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Two for Tea Podcast

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Jordan Peterson

Steven Pinker

Ben Shapiro

Bridget Phetasy

Jonathan Haidt

Greg Lukianoff

David Ley

Colin Wright

Buster Benson

Nicholas Christakis

Amy Alkon

Ali Rizvi

Richard Dawkins

Andrew Doyle

Melissa Chen

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Zara Kay

Faithless Hijabi website:https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/ Faithless Hijabi on Twitter:https://twitter.com/FaithlessHijabi Support the work of Faithless Hijabi:https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/support-us/Follow Zara on Twitter:https://twitter.com/zarakayk References:Zara’s offending Facebook post featuring a photoshop of two men kissing in front of the Kaaba in Mecca:https://www.facebook.com/zara.kayk/posts/3550692608358194 Zara and Nick’s Medium piece on their work and Mariam Oyiza, a Nigerian ex-Muslim who now fights for women’s rights, ‘On being a Faithless Hijabi’:https://medium.com/@nickforbes_74938/on-being-a-faithless-hijabi-fa73f8827901 Mariam’s website:https://letsaii.com/mariam-aliyu/ Iona’s Two for Tea conversation with Sadia Hameed:https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/94-sadia-hameed-separatist-communities-in-the-uk-public-limited-version Timestamps:2:04 Zara’s ethnic background and her upbringing in Tanzania as part of the closed minority Khoja Shia community.4:47 A tea-based interruption and interlude; Iona lays down the tea-law.5:19 Zara continues discussing her upbringing.6:36 The links between the Khoja community and Shiism in Iraq and Iran.7:22 Zara’s languages and education.8:19 Zara on the social life of the community growing up: religious and ethnic segregation and family networks. The Khoja community as a “parallel community.”11:08 Zara discusses breaking away from the community and moving abroad; her desire to pursue higher education. Her feeling of liberation in Malaysia: a place where you could be a Muslim and not wear a hijab and meet people of other ethnicities and religions. 13:38 Zara on meeting a “flamboyant” gay man for the first time and Islamic homophobia. Her first argument with her brother was about his homophobia. 15:03 Zara on the “culture shocks” of coming out of the community bubble and her family’s relative liberalism. Moving to Australia. 17:58 Zara’s recent return to Tanzania on family business: weird experiences, harassment, and detention and questioning by police for 72 hours about her opinions and posts (including a photoshop of two men kissing in front of the Kaaba in Mecca) on social media. Nick’s role: he and others formed a group to make noise about Zara’s disappearance.31:26 Zara’s difficulty getting out of Tanzania and back to Australia after her detention. The Australian government’s reluctance to help. 36:08 The bigger picture in Tanzania: police and political corruption, brutality, and repression of activists. 39:38 Nick talks about his conservative Christian background, leaving his faith, becoming woke, becoming un-woke after Charlie Hebdo, and becoming involved in ex-Muslim issues.  and Faithless Hijabi: what it is and how he got involved.41:39 How Nick got involved with Faithless Hijabi. What Faithless Hijabi is and what it does: supporting ex-Muslims with mental health issues.  43:38 Zara describes the origins, evolution, and work of Faithless Hijabi. The plight of ex-Muslims and the issues they face.51:19 Nick tells the story of Mariam, a Nigerian woman who was helped by Faithless Hijabi after she left her conservative Sunni community.52:08 Faithless Hijabi’s therapist vetting process. Risks and trust issues with seeking therapy as an ex-Muslim/apostate.56:19 The left’s failure to support ex-Muslims and apostates. ABC’s cutting of an interview with Zara because she spoke about being an ex-Muslim activist.57:18 Zara talks about what people can do to best support ex-Muslims: we need free and open and nuanced debate between people of all backgrounds about sensitive issues like the hijab rather than caving to claims of offence or prevaricating with cultural relativism.

