“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” - Malcolm X
@@ianclose123What you said is based purely on prejudice. I've lived in several Muslim countries and the vast majority of their people are nothing like the demonisation believed by many.
@@ThomasKing19933 I don’t believe in fairies and don’t see any issue with making fun of ridiculous beliefs when they are publicised or suggested as a basis for any legal code. If people keep their beliefs to themselves then it isn’t my business. If someone says Santa tells them how to form a government then I will criticise that person when they run for parliament.
Soon Ramadan will move away from easter time because of the lunar calendar the month starts 10 days earlier every year and it roughly takes 33 years for Ramandan to come back to the same time. That’s the beauty of the lunar calendar
Henry viii would be turning in his grave if he saw the state of the Church of England today. He didn’t behead two wives, St Thomas Moore, Bishop Fisher, and countless more to have devout atheists like Richard Dawkins defending his faith. Dawkins head would be decorating London Bridge as a lesson not to criticise Christianity.
@@pierangelocangialosi3540 he was thirsty for power, but he was also very religious, in fact he was given the title Defender of the Faith by the Pope for his defence of the Church. This title is still held by King Charles to this day.
You know, when you have to use ad hominems against your detractor, it's because you can't defend your position intellectually, mainly because your position can't stand up to scrutiny. Intelligent people see that immediately
Western media is not tackling Islamophobia in the same way as antisemitism. Most of the western media and most of the western politicians seem to be hypocritical.
A phobia is an irrational fear all terror attacks grooming gangs cause trouble in every country they are in makes it not irrational therefore Islamophobia doesn’t exist
Dawkins is relevant again. he went quit for a while. now back into post 9/11 hate speechifying guised as an intellectual debate, Dawkins is replaying his golden hits again.
Dawkins is desperate to defend the world he grew up in. A middle class, white, Christian, English, heterosexual, cisgender, male dominated world. As he's grown older he's become increasingly afraid of change.
He exposed his hypocracy, Easter lights could be everywhere,why not,....effort is not made by Christian community,he should have volunteered to put up the lights,so blame Muslim for his lazyness....What a brat?
Disagree. Mehdi is knowingly misrepresenting Dawkins because, despite normally being a very rational guy, when his religion comes into question, he becomes extremely irrational. To me he seems very upset about the time Dawkins called him out about the fact that he believes that Mohammed literally went to heaven on a winged horse... this tells us exactly how irrational Medhi can be.
@@HabibiOmi91do you think people that are living in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia or anywhere else in the Middle East want Christians to take over their country ?
@alphonseelric8722 richard dawkins destroyed him. Medhi got quite vindictive and personal, because he knew was losing. He is a rhetoric based islmaist "journalist".
Personally, I don't believe in Santa Clause, but I'm ok for my kids to leave a glass of milk and a biscuit by the fire side every Christmas eve. And taking them to visit Santa in his grotto each year is great fun.and very pleasurable for me whole family. I certainly wouldn't want the whole fantasy to disappear from our culture.
Mehdi Hassan is a joke! In one of his debates with Dawkins he claimed he believed that the story about a winged horse was literally true!! Unless he has revised his opinion since that, I would venture there is little point arguing with someone who clearly has such scant regard for evidence or scientific reasoning.
This, and I bet if it was revealed that a senior journalist in America for example turned out to believe in miracles from the Bible, he would get at least as much criticism as Mehdi if not moreso. In fact much moreso because that person would find it hard to argue that his critics' were being 'Christianophobic'.
How much science do you know to be able to understand the nature of reality (ontology)? Science can’t explain things outside the physical domain. For example, how does science explain the nature of “life” or “creation from nothing”? Who would have believed video calls 100 years ago? Science evolves, don’t take it as a final verdict on every aspect of knowledge
I may be an atheist but I came by that honestly. I was raised Catholic. Today I still believe that we should leave people to their faiths. I have no need for it but others may do and that’s not my business. As far as I’ve always understood it, faith is meant to be a private practice and it’s perfectly ordinary for people to practice it. The problem is when zealots like white Christian Nationalists as in the states, start hating on already marginalized groups. That’s when I start judging this filth. See? It’s already started.
So it’s ok to allow people to believe in Satan, demons, and give all their money to bloated corrupt religious conmen? How about we teach people to value evidence rather than father and BS pipe dreams like heaven or paradise or the celestial kingdom.
@@yington what an idiotic deflection. They're talking abuot religion. Both religions span the entire globe. They literally spoke about America and Africa.
Dawkins is CONSISTENT. Nobody else dares to be critical of the Quran lest a fatwa is put on them. Rather than try and shut him up provide some rebuttals. You want the source of Islamaphobia go interview the neo con evangilicals.
Does his affection for Christian culture include the Christians in Egypt, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Africa etc? Or maybe he just likes being a European in Europe?
@@imnotgoodwithnamesbruh6018 nothing specifically in it's core but when it goes hand in hand by taking up arms against others and approach everything as if it's a tribal war, then you will have what we know as history, liking one's culture is one thing, getting all supremacist and prideful thinking you are the exceptional light of the world while trying to deny other's humanity is another
@@imnotgoodwithnamesbruh6018 We Europeans have spent so much energy trying not to be Xenophobic, that we have taken our attention away from the fact that others are still exactly that and they have come to live with us.
It is recommended to recite the Quran in Arabic, as it is the original language of the revelation. However, it is also beneficial to study its interpretation (tafsir) in a language you understand best. For instance, as a fluent German speaker and proficient in Arabic and English, you may find it more comprehensive to read the Quran in Arabic and delve into its interpretation in your preferred language. Personally, I have found translations into German and English somewhat lacking in conveying the full depth and richness of the Quranic text.
Dawkins likes some of the aesthetics of a Christian-influenced-English-culture. That’s not the same as “he likes Christianity”. He manifestly does not.
@@MelGibsonFan Most of the comments in response to this video are from the stereotypical thicko LBC viewers to be fair, so it's no wonder that most of them are too slack to understand what Dawkins was actually saying in the course of his interview. It's a sad state of affairs but it is what it is.
@@acaydia2982 I knew Easter was pagan before Dawkins showed his face never mind wrote a book, I leant from history and studying different religions long before it was a thing in schools .
Ah, Easter, the time of Jesus Christ`s death and resurrection after 3 days. Remember, all those Hollywood stars and famous people who died and were eulogised with the words "They will never be forgotten". Well, they are forgotten! Give it 50 years and they are barely mentioned. Give it 2,000 years and the name of Jesus lives on in the hearts and minds of billions of people. Wow! And again I say, Wow! Philippians ch 2 vs 5-11.
I don't care for religion but I live my life fine with all the Christian stuff I can live my life fine with Islamic holidays and Jewish I personally think anyone that's not OK with religions been treated equally is a bigot it's either all in the open or should all be private
So its okay and more based and logical for the monkey (Dawky boy according to his ancestory believe) who believes a thing can come from nothing (the complicated finely tuned world came on its own from nothingness)
Please recreate for me the moment where an ape turns into a homosapien. According to the scientific method all things should be fully observable no? Or any species changing into a completely different one…Mythology exists in your culture too.
I'm Exmuslim and still forced to wear Hijab and forbidden to say any of my opinions! I haven't yet met any Exchritian woman who havr the same situation likd me. I really would prefer to be in a Christian family rather than in a Muslim family.
It's not criticism it's lies and fear mongering, you can't criticize something when you know nothing about it, throwing baseless accusations is islamophoic it spreads misinformation and makes people have irrational fears hence the "phobia"
Because such debates have been politicised. When certain public intellectuals do it, they do so in support of those in power. Such debates are politicsed to sway public opinion on foreign policy as well.
Im not religious but anyone who thinks their religion is better than anyone elses needs to look at their own religion and see if it really teaches you to be like that
@@nazmulslater8398 I just checked that out. You're right. There's all this friction amongst the three major world religions that are Abrahamic. All believe in Abraham the first hebrew patriarch. Of the Old Testament . Yet they have more similarities than differences. I just think religion is so divisive and causes more problems than it solves.
Don't bother reasoning with them. It's like a square peg in a round hole. Although Dawkins helped create this monster, weaken the social fabric and let the national identity crumble due to false guilt.
Islamophobia. A word created to stifle criticism of a monotheist political ideology. Everybody in a free democratic society has an intristic right to criticise and question ANY religion. The moment you stifle an individual from speaking their mind without fear of reproach or a fear of being persecuted, you head towards a road of totalitarianism and ultimately violence.
the same can be said of "anti-sematism", the thing is,...... YOU ARE WRONG. neither of those words were created to stifle criticism. they may be used in that way by dishonest actors but that isn't why they came about. take note that your statement is also a common way to stifle criticism, and is also used by dishonest actors.......
and those newly liberated British Atheists, who say they want religious plurality and freedom, don't actually want moral pluralism, but they are too ignorant /scared to admit it..
Personally i believe most religions are fundamentally bad and we would be better of without them. However as long as it is kept out of politics people can believe what ever they want.
@@karmehed Try to think, who is worse, Christians or atheist CCP (Chinese Communist Party)? Was it religion or nationalism and communism which wreaked havoc on the world last century?
He wasn't bemoaning that people don't go to Church, or claiming that cathedrals were going to be torn down. He just pointed out that church attendance is dwindling, and he also mentioned that he likes cathedrals at one stage. Typical Medhi misrepresenting everything, because he has a grudge against an old man who made fun of his faith one a few occasions.
@@ibrahimhassan711, scientists don't claim existence came from nothing. They only go off the evidence we have which is everything came from the singularity, but what came before that no one knows. So clearly you're just making stuff up.
Any ideological system and civilization that calls for world dominance by oppression and destruction is an abomination. That's right, I'm talking about the West
@@typetwo we can see how "least oppressive" they are, seems like you don't watch the news. Burning Quran, not letting women wear the hijab, etc..... SOOOO LEAST OPPRESSIVE
Christopher Hitchens once quoted Anjem Choudhary from his BBC interview, The interviewer asked him. If this is how you feel about Sharia and total islamic law, then wouldn't you be happy if you move somewhere that already has Sharia? Anjem Choudhary: What makes you think this is your country?
How clever is mehedi..i mean American Christian are bad but the moment he goes to Africa he didn't call african muslim in Nigeria or sudan..And if u listen carefully how swiftly he choose not to talk any particular muslim bcoz its ummah bro.
