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Your phone knows where you go, who you speak to, and what you search at 2am. In this Expert Q&A, cybersecurity specialist Ahmed Khanji explains who wants that data, how they get it, and what you can do to protect yourself. From Pegasus, the military grade spyware that sits on a phone without leaving a visible trace, to new police powers in New South Wales to extract data from your device, to data brokers feeding companies like Palantir, how exposed are we really? Can deleted messages be recovered? Is your phone listening to you? And what happens to everything you tell AI chatbots? At the end of the episode, we hand Ahmed a phone and ask him to check it for spyware. Ahmed Khanji is the Chief Executive Officer of Gridware, a Sydney-based specialist cybersecurity firm founded in 2017. Gridware provides penetration testing, digital forensics and incident response, managed security, and cyber advisory to organisations across Australia, and was named SIEM Provider of the Year at the 2025 Australian Cybersecurity Awards. Having worked on more than a thousand cyber attacks, Ahmed brings a frontline view of how criminals, corporations, and governments access personal data. Support the show

For most Muslims, faith sits on one side and work sits on the other. In this OnePath Podcast, Omar DaCosta-Shahid argues that the separation is a recent invention, and that asking whether your income is halal is only the beginning of the question. If more than half of our waking life is spent working, what does it mean to make that work an act of worship? We explore why the ethical order of no harm first, then benefit, then profit, is the exact reverse of how most businesses operate, what the classical Islamic literature on trade and earning actually says, whether behaving ethically really costs you money, and how the Prophetic model of trade followed by withdrawal applies to a life of relentless deadlines. The conversation also turns to the harder questions. Does wealth change people for the better or the worse? Why do brands stay silent on Gaza? And is any of this just a spiritual pacifier for capitalism? Omar DaCosta-Shahid is an entrepreneur, public speaker and educator who specialises in integrating Islamic spiritual principles with modern business practice. He studies classical works on earning and trade with scholars in the UK and Malaysia, and has completed a two-year part-time group study in Islamic finance with Mufti Faraz Adam (“The Messenger’s Money Morals”). Before this he advised Fortune 500 companies on the Muslim market and worked as a journalist for The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and the New Statesman, writing on religion and politics. He founded the Muslim Influencer Network in 2017 and now runs Spirituality of Business, a platform built on the premise of business as a path to God. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 listee and has been named among the UK's most influential Muslims in media. Support the show

n this OnePath Podcast, registered psychologist Tareq Ahmed joins us to talk honestly about depression, suicide and bullying, including a devastating lived experience he overcame. Tareq Ahmed is a registered psychologist based in Sydney, currently practising at Mindwise, where he works with children, teens and adults. He is also the co-founder of Educaid Australia, a non-profit that has trained more than 2,000 mental health first aiders and partnered with over 100 schools, organisations and community groups across Australia. Alongside his clinical background, Tareq speaks publicly about his own experience navigating suicidal ideation as a Palestinian Muslim, bringing a rare combination of professional expertise and lived experience to conversations many families still find difficult to have. Support the show

Neanderthals, evolution, and now artificial intelligence. On this OnePath Podcast, Hamza Karamali argues the problem was never the science. It is that we stopped teaching our children how to think. We cover the Sapiens claim that religion was invented as a useful fiction, the argument from contingency, and then evolution at length. Does it remove the need for a Creator? Where do Neanderthals and the fossil record sit alongside the Quranic account of Adam? And what happens to our children’s faith when they reach a university where evolution is settled fact, and take their hardest questions to a machine instead of a teacher? Hamza Karamali is the founder of Basira Education and the author of Why Islam Is True, a book and website setting out Quranic arguments for the existence of God, the messengerhood of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and the purpose of life. Originally from Canada and now based in Turkey, his work draws on the classical science of rational arguments preserved in the tafsir tradition. Support the show

Shaykh Abdurragmaan Khan is one of South Africa's most prominent Islamic scholars, serving as imam and Director of Dar al-Turāth al-Islāmi (DTI) and co-founder of the Maḥabbah Foundation. A hafidh and Mufti on the Muslim Judicial Council of South Africa, he trained under some of the most respected names in the Islamic tradition, including Habib Umar bin Hafiz and Shaykh Muhammad Taha Karan. His scholarship bridges the deep roots of South African Islam — a community shaped by centuries of history and forged through the trials of apartheid — with the classical learning of Yemen's scholarly tradition. Today he is a leading voice on dawah, Islamic jurisprudence, and preparing the next generation of Muslims to navigate a rapidly changing world. Shaykh Abdurragmaan Khan traces Cape Town's Muslim community from its origins with exiled scholars like Shehu Yusuf, who led resistance against the Dutch East India Company before being brought to the Cape in chains, through three centuries of colonial rule and apartheid, to today. He describes how weekly dhikr gatherings functioned as a community-wide parenting system that held families and faith together under persecution, and reflects on the largely untold role Muslims played resisting apartheid alongside Mandela. He shares his own story growing up in South Africa as the son of a well-known rugby player, and how his path led him to Yemen to study under Habib Umar bin Hafiz and Shaykh Muhammad Taha Karan — including what that experience taught him about staying high-spirited through hardship. Returning home, he speaks to the real challenges of applying what he learned abroad in a South African context, what makes a dawah project actually succeed, and the difference between preaching Islam and living it so that character alone becomes the invitation. Support the show

