Fiyaz Mughal - Uncovering The Truth About Sharia Courts In Britain
The Winston Marshall Show
Winston Marshall
4.8 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with counter-extremism campaigner and founder of Tell MAMA, Fiyaz Mughal, for a wide-ranging conversation on Sharia councils, Islamism, integration, and the future of British multiculturalism.
We examine the reality of Sharia councils in Britain, how they operate, and why their lack of regulation raises serious concerns, particularly for women and their legal rights. Fiyaz explains the difference between non-binding religious arbitration and English civil law, and why greater transparency, oversight, and accreditation are urgently needed.
The discussion explores Islamism, religious literalism, and how parts of British Islam shifted after the 1980s, from a more culturally integrated faith to a harder and more ideological identity. We discuss migration, community clustering, social pressure, and why dissent within Muslim communities has increasingly been shut down.
We also address anti-Muslim hate in Britain, the work of Tell MAMA, the distinction between free speech and harassment, and how international events often drive domestic tensions. Fiyaz argues that Britain must defend its institutions, national values, and freedoms, while rejecting both Islamist extremism and racial hatred.
A serious and nuanced conversation about faith, identity, integration, and whether Britain can still articulate what it stands for in an age of moral relativism.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Winston Marshall Show with me, Winston Marshall. |
| 0:03.7 | I sat down with Fiaz Miguel Fiaz, is the founder and director of several NGOs and groups |
| 0:10.1 | tackling anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim hate crime, and trying to build interfaith dialogue in Britain. |
| 0:17.9 | We took a look at Sharia law, Sharia courts in the UK, how they operate, how |
| 0:24.6 | they function, and what is good or bad about them. We also looked at the growing tensions between |
| 0:31.3 | British Muslims and non-Muslims and what might be done to unite our no longer united kingdom. All of this and much more. |
| 0:40.3 | But before you hear from Fias, I wanted to say first and foremost, thank you for your continued |
| 0:45.6 | support. Remember to press subscribe and follow wherever you get your podcasts from. And if you head over to |
| 0:51.2 | Winston Marshall.com.com. UK, not only will you enjoy ad-free viewing and listening, |
| 0:57.0 | but you'll also hear an extended conversation between me and fears, where he tells me about his own personal run-ins with Islamists and the far right in Britain. |
| 1:07.0 | And we also look at the separation of church and state, |
| 1:11.2 | or perhaps the failure of separating mosque and state in parts of the Muslim world and much else. |
| 1:18.3 | That's all exclusive at wintershal.com. |
| 1:21.8 | Where you'll also, by the way, enjoy and reviewing and listening |
| 1:25.6 | and have the opportunity to ask future guests your questions. But without further ado, Fiaz Magal, welcome to the show. Thank you so |
| 1:35.1 | much for taking the time to come up on your busy schedule to speak with me. There's much I want |
| 1:40.5 | to get into you. You're a very interesting character to me because you have been outspoken, not just on the issues of anti-Muslim hate in Britain, but also the problem of Islamism. |
| 1:54.5 | And you've actually been attacked from all sides, the Islamists and the far right. |
| 1:59.8 | And so you, in my eyes, are a brave man for speaking |
| 2:02.5 | out. I appreciate it's taking the narrow path is hard in life. There's much to discuss, |
| 2:10.1 | and I want to talk about Islam in Britain, and Islamism in Britain, and your work of Telmama. |
| 2:14.9 | But first and foremost, this conversation came out because I'm |
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