Secular Jihadists for a Muslim Enlightenment

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.

EP128: Does the “Intellectual Dark Web” Promote Anti-Muslim Bigotry?

Dec 29, 2019

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Omar Baddar is an agnostic and a secularist of Muslim background who is Deputy Director of the Arab American Institute and a political analyst. His social and political commentary has appeared on BBC,...

EP127: Yasmine Mohammed: Unveiled

Dec 28, 2019

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Guess who's back? A founding member of this podcast, Yasmine Mohammed, returns—this time as our guest! Her new book is called Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam. We also talk about...

EP126: Can Scripture Evolve? 3 Ex-Muslims Respond to Karen Armstrong 📚

Dec 27, 2019

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Former nun and religious apologist Karen Armstrong has made the argument that “sacred texts” are flexible, evolve with time, and are misunderstood by religious fundamentalists and atheists...

EP125: Do We Need Religion to Be Moral? 🧭

Dec 16, 2019

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Phil Zuckerman is a professor of sociology at Pitzer College in California, whose latest book is What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life. A leading specialist...

EP124: Israeli Elections 🗳️ What’s Going On?

Dec 13, 2019

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After two elections failed to give rise to a governing coalition, Israel’s president is floating the idea of having a third one. Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption and fraud charges. What led up to these events? And...