About this episode
The situation in Germany is very tense for Muslims. The recent Christmas market attack has brought into focus how the political elites in the country malign muslim voices. but it goes deeper, there is a systematic campaign to make advocating for Palestine unlawful. Hebh Jamal is a Palestinian journalist and activist based in Germany , currently working on an upcoming documentary film, The Reason of State: Germany’s War on Palestinians. Let me remind all viewers that to help us continue to engage critical thought at this time, please consider becoming a member: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate Listen to the audio version of the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762 Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch Find us on: Squarespace: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/ Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingmuslim.bsky.social Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com Timestamps 0:00 – Introduction 1:35 - Magdeburg car attack 6:22 – Elon Musk Germany 8:37 – Islam and AFD 14:45 – ‘Reason of state’ 20:24 – Germany Liberal country? 33:35 – Muslim group pushback? 35:14 – Atmosphere of fear? 38:40 – Wider German population? 40:55 – Comfort vs Religiosity 45:09 – How to help? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.