Secular Jihadists for a Muslim Enlightenment
By Ali. Rizvi & Armin Navabi
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Description
Throughout history, freethinkers have outraged the religious with their wacky ideas about the virtues of free speech, reason, and, of course, eating babies. Now, God is dying—and it's time to dispose of his remains. From the pits of Hell, Satan sends two puppets of the imperialist West and the Zionist Jews against God, Islam, and tiny kittens to bring you their propaganda and conspire for a new world order. This is Secular Jihadists for a Muslim Enlightenment—with Ali Rizvi and Armin Navabi.
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ExplicitEP71: Shia Muslims Leaving Islam | In this episode, we speak to Zara Kay, a member of the Khoja Shia Ithnasheri Jamaat, a large and very prominent Shia Muslim community spread across the Indian Subcontinent, East Africa, Canada, and London. | 10/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP70: Ex-Muslims Rising: Muhammad Syed | Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) is at the frontlines of tomorrow. | 10/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP69: Muhammad: The Man. The Message. The Mystery. | There are some things we know about Muhammad—but what's more interesting is what we don't know. | 9/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP68: Ex-Muslims Expelled from Starbucks—and More | In this episode, we discuss Armin’s recent visit to the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) with Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) | 9/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP67: A Young Woman's Escape from Saudi Arabia | We speak to Salwa, a young Saudi woman who made her escape from Saudi Arabia at great risk. | 9/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP66: Ask Us Anything: Armin & Ali Answer Your Questions | In this AMA episode, we talk about engaging with Muslims, Imam Tawhidi, the difference between Sam Harris's and Robert Spencer's approaches to criticizing Islam, the significance of the Arab Spring... | 9/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP65: The Quran: Questioning Infallibility, Shattering Taboos | A key element of the Enlightenment was the emergence of Biblical criticism as an academic discipline. | 8/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP64: Islam's Prisoner's of Conscience | Armin's viral "Allah is Gay" video at Vancouver's Pride celebrations brought out a barrage of homophobic death threats against him and his family from religious Muslims. | 8/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP63: Religion in US Politics: Is Secularism Under Threat? | The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) is the largest advocacy group for atheists in the United States. | 8/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP62: Ask Us Anything: Armin & Ali Answer Your Questions | In this month’s Ask Us Anything episode, we take on your questions about whether Islam was spread by the sword, Pakistan’s recent election results, conservative vs liberal Muslims, the best versions/translations of the Quran for English speakers, an | 8/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP61: Matt Dillahunty: Atheism & the Art of Debate | Matt Dillahunty is an atheist activist and true pioneer of the current movement. Raised as a Southern Baptist, Matt became an atheist after studying to become a minister. | 8/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP60: Secular Rescue: Saving Freedom, Saving Lives | In many countries—especially Muslim-majority countries—atheists live in mortal danger. | 7/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP59: #MyStealthyFreedom: An Iranian Feminist Icon Tells Her Story | Masih Alinejad is the Iranian journalist and activist who founded #MyStealthyFreedom, inviting women in Iran—where the Islamic headscarf (hijab) is mandatory—to post pictures of themselves without it. | 7/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP58: Steven Pinker: Enlightenment & the Muslim World | Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Better Angels of Our Nature and most recently, Enlightenment Now. | 7/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP57: Jordan Peterson vs. Sam Harris: A Behind the Scenes Review | Everyone wants to know what happened at the two back-to-back Jordan Peterson vs. Sam Harris Pangburn Philosophy events in Vancouver last month. (Videos of the events won't be out until the next two events in the UK are completed.) | 7/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP56: Jerry Coyne: Why Science & Religion Are Incompatible | This week we are joined by the renowned evolutionary biologist and New York Times-bestselling author of Why Evolution is True, Jerry Coyne. | 6/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP55: Bangladesh's Secular Bloggers: Risking Their Lives for Freedom | “Let Bangladesh revoke the citizenship of these enemies of Islam! If not, we will hunt them down in whatever part of God’s world we find them and kill them right there!” | 6/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP54: Israel, Palestine and the Iran Deal | The US embassy has moved to Jerusalem, and violence has erupted yet again in Gaza. Meanwhile, the Iran deal has been cancelled by the United States. | 6/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP53: The Recovering White Nationalist: How Radicalization Works | In this episode, we spoke to Leon Korteweg, a young man in the Netherlands who joined a group of white nationalist