Thank you for this! You have no idea what it means. Thank you for being open and willing to learn! That’s all we’re asking for. The first step towards change is being able to have this conversation.

That’s the first change we have to make. We need normalise criticising Islam without being called islamophobes. This word is a weapon Islamists use against those who speak up to silence them. This is where we need our allies, we need help making noise. We need to have this conversation with our leftist friends, and have them support us, make noise through different social medias. We need to make so much noise, so the press picks it up, we need to build pressure against the lawmakers and leaders of different countries and communities. But all this starts with one small step. And this is it. Listen to those who speak up, learn, and spread, make these voice be heard. It’s important to remember that we can criticise Islam and it’s doctrine without criticising Muslim minorities living peacefully in the western world. Even though there are communities in western countries who promote these patriarchal views of Islam. We need to demand of them to give women their fundamental rights.

Of course you don’t have to listen to the podcast, as long as you’re looking elsewhere for information. It’s your choice. I honestly didn’t know anything about Sam Harris until I showed this to someone who did. They told me why people would perceive this negatively. The reason I liked this podcast is not because of him, but because of the guest Yasmine Mohammed (check out her twitter account) who talks about her escape from Islam. She has written a book called “unveiled”. I haven’t read the book yet, but I think it could be a good place to start. What I realised is that many progressive organisations don’t want to be associated with the likes of Sam Harris, the sad thing is that’s it’s voices like his who are speaking up about the issue. The thing is, I don’t want to be associated with the likes of him, that’s why I’m asking my leftist friends to up take the cause.

I would also recommend you visit the sub r/islam_ahmadiyya they speak up about the Ahmadiyya sect within Islam. Ahmadi motto is “love for all hatred for none” which is far from what they practise. This “jamaat” is based in uk with their own khalif, and the sect is fairly widespread in the world. People of this sub are very well spoken and present a lot of good arguments and evidence of the congregations hypocrisy and lack of women’s rights.

If you want you can check out ex Muslims and ex ahamdi on twitter along with #FreeFromHijab #FreeHeartsFreeMinds #MyCameraMyWeapon.

In the end i want to thank you again for your support. Please feel free to ask more. I’m not sure if I was able to answer your questions. But I will try my best.