Sam Harris History of Islam

[@hlysnan6418]

Hearing Sam Harris explain things for the first time is like being suddenly cured after a lifetime of deafness.

[@bilalyaser5870]

I was born and raised as a muslim and I lived in middle east for 42 years of my life. I believe that islam is the reason of the misery the region have been living for the last 14 centuries.

[@mahamohamoha5039]

...really Bilal...or you are just ignorant of your own colonial history and Islam....go and do some honest research for once...

[@bilalyaser5870]

@@mahamohamoha5039 do you know me enough to call me ignorant or you call people names because you're hurt? How can you tell i didn't do research? "for once"? Really? You are so baseless!

[@mahamohamoha5039]

@@bilalyaser5870 unless you can support with what you have said....just being ignorant...do you realised all the socalled muslim countries had been colonised by western christians...and after they left they installed western stooges to perpetuate their colonial masters rule and these countries are subservient and subjudicated for ever...any signs of Islamic revival is suppressed and oppressed by these western stooges who are now in power....and this to the detriment of the masses and the countries....not much development

[@bilalyaser5870]

@@mahamohamoha5039 "ignorant", "stooges", "masters" using insulting terms nums your feeling of defeat? Does it hurt that your "Christian colonials" enemies stopped your ancestors from trading and raping women and children when they invaded the miserable islamic regions? Does it hurt you that your most hated enemy "Christian colonialists" established a system that makes you as a woman equal, not half, to men in testimony and heritage? and all different sects of Muslims equal? Isn't islam the imperialist colonialist cult that spread by shedding blood and destroyed great civilizations, languages and heritages of Egypt, Persia, Nubia and Pezantia as examples? What development your talking about? Isn't islam against art, music, equality, human basic rights of life and dignity? And stop using insulting terms because it shows you bitter. You don't need to copy the cussing and cursing from kuran, it was composed by a disturbed mind!

[@ini817]

Wow Bilal..... Really commendable. I really appreciate this truth.

[@meetgirishmjn]

Sam you exposed them in style. Good job.

[@scottychainsaw5866]

@adam cohen hahaha 10 months later. I'm sure he's not here.

[@noorunnabiikhan7374]

Bullshit

[@kartiktugnait]

@@noorunnabiikhan7374 cope

[@munishm2039]

Most of what he said would apply to us as well although we are not as bad as the Arab world we are a far cry from the examples he is saying,below every video that remotely criticises Islam I always find hordes of our countrymen(assuming indian) just rejoicing and showering praise on the speaker when he eventually turns the mirror on us,we have to honestly ask ourselves if we are even capable of accepting constructive criticism

[@MohammadUmar2002]

@Dsouza Thomasbhai you will Go to Hell I promise 😜

[@crushmcmanlysteak7417]

Sam Harris is fantastic! He is not pandering, he is saying what he personally believes, not just trying to get an applause from a crowd that «agrees» on everything

[@holyworrier]

He knows diddly about Islam.

[@AbeTheFakeSage]

Get rid of the letters “t” and “s,” then you’d be right. Harris is a radical anti-theistic fanatic.

[@AbeTheFakeSage]

@rajchandileka jayawardhane Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by injustice Habakkuk 2:12 I’ll keep laughing... nothing to do aside from be kind to people like you. Peace be upon you. :)

[@abual-arqam5353]

except the fact that he talks rubbish

[@VladProdigious]

This is probably the best speech I have come across in a very long time. Short, precise and to the point, this deserves recognition. - Thank you to the channel owner for sharing this video. "I count Christianity as the main offender..." ... Thank you, Mr. Harris. And Islam continues the tradition that Christianity finally left behind.

[@mohamedosman3845]

He tends to speak very well. Approaches an argument from multiple angles

[@srs3572]

I’m amazed and humbled. I believed that there was a “golden age” of Islam. I appreciate Sam setting the record straight.

[@dnajournal4321]

There is a huge golden age. 70% of all the star constellations today are Arabic. Algorithms were invented by Muslims, and is the base for everything from computers to the internet. That counts for more than coming with some enzyme protein and patenting it as a "new invention". Sam Harris is a poor historian and makes a lot of stupid claims in this video. Like female genital mutilation, which African Christians do more than African Muslims. It's an African issue.

[@worldofdoggos6284]

I really found this worthy! Sam you really exposes the ideas of so called religions and listening you seem worthy .....

[@Agnidev12]

Excellent. Few finer points to add. Just as racism is punishable by law in the West so is Casteism punishable by Indian law.. One additional point Sati was abolished by joint efforts of British Governor & a Hindu reformer called Raja Rammohan Roy who was credited & decorated by British. Roy went to UK lived there until his death Roy’s tomb still exists in Bristol UK. Reformation was & is possible because unlike Quran Hindus were not given perfect words of God that cant be changed. Needless to say Quran is compilation of bad ideas

[@MJtotheGhost]

By which standard is Casteism a "bad idea" ?

[@Agnidev12]

@@MJtotheGhost By human moral standards, common sense & also Indian law casteism i.e. prejudice or discrimination based on caste is illegal. Please check & reply where the following statement is written. "All men ( humanity) are created equal". That is your homework. TC

[@MJtotheGhost]

@@Agnidev12 Which human moral standard and common sense ? That of the invading British or that of the Indians ?

[@Jeff-cn9up]

"Which human moral standard and common sense ? That of the invading British or that of the Indians?" Cultural relativism is the shield of a moron. There are myriad reasons why it's a bad, immoral practice. And you already know all of them. Stop apologizing for traditional evil.

[@maggot92]

@@Jeff-cn9up abu janazah is a muslim. it was a rhetorical question he asked

[@davids2000]

Top notch even by his own standards.

[@Sailman1]

Also the Muslim world never had an Age of Enlightenment in the way the Western World has.

