Joining me today is an Iranian-born Shia Muslim scholar and the president of the Islamic

Association of South Australia, Imam Muhammad Tawidi.

Welcome to the Rubin Report.

Hello, Zayf.

Thank you for having me.

Which one of us is going to be in more trouble for doing this?

Well, I'm already in enough trouble.

So hopefully we can share that part.

All right, so two interesting things have happened, even before we start this conversation.

You said to me in the green room, nothing is off limits.

You said, ask me the hardest question you can possibly do.

Please.

I appreciate that as an interviewer, and it's a refreshing thing to hear.

I just thought it was interesting that you even said that to me, because it's like, you

know, a lot of times people just want to come in and say what they want, but you want

to be challenged.

You want to go to those places.

Correct.

I've had many interviews, over 400 interviews in the last two years, whether they be on

radio or television or YouTube.

And I just feel that many people give us special treatment just because I'm Muslim.

And even though they know that I do have some conservative views, such as on board of protection,

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