Summary: After two years and 60 podcasts, Muslim Voices is winding down mdash; this is the last new podcast that will be produced as part of the series. So, to mark the seriesrsquo; end, we take a look back with a few familiar voices. Manaf Bashir was the first host of Muslim Voices; Rosemary Pennington the second. To mark the end of new production Pennington and Bashir interviewed each other about their experiences with Muslim Voices. All About Information Bashir, a Muslim from Kuwait, says he thinks creating dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims is incredibly important, especially after 9/11 when ldquo;Islam became a terrorist religionrdquo; in the eyes of many. ldquo;The project is to show that Islam is like any religion,rdquo; Bashir says. ldquo;There are misperceptions, there are misinformations, there are practices that are not acceptable and yet people practice them. It [Muslim Voices] is all about information rather than misinformation that people get from the mainstream media.rdquo; No Single Islam Pennington, an American non-Muslim, says she hopes people listening to the podcasts will realize therersquo;s no single Islam. That Islam, and Muslim practice, is not monolithic. ldquo;There are two-billion Muslims in the world,rdquo; she says. ldquo;Therersquo;s no spokesperson for Islam.rdquo; Understanding that, she says, is the only way a person can begin to make sense of the media coverage of Islam. And while they realize Muslim Voices canrsquo;t profile every way of thinking or living or believing, both Bashir and Pennington hope it begins to help people see just how multi-faceted Islam and Muslim practice is. Archived Podcast Episodes All of the Muslim Voices podcasts are archived at muslimvoices.org/podcasts. But just because podcast production has ended doesnrsquo;t mean there wonrsquo;t be new information at the website. The Muslim Voices will still be updated each week and the Facebook and Twitter pages will be going strong.