[@magnolia8626]

Many of the ideas of the European Enlightenment were copied from Islamic sources without due credit given. In astronomy, medicine, mathematics, philosophy etc.

[@clay119]

@@magnolia8626 it's actually the other way around

[@writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, Sam Harris Talks (Fan Page)! 😀

[@alfonsoparrado3112]

Where is this from? Making sense? Which episode if so?

[@mosamuel7708]

Even as a muslim, i really like the way this guy delivers his speech, he's very calm, relaxed, also some of his points i really do agree with

[@ahmedharris7148]

Muhammad Syamil Unfortunately the more bigoted people which is sizable won't take your side.

[@AdamNoizer]

You aren't muslim lol.

[@nightprowler6336]

Then why stay Muslim?

[@mosamuel7708]

@@nightprowler6336 Wait what? What does that have anything to do with me staying muslim or not?

[@nightprowler6336]

@@mosamuel7708 cuz he's been trashing your religion with facts and u praise him for it lol

[@wmrajput]

this is one of the few times I disagree with sam. there were few kilometeres of baghdad that had more learned people at that time than any where else in the world, at that time. the comparison with newyork is absurd. there were no nobel prize comittes at that time. There wasnt even established research and peer review publication practices. Also he doesnt understand how islam and muhammad promote and place high value in learning. Not just islamic learning, learning everything. It is said that Ashkanazi jews are over represented in nobel prize winners. Yet we cant find any jewish name worth mentioning in the field of science before the 20th century. We have the Newtons, the Archemdies, the Galelios, Laplaces etc. No Jews.

[@Anicius_]

They dont promote learning for science or of Philosophy they don't promote thinking. They laid out their absolutist Philosophy and commanded everyone not to question it. Omar burned libraries as caliph saying we have one answer to everything same was done by other muslims over the time. Bagdad was rich in thought because of wars that islam raged, constraining thinkers in one place they questioned the quran too. This is why they are distinguished as thinkers because they questioned, they were not 'good' muslims

[@akashpanchal8237]

Where can I listen to the full speech?

[@ahmeddodo2339]

Sam Harris :Hi, im thankful for the interest you come to orchestrate about the issue of Islam as the debate is growing nowadays.Also, the version you're presenting of Islamis is correct and it's the prevalent version of a dogmatic religion presented by scholars of The Omayad and Abassid eras..This version at least served as it serves now a justification of a barbaric religion .Yet, the word Islam got plunged into contradictory concepts and values because an other version of the 'sacred' /'divine' discourse comes to into play within theological narratives that is of the Hadith .Here lies a structural confusion as to better understand the religion: Two divine discourses which often get into contradiction.The scholars of the islamic empire had to coin a new narrative centered about the prophet Mohamed and this led to making /attributing hadiths to the prophet as a counterforce for christianity .Then , thousands of hadiths were made to amplify the miracles and sayings all done by the prophet.Therefore , the hadith becomes divine as a text which precedes the text of the Koran as most of muslims now argue using the hadith as valid reference.That was the biggest crime ever committed in history as the text of the Koran is quite and totally different from hadith.I was astonished when i found concepts of freedom, peace and humane coesxistence are the most stressed in the Koran discourse .Id like very much to advise you to deal with the text of the Koran only as a text using interdisciplinary linguistics if your concern is academic and truth seeking. / ( I would recommend you read the work of Mr Chahrour , syrian scholar who approached the text of the Koran from inside.It's fascinating and mind blowing as Islam ends up to be universal and it's a refined version of the revelations ' (as the text states clearly) of Noah, Abraham,Moise, Jesus and Mohamed. )

[@bharathu5354]

The Indian Hindus apologising against Sam's example just shows how they just like hearing Islam bashing but won't have an point of I.Q to understand what's Sam saying about the Hinduism's own problems

[@naruvimama]

Sati was a rare practice among royal women, who under 700 years of Islamic invasion if captured would become sex slaves. Caste the word as well as the system was an import from Europe. Sure people have internalized it today. Thanks to generous promotion by the church.

[@Jeff-cn9up]

Bullshit Hinduism apologetics form chandramouli.

[@kibuskaa]

Funny how people don't know a single thing about hinduism continue to bash it on topics like sati,caste system and such. Lol to them, I just wanna say that Hinduism is a religion which accepts atheists and criticism of God. There are no definite rules. If you have an iq high enough or can see what's not apparent, you'll understand my point.

[@kibuskaa]

@@Jeff-cn9up typical blind libtards who don't even understand what's going on copulate to produce jeffs

[@sabu001]

@@kibuskaa islam got no sex slave or any in that matter. People confuse pre-islamic era with islamic era. If you think arabs were cruel during islam. You would hate to know what happened before islam. Sam harris is ranting. Liberals want atheism to succeed and lead. But most inventors were people who had faith in something. Regardless of their race, religion. People used to be more tolerant than now.

[@AsratMengesha]

Thanks. "Sam Harris History of Islam" I watch it later, not now, because this is a public-library type computer

[@rondavis182]

Compassionate and brilliant.

[@nsb6703]

I agree with his point on caste system in India, its absurd. By the way, Widow killing aka Sati is illegal in India. Like everywhere, there are always those few who will screw ruin things for everyone, Hinduism does have those few folks unfortunately. Good thing is, India's literacy rate is going up, internet and westernization are helping for sure. I am a proud Hindu.

[@marcusonesimus3400]

You must admit however that idol worship makes no sense at all. There is a remark in the Old Testament of the Bible, to the effect tsht those who worship idols will become like them---------deaf, blind, an dumb, speaking figuratively. The religious festivals which birthed the global wave of Delta covid-19 were not something of which to be proud.

[@danidejaneiro8378]

He acknowledged that Sati was illegal when he said that it was stamped out by the British, Portuguese and Dutch.

