Ex-Muslim: This is a Difficult Conversation | Sarah Haider

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

News, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 28 May 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Sarah Haider is a Pakistani-American writer, public speaker, and political activist. She created the advocacy group Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA), which seeks to normalise religious dissent and to help former Muslims leave the religion by linking them to support networks. Sarah’s Substack: https://sarahhaider.substack.com/ Sarah’s Podcast: https://aspecialplace.substack.com/ SPONSORED BY: BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/trigger/ - get 10% off your first month, and get on your way to being your best self. SPONSORED BY: ExpressVPN. Go to https://www.expressvpn.com/trigger/ and get an extra 3 months free on a one-year package! Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I started to give talks and panels about the problems that I saw in the faith.
0:08.0	Then there was a sense of, wait, wait, let's think about whether this is the right time
0:14.2	to talk about these issues.
0:16.0	I've started to re-evaluate that and consider that maybe I was not fully understanding
0:24.2	the fundamental values and principles of the modern left.
0:28.0	And it is also the case that Islam treats innovation within the faith differently than other
0:34.8	religions.
0:35.8	I think it is more intolerant.
0:37.8	One of those ways in which I think Islam is different, unique in the main religions
0:43.2	of the world is that it is very political.
0:45.8	The higher the percentage of Muslims in your locality, the more that this blasphemy prohibition
0:56.9	becomes actual de facto law.
1:03.9	Hello and welcome to Trigonometry on the road from the USA.
1:13.3	I'm Francis Foster.
1:14.3	I'm Constantin Kissen.
1:15.8	And this is a show for you if you want honest conversations with fascinating people.
1:20.8	Our terrific guest today is a writer and the co-founder of Ex-Muslims for North America.
1:26.1	Thanks for having me here, guys.
1:28.4	It's great to have you.
1:29.4	It's a pleasure to speak with you.
1:30.7	I mentioned to you before that one of the reasons we so wanted to talk to you is you wrote
1:35.1	a piece after the Salman Rushdie attempted murder that was so powerful in articulated things
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