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#370 - Gender Apartheid and the Future of Iran

Jun 6, 2024

Activist Masih Alinejad discusses gender apartheid in Iran with Sam Harris and Yasmine Mohammed. They cover the hypocrisy of Western feminists, hijab significance, My Stealthy Freedom campaign, plots against Masih, lack of US government action, cowardice of journalists, Persian Jews' perspective, Islamism, immigration, and more.

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Gender apartheid in Iran highlights the oppression faced by women due to compulsory veiling and religious mandates.

Importance of international solidarity against discriminatory practices in Iran and other regions.

Challenges of immigration include spread of Islamist extremism and influence of oppressive regimes in Western countries.

Deep dives

Sam Harris's Move to Substack for Writing Focus

Sam Harris announces his move to Substack to prioritize writing and establish a platform for responding to current events, soliciting feedback, and potentially expanding into book writing and funding original research. Substack will serve as a writing workshop and a space for creative endeavors beyond podcasts.

Avoiding Terrorists Under The Guise of Diversity

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Intro

5min

Exploring Gender Apartheid in Iran with Prominent Activists

5min

Iran's Complex Dynamics

12min

Challenges of My Stealthy Freedom Campaign

23min

Challenges and Resilience of the Iranian People Against Oppressive Regime

17min

Empowerment of Terrorists and Challenges of Youth Radicalization in the West

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Security Concerns and Gender Apartheid in Iran

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In today’s housekeeping, Sam explains his digital business model. He and Yasmine Mohammed (co-host) then speak with Masih Alinejad about gender apartheid in Iran. They discuss the Iranian revolution, the hypocrisy of Western feminists, the morality police and the significance of the hijab, the My Stealthy Freedom campaign, kidnapping and assassination plots against Masih, lack of action from the U.S. government, the effect of sanctions, the cowardice of Western journalists, the difference between the Iranian population and the Arab street, the unique perspective of Persian Jews, Islamism and immigration, the infiltration of universities, and other topics.

Yasmine Mohammed is the founder and president of Free Hearts Free Minds, a nonprofit charity that provides mental health support for freethinkers living in Muslim-majority countries—where the 'crime' of renouncing religion can be punished by execution.

Her book, Unveiled, is a memoir that recalls her experiences growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic household and her arranged marriage to a member of Al-Qaeda. In it, she sheds light on the religious trauma that so many women are still unable to discuss. Unveiled has been translated into fifteen languages so far, including German, Finnish, Catalan, Swedish, French, Farsi, Arabic, Indonesian, Urdu, Spanish, and Italian. Copies of her book in Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, and Indonesian can be accessed here for free, courtesy of The Richard Dawkins Foundation.

She is also the host of the Yasmine Mohammed Podcast, where she has conversations with inspirational people from restrictive religious or cult backgrounds who have fought and overcome.

Website: www.yasminemohammed.com

Twitter: @yasmohammedxx

Masih Alinejad is an Iranian-American journalist, a women’s rights campaigner, and the author of the best-selling memoir The Wind in My Hair. In 2023, TIME named Alinejad one of the Women of the Year, and she was elected President of the World Liberty Congress. She is one of the most prominent and vocal figures challenging the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 2014, she launched the My Stealthy Freedom campaign against compulsory hijab, which became the largest civil disobedience movement in the history of the Islamic Republic. Today, Masih continues to write and host Tablet, a satirical weekly show on VOA, and is campaigning to #EndGenderApartheid in Iran and Afghanistan.

Website: https://worldlibertycongress.org/

Twitter: @AlinejadMasih