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Dr. Javad T Hashmi
@DrJavadTHashmi
PhD candidate in Religion at @Harvard; Physician, Ethicist, & Islamic Studies specialist
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Aug 28, 2024 • 22 tweets • 8 min read
The Israeli plan for Gaza, a look at the historical record. A thread. 🧵 1/ Pre-1947: Gaza, of course, was always a part of the Zionist conception of Eretz Israel. Partition plans were tactically accepted, with plans for the reclamation of said territory in the near future. 2/ Image
Aug 28, 2024 • 25 tweets • 9 min read
Every Single Prime Minister & Administration in Israeli History Has Opposed the Two State Solution. A thread. 🧵

A key argument of mine during my debate with @TheOmniLiberal was that the Israel has always ideologically opposed the existence of a sovereign Palestinian state, 1/ ...which is an essential component of the "two-state solution." What the Israeli leadership means by "two-state solution" is the creation of an autonomous but non-sovereign "entity" for Palestinians, reminiscent of Native American reservations or South African Bantustans... 2/ Image
Aug 21, 2024 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Actually, the Palestinians have already long ceded their claim to 78% of that house, & only want the guest room & closet, making up 22% of the house. But they are unreasonable for even that. @TheOmniLiberal thinks they should be ready to share the guest room too. 1/ Also, in this analogy, the guy who seized the house should also be allowed to enter in your guest room in the middle of night whenever he wants & even lock your doors from the outside. 2/
Aug 21, 2024 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
Post-debate thoughts:

Alright, I did the vain thing of watching back the entire debate at 2x speed -- & given that both @TheOmniLiberal & I already speak at 2x speed baseline -- it was basically 4x. Anyhoo, really pleased how that debate went. Alh. 1/ I consider Destiny a professional bullsh**ter, & say that with almost a degree of respect, given how truly good he is. He is very quick on his feet. Thus, I did not underestimate him as "just a streamer." 2/
Aug 20, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I think this framing can be unintentionally misleading, professor @GabrielSaidR. It is true that they are run out of the country by the mullahs & fundamentalists (who usually make up some 20% of the country), their ideas are often welcomed & entertained by the educated... 1/ ... which is precisely why the mullahs & fundamentalists need to get them to scoot & accuse them of all those things. 2/
Jul 20, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I had initially held the view that Noah's flood in the Quran was global based simply on biblical subtext. I have come to change my mind -- not, however, due to the apologetic reason to make it more scientifically plausible, but rather... 1/ ... because it would fit the Quranic schema better, in which past nations suffered communal punishments and local destruction. The Hour (al-sāʿa) is at the end of time, the Punishment (al-ʿadhāb) is localized & contingent, & one's own death is individual & certain. 2/
May 30, 2024 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
@HATzortzis, although I defended your right to express your backwards, medieval view, I find it necessary now to respond to this drivel of yours.

Here are the problems with your response. 1/ "The majority of Muslims believe in these laws."

The apostasy laws are hotly debated amongst modern Muslims, with even Grand Muftis & senior scholars of institutions like Al-Azhar opposing its implementation. 2/
May 25, 2024 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Thank you @luisdizon for such a fair-minded, well-informed, & charitable review of the course I co-taught with the great @BartEhrman. 1/ You raised some thoughtful points. In the course, I argued that the verbal dictation theory is difficult to square away with what we know from Quranic Studies, especially in terms of (human-generated) variants & sources of influence, which the Quran engages with. 2/
Jul 31, 2023 • 23 tweets • 5 min read
Abortion Debate Review:

I just finished watching the debate between @Trent_Horn & @TheOmniLiberal. I must say that this was a huge sigh of relief for the pro-life side, & Trent's performance was masterful as usual. He really impressed me. 1/ As a Muslim who switched from pro-choice to pro-life after listening to & reading a bunch of Christian philosophers, theologians, & preachers, I may not be the most neutral person here. However, I honestly admit that Destiny "won" the previous debate on the same topic. 2/
Jul 12, 2023 • 26 tweets • 8 min read
In this thread, we will discuss @Haqiqatjou's racist bent & white nationalist connection.

