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Omar Suleiman

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Rabbis, pastors, again, it's not just Jewish leadership. It's also Christian leadership. I think that it's important for those that have claimed to be allies in the fight against Islamophobia to see that you cannot be opposed to Islamophobia while also extending anti-Palestinian bigotry.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Rabbis, pastors, again, it's not just Jewish leadership. It's also Christian leadership. I think that it's important for those that have claimed to be allies in the fight against Islamophobia to see that you cannot be opposed to Islamophobia while also extending anti-Palestinian bigotry.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Rabbis, pastors, again, it's not just Jewish leadership. It's also Christian leadership. I think that it's important for those that have claimed to be allies in the fight against Islamophobia to see that you cannot be opposed to Islamophobia while also extending anti-Palestinian bigotry.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

I think people should watch Reverend Unduriz Haq's sermon on Christmas, Jesus and the Rebel. It was deeply profound. I had a chance to speak to Mitri Raheb from the Lutheran Church there as well. No, they're devastated. You know, it was eye-opening to many people here when Justin Amish, who was a Republican congressman, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

I think people should watch Reverend Unduriz Haq's sermon on Christmas, Jesus and the Rebel. It was deeply profound. I had a chance to speak to Mitri Raheb from the Lutheran Church there as well. No, they're devastated. You know, it was eye-opening to many people here when Justin Amish, who was a Republican congressman, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

I think people should watch Reverend Unduriz Haq's sermon on Christmas, Jesus and the Rebel. It was deeply profound. I had a chance to speak to Mitri Raheb from the Lutheran Church there as well. No, they're devastated. You know, it was eye-opening to many people here when Justin Amish, who was a Republican congressman, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Palestinian Christian Republican congressman posted about his own family dying in one of the church bombings. So it's strange, strange times. And I think that it shows that the philosophy of hate that drives this terrible policy is secular at its root and not religious.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Palestinian Christian Republican congressman posted about his own family dying in one of the church bombings. So it's strange, strange times. And I think that it shows that the philosophy of hate that drives this terrible policy is secular at its root and not religious.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Palestinian Christian Republican congressman posted about his own family dying in one of the church bombings. So it's strange, strange times. And I think that it shows that the philosophy of hate that drives this terrible policy is secular at its root and not religious.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

So objectively speaking, if you were to take the verses of the Quran about violence and compare them just from a purely percentage-based comparison to the New Testament and the Old Testament, you would find less verses about war in the Quran than the Old Testament or the New Testament. And there are plenty of studies to speak to that.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

So objectively speaking, if you were to take the verses of the Quran about violence and compare them just from a purely percentage-based comparison to the New Testament and the Old Testament, you would find less verses about war in the Quran than the Old Testament or the New Testament. And there are plenty of studies to speak to that.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

So objectively speaking, if you were to take the verses of the Quran about violence and compare them just from a purely percentage-based comparison to the New Testament and the Old Testament, you would find less verses about war in the Quran than the Old Testament or the New Testament. And there are plenty of studies to speak to that.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Deeper than that, contextualizing the birth of Islam, the revelation of the Quran, which was over 23 years, in response to deep persecution of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, makes it very clear that none of those verses are what they've been made out to be. If Muslims believed that they had to kill people wherever they are, mankind would not exist. There are two billion of us, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Deeper than that, contextualizing the birth of Islam, the revelation of the Quran, which was over 23 years, in response to deep persecution of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, makes it very clear that none of those verses are what they've been made out to be. If Muslims believed that they had to kill people wherever they are, mankind would not exist. There are two billion of us, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Deeper than that, contextualizing the birth of Islam, the revelation of the Quran, which was over 23 years, in response to deep persecution of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, makes it very clear that none of those verses are what they've been made out to be. If Muslims believed that they had to kill people wherever they are, mankind would not exist. There are two billion of us, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

If we believe that we were called by the Quran to hurt people, and to kill people simply for being non-believers, right? It would not make for a sustainable world. So Islam is not violent. And I think that the history of Muslims also bears witness to that. The history of Islam is a history of contribution, is a history of building, is a history of medicine and science and math.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

If we believe that we were called by the Quran to hurt people, and to kill people simply for being non-believers, right? It would not make for a sustainable world. So Islam is not violent. And I think that the history of Muslims also bears witness to that. The history of Islam is a history of contribution, is a history of building, is a history of medicine and science and math.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

If we believe that we were called by the Quran to hurt people, and to kill people simply for being non-believers, right? It would not make for a sustainable world. So Islam is not violent. And I think that the history of Muslims also bears witness to that. The history of Islam is a history of contribution, is a history of building, is a history of medicine and science and math.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And of course, Muslims have sometimes fallen short of Islamic standards in the past and in the present. But if you look at the overall history of Islam and the history of the Muslim community, that's not the case. And when you look at the present, you know, Muslim community around the world, Muslims do not account for a greater proportion of violence than other faith communities.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And of course, Muslims have sometimes fallen short of Islamic standards in the past and in the present. But if you look at the overall history of Islam and the history of the Muslim community, that's not the case. And when you look at the present, you know, Muslim community around the world, Muslims do not account for a greater proportion of violence than other faith communities.