I don't know. On the one hand Lex is practicing extreme empathy, listening and accepting his interlocutor's words. And that's great! On the other, it was just a monologue with nothing to keep facts in check. i heard a bunch of inaccuracies that were disturbing. I found them to be manipulative because Omar is smart enough to know what he's omitting or how he's framing things. So i have mixed feelings. There were also no hard questions (what does he think about LGBT?) <br><br>The topic of Islam is so sensitive and has to be handled with gloves. You don't want to present evidence, for instance, that there were historically various forms of the Quran (Dr. Puin, Dr. Small, and others). Or the fact that certain things don't add up about the early  Islamic history the way the religious tell it. Lex doesn't want to end up like Salman Rushdie, I get it. <br><br>At times the interview also felt like an invitation for all to join Islam. Would Lex go pray with other religions like he did with Omar? for some reason i doubt it. I think Islam has some very beautiful things, wonderful people, etc, but I don't feel the need to hold it up on a pedestal, just as I don't hold other religions or cultures above others.,(reply>), @OneWord I hear you. But I don’t think we need to treat Muslims like children. When people here have ideas like pizza gate that aren’t based in facts we call them out.<br><br>Muslims are fighting for their lives? There are a billion and a half of them living mostly in peace, albeit with sectarian violence, poverty, and corruption.,(reply>), I think you have many interesting points here. Lex gave Omar a full opportunity to speak to people about what the basics tenents of Islam are. And allowed Omar to explain why Muslims are misunderstood. If he went into side subjects like an Lgbtq conversation it would have diverted the whole conversationn while once again diminishing the fact that Millions of Muslims are dead because of unjust wars and hate. Muslims are fighting for thier lives all over the world too.,(reply>), @crypto totally. <br>Not to mention: try having Christian immigration to Arabia, praying in public sphere, or getting govt funds for churches.,(reply>), Which is funny right? Omar is complaining how free speech is a tool to repress Muslims but freeze hell if someone wants to openly talk about historical or even theological topics about early Islam without just citing early Islamic literature (which come to existence 200 years after the death of the prophet). Then you have to live in fear that you will get killed. <br><br>This is the problem that Omar should’ve talked about: the community is full of bigots that need to learn that it’s a mutual relationship between the Muslim and Non Muslim community. We have all the freedom in the west, have mosques, can do whatever we want, even block whole roads to pray on Friday, but as soon as something doesn’t fit, we say they are the enemies of Islam and hate them. Wtf ?!,(reply>), @YK 123 thank you