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Yuval Noah Harari

Cited in 4 segments across 4 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · person/person:yuval-noah-harari

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12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why can't there be any prophets after Muhammad? Mufti Abu Layth says no new prophet or world religion will come after Muhammad; the statement about his son Ibrahim, if true, was hyperbole. Question from live chatposition checkedIbrahim, the son of the Prophetreport: if ibrahim had lived he would have been a prophetKarl Popper (as named on air)the Buddha machine6 min 09 s1:06:52on YouTube

11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran speak in symbols and metaphors? Mufti Abu Layth agrees with Ibn Rushd that the Quran speaks in symbols and that scripture is a kind of art, but asks whether the guest thinks the prophets and their stories are fictitious. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)Ibn Rushd (Averroes)Yuval Noah HarariSapiens (Yuval Noah Harari) machine2 min 48 s1:13:07on YouTube

10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Have nuclear weapons made the world more peaceful? Mufti Abu Layth argues that nuclear deterrence has ironically kept the peace; the guest fears what the people holding the weapons might do. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochYuval Noah HarariAnton Chekhov (Chekhov's gun)Donald Trump machine3 min 53 s58:31on YouTube

19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is pornography today like the concubines of the past? The guest rejects likening pornography to concubinage or mut'ah, calling it instant gratification, and describes Salafi efforts to suppress permissive classical texts; Mufti Abu Layth says these are real questions that need open discussion. Discussionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Yuval Noah HarariSapiensal-Shawkani machine5 min 11 s1:56:54on YouTube