skinheads and neo-Nazis soon after the 2004 assassination of Theo Van Gogh in broad daylight. | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP52: How One Woman Fought Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws | Rafya is a Pakistani woman who was married off at seventeen. After enduring years of mistreatment and abuse, she finally gathered up the courage to leave her husband, but this came with a cost: he ripped their three-year-old daughter from her arms. | 5/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP51: Growing Up Gay and Muslim | This week we speak to Jimmy Bangash, a gay British-Pakistani ex-Muslim and activist member of the Council or Ex-Muslims of Britain. Jimmy grew up in a traditional Pashtun family in London where he stood in ardent opposition to the patriarchy and misogyn | 5/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP50: The Rise of Atheism in the Muslim World: Maryam Namazie | Maryam Namazie is a true pioneer of the growing ex-Muslim movement. The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB), which she started more than a decade ago, now has thousands of members worldwide and assists hundreds of ex-Muslims every year. | 5/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP49: Ex-Muslims Answer Questions - Race and IQ, US Intervention | Unlike our discussion with scheduled guests, live streams with Ali and Armin will be streaming live publicly. | 5/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP48: Nick Cohen: The Liberal Blindspot on Islam & Muslims | Nick Cohen is the renowned journalist behind the excellent radio documentary, "The Silence of the Liberals," on how modern mainstream liberals and left-wing activists have failed progressive Muslims and ex-Muslims. | 4/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP47: The Future of Islam in the West: We Talk to a Conservative Muslim | Daniel Haqiqatjou earned his physics degree at Harvard. This is also where he became a devout, dedicated Muslim. | 4/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP46: Ex-Muslims Ali & Armin Answer Questions | Unlike our discussion with scheduled guests, live streams with Ali and Armin will be streaming live publicly. | 4/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP45: Faith to Freedom: Helping Young Muslims Leave Islam | Imtiaz Shams spent half of his life growing up in Saudi Arabia as a devout Muslim—visiting Mecca every year, praying, fasting, memorizing the Quran, and devouring books on Islam like the Riyad us-Saliheen | 4/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP44: Is Islamic Extremism, Islamic? We Talk to a Fundamentalist Muslim | Asadullah al-Andalusi is a research fellow for Yaqeen Institute and an international speaker for the Muslim Debate Initiative on the subject of Islamic thought and civilization. | 3/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP43: Male Circumcision: Religious Freedom or Child Abuse? | With Iceland weighing a ban on male infant circumcision, the usual outcry from Jews and Muslims about "religious freedom," and prominent Muslim activists like Maajid Nawaz now openly speaking against the age-old procedure, circumcision is back in the ne | 3/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP42: Muslim vs Muslimish: What Makes an Identity? | Ibrahim Abdallah is the co-founder of Muslimish, an organization that provides a safe, supportive, and open-minded environment for the exchange of ideas between former and questioning Muslims. | 3/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP41: David Silverman: Why We Need Firebrand Atheism | You've seen him sparring with Bill O'Reilly about those blasphemous atheist billboards. You've seen Stephen Colbert refer to him endearingly as "Mr. Atheist Pants," which later became his Twitter handle. | 3/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP40: ISIS Ex-Wife Speaks to the Secular Jihadists | "I knew what jihad meant. When Bin Laden spoke about jihad, it made sense to me." Tania Joya was married to the highest-ranking American in ISIS, John Georgelas (also known as Yahya Al-Bahrumi or Abu Hasan), currently believed to be in Syria. | 2/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP39: Escape from Hasidic Judaism | Ari Hershkowitz grew up in an insular Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, and was featured in the award-winning Netflix documentary "One of Us." | 2/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP38: Islam, Religion, & Women: #MeToo | Pakistani feminist and firebrand secular activist Alishba Zarmeen doesn't mince words. Coming from a modest background in Pakistan, she came to North America after winning several international scholarships. | 2/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP37: Sarah Haider Joins the Jihadists | Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) is a very young organization but grows stronger every day. | 1/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP36: Iranian Protests Kick Off the New Year | "You raised your fists and ruined our lives," said a young Iranian woman to her older countrymen last month. "Now we raise our fists to fix your mistake." | 1/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP35: A Jehovah’s Witness Liberated from Faith | Lloyd Evans was a faithful Jehovah’s Witness for most of his life—that is until he was liberated from his religious indoctrination by reason. Today, Lloyd is an atheist who helps other victims of his former faith leave the religion. | 12/31/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP34: Interview With An