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Yasmine Mohammed
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The Glenn Beck Program
Cuomo’s Embarrassing NYC Loss to a Radical Jihadist Apologist | Guest: Yasmine Mohammed | 6/25/25
New York City just elected a communist Muslim radical as its Democratic mayoral candidate. It only took 25 years after 9/11 for NYC to elect a jihadist apologist. Glenn exposes how radical this candidate, Zohran Mamdani, actually is. Glenn issues a dire warning for any conservative New York City resident: Now is the time to get out. Glenn predicts the downfall of New York City in light of the radical who may become the new mayor. Stu explains his theory on why New York City Democrats elected this radical as their mayoral candidate. Glenn announces his next mission that will change...
2025-06-25
2h 13
The Glenn Beck Program
Best of the Program | Guest: Yasmine Mohammed | 6/25/25
Stu explains his theory on why New York City Democrats elected this radical as their mayoral candidate. Glenn announces his next mission that will change the way you learn history: a physical and digital museum. Glenn speaks with Yasmine Mohammed, who calls out the dangers that radical Islam is to America. Yasmine also opens up about the horrors she faced during her childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-06-25
45 min
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Lessons Learned on Healing from ExMuslim Women
In this very special episode of Yasmine Mohammed Podcast, Yasmine will be joined by a group of ExMuslim women who have survived Islamic upbringing to share what they have learned or unlearned regarding their experiences with boundaries, narcissism, trauma bonds and attachment styles. This group of fierce women are joining Yasmine to help shed light on some common experiences, red flags and strategies to overcome trauma in life.Yasmeena Ali: https://www.instagram.com/loveyasmeena/Meshair Szpala: https://www.instagram.com/meshairszpala/
2025-06-10
2h 01
The Brendan O'Neill Show
Yasmine Mohammed: My escape from radical Islam
Yasmine Mohammed – president of Free Hearts Free Minds and co-founder of Clarity Coalition is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Yasmine joined Brendan to discuss the killing of ‘blasphemer’ Salwan Momika, the lethal spread of Islamist intolerance, and the racism of never criticising Muslims. Find her on Instagram, X and Facebook. Celebrate 25 years of spiked. Donate £25 or more to get a year’s membership of spiked supporters for half the usual price: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period...
2025-02-20
53 min
The Podcast For Inquiry
Burkas, beatings and bicycles - The life of Yasmine Mohammed
Yasmine Mohammed is a human rights activist and author of Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims. Yasmine is one of the most prominent and vocal figures supporting persecuted freethinkers across the globe, from elevating the voices of marginalized freethinkers on her podcast, to creating a global network of allies across religious and political divides through the CLARITy Coalition. Yasmine shares how her childhood was dramatically changed when her mother became an unofficial “second wife” to a devout Muslim man, and how Canada failed to protect her due to the bigotry of low expectations. She describes her jour...
2025-02-19
1h 07
Les podcasts du CERIF
Conversation with Yasmine Mohammed : Unveiled. How the West Empowers radical Muslims.
Unveiled. How the West Empowers radical Muslims.Florence Bergeaud-Blackler reçoit Yasmine Mohammed. #YasmineMohammed est une militante des droits humains, auteure du best-seller Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims, fondatrice et présidente de l’organisation #FreeHeartsFreeMinds, et animatrice du podcast #YasmineMohammedPodcast. Son podcast, créé il y a trois ans, donne la parole à des personnes réduites au silence et ignorées par les médias traditionnels, ainsi qu’à des personnalités notables telles que #SamHarris, #EinatWilf, #SarahEdmonson, #HamzaHoudy, #DaliaZaida, #ElicaLeBon, #GadSaad et #AyaanHirsiAli. Le podcast est disponible sur plusieurs plateformes, notamment : • Site officiel : https://www.yasminemoham...
2025-02-14
46 min
The Kelsi Sheren Perspective
Combating Islamist Extremist with Yasmine Mohammed | #252
Yasmine Mohammed, human rights activist and author, is at the forefront of several global movements to empower freethinkers and dissidents from the Middle East. From elevating the voices of marginalized freethinkers on her podcast, to creating a global network of allies across religious and political divides through co-founding and co-directing the CLARITy Coalition, Yasmine is one of the most prominent and vocal figures supporting persecuted freethinkers across the globe. Her charity Free Hearts Free Minds is the only nonprofit on the planet dedicated to supporting the mental health of freethinkers and LGBT from Muslim communities across the world. Through writ...
2025-01-21
1h 44
Red Light Exposé
Forced Marriage & Sex Trafficking Under Islam with Yasmine Mohammed
Michelle Abel and Elly Arrow interview forced marriage & religious abuse survivor Yasmine Mohammed who fights on behalf of women, girls, gay people & non-believers trying to survive and escape Islam. We go over Islamic sexual morality and the ways it can be used to justify sexual abuse and exploitation in particular.Links Yasmine Mohammed’s website: https://www.yasminemohammed.com/ Yasmine Mohammed’s book “Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims”: https://www.yasminemohammed.com/unveiled Free Hearts, Free Minds: https://www.freeheartsfreeminds.com/ The Yasmine Mohammed’s Podcast: https://www.yasminemo...
2025-01-12
1h 17
Taste0ftruth Tuesdays
Women, Terror, and Freedom: Yasmine Mohammed on Radical Ideologies and the West’s Blind Spots
Welcome back, with recent events remind us how extremism thrives—not just in far-off places, but right here in the West. From a tragic New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans to chants of intifada echoing through 6th Avenue in NYC, the alarming reality of radical ideologies is impossible to ignore. In this timely and powerful episode, I sit down with Yasmine Mohammed, author of Unveiled: How The West Empowers Radical Islam. As a survivor of a forced marriage to an Al-Qaeda operative, Yasmine brings unparalleled insight into the complex intersection of terrorism, women’s rights, and th...
2025-01-07
1h 12
The Divorcing Religion Podcast
Strong Women in Secular Spaces: Yasmine Mohammed - Fighting Religious Tyranny
Strong Women in Secular Spaces: Yasmine Mohammed - Fighting Religious Tyranny DIVORCED: IslamCW: Violence and SA briefly mentionedI am honored today to speak today with human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed, who is founder and president of Free Hearts Free Minds, and the author of the book Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims. From elevating the voices of marginalized freethinkers on her podcast, to creating a global network of allies across religious and political divides through co-founding and co-directing the CLARITy Coalition, Yasmine is one of the most prominent an...
2024-12-15
53 min
The Yoga of War Podcast: Fighting for Israel & The Jewish People
Yasmine Mohammed | An Ex-Muslim Discusses Islam | Israel-Hamas War | Conversation w/Shana Meyerson
Yasmine Mohammed never left the Left. But the Left definitely did abandon her.After being raised by a "born again" Muslim mother and an abusive Islamic step-father, Yasmine was married off at age 20 to an Al Qaeda operative who subjected her to demoralizing dehumanization that simply stole her soul. Ultimately, it was only to save her daughter from genital mutilation and the same evil, inhuman fate she was suffering that Yasmine finally found the strength to take her beloved child and escape this horrifying life imprisoned by Radical Islam.A bold and fearless human rights...
2024-11-11
2h 08
Conversations with Peter Boghossian
Do "Islamophobia" Accusations Silence Real Feminism? With Yasmine Mohammed
Yasmine Mohammed and Peter Boghossian discuss women's oppression under Islam and Western Feminism's silence on the issue. Follow Yasmine: Free Hearts Free Minds Yasmine Mohammad Podcast Yasmine's book, "Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims" Clarity Coalition Yasmine on Instagram, Facebook, and X Watch this episode on YouTube.
