# How did Hamza Ali Abbasi do in his debate with Harris Sultan?

*Hamza Ali Abbasi's discussion with Harris Sultan*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wkhoro-qb20/s/1/
- Date: 2020-01-12 · Kind: discussion · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Thoughts on Hamza Ali Abbasi's discussion with Harris Sultan | Mufti Abu Layth (0:00–1:52)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkhoro-Qb20&t=0s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wkhoro-qb20/

**Topics:** Atheists and polemicists; Pakistan

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth says Hamza Ali Abbasi showed genius-level intelligence and came out on top against Harris Sultan.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth says he was very impressed by Hamza Ali Abbasi after watching his debate and discussion with the ex-Muslim Harris Sultan. Mufti says he had expected the kind of intelligence of an actor like Shah Rukh Khan, but found Hamza Ali Abbasi to be of genius-level intelligence, speaking about quantum physics, relativity, genetics, theodicy and the cosmological and teleological arguments. Mufti says he thinks Hamza Ali Abbasi came out on top in the discussion.

## Sources and names cited

- Hamza Ali Abbasi
- Harris Sultan
- Shah Rukh Khan

## Transcript (machine tier, 0:00–1:52)

[0:00] right so coming to this ham sadhi a bossy I am actually very impressed with Tom Salyer bossy after I watched his dialogue dialogical debate stroke discussion with hardest salt on to be honest I had no expectation that he was that intelligent and I don't mean that in a disrespectful way I and I expected him to be intelligent like like general actors you know like the way Shahrukh Khan is I expect him to be kind of like shadow Han intelligent you know like a

[0:36] bit witty got a few dialogues you know read a few philosophies here and there and just you know a bit of wisdoms on life and that kind of intelligent this guy is mind blowing this intelligent I mean he is genius-level intelligence I was wowed I mean he was talking about quantum physics quantum mechanics Einstein's relativity he was speaking about genetics DNA you're speaking about cause you know the the kind of theodicies the cosmological arguments you know teleological arguments the pros

[1:12] the cons the multiverse theory this guy I was wowed like is that an actor you know I just did not anticipate that level of academic profanity from an actor I just did not anticipate that and I was kind of wild like whoa this guy is next-level genius and I think he kind of came out you know on if I can say you know on top in that discussion really with her assault on who's an ex-muslim

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment wkhoro-Qb20/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wkhoro-qb20/s/1/

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