AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
#298 — Leaving the Faith (Rebroadcast)
Making Sense with Sam Harris
What Is the Scratch of Bad Luck in Islam?
I think it's useful to differentiate what is just the sheer bad luck of having an abusive and perhaps mentally ill mom and having married somebody who will get into his story in a moment. Then there are the cultural practices which aren't necessarily mandated by Islam and maybe don't necessarily represent every Muslims or even or most Muslims experience. And then there's just what is fairly common under Islam because you can just play connect the dots and see that it is mandated or at least encouraged in the text. So how do you kind of carve out those different strands for me? What is just the mere bad luck based on the personalities involved and where is the contribution of Islam?
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode