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Brussels, ISIS & Islam

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4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2016

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Jacob Weisberg talks to former Islamic extremist (and now Senior Advisor at the Centre on Religion & Geopolitics) Ed Husain about how Trump is perceived within Muslim communities around the world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Give us a damn if Jim Bush endorses to you, Cruz. That's a strike of gist you asked me.

0:06.0

You know, in person he's nice, but now he's gone crazy.

0:10.0

Look, I wouldn't go into a black church and start screaming white lives matter.

0:16.0

Give us a damn if Jim Bush endorses to you, Cruz.

0:24.0

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast. I'm Jacob Weisberg.

0:28.0

After the San Bernardino shootings, Donald Trump proposed a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.

0:36.0

This week, after the devastating events in Brussels, Trump doubled down on the idea,

0:41.0

stating that he would not allow certain people to come into this country without absolute perfect documentation.

0:48.0

Today, I talk with Ed Hussain, a former Islamic extremist himself, about the effects of Trump's views on the Muslim community.

0:57.0

But first, let's check back in and see what the Donald's been up to on Twitter.

1:03.0

Lion Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a GQ shoot in his ad.

1:11.0

Be careful, Lion Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife.

1:18.0

Low energy, Jeb Bush just endorsed a man he truly hates. Lion Ted Cruz, honestly.

1:26.0

I can't blame Jeb in that I drove him into oblivion.

1:31.0

Lion Ted Cruz denied that he had anything to do with the GQ model photo post of Melania.

1:39.0

That's why we call him Lion Ted.

1:44.0

I think having Jeb's endorsement hurts Lion Ted. Jeb spent more than $150 million and got nothing.

1:54.0

I spent a fraction of that and at first.

1:58.0

Lion Ted Cruz steals foreign policy from me and lions from Michael Douglas, just another dishonest politician.

2:14.0

I'm joined now by Ed Hussain. Ed is a senior advisor at the Center on Religion and Geopolitics, a London-based think tank.

2:21.0

He's also the author of The Islamist, why I became an Islamic fundamentalist, what I saw inside, and why I left.

2:28.0

Hi there, Ed.

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