{"id":456,"date":"2021-04-04T18:07:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T22:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abdullahsameer.com\/podcast\/?p=456"},"modified":"2021-07-12T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T17:07:31","slug":"086-interview-with-exmuslim-amina-from-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/086-interview-with-exmuslim-amina-from-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"086 – Interview with Exmuslim Amina from Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amina Sardar is a former Muslim who started doubting Islam after the Mohammed Drawing Crisis in Denmark and this lead to her investigation of Muhammad and her eventual apostasy Had a great healthy discussion about immigration, radicalization, Hizbut Tahrir, Moderate Muslims, Muslims in Canada vs. Denmark, Islamophobia, Victim Narrative, Discriminating against Muslims, and more. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_Mg7qWwR5dWI3groLtttwg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouTube version of this interview: https:\/\/youtu.be\/PZnjLmaoXrM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the time stamps for the interview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0:00 Introductions.
1:00 Amina\u2019s upbringing – growing up with an ultra-conservative father.
4:36 Why is it Amina\u2019s parents treated her differently from her brothers?
6:15 Amina\u2019s family background\/roots.
7:50 Amina\u2019s arranged marriage. The excessive control that fathers have over their daughters\u2019 marriages
13:44 The incident of prophet Muhammad\u2019s cartoons in Denmark.
15:57 Learning about Muhammad\u2019s marriage to Aisha and how Amina reacted to this news.
21:11 Taking a deep dive into Islamic teachings and seeking the truth. Joining politics and how the Muslim community started harassing Amina and her family.
26:03 Leaving Islam and coming out.
28:25 Reading comments from the chat.
29:14 Continuation of Amina\u2019s coming out story.
32:33 Why Amina thinks there are no moderate Muslims.
36:20 Why is it Muslims never take time to ask ex-Muslims why they left Islam instead of shunning them?
39:27 The cost of leaving Islam.
41:20 Using an open mind and outsider perspective to study Islam.
43:11 Is there any form of democracy in Islam? The problem of Islamic platforms being insular.
48:18 Is Denmark a Christian country or a secular country? What does moderate Muslim mean?
52:00 We should support Muslims who are trying to secularize Islam. The fighting between moderate Muslims and extremist Muslims.
59:03 Some sections of the Muslim community using democracy and the democratic system to push their religion. Using Islamaphobia to push a victim mentality in the Muslim community.
1:11:10 Abdullah\u2019s response to the issue of Taqqiya. Muslims getting into western politics and participating in the democratic process. Discrimination and victim mentality
1:54:20 Danish people\u2019s response to the immigration situation. The ISIS brides and deradicalization process.
2:22:10 Final remarks and link to Amina\u2019s channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n

\nhttp:\/\/podcast.abdullahsameer.com\/episodes\/086_Interview_with_Amina_from_Denmark.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>

Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a><\/p>

Subscribe: RSS<\/a> | More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amina Sardar is a former Muslim who started doubting Islam after the Mohammed Drawing Crisis in Denmark and this lead to her investigation of Muhammad and her eventual apostasy Had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}