[@maximilianjohandson3382]

I work in a political youth party in Norway and we just had a speaker talk about extremism , and when we talked about Islam I said that it's important that we talk about the consequences of these spesific beliefs and that we talk about the motivations behind it. Everybody agreed but when I tried to say that Islamic extremism is the most pressing issue of our time people objected and said that Islam is a religion of peace. I tried to point out that they are literally screaming "God is great" when they blow them self up and that their prophet was a terrible warlord compaired to other prophets. They said that Christianity has bad history to and I tried to say that it's irrelevant for our corrent surcomstance. I even said that it's a very very small % that are extremist (although Pew research suggest otherwise) But they refused to listen to me. You just can't get through!

[@JamchesterBoozle]

Maximillian.....i feel your pain - there's no hope for people who refuse to speak the truth! The truth is just the truth, good bad or ugly. Its the truth, simple as that

[@rocketleague2136]

You re an idiot. Poor Norway with you

[@abual-arqam5353]

Numbers 31 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.” 3 So Moses said to the people, “Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the Lord’s vengeance on them. 4 Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.” 5 So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel. 6 Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling. 7 They fought against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and killed every man. 8 Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba-the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. 9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder. 10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps. 11 They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals, 12 and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho. 13 Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. 14 Moses was angry with the officers of the army-the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds-who returned from the battle. 15 “Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them. 16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the Lord’s people. 17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

[@abual-arqam5353]

Don't throw stones at us when your own house is made up of glass.

[@AR-kf8dr]

Thank you

[@luckymancilha03]

Where is this piece from?

[@aaronmorein400]

Some of his best work

[@okkokooks8897]

Which episode of the podcast this is from?

[@gussetma1945]

Aristole was preserved by the Byzantines as well. St Thomas Aquinas relied on Greek text from Corinth.

[@rogerkreil3314]

I'm glad that Sam Harris speaks the truth about Islam! 😀

[@wayne47able]

Get the Jew to talk about the history of Islam...sounds right

[@wayne47able]

Wayne Wallace is he not a Jew you fucking idiot

[@Priemeres]

@Wayne Wallace no you idiot it was because of one American and British support and two because we invaded it not for religion but to free the country that Isreal had decided to take Palestine

[@samsbulldog5718]

A perfect 9mins. - Sam's Bulldog

[@orangedragons1]

Is this on spotify?

[@raydavison4288]

BRAVO, SIR! BRAVO!

[@rayrwyr]

By the estimates of historians, during the Mughal period in India, at least 80 million Hindus were killed and countless more were converted by sword and sold to slavery by the Islamic rulers. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu temples were destroyed in North India and Central India. Some of the most important ones were converted into Mosques in order to showcase Islamic conquest. These atrocities including this largest genocide in the human history were done in the name of Islam. So Islamic barbarism is not a recent phenonmenon. Quran teaches exactly this kind of behavior.

[@rosicroix777]

TY Mr. Harris , I think you hit the nail on the head w/this video. Theres allways excuses & claims of bigotry whenever an honest discussion of Islam takes place, yet they will make bigoted claims against other religions. Lastly moderate muslims do not exist, they are only moderate till their neighbors & relatives start demanding Sharia law for themselves. I've studdied Religion as a whole along w/all its different denominations & Islam is the Worst of all the religions that have made it to the modern era but refuses to reform itself because its followers are so brainwashed that they believe the Koran, Haddiths & Sharia Law are Perfect & they have the right to enforce them on all of humanity.

[@mashhoodirfan4997]

Why do you say that it is the worst of all religions?

[@jonnymcgrath4816]

Stfu bro you know nth about Islam you are the one who’s brainwashed by the media.

[@jonathanmoore5619]

Spot on

[@stealthtomcat4739]

Well spoken

[@CptUSMC]

Aristotle and Greek philosophers were preserved by the Romans (Byzantine Empire) not Islamic civilizations. The Romans preserved the works in Latin, Greek, and Arabic. The fact that the Ottomans destroyed everything but the Arabic writtings after they conquered Constantinople shows how smart the Romans were not how Islam was keen on preserving great works like Aristotle.

[@gussetma1945]

Atta Boy!

[@alnotbiggaytho7124]

...that's not true though

[@maggot92]

the west wasn’t and isn’t free of casteism . Racism essentially is a type of casteism!

[@jaishreekrishna1121]

*Man u are true,we Indians stopped them.*

[@PumpernickelBread25]

Short video, bit impactful

[@madhumathichoukimath1996]

It was Indian Raja Ram Mohan Roy along with others started a movement to end sati system.

[@justaguy7131]

Do not fail to give a small credit to William Carey, an english Baptist missionary.

[@rondavis182]

This man is a hero.

[@kimokeeks1615]

This man is a zero bigot with no knowledge.

[@worfoz]

his female counterpart is heroine?

[@worfoz]

Qur’an 10:94

[@worfoz]

You couldn't even understand a simple passage of the Quran when you read it. Ha ha ha. Funny muslim. It says: read the bible, if you do you'll know the quran is a vert bad and poor copy attempt. You said you've read the bible so you must know what I'm talking about. Muhammed was a stupid fool who had no idea what a book was. He did not read any book of any prophet at all. You did. So you know muhammed was no prophet. And prophets are not send with a book. There was no injil ever, muhammed just made that up to impress stupid Arabs.

[@worfoz]

NOT Bible, you dumbass. Bible Is THE NAME Word. Greek word meaning book collection. There were no "Scriptures revealed to Moses (Musa) and Jesus (Isa)" , Moses was a Jewish prophet and would never accept muhammeds claims and Isa is not Jesus. You're so confused.. I think you need some sleep.

[@laika5757]

The diamond of spirituality lives in Advaita...from the Indian Vedas. Sam practices meditation. It would have been good if he mentioned this.

[@devannaidoo7887]

Caste

[@pradeepksao]

@@devannaidoo7887 yes caste is an amazing topic!!! A kid is same caste as his parents by birth but, It's decided by what he does in life according to his capabilities. It's so good practice to classify human professions.

