Joe Rogan Experience #1107 - Sam Harris & Maajid Nawaz

Sam Harris is a neuroscientist and author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, and The Moral Landscape. Maajid Nawaz is a British activist, author, columnist, radio host and politician.

Joe RoganhostMaajid NawazguestSam Harrisguest

Apr 19, 20181h 58mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: April 19, 2018
Duration: 1h 58m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
Watch on YouTube: ▶ Open ↗

EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Sam Harris is a neuroscientist and author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, and The Moral Landscape. Maajid Nawaz is a British activist, author, columnist, radio host and politician.

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Joe Rogan
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Maajid Nawaz
guest
Sam Harris
guest

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Maajid Nawaz, Joe Rogan Experience #1107 - Sam Harris & Maajid Nawaz explores ex-Islamist, free speech, and identity politics collide on Rogan Joe Rogan hosts Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz for a wide-ranging discussion on extremism, liberalism, and the current culture-war climate. Nawaz recounts his journey from British Islamist activist to political prisoner in Egypt and later founder of the counter‑extremism think tank Quilliam, explaining how torture, Amnesty International’s support, and debates with jihadists transformed his views. They dissect how organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center and media outlets mislabel reformers as “anti‑Muslim extremists,” and how social-justice ideology blurs crucial distinctions between criticism of Islam and bigotry against Muslims. The conversation broadens to social media toxicity, deplatforming, race and IQ debates, transgender athletes in sports, the refugee crisis, and why ignoring Islamist ideology itself—not just its violent offshoots—remains dangerous.

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