Ex-SJW | In this episode, we talk to Kate Lisa, a young former SJW who now seeks balance in a chaotic world plagued by ideological turmoil. We really enjoyed her perspective and learned a lot from it. Listen to our conversation. | 12/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP33: A Saudi Ex-Muslim Speaks to the Secular Jihadists | Joining us this episode is a Saudi Ex-Muslim Moad Aldabbagh to shed a bit of light on the new developments in Saudi Arabian politics, and reforms introduced by the Crown Prince. | 12/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP32: The Muslim Enlightenment? | Maryam Namazie has said, "The Internet is doing to Islam what the printing press did in the past to Christianity." Are we witnessing the beginnings of an Enlightenment in the Muslim world? We talk about this and more. | 11/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP31: Noura Embabi - The Ex-Muslim President of Muslimish | Noura Embabi is the current president of Muslimish, an organization that provides a forum for ex-Muslims and questioning Muslims to meet and exchange ideas. | 11/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP30: Ron Miscavige: Escape from Scientology | Ron Miscavige is the father of David Miscavige, the current leader of the Church of Scientology. In this episode, he tells us of his stunning escape from the Church and gives us breathtaking accounts of what it was like to be part of it for decades. | 11/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP29: The Burka Ban & Quebec's Bill C62 | In this episode, we're joined by Saudi ex-Muslim and asylee Ghada, and we discuss the bill, niqab, burka, and more. | 10/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP28: Conversation with an Atheist in Egypt | "I know I’m going to get killed one day for doing this." That’s the reality that Omar Essam, a vocal atheist in Egypt, lives with every day. | 10/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP27: Guns, Terrorism, and Honesty | In this episode, we discuss Islamic terrorism, the Las Vegas massacre that injured over 600 people, and American gun laws. Listen to our conversation. | 10/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP26: From Afghanistan to California - Journalist Nushin Arbabzadah | Nushin grew up in Afghanistan during the Soviet War. She went on to earn graduate degrees from the University of Hamburg in Germany and the University of Cambridge. She has worked for the BBC, Al Jazeera, and The Guardian, and now teaches at UCLA. | 10/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP25: The Dark Side of the Atheist Movement | Seth Andrews is the host of The Thinking Atheist, one of the top atheist podcasts in the world which has inspired countless rationalists across the globe. Recently, Seth agreed to speak at a conference featuring a controversial YouTuber. | 9/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP24: Dave Rubin Joins the Jihadists | Dave Rubin is a friend of the show who has always helped provide a platform to support the voices of secular and ex-Muslims, for which we continue to be grateful. | 9/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP23: A Conversation with Maajid Nawaz | As he prepares to launch his counter-terror organization Quilliam in the US this month, Maajid talks to us about topics isn't often asked about: Is reform in Islam realistic or plausible? What are his own personal/religious beliefs? | 9/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP22: Ensaf Haidar - Author & Wife of Imprisoned Blogger Raif Badawi | She is an author. She is a mother. She is a full-time activist, working tirelessly for the release of her husband Raif Badawi, the blogger imprisoned in Saudi Arabia with a sentence of 10 years and 1000 lashes for simply speaking his mind. | 9/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP21: Atheist Ex-Muslim in Jordan Has a Message for the West | He stopped two ISIS members-to-be from joining ISIS by convincing them to give up Islam for reason and freedom. We speak with Mohammed Al Khadra about his inspiring, emotionally charged speech at the Secular Conference that went viral. | 9/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP20: White Supremacy, Islamic Supremacy, & Race | When you're an atheist from the Muslim world, you get it from all sides. Muslims call you apostate. The far right calls you Muslim. The far left calls you Islamophobe. | 8/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP19: Islam vs. Islamism—What's the Difference? | They say Islam is a religion, but Islamism is a political ideology. How different is Islamism from Islam? Isn't Islam inherently political? Or is the political aspect separate from Islam in 2017? | 8/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP18: Atheists Under Attack in "Moderate" Malaysia | A group of atheists meeting for a chat and a couple of laughs in Kuala Lumpur triggered a disproportionate government crackdown with the minister calling for them to be hunted down. | 8/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP17: From Benghazi to Toronto: A Libyan Ex-Muslim Finds Liberation | He grew up under Gaddafi. He was in Benghazi when the attack happened. He was a Muslim. Now he's an atheist living in the West. This is a perspective you don't hear every day. Listen to our conversation with the fascinating Bilal Bettamer. | 8/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP16: Ex-Mormon AND Ex-Muslim: A Tale of Two Apostasies | In this episode, we speak to Jenn Sutton, who was raised Mormon, then left her faith to become a devout