Interview: Zara Mohammed, Muslim Council of Britain

Podlitical

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4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Secretary General of the MCB on the new Government definition of extremism, and more. Zara Mohammed sits down with Podlitical to talk about becoming the first female, first Scottish, and youngest leader of the Muslim Council of Britain, her thoughts on the new Government definitions of extremism announced by the Conservatives last week, and the Government's non-engagement policy with the organisation. Mohammed discusses how life has changed for Muslims in the UK since the October 7th attack on Israel, how she sees a recent "barrage" of anti-Muslim sentiment coming from the top level of politics, and warns of being complacent about "Scottish Exceptionalism" when it comes to tackling inequality.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.4	You're listening to BBC Scotland
0:10.6	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast
0:16.4	that brings you an inside look at the big stories
0:18.6	coming out of Holyrood and Westminster.
0:21.2	It's 25 past 11 on Wednesday the 20th of March.
0:25.1	I'm Lucy White. I'm in Glasgow today.
0:27.6	And this is another one of our interview episodes.
0:30.3	But it's not a politician from a particular political party today,
0:34.4	but it's someone who's very much in public life.
0:37.6	We're speaking to Zara Mohammed, who's Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain.
0:41.9	Hi, Zara. Hi, Lucy. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are things in London today?
0:47.2	Well, it's been a busy week in politics. But yeah, it's been up and down. Obviously, it's Ramadan as well.
0:54.2	So there's lots going on.
0:55.5	And I've been zooming around, to say the least.
0:58.5	Yeah, so you're not actually based in London.
1:00.6	You're still based in Glasgow, where you're from, aren't you?
1:03.7	Proudly so, I should say.
1:05.1	There's nothing better than landing in Glasgow Airport or getting into Central Station on a Saturday night. So it's, yeah, no, home is
1:13.2	home, but I do find myself often in the centre of London and dealing with a lot of the kind of,
1:20.3	as you said, public life and engagements and things. Yeah, well, listen, we're really grateful for you
1:24.7	coming on, as you mentioned, it's been a very busy time politically,
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