The Jordan Harbinger Show 748: Yasmine Mohammed | How the West Empowers Radical Islam Part One
Nov 8, 2022
In this discussion, Yasmine Mohammed, a human rights activist and founder of Free Hearts Free Minds, shares her compelling journey from a polygamous family in Canada to advocating for women's rights in Muslim-majority countries. She explains how the same religious texts inspire both devotion and extremism, and argues against self-censorship in free societies faced with radical threats. Yasmine highlights the dangers women encounter under religious extremism and stresses the urgency of challenging oppressive ideologies rather than enabling them out of fear.
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Defiance Over Fear
- Yasmine Mohammed, fearing reprisals for speaking out against extremist Islam, expressed defiance, not fear.
- She recounted living under fear for 15 years due to her ex-husband's Al-Qaeda ties, changing her and her daughter's names and moving frequently.
Extremism in the West
- Yasmine Mohammed's experiences with religious extremism and abuse occurred in Canada, not a remote nation as many assume.
- This highlights how extremist ideologies can be transplanted across geographical boundaries.
Interpretations of the Quran
- While the Quran's Arabic text remains consistent, translations and interpretations vary, leading to different levels of perceived extremism.
- The Saudi version, for example, uses more direct language, like "beat her," compared to softer interpretations in other translations.
