Debating Truth with Jan

This is a podcast interview with Joram van Klavaren who is a Dutch politician and from 2010 until 2014 he was a member of the Dutch parliament for the anti-Islamic political party "Freedom Party".

I'm starting a new "Logic Series" where I'll dive deeper into philosophical arguments. The first guest is @The Muslim Metaphysician who will break down the Kalam Cosmological Argument for us.

Interview with an Afghan Slovak about the truth behind the Taliban's return to power. Timestamps: 00:00 Jawid's background and how he ended up in Slovakia in 1987 04:19 What was the situation in Afghanistan in the 1970-80s? 07:37 What was the reason for the military coup and Russian invasion in1970s? 11:00 What was the political system in Afghanistan in the 1980s? 12:25 How many ethnics groups live in Afghanistan? 15:36 How did the religious resistance towards the Russian occupation begin? 18:30 Why was winning over the Soviets the beginning of a civil war? 20:00 How was the Russian puppet government viewed by Afghans? 27:25 Why did the Taliban begin in the 1990s? 32:20 How Taliban took over Afghanistan? 36:00 Which strict rules did the Taliban implement? 38:20 Why were women not allowed to go outside of the home alone? 41:52 How did Osama Bin Laden get involved in fighting in Afghanistan? 44:24 What's Jawid's view on the invasion by the US in 2001? 48:30 Why the US didn't get the UN security council's approval for the invasion? 50:57 What government did the US put together to Afghanistan? 58:50 The crazy level of corruption that was in Afghanistan under the new government 1:07:00 Why did the Taliban have the support of local Afghans? 1:15:50 Why was the Taliban so fast with taking over Afghanistan? 1:19:20 Who are the people that supported the US military? 1:22:15 Why don't the Afghan people want freedom? 1:25:00 Why people in the West don't understand what people in Afghanistan want? 1:26:40 Is the Taliban following the right sharia? 1:31:00 Has the Taliban changed? 1:33:50 Does the propaganda work both ways? 1:36:50 What is the Sharia? 1:39:40 Will there be another wave of refugees? 1:43:10 What is the future for Afghanistan? 1:49:00 Can other Muslim countries help Afghanistan? 1:51:00 What about partnering with China? 1:55:25 What is freedom?

Anghel from The3Muslims returns to talk about Islam and his life as a new convert.

How to do effective Dawah in the West with Zeeshan from The Ummah Times.

Recently I spoke with an author and a historian Dr. Stef Keris, about the history of Islam in Bosnia. We'll also touch on the future of Islam in Europe and Slovakia as well.

I had the big privilege to interview Almir Colan, who's a Director of the Australian Centre for Islamic Finance (AUSCIF) and CEO at Olive Investments. I believe that today's podcast episode is the most important one for the Muslim and non-Muslim communities because we're going to dive deep into Islamic finance. Some of the topics that we discuss include: what is Riba (interest) and why is it prohibited in Islam, how does Islamic bank issue a mortgage or a loan, why did the global financial crisis happen in 2008, is Islam capitalistic or socialistic, and much more.

Recently I had a chance to chat with Fadya Risheq who's a Palestinian currently living in the US and she's also a member of American Muslims for Palestine in Texas. We talked about a daily struggle for Palestinians who live under the Israeli occupation. Hope you'll enjoy the interview.

I had a chance to chat with Gabriel Al Romani about the biggest challenges that new Muslims and born Muslims face in today's modern world.

I recently interviewed Hamza the Historian who's an American convert to Islam who's a Ph.D. student at the Islamic University of Minnesota. He also holds an M.A. in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago. We discussed topics such as sharia, fiqh, Islamic history, madhab schools, and much more which is super useful for any new revert like myself.