[@devannaidoo7887]

​@@pradeepksao Nonsense. You're deceitful. Stop pulling the wool over our eyes. Caste is for life. It's enshrined in the vedas and gita. Breaking caste fault lines is forbidden. Even Gandhi subscribed to this belief. 250 million Dalits (untouchables) live and die in utter misery, consigned to a life of hard labor and barred from higher ranks. The most evil and vial social hierarchical system in the world... Gita 18.47: It is better to engage in one's own occupation, even though one may perform it imperfectly, than to accept another's occupation and perform it perfectly. Prescribed duties, according to one's nature, are never affected by sinful reactions. Caste is for life. You will never find a brahmin shoveling shit. Caste is a disgrace and a curse, a blight on humanity. It will eventually lead to the demise of beloved India if it's not sincerely addressed. Your attempt to obfuscate caste practices in India is sad.

[@pradeepksao]

@@devannaidoo7887 you got me wrong Prick

[@devannaidoo7887]

@@pradeepksao The truth hurts huh. A country that normalizes inequality, discrimination and suffering of others like India has will never have peace. History bears testimony to that.

[@adityaaur]

7:46 One correction sir. The practice of Sati was stamped out after a movement of Raja Ram Mohan Roy (a Hindu). No religion is perfect, it needs to be changed over time which we call reform. Extremists are against it and other support it but not for their own religion. And if you come to caste system, I don't know how it is related to religion. Caste system is a hypocrite tradition which got, unfortunately, blended with religion. I'm happy that gradually (at very slow pace) we are abandoning these ill traditions. For the first time I saw a person who has similar view on peaceful religion. Being a Hindu, I believe Jainism and Buddhism (to some extent) are the most peaceful religion in the world. But who knows it would need a reform in future like Islam badly needs now.

[@devolishash3946]

No such thing as caste system. It was called Varna Ashram and had nothing to do with superiority or inferiority. Just got corrupted by some people.

[@dukedematteo1995]

The British were behind stamping it out as well....I'm sure they had indigenous help, but British liberal reformers and western missionaries were appalled by Sati and wanted it gone.....whether it was a "white man's burden" type thing or not is immaterial...the British were instrumental in stamping it out.

[@anjanajain8308]

You don't know the original history. Sati pratha was formed by Muslims check out on internet. Hinduism is not just a religion it is a culture, based on science. Look at the carvings on Hindu Temple. It shows men and women as equal. " Haan but hindu khud hi khud ki kabar khod te h." Go deep down the fact of every hindu spritual 💯% of them are meaning full. Some publications like Wire, HT clears the mind and make it against us. Don't be atheist be Hindu if you are a Hindu I'm not imposing anything but i am just telling you to beleive in Hinduism.

[@2Goiz_1ShanDA]

Here's the gig man. as far as inner turmoil goes.... they take the cake!

[@chrisk5800]

What episode is this?

[@NidusFormicarum]

On the one hand we have discussing of problems within a muslim community being stopped after a lecture so that the muslims have to discuss matters "in secret" in the corridor outside instead. On the other hand we have people on social media accusing individual muslims for misconducts in Saudiarabia without even knowing his/her stands on related matters except for being a muslim.

[@bwritest]

Sam Harris 👍

[@marcusonesimus3400]

Regardless whether its behavioral manifestation are 'moderate' or 'extreme', error remains error. This applies with regard to both jslam and atheism. Of course the public interest is better served when peaceful coexistence is possible, but the souls of those deceived by any form of wither doctrine must remain a concern for conscientious Christians.

[@jadenalmeida8592]

I love this guy

[@aliAhmed-zq1tg]

When I was a teenager I was chatting with a teenager Hindu GIRL then I asked her about the Sati practice which Sam asserts is a product of an entirely Hindu/ Indian religious culture. This girl told me that this PRACTICE must have been borrowed by the HINDUS from the MUSLIMS. That the MUSLIMS have taught the HINDUS the Sati PRACTICE and then the HINDUS simply adopted it . But according to Sam Harris Sati is entirely a Hindu/ Indian PRACTICE. We need to study the Sati how it STARTED and who was to blame for this PRACTICE.

[@karthicksowndharraj7877]

Don't think that Hindu girl has any idea

[@jaouadelfouladi6759]

@@karthicksowndharraj7877 lol

[@nohopeequalsnofear3242]

Spot on... islam is the dark ages

[@paul-assiddiq-001]

That speech has become a reference on Islamic development.

[@hubbali666]

sam telling hot like fire !!!!

[@szzs7vsn]

It's good to think better off one self as west does now. Don't mistake me I am a indian hindu whose history for past 4000 years has been subjugation and last 1000 years has been worse. Yet it's wrong to say a way of thinking is wrong as you say for Indian or Arabic. Yes Muslim insertions have caused far greater pain to us than the Western civilisations. A thriving, inclusive and superior economy was brought to grinding halt but the abrahamic traditions. Yeah we would have been better off without Western influence. Our culture has always been debating finding solutions. The caste crisis that current generation was left with has multiple facets in its culmination and economy was one of the most important one. Castes played a great role in india been one of the strongest and stable economy for thousands of years (can be evidently seen from (0-1000 AD ). Then it become stagnant and stopped the progress of our society. Our people with the tradition of debate and respecting knowledge without discrimination would have figured it out and self corrected it if not for the colonial Forces of West including Islam didn't violently invaded India...

[@thesavior6291]

There are a countess number of books written against Christ & Christianity , and movies made against Christ. Christians never go to extent of killing the writers/makers. This speaks volumes about the faith.

[@djlofi5605]

I consider myself an atheist, yet the claims here make my eyebrows rise a bit. What about algebra? The entirety of modern mathematics begins in Arab world’s golden age. Medicine, too. That doesn’t make them islamists better, but why would you hide the facts to prove your point to a biased audience?