In this OnePath Podcast, we sit down with Na'ima B. Robert, author, editor, and coach, to talk about identity, purpose, and what it really means to live as a Muslim woman navigating multiple roles, seasons, and the weight of a public life. What does it mean to see yourself as a traveler rather than a title? How do you raise children in a world where Islamic books for kids barely existed? And when society says Muslim women should step back from the mic, what does history actually tell us about women and knowledge? Na'ima B. Robert is an award-winning author of multicultural literature and the founding editor of SISTERS Magazine, a UK-based publication for Muslim women. Born in Leeds to a Scottish father and Zulu mother from South Africa, and raised in Zimbabwe, she converted to Islam in 1998. Over a career spanning more than two decades, she has published close to 30 books for children, teens, and adults, beginning with The Swirling Hijab, and has become one of the most recognised voices in Islamic publishing and Muslim women's media globally. Support the show

There is a difference between a religion that is alive and a religion that is merely practiced. Dr. Samir Mahmoud has spent decades thinking about what separates the two. In this episode, he lays out one of the most rigorous and far-reaching frameworks for Islamic revival the channel has hosted. Dr. Samir Mahmoud is Academic Director of Usul Academy and Lecturer on the Diploma in Islamic Psychology at the Cambridge Muslim College. He was formerly Assistant Professor at the Lebanese American University. He holds a BA in Anthropology and Politics and an MA in Architectural History, Theory and Urban Design from the University of New South Wales, an MPhil in Theology and Religious Studies, and a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Cambridge, completed under the supervision of Dr. Timothy Winter (Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad). Support the show

What does it actually take to find the right person, and are most Muslims approaching it completely backwards? In this OnePath Podcast, relationship coach Hannah El-Gashingi joins us for an honest, Sharia-grounded conversation on love, marriage readiness, and what nobody teaches Muslim singles before they start looking. We cover the red and green flag mentality and why it misses the point entirely, what Islamic personal development actually looks like before you enter the marriage process, the five topics every Muslim should discuss when getting to know a potential spouse, how to handle the social pressure of still being single in your 30s, and the real difference between planning a wedding and building a marriage. Hannah also shares her own deeply personal journey, including losing her mother before finding her husband, the grey jumper she bought for a man she had never met, and how shifting from dua made in despair to dua made with hope changed everything for her. Hannah El-Gashingi is a certified relationship coach and co-founder of The Muslim Love Coaches, an Instagram platform she runs alongside her husband offering Islamic-grounded relationship coaching for Muslim singles and married couples. Her work focuses on pre-marriage readiness, values alignment, emotional intelligence, and building marriages that last. Support the show

When Brother Dean Mousad received a Level 4 skin cancer diagnosis, he made a choice most people would not understand. He kept working, kept mentoring young people, flew to Indonesia, Bosnia, and performed Umrah, all with cancer in his body and uncertainty in his mind. In this OnePath Podcast, Dean shares the full story of his diagnosis, his mental and spiritual survival toolkit, and what it taught him about tawakkul, community, death, and the purpose of a life well lived. What does a counsellor do when he becomes the one who needs counsel? How do you stay present when a diagnosis wants to pull you into the future? And what does a cup of Zam Zam at the Kaaba mean when your body is fighting for its life? Dean Mousad is the Co-Founder and Business Growth and Development Lead at 5 Before 5 Solutions, a counselling and mentoring service dedicated to vulnerable individuals in the community. He also serves as Managing Director of Brothers in Need, a not-for-profit organisation that has spent over a decade supporting the most at-risk members of Australian Muslim society. With a background in senior counselling and professional development, Dean brings both clinical insight and lived experience to one of the most confronting conversations a person can have. Support the show

In this reminder, Sheikh Mohammad Elshinawy addresses one of the most urgent crises facing Muslim families today: why parenting has become so hard, and what the Prophet's model offers as a way through. Why did raising children feel natural across every civilisation in history, and why does it feel almost impossible now? Sheikh Elshinawy traces the collapse back to the Industrial Revolution, the dismantling of village life, and the rise of peer orientation, showing how forces largely outside the family's control have quietly severed the bond between parents and children. And he explains why no technique, workshop, or parenting book can substitute for what was lost. At the heart of this talk is a prophetic framework built on three pillars: expressed compassion, reasonable expectations, and early empowerment. Drawing on the story of Yusuf, the hadith of Abu Omar and the pet bird, and a striking confrontation between the Prophet and a Bedouin father who had never kissed his ten sons, Sheikh Elshinawy shows that what keeps children oriented to their parents is not discipline, but warmth. Sheikh Mohammad Elshinawy graduated in English Literature from Brooklyn College and in Islamic Studies from Mishkah University. He serves as the Religious Director of Jesus Son of Mary Mosque in Pennsylvania, Research Fellow at Yaqeen Institute, and Instructor at Mishkah University. His work spans Islamic theology, contemporary Muslim family life, and applied prophetic ethics. Support the show

