This week, our guest is Haras Rafiq, co-founder and Executive Director of the Sufi Muslim Council. Haras is also CEO of Crescentlive TV and the Crescentlife lifestyle magazine

What’s the latest download on your iPod?

Al Mu’allim by Sami Yusuf

What was the last thing you saw at the theatre?

Alan Ayckbourn’s Absurd Person Singular – All good things come in threes (the second act is the best). 

Tate Britain or Tate Modern?

I have not been inside Tate Modern, although I did try on one occasion but it was too crowded and the queue was far too long.

What are you reading at the moment?

Ed Hussein’s The Islamist - for the second time - just ticking the bad guys off my list.

Which cultural figure from the past or present would you most like to meet or have met?

Muhammad Ali. I had the privilege to meet him two years ago. Even though he could not speak properly, his wit and charm surrounds him.

Which cultural figure from the past or present do you think is the most over-rated?

Kurt Cobain – The lead singer from Nirvana who killed himself to “get out”. He would have been shocked at his iconic status. People have turned him into exactly the very thing that he did not want to become. He could have prevented it by staying alive.

And the most under-rated?

(I can’t decide between these two)

Meera Syal – She created the space for the British “Asian” community to enter mainstream entertainment with classics such as Bhaji on the Beach and Goodness Gracious Me. Believe everything that you have seen in the latter.

Jonathan Ive – The designer of the iPod. Try to spend a day travelling around London without spotting one.

The X-Factor or Strictly Come Dancing?

Definitely Strictly Come Dancing.

You’re asked by a paper to review either The Magic Flute or We Will Rock You. Which do you choose?

We Will Rock You

Have you ever walked out of a play, film, concert or other production?

No, but I have slept through many.

Before being sent to your desert island, you're allowed to choose your three favourite films to take with you. What would they be

Some Like it Hot (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn)

Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup

Pirates of the Carribean (The curse of the Black Pearl) how on earth Johnny Depp did not get an Oscar is beyond me.