2024-09-12
1h 28
The Same Drugs
Yasmine Mohammed escaped the abuses of Islam only to watch the West bow down
Meghan Murphy speaks with Yasmine Mohammed, a woman who suffered enormous oppression and abuse growing up under Islam, but escaped and is now one of its feircest critics. Yasmine is a human rights campaigner, free speech advocate, founder of the Free Hearts Free Minds charity, director of the Clarity Coalition, host of the Yasmine Mohammad Podcast, and author of Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider supporting us with a donation, becoming a patron, or subscribing on Substack. You can watch select clips and episodes of The Same Drugs on YouTube. Full videos are available on Substack, Patreon, and to YouTube channel members. You can support The Same Drugs on Spotify by
2024-08-06
1h 31
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Yasmine: History of Jews in Arab Countries
Yasmine is first generation Israeli-American wife and mother, who has used her passion for Jewish history and representation to create and foster a community using her online work and advocacy, since 2016.Yasmines paternal Saba fled Aleppo at age 13, where he and his family had lived for hundreds and hundreds of years, as antisemitism became increasingly violent. Her Saba was rescued by the first Youth Aliyah group along with other children from Lebanon in 1943. He had to leave behind his mother as she was blind and unable to make the trip safely. He served in the Haganah, fighting both...
2024-07-09
1h 58
The Read Well Podcast
The Shocking Truth of Her Terrifying Memoir! (Author of “Unveiled” - Yasmine Mohammed) | EP 57
Join me as I sit down with Yasmine Mohammed, author of 'Unveiled,' to learn about her incredible journey and her efforts to support Islamic women. We'll explore how to discern truth in the media and the impact of her work. Discover why 'Unveiled' is a crucial read for those who value freedom and truth.Get Connected with Yasmine’s Work at:Free Hearts Free MindsYasmine Mohammad PodcastUnveiled: How the West Empowers Radical MuslimsClarity CoalitionYasmine Mohammed InstagramYasmine Mohammed Twitter...
2024-07-08
1h 16
רוח מערבית - The Western Spirit
#159 - Yasmine Mohammed
Yasmine Mohammed's Journey - From marrying a Terrorist to Fighting Radical Islam harrowing story of growing up in a Muslim Brotherhood environment, facing oppression, and being forced into an arranged marriage with a prominent terrorist. She details her dangerous journey to escape him, escape her mother, obtain a restraining order, divorce, and gain full custody of her daughter. Yasmine discusses the influence of radical Islam in the West, and the alliance between Islamists and the progressive left. She emphasizes the need for a color blind society in which everyone is treated equally under the law and how...
2024-06-21
1h 04
More to Her Story: The Podcast
Yasmine Mohammed, Human Rights Activist
Yasmine Mohammed is a Canadian human rights activist and author of Egyptian and Palestinian descent. Yasmine escaped from a forced, abusive marriage to an Al-Qaeda operative and became an advocate for women's rights through her non-profit organization Free Hearts, Free Minds. She is the author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam. In this episode, Yasmine shares her remarkable story and unique perspective with the world. Trigger Warning: Mention of violence against women.
2024-06-03
41 min
Cults to Consciousness
Forced to Marry Al Qaeda: Confessions of an “Ex-Muslim” ft. Yasmine Mohammed
*Content Warning: Domestic Violence, SA, CA* Determined to fight for the human rights of the oppressed, Yasmine Mohammed speaks out and shares her experiences with Islam extremism. Her mother forced her to marry a terrorist and it wasn’t until she fell pregnant with a daughter that made her realize she had to escape in order to secure her a better life. In search of freedom, she also found her voice and now she platforms countless other people who share their experiences.Find and support Yasmine!Her book: “Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam”The Yasmine...
2024-05-31
1h 52
Dirty Moderate with Adam Epstein
Yasmine Mohammed-Unveiled
As a young girl born in Canada, Yasmine Mohammed was born into a strict Islamic household. If she missed a word of her Koran readings, she was beat until her feet were bloody and raw. And the Canadian government said there was nothing they could do to help her. “This is your culture,” they smugly told her. But Yasmine escaped the horrors of her childhood and the strictures of her faith to emerge as an important spokesperson for women everywhere, especially lapsed Muslims who have also been emancipated from the patriarchal, repressive dogma of Radic...