Maybe we need to invent a new word, 'Christophobia' and measure the Islamic countries on the same standards Mehdi Hassan is using to evaluate the United Kingdom.
And you've never been to a Muslim country, have you??? To enlighten you.. They don't hate you for being Christian.. There are coptic Christians in most Muslim countries..and they worship in churches.. Go and travel, my friend.
Plenty of Christmas lights and decorations in the UAE, a third of Lebanon is Christian, and plenty of Iraqi Christian’s too. Just because Fox News said there aren’t any doesn’t mean it’s not true.
You can't have a phobia for a fast-declining 'religion' that its followers haven't got principles and boundaries, cease to exist, and benefits the big companies. Even without christophobia, christianity dies. Cry about it.
After I have read the Quran, I realized that all what humanity needs is this heavenly law. “The legislation of Quran will spread all over the world, because it agrees with the mind, logic and wisdom.” - Leo Tolstoy .
It's self preserving because you cannot insult it without repercussions, that is the whole reason why it continues down generations. It protects itself.
He is not an Islamophe. He is a decent, rational human being and a logical thinker. Unfortunately he has mo knowledge of history of philosophy. He does not see that his science has become his religion, just another form of fanaticism...
@@sanashams7836Poor comparison. Anti-Muslim bigotry and Anti-Semitism target people and are both wrong. Islamphobia is often accused against people who criticise ideas.
@@Marz2727 antizionism is LITERALLY equated by Zionists as antisemitism. You claim that Islamophobia is a "bs term" while literally watching a video where a man is being openly bigoted. No one is criticizing any ideas whatsoever here in this video. The guy is literally just making bigoted remarks.
If you repeat a lie often enough eventually it becomes Israel.
What about Judeea?
I'm going to use that term everywhere I go.
Very well said. Gaza war is exposing bigotry.
Its in the name
I s r a e l = l i a e r s 👍🏻
Absolutle brilliant phrase, one which i will steal off you bro
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” - Malcolm X
@@ianclose123 Well said
@@fredarcher7264well said? Really? Did you even understand the stupidity of this comment? Well....I'm sure NOT!
@@sophiesmart4394 go away you silly woman
@@ianclose123What you said is based purely on prejudice. I've lived in several Muslim countries and the vast majority of their people are nothing like the demonisation believed by many.
@@ianclose123, references?
wise man once said, never ask a man about his salary, a woman about her age, and Israelis about their evidence.
Well said.
😅..
You corrupted the saying by adding your antisemitic ending! And the ignorant liked it!
@@Bullcutteris it anti semantic to ask Israeli for accountability?
@@redditstories400 I'm against Israeli cruelty towards Palestinians, but manufacturing fake sayings is not the way to go.
And they say antisemitism is on the rise while they encourage Islamophobia 🤷🏽♂️
Exactly!!
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Islamophobia is common sense.
Fake anti-semitism
I listened to Richard Dawkins on Rachel Johnson's LBC programme earlier, & neither one of them appeared to know what they were talking about!
Can you elaborate on that..
@@dannylad1600just watch the interview and research all claims.
@@aliyunura451 yeah I watched it. I just wanted to know what part of it they didn't know what they were talking about?
@@dannylad1600 but did you research all claims?. You learn more when you search for answers yourself.
@@aliyunura451 Give one claim as an example that you say is false.
Tories and Labour are encouraging Islamophobia
One of those things is true
Do you understand what the word 'encourage' means? And what's your definition of Islamophobia?
ALL PLANNED .
Because they get away with it
Nonsense
Ramadan moves backwards every year by a few days. Soon it will be during Christmas. Dawkins will be going mental 😂
😂😂😂😂
Moves forward 10 days every year
That's just due to the mismatch between the lunar and solar calendars
😂
😂😂😂😂
I once considered taking Richard Dawkins seriously. I must have been insane.
Why, because he doesn't push the idea of flying horses onto people?
An opinion is not worth having unless you are willing to change it.
If you take Mohammed seriously and not Dawkins then you’re the one who is insane.
@@xeganxerxes4319 Meaningless words from you. Not relevant to me.
@@ThomasKing19933 I don’t believe in fairies and don’t see any issue with making fun of ridiculous beliefs when they are publicised or suggested as a basis for any legal code. If people keep their beliefs to themselves then it isn’t my business. If someone says Santa tells them how to form a government then I will criticise that person when they run for parliament.
Soon Ramadan will move away from easter time because of the lunar calendar the month starts 10 days earlier every year and it roughly takes 33 years for Ramandan to come back to the same time. That’s the beauty of the lunar calendar
Share the knowledge ☝🏾
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@fredarcher7264 that's strange I didn't know 9 year old watched channels like this
In a couple of years it will be at Christmas 🙂
@fredacher go and watch Telly Tubbies
There is no such thing as Easter light decorations! Easter stuff in bakeries, supermarkets, yes, but street decorations never !
Why don't you Google easter decorations in london it will show you
@@ukvalues7669 I just did. It's all done entirely by private companies, not public enterprises. What's your point then?
@@waqasahmed939 Why by public funds? Maybe not use any public money for any celebration that is tied to any religion.
When I was a decoration in the 90’s and much more in 80’s.
@@waqasahmed939 what do you call BBC Easter celebrations? That is not funded by private companies, rather by taxpayers money
Dawkins, and for that matter, Jordan Peterson and others, seem particularly impressed with the sound of their own voices.