[@SamvedIyer]

Incorrect. Not only were Arab mathematicians deeply influenced by the mathematical tradition in India, they were also honest enough to credit the Indians for it. Now, by no means do I insist that they had nothing to contribute. I only sought to correct you insofar as it is not the _entirety_ of modern mathematics that began in the Arab world's golden age.

[@user-kh4xe4hf7o]

@@SamvedIyer Algebra came from Al-Khwarizmi

[@user-kh4xe4hf7o]

@@SamvedIyer not india

[@clay119]

@@SamvedIyer algebra came from the Greeks Romans and Persians

[@anthonycomer8410]

Heyyy I remember this video! It’s the video that red pilled me

[@dukedematteo1995]

Lol yea, this video was a brutal takedown..... " zip codes in Massachusetts and New York..." fuckin brutal.

[@alfonsoparrado3112]

The problem I have here is, is this a matter of religion? Or is this a matter of IQ?

[@labelleveronica]

Dean Obeidallah and Reza Aslan are triggered!

[@truthseeker-wj1iu]

Iran was a Zoroastrian country with a sizeable number of Christians, Jews, Buddhists living there before the savage onslaught of Muslim Arabs in the 7th century. With massacres after massacres , Iranian were submitted to the rule of invaders. Many were forced by sword and many more through unjust treatment under colonial, discriminatory, and repressive Sharia law, converted to Islam. Iran was a great nation of Art, industry, architecture, culture and civilization when Muslim Arabs with their peaceful religion, invaded and plundered it.

[@Gakoffical]

spain, which spain, spain in 900 - 1200 ad?

[@gussetma1945]

From the middle to the 19th century until the middle of the 20th century Islam was cowed. It was not peaceful; it was demoralized. After the WW2, the aspirations of Muslim were dominated by nationalism, socialism etc. The Six-Day War discredited these movements. The vacuum was filled by Muslim fundamentalism. The Iranian Revolution and the defeat of the Russians in Afghanistan embolden the Islamic Jihadis. Islamic umma returned to the habits of a thousand years.

[@seniordroopy]

So someone is having truth in world of lies.

[@winfieldjayjr1755]

Letter to the Reverend Ensor Walters (1933), as quoted in Bernard Shaw: Collected letters, 1926-1950 (1988) by Dan H. Laurence, p. 305 "I have always held the religion of Mohammad (p.b.u.h.) in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capability to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age. The world must doubtless attach high value to the predictions of great men like me. I have prophesied about the faith of Mohammad p.b.u.h. that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today. The medieval ecclesiastics, either through ignorance or bigotry, painted Mohammedanism in the darkest colors. They were in fact trained both to hate the man Mohammed p.b.u.h. and his religion. To them Mohammed p.b.u.h. was the Anti-Christ. I have studied him -the wonderful man, and in my opinion far from being an Anti- Christ he must be called the Savior of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness. But to proceed, it was in the 19th century that honest thinkers like Carlyle, Goethe and Gibbon perceived intrinsic worth in the religion of Mohammad p.b.u.h., and thus there were some change for the better in the European attitude towards Islam. But the Europe of the present century is far advanced. It is beginning to be enamored of the creed of Mohammad p.b.u.h. . I believe that if today an autocrat of Mohammad's p.b.u.h. caliber assumes world leadership, he could solve all problems of humanity splendidly. The world will become an abode of peace and happiness. I predict that tomorrow's Europe will embrace Islam." (End of Bernard Shaw's letter)

[@mikeboosh8776]

This would be the same GB Shaw that defended Stalin's genocide then? Not sure I value his opinions much...

[@alnotbiggaytho7124]

The entire letter falls apart the moment the false claim that Islam has changed over time arises

[@youtubeuser9938]

Expose them like hell

[@user-mp5jo6yn6o]

Islam is clear, read the Quran

[@aethelfrithonorthumbria4716]

Look , just to begin , the problem begins long ago , with the 1st Abrahamic Religion , which consider their faith the only true faith , between other problems that it has , then the 2nd Abrahamic Religion , brings a new and worse problem that is this necessity of to convert people and the 3rd Abrahamic Religion , is as bad as the other ones , and it was violent from the beginning , even more violent the the 2nd one was in the past , as the 3rd one Arabised and Islamised by force, violence and raping , the whole north of the Middle East and the whole North of Africa , and nearly did the same to the South of Europe .

[@MJtotheGhost]

.....care to bring facts or are you featuring in the next video ?

[@massey904]

Can Islam be traced from Abraham in the Bible?

[@dannyburch2122]

Islam like all Religon is a from of control its just Islam is so ridged...Hail Oden

[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

Both books agree that Jesus is the only virgin birthed blameless sinless messiah or savior Sura 19:19

[@shekharsrivastava7147]

Freedom from religion is Hinduism ! Hinduism is not at all a religion in the sense of Islam , christianity or Judaism. It is not a particular belief system. So much so that even if you do not believe in any God ,still you can be called Hindu. It does not confine you to one or few books, one prophet and a particular way of worship. In fact, there are thousands of ancient scriptures ,talking widely different, about questions that arose in human mind ,from time to time , on all sort of things. it has evolved over tens of thousands of years in the Indian peninsula and still continues to evolve. Social evils like caste ,or identities ,can develop over time in all societies and are then tackled. But that may take years and years , depending upon the diversify and enormity of civilization, besides the foreign invasions and occupation of the region. The name Hindu itself is not found in the ancient indian scriptures. It is a description of civilization between Himalayas and Indu ,meaning oceans. it is a civilization of seekers and its people were never constrained to any one belief system or a religion. Members in one house,very commonly worship different Gods or no God, or create ones own God, which may suit to ones temperament. Finally only human values matter in Hinduism.We are all one big family on planet earth. " Vasu dhaiv kutumb kam " That is Hinduism.

