guest: Sr. Jenin Othman, Active Parent in Universal School
Guest: Sr. Suzanne Akhras Sahloul, Active Parent in Universal School
Guest: Sr. Raghad, Presidant of Mothers Club

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Fed Dealings: For Private or Public Interest?
Guest: Thomas Ferguson, Professor at University of Massachusetts
Guest: Robert Johnson, former chief economist of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee
Topic: Pakistan and the Future
Guest: Ethan Casey, Co-Producer of "Pakistan Live"
Guest: Fawad Butt, Co-Producer of "Pakistan Live"

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TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Turkey's Struggle for Democracy: The Islamist vs. Secularist Perspectives
Guest: Merve Kavakci, Professor at Georgetown University & Islamist Turkish Activist
Guest: Ali Gursoy, Member of Numerous American-Turkish Organizations

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MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: "The Unrealized American Dream"
Guest: Dedrick Muhammad, Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies
Topic: Democrats for war? The fine Red line
Guest: Joshua Holland, Independant Journalist

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SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Go Green in schools, homes, and companies
Guest: Jill Buck, Executive Director of Go Green Initiative
Guest: Kamilah Shuaibe. Remarkable Current Art

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SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008
Host: Adam Ghazi
Topic: Rebroadcast

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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Radio Islam: Its past works and future aspirations Pt. 2
Guest: Mohammad Gaber, Exec at Pepsi Co, Saturday night Host

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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Radio Islam: Its past works and future aspirations Pt.1
Guest: Frederick Al-Deen, Imam and host of Radio Islam
Guest: Janaan Hashim, Chair advisory board of Radio Islam

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Gas prices: How high and hard in a struggling economy?
Guest: Prof. Henry Lee, Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program within the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Topic: Ballots in November: Important Changes
Guest: Rob Richie, executive director of FairVote

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TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: East invades West: Fashion First
Guest: Amrita Singh, Jewler/Fashion Designer
Guest: Nigel Barker, Judge on America's Next Top Model
Guest: Bali Rajani, Former Director of Elite Model Management in Bombay

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MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Prophetic speech of Religious Leaders
Guest: Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Reverand and Hip-Hop political activist
Guest: Khalid Griggs, Imam and Scholar

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SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Upcoming events in Chicago and Muslim youth groups and programs
Guest: Ndidi, Muslim Community Youth Activist

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SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008
Host: Amir Haq
Host: Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Immigrant Rights
Guest: Silva Vega, Director of Welcoming Center for Immigrants

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FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Experience? Fact or Fiction in 2008 Campaigns
Guest: Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus
Topic: Escalating Tensions in Iraq
Guest: Raed Jarrar, Iraqi journalist and expert

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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Working for the Poor: The Human Development Foundation
Guest: Navaid Abadi, Co-Chairman of Human Development Foundation
Topic: Taxes in Chicago, Highest in the nation?
Guest: Patrick Fleenor, Chief Economist at Tax Foundation

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008
Host: Abdul-Malik Mujahid
Topic: Behind Bars: Muslims in the US Correctional system
Guest: Dr. Fardosi, Chaplain for State prisons
Guest: Khalid Bilal, Chaplain for City prisons

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TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Women for Peace
Guest: Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize Lauterate, Anti-War Activist
Guest: Mishkat al-Moumin, former Minister of the Environment in the Interim Iraqi Government
Guest: Carol Crabtree Donovan, President, Peacemakers Incorporated

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MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Book Review: Mind Wars and the question of Islamic ethics
Guest: Aminah McCould, Islamic Studies professor at DePaul University
Topic: Veterans and the VA: "The Unknown Fallen"
Guest: Kevin and Joyce Lucey, Anti-War Activists

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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Looking at Obama’s Preacher Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Guest: Rev. Halger, national president of Ministers for Racial, Social and Economic Justice
Topic: The Iraq war: 5 years later
Guest: James Paul is executive director of Global Policy Forum

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2008
Host: Abdul-Malik
Topic: China: Supressing the Uygur's and Tibetans
Guest: Alim Seytoff, General Secratary and Spokesperson
Guest: Tseten Wangchuk Sharlho, Tibetan journalist and independent researcher