2024-04-01
1h 20
heretics.
Scary Islam Is Recruiting Woke 'Useful Idiots' - Yasmine Mohammed
Yasmine Mohammed is an ex-Muslim who speaks out against the extreme religion, and how woke useful idiots are being used against us. She was forced to marry an al-Qaeda terrorist, but has since escaped and now speaks out with incredible bravery. #heretics #islamist #usefulidiots Follow her on X: https://twitter.com/YasMohammedxxSubscribe to her channel: www.youtube.com/@YasmineMohammedxxMore info: Through her initiative Free Hearts, Free Minds, she supports closeted ex-Muslims from Muslim-majority countries and co-ordinates an online campaign called #NoHijabDay against World Hi...
2024-02-22
1h 12
Transforming Trauma
A Pathway to Peace in the Fight Against Oppression and Religious Trauma with Yasmine Mohammed
NARM Senior Trainer Brad Kammer invites human rights campaigner Yasmine Mohammed to share her experiences growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic household, including her arranged marriage to a member of Al-Qaeda and her subsequent work as founder and president of Free Hearts Free Minds, an organization providing mental health support to free thinkers and members of the LGBTQ+ community who are unable to live authentically due to religious and societal persecution. Candid conversations about religious trauma can feel uncomfortable, disloyal and even risky. However, human rights campaigner Yasmine Mohammed says now is the time to openly discuss...
2024-01-10
54 min
Hur Kan Vi?
Yasmine Mohammed - Från al-Qaida till ateism
Det här ett återpublicerat och reklamfritt samtal som spelades in 2019.Den bästsäljande författaren Yasmine Mohammed har bl.a. skrivit boken “How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam”, om hur hon gick från att vara gift med en medlem i al-Qaida till att kämpa för kvinnors rättigheter.Följ Yasmine:Twitter: @YasMohammedxxwww.yasminemohammed.comwww.freeheartsfreeminds.comHär hittar du alla samtal från Hur kan vi?Utforska Hurkanvipedia för att lära dig mer Stö...
2023-12-21
1h 17
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Dalia Ziada: Had to flee for her life from Egypt because she spoke the truth about Hamas
In this very special Yasmine Mohammed Podcast, I will interview an incredibly brave woman named Dalia Ziada: Dalia is one of the most famous political analysts in the Arab world. She had to flee her country in fear for her life because she publicly told the truth about Hamas terrorists. In our conversation, she will explain why the Islamists are the enemy and why Europe and North America should be careful.Contact Dalia:dalia@egyldi.orgFacebook.com/daliaziadaTwitter @daliaziadaDalia's book: https://www.amazon.com/Curious-Case-Three-Legged-Wolf-Democracy/dp/1696264731
2023-12-20
1h 26
Dangerous Speech
Ep 162 Yasmine Mohammed
I spoke with Yasmine Mohammed about the support for Hamas in the West and how what she had written about in her book, Unveiled, is playing out in real time. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Yasmine: @YasMohammedxx You can buy Yasmine’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Unveiled-Western-Liberals-Empower-Radical/dp/B084HBTTMM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UCQA2DC8LQYW&keywords=unveiled+how+western+liberals+empower+radical+islam&qid=1702822615&sprefix=unveil%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1 You can find out and support her work at Free Hearts Free Minds: https://www.gofundme.com/f/vhxs2s-free-hearts-free-minds?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_ca...
2023-12-17
50 min
Kate Wand
Red Pilled Ex-Muslim Speaks Out: Exposing Radical Islam | Yasmine Mohammed & Kate Wand
📝 subscribe to katewand.substack.comA few years ago, I read an incredible memoir that touched my soul. The book was considered so taboo that no one was willing to publish it, so the author decided to publish it herself.What you’re about to hear is a conversation with Yasmine Mohammed, author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam.In this podcast we discuss the threat of radical Islam in the West, her foresight about events like the massacre of October 7th, and the poison of Islamism that starts in the relig...
