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Cited in 4 segments across 3 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · person/person:charles-darwin

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13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestAre many people's frustrations really about unmet sexual needs? Mufti Abu Layth says much bitterness comes from unmet sexual needs, that Islam itself does not see sex negatively, and that Freud should be judged on his ideas, not his character. Lessonposition checkedSigmund FreudCharles Darwin machine9 min 11 s2:43:47on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Can I accept evolution and still take the Quran's stories as true? The guest calls for reading the Quran wholesale as sacred literature, accepting evolution as scientific fact while holding that religion's symbolic truths, not science, ground human rights and meaning. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)Rudolf BultmannCharles Darwin machine3 min 46 s1:09:21on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is the story of Adam in the Quran a myth? The guest reads the Adam story as sacred myth whose point is human dignity, improving on the Babylonian and biblical accounts by removing original sin and blame of the woman; Mufti Abu Layth holds the figures and events were real but told to appeal to listeners. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)AdamAllama Muhammad IqbalCharles Darwin machine7 min 08 s1:45:37on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video If humans evolved, why are there still chimpanzees? Nobody claims humans came from chimpanzees; both share a common ancestor, and evolution is now shown through genetics, which he says poses no problem for Islam. Discussionposition checkedAdamQuran 49:13 (We created you from male and female)Musa (Moses)Nuh (Noah) machine5 min 46 s37:20on YouTube