Interesting convo. I have a lot of respect for @Deeyah_Khan’s empathetic perspective re Jihadis and Nazis, and humans in general.
But there were a lot of times when I felt she was being hypocritical or at least being intellectually dishonest.
/1https://twitter.com/SamHarrisOrg/status/1071153241465876480 …
-
Show this thread
-
The most egregious was her misrepresentation of
@Ayaan. To say that Ayaan is the opposite of Sarsour in that she dishonestly makes Islam the problem in the same way Sarsour refuses to acknowledge any problem in Islam shows that Deeyah needs to familiarize herself w Ayaan’s work 22 replies 11 retweets 64 likesShow this thread -
Have to agree with you Yasmine. Also thought Sam did not show the intellectual rigour that he usually does.
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Yeah, it was a good podcast, and she was overwhelmingly likeable, but Sam did not ask the obvious challenging questions he normally does, very soft ball.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Is it me or was he flirting a bit?
i mean she is a very beautiful woman.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
I dunno if he was flirting, but he was most definitely not countering some points that really should not have been ignored (I’ve met more Muslim ppl than those who are cited in PEW research
Really?)
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