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Adm. Fallon and Attacking Iran
Guest: Garth Porter, Journalist and Author
Topic: Israeli bias in the US Election?
Guest: James Aburezk, Ex-Senator from South Dakota

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TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Shedding Light on Common Misperceptions of American and Middle Eastern Muslim Women
Guest: Daisy Khan, Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement
Guest: Asuma Khan PhD, Editor-in-Chief of Muslim Girl Magazine
Guest: Manal Radwan, Global Core Team of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies at Columbia University

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MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
Topic: Imperialist American Goverment: The Secret American Society
Guest: John Dean, Noted Political Author and Former President Nixon White House Counsel
Guest: Christopher Pyle, Professor of Politics and Civil Liberties Expert

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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
Topic: An In-Depth Look at Christian Evangelicalism & Christian Zionism
Guest: John Hubers, webmaster of a website challenging Christian Zionism
Guest: Abu Talib Khan, Convert to Islam & Former Christian Evangelical
Guest: Rabbi Haim Beliak, Co-Director of Jews On First

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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: The Death Penalty on Trial
Guest: David Masci, Pew Forum
Topic: Constructing the Enemy: Muslims and Islam
Guest: Junaid Rana, Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Bush and McCain on Torture
Guest: Sam Provance, former sergeant specializing in intelligence analysis-formerly stationed at Abu Ghraib
Topic: Iraq Veterans Speak: Winter Soldier Hearings
Guest: Adam Kokesh, Co-chair of Iraq Veterans Against the War

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TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Crisis in Colombia: Argentina's new female President
Guest: Professor Julio Burdman, Director of International Relations at the Univeristy of Belgrano in Buenos Aires
Topic: Women's plight across the world: Venezuelan crisis!
Guest: Nathaly Mueller, House wife and native of Venezuela

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MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Open Mic: Thoughts from the Community
Topic: Increasing the Military Budget? The Democrats want to buff the military
Guest: William Hartung, Director of the Arms and Security Project at the New America Foundation

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SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdusee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Culture
Guest: Sam Daley Harris, Project Director of Microcredit Summit
Guest: Kerwin "Kasuf" Young, Music Producer

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FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: International Women's Day: Tidbits and Talk
Guest: Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director and Co-founder of National Women's History Project
Topic: South American in turmoil: Unrest spreads to the South
Guest: Mario Murillo, Associate professor of communication at Hofstra University

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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Business Leaders Authorized to Shoot to Kill: FBI Deputizes Big Business
Guest: Matt Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive Magazine
Topic: Nader Enters the Fray: Another "spoiler" election year?
Guest: Steven Hill, Director of the political reform program at the New America Foundation

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008
Host: Abdul-Malik Mujahid
Topic: Islamaphobia and the 2008 Primaries
Guest: Ahmed Rehab, Executive of CAIR-Chicago
Topic: Targeting of Innocents: Gaza Under Fire and Under the Radar
Guest: Jesse Bacon, Jewish Voices for Peace

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TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Flavor of the Month: Women's Appreciation
Guest: Samer Ghouleh, Poet & Writer
Guest: Carolyn Rouse, Assistant professor of Anthropology

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MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Economy and our Stock Market
Guest: John Miller, Professor of Economics
Topic: Suffering of Innocence: Gaza in turmoil
Guest: Mazin Qumsiyeh, Activist and Writer

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SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Saad Omar, Song Writer
Guest: Sean Fahey and Jermiah Hammerling, Creative Directors of Endless Production
Guest: Black Dot, Author of "Da Hip Hop Play"

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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2008
Host: Amir and Mohammed
Topic: Going Bankrupt, Why the Debt Crisis Is Now the Greatest Threat to the American Republic
Guest: Pr. Chalmers Johnson, Author of "Blowback Trilogy, Nemesis"

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Pens and Swords: Bias in the Media
Guest: Marda Dunsky, Author and Journalist
Topic: Bush and Peace? Bush appoints Representative to Oraganization of the Islamic Conference
Guest: Ahmed Rehab, Executive of CAIR-Chicago

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: China, Pollution, and the Olympics: The future of the games
Guest: Jacques Leslie, writer and activist
Topic: Gitmo Trials Rigged? More trouble for the Bush Administration
Guest: Ross Tuttle, documentary filmmaker and freelance journalist