Faithless Hijabi website: <a href="https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/</a> Faithless Hijabi on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FaithlessHijabi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FaithlessHijabi</a> Support the work of Faithless Hijabi: <a href="https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/support-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/support-us/</a> Follow Zara on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/zarakayk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/zarakayk</a> References: Zara’s offending Facebook post featuring a photoshop of two men kissing in front of the Kaaba in Mecca: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zara.kayk/posts/3550692608358194" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/zara.kayk/posts/3550692608358194</a> Zara and Nick’s Medium piece on their work and Mariam Oyiza, a Nigerian ex-Muslim who now fights for women’s rights, ‘On being a Faithless Hijabi’: <a href="https://medium.com/@nickforbes_74938/on-being-a-faithless-hijabi-fa73f8827901" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@nickforbes_74938/on-being-a-faithless-hijabi-fa73f8827901</a> Mariam’s website: <a href="https://letsaii.com/mariam-aliyu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://letsaii.com/mariam-aliyu/</a> Iona’s Two for Tea conversation with Sadia Hameed: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/94-sadia-hameed-separatist-communities-in-the-uk-public-limited-version" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/94-sadia-hameed-separatist-communities-in-the-uk-public-limited-version</a> Timestamps: 2:04 Zara’s ethnic background and her upbringing in Tanzania as part of the closed minority Khoja Shia community. 4:47 A tea-based interruption and interlude; Iona lays down the tea-law. 5:19 Zara continues discussing her upbringing. 6:36 The links between the Khoja community and Shiism in Iraq and Iran. 7:22 Zara’s languages and education. 8:19 Zara on the social life of the community growing up: religious and ethnic segregation and family networks. The Khoja community as a “parallel community.” 11:08 Zara discusses breaking away from the community and moving abroad; her desire to pursue higher education. Her feeling of liberation in Malaysia: a place where you could be a Muslim and not wear a hijab and meet people of other ethnicities and religions. 13:38 Zara on meeting a “flamboyant” gay man for the first time and Islamic homophobia. Her first argument with her brother was about his homophobia. 15:03 Zara on the “culture shocks” of coming out of the community bubble and her family’s relative liberalism. Moving to Australia. 17:58 Zara’s recent return to Tanzania on family business: weird experiences, harassment, and detention and questioning by police for 72 hours about her opinions and posts (including a photoshop of two men kissing in front of the Kaaba in Mecca) on social media. Nick’s role: he and others formed a group to make noise about Zara’s disappearance. 31:26 Zara’s difficulty getting out of Tanzania and back to Australia after her detention. The Australian government’s reluctance to help. 36:08 The bigger picture in Tanzania: police and political corruption, brutality, and repression of activists. 39:38 Nick talks about his conservative Christian background, leaving his faith, becoming woke, becoming un-woke after Charlie Hebdo, and becoming involved in ex-Muslim issues. and Faithless Hijabi: what it is and how he got involved. 41:39 How Nick got involved with Faithless Hijabi. What Faithless Hijabi is and what it does: supporting ex-Muslims with mental health issues. 43:38 Zara describes the origins, evolution, and work of Faithless Hijabi. The plight of ex-Muslims and the issues they face. 51:19 Nick tells the story of Mariam, a Nigerian woman who was helped by Faithless Hijabi after she left her conservative Sunni community. 52:08 Faithless Hijabi’s therapist vetting process. Risks and trust issues with seeking therapy as an ex-Muslim/apostate. 56:19 The left’s failure to support ex-Muslims and apostates. ABC’s cutting of an interview with Zara because she spoke about being an ex-Muslim activist. 57:18 Zara talks about what people can do to best support ex-Muslims: we need free and open and nuanced debate between people of all backgrounds about sensitive issues like the hijab rather than caving to claims of offence or prevaricating with cultural relativism.

108 - Zara Kay and Nick Forbes - Faithless Hijabi

On this week’s episode, Leader of Newcastle City Council, Cllr Nick Forbes CBE joined host Emily Rodgers to highlight his ambitions for the future of his city. Nick has been instrumental in representing local government and their economies through a decade of austerity and has worked to secure devolution packages City Deals through the combined authority. The first thing noted by the leader is that the last ten years have been ‘the most extraordinary period in local government’ but that doesn’t stop him referring to his 11 years as leader as a privilege. Newcastle has implemented many examples of where they have pivoted and repurposed their resources to support the city through this crisis, with amazing results.Cllr Forbes’ ambitious plan for the future is a green one, with talks of growing your own food and not letting cars back into the city centre after this crisis, Nick is ready to support a whole generation of jobs created from the carbon neutral journey. A champion for local government, devolution and building a greater society, Cllr Forbes shares his council’s best practice and leaves you feeling inspired, certain that the coronavirus crisis poses opportunity for positive change.  

On this week’s episode, Leader of Newcastle City Council, Cllr Nick Forbes CBE joined host Emily Rodgers to highlight his ambitions for the future of his city. Nick has been instrumental in representing local government and their economies through a decade of austerity and has worked to secure devolution packages City Deals through the combined authority. The first thing noted by the leader is that the last ten years have been ‘the most extraordinary period in local government’ but that doesn’t stop him referring to his 11 years as leader as a privilege. Newcastle has implemented many examples of where they have pivoted and repurposed their resources to support the city through this crisis, with amazing results.Cllr Forbes’ ambitious plan for the future is a green one, with talks of growing your own food and not letting cars back into the city centre after this crisis, Nick is ready to support a whole generation of jobs created from the carbon neutral journey. A champion for local government, devolution and building a greater society, Cllr Forbes shares his council’s best practice and leaves you feeling inspired, certain that the coronavirus crisis poses opportunity for positive change.

Ep. 16 Cllr Nick Forbes - Net zero and an inclusive economy 

Nick Forbes, Newcastle City Council leader, talks to JesmondLocal