Our guest is Peter Oborne, an award-winning British journalist, author & broadcaster. Peter was the Chief Political Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph (until he resigned in 2015) and has written for countless newspapers and magazines including The Spectator and The Guardian. He has also appeared on and presented TV shows and documentaries.

We discuss Peter's recent book, “The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam”, and uncover why & how Muslims have been perniciously targeted by the West, despite Islam being part of the Abrahamic tradition. 

Order the book:

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Fate-of-Abraham/Peter-Oborne/9781398501027

#Islam #history  #politics  

00:00 - Introduction 

01:11 - A false narrative about Islam

07:12 - Culture in Western journalism & reporting of foreign affairs

10:44 - Creating a 'good vs bad' narrative

12:59 - 'Judeo-Christian tradition' weaponised against Muslims

16:38 - God of Abraham is worshipped by Jews, Christians & Muslims

19:54 - 'The Clash of Civilisations' - Samuel Huntington

22:37 - The British Empire & freedom of religion

25:50 - Colonial France & oppression of Muslims

28:00 - Laicite (French Secularism) vs British values

32:46 - American history with Muslims (Barbay wars, The Moros)

36:23 - "Manifest Destiny" & the aim to take over

38:23 - Terminology in the media 

46:11 - Stirring bigotry sells newspapers

48:15 - Muslims are truly British!

49:41 - Concluding remarks

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