091 – Deconstructing Introverted Smiles

Introverted Smiles (Akib) is a former ex-Muslim, now Muslim. I am going to be going thru some comments he made and respond accordingly Here is the YouTube version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/qJ247n2sJUI Here are the timestamps: 0:00 Introductions 3:55 Defending Muslims from dehumanizing rhetoric. 5:38 Introverted Smiles’ pinned post on Twitter. 8:30 Intro’s twitter posts regarding women and his creepy vibes and stalking women. 18:15 Intro’s attacks on ex-Muslim women online 20:50 Intro’s despicable jokes about killing members of the LGBTQA+ community, defending Muhammad’s wife-beating 26:28 Intro’s response to Muhammad Syed’s claim that Islam brings suffering to Muslim families. 28:00 Apostasy law. 29:30 Intro’s obsession with sexuality and women. Do all ex-Muslims hate their families? Are there any good Muslims? 34:20 Good things in Islamic teachings. Inconsistencies in Islamic teachings. 37:16 Whataboutism and more attacks on women online 39:29 More hypocrisy from Introverted smile: the incident in London. Is hijab empowering? 40:38 Answering comments from the chat. 43:20 Intro’s interaction with Zara Kay. Why respond to Intro’s antics 45:00 Intro’s hypocrisy – on one hand, he tweets about the killing of LGBTQA+ members and attacks women online then cries Islamaphobia at the same time 53:00 Muslim woman who runs a soup kitchen. Does having a few Muslims who do good/charity make Islam good? 57:05 Having a blind spot when it comes to admitting if you have done something wrong. The genetic fallacy. 59:45 More craziness from Intro’s timeline. 1:09:40 Responding to the One Dawah issue. 1:12:48 Is Islam misogynistic? 1:15:00 Responding to comments in the chat: Madrassa abuse. 1:20:14 Final remarks and channel announcements.