At the end of the podcast there are a few Urdu words, loose translation:Tarek: Go find your (future) kids a 'white school' - oh but all schools here (in Canada) are whiteMe: Oh yeah ... all schools here are white... whatever should i do now (sarcasm)Him: Is there anything left? (to talk about)Me: Whats left? Nothing. Tell me, do you at least now believe i'm a Pakistani woman?Him: Yes, yes I believe that.Me: Excellent. [Hopefully that will put all my, "Eiynah is probably a white man" trolls to rest]Anyhoo, if its possible, i think this convo is more bizarre than the last. We discuss Tarek self Id-ing as muslim, whether Pakistanis are comparable to racists and nazis, how my parents and Ali Rizvi's parents are supposedly genocide supporters (because Pakistani). His pro India/Hinduism bias....and... beef. link to Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations/episode-12-part-1-tarek-fatah---sorry there were some tech difficulties with the sound.. first ten minutes u might hear a slight echo in places. My apologies. If you want to help this podcast grow, please consider supporting via patreon https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos (or PayPal)

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Tarek and I may agree on the basic fact that Islamism is a huge problem, that isn’t adequately being addressed….you’ll quickly see we disagree on many things as well. Starting from the weather :P But in more seriousness, I am a harsh critic of Islam, who is not a fan of generalizations against Muslims. I may be mistaken, but it seems to me that Tarek defends Islam, Mohammed while generalizing Muslims. The inverse of “attack ideas, not people” ….whut?….Join me as I try to understand….We discuss whether backyards are a Western phenomenon, the ‘White’ route to atheism, Trump vs. Clinton, Orlando, whether Ex-Muslims are worth your time or not....and much more. Links mentioned in the podcast: CFI panel for Avijit Roy : https://plus.google.com/events/cg3q333nkp1q15lbet77moqs6hg @ 53:30 minSabeen Mahmud blogpost: http://nicemangos.blogspot.ca/2015/04/sabeen.html?zx=dfde74bf03e45572Note: this Podcast was recorded a few weeks ago. Please consider supporting the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangosPart 2 Available here: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations/episode-12-part-2-tarek-fatah

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Some quick thoughts on Saudi Arabia and yesterday's multiple attacks...and how people are using attacks near a holy site as some sort of proof of ISIS' non-muslim status. Saudi is a place i have so many different feelings for. Read more about the Conquest of Mecca here:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_Mecca Read more about The Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_early_Islamic_heritage_sites_in_Saudi_ArabiaPls Consider supporting the Podcast via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos

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Join me, Ali Rizvi, and Faisal Al Mutar for a fun and *polite* conversation. We discuss the Ex-Muslim/Muslim identity, the necessity of labels, Ramadan of course, US presidential candidates, Justin Timberlake and much much more. :DFollow Ali Rizvi @aliamjadrizvi & look out for his new book, The Atheist MuslimFollow Faisal @faisalalmutar & check out his work at www.faisalalmutar.comRSS: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:206732011/sounds.rssSupport the podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos

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Join me and New York Times Columnist Bina Shah for a Polite Conversation about Feminism (Islamic and intersectional) , Religion, Cultural appropriation, Sam Harris and Dawkins.Here is a link to the poll i mention: https://twitter.com/NiceMangos/status/738395690515222528Pls note: this conversation was recorded before Orlando. If you think this show could sound better, pls support the podcast via patreon so I can buy better equipment!

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My thoughts on Sunday's deadly terror attack in Orlando and on what we should be doing to combat homophobia in all communities. An appeal to Western liberals. Here's a link to My Chacha is Gay: https://www.buzzfeed.com/imaansheikh/pakistans-first-childrens-book-on-lgbtq?utm_term=.om8NGj4xz#.giXbRP68EAnd a link to Canadian (mostly muslim) parents reacting to it on a radio talk show : https://soundcloud.com/showgram/jr-apr-17-podcast

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I've got quite the episode for you today. Sorry it took so long to release. After I finished recording it a couple of weeks ago, I had a cold.. *again* - and needed to record some postscript comments to insert, so I waited around to sound a bit better. Anyhoo, hope you enjoy my conversation with founder of the Republican Muslim coalition. To her credit, it's a rare thing that a conservative Muslim woman is open to conversation with people she knows have completely opposing values. You may also know Saba as the woman who went on Fox News with a US flag hijab. I appreciate that she puts herself out there as a different voice from the Muslim community. Even as someone who's not a fan of Hijab, I love the idea of a flag hijab on Fox, it pissed off hardcore bigots on both ends of the spectrum, muslim and anti muslim i'm sure! Here's the link to the video i mention in the beginning: https://www.facebook.com/tothecontrary/videos/10154206749382386/That said, we disagree on almost everything, but its great to be able to have a Polite Conversation ;) small correction: Towards the end I say: "i've been an atheist half my life", i meant to say 'disbeliever in religion' - i stopped believing in religion long ago, but still believed in some abstract higher power. If you'd like to help polite conversations grow, please do consider supporting via patreon https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos

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I chat with @SohailPakBrit about his incredible journey from being a former extremist who at one point considered carrying out attacks...to a secular gay activist. We discuss our different experiences growing up Muslim, him in Britain and me in Saudi Arabia. A really wonderful conversation, I hope you all will enjoy it as much as I did. Do reach out to Sohail and let him know what you think! :)itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/polite-conversations/id1086199663?mt=2#episodeGuid=tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F259849721Here's an article about the BBC 3 documentary Sohail was in: http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-news/reggie-yates-extreme-uk-gay-and-under-attack-made-viewers-very-angry-indeed-11364027636444

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An ex-Muslim and an ex-orthodox Jew walk into a Skype conversation...Join us as we talk about Passover, Spiritual impurity in women during menstruation, post-wedding consummation rituals, ritual baths, animal sacrifice, chicken whirling, and all sorts of other good stuff...Do reach out to Avraham via Twitter @noreallyimfine and give him some Twitter love :) And please excuse my sniffling and coughing, fighting a flu...and I had to record another episode the very next day.. so you'll have two episodes featuring my cough...YAY :D ------You can support this podcast via patreon here : https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos - with your help I can do so much more! itunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/polite-conversations/id1086199663?mt=2#episodeGuid=tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F259849721

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A 25 second bit from my conversation with Conner Habib, about how easily people get upset with Richard Dawkins for saying the simplest things...because he's a man... however seem totally fine with the pages and pages of mansplaining contained within the holy pages they so desperately protect. (listen to our full convo here: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations/episode-3-conner-habib)

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