BARS: Shahid Bolsen on Western Civilization

Sampling voices of today's living legends, those with insights and courage to say so the blind may see.

[@damiyen1]

This lack of accountability stems from American exceptionalism, or this superiority complex which says, "we can't possibly be to blame for these bad things happening in the world, we are trying to make it better!" The people at the top know better, but have used this as a tool for controlling the people.

[@WJK2198]

I am living in the west but I’ll never be the west.

[@norama3998]

👍

[@overoscar1788]

Well, in a way you ARE the west. Is Bosnia the west? Is Turkey the west? Is the west christian or secular/liberal? “The west” used to be pagan thousands of years ago. The west is whoever lives there and what they chose to/ happen to believe. If in a couple centuries for instance the majority of people in “the west” believe in Islam then that’s simply what “the west” is now

[@rmk1259]

Dear Mr Bolsen, you are correct about the west. Could you recommend any books for me to read, to help cleanse my fellow westerners indoctrination. Im an Irish muslim, Islam and the Quran are good cleansers, but they wont read that.

[@naptimusnapolyus1227]

bro I will advise you to read Islam between East and west by Alija Izetbigovic

[@hazlohazli6740]

Weapon of mass instruction - john Taylor Gato

[@fortressfighter5668]

confessions of an economic hitman.

[@tiberio1352]

The Wretched of theEarth......Franz Fanon. A must.

[@ALeon-od3wu]

The autobiography of Malcolm X

[@boondoggle4820]

He’s absolutely right.

[@user-gl9iz1bp1r]

"The Anglo-American Establishment" - Carroll Quigley. All roads lead to London - The City of London. It's the Banks!

[@haledhajdari1154]

Amen !

[@malenginerazor9004]

Dont put background music

[@user-ul1vp8cy5s]

Agree! Too aloud as well

[@razinfa]

Thanx man...

[@user-bu2sc1bm7k]

BAckground noise not loud enough, I could decipher a sentence or two.

[@frejahjnielsen519]

Wow💯🧨

[@MPreena]

Found this insightful and hilarious.😂

[@mariajhamilton2954]

Ameen 💚🧕🏻🕋☪️

[@frejahjnielsen519]

Amen

[@robertmitchell8630]

It's a culture of insecurity, anger, hatred , self hatred, intolerance, disrespect and total lack of accountability. Being your own worst enemy

[@user-ul1vp8cy5s]

Any background music specifically the laud ones is not useful and could be annoying

[@shaikhfaiz5473]

Should have added some Michael Jackson, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Taylor Swift and some more to the background music... would have made listening to Shahid Bolsen that much easier.

[@charliepike1910]

Background music is annoying!!!!

[@user-hn1pf9dg1t]

There has never been any Western civilization, Western Empires? Yes

[@what9980]

Western civilization is the separation of powers: government, the media and independent courts, civil society and freedom of speech, and this is the definition of the West, just like faith in free will or equality of citizens towards the state.

[@mujtabaraisani7376]

Romans legit earned it rest are bogus.

[@robertmitchell8630]

one thing I’ll say in this comparison is that, for goodness sake, Jesus is an enormously attractive charismatic figure, which the Prophet of Islam most emphatically is not. Antony Garrard Newton Flew (1923 - 2010) was a British philosopher. He was also known for the development of the no true Scotsman fallacy.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Greece gave birth to “The West” but it is not OF the West. It is geographically situated on the European continent - and indeed gave Europe its very name - but it is not itself European. Of the four principal historical cultures of Europe - the Latin, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic - Greek is not among them. Hellas is neither entirely European nor Balkan, not Occidental or Oriental, neither Levantine, Near Eastern, Asiatic nor African, not animal, vegetable, or mineral, neither head nor tail, fish nor fowl. In short, it is uniquely Hellenic - undeniably Mediterranean yet not fully so. Greek civilization has thoroughly shaped the character of the West, but no less so, though this is generally less known, of the East. And what of the peoples of “The Book”? Well, Judaism and Christianity (at least as we today recognize them) are largely Hellenistic creations, as is also Islam itself; and as for the celebrated flowering of “Arabic civilization”, this too, was a direct result of Greek contact in much the same way as were the cultures of Rome, the Renaissance, the Age of Reason, and the European Enlightenment. No people that encountered the Greeks escaped being profoundly affected by them. In short, ‘sine Graecos nihil’.

[@pbuh448]

So what about the Phoenecians and the Egyptians I suggest you read The Stolen Legacy you will probably understand where did Greek civilization come from

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

@pbuh448 - I’m an Egyptologist and Near Eastern archaeologist. I do understand where “Greek civilization came from”. Even so, what the Greeks created is unparalleled and entirely unique.