[@irfanmehmud63]

There are as many interpretations of Hinduism as there are the educated Hindus in the world... You have one of yours.

[@alnotbiggaytho7124]

Fuck off

[@el_chico1313]

as a half spaniard i take offense on that coment lol 8:05 xD lol

[@deputydog7669]

he cant save zion:)

[@karamelapple8007]

He brought up female general mutilation which is just a little snip and it's harmless but what about male Genital mutilation? How does he feel about that?

[@astonville]

You are stupid beyond measure. You know doing that to girls makes them not enjoy sex right? In men it makes no difference. So you treat women as toys then?

[@dukedematteo1995]

Brutal takedown. It is not a sign if bigotry to observe that most of human progress arose in the West...

[@rishanksparxs]

Need to understand the cause of Sati problem. Except 1 or 2 voluntary mentions of Sati(who believed to accompany her husband in afterlife) before Mughals came in India, this was not at all part of Indian Culture. In order to save themselves from getting Raped, disgraced and sold to Arab masters as sex slaves, this culture started taking place in India by royal families. With the end of Mughal era this process also diminished and now not a single case is there in India.

[@sharismad]

I don’t like my name now.

[@rahimerayane4298]

For what reason??

[@sharismad]

Rahime Rayane it literally partly means Legitimizing gays.

[@rahimerayane4298]

@@sharismad ohh now I can understand you, your name is Sharia 😄👌

[@truthteller9879]

Sam Harris why don't you debate Dr zakir Naik??

[@sharismad]

That would be funny. A Neurologist vs A ‘medical docter’ Harris is too good for him.

[@E_99LDN]

Universal bill of human rights also with separation of church and state as well as alegbra and also a bunch of other shit originated in the midde east china, ancient greece ect it is very arrogant to assume everything we have today came from western world

[@shamsheerg7519]

Well done Sir. I am in your debt.

[@mrali9892]

You're actually comparing what a religion gives to humanity vs what countries have given when it comes to resources? What rubbish... people give, not religion. I think you're forgetting we built the first ever university and also lens. Widely used resources of today.

[@marsel4812]

SEEE!!!... you are proving his point... Sam harris' point is right about some of you.. using some famous scientific breakthroughs of one's civilization to exaggerately show off to people how great one's civilization is despite the fact that there are other civilizations or tribes of people who invented many many more great things in this world that also have greater contributions for humanity... just because some famous scientific inventions come from the arabic world, it does not mean that this civilization is byfar the most advanced civilized civilization in the world and that it justifies arab or muslim world with all of its traditional practices and religious or political policies as the best role model for other civilizations to follow up with despite the fact this old civilization also preached slavery, and some inhumane pollicies based on religious belief.. it is irrelevant..

[@Spartan-hu2go]

Im not a fan of islam but to say that the history of it isn’t important is idiotic.

[@aliAhmed-zq1tg]

But your problem stems from the fact that ISLAM is monolothic and you try to show that it is irredeemable. ISLAM is a vast phenomenon but you seem to be an ESSENTIALIST.

[@sujitdsouza]

The caste system served its purpose when it was conceived with roles(job definitions) defined in societies. The discrimination in terms of access to public spaces or even preventing people from switching careers based on caste was wrong. For eg seldom would you find a non Brahmin running a temple. Brahmins had access to the education/training and therefore could perform their job. But a trader or a lower caste person was never given the education/training on running a temple and therefore could not partake the profession. Equal opportunity for everyone should be the norm in society and with that the caste system itself would get dismantled. Discrimination will always exist though. Sati was banned more than 2 centuries ago in India. Indian civilization is amongst the oldest in the world and therefore change is not always welcome as customs and traditions have been carried forward for generations. Everyone evolves with time but that can be lengthy drawn out process. Technology is certainly an enabler to improve life but it is not the "be it all" in life. It is critical in todays day and age to protect the rights of minorities throughout the world. Constantinople (Instanbul, Turkey), Antioch( Syria) and Alexandria(Egypt) were the main centres of the Eastern Roman Empire and Christianity in the first millenium CE. Today there are less than 1% Christians left in these cities of Muslim ruled countries. India as a country has a pretty decent record of protecting minorities. Absolute power corrupts. There have been several genocides greater if not equal to the Holocaust which have not gotten the media coverage. The Jews are a wealthy lot of people and therefore they control the media and have had American support ever since the state of Israel came into existence. Vested interests are being disguised in religious wars. Islam singularly has probably been responsible for mass conversions and/or driving away people of other faiths in the countries run by them as history shows us and the examples shown above. Forceful conversions were even done by the Portuguese in Goa but is nothing compared to the scale of Muslim conversions.

[@recon4531]

"Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey), Antioch (Syria), and Alexandria (Egypt) were the main centers of the Eastern Roman Empire and Christianity in the first millennium CE. Today there are less than 1% Christians left in these cities of Muslim ruled countries." While it is true that these cities were significant centers of the Eastern Roman Empire and Christianity, the claim that there are less than 1% Christians left in these cities today is misleading. Istanbul, for example, is a diverse city with a significant Christian population. While the proportion of Christians might have decreased over time, it is inaccurate to claim that they have been completely eradicated. Additionally, the decline in Christian population in these areas can be attributed to various historical and socio-political factors, not solely the influence of Islam. "India as a country has a pretty decent record of protecting minorities." While India has a history of religious diversity and pluralism, it is important to acknowledge that there have been instances of religious tensions and violence against religious minorities in the country. The notion that India has a flawless record of protecting minorities is an oversimplification. Incidents of discrimination, communal violence, and challenges faced by religious minorities have been reported over the years. "The Jews are a wealthy lot of people and therefore they control the media and have had American support ever since the state of Israel came into existence." This claim perpetuates an anti-Semitic stereotype. It is important to recognize that Jewish people, like any other religious or ethnic group, are diverse and cannot be generalized as a monolithic entity with control over media or political systems. The suggestion that Jewish people control the media or have undue influence is unfounded and unsupported by credible evidence. "Vested interests are being disguised in religious wars. Islam singularly has probably been responsible for mass conversions and/or driving away people of other faiths in the countries run by them as history shows us and the examples shown above." It is incorrect and unfair to attribute mass conversions or the displacement of people solely to Islam. Throughout history, numerous religious and non-religious factors have contributed to conversions and population movements. It is important to approach historical analysis with nuance, considering various social, political, and economic factors at play. "Forceful conversions were even done by the Portuguese in Goa but is nothing compared to the scale of Muslim conversions." Forceful conversions have unfortunately occurred in different periods and regions throughout history, often as a result of political or religious conflicts. While it is true that some instances of forced conversions took place during the Portuguese rule in Goa, comparing them to the scale of Muslim conversions is a problematic oversimplification. It is essential to acknowledge that religious conversions have been driven by a complex interplay of factors and cannot be solely attributed to any single religious group.

