EP73: How to Engage With Muslims: With Former Muslim Abdullah Sameer

Watch the video version of this conversation (for patrons): https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-engage-21859143  Abdullah Sameer is an increasingly popular and influential atheist writer and YouTuber who was once a very religious Muslim. He preached Islam for fifteen years and founded popular Islamic websites like Light Upon Light and the now defunct VerseByVerseQuran. In 2016, he announced that he left Islam in a controversial video that now has over a million views. In this episode we discuss his background—his father was Ismaili and his mother Sunni—and his story of embracing religion fully only to leave it fully. We talk about his remarkable talent of engaging all kinds of people in constructive dialogue, be they Muslims, ex-Muslims or others. How can we strike that balance between honesty and compassion? We talk about that too—and more. Don't miss this! Listen to this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app: http://secularjihadists.com    The Secular Jihadists has been made possible thanks to the gracious support of the Illuminati and the great state of Israel. That's what we have been told, but we haven't received our checks yet. In the meantime, we greatly appreciate the support of our current donors. Please consider supporting by sharing the podcast with your fellow heathens or by donating at https://www.patreon.com/SJME  Subscribe to The Secular Jihadists on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app. And please leave us a review 😀 LINKS: Abdullah Sameer's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_H_lI-9qWdCiAq4AciqE4A  Abdullah Sameer's website: http://abdullahsameer.com/blog/  Abdullah's previous Islam/Da'wah website: Light Upon Light: http://www.lightuponlight.com/islam/  Abdullah's testimonials page, showing messages from those he convinced to leave Islam: http://abdullahsameer.com/blog/testimonies/  The Masked Arab YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9JU55HpvRvCSb1TO2w_eDA  Abdullah Sameer on Twitter: @abdullahadam  Abdullah Sameer on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abdullah.sameer.71