[@MansMan42069]

"Islam" "Hellenistic" 🤣

[@Baron8199]

​@@dorianphilotheates3769 No, not Greek but you're entirely deluded, there's no nation in the world can claim the entire world civilization, they all took from one another

[@Iam-zd9bj]

@@pbuh448 This is complete gibberish

[@flyingcrossbody4456]

Did he just say, “shaggy, it wasn’t me “ 😂

[@reniaibnkhidr]

Music is haram

[@saidel9562]

And u are halal 😅

[@haithamali3228]

@@saidel9562 You are the best community ever raised for humanity-you encourage good, forbid evil, and believe in Allah. quran.com/ali-imran/110

[@salj.5459]

False

[@haithamali3228]

True

[@stormtruppen4039]

True

[@robertmitchell8630]

Islam does not mean peace. It means submission. The word "peace" for Muslims has a different meaning. Peace, according to Muslims, will be achieved when everyone submits to Islam. Muslims can't offer peace. They can offer truce. In their minds, peace will be achieved only when you are subdued and they are the masters. Any other arrangement is not Islamic. Ali Sina ex Muslim , Iranian,resides in Canada.

[@mozafar7029]

Saudi scholar who really tries to sound intellectual.

[@Synocra]

he's not a scholar and he doesnt try to sound intellectual he really is

[@os75]

Don't be a turd no one cares as to what u say

[@greenearth9945]

He is neither saudi nor a scholar. He is american, born and bread from german descent

[@aeonian4560]

not as profound or smart as the writer or speaker thinks

[@reneburger4317]

Dear sir, I admire your intelligence but have to correct you here: Western civilization that since Enlightenment focused on knowledge instead of learning holy books by heart, boosted prosperit and knowledge, thus lifting many out of ignorance, poverty and disease, much to the benefit of all mankind. And of course the west went by trial and error... Muslim world, on the contrary, came to a scientific and moral standstill when submission to god prevailed, and academic focus lay on the afterlife: not many Nobel Prize winners follow Muhammed...

[@yaasirsufyaan6321]

And what did that achieve exactly

[@yaasirsufyaan6321]

The prophet Muhammad doesn't need a validation from minority and some noble prizes when the real prize is he may peace and blessings be upon him teachings is followed by more than 2 billion people and is known across the world what is a noble prize compared to that. the west is a sick and decaying body sooner or later it will decompose on itself

[@abdelhakyac7285]

What a big Lol to his desperate comment..... man, if you missed history, than come back and read it, not in the indoctrination they taught you at school or in the media, .... but in books, youll see that before brutal genocidal western colonisation, the east were at their peak, and their whole mistake is that they really thought everyone was competing by economy, commerce, and so on...... thats why the chinese who were used to muslim mughal neighbours, they thought they can invest all in their economy and forget about the military, then the british came...... thats exactly what happenned not only to those who folowed Muhammad as you say, but all the world....... then..... then colonialism draw eveyone back to stone age..... thus, nobel prizes are all from the ”west”....

[@kungfufreak360]

If the Nobel prize existed 1000 years ago, the winner would all be Muslim

[@reneburger4317]

@@kungfufreak360 what happened since then?

[@fmj9278]

that is such a hypocritical statement. you claim westerners should accept their bad apples also. and we do, they are a product of too much freedom and choice. yet, will bolsen claim that he is part of boko haram? is he part of the taliban? is he part of the vast majority of muslims who hate the west for simply bieng the west? why do bolsen hate Isreal? what personal harm did Isreal do to bolsen to justify hating Isreal? and if he claims that he dont hate Isreal, then surely he must be a kaffir, that have left the path of Islam

[@p.abidin6514]

Just like someone from the west who cannot take any criticism. The current situation now forces those people to be humble because their government does not care about them living paycheck to paycheck, living on the sidewalks, being homeless, and being surrounded by dangerous crimes. Sorry to say, but the situation will not get any easier for years to come. Experts have said this, especially if you are in Europe. One says this will not change in our lifetime. You'll be living like before the Great Depression. The world has completely flipped its course and will give sovereignty and prosperity to Asian and East Asian countries, as well as the Middle East.

[@p.abidin6514]

By the way, Shahid Bolsen is from the west. He is half German and Irish and reverted to Islam in his 20's and had changed his name.

[@MansMan42069]

Were you dropped on your head as a child? Unlike "the west", we can show how crimes committed by self-proclaimed "Islamists" goes against the teachings of Islam. Try again.

[@rodniegsm1575]

​@@p.abidin6514it's not about the messenger it's about the message

[@ahmadahmed214]

Who trained the taliban? Don't worry, I will wait. The taliban was the child of the west until it decided it won't be anymore.

[@MorganJohnsonAuthor]

yelp.....

[@what9980]

We can talk about the crimes of the so-called west, provided that you answer what your goal is, what do people currently living have in common with them and what general suggestions do you have for homo sapiens in resolving conflicts of interest? In International Politics, the main problem is that there is no such thing as courts that regulate relations between states, everything is regulated by the military capabilities of individual countries and strength.

[@w.k8624]

It is very simple. Don't engage in wars, unless you are attacked in your home country and are trying to defend, follow the rules of war and don't do atrocities.

[@what9980]

@@w.k8624 Say it, Russia in Ukraine where Ukrainians consider themselves Ukrainians and Putin claims that Ukrainians do not exist . China itself considers Taiwan to be China, while the inhabitants of Taiwan consider themselves Taiwanese and an individualistic society etc .

[@flyingcrossbody4456]

Did he just say, “shaggy, it wasn’t me “ 😂