Is it wrong to ask questions about the Qur’an? Many Muslims worry that confusion or curiosity about certain verses means their faith is weak. But the Qur’an itself encourages reflection, contemplation and sincere questioning. In this insightful discussion, we explore why the Qur’an often raises questions, why some verses sound harsh, and how many misunderstandings arise when verses are taken out of context. Through stories from Surah Yusuf, reflections on Qur’anic structure, and lessons from centuries of scholarship, this conversation reveals how deeper engagement with the Qur’an can strengthen faith rather than weaken it. Produced by OnePath Network, this video invites Muslims and non-Muslims alike to rediscover the Qur’an with humility, curiosity and a sincere desire to understand. Support the show

Over 5 million Uyghur Muslims have passed through China's concentration camps and that number comes from China itself. With mosques locked, the hijab banned, and an entire language being erased from children's mouths, East Turkistan is facing a slow, silent genocide the world has largely stopped talking about. So why aren't we listening? We sat down with Uyghur activist and journalist Aslan Hidayat back on the OnePath Network podcast for the second time  to find out what's really happening on the ground: leaked audio smuggled out of East Turkistan, Chinese influencers caught posting two different versions of the same video, families separated by surveillance and forced labour, and the transnational repression targeting Uyghur communities here in Australia. This is the crisis hiding in plain sight. Support the show

For over a century, the Muslim world has been divided into nation states, borders, and political systems that often leave Muslims weak, divided, and unable to protect each other. From Palestine and Al Aqsa to conflicts across the Muslim world, many are asking a difficult question about unity, leadership, and the future of the Ummah. In this episode of our Expert Question Series, we sit down with Dr. Ovamir Anjum, Professor and Endowed Chair of Islamic Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Toledo. He is the co-editor of the American Journal of Islam and Society and recently appointed editor-in-chief for the review board at the Yaqeen Institute. His areas of research include Islamic history, theology, political thought, and Islamic intellectual history. Dr. Anjum is the author of Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Ranks of Divine Seekers: Translation of Ibn al-Qayyim’s Madarij al-Salikin (Brill, 2020), the first two of four volumes. In this conversation, we explore the concept of Khilafah, Muslim unity, nation states, Islamic governance, economics, sanctions, and the role Muslims in the West play in the future of the Ummah. This is a deep discussion about the past, present, and future of the Muslim world and whether unity is the key to solving many of the problems Muslims face today. Support the show

Today we discuss Dajjal, Iran, Israel, and the powerful religious symbolism surrounding conflict in the Middle East. As tensions rise across the region, ancient scriptures and end-times prophecy are increasingly invoked in political rhetoric and public discourse. In this conversation, we explore how Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions interpret themes such as Purim, Amalek, messianic expectations, the rebuilding of the Temple, and the role of apocalyptic narratives in shaping modern geopolitics. How are these texts being understood today? And how should they be interpreted in light of current events? Joining us is Dr. Ali Ataie, a scholar of biblical hermeneutics whose work sits at the intersection of Sacred Languages, Comparative Theology, and Comparative Literature. At Zaytuna College, Dr. Ataie has taught Arabic, Creedal Theology, Comparative Theology, the Sciences of the Qur’an, Introduction to the Qur’an, and Seminal Ancient Texts—helping students engage deeply with classical religious traditions while addressing contemporary questions. Dr. Ataie completed his MA in Biblical Studies at the Pacific School of Religion in 2011, before earning his PhD in Cultural and Historical Studies in Religion from the Graduate Theological Union in 2016. He is also a native Persian speaker and is proficient in Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew, allowing him to engage directly with the sacred texts of multiple traditions in their original languages. In this episode we examine the intersection of theology, scripture, and geopolitics—and how religious narratives about the end of times continue to shape conversations about the future of the Middle East. Support the show

In this special Ramadan episode, OnePath Network sits down with Ustadh Mohamad El Bikai to explore what it truly means to build a lifelong relationship with the Qur’an. From overcoming personal doubts to understanding the deeper purpose beyond memorisation, this conversation offers powerful reflections, practical advice, and spiritual insight for Muslims seeking a stronger connection with the Book of Allah. Discover why consistency matters more than intensity, how even 15 minutes a day can transform your journey, and the real goal behind learning the Qur’an. This heartfelt dialogue blends personal experience, Islamic knowledge, and contemporary challenges. Support the show