Yasmine Mohammed

Jamen du fredsens. Pludselig bryder hun i gråd midt under interviewet. Fordi nogle ville hjælpe hende og kvinder i hendes situation.

Hun havde været udsat for en ret kraftig dehumanisering. En pose over hovedet, så hun holdt op med at være en person. Tæsk og restriktioner, så hun blev endnu mindre. Da hun klagede sin nød til øvrigheden sagde de, at de ikke kunne hjælpe hende. For hun var barn af arabere og de må godt slå deres børn.

Men trods alt er det en solstrålesamtale. [Opdatering 02.10.2022: genudsendt gratis i anledning af kvindernes oprør i Iran)

Man kan skylle efter med andre stærke kvinder. Megan Phelps-Roper og Deeyah Khan, fx.

Den Ted Talk, de taler om i Yasmine Mohammed-samtalen, er den fænomenale Science can Answer Moral Questions. (og specifikt 11:37-punktet).

Making Sense Podcast #175 - Leaving the Faith | Sam Harris

In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Yasmine Mohammed about her book "Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam." They discuss her family background and indoctrination into conservative Islam, the double standard that...

Sam Harris | #298 - Leaving the Faith (Rebroadcast)

Sam Harris speaks with Yasmine Mohammed about her book Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam.

Making Sense Podcast #171 - Escaping a Christian Cult | Sam Harris

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Megan Phelps-Roper about her book "Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church."

Waking Up Podcast #144 ? Conquering Hate | Sam Harris

In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Deeyah Khan about her groundbreaking films "Jihad" and "White Right." They discuss her history as a target of religious intolerance, her adventures with neo-Nazis and other white supremacists, the...

Science can answer moral questions

Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can -- and should -- be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.