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008
Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Reboardcast
Topic: Across the Globe for an American Education
Guest: Jawad Masri, International Exchange Student, Palestine
Guest: "Mustafa," International Exchange Student, Iraq
Guest: Rawan Najjar, International Exchange Student, Jordan
Guest: Hiyam Hamdan, Local Coordinator, Council on International Educational Exchange

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: African American Struggle: Religion in America
Guest: Dr. Eddie Glaude, Professor of Religion at Princeton University
Topic: Soul Food: Adaptaion to Muslim African Americans

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Owning your Religion
Guest: Aminah McCloud, Islamic Studies Professor at DePaul University

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Entertainment
Guest:Darina Marie Mutawakil: Television Production Columbia College Student
Guest:Elijah Muhammad-Celebrity Photographer

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008
Host: Adam Ghazi
Topic: Visiting the Torture Museum, Barbarism Then and Now
Guest: Karen Greenberg, Executive Director of NYU School of Law

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: African American History Month: Reaching out to the Youth
Guest: Dr. Lisbeth Gant-Britton, adjunct professor and student affairs officer of the UCLA African-American Studies Program
Topic: Cuba and Latin America: America's involvement and it's Future
Guest: Chris Agee, Adjunct lecturer at the City University of New York

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Building Bridges: Jewish and Muslim Coalition for Peace
Guest: Kalman Resnick, Immigration Attorney, Co-Founder of the Arab and Jewish American Peace Coalition
Guest: Maha Jarad, Palestinian Activist, Co-Founder of the Arab and Jewish American Peace Coalition
Topic: Flexing the Muscle?: U.S. shoots down Spy Satellite
Guest: Stephen Young, United Concered Scientest Rep

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2008
Host: Abdul-Malik Mujahid
Topic: Easy Access: Gun violence in US
Guest: Rev. Pfleger, Pastor of St. Sabina, anti-firearms organizer
Guest: Alec Harris, United Power Organizer

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Cuba in Limbo: Castro Steps Down
Guest: Chris Agee, Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology
Topic: Kosovo: The future of the Balkans
Guest: Dr. Kukaj, Former Representative of Albania in Eygpt
Topic: Gitmo: Facing Death Penalty
Guest: Terry Rockefeller, documentary film producer, member of Peaceful Tomorrow's
Guest: Lynne Kates, Center for Constitutional Rights, Guantanamo Justice Initiative

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: National School Shootings: Killing becoming Trendy?
Guest: Dr. Pamela Riley, Executive Director of Students Against Violence Everywhere
Guest: Brehanna Jordan, member of National Youth Advisory Board of SAVE

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Black History Show
Guest: Asad Jafri, Director of Art of IMAN
Topic: Discussed life her after finding out her husband had AIDS
Guest: LaJoyce Brooklin, Author of "Fire Under Faith"
Topic: History of Black American Muslims
Guest: Imam Talib, Imam of Malcolm X Mosque in Halem

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2008
Host: TBA
Topic: TBA
Guest: TBA

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: A Muslims journey during the Slave Trade
Guest: Alex Kronomer, Co-Producer of Prince Among Slaves
Topic: Islamic Art and Cultural Contributions
Guest: Amir Muhammad, Exhibit Organizer of the Islamic Heritage Exhibit

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Global Warming: A Primer, Latest Study, and What We Can Do
Guest: Matthew Hurgtin, Ph.D, Northwestern University Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Guest: Patrick Megonigal, Ph.D., Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Guest: Kathy Tholin, General Manager, Center for Neighborhood Technology

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Rebroadcast
Topic: Approaching Interfaith Work: Three Perspectives
Guest: Scott Alexander, Professor, Catholic Theological Union
Guest: Azam Nizamuddin, Attorney and Member of Interfaith Committee, Council of Islamic Organizations of Chicago
Guest: Noah Silverman, Member, Interfaith Youth Core

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Stem Cell Research Debate/ Muslim Civil Rights
Guest: James Reston, Author of "Fragile Innocence: A Father's Memoir of His Daughter's Courageous Journey"
Guest: Dr. Mathew Lensch, Genetics Specialist in the Daley Laboratory at Children's Hospital Boston/ Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Harvard Medical School
Guest: Engy Abdelkader, Esq., Member of AMAL and Author of A Muslim Woman's Guide to Her Civil Rights: When Faith Practices Trigger Discrimination in America

