Mobeen Vaid | Pitfalls of Engaging in Secular Liberal Politics & Activism | BB #68
Update: 2021-11-06
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Description
In this candid episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the esteemed American Muslim academic, writer and activist, Ustad Mobeen Vaid. #BloodBrothersPodcast #LGBTQ #Islam
Topics of discussion include:
- Challenges of Muslim activism in light of Left/Liberal alliances.
- Use and abuse of “minority fiqh”, maslaha and maqasid in modern Muslim activism
- The LGBTQ question: How should Muslims in the West navigate around this matter as a “discriminated minority”?
- When are compromises justified?
- Should political pragmatism have some red lines? If so, what are those red lines?
In Channel
Amazing, balanced episode from Dilly who, as always, knows what questions to put forward. And Ustadh Mobeen who knows what he's talking about and has first-hand experience with the Muslim communities around which he's living. Ma Sha' Allah. Good job.