[@sujitdsouza]

Constantinople (Instanbul, Turkey), Antioch( Syria/Turkey) and Alexandria(Egypt) were like the Vatican of those days. It would be safe to assume that Christianity spread to the remaining parts of those countries. Egypt has all but wiped out all Christians in Alexandria and Egypt. Instanbul might have a significant minority Christian population but when you look at them as a percentage of Turkey's population, it is insignificant much like the Christians in Karachi, Pakistan. But it seems like Lebanon and Syria still do have a sizeable Christian population. BTW Turkey has converted one of the largest cathedrals in the world, Hagia Sofia to a mosque. The Israel Palestine problem is a lot more complicated than mere building of additional settlements in so called occupied/disputed areas.The Temple of the Dome is the primary bone of contention in Jerusalem and the religious significance of the site to both, the Jews and the Muslims makes it complicated but certainly not necessarily a deadlock. Stoking religious sentiments has been the easiest time proven formula to incite people. Israel, over the last 7 decades has developed into a self reliant country with a lot of US backing as far as defense equipment and political backing is concerned. But it has had much more than its fair share of human rights violations. Palestine has created a ultra rich multi millionaire Yaseer Arafat whose family is having a ball in Paris. Most Islamic invaders probably prior to the mid 19th century engaged in forceful conversions as it would have been easier to control the population and there is enough evidence to that effect of the significant Muslim population in India prior to the partition of United India(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and probably Burma too). India has been a victim of vote bank politics for the last 7 decades not unlike many other democracies in the world. Inspite of the fissures exploited and deepened by the British between the Muslims and Hindus, India has a stellar record of secularism. There is no bigger testament to the same considering that Indian Muslims are the 3rd largest Muslim population in the world. Hinduism is not a monolith like Islam. Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have their singular religious heads. The INC has engaged in shameless appeasement of the Muslims in free India along with taking the Hindus in India for granted. Therefore the BJP is now turning a blind eye to the extremely isolated incidents of right wing Hindu fanaticism and vigilantism in the country. Most people are averse to fanaticism especially but not necessarily associated with a majority. Therefore BJP never really found its footing in general elections in India prior to the 90s. Modi has disguised his right winged ideology in the guise of development and won the last 2 general elections. How difficult can it be to provide basic necessities in life ? Pretty difficult in India and that is what Modi has solved. Cooking gas connections with fuel supply, tap water connections are now in progress, toilets, concrete houses for the under privileged. The change is quite significant considering how low the base level was in the country. On a side note, I was shocked to learn that Turkey has an extremely high literacy rate(95%+). There is nothing more dangerous than an intellectual jihadi.

[@mohtaher]

Living in 2018, looking back to all human rituals in the last 2000 years, they will look barbaric and animalistic. They must look like that because the environment was tough. Religions are quantum leaps in human consciousnes that gave humanity a reason to push forward and serve higher goals. The west had a religion too. It wasn't christianity, it was the new world dream, what became later to be the American dream, what finally made usa a great nation and made all nations to look up to.

[@worfoz]

Indeed, like the old religions promoted wars and conquest, believing in god the creator of everything and wars as the means to divide the wealth created by god, we believe we are the creators ourselves. We create wealth. We create the world we live in, these cities, these cars and planes, this internet, all the products we use every day, we are not like the people before the industrial revolution, fighting each other to get our share, we fight at the frontiers of science and technology expanding the world we created and improving it. While muslims and many old age religious people believe to be some slave or servant of the creator, we started to believe we were the children of the creator but then we realized we could be the creator and now wen know we are creative creatures able to build a better future for out children, like our parent created a better life for us.

[@fotingomaster]

LOL yall getting mad by facts. He's literally just stating data.

[@widayuliandana1648]

History is irreversible, Islam and other cultures also have its downside. Modern science developed by the west is a fact. This statement is different if you live in medieval times when the Islamic world advanced with science. Muhammad fought for his mission to succeed even in the face of the violence of his people, that is why the verses of violence are found in the Quran. If Muhammad was accepted peacefully by his people, there might not be violent verses in the Quran. But Islam is not that. Islam is belief in only one God who created the universe and then to do good during life. In order to be happy in the afterlife. This is what Muslim believe. Peace.

[@theocave7108]

what about china

[@disobeyv2724]

he is not completely wrong but he exaggerates a little bit

[@Sam66519]

Sam literally has such a simple argument that takes absolutely NOTHING into account. political,socioeconomical, geopolitical, historical, this guy literally thinks islam promotes cliterectomies. This guy LITERALLY knows NOTHING about islam even the most anti islamic thinkers know better than him😂😂😂😂

[@billyoung5826]

Sam is a savage. Love it.

[@mc4ndr3]

The comparisons between modern western productivity and Islamic golden age productivity are not fair, because progress breeds more progress; The golden age could have easily surpassed these thresholds if they had the Internet, and railroads, and the absence of other states dividing their states up along ethnic lines.