2023-12-03
1h 34
The Roy Green Show
Nov 12: Yasmine Mohammed, Op-ed for CNN: Many Palestinians hate Hamas
Yasmine Mohammed is president of the non-profit organization Free Hearts Free Minds" and author of UNVEILED: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam. Op ed for CNN: Many Palestinians hate Hamas. My father certainly did. Guest: Yasmine Mohammed. Canadian author. Grew up in Vancouver. At 19, forced to marry a member of Al Qaeda. Her mother threated to have Ms. Mohammed killed for getting divorced and living alone and taking off her hijab. Has testified before the Canadian parliament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-11-13
17 min
A Little Bit Culty
Unveiled: Yasmine Mohammed on Extreme Fundamentalism
Today’s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Yasmine Mohammed attended Islamic schools and wore a hijab starting at the age of nine, all while living in Vancouver, BC. In this episode, she invites us into her childhood to get a taste of what it was like to live in two different worlds – the West and extreme fundamentalist Islam – while fitting into neither. She pulls back the curtain on the culty dynamics, indoctrination, and dehumanization characteristic of both worlds. We learn a little about her forced marriage to a member of Al-Qaeda at the age of 19. And she illumin...
2023-11-06
45 min
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Deb D
When Deb was 19, she escaped the cult her mother had joined when she was 11. After eight years trapped in a cult, she was alone. She had zero life skills, no money, and no place to live. She was terrified, but she was free. She knew she would make it; she just didn’t know how! Eventually she married a Muslim man and had a son. Her son is a conservative Muslim living in the UAE where his wife and daughter are required to wear hijab. Join me to talk with Deb on her very tumultuous life and what she is...
2023-03-06
1h 55
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Dorothea
Dorothea grew up in the UK to a Pakistani family. Her independent spirit and determination was always a hinderance to her family and community around her. But yet, she persisted. Today Dorothea is able to let her authentic self shine in her life without restrictions. She uses her negative past experiences to inform her important work as as a healthy relationship and harmful traditional practices consultant. She has over a decades practice experience working with victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence, honour crimes and forced marriage.
2023-02-21
2h 06
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Nada
Nada, author of Gaslight Avenue: Based on a True Hummus Story, upset the town when she swam against the tide. Now this Palestinian-born Canadian writer and womanist is addicted to helping other women reckon with the same patriarchal world she escaped from to live their best lives with full bodily autonomy, free of religious toxicity, misogyny, and conformity.
2023-02-14
1h 05
The Liz Svatek Show
Yasmine Mohammed- Unveiled and Unleashed- Escaping A Terrorist - Episode 136
Yasmine Mohammeds story is so mind blowing, so traumatic, it’s hard to believe what she’s lived through. Her spirit, which kept her alive, her daughter as her north star, and one incredible escape from a terrorist that led to a beautiful life. Now Yasmine advocates for the rights of women living within Muslim majority countries, as well as those who struggle under religious fundamentalism. She she sheds light on the religious trauma that so many women still today are unable to discuss. Websites: https://www.yasminemohammed.com/ https://www.freeheartsfreeminds.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=41c...
2022-12-07
52 min
Conversaciones
Victoria Liendo habla de "Sin velo", el libro de Yasmine Mohammed
Victoria Liendo habla de "Sin velo", el libro de Yasmine Mohammed by Gustavo Noriega
2022-12-05
24 min
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Lina
Lina grew up a minority Christian in Cairo, Egypt. Frustrated with the sexist society around her, she moved to Canada in her 20s. Here she discovered that, in the name of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, people in the West fail to realize that within every cultural community, there are some unique minds and souls that think differently, and they deserve an equal opportunity to be heard and to express their views. In order to try and correct this egregious wrong, she published a book called "Liberation – Secrets of the Soul,” it is a collection of short stories, revealing existential mome...
2022-11-28
1h 43
Chatting with Candice
#65 Yasmine Mohammed - Unveiling Islam
Yasmine Mohammed is a Canