{"id":173,"date":"2020-07-20T09:49:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T13:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abdullahsameer.com\/podcast\/?p=173"},"modified":"2021-07-12T18:40:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T22:40:42","slug":"036-apostasy-in-the-somali-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/036-apostasy-in-the-somali-community\/","title":{"rendered":"036 &#8211; Apostasy in the Somali Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apostasy in the Somali Community with Nuriya Benson and Khan. Their personal stories and journeys, is life better, and how the Somali community deals with apostasy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCm2pSO2BJ-x-dB4S7NhKxw\">Waaq Nation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The youtube version of this podcast can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Lyg8v-j4UCE\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Lyg8v-j4UCE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the timestamps for this podcast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:00 Introductions<br>1:01 What is &#8220;WAAQ nation&#8221;<br>3:06 New Nomad&#8217;s journey out of Islam (Openly asking questions and debating Christians)<br>7:40 Nun Benson&#8217;s background in Islam and her journey out of Islam (How Islam cut shot her childhood years and exposure to the internet)<br>13:00 Expectations for Muslims &#8211; towing the party lines (Is it related to the problems faced by Somali people today?)<br>20:00 Old traditions VS Islam (A Somali context of liberal society and a Sunni society, Wahhabism destroying graves)<br>27:35 Paradox of Salafism being against terrorism but most terrorists being Salafis.<br>30:55 Over trusting religious leaders? Mental problems, trauma, and religion.<br>37:10 Using Islam to justify heinous acts, submission in Islam<br>40:20 Is assimilation and integration possible for Somali and Muslim refugees given the religious teachings?<br>44:50 Uncoupling Islam and Somali identity.<br>46:11 Plugin for WAAQ nation and channel announcements<br>46:50 Is religion affecting Somalis from walks of life equally?<br>51:15 How is life after Islam?<br>53:50 Nun&#8217;s response.<br>57:30 Final remarks for the stream<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6891\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-173-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/podcast.abdullahsameer.com\/episodes\/036-Apostasy_in_the_Somali_Community.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.abdullahsameer.com\/episodes\/036-Apostasy_in_the_Somali_Community.mp3\">http:\/\/podcast.abdullahsameer.com\/episodes\/036-Apostasy_in_the_Somali_Community.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.abdullahsameer.com\/episodes\/036-Apostasy_in_the_Somali_Community.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=173-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.abdullahsameer.com\/episodes\/036-Apostasy_in_the_Somali_Community.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"036-Apostasy_in_the_Somali_Community.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/list\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apostasy in the Somali Community with Nuriya Benson and Khan. 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