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Rebroadcast
Topic: Approaching Interfaith Work: Three Perspectives
Guest: Scott Alexander, Professor, Catholic Theological Union
Guest: Azam Nizamuddin, Attorney and Member of Interfaith Committee, Council of Islamic Organizations of Chicago
Guest: Noah Silverman, Member, Interfaith Youth Core

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdause
Sunday Night Arts and History ShowSlaves Built Capitol Hill
Guest: Dr. Kim Searcy, Professor of African History in Loyal University
Guest: Sama Wareh, Artist of 'What is written and what is not' exhib
Guest: D-Nick, Member of Fuw

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2008
Host: Adam Ghazi
Topic: 'Is Religion a Threat to Democracy? Faith Talk on the Campaign Trail'
Guest: Ira Chernus, Author of 'Monsters To Destroy: The Neoconservative War on Terror and Sin'

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Declaration of principles: Americas Iraqi Quagmire to continue
Guest: Jennifer Van Bergen, Author, Activist and Educator
Topic: Black History Month: Slaves built Capitol Hill
Guest: Jesse Holland, Author of Slaves Built Capitol Hill

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Topic: Budget Analysis Guest: Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University
Topic: The Shady Firestone operation
Guest: Tim Newman, Campaigns Assistant at the International Labor Rights Forum, a member of the Stop Firestone Coalition

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Super Tuesday Results: Republican frontrunner and Democratic horse race arise.
Guest: Greg Livingston, National Field Secretary and Chief of Field Operations for the RainbowPUSH Coalition
Guest: Connie Baker, GCC Rep

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Super Tuesday! Results of the elections from around the Country
Guest: Doah AbuSara, Student Election Judge
Guest: Farheen Hakeem, political activist
Guest: Fouad Pervez, US policy analyst

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Election Time: Getting to know your local Candidates
Guest: Annie Talkman, Executive Director of Operation Turn DuPage Blue
Guest: Laural Bault, Organizer for A+ coalition of Illinois

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Knowing your Candidates: On Civil rights
Guest: Nancy Murray, Director of Education, ACLU of Massachusetts
Guest: Ron Sullivan, professor at Harvard Law School

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Stem Cell Research: Breakthrough or Myth?
Guest: Dr. Landis, Director of the National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Topic: Knowing your Candidates: On The Iraq War
Guest: Robert Naiman, Senior Policy Analyst and National Coordinator at Just Foreign Policy

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008
Host: Abdul-Malik Mujahid
Topic: White House for Sale?
Guest: Craig Holman, Legislative Representative for Public Citizen’s Congress Watch
Topic: Researching your Candidate: Knowing the Truth
Guest: Mike Wessler, media director for Project Vote Smart

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Will peace and freedom in Palestine mark the Bush legacy?
Guest: Francis Boyle, scholar in the areas of international law and human rights
Topic: Spying and the Government: Immunity for Criminality
Guest: Hope Marston, Bill of Rights Defense Committee

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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Race and American politics in 2008 elections
Guest: Kevin Gray, civil rights organizer in South Carolina and former president of the state ACLU
Guest: Earl Ofari Hutchinson, nationally acclaimed author and political analyst

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Pakistani Revival? Majority in Pakistan want Islam in Politics
Guest: Clay Ramsay, Director of Research at PIPA and a CISSM fellow, co-founder of PIPA
Topic: Muslim Mutual Funds: Rewarding the non-interest
Guest: Bassam Osman, Trustee of the North American Islamic Trust and President of the Dow Jones Islamic Index Fund

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Avoiding Doomsday: CTA Funding Solution
Guest: Rick Harris, president of ATU Local 308, CTA Union Representative
Topic: Restoring Americans' Moral Authority
Guest: Guest: Ed Yohnka, Director of Communications and Public Policy, ACLU of Illinois

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008
Host: Abdul-Malik Mujahid
Topic: Era of Change? Illinois Constitution up for Change.
Guest: Gregory F. Pierce, president and co-publisher of ACTA Publications in Skokie

