Islamic scholarship was once the greatest force for human evolution and advancement, from pioneering the physical and life sciences to giving birth to the Renaissance but today Islamic scholarship is being charged with becoming redundant and irrelevant to the people who need it most.

 Judge: Amjad Malik QC and Defendant: Dr Jasser Auda. Asif Hussein leads the Prosecution with special witnesses: for Arts & Culture Luqman Ali; Gender Issues Dr Laura Zahra McDonald and Politics Nabil Ahmed. Through personal narrative and case studies, we explore how Islam has or has not met up to the challenges of modern society.