Gad Saad
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You're not allowed to proselytize.
As a matter of fact, if you proselytize, let's say I try to convince you, Joe, you know, why don't you join the tribe?
And you say, you know what, I think I'd like to.
So it is literally in the canons of Judaism to try to dissuade the prospective convert to coming into the fold.
The idea is to have a costly signal of your commitment, your religious piety to want to join the group.
In Islam, you just have to say the one proclamation, the Shahada, one sentence, and you're in.
There are apostasy laws against you getting out.
of Islam is one that is expansionist.
That's why you have 2 billion Muslims.
One out of every four human beings is Muslim.