In Good Faith

To bring In Good Faith’s first year to a close, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mustafa Warsi. We discussed his spiritual and intellectual journey, his critique of modernity, and proposals for how human beings can recover their connection with the divine. Having only got to know Mustafa relatively recently, I found this conversation very refreshing and insightful.
Mustafa studied Mathematics at Cambridge University and has worked in the financial services industry for almost a decade. He is a budding philosopher, regular writer, media spokesperson and he has been the inspiration for a number of early stage projects in line with his aim of saving the world!

Mustafa’s website.
Kasurian.
Pickthall House.

(00:00) Mustafa’s core message
(09:10) Intellectual & spiritual backstory
(17:27) Reading “Sufism and Taoism”
(26:08) Truth as paramount
(36:55) Identities & labels as barriers
(49:43) The nature of revelation
(1:01:30) How to reenchant the world
(1:16:52) Intellectual & institutional failures
(1:24:27) Mustafa’s projects & plans
(1:36:34) It only takes a few people…

The lack of mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of human beings everywhere is in urgent need of grounded and effective solutions. To help make sense of the concepts and practicalities involved, I sat down with the wonderful Dr Rania Awaad.
Dr Rania is a prominent psychiatrist, professor, and scholar known for her work in faith-based mental health and psychology. Based on her background as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she directs the Stanford Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology Lab, she focuses on cultural and spiritual approaches to care. Dr. Awaad is also the co-founder and president of Maristan, a nonprofit dedicated to holistic mental health, and serves as director of The Rahmah Foundation

Maristan YouTube channel.
Follow Dr Rania.

(0:00) Framing the discussion
(1:46) What is the human being?
(9:15) The nature of consciousness
(16:35) Pausing to account for yourself
(22:43) The power of prayer (salat)
(30:16) Popularising spiritual practice
(35:12) The importance of nature
(37:38) Critiquing modern psychiatry
(47:41) Improving modern psychiatry
(54:11) Dr Rania’s Maristan project
(1:06:51) Returning to our original nature
(1:08:31) Advice to those entering the field

I’ve known Rehan Khan for over 30 years and he was one of my very earliest teachers and mentors. He is now a thought-leader, professor, novelist and an advocate for virtue-based storytelling and leadership.
His work has spanned consulting for major global corporations, teaching post-graduate courses at one of the world’s leading business schools about AI, the future of work and leadership, as well as delivering training courses on focus and productivity, drawing on his business book, Distracting Ourselves to Death.
Uniquely, Rehan is also a multi-series novelist. His books include the Carnegie nominated A Tudor Turk series set in the 16th century, as well as the standalone A Tomb of Empires set in 90BC, and more recently the fantasy sci-fi epic series Tales of Khayaal.
Follow Rehan.
Rehan’s website.
Buy Tales of Khayaal.

(0:00) Trailer
(1:17) Introduction
(4:16) Our attention problem
(6:47) Remove noise, find pearls
(10:18) Creativity & discipline
(13:10) How to enter flow states
(17:45) Your phone is your enemy
(23:18) Is the AI threat overblown?
(34:00) Rehan’s faith journey
(41:18) Virtue-based storytelling
(1:00:29) Conclusion

I sat down with Naz Shah, Member of Parliament for Bradford West, on 5th March 2026 - the day her shocking and powerful autobiography was released.
Entitled “Honoured: Survival, Strength and My Path to Politics”, it’s a truly remarkable story that focuses on Naz’s immensely difficult childhood - one marred by poverty, violence, forced marriage and a lack of formal education - and her subsequent journey as a campaigner and politician, which all began with an arduous journey to pursue justice for her imprisoned mother who had experienced extreme levels of abuse over many years.
We can all learn lessons from Naz’s resilience, her inspiring faith and love for God, as well as her unflinching commitment to public service.

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(0:00) Trailer
(1:38) The book’s origin story
(12:20) Cover and title
(19:01) How Naz’s faith has evolved
(33:59) The night before Naz’s first election
(39:01) An excerpt on trusting God
(42:04) Honouring Naz’s mum
(53:47) How to be faithful as a politician
(59:38) Refraining from being judgemental
(1:07:55) Healing, compassion & forgiveness
(1:21:11) Politics & life in Bradford
(1:35:13) National politics and future ambitions

The Public Forum was launched on 12th February 2026. It’s the in-person strand of the In Good Faith podcast. This episode contains the panel’s responses to the final audience questions.