Following up her incredible initial interview, today we are joined again by  @InfidelNoodle  .  We discuss her research on youth Islamic radicalization and the internet, and how high control groups appeal to young people.

Raised in a strict Muslim community in Australia, YouTuber Infidel Noodle led a double life for 5 years before making the big decision to leave her parents’ home before marriage. This meant she would be cut off from her family due to disobedience and not fulfilling her role as a woman. When she posted on TikTok about her heartache being ostracized, her video went viral and she decided to remain vocal about the struggles exMuslims face. However, for the safety of her loved ones and herself, she wears a mask to remain anonymous.

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Watch her initial interview here here

Find her on Social!

YT:  https://www.youtube.com/@InfidelNoodle

IG: @infidel.noodle 

Resource for those leaving Islam and need help:  https://www.freeheartsfreeminds.com/

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Raised in a strict Muslim community in Australia, YouTuber Infidel Noodle led a double life for 5 years before making the big decision to leave her parents’ home before marriage. This meant she would be cut off from her family due to disobedience and not fulfilling her role as a woman. When she posted on TikTok about her heartache being ostracized, her video went viral and she decided to remain vocal about the struggles exMuslims face. However, for the safety of her loved ones and herself, she wears a mask to remain anonymous.

Click here to watch on YouTube

Find her on Social!

YT:  https://www.youtube.com/@InfidelNoodle

IG: @infidel.noodle 

Resource for those leaving Islam and need help:  https://www.freeheartsfreeminds.com/

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Venmo @sheliseann

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Host Instagram @sheliseann 

Co Producer / Host @jonathan.rosales_ 

TikTok @cults.to.consciousness 

Twitter @cultstocon 

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00:03:02 Why Infidel Noodle wears a mask

00:03:59 Reactions Noodle has received for speaking out on her channel

00:06:35 What it was like for IN growing up in South Africa

00:07:39 Life in New Zealand

00:10:12 The changes a young IN experienced once her parents introduced fundamentalist Islam into her life

00:11:42 How the modesty requirements increased

00:14:52 The changes IN experienced when she moved to Australia

00:18:10 Did IN push back on the strict rules with her parents?

00:20:42 Studying the scripture is what made IN want to leave Islam

00:26:13 Infidel Noodle would hide her "regular" clothes in the car

00:29:18 Finally, after 5 years, IN told her boyfriend about her double life

00:29:58 The tense time IN got spotted outside wearing shorts

00:31:50 At 20, IN decided she didn't want to live her double life anymore

00:33:56 The falling out Infidel Noodle had with her parents

00:38:54 IN planed her escape

00:41:10 Leaving the community behind

00:43:19 Infidel Noodle posts to TikTok and goes viral

00:47:34 How IN's siblings responded to her leaving Islam

00:52:13 The de*th threats IN gets

00:56:28 What made Infidel Noodle start a YouTube channel to speak out further?

00:58:54 Is IN worried about people finding out her identity?

01:00:31 The consequences of leaving Islam

01:03:48 What brings Infidel Noodle joy now?

01:05:24 linda, listen

01:07:41 Why Aisha goes by "Infidel Noodle"

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Zara Kay went viral when she was wrongfully arrested and detained for seemingly no reason. She tweeted that she needed help and since becoming an Australian citizen, she got the consulate involved. It appears that the Tanzanian, Islamic cult she grew up in, was unhappy with her outspoken (contradictory to teachings) opinions on social media and seems to have paid the Tanzanian police to arrest her while visiting home during the pandemic in 2020. No formal charges were made after ransacking her home and detaining her for hours. Soon after her release, personal information and messages were leaked to the public, her family and her received multiple death threats. She now runs The Faithless Hijabi where she provides support for ex Muslims. 