Muslim, and then, liberated herself from the shackles of religious mythology altogether to become an atheist. | 7/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP15: Ask Us Anything! | In this episode, we answer questions from our patrons on topics like how much the government should be involved in fighting Islamism. Should the West make alliances with Middle Eastern and North African countries to fight Jihadists? | 7/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP14: The Unhidden Shia Imam: Tawhidi Talks to the Secular Jihadists | Imam Tawhidi has been called a reformer and innovator by some, and a Shia opportunist and anti-Muslim by others. But one thing he's not is soft-spoken. He respects argument even with those who disagree, as we did in this often heated exchange. | 7/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP13: The Crumbling Political Spectrum | The left says any criticism of Islam is bigotry against all Muslims. The right says that because Islam has problems, all Muslims must be banned, profiled, or targeted. Secular and former Muslims get caught in the middle. | 6/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP12: The Ex-Muslim Who Had to Desecrate a Quran to Save His Life | The founder of Ex-Muslims of Sweden, Omar Makram discusses the situation in Sweden first hand, tells his story of escape from Islamists in Egypt and teaches us the intellectual way to desecrate the Quran. | 6/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP11: How Should We Deal With Immigration From Islamic Countries? | In this episode, we challenge each other's views on immigration. The discussion gets a bit heated in this one. Let us know who you agree with! | 6/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP10: Ex-Muslim Secular Activist From Maldives Seeking Asylum Amid Death Threats | Ex-Muslim secular activist from the Maldives who has been imprisoned for his activism seeks asylum somewhere in the free world before he is killed as his peers were. | 5/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP9: The Palestinian Atheist: Lalo Dagach | Lalo explains how Palestinians who don't fit the mold are considered fake Palestinians and schools us on the less talked about Christian Arab migration to South America. | 5/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP8: Silly Scripture | In this episode, we put the "fun" back in fundamentalism by digging into the treasure troves of comedy and absurdity that drive all Abrahamic religions––their "holy" books. We focus on the Quran and Hadith . But we don't spare the Bible or Torah. | 4/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP7: Ex-Muslim Scottish author tells us how to Muslim while female. Short answer: Don't | The hardships of Muslim and exMuslim women in free Western countries mostly go unnoticed. But now a new generation of brave, outspoken women brings it out in the open. We discuss this with our exMuslim Scottish guest, Shazia Hobbs. | 4/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP6: Can Islam be reformed? | Can Islam be reformed? And if not, is there another option? Is there a better chance for Muslims to leave Islam altogether? Can Muslims keep "Islamic culture" but abandon the dogma? We discuss all this and more in this episode. As you'll hear, we don't | 3/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP5: The 'Islamophobia' Smear: A Substitute for Blasphemy Laws? | In this episode, we discuss Islamophobia and the apparent gradual shift of some governments to limiting free speech, like the M103 bill in Canada. With special guest Obaid Omer. | 3/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP4: Moderate Terrorists, Feminist Hijabis, and Atheist Muslims? | In this episode, the Secular Jihadists tackle some paradoxes: The 'moderate' Muslim Brotherhood, the 'feminist' Hijab Day and the Atheist Muslim. | 3/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP3: An Ex-Muslim Refugee and Her Story of Escape from Saudi Arabia | Continuing from where the Vice Documentary left off, Rana tells us about her apostasy, her escape from Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and her life in Germany today. | 2/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP2: On the Muslim 'ban' | In this episode, our resident Iraqi refugee Faisal leads a dialogue on Trump's "Muslim ban." We ask whether there's such a thing as Trumpism. And we discuss the Women's March, questioning the use of the hijab as a feminist symbol. | 2/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEP1: Meet the Gang | In our first episode you get to hear a bit about our backgrounds: who we are, why we left Islam. | 2/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Juicy discussion, funny banter, no BS
SJME is something special. The four remarkable people that host this show all bring intriguing insights and personal stories, charming wit and humor, entertaining banter, and nuanced discussion that is even handed, includes abundant devil's advocacy and meta-discussion, but is BS-free. Perhaps capitalizing on their "brown [wo]man" credentials, the discussion is refreshingly unhampered by the political correctness that constipates much of the modern dialogue on religion and culture. As well, I find that it should be approachable to people of all political bents. SJME is excellent. Indubitably my favorite new podcast.
Great show
I just listened to your 1st (introductions) show, nice to meet you.
Your message is very important, thank you, great job!
Meh
You know hardcore religious people who make lame jokes that aren't funny... it goes both ways
