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Cited in 4 segments across 4 recordings · 2019 to 2021 · org/org:united-nations

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17 May 2021video Has the UAE's recognition of Israel brought any peace? No: Mufti Abu Layth says two weeks of bombardment followed the deal, so it is not a solution. He calls Israel a terrorist state at the state level, with war crimes documented by the UN and academics such as Chomsky and Finkelstein, and stresses this is not antisemitism. Lessonposition checkedthe UAE-Israel normalisation deal (2020)United NationsNoam ChomskyNorman Finkelstein machine3 min 57 s4:00on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Will the UAE-Israel deal bring peace to Palestine? Mufti Abu Layth says the UAE deal is not a solution, since it has brought no peace while Israel, acting as a terrorist state, keeps bombing Gaza. Lessonposition checkedthe UAE-Israel normalisation deal (2020)Noam ChomskyNorman FinkelsteinHamas machine3 min 36 s1:45:40on YouTube
28 Apr 2020From the Mind of a Mufti Is slavery haram in Islam, and did Muslim scholars ban it before the UN? Slavery is categorically haram today, and Maliki scholars issued fatwas forbidding it long before the UN; Mufti Abu Layth explains this through trajectory hermeneutics. Concubines were female slaves, not wives. Lessonposition checkedma malakat aymanukum (what the right hand possesses)trajectory hermeneuticsharamfatwa machine2 min 37 s0:00on YouTube
4 Aug 2019From the Mind of a Mufti What is liberalism, and do liberals have to follow John Locke? Liberalism is essentially a stance against authoritarianism, not allegiance to historical philosophers. Agreeing with Locke on one point does not make anyone a Christian or bind them to his whole philosophy. Discussionposition checkedMohammed HijabJohn LockeThomas HobbesJean-Jacques Rousseau machine6 min 19 s6:24on YouTube