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Noam Chomsky

Cited in 4 segments across 4 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · person/person:noam-chomsky

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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
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why is Pakistan so full of religious extremism? Mufti Abu Layth says religious militancy in Pakistan was boosted by the CIA-backed Afghan jihad against the Soviets and is still mass-produced by madrasa networks. Question from live chatposition checkedMuhammad Ali Jinnahthe CIAthe Soviet-Afghan war (1979-1989)Osama bin Laden machine8 min 16 s1:55:56on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is morality an instinct God put in us? Mufti Abu Layth holds that the fitrah is a hardwired moral instinct of recognising harm and feeling empathy, built on by environment and a collective consciousness; the guest adds that morality can be confidently grounded in God. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)fitrahNoam Chomskymoral realism machine3 min 30 s39:47on 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