..And you really think Mehdi doesn't like the sound of his?
@sns So you thought you'd join in..and we appreciate that!😊
You seem awfully interested in the sound of your own farts 😂
He sees dangers with a religion that has a death penalty for leaving and goes against science .
Richard dawkins is impressive.
Huge respect to Mehdi.
He is a wonderful journalist truly
nah
He's a twot
@@masquarra He is a great journalist... right up to the point his religious beliefs are involved.
@user-rc2xt1gt7bI know it hurts you bad 😂
Henry viii would be turning in his grave if he saw the state of the Church of England today. He didn’t behead two wives, St Thomas Moore, Bishop Fisher, and countless more to have devout atheists like Richard Dawkins defending his faith. Dawkins head would be decorating London Bridge as a lesson not to criticise Christianity.
😂😂😂
Henry VIII was an atheist and a person thirsty for power so I think he has other problems
@@pierangelocangialosi3540 he was thirsty for power, but he was also very religious, in fact he was given the title Defender of the Faith by the Pope for his defence of the Church. This title is still held by King Charles to this day.
@@LondonFriendsWalks Man started a whole new religion and had more wives than Ross
Don't lose your head over it
Dawkins is an desperate old man trying to cling to any semblance of relevance.
Got you triggered darling
He's more relevant than you are
He is a renowned scientist who sees evolution as fact and belief in creation as fairy tales. Most intellectuals believe that as well
Says some person 4823.
You know, when you have to use ad hominems against your detractor, it's because you can't defend your position intellectually, mainly because your position can't stand up to scrutiny. Intelligent people see that immediately
Richard Dawkins is basically Ricky Gervais without the comedy.
He's just spitting facts
He can be very funny when he wants.
@@OrlandoDibiskitt he should want to more then.
Ricky Gervais does comedy?
I disagree
Western media is not tackling Islamophobia in the same way as antisemitism.
Most of the western media and most of the western politicians seem to be hypocritical.
The guilt isn’t there.
That had to be beaten into the West for over half a century.
@@acaydia2982 Not at all. They integrated. The other is invading.
Because most of the Western media is controlled by Israel 🇮🇱 if you are not aware or.
No there is no such thing as islamphobia.
A phobia is an irrational fear all terror attacks grooming gangs cause trouble in every country they are in makes it not irrational therefore Islamophobia doesn’t exist
Dawkins is relevant again. he went quit for a while. now back into post 9/11 hate speechifying guised as an intellectual debate, Dawkins is replaying his golden hits again.
He needs the money and the propaganda machine is willing to pay
Yes, pathetically obvious to most of us now.
All these hate is making me a stronger Muslim let them sing it out loud!
400 000 killed in Yemen but no protests! How come?
Yes, Saudi Arabia, with weapons from the U.S., the U.K., & France! 200,000 of those Yemenis were starved due to the imposed military blockade.
We had protest here in the United States. Bernie Sanders led an effort in the U.S. Senate to stop support for that horror.
@@phillipblair9511
So the Iran backed group can win, not unusual for Sanders to be on the side that opposes the US.
Easy, no Jews, no news.
Dawkins is desperate to defend the world he grew up in. A middle class, white, Christian, English, heterosexual, cisgender, male dominated world. As he's grown older he's become increasingly afraid of change.
Sad to see tbh. Dawkins was always a hero of mine. Guess developing indefensible right wing views happens to everyone eventually.
Fact
I dont think he's ever advocated for any of those things (apart from christian culture obv).
@@martinwest7250 he didn't change much, you just didn't realise who your "hero" was
@@caspar_gomez possibly.
It's always nice to see Mehdi Hassan.
Is it ?
@@fredarcher7264 yep
@fredarcher. You have to take your ear plugs off, to like him.😂
Yes!
Yes he fits the loony lefts mantra to dismantle our society
Always a pleasure listening to Medhi.
He exposed his hypocracy, Easter lights could be everywhere,why not,....effort is not made by Christian community,he should have volunteered to put up the lights,so blame Muslim for his lazyness....What a brat?
Agnostic here, mehdi is right
Disagree. Mehdi is knowingly misrepresenting Dawkins because, despite normally being a very rational guy, when his religion comes into question, he becomes extremely irrational.
To me he seems very upset about the time Dawkins called him out about the fact that he believes that Mohammed literally went to heaven on a winged horse... this tells us exactly how irrational Medhi can be.
Yep, medhi got his knickers in a twist from past ownership. And now playing the victim. Again. Yawn.
Mehdi is claiming RD is islamphbic simply because he criticised Islamic culture. Dont you think that's a bit excessive?
No he is not.
@@dannylad1600 He criticized Islamic Culture, while saying he is 'culturally christian', how is that not discrimination?
Mehdi he is always ready for every argument/Debate.
true
And yet he believes a man rode a winged horse and split the moon in half 😂😂
Based off the comments here, I can see what he means by Islamphobes
@@HabibiOmi91do you think people that are living in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia or anywhere else in the Middle East want Christians to take over their country ?
@@leckstar100x9 How about a lots of Christian believing angels falling from heaven. Equally silly 😅😅😅😅
Easter lights 😂😅😂😅
The point is there never were Ramadan lights.
