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Aysha discusses her journey leaving Islam and becoming an atheist. She introducts the Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) organization, where she began as a volunteer and now serves as Director of Operations. Aysha explains the restrictions she faced as a Muslim woman growing up in a traditional Pakistani household, including limited rights in marriage, inheritance, testimony in court, and the sanctioning of husbands beating disobedient wives. She examines the contradictions between Islam and her rights as a US citizen. She highlights EXMNA's work normalizing dissent through campus tours and building community for ex-Muslims. Please visit exmuslims.org (https://exmuslims.org/) to learn more about Ex-Muslims of North America.
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.
This week, we report state/church victories in Colorado and Pennsylvania. After hearing poems by feminist, activist and atheist Sherry Matulis— "Religion's Child" and "Benediction," set to music by Dan Barker— we talk with Pakistani-American Muhammad Syed, co-founder and president of Ex Muslims of North America (EXMNA), about the new and unique "Apostate Report" that surveyed hundreds of former Muslims who have left Islam.
2:48 What does it mean to be an “atheist Muslim”? 6:42 Different aspects of religion: tradition/ritual/belonging versus ideology and belief 11:25 Mild apostasy versus transformative apostasy 13:55 New atheism 18:37 On not staying in your lane 20:06 Raif Badawi 22:14 Criticising Islam without anti-Muslim bigotry. 26:14 Twitter 28:09 Reformers 30:08 More on Twitter 31:18 Offence and blasphemy 33:18 Different types of effective speech for different audiences 37:10 Different kinds of Muslims 42:55 Political polarisation and ex-Muslims 46:21 The Social Justice left; left and right-wing identity politics 50:48 Dave Rubin 55:00 Mockery and satire 58:46 The left’s problem with messaging 1:03:31 Belief and identity 1:10:27 Cultural appropriation 1:18:41 Women as the bearers of identity Ali Rizvi is a musician, writer, clinical pathologist and secular activist. Ali’s book, The Atheist Muslim: A Journey from Religion to Reason can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Atheist-Muslim-Journey-Religion-Reason/dp/1250094445 His podcast, Secular Jihadists for a Muslim Enlightenment, co-hosted with Armin Navabi, is here: https://www.secularjihadists.com/ You can follow Ali on Twitter @aliamjadrizvi Other References Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA): https://exmuslims.org/ Phil Zuckerman: https://philzuckerman.com/bio/ Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason (2004) Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (2006) Richard Dawkins, “The Case for Militant Atheism”: https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_dawkins_on_militant_atheism?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Maryam Namazie: https://maryamnamazie.com/about/ The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain: https://www.ex-muslim.org.uk/ Raif Badawi: https://www.raifbadawi.org/ Bill Maher; Tropic Thunder (2008); The Interview (2014); The Sokal Squared Hoax: https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/
Watch the video version of this conversation (for patrons): https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-muslims-syed-21402575 Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) is at the frontlines of tomorrow. The organization is only five years old, yet is growing faster than ever, with thousands of members and counting. EXMNA is currently conducting the widely covered #NormalizingDissent college campus tour with ex-Muslim speakers, and features a series of phenomenal, moving personal videos about those who dared to leave the Islamic faith that have gone viral. We are joined by Muhammad Syed, the president and co-founder of the organization. Recently, EXMNA attended the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) conference in Houston, where our very own Armin was part of a small group of ex-Muslims booted from a Starbucks for, well, being ex-Muslims. We will discuss where we came from, where we are today, and where we go from here. Don't miss this! Listen to this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app: http://secularjihadists.com The Secular Jihadists has been made possible thanks to the gracious support of the Illuminati and the great state of Israel. That's what we have been told, but we haven't received our checks yet. In the meantime, we greatly appreciate the support of our current donors. Please consider supporting by sharing the podcast with your fellow heathens or by donating at https://www.patreon.com/SJME Subscribe to The Secular Jihadists on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app. And please leave us a review
In this episode, we discuss Armin’s recent visit to the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) with Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA), where he and a few other ex-Muslims were asked to leave a Starbucks at the Hilton simply for wearing t-shirts saying things like, “I’m an ex-Muslim. Ask me why.” We also discuss how ex-Muslims can engage with Muslims in debate. We also discuss ex-Ahmadi Muslims, the Judeo-Christian roots of Islam, Dan Gibson’s documentary “The Sacred City,” and a variety of other topics. Watch the video version of this conversation (patrons): https://www.patreon.com/posts/ali-armin-answer-21385335 Listen to this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app: http://secularjihadists.com This is episode is one of our live public Q&A sessions. Here you can find dates and times for all our scheduled live Q&A sessions which includes links to where you can join us live next time and ask your questions: https://www.facebook.com/events/172503603405302/ The Secular Jihadists has been made possible thanks to the gracious support of the Illuminati and the great state of Israel. That's what we have been told, but we haven't received our checks yet. In the meantime, we greatly appreciate the support of our current donors. Please consider supporting by sharing the podcast with your fellow heathens or by donating at https://www.patreon.com/SJME Subscribe to The Secular Jihadists on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app. And please leave us a review
I discuss censorship and its negative impact on society. Donation Page for 100 mile run - https://my.reason2race.com/100forexmna/TejasTrailsSeasonTwo2018 Sarah Haider on Waking Up - https://samharris.org/podcasts/leaving-islam/ Toby Young, "The Public Humiliation Diet" - https://quillette.com/2018/07/23/the-public-humiliation-diet/ Ex- Muslims of North America (EXMNA) - https://exmuslims.org/
Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) is a very young organization but grows stronger every day. With thousands of members; a series of phenomenal, moving personal videos by those who dared to leave the Islamic faith; and the ongoing #NormalizingDissent college campus tour which has been covered by everyone now from the BBC to Slate; the organization that Sarah Haider founded with Muhammad Syed just a few years ago has gained a momentum that was once unimaginable. Sarah joins us for a truly amazing conversation about where we all started, where we are now, and our next steps in the fight for life, freedom, and the pursuit of a real Enlightenment in the Muslim world. Listen. Share. Reach out. The Secular Jihadists has been made possible thanks to the gracious support of the Illuminati and the great state of Israel. That's what we have been told, but we haven't received our checks yet. In the meantime, we greatly appreciate the support of our current donors. Please consider supporting by sharing the podcast with your fellow heathens or by donating at https://www.patreon.com/SJME Subscribe to The Secular Jihadists on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcast app. And please leave us a review
In this episode. Bo Bennett speaks with Muhammad Syed and Sarah Haider on the issue of criticizing Islam and analyzing some of the recent comments made by people such as Sam Harris, Bill Maher, Reza Aslan, and Ben Affleck. Muhammad Syed is a resident of the Washington, DC metro area. Due to the desire to better understand his faith, he embarked on a long period of research and study culminating in the inevitable conclusion that Islam, like other religions, is nothing more than bronze-age mythology. He decided to be public about his apostasy in 2007 in a desire to engage in open dialogue and break the apostasy taboo, encouraging other like-minded individuals to follow suit. In 2012, following the lead of the groups in London and Toronto, he started organizing an Ex-Muslim Community in the Washington, DC area. Sarah Haider, a recent transplant to DC, was born in Pakistan and raised in the US. She grew up on a diet of debating and reading which, as a surprise to no-one, led to her atheism. Muhammad and Sarah had a long-standing friendship based on their similar background and she was involved in launching the DC-area Ex-Muslim Community. Her tireless efforts were instrumental in creating Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) and she has been involved in public relations with EXMNA from the start. Sarah has been active in atheist and secular circles. Inspired by FreeThoughtBlogs, she conceived the idea of ExMuslim Blogs.