1/ We should not be surprised here because Dishonest Dan's grift & livelihood is based on expanding his viewership, & there is a large market for intellectual dark web & racialist ideas. 2/ As Melanie Phillips writes, @Haqiqatjou is at the forefront of an emerging "unholy alliance between Republicans and Islamists," although I think it is more fair to say "the far right & Islamists."
Jun 3, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
@ApostateProphet tried to correct Professor @KhalilAndani when he stated that the Quran forbids aggression in the following verse:

[Q 2:190]
Fight in God’s cause against those who fight you, but do not aggress (lā taʿtadū), for God does not love aggressors (muʿtadīn). 1/ AP looked at an English translation, which translated it as "transgression." But, this translation only works if by this one means transgression against the law of peace/sanctity (ḥurmat al-nafs), which then triggers qiṣāṣ (proportionate retaliation). 2/
Jan 18, 2023 • 30 tweets • 7 min read
In regards to slavery, the Quran evinces an emancipatory ethic, calling emancipation "the steep path," i.e. the meritorious path of the pious:

"And what will explain to you the steep path? It is the freeing of the slave..." (Q 90:12-13) 1/ What is righteousness according to the Quran? It is to FREE THE SLAVE:

"It is not piety to turn your faces toward the east and the west. Rather, piety is he who... gives wealth, despite loving it... for [the emancipation of] slaves." (Q 2:177) 2/
Jan 16, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Sigh, once again arguments go over this guy's head & also he is dishonest. I specifically say in the discussion that abolition was brought about in the Islamic world by both external & internal factors. I literally acknowledged British/European pressure... 1/ but the point that I made, which Harris fails to appreciate, is that there were genuine Islamic reformers who were simultaneously calling for the abolition of slavery on religious grounds. 2/
Jan 16, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
After reading this, it becomes clear that viewers who thought many of my arguments went over your head were absolutely right. I have always said that slavery was both attacked & defended by Christians, often using the same biblical passages, no less! 1/ This, my friend, was the exact point. Do you really not see this? Is this really so hard for you to grasp? My entire point this entire time to you has been that religions are internally diverse, which explains why both sides were Christians making religious arguments. 2/
Jan 16, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Harris -- The discussion stands on its own. No need to clip a 60 second clip where you not only talked over me -- as you did throughout the discussion, but you were clearly off topic & intentionally so. This was because you were having a hard time justifying your arguments. 1/ So, of course, you could randomly insert this or that embarrassing ḥadīth in our conversation, but it hardly advances the case for you. My entire argument was that liberal/modernist/reformist Islam defies the criticisms you levy against Islam en toto. 2/
Jan 16, 2023 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
In "The Case Against the Sexual Revolution," Louise Perry argues that "consent is not enough." She critiques the (extreme) liberal/libertarian/libertine view: "Everything & anything goes as long as you choose or consent to it at the time..." 1/ Image "What this misses out, of course," she writes, "is that people can be pressured -- by peers or partners or wider cultural forces -- into believing that they want things which later they come to recognize as bad for them..." 2/ Image
Dec 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Having read all of Aga Khan III's memoirs for a research paper, I can tell you that this is an incredibly misleading & false representation. Throughout his writing, he valued peace over war, promoted democracy, & stood for progressive values. He stood against fascism. 1/ This quote is merely a reflection of his commitment to peace. Aga Khan III supported the Allies against the
Nazis, giving the lie to this tweet. Also, it is even more misleading to talk about the concentration camps, which were not known at that time to the world. 2/
Dec 7, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Dear Mr. Spencer, I think you've overstated my "fascination" with you. I consider your writing to be overall sophomoric & each book readable within a short day. If I had really spent 10 years just prepping for you, I think that would be quite sad. 1/ Instead, I have spent the last 10 years becoming a scholar, tirelessly learning Arabic & studying other languages as well. This includes completing a fellowship, earning two masters degrees & now in the middle of my PhD, as well as some traditional Islamic learning too. 2/
Dec 4, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Dear @jihadwatchRS, thanks for the debate. It was fun & helpful. As for your claim of character assassin, I think claiming that I stole is exactly that, i.e. character assassination. I tried to raise $50,000 so that I could take a year off & write the book. Unfortunately... 1/ we did not reach the desired amount & fell way short, i.e. $8,000. I decided then to write it on the side & get it done. However, this proved to be difficult, especially when I realized how deep I would need to dive to do this topic justice. I, therefore, decided to do a PhD. 2/
Nov 7, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
I don't really disagree with @KhalilAndani on a substantive point here, other than the value judgment attached to this. So, first my agreement: Yes, intercessory beliefs/practices became accepted quite early on & are widely accepted in both Sunnī & Shīʿa circles... 1/ although there is a difference in degree & details. Dissenters today include Salafis (Wahhābīs) but even more so reformists, modernists, & also Qur'anists. Salafis accept the Prophet's intercession on the Day of Judgment, which the latter groups generally do not. 2/
Oct 9, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Not only does the anti-theist first set out to define what faith is--"blind obedience" or, as Sam Harris put its, "belief without sufficient evidence"--but then the anti-theist moves to say, If someone were to truly use their reason, they would not be religious. 1/ With this move, we once again see the mirrored language between anti-theist & theist dogmatists. Historically, many intolerant views held that unbelievers would surely have arrived at the truth had they but used their reason correctly. 2/