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Profound Experiences: Stories from Hajj
Guest: Kifah Mustafa, Imam & Associate Director, Mosque Foundation
Guest: Hanan Abdullah, Hajji from Dec, 2007
Guest: Shaz Kaiserrudin Hajji from Dec, 2007

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MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2008
Host: Abdul-Malik Mujahid
Topic: Martin Luther King and his Vision
Topic: Gaza in Turmoil: The endless Israeli siege
Guest: Ali AbuNimah, Co-Founder of the Electronic Intifada

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Culture in Chicago
Guest:Zakeya Cartman-Asst. Executive Director, Chinyera Moody-Program Director
Of Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center
Guest:Lauren Deutsch-Executive Director of Jazz Institute of Chicago
Guest: Maryam Muhammad-Youth Actor from ETA Theater Company

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2008
Host: Amir and Mohammed
Topic: The 2008 Combatants for Peace US Tour
Guest:Yonaton Shapira, Founding member of Combatants for Peace
Guest: Bassam Aramin, Founding member of Combatants for Peace

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: The War on the home front: Our economy
Guest: Dean Baker, Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
Topic: Kenya, from Champion of Hope to Heralder of Woe
Guest: Roxxane Lawson, Africa Director at Trans-African Forum

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: A real democracy? Our electoral system in perspective
Guest: Ryan O’Donell, Director of Presidental Reform Program
Guest: Steven Hill, director of the political reform program at the New America Foundation

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Escaping the Chains of Stereotype: Rebuilding the Muslim Reputation
Guest: Zainab Salah, High school student and victim of discrimination
Guest: Ibrahim Hooper, National Spokesman, Council on American-Islamic Relations
Guest: Bryan Siebuhr, Reverend at the Midwest Buddhist Temple

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008
Host: Jenan Hashim
Topic: Honor Killings: A Universal Problem
Guest: Ruby Khan, Exec. Dir. of Hamdard Center for Health and Human Services
Guest: Maryam Gilani, Domestic Violence program director
Guest: Samana Siddiqui, freelance journalist and Sound Vision content manager

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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: How Real a Change? Examining the Canidates Foreign Policy Advisors
Guest: Kelly Beaucar Vlahos, journalist for American Conservative
Guest: Stephen Zunes, Middle East editor for Foreign Policy in Focus

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Chinese New Year event and history of Chinese culture
Guest: Yi Lu, President of Chicago's Sounds of Hope
Guest: Zeshan Bagewadi, Western Classical Music Singer

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008
Host: Adam Ghazi
Topic: Ash-Har's career with CNN Pakistan
Guest: Ash-Har Quraish, KCTV Chief of Investigative Reporting

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Health care reform or bust?
Guest: Dr. Don Mccane, Senior Health Policy Fellow for Physicians for a National Health Plan
Guest: Alwyn Cassil, director of public affairs for the Center for Studying Health system Change

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Iraq Update: Iraq Shaped by the Surge
Guest: David Enders, journalist from Iraq and author of "Baghdad Bulletin."
Guest: Kathy Kelly, coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Topic: Interpreting the Polls: What Iowa and New Hampshire actually mean
Guest: John Zogby, Founder of the Zogby Poll

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008
Host: Imran Husain
Topic: Torture in America: what the administration is trying to cover up
Guest: Mr. Cole, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center
Guest: Kamron Memon, founder of Muslimsforasafeamerica.org

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Global Warming, A Threat?
Guest: William Burns is a Senior Fellow at Santa Clara Law
Guest: Anne Petermann is the co-Director of Global Justice Ecology Project

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MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The unknown Iraq war, Turkey and the Kurds
Guest: Merve Kavakci, ex-parliament member in Turkey
Guest: Khalil Demir, director of Zakat Foundation in Chicagoland area

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Book review A Plentiful Harvest by Terrie Williams
Guest: Triple Blak- Def Poetry Jam activist and author
Guest: Mary Lahaj and Mumina Kowalsk

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2008
Host: Amir Haq
Host: Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Inter-racial marriages
Guest: Hiba and Altaf
Guest: Humaira and Edmond
Guest: Jacinda and Zeid

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Children in danger, the abuse of the vulnerable
Guest: Roy Harly, Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse of America in Illinois
Guest: Sis Wenger, Presidant and CEO of National Association for Children of Alcoholics

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Annapolis and Islamabad, the new years foreign policy
Guest: Robert Naiman, National Coordinator of Just Foreign Policy
Guest: Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy Analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus & a Provost in Journalism

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Six Years On: Has the Government's Infringement on Civil Rights Made Us Safer?
Guest: Nancy Murray, Director of Education, ACLU of Massachusetts
Topic: Petitioning Congress to Defend Our Constitution
Guest: Ed Yohnka, Director of Communications and Public Policy, ACLU of Illinois

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Iran: Rogue or Simply Bold? Ahmadinejad in the US
Guest: Dr. Stephen Zunes, Middle East Editor, Foreign Policy in Focus Project, Author, Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism
Topic: Israel: A Threat to Peace and International Law
Guest: Jennifer Loewenstein, Associate Director of the Middle East Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Board Member of ICAHD-USA (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2007
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Co-Host: Aminah McCloud
Topic: Top Stories of 2007

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2007
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: The beginning of Hip-Hop
Guest: DJ Tony Tone, First Hip-Hop DJ

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2007
Host: The Best of Radio Islam
Rebroadcast
Topic: Our Favorite Conversations

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2007
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Our Favorite Programs of 2007

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2007
Host: Frederick Thaufeer al-Deen
Topic: Assassination of Ex-Prime Minister Bhutto
Guest: Junaid Ahmad, President of the U.S.-based National Muslim Law Students Association
Guest: Dr. Asraf Toor, Executive Director of Pakistan American National Alliance (PANA)

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2007
Host: Br Abdul Malik
Topic: Planning for the new Year
Guest: Samana Siddiqui
Guest: Junaid Afeef

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2007
Host: The Best of Radio Islam
Rebroadcast
Topic: Our Favorite Conversations

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2007
Host: Frederick Thaufeer al-Deen
Topic: Celebrating Inter-Faith Families

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2007
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Movie Review of The Kite Runner
Guest: Elizabeth Rodriguez
Topic: Discuss positive Hip-Hop
Guest: Camille Irvine
Guest: Jah Jah Shakir, Founder of True Shades of Hip-Hop University

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2007
Host: Amir Haq
Title: Assessment on Iran
Guest: Dilip Hiro, Middle Eastern Expert

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2007
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Media Consolidation, Stranglehold on Free Speech
Guest: Jennifer Howard, Free Press Journalist

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2007
Host: Jenan Diab
Rebroadcast
Topic: Eid Programming

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2007
Host: Jenan Diab
Rebroadcast
Topic: Eid Programming

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2007
Host: Frederick Thaufeer al-Deen
Topic: HAJJ - Experiences
Guest: Abdul Malik Mujahid, Executive Producer, Hajji

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2007
Host: Frederick Thaufeer al-Deen
Topic: Checks and Balances of the US Government Branches
Guest: Political Scientist
Topic: Understanding Election Jargon: from Primaries and Caucuses to Election Day
Guest: Prof. John Mark Hansen, U of Chicago

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Guest: Bilal Mujahid, Spokes Person for Sacrifice for Eid
Guest: Saveera Iftikhar, Photographer
Guest: Camille Irvine, Traveler
Title: Sunday Night Culture and Entertainment

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2007
Host: Adam Ghazi
Host: Elizabeth Rodriguez
Host: Camille Irvine
Title: The Single Life
Topic: Discussed different views and issues that come up while being a single muslim

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2007
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Movie Review: USA vs. Al-Arian
Guest: Line Halvorsen, Director, USA vs. Al-Arian; Human & Civil Rights Activist
Guest: John Sugg, Journalist; Senior Editor, Creative Loafing
Guest: Abdullah Al-Arian, Son of Political Prisoner Sami Al-Arian; Ph.D. candidate, Georgetown University

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Commercial Competition vs. Greed: Where to Draw the Line?
Guest: Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History, University of California; Author, State of the Union: A Century of American Labor
Topic: Human Rights in Pakistan: the Struggle Continues
Guest: Tighe Barry, Member of Code Pink, Anti-war Activist
Guest: Medea Benjamin, Co-founder, Code Pink

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007
Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Gitmo Detainees: Denied the Writ of Habeas Corpus
Guest: Pardiss Kebriaei, Attorney, Guantanamo Global Rights of Justice Initiative, Center for Constitutional Rights
Topic: Eliminating Racial Discrimination: US Human Rights Network Shadow Report 2008
Guest: Ajamu Baraka, Executive Director, US Human Rights Network

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2007
Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Islam across Borders: A Special Interview with a Dutch-Muslim Delegation to the US
Guest: Leyla Cakir, Next Chairperson of Al-Nisa, Staff at 'Point Well Being' in Holland
Guest: Jihad Alariachi, Cast Member of 'The Girls of Halal' TV Show, Board of Directors, Muslim Youth of Amsterdam

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2007
Rebroadcast
Host:Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Government Loses Again: Reflecting on 21 Years of the "LA 8"
Guest: Michel Shehadeh, Acquitted Defendant, One of the "LA 8"
Guest: Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU, Southern California; Attorney on the "LA 8" Case

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2007
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: How to Develop As An Artist
Guest: Royal Bayyan, Producer, Engineer, Musician-President-Raven Entertainment Group
Guest: Christie Z-Pabon-Publicist, Founder Muslims In Hip Hop and Tools of War

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2007
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Parental Involvement in Your Child’s Life
Guest: Reg Weaver, President, National Education Association
Topic: Is All Television Bad? What Makes Quality Media for Children?
Guest: Deborah L. Linebarger, Ph.D., Professor of "Children and Media: Cognitive Development," University of Pennsylvania

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2007
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Commercialized Kids: Why Children Demand So Much
Guest: Susan Linn, Author, Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood
Topic: Financial Responsibility: Teaching Children the Value of the Buck

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2007
Host: Imran Husain
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Foreclosures and the Falling Housing Market

Topic: Drivers Fund Mass Transit through Gas Tax
Guest: Ralph M. Martire, Executive Director, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2007
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Mukasey Crosses the Finish Line after Torturous Vote
Guest: Nathaniel A. Raymond, Senior Communications Strategist, Physicians for Human Rights
Guest: Asad Ba-Yunus, Attorney, Lubell & Rosen; President, Florida Muslim Bar Association
Guest: Marjorie Cohn, President, National Lawyers Guild; Author, Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2007
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Justified Safety or Constitutional Infringement?
The "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act"
Guest: Hope Marston, West Region Organizer, Bill of Rights Defense Committee

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2007
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Cultivating Youth Through Edutainment
Guest: Jacinda Bullie and Jaquanda Villegas, Kuumba Lynx
Guest: Vent Movement- Poetry Emsemble from Aurora, Illinois- Featuring:
Yah Yah Muhammad, Trect, KIK and Hussain

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2007
Host: Adam Ghazi and Amir Haq
Topic: The Spiritual Benefits of Traveling

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2007
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Winter Tips: How to Stay Fit & Healthy
Guest: Constance D. Shabazz, M.D., Internal Medicine Physician, Chicago
Topic: Who's at Risk for the Ad14 Outbreak?
Guest: Jacqueline Tate, Epidemiologist, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2007
Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: "I Do" to Love, Happiness, and... Debt? How to throw a Great Wedding at a Comfortable Price
Guest: Sheikh Abdul Rahman Khan, Resident Scholar, Islamic Foundation Villa Park
Guest: Baba Ali, Comedian, Creative Mind behind Ummah Film's "The Reminder" Series

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2007
Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Strengths & Weaknesses of the Annapolis Peace Conference
Guest: Ali Abunimah, Author, One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, Co-founder, ElectronicIntifada.net
Guest: Amb. Robert Keeley, Former U.S. Ambassador; Chairman, Council for the National Interest Foundation

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Health Care Checkup on Clinton & Obama
Guest: Don McCanne, M.D., Senior Health Policy Fellow, Physicians for a National Health Program
Topic: Treating our Health Care System in Illinois
Guest: Johnathan VanderBrug, Health Care Justice Director, Campaign for Better Health Care

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Forbidding Right and Enjoining Immorality & Irresponsibility: The US Welfare System
Guest: Marva Arnold, Director, Division of Human Capital Development, Illinois Department of Human Services

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2007
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Achieving the American Dream: Success Stories from across the Nation
Guest: Farooq Kathwari, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2007
Radio Islam wishes You a Happy Thanksgiving!