[@el_chico1313]

but sam, the entire mathematics, algorithm, algebra etc were all arab inventions! and these inventions werent used to make zealotry more accurate as far as i am concerned

[@brianfinnegan9700]

Well said Mr. Harris, from one lefty to another

[@NusratRizvi-ox3fg]

Who Islam does not belong in the West 1/19/2020 NY State Office of Attorney General Ms. Letiti James Madam: I am appalled to learn you have seen fit to attend a conference of Muslims lawyers in NYC to be held on April 4th. Every single immigrant who came to our shores wanted to become an American but Muslims feel they have a better religion and any association with other faith would only devalue Islam. The contradictory message played havoc with the Muslim kids born or raised here. Their peers shunned them these kids had no choice but to befriends other Muslims facing similar ostracism. This was the group that in 2015 welcomed the call to fight for Islam by ICIS in Syria and they did it by the thousands, those survived came back as experienced soldiers to fight another day, not necessarily for the USA. This was not a difficult choice since Koran forbids Believers to befriend Christians or Jews. Few can match Muhammad’s nauseating habits. He loved 6 yr old girls and married one. Told followers to marry 4 but married 11 himself. He cockled his adopted son Zaid and publicly admitted that his latest revelations were put in his mouth not by Allah but the devil himself. He hated democracy as a consequence all 64 Muslim countries in the UN are run by deranged dictators, who do not accept democracy nor permit free elections. As a result, all individuals challenging the rulers are either jailed or killed. Can you please urge these lawyers in this land of the free will not only not accept their faith without serious amendments to bring them up to standards found in all civilized countries in the West. We will never tolerate a law that lets Husbands beat their wives to pulp or divorce them at will. A religion that permits a wealthy man to pay blood money and a poor thief to lose his hand can never be defended or tolerated. Our founding fathers Jefferson, John Adam and son J.Q Adam along with Mark Twain and Winston Churchill have all denounced Islam as an abomination since Islam claims this life in only a test and the real rewards like rivers of Milk and Honey along with 72 virgins await you only in the hereafter. Nusrat Rizvi Palm City FL

[@jqyhlmnp]

The other good stuff 😭

[@khalidyunus1122]

what the god business relate creationism?everyone just money consumer isn't ?god or dog?3rd eye scientist's?

[@woodytheduke]

Better not plan any holiday trips to Iran Sammy!

[@equ-ipe6893]

Many MANY false statements about Islam and coran most of them just come I general from things that Arab do nowadays

[@alone28y1]

Ok their were never an Islamic civilization Islam is a religion a way of life. Civilizations are formed by nations, cultures and societies. As far as violence is concerned it is human dilemma not a religious. Just as today the Muslim countries have secular rulers so did throughout the Muslim history and their civilization had secular rulers. In quran it has never been asked of Muslims to form a civilization.

[@fantasyfootball804]

While I agree with most of your points, please do not spread misinformation about India. Sati was not abolished by western oppressors. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the one who worked against child marriage and sati. India was doing well scientifically until 1000 years of oppression by mughals and british. I do agree that India had and still have the caste system and other barbaric practices but you cannot discount the scientific achievements before India was enslaved.

[@nerdy4172]

Are you kidding me? This mohan guy was a liberal product. Why didn’t anyone did anything before the British rulers.

[@maheshhardasani787]

What scientific achievements are you talking about we didn't even invented a light bulb in our thousands of years of history. All we invented was bunch of barbaric stuffs.

[@fantasyfootball804]

@@maheshhardasani787 Lol. The self loathing is high in you. India was the center of science and technology before the islamic invasion. General info: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_and_technology_in_the_Indian_subcontinent Surgery: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushruta Philosophy and Reasoning: plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-india/ Maybe read a little before making a fool of yourself in public forum.

[@maheshhardasani787]

@@fantasyfootball804 countries who were reduced to rubble after WW2 developed in short period of time. Germany was destroyed completely yet in such a short period of time went from nothing to currently strongest and powerful country in Europe, taiwan with the Taiwanese miracle, etc. So what has India achieved in 75 years of independence? It still ranks worst in hunger index, the quality of life is so low. So all i can is say you are an ignornat fool like any other Hindu nationalist living a sad life.

[@fantasyfootball804]

@@maheshhardasani787 Lol. I am neither a nationalist nor a country haters like you. You are just as insufferable as those bhakts. They dont see anything bad and you dont see anything good. Germany is a very small country and they were industrialized. India lost a lot of our economy during ww2. We paid for the British war. Go read the books by Shashi Tharoor on this subject. India's contribution to the world GDP went from 23% to less than 2% during the british rule. Life expectancy dropped to 27 years. Do you know how many Indians died because of ww2? Or are you naive enough to think that just because we weren't bombed, we didnt suffer. We suffered famines because our food was stolen. Read about the Bengal famine. Europe received a lot of money from the US which also made the US a superpower especially after Nixon moved off gold standard and essentially stole from the Europeans. We have a population problem and centuries of brutal oppression to overcome. Comparing that to Europeans shows how ignorant you are. Post war the west saw massive growth fuelled on the back of colonialism as they had all the industries and the US had control of money. I don't know where you live but as someone who has been living in the west for a decade, I can assure you that things are getting bad here. Now that the benefits of colonialism is starting to dry up, things arent as rosy. Young people are depressed, arent having sex and have negative population growth as a result. Do you know why? Because they dont have the standard of living that boomers enjoyed. They cant buy a home or take vacations and this will continue to get worse as the rest of the world catch up. Maybe learn a thing or two before accusing others of nationalism. Bhakts and librandus like you are very alike - little knowledge lots of complaints.

[@gaylespencer6188]

I can remember a time when Sam Harris thought Robert Spencer was a loon for saying saying/observing about Islam exactly what Sam is now saying and observing.