@@sardo1 so there was never an Easter bunny too in Christianity but commercialism has moved in.
Right?
By the way, there is no such thing as Ramadan either. So...
@@sardo1Who said there weren't ramadan lights?
@@DonaldPierce-ii1ksWell, unfortunately for you. There is such a thing as Ramadan once a year.
Mehdi Hassan calls out BS often, we live in a hypocritical world.
He can't seem to call out the biggest BS staring him in the face.......religion!
@@empire703 I swear people claim that kind of stuff, but would get obliterated into oblivion if they tried to debate Mehdi on one topic.
@@alphonseelric8722lol
..like Dawkins when he got mehdi to say he believed Muhammad ascended to heaven in a winged horse?😂😂😂
Except for Muslim hypocrisy
@alphonseelric8722 richard dawkins destroyed him. Medhi got quite vindictive and personal, because he knew was losing. He is a rhetoric based islmaist "journalist".
What’s happened to Dawkins promoting any religion. He’s a bigot
Personally, I don't believe in Santa Clause, but I'm ok for my kids to leave a glass of milk and a biscuit by the fire side every Christmas eve. And taking them to visit Santa in his grotto each year is great fun.and very pleasurable for me whole family. I certainly wouldn't want the whole fantasy to disappear from our culture.
@@ianoliver3130 Santa is another subject altogether.
Mehdi Hassan is a joke! In one of his debates with Dawkins he claimed he believed that the story about a winged horse was literally true!! Unless he has revised his opinion since that, I would venture there is little point arguing with someone who clearly has such scant regard for evidence or scientific reasoning.
This, and I bet if it was revealed that a senior journalist in America for example turned out to believe in miracles from the Bible, he would get at least as much criticism as Mehdi if not moreso. In fact much moreso because that person would find it hard to argue that his critics' were being 'Christianophobic'.
How much science do you know to be able to understand the nature of reality (ontology)? Science can’t explain things outside the physical domain. For example, how does science explain the nature of “life” or “creation from nothing”? Who would have believed video calls 100 years ago? Science evolves, don’t take it as a final verdict on every aspect of knowledge
Fundamentalists exist in all religions.
the biggest group are the zi0mists
What are you going to tell us next, mate? Is the sky blue?
Walls exist in every house
@@sir4725an obvious but important reminder
Even Atheism
I think Dokken confuses Christmas lights for Easter.
What does 80’s hair metal have to do with this? 🤔
@@jenkinses8121 He's a bit confused but he's got the spirit.
Why no churches, synagogues, temples in Saudi Arabia ?
Ok troller
Because the government doesnt allow them just like Vatican city no other buildings of any faith.
I may be an atheist but I came by that honestly. I was raised Catholic. Today I still believe that we should leave people to their faiths. I have no need for it but others may do and that’s not my business. As far as I’ve always understood it, faith is meant to be a private practice and it’s perfectly ordinary for people to practice it. The problem is when zealots like white Christian Nationalists as in the states, start hating on already marginalized groups. That’s when I start judging this filth. See? It’s already started.
What makes you want to raise the issue of Christian’s in a foreign country, when the discussion was clearly about the UK?
@@yingtonReligious zealotry is a worldwide plague, not exclusively a UK problem.
So it’s ok to allow people to believe in Satan, demons, and give all their money to bloated corrupt religious conmen? How about we teach people to value evidence rather than father and BS pipe dreams like heaven or paradise or the celestial kingdom.
@@yington what an idiotic deflection. They're talking abuot religion. Both religions span the entire globe. They literally spoke about America and Africa.
Dawkins is CONSISTENT. Nobody else dares to be critical of the Quran lest a fatwa is put on them. Rather than try and shut him up provide some rebuttals. You want the source of Islamaphobia go interview the neo con evangilicals.
It’s not Islamophobia, it’s being realistic
Mehdi is spot on as usual.
Anchor
@Fifitrix....he still believes in whinged chariots - that always kills it for me !
@@revol148culture christian here the jews are right
So sleeping with 9 Yr old children is OK by you?
@@timvella1817 the jews say its ok even they're literally babies
Much respect to Richard Dawkins! One of the greatest intellectuals of our time!
Satire?
"All this nonsense" No people openly advocate for Sharia law in the streets.
It's what they fear to happen
No, they do not.
Yes they do
@@CJ-kw8vc No, they do not!! if you wish to argue, please provide sources.
What do you mean by shariah law ? Define it.
To say Richard Dawkins complimented Christianity is insane
Does his affection for Christian culture include the Christians in Egypt, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Africa etc?
Or maybe he just likes being a European in Europe?
What exactly is wrong liking being a European in Europe?
@@imnotgoodwithnamesbruh6018 Perhaps you should consider the question again.
@@michellenorris8471 no, I'll ask it again. What's wrong with liking being a European in Europe?
@@imnotgoodwithnamesbruh6018 nothing specifically in it's core but when it goes hand in hand by taking up arms against others and approach everything as if it's a tribal war, then you will have what we know as history, liking one's culture is one thing, getting all supremacist and prideful thinking you are the exceptional light of the world while trying to deny other's humanity is another
@@imnotgoodwithnamesbruh6018 We Europeans have spent so much energy trying not to be Xenophobic, that we have taken our attention away from the fact that others are still exactly that and they have come to live with us.
Bro mehdi couldnt bring a single argument when Dawkins was infront of him. 😂
Hassan hammered Dawkins...I also watched that debate.
If you read the Quran in your native language, you will be astonished! This book is different from the books of Jews and Christians.
It is recommended to recite the Quran in Arabic, as it is the original language of the revelation. However, it is also beneficial to study its interpretation (tafsir) in a language you understand best. For instance, as a fluent German speaker and proficient in Arabic and English, you may find it more comprehensive to read the Quran in Arabic and delve into its interpretation in your preferred language. Personally, I have found translations into German and English somewhat lacking in conveying the full depth and richness of the Quranic text.
What you mean by that?
The books of Jews and Christians does not license you to B-head anyone who doesnt follow or question your religion.
@@Komal_USEvidently you haven’t read the Quran either
What is astonishing about it to you ?
The churches are empty because less and less people believe in fairytales. It's not Dawkin's fault. People are just starting to think for themselves.
It is because of Dawkins and Christopher hitchens though people have started to think that
And society is falling like a stone.
Dawkins likes some of the aesthetics of a Christian-influenced-English-culture. That’s not the same as “he likes Christianity”. He manifestly does not.
The response to his comments are kind of strange. Dawkins has maintained his cultural Christianity is the late 00’s at least.
He wouldn’t disagree with you buddy.
@@MelGibsonFan Most of the comments in response to this video are from the stereotypical thicko LBC viewers to be fair, so it's no wonder that most of them are too slack to understand what Dawkins was actually saying in the course of his interview. It's a sad state of affairs but it is what it is.
"On a WINGED horse!?"
Ah Easter the Pagan celebration of fertility chocolate eggs and bunny's .
False. Watch InspiringPhilosophy on that. He debunked it.
That’s what people like Dawkins told you .
@@acaydia2982 I knew Easter was pagan before Dawkins showed his face never mind wrote a book, I leant from history and studying different religions long before it was a thing in schools .
@@LilKevv Can you just summarise it to me please? I'm a Muslim and I always see islamophobia in his comments hence why I do not go to his channel.
Ah, Easter, the time of Jesus Christ`s death and resurrection after 3 days.
Remember, all those Hollywood stars and famous people who died and were eulogised with the words "They will never be forgotten". Well, they are forgotten! Give it 50 years and they are barely mentioned.
Give it 2,000 years and the name of Jesus lives on in the hearts and minds of billions of people. Wow! And again I say, Wow! Philippians ch 2 vs 5-11.
I remember when Mehdi Hasan said that none of the victms of October 7th were civilians
you're capping and you know it.
Never happened.
He never said that
I don't care for religion but I live my life fine with all the Christian stuff I can live my life fine with Islamic holidays and Jewish I personally think anyone that's not OK with religions been treated equally is a bigot it's either all in the open or should all be private
So long as they're secular. Any theocratic regime is dangerous for humanity.
I remember Hasan in a debate with Dawkins when he, Hasan, said he believes his Prophet (PBUH) flew up to Heaven on a winged horse.
So its okay and more based and logical for the monkey (Dawky boy according to his ancestory believe) who believes a thing can come from nothing (the complicated finely tuned world came on its own from nothingness)
@@sammar5874sounds more likely than a flying horse.
Please recreate for me the moment where an ape turns into a homosapien. According to the scientific method all things should be fully observable no? Or any species changing into a completely different one…Mythology exists in your culture too.
@@sammar5874 When did Dawkins say things came from nothing? Provide a quote.
@@marya1316-v4b Are you suggesting there was an exact moment where an ape turned into a human being overnight?
Since when has blatant truth been islamaphobic ?
I'm Exmuslim and still forced to wear Hijab and forbidden to say any of my opinions! I haven't yet met any Exchritian woman who havr the same situation likd me.
I really would prefer to be in a Christian family rather than in a Muslim family.
Islamophobic is an empty term, people are free to like/dislike religion....
If you were not brought up with it, it's utterly meaningless and ridiculous. Maybe that is objective view from an outsider?
@@bg1616 i am an Arab/Muslim from 🇩🇿
@@Aladin-r8t If you were from the UK you might be Christian. Or you might be Sikh in India?
It's not criticism it's lies and fear mongering, you can't criticize something when you know nothing about it, throwing baseless accusations is islamophoic it spreads misinformation and makes people have irrational fears hence the "phobia"
By your standards, antisemitism is an empty term too...
Easter lights?
Ramadan lights?!
For such a clever minded man, Richard Dawkins is very blind to the world around him.
Hardly, he has devoted his life to trying to understand the biological side of it.
I have never considered the man to be clever.
Why can’t we criticize a religion? Because they don’t like it? So what?
Because such debates have been politicised. When certain public intellectuals do it, they do so in support of those in power. Such debates are politicsed to sway public opinion on foreign policy as well.
Im not religious but anyone who thinks their religion is better than anyone elses needs to look at their own religion and see if it really teaches you to be like that
To be fair, I'm not religious. But the Bible once Jesus turns up in The New Testament , does seem a lot kinder than the Koran ect.
@@nutcracker2916Jesus says to follow the laws of the Old Testament which includes war.
@@nutcracker2916a little disingenuous to see the bible as just the new testament because it is easier to stomach and sell.