Rebroadcast
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Fast Food, Obesity, Your Health and Corporate Responsiblity
Guest: James M. Pivarnik, Ph.D., Center for Physical Activity and Health, Michigan State University
Guest: Mark Kastel, Co-Founder Cornucopia Institute

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2007
Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Pilgrims, Indians, & Myths of the First Thanksgiving
Topic: Reducing Stress & Anxiety: Over the Holiday, and Always!
Guest: Edward Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Founder of the Global Healing Center
Topic: Turkey Tips from an Expert Chef!
Guest: Kocoa Scott-Winbush, Chef Consultant, Author: Cooking with Kocoa

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2007
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: In Retrospect: The MANA Conference & African American Muslims
Guest: Ihsan Bagby, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at University of Kentucky

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2007
Rebroadcast
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Black Men in America are in Danger: Solutions in Context
Guest: Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League
Guest: Phillip Jackson, Executive Director, Black Star Project

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: "Rendition" isn't Fiction: A Movie Review & Discussion
Guest: Melissa Goodman, ACLU Staff Attorney, Lawyer for Khaled El-Masri
Topic: Arab Heritage Month in Chicago
Guest: Widad Albassam, Board Member, Director of Arts Programming, Arab American Action Network

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007
Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Journey North: Why Mexican Migrants Prefer Life in the Shadows to Life at Home
Guest: Angelica Herrera, The Chicago Reporter, Author of "The Best of all Bad Choices"

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2007
Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Nurturing the Spirit of Foster Care
Guest: Itadel Shalabi, Social Worker, Arab American Family Services
Guest: Najia Kurdi, Adoptive Mother
Guest: Humaira Basith, Adoptive Mother

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Islam across Borders: A Special Interview with a Dutch-Muslim Delegation to the US
Guest: Leyla Cakir, Next Chairperson of Al-Nisa, Staff at 'Point Well Being' in Holland
Guest: Jihad Alariachi, Cast Member of 'The Girls of Halal' TV Show, Board of Directors, Muslim Youth of Amsterdam

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2007
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Where's the Faith in our Public School System?
Guest: Denise Dickson, Executive Director, Action Now for Working Families
Guest: Edmond Arroyo, School Social Worker, Hindsdale South High School
Guest: Howard Good, Ph.D., Author, Former New York School Board Member

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007
Host:Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Analysis: Pakistan under Emergency Rule
Guest: Susan Musarrat Akram, Ph.D., Attorney, Int'l Human Rights, Boston University School of Law
Guest: Abdul Malik Mujahid, Ph.D., Pakistani-American Peace Activist, Chairman, CIOGC

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Online Consumer Profiling: Convenience or Infringment?
Guest: Jeff Chester, Founder & Executive Director, Center for Digital Democracy
Topic: The Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Bill
Guest: Erich Pica, Director of Economic Policy, Friends of the Earth
Guest: Jessy Tolkan, Executive Director of Programs, the Energy Action Coalition, Organized Powershift 2007

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2007
Rebroadcast
Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Afghanistan: The Endless, Bitter War
Guest: Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy Analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus & a Provost in Journalism, University of California at Santa Cruz
Guest: Awista Ayub, Founder, The Afghan Youth Sports Exchange

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007
Rebroadcast
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Children Left Behind: President Bush Threatens to Veto Health Insurance for Kids
Guest: Nayyera Haq, Spokeswoman, Children's Defense Fund
Guest: Barry Maram, Director, Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services
Guest: Theresa Eagleson, Administrator, Division of Medical Programs, Illinois Dept. of HFS

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007
Host:Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Government Loses Again: Reflecting on 21 Years of the "LA 8"
Guest: Michel Shehadeh, Acquitted Defendant, One of the "LA 8"
Guest: Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU, Southern California; Attorney on the "LA 8" Case

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007
Host:Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim

Topic: Congressional Concerns over Increase in Arab Ownership of US Stock Exchange
Guest: Jerome Corsi, PhD, Political Scientist, Author, "The Late Great USA"

Topic: The Disproportionate Rate of African-American Maternal & Infant Mortality
Guest: Robyn Gabel, Executive Director, Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
Guest: Angela Ellison, "Closing the Gap" Project Director, Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition

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