Evidence receipt / disagreement
Published · transcript-backedReza Aslan: disagreement
19 Oct 2022 Conversations with Tyler Reza Aslan on Martyrdom, Islam, and Revolution
“I wouldn’t try to talk you out of it. I would say that I disagree with that, first of all.”
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- Reza Aslan
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- disagreement
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- 19 Oct 2022
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…If I look at the historical data, what seems to me to be the regularities is that Islam can be quite good for commerce and being a merchant, but not nearly so good for having a stable democracy. Is that a view you would try to talk me out of? I wouldn’t try to talk you out of it. I would say that I disagree with that, first of all. Tell me why you disagree because Indonesia is a democracy, but not for long. It’s somewhat weak. You could say Malaysia, but there just aren’t many examples, right? Turkey’s falling apart, democratically speaking.…
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