@@nazmulslater8398 I just checked that out. You're right. There's all this friction amongst the three major world religions that are Abrahamic. All believe in Abraham the first hebrew patriarch. Of the Old Testament . Yet they have more similarities than differences. I just think religion is so divisive and causes more problems than it solves.
@@devianadkar7969 Yes, I get where you're coming from now. Seems "jesus" still endorsed all that vile Old Testament stuff.
Why did Mehdi's family leave Pakistan, a Muslim paradise?
His parents are not from Pakistan btw
And he also left uk so if uk is such a great country why did he left it 😂?
@@stfup9360why has this great country changed for the worse.
@@stfup9360 We are a better country without him.
Because the US is the best
@@petertheboomscott2104 Newtons third law i guess. I mean what uk did to Iraq it is dumb to expect no karma
But Mehdi, riding to the moon on a horse! Absolutely bonkers
Never underestimate the gullibility of the average citizen or Mehdi Hassan .
So happy Mehdi is gone from MSNBC. A true legend in the making.
If legend means hack, then he is a legend.
If the religion of peace were more peaceful, there'd be no issues.
ci vis pacem, para bellum
You mean Christianity? Yeah totally agree.
UK is a culturally christian country, same as saudi arabia is a culturally islamic country. What is the controversy here?
Erm , Dawkins making up stories ?
You missed the point of the conversation
Voçe vai na igreja?
Can you be more specific?
@@Lubnara764 who said you're allowed to speak Portuguese here
Mehdi is such a Big Freud......Muslim Brotherhood here we come.
Mehdi is just mad that Dawkins asked him if he really believed that Muhammed flew up to heaven on a winged horse for which he awkwardly replied “yes”.
Dawkins didn’t once say he “likes” Christianity. This is a complete misrepresentation of Dawkins.
Maybe you watched something else.
Don't bother reasoning with them. It's like a square peg in a round hole. Although Dawkins helped create this monster, weaken the social fabric and let the national identity crumble due to false guilt.
Resisting islamic intolerance and indoctrination is not a phobia.
getting triggered by lights???!! that's funny!
You guys here at the comments... You are all great! I wish you all fly to the heavens on flying horses etc
America is so flippin’ lucky to have Medhi !!
Are you high?
Islamophobia. A word created to stifle criticism of a monotheist political ideology. Everybody in a free democratic society has an intristic right to criticise and question ANY religion. The moment you stifle an individual from speaking their mind without fear of reproach or a fear of being persecuted, you head towards a road of totalitarianism and ultimately violence.
the same can be said of "anti-sematism", the thing is,...... YOU ARE WRONG. neither of those words were created to stifle criticism. they may be used in that way by dishonest actors but that isn't why they came about. take note that your statement is also a common way to stifle criticism, and is also used by dishonest actors.......
UK is a culturally Christian country.Dawkins is correct.
and those newly liberated British Atheists, who say they want religious plurality and freedom, don't actually want moral pluralism, but they are too ignorant /scared to admit it..
Dawkins is getting old and it shows. I was disappointed at his comments. Really silly arguments and covert racism.
I'm assuming that you believe criticising Israeli government Genocidal policy is anti-Semitic too.
What a crybaby? Islamabad would be a great place for Mehdi to reside.
Personally i believe most religions are fundamentally bad and we would be better of without them. However as long as it is kept out of politics people can believe what ever they want.
Can you just refresh my mind on what Godless men did less than 100 years ago?
@@Andrew-fy9wu did about what?
@@karmehed
Try to think, who is worse, Christians or atheist CCP (Chinese Communist Party)?
Was it religion or nationalism and communism which wreaked havoc on the world last century?
I thought the duud was an atheist .
yes, an agnostic atheist.... words have meanings...
He’s a Christian Atheist 😊
@@midnightmover2329even Jesus is confused like "christian atheist"? Really 😂
Being atheist doesn't prevent someone from describing the UK as "culturally Christian". It's a historical fact.
His religion is Western chauvinism.
Mehdi is great
you should see him in action in Jannah with all the houriyyat with big....you know what lol
Great at whinging
He wasn't bemoaning that people don't go to Church, or claiming that cathedrals were going to be torn down. He just pointed out that church attendance is dwindling, and he also mentioned that he likes cathedrals at one stage. Typical Medhi misrepresenting everything, because he has a grudge against an old man who made fun of his faith one a few occasions.
Only Christianity has Richard Dakwins favor not All Religions non-sense
Taking Dawkins seriously is like trying to eat Soup with a Fork. A nonentity of the highest Calibre.
Yet believing in flying horses is totally logical
@@dannylad1600 yet beliving that something can come from nothing
@@dannylad1600believing existence came from nothing if far more irrational.
@@MHDNGA when did Richard Dawkins make that claim?
@@ibrahimhassan711, scientists don't claim existence came from nothing. They only go off the evidence we have which is everything came from the singularity, but what came before that no one knows.
So clearly you're just making stuff up.
He's a bigot
nope.
Absolute bigot - FACT
Yes he IS a bigot , plain& simple
With a smidgen of supremacy.
,@alan We certainly don't want bigots here..sure you would agree!
Always the right arguments from one of the greatest journalists of our time. Bravo Mahdi. Well said as always
When you lose an argument, you should call the winner a hater... (In true Hasan style)
Now imagine a world without religion. What a wonderful world 🌎
We had the world war !
China
@@MrRamazanLale2communism is their religion
Yes this guy likes, socialism
Any ideology which mandates death for apostacy should not be celebrated.
Any ideological system and civilization that calls for world dominance by oppression and destruction is an abomination. That's right, I'm talking about the West
@ThePaahchan Morals aren't objective. Its obvious. This is an opinion.
@@karimb972 and yet all the Countries that are the most democratic (by statistical analysis) and as a result 'least oppressive' are in the West.
@@typetwo we can see how "least oppressive" they are, seems like you don't watch the news. Burning Quran, not letting women wear the hijab, etc..... SOOOO LEAST OPPRESSIVE
It's necessary to criticize culture in secular democracies. Religious ideas too and blasphemy isn't lawfully enforced.
well then start with the talmud if you have some honesty. or are you a coward?
Criticize yes. Bigotry no.
@@sanashams7836 Criticism is often conflated with bigotry
@@Marz2727 Which is absolutely not the case in this situation.
@@dickschlau3592why not the Quran? Would that hurt your feeling?
Mehdi is a very intelligent man
Compassionate, too. A great combination.
Never saw Easter lights in USA either for past 35 years 😂
Christopher Hitchens once quoted Anjem Choudhary from his BBC interview, The interviewer asked him.
If this is how you feel about Sharia and total islamic law, then wouldn't you be happy if you move somewhere that already has Sharia?
Anjem Choudhary: What makes you think this is your country?
How clever is mehedi..i mean American Christian are bad but the moment he goes to Africa he didn't call african muslim in Nigeria or sudan..And if u listen carefully how swiftly he choose not to talk any particular muslim bcoz its ummah bro.
He believes Mo flew to the moon on a winged horse…
@@TheAArmstrong says the one who thinks jesus died for someones sins lol
Medi is an opportunist. Screaming Islamophobia is a way to shut down debate.
debate ??🤣
yup
What debate?
I think your getting Mehdi confused with Zionists here. This is no debate though so not sure where your coming from.
What about Islamists spreading bigotry towards other religions since 623 AD
PrOvIdE eViDeNcE IsLaMaPhObE!!!!!!!!!! 🤪🤪🤪
A wise man once said , never ask a man about his salary , a woman about her age , and a terrorist about their religion.
Maybe we need to invent a new word, 'Christophobia' and measure the Islamic countries on the same standards Mehdi Hassan is using to evaluate the United Kingdom.
And you've never been to a Muslim country, have you??? To enlighten you.. They don't hate you for being Christian.. There are coptic Christians in most Muslim countries..and they worship in churches.. Go and travel, my friend.
Plenty of Christmas lights and decorations in the UAE, a third of Lebanon is Christian, and plenty of Iraqi Christian’s too. Just because Fox News said there aren’t any doesn’t mean it’s not true.
Go ahead who's stopping you.
You can't have a phobia for a fast-declining 'religion' that its followers haven't got principles and boundaries, cease to exist, and benefits the big companies.
Even without christophobia, christianity dies. Cry about it.
After I have read the Quran, I realized that all what humanity needs is this heavenly law. “The legislation of Quran will spread all over the world, because it agrees with the mind, logic and wisdom.” - Leo Tolstoy
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Seek help
It's self preserving because you cannot insult it without repercussions, that is the whole reason why it continues down generations. It protects itself.
He is not an Islamophe. He is a decent, rational human being and a logical thinker. Unfortunately he has mo knowledge of history of philosophy. He does not see that his science has become his religion, just another form of fanaticism...
He called Christianity the more 'decent' of the 2 religions, he is not even a believer! this is the very epitome of hypocrisy!
All religion, let it go, all of it. What a better world we would live in.
Nope!
I don't think you know history well at all lol.
Religions are mind control programs
What's wrong for calling out someone's religion as a silly cult
Then call them all out, don't pick and choose
Just an opinion.. My religion isn't a 'cult'. It's a way of life.
There are plenty of silly cults about. I've known a few myself.
If the cap fits
then that to each and every religion instead of cherrypicking
Is Britain 🇬🇧 a Muslim country⁉️ 🤔
No
Playing the victim as always lol Dawkins is right
Islamophobia is such a bs term.
But antisemitism is not?
@@sanashams7836Poor comparison.
Anti-Muslim bigotry and Anti-Semitism target people and are both wrong.
Islamphobia is often accused against people who criticise ideas.
@@Marz2727 antizionism is LITERALLY equated by Zionists as antisemitism. You claim that Islamophobia is a "bs term" while literally watching a video where a man is being openly bigoted. No one is criticizing any ideas whatsoever here in this video. The guy is literally just making bigoted remarks.
Huge RESPECT MEHDI🙏
The UK is a Christian country?🤣🤣🤣last time I checked it says the UK is a “SECULAR DEMOCRACY”
Turkey is Secular but its a mostly a mslim country.
Yes and they dont go around picking on christians or jewish faiths @John-nb6ep
What are you talking about?!
Last time I checked, UK has always been a Muslim country.
I thought we, 'the Ummah' were agreed upon that.
The west was built on Judeo Christian values, not Islamic ones.
@@John-nb6ep UK isn't even mostly Christian