I was joined by friend of the show Ilyas (@IlyasIbnKarim), a scholar of religion and a German Muslim himself, to discuss the recent attack on a Christmas Market in Magdeburg Germany. As a leftist Ex Muslim myself, who has been warning about the increased radicalization I’ve observed among movement ex muslims, I too had some thoughts about this senseless tragedy. ——— Links: Here are the previous episodes the Ilyas was on: https://open.spotify.com/episode/39uY6uWl7lZpzpkKmF8kOa?si=w-Be6_EPSm6j_2bJMNacJg https://open.spotify.com/episode/1gL0PlTsP4VXrAjNxDrVuf?si=KKGuDye3QsWnmPZRIh48yQ Find the full extended versions of these episodes on Patreon: Pt 1 https://www.patreon.com/posts/aftershow-7-pt-1-99079871?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Pt 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/aftershow-7-pt-2-99466654?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Meir Kahane’s cousin rammed his car into pro Palestine protesters last year (thankfully no one was seriously hurt) https://www.timesofisrael.com/cousin-of-extremist-rabbi-kahane-charged-after-ramming-woman-at-anti-israel-protest/ Ex Muslim to TradFash pipeline pt 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-1-106445369?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Pt 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-2-106501752?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Pt 3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-3-106529773?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The Great Replacement: How New Atheists helped to spread a white nationalist conspiracy theory: https://www.patreon.com/posts/great-how-new-to-112243637?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Subscribe to the Polite Conversations YT Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@politeconversationspodcast The Magdeburg attacker was featured in a BBC documentary: https://x.com/lowkey0nline/status/1870395123441275053?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw He spoke openly about his inclinations towards violence https://x.com/lowkey0nline/status/1870407424315625699?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw An interview he did with a German Magazine in 2019 https://x.com/2blibre/status/1870822687700115846?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw