With “reeducation" camps in China, religious disenfranchisement in India,
ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, street violence in Sri Lanka, mass shootings in
New Zealand, the flourishing of far-right parties across Europe, and the
mainstreaming of Islamophobia in America, there’s been a global surge in anti-
Muslim bigotry — often supported by the full power and might of the state.
It’s one of the most frightening and undercovered political stories of our
time. Mehdi Hasan is a senior writer for the Intercept, the host of the
Deconstructed podcast, and the anchor of Al Jazeera’s Up Front. He’s done some
of the best reporting on anti-Muslim prejudice and persecutions worldwide,
covering everything from Narendra Modi’s rise in India to the treatment of
Uighurs in China to the role that social media plays in amplifying anti-Muslim
sentiment. We discuss all of that in this conversation, but we also try to
answer some deeper questions: Why Muslims? Why now? What is the ideology that
drives and justifies anti-Muslim bigotry? What are the political incentives
that foster it? Not everything in this conversation is easy to hear. But
understanding the scope and scale of the war on Muslims is central to
understanding the world we live in, the Orwellian nature of the Islamophobic
narrative, and the resentments and traumas we’re inflicting on the future.
Book recommendations: The Fear of Islam by Todd H. Green The Enemy Within by
Sayeeda Warsi The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley My book is
available for pre-order! You can find it at
www.EzraKlein.com. Want to contact
the show? Reach out at
[email protected] You can subscribe to Ezra's new
podcast Impeachment, explained on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast,
Pocket Casts, or your favorite podcast app. Credits: Producer and Editor -
Jeff Geld Engineer- Cynthia Gil Researcher - Roge Karma Learn more about your
ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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With “reeducation" camps in China, religious disenfranchisement in India,
ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, street violence in Sri Lanka, mass shootings in
New Zealand, the flourishing of far-right parties across Europe, and the
mainstreaming of Islamophobia in America, there’s been a global surge in anti-
Muslim bigotry — often supported by the full power and might of the state.
It’s one of the most frightening and undercovered political stories of our
time. Mehdi Hasan is a senior writer for the Intercept, the host of the
Deconstructed podcast, and the anchor of Al Jazeera’s Up Front. He’s done some
of the best reporting on anti-Muslim prejudice and persecutions worldwide,
covering everything from Narendra Modi’s rise in India to the treatment of
Uighurs in China to the role that social media plays in amplifying anti-Muslim
sentiment. We discuss all of that in this conversation, but we also try to
answer some deeper questions: Why Muslims? Why now? What is the ideology that
drives and justifies anti-Muslim bigotry? What are the political incentives
that foster it? Not everything in this conversation is easy to hear. But
understanding the scope and scale of the war on Muslims is central to
understanding the world we live in, the Orwellian nature of the Islamophobic
narrative, and the resentments and traumas we’re inflicting on the future.
Book recommendations: The Fear of Islam by Todd H. Green The Enemy Within by
Sayeeda Warsi The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley My book is
available for pre-order! You can find it at
www.EzraKlein.com. Want to contact
the show? Reach out at
[email protected] You can subscribe to Ezra's new
podcast Impeachment, explained on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast,
Pocket Casts, or your favorite podcast app. Credits: Producer and Editor -
Jeff Geld Engineer- Cynthia Gil Researcher - Roge Karma Learn more about your
ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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