Hi Danny, what would the UK Govt have to do in order to treat "multicultures" in a way similar to the UAE to keep extremists at bay or even eradicate them? is it realistic?
Lebanon and iran seem like examples in recent history where people did not understand the threat of Islamic extremism until it was too late
Is there a society that, in your view, recognized the threat in time and handled it in a manner acceptable to a modern democracy? If so, what society is it and how did they handle it?
Given your Jordanian background and the fact that Jordan has so many Palestinians, how do you see Israel actually establishing greater security between Gaza and the West Bank?
Is the realistic option for Israel to essentially absorb the Palestinians and become one Jewish state? Is a small independent Palestinian state possible? Or — ugly as it sounds — is it more about population movements: moving a large number of Gazans into Rafah/Sinai and West Bank Palestinians into mainstream Jordan? Just curious what you think.
Danny, first of all, thank you for your excellent book — I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t read it yet.
Given your assessment that Muhammad often ends up a more central figure than Allah in Islam, and that his example includes clearly barbaric and discriminatory elements in places, how do you see genuine reform of Islam as possible? Does it require putting Allah firmly before Muhammad? I’m curious, because people like Ed Husain (another Trig guest whom I respect) argue that the majority of Muslims don’t follow the more contentious aspects of Islam and that only a small minority are radical — which would suggest reform might not be required at all.
Genghis Khan's tyranny was limited by horses' speeds and range, but Stalin had no such limitations to oversight and control of people and territory; the Stasi were even more easily able to surveil and manipulate people, and today's liberal democracies have even greater technological ability for effortlessly outdoing past dictatorships.
Technology’s advances clearly lessen human freedom; any idea how this erosion of freedoms could be reversed? Have you any empirical reason to think that real freedom can persist despite the technological powers to be available to the ruling class over the next decades?
How prevalent are radical Imam's across Western Europe and the United States or are radical Imam's just convenient Hollywood boogeymen, and not a real threat to Western Civilization?
Hi Danny, what would the UK Govt have to do in order to treat "multicultures" in a way similar to the UAE to keep extremists at bay or even eradicate them? is it realistic?
Lebanon and iran seem like examples in recent history where people did not understand the threat of Islamic extremism until it was too late
Is there a society that, in your view, recognized the threat in time and handled it in a manner acceptable to a modern democracy? If so, what society is it and how did they handle it?
What is the current level of Lebanonisation in Jordan and how do you see the future?
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Given your Jordanian background and the fact that Jordan has so many Palestinians, how do you see Israel actually establishing greater security between Gaza and the West Bank?
Is the realistic option for Israel to essentially absorb the Palestinians and become one Jewish state? Is a small independent Palestinian state possible? Or — ugly as it sounds — is it more about population movements: moving a large number of Gazans into Rafah/Sinai and West Bank Palestinians into mainstream Jordan? Just curious what you think.
Q1:
Danny, first of all, thank you for your excellent book — I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t read it yet.
Given your assessment that Muhammad often ends up a more central figure than Allah in Islam, and that his example includes clearly barbaric and discriminatory elements in places, how do you see genuine reform of Islam as possible? Does it require putting Allah firmly before Muhammad? I’m curious, because people like Ed Husain (another Trig guest whom I respect) argue that the majority of Muslims don’t follow the more contentious aspects of Islam and that only a small minority are radical — which would suggest reform might not be required at all.
Genghis Khan's tyranny was limited by horses' speeds and range, but Stalin had no such limitations to oversight and control of people and territory; the Stasi were even more easily able to surveil and manipulate people, and today's liberal democracies have even greater technological ability for effortlessly outdoing past dictatorships.
Technology’s advances clearly lessen human freedom; any idea how this erosion of freedoms could be reversed? Have you any empirical reason to think that real freedom can persist despite the technological powers to be available to the ruling class over the next decades?
Should western countries ban Halal meat?
How prevalent are radical Imam's across Western Europe and the United States or are radical Imam's just convenient Hollywood boogeymen, and not a real threat to Western Civilization?