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Should Muslims be Left-wing or Right-Wing? Why Muslims Don’t Need Dr Jordan Peterson
Dr Peterson, a Canadian clinical psychologist, rose to fame (or infamy) when he challenged a proposed law in Canada which would potentially criminalise as “a form of discrimination” those who use the wrong gender pronoun for people identifying as a… Read More ›
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Why Muslims don’t need Critical Race Theory (Part 2): It isn’t a study tool, but a movement from Neo-Marxist & Postmodernist thought
After years of critiquing both “modernist” Western ideas (e.g. secular liberalism and nationalism), and neo-Marxist/Post-modernist Western ideas (e.g. “Critical Gender Studies” or “Third-Wave Feminism”), two Muslims from USA, decided to take issue when I applied the exact same criticisms to… Read More ›
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Why Muslims Do Not Need Critical Race Theory (Part 1)
It has come to my attention that a Muslim activist in the U.S.A has criticised my comments on Critical Race Theory (CRT) that I presented in a recent lecture in Edmonton, Canada this year. He claims that my arguments that… Read More ›
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Toronto lecture: Culture Vs Islam? Does the modern word “culture” propagate Secularism?
Does Culture oppose Islam? Or is the word “Culture” itself, suspect? In the video of an event at Toronto University (Mississauga), I spoke about the mental split in the Muslim psyche between Culture on one end, and “religion” (Islam) on… Read More ›
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Taking the Middle Way: How Muslims should navigate Western society polarised between Right and Left Wing
The lecture will be about the confusion facing people in both the West, including Muslims residing there, about how to navigating the competing ideologies of the “right-wing” and “left-wing” factions. I present the origins of this “scale”, and how the… Read More ›
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Mosque Lecture Video: Crisis of Faith in an Age of Individualism
Another video of my Canada 2019 Winter tour is now available. The event featured was held in renown mosque known locally as “Coopers Mosque”, where I presented a lecture on how Liberalism & Individualism are the true cause of doubts… Read More ›
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Lebanon Workshop: Concept of God in Islam – Answering doubts & Questions
The first video of my Lebanon Spring tour 2019 is out, featuring an important workshop I delivered in Beirut, Lebanon title ‘The Islamic Concept of God’, which dealt with key pillars of Islamic belief concerning God, His existence, His… Read More ›
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PUBLIC DEBATE: Nationalism & Islam, and Muslims in the West
Originally posted on The Muslim Debate Initiative:
The video of the (sometimes heated) debate on Nationalism & Islam, and Muslims in the West titled: “Being British & Muslim” at Aston University (Birmingham, UK) with four other speakers, including a politician,… -
Big Oxford University Debate: “Does Islam explain reality better than Atheism?
The debate video is now up of the debate held at Oxford comparing the claims of Islam and the claims of Atheism, and assessing which better explains reality. The debate was hosted by Oxford University on 6th May 2019. The… Read More ›
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Event: Big Debate – Does Islam explain reality better than Atheism? [Oxford University, 6th May 2019]
The Oxford Forum will be hosting a debate on the topic ‘Does Islam explain reality better than Atheism?’, on the 6th May 2019, 6:30pm. The speakers will be me, Mohammed Hijab (SALAM Initiative), debating against Atheist speakers, Alex O’Connor, an… Read More ›
