This is it. tonight. We feel the city right.

Oh, we just get drunk and stay inside. Michael Alice here, here let that be your welcome for the next hour. We got a real treat here and a bit of a coup

because we've got one the most important figures I think in contemporary political discourse. We have all the way from Australia, Imam Tahiti, whose Twitter

hashtag is Imam of peace, is the Imam? What's your pure handle?

Imam of peace. You travel around the world talking about Islam and you're coming from a informed

perspective you were raised you know in Persia that you studied I don't even know the exact verbiage because we're so ignorant about it here in the West and your new book the tragedy of Islam comes out December 7th, which is going to be in about 10 days from when this airs.

Welcome to the show.

And one of the things you were talking about, when you read your book, the very, one of the first things you say is,

I'm putting this in writing because I expect to be killed.

Well thank you very much for having me Michael. In reality I am not only a student of Islamic teachings but I come from a lineage that were basically

my ancestors were the companions of Prophet Muhammad and they played a big role in funding his movement and as well as spreading Islam

throughout the Arabian region and one of those most prominent figures was Adi bin

Hatahati who is the son of Hatamatai, a very prominent Arabian legend.

The Arabic phrase, more generous than Hatim, is actually referring to my ancestor HATIM, who was known before Islam as a very generous man and wealthy.

His children then converted to Islam and in the very early years and became

friends and companions of Prophet Muhammad and they fought all the battles with

him and my particular ancestor fought so much he lost two of his

eyes in battles. The point I'm trying to make is I'm not a convert into Islam.

I come from a lineage that is very well known, very well respected.

Most of the Arabian tribes in the Middle East, the al-Budari and Nabhani,

Attai, they all go back to my lineage. So I come from a very prominent Arabian tribe.

Pedagree. Yes and also we have many Muslim scholars so I'm also a third-generation Muslim imam

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