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Find Zara on social media: 

IG: @zarakayk  

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@ZaraKayk (The Untethered Mind)

Website:  https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/

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00:02:45 Zara's Strict Upbringing in Tanzania

00:06:45 Zara's Desire for More in Life

00:09:58 Strict Rules of Zara's Childhood

00:14:24 Hijab Wearing Practices in Zara's Community

00:15:54 The Influence of Islamic Culture in Tanzania

00:26:51 Zara's father changes his mind last minute about her moving out

00:28:57 Zara's New Experiences as a College Student

00:31:44 How Zara felt like breaking former rules 

00:34:31 Learning about s*x from magazines

00:38:44 Zara's terrifying jump out of the comfort zone

00:41:07 Zara's face to face confrontation with a gay man

00:42:44 Zara Begins Receiving Threats for Speaking Up on Social Media

00:48:58 Why Tanzania police unexpectedly arrested Zara

00:53:42 Zara's experience with the corrupt police of Tanzania

00:57:34 CW:  Attempted SA in Tanzanian Jail

01:00:48 Zara escaped charges but couldn't leave the country

01:02:54 Zara's family got de@th threats after leaked messages

01:06:44 Tanzanian cult leaders are HOW rich?!

01:09:11 What is the "Faithless Hijabi?"

01:14:40 Precautions Zara Takes for Her Safety

01:16:06 How Zara is doing now

01:18:15 Linda, Listen

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Joining us today to follow up her incredible interview is South Asian ExMuslim, Haram Doodles.  In one of her first public appearances unmasked, she recounted what it was like growing up with a life of restriction and fear from her parents, her culture, and God-- and why and how she ultimately left Islam.  Today she addresses the controversial topic:  Islamophobia.   

Speaking out on social media as an artist and ExMuslim Atheist, her art is a collection of haram (forbidden) doodles that advocate in solidarity with other courageous ExMuslims who’ve left Islam as a protest of Islam's strict restrictions.  Her hopes are to spread the word about Ex-Muslim Awareness Month this December. 

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Watch her initial interview here

Find Haram Doodles:

Twitter: https://x.com/HaramDoodles

IG: @haramdoodles  

Official website: https://haramdoodles.com

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One of her first public appearances unmasked, South Asian ExMuslim, Haram Doodles, recounts what it was like growing up with a life of restriction and fear from her parents, her culture, and God.  She reveals the details of why and how she ultimately left Islam.  Speaking out now on social media as an artist and ExMuslim Atheist, her art is a collection of haram (forbidden) doodles that advocate in solidarity with other courageous ExMuslims who’ve left Islam as a protest of Islam's strict restrictions.  She tells her story to spread the word about Ex-Muslim Awareness Month this December. 

Click here to watch on YouTube

Find Haram Doodles:

Twitter: https://x.com/HaramDoodles

IG: @haramdoodles  

Official website: https://haramdoodles.com

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00:03:26 Haram's life growing up as a child to immigrant parents and a Muslim

00:06:21 Planting seeds of doubt with the dinosaurs

00:08:38 Haram's teen years living with cognitive dissonance and finding ways to grow socially

00:10:58 What pun*shments looked like for Haram growing up

00:11:53 Haram's anxiety about doing the wrong thing and the pressure to answer to a higher power

00:14:27 How learning about other religions gave Haram some perspective on the world

00:16:24 The differences between how men and women are treated in Islam

00:20:45 What the Quran says about women and how Haram felt about it before and after college

00:23:47 How purity culture and modesty rules in Islam are viewed as protection for women

00:27:47 Haram's experience with facing marriage early, how college allowed her to put it off, and the rules she faced around going to school

00:30:23 Religious reasoning for young women and girls getting married

00:33:31 Studying the Quran in college from a professor who was also a Muslim

00:38:01 How women inflict gender roles onto themselves under the influence of Islam

00:40:37 How did Haram's mother feel about her role as a Muslim woman

00:43:22 Shaming others for not practicing Islam

00:43:46 Figuring out what is means to be an American Muslim

00:44:07 Figuring out what is means to be an American Muslim

00:46:07 The lack of support and shaming from Haram's family for not following a Muslim lifestyle

00:48:12 The difficulties of a lack of individuality for Muslim women

00:49:29 TW: Su*cidal ideation

00:51:51 How Haram met her husband and why she started Haram Doodles

00:57:39 What Haram Doodles has done for Haram and her followers

01:00:08 How Haram's drawings can help activate a person's critical thinking in a softer way

01:03:03 Finding bravery in her work as an artist

01:05:01 Haram's moment of freedom in Norway

01:11:54 Truly listening and seeing ex-Muslims for who they are and not for their choice to leave Islam and ex-Muslim awareness month

01:14:22 How Haram is doing now

01:16:22 Taking back power over your own body

01:19:38 Linda, listen

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Joining us today to follow up her initial interview is Sara Glass.  Sara vulnerably shares in great detail about what it was like navigating s*x, pregnancy, chiIdbirth and postpartum as a Hasidic Ultra Orthodox woman who was also gay. 

