Recordings › Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 · 14 Jul 2020 › Segment 2 of 42
The week's chatter: a podcast plug, Kanye West for president and a viral video
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machinesummary, machine-writtenLight chatter about the week's news and viral videos before the questions begin.
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Mufti Abu Layth plugs his latest podcast, a discussion with a shaykh [?] on consumerism, coherence in the Quran, cynicism and optimism, and riba, and asks viewers to subscribe. He jokes about the news that Kanye West may run for US president and about a celebrity couple's much-mocked 'entanglement' explanation that went viral. He plays a viral video and asks viewers whether it is real, joking about medieval Muslim ideas of Gog and Magog behind a wall. He then thanks donors, notes that a super chat asks him to discuss the Hagia Sophia and the Islamabad temple controversy, and says Erdogan will come up later.
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are all these holes in paradise but let me deal with the beauty of this world first then we'll get to what is going on somebody said Michael Zoabi is asked a question he seems to be rather perturbed is it Haram for man to have four wives there are all sisters oh but but tobert Anissa has tell Vltava to vote Overton miss ooh ha what this one you know this
are nice so what is going on people what is going on what do you think so much has been going on this week there's been we've got right here if I oh by the way I've done my those of you that haven't caught up with my latest podcast there is do check that out that was with a discussion with chef Omar Baloch briefed this so do check that are quite interesting we discussed many things consumerism things like coherence in the
Quran cynicism in the world today should we be kind of pessimistic optimistic the concept of RIBA so do check that out people and I don't need to say that you should already be subscribed because that's like look at the way I can do this with so much ease now alright there you go people subscribe to those things and so amongst the things that have been going on in this past week people it comes to our attention that the next for the u.s.
anyway the next president maybe Kanye West people so that's something that's quite a interesting one could say well in addition to that what else well you've had this going on we'd heard of quantum entanglement quantum entanglement over here you know this are another entanglement you know another one so this those of you that don't know this was all over social media I'm sure you all know but there was an explanation of
why will and his wife and the amazing understanding they had and and the entanglement arrived people so and what was interesting is I was I was checking out some comments on Twitter so people were like what the hell they were like this is just crazy so it's just so many things going on um that was an interesting thought though that is it when men said females when
they cheat it's always therapeutic I would say why it's therapeutic for everyone anyway what's going down people what's going down esta pasando oh and by the way a new discovery I don't know if this is legit is this legit or what I saw this by our yeah dude Matt huge brothers
I'm only jacking around joking it's just a lot of the medieval Muslims used to think the Chinese were yeah true Jamaat huge but they still think that's the wall and behind the wall is yeah huge Matt George so but what do you think of this is that legit seriously is that legit tell me is that legit look I'm gonna play that once again check this out people
ah this legit in earlier he was in that Ilayaraja the horror that person comes out the bathroom and then this person a
that would be the definition of it be like that or do you are you prepared to be a victim to jigsaw in one of his weird kind of murdering games or do you wanna this is cray I don't know if that's real people I'll wait for you guys to let me know whether that's legit but anyway what is going down let's take some of your questions right clear ah fry you're doing it you're doing it Saima you're doing it you're doing it 200 stars
oh you're doing it right so Kapil Patel has super chatted salaam mostly I think a lot of us want to you to discuss Hagia Sophia and the Islamabad maunder maunder controversy TK absolutely TK uh we'll be taking a look at that today most certainly most certainly so what is going on let's take a look at some questions that people may have saw nicholas of russia says please love me
Mufti Abu layth noticed me hi-hi-hi the Tsar of Russia yeah of course there you go mium or the Tsar himself of Russia Allah Allah so people as you can see this this mug I don't know people it's what he's talking about the tea it's talking about the teeth apparently that's that's where size matters all
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I have responded to you on Instagram by the way so do check I'm sure I've responded thee the mug is nothing at this these are not nice I friend so let's take a look at some questions what is going on thoughts on earth dog on earth the gun we're going to come to earth the gun a little later tonight
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