In this week's episode, I am joined by my esteemed guest, historian, and lecturer of Ottoman studies and Islamic history, Dr Yakoob Ahmed. We reflect on the current situation that the Ummah finds itself in, whether it is conflict, violence, occupation of lands, wars, poverty, corruption, division, despair... unfortunately the list goes on. So we tackle the question of whether the Ummah is really capable of changing its condition, and Dr Yakoob dives deep into two historical events, the conquest of Mecca and the battle of Ain Jalut to see whether we can learn any lessons from the previous generations on how to bring about change.