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Watch her initial full interview here

Find Sara on social media:

Website: https://www.drsaraglass.com

Book: “Kissing Girls on Shabbat” 

IG: @drsaraglass 

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/drsaraglass

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Sara Glass knew she kept falling in love with women, but that didn’t matter. She knew her place as an Ultra Orthodox woman. She was placed into an arranged marriage to a man shortly after graduating high school and she painfully left her girlfriend behind. Sara vulnerably shares in great detail about what it was like navigating s*x, pregnancy, chiIdbirth and postpartum as a Hasidic woman who was also gay. 

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Find Sara!

Website: https://www.drsaraglass.com

Book: “Kissing Girls on Shabbat” 

IG: @drsaraglass 

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/drsaraglass

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00:03:56 Growing up in a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn and falling in love with other girls as a teen

00:05:57 Sara grapples with who she has been taught God is, Jewish law, and her actions

00:07:32 Keeping an open heart and connecting to the story with your own struggles 

00:08:27 How marriage classes surprised Sara and the emphasis on the holiness of consummation

00:12:20 How a lack of s*x education led to confusion and an invasion of privacy from the Rabbi

00:18:52 What Sara's first pregnancy was like and her complicated feelings afterwards  TW: m*scarriage

00:22:06 The differences between m*scarrying a girl fetus and a boy fetus

00:23:40 Sara's husband takes the rules even further

00:25:49 What it was like giving birth without her husband in a secular hospital as a Hasidic Jewish woman

00:27:22 What the rules for birth control were in Sara's community

00:30:44 Gender roles in the Hasidic community and how the community is built around them

00:34:16 Mental health in this Hasidic community and Sara's fight for higher education

00:39:21 More rules around giving birth

00:42:48 What does Sara wish the medical staff would have done differently?

00:45:36 Sara's experience in college learning about the LGBTQ+ community

00:48:49 How Sara's social work classes applied to her own life TW: Marital r*pe

00:50:56 Rules for men around s*x

00:52:52 Divorce in the Hasidic community and the conditions Sara had to agree to to be granted one

00:56:20 Sara finally feels like she's in her own body

00:59:42 Sara expands her horizons in the secular world before remarrying

01:05:28 What did the Rabbis say about the LGBTQ+ community and men vs women

01:07:36 Sara finally decides to live an authentic life

01:12:20 What it means to leave a Hasidic community and the difficulties Sara faced

01:13:07 What Sara's relationship with her family is like today

01:14:31 What Sara's chosen community looks like now

01:17:26 Future writing endeavors

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Anyone can get sucked into a cult or be manipulated by an enthusiastic leader with bad intentions. Harvard graduate Joelle Tamraz, was young, enthusiastic and a perfect target for this specific yoga guru. Seeking enlightenment, purpose and peace, she came across a man who swept her off her feet and used spiritual manipulation to eventually exploit her and her family out of thousands of dollars. In this follow up episode we will discuss how exactly he got people to believe he had special powers and the ways in which he sucked them into his financial exploitations.

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Watch her previous episode here

IG: @joelletamraz 

X / LinkedIn / TikTok: @joelletamraz

FB: www.facebook.com/joelletamraz1/

Book: The Secret Practice: Eighteen Years on the Dark Side of Yoga: A Memoir

Website: https://joelletamraz.com/

YouTube: @elevatingvoices

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Join us live as Charlotte Medlock, former devout follower and right-hand employee to the infamous Guru Jagat, breaks down the various manipulation tactics implemented by the "Guru" in her rise and abrupt death.  From sleep deprivation, to spiraling out of her sense of identity, we discuss how Kundalini Yoga was turned into a modern New Age cult.  

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Watch our original interview Charlotte:  How Narcissistic Yoga Guru Jagat Exploited Her Followers

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TikTok: @charlotte.medlock

Instagram: @charlottesface

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The new MAX documentary “Breath of Fire” exposes a dark side of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini yoga. Today we are joined by Dr. Jules, who was featured in the doc, for a follow up to her initial C2C interview. What does it truly mean to wake up out of the “yoga matrix” after 8 years and find some sort of normalcy in life?

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Full length interview with Jules

IG: @jtotheules

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