Hmm I know you want to have a broad range of topics and people on your show. But I thought honesty was important to you also so why an episode about Islam?<br><br>Your all love hippie approach to Islam does not reflect the critical thinking I expected from you. You live in the west. You should know that muslims are dishonest, they argue like selfrigeous students, and they lie to the disbelievers - as adviced by the scolars - to spread Islam.<br>Islam is not a religion it is a political system. In surveys 2/3 of all muslims in all westerns countries without exceptions consistanly every year in decades say that they prefer sharia to democracy if they had the choice. Sharia is not compatible with democracy so tolerating 2/3 of all muslims in all western countries is to disrespect the words of Karl Popper who said that "the limit of tolerance is intolerance". He also said that Intolerance has to be fought actively, otherwise the tolerant will be crushed and with them tolerance itself. Why are you pretending that there is no such fight Lex Fridman?<br>There is only one Islam and that is conservative Islam. Your imman will tell you that. All attempts to make Islam a tolerant religions is met with hate. Look how Maajid Nawaz was treated.<br>Put him on your podcast and have him react to this episode if you dare.<br><br>Disappointing.<br><br>I live in Denmark. Teachers are afraid to show the Muhammed drawings. In France people get their throat cut by muslims for showing a freakin drawing. You should ask your guest why as a result of this he is not actively advocating that everyone draws Muhammed as a reaction to the murders to signal that of course humanism is more important that religion and of course freedom of expression is more important than religion. I always considered you a humanist Lex Fridman but this gives me doubt whether it is just empty words.<br><br>Instead your immam actually has the nerve to use France as an example of how the muslim population is discriminated against whereas the French people are allowed to make critical drawings of Muhammed. He knows that MUSLIMS MURDERED people who barely showed the drawings in their classroom. No murders are so horrific that muslims will not still find a way to portrait themselves as the victims. This should tell you all about his mindset, ability of critical thinking and respect for secular values.  <br><br>How can you not react to that Lex Fridman? Well you did. I hear your. The Danish Newspaper who  depicted Muhammed as a war-prophet, the Danish and Swedish cartoonist who has ever since lived under police protection, the teachers who can not teach free critical thinking and have their throat cut, the sarcastic french newspaper who dared to be crtical of Islam and was coldblooded murdered as a result by muslims - they were all not practicing "the right kind of free speech" so they asked for it. What happened to your solemn praising of the words by George Orwell "If freedom of speech means anything it means the right to tell people what they don't want to hear"? <br><br>As your immam said with a condescending smile this is "low" forms of free expressions and free speech. I hear you parroting that this "kind" of free speech does not reflect "what the founding fathers had in mind". Well this is EXACTLY what they had in mind. Thank you for your lack of support and critical sense, Lex Fridman <br><br>"The association of violence with Islam is islamophobic" your immam says. That is all you need to hear from this Immam. Islam was not a success until it became violent and the followers were rewarded with virgins in heaven for their violence. Ever since for centuries Islam has been violent.,(reply>), Lex is an idealist who holds words and images above the the unfolding reality. How I know? I used to be the same. I still do it occasionally. It's a unconscious thing. Our minds want closure of some sort (else we'll continue to treat it as problem)and hence we hold  on to these words or images. As for the guest, his words were beautiful but that's about it. It takes immense energy to look through all this. And if there's a flaw in something, it needs to be negated completely. For example, all religions, beliefs in atheism or even science because they are based on memory. It's a lot of work with silence, reflection and meditation. Who's got time ?,(reply>), @Turk 151 The difference is that Charlie Hedbo is practicing their freedom as part of a secular society. So what they do has nothing to do with religion.,(reply>), Islam is a religion that is plagued by the effects of political systems. That plague has a lot of indoctrinating that has caused a lot of harm, but of the nearly 2 billion Muslims in the world - a large majority does not practice the faith the way you perceive it and/or the way those who are indoctrinated to act harmfully...  <br><br>There is an inherent problem to be addressed, and a lot of it has to do with peoples understanding (through indoctrination) of the Sharia; which is not in the Quran and is practiced differently everywhere.  That understanding comes from what they have been taught by the political systems that governed them.  Anyone stating that Sharia law supersedes any constitution or law is incorrect - even if an indoctrinated Muslim claims this. Sharia law states to obey the laws of the land..<br><br>Most Muslims are not what you hear talked about, people don't make the news when they're not doing anything worth noticing.,(reply>), Speaking of lies, nobody lies and kills on par with the Judaeo-Christian killing machine.  A million people dead in Iraq, (Yawn) but, but What about Charlie Hedbo! <br><br>But I agree Islam is a dictatorship.,(reply>), ᵗʰᵃⁿᵏˢ ᶠᵒʳ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᶠᵉᵉᵈᵇᵃᶜᵏ.💚. ᵏⁱⁿᵈˡʸ ʷʳⁱᵗᵉ ᵐᵉ ᵒⁿ ʷʰᵃᵗˢᵃᵖᵖ☛⟊➊➐➏ꉻ➍➑➏➋➌➌➑.