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Shaykh Omar Baloch

Cited in 36 segments across 1 recording · 2020 · scholar/scholar:omar-baloch

Citing segments

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10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Mufti Abu Layth introduces his guest, Shaykh Omar Baloch Mufti Abu Layth introduces Shaykh Omar Baloch, a New York imam trained in Jungian psychology and CBT. Announcementguest speechShaykh Omar Baloch machine1 min 51 s1:59on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Who did Shaykh Omar Baloch study with? The guest describes studying with Dr Israr Ahmed from the age of about thirteen and then with Imran Hosein in New York. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochIsrar AhmedImran Hoseinbay'ah machine5 min 48 s3:50on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth What is Imran Hosein's approach, and why did he disagree with Israr Ahmed? Mufti Abu Layth praises Imran Hosein's stand on the age of Aisha but finds his outlook almost conspiratorial; the guest says Imran Hosein and Israr Ahmed fell out over eschatology. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochImran HoseinIsrar AhmedAisha machine4 min 54 s9:38on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is there an order and coherence to the surahs of the Quran? Mufti Abu Layth and the guest trace Farahi's school of Quranic coherence, which the guest illustrates with surahs that come in pairs. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochHamiduddin FarahiAmin Ahsan IslahiJaved Ahmad Ghamidi machine7 min 04 s14:32on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is America losing its place in the world? The guest argues that America is in an internal crisis and has lost the soft power of alliances and credibility that matters more than military strength. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochRAND CorporationDonald Trump machine4 min 30 s22:55on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why do so many people admire Trump's style? Mufti Abu Layth condemns Trump and his views but admits a grudging admiration for his impunity; the guest ties Trump's rise to Fox News and a politics of fear. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochDonald TrumpFox News machine5 min 48 s27:25on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are mosques in America at risk from far-right anger? The guest warns that rising white supremacist anger in the US, fed by scapegoating and Fox News, means every mosque now needs security. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochBarack ObamaSouthern Poverty Law CenterAdolf Hitler machine3 min33:13on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Will people's better judgement win out over hatred? Mufti Abu Layth is optimistic: he sees better judgement prevailing over time, especially among the young. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Baloch machine2 min 34 s36:13on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth What does defunding the police mean in practice? The guest describes police in his area withdrawing after criticism and a country too polarised for real conversation. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar Baloch machine2 min 32 s38:47on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why is America so polarised? The guest argues that demographic fear and the hollowing out of the middle class by big corporations are driving American polarisation. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochAdolf HitlerBani Isra'ilWalmart machine5 min 09 s41:19on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Will AI destroy jobs or create new ones? Mufti Abu Layth suggests AI also creates new industries; the guest agrees but says automation will take labour jobs first for the sake of profit. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Baloch machine3 min 49 s46:28on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran predict that modern industrial society will collapse? The guest reads Quran 10:24 as a warning that oil-based modern life will collapse; Mufti Abu Layth expects human knowledge to find new energy. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochQuran 10:24Ottoman Empire machine2 min 30 s50:17on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is humanity better off today than ever before? Mufti Abu Layth argues that humanity lives in unmatched prosperity built on trust in the future; the guest doubts people have become any less greedy. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochSamuel HuntingtonFrancis FukuyamaHenry Kissinger machine5 min 44 s52:47on 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
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran say every city will be destroyed before Judgement Day? The guest reads Quran 17:58 as a sign that humanity is headed for trouble; Mufti Abu Layth points to verses of blessing and God's lack of need to punish. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochQuran 17:58Quran 4:147 machine3 min 12 s1:02:24on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is the world getting better or worse? Mufti Abu Layth sees humanity heading in a more positive than negative direction; the guest says the loan-based Western economy will bust. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Baloch machine3 min 14 s1:05:36on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are people basically good, or is the system the problem? Mufti Abu Layth sees goodness in people despite immorality; the guest says the problem is a system run by corporations, not individuals. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Baloch machine3 min 54 s1:08:50on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How did Iqbal see Western civilisation? The guest sets out Iqbal's two-layer view of the West; Mufti Abu Layth says the prophets' message was simply to reconnect creation with the Creator. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochMuhammad IqbalThe Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam machine3 min 49 s1:12:44on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is Western culture uniquely shallow? Mufti Abu Layth says the pull of glitter and the thirst for knowledge are human, not Western, and that people now seek meaning more than ever. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochMuhammad IqbalSocratesMax Weber machine4 min 33 s1:16:33on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth What is the main theme of Surah al-Kahf? Mufti Abu Layth agrees consumerism is destructive and reads Surah al-Kahf as also being about identity and belonging. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochQuran 18:28 machine3 min 14 s1:21:06on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why is lending money for profit considered wrong in Islam? Mufti Abu Layth tests why profit on loans is a problem; the guest points to profit-sharing partnership as the alternative. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochribamudarabah machine1 min 51 s1:24:20on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Can the bank take my whole house if I default near the end of my mortgage? Mufti Abu Layth says that, in UK practice, mortgage lenders are far more lenient with defaulters than landlords, and asks to discuss riba as a concept. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochriba machine4 min 32 s1:26:11on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is it better to rent or to take a mortgage? Mufti Abu Layth argues that, compared with renting, a mortgage is probably the better option, and presses the guest on what is wrong with riba as a concept. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochriba machine5 min 10 s1:30:43on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is bank interest the same as the riba forbidden in the Quran? Mufti Abu Layth holds that the riba of the Quran meant loan sharking, not modern banking; the guest says today's banks are loan sharks. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochriba machine6 min 26 s1:35:53on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why might the Quran's ban on riba not apply to modern loans? Mufti Abu Layth argues that Quranic riba belonged to a zero-sum economy and does not apply to modern loans; the guest describes its human cost. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochribaQuran 59:7Quran 2:279 machine4 min 34 s1:42:19on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does bank lending help society prosper? Mufti Abu Layth argues that bank lending, by recycling the same money, is what has allowed modern societies to prosper; the guest warns of endless debt. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochthe COVID-19 pandemic machine3 min 50 s1:46:53on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is investing as a partner better than lending at interest? Mufti Abu Layth accepts partnership as a better model but says lending and investing both run on greed; the guest calls today's system worse than riba. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochriba machine4 min 27 s1:50:43on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is it wrong to expect something back when you lend money? Mufti Abu Layth says modern lending has safety nets that loan sharks lack, and that people being motivated by a return is nothing wrong. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochriba machine3 min 54 s1:55:10on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran motivate people through self-interest? Mufti Abu Layth suggests, tentatively, that even the Quran motivates through self-interest; the guest distinguishes healthy from harmful selfishness. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochjannahzakat machine5 min 09 s1:59:04on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are the descriptions of paradise in the Quran literal? Mufti Abu Layth says he takes the Quran's imagery of paradise as symbolic, a motivation for people, rather than literal. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochMalcolm Xjannahreport: ma la aynun raat wa la udhunun samiat wa la khatara ala qalbi bashar machine1 min 58 s2:04:13on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are Islamic mortgages really different from normal mortgages? Mufti Abu Layth calls Islamic mortgages a loophole that does the same thing as a conventional one at a higher price with an Islamic veneer. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochriba machine6 min 22 s2:06:11on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is an Islamic economic system realistic or utopian? The guest argues that Islam offers a complete welfare-minded social order; Mufti Abu Layth presses him on whether it is utopian. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochJeremy CorbynLeon TrotskyVladimir Lenin machine6 min 28 s2:12:33on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is bank interest the riba that the Quran forbids? Mufti Abu Layth's view: the riba of the Quran means loan sharking, not interest-based bank loans, though banks are not philanthropists. Question from live chatguest speechShaykh Omar Balochriba machine3 min 11 s2:21:35on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Should Pakistan allow a Hindu temple to be built in Islamabad? Mufti Abu Layth thinks building a temple for Pakistani Hindus is a kind gesture and that Muslims have no reason to feel insecure about it. Question from live chatguest speechShaykh Omar Balochthe Islamabad Hindu temple controversy (2020)Imran KhanHinduism machine3 min 12 s2:22:50on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Was it right for Turkey to turn the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque? Mufti Abu Layth would not issue a fatwa against praying in the Hagia Sophia, but says Muslims should stop being insecure and be comfortable in their skin. Question from live chatguest speechShaykh Omar Balochthe reconversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque (2020)Umar ibn al-Khattabfatwa machine1 min 56 s2:25:24on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Closing: a promised episode on Dhul-Qarnayn, and goodbyes Sign-off: Mufti Abu Layth plans a return episode with the guest on Dhul-Qarnayn. Announcementguest speechShaykh Omar BalochDhul-Qarnayn machine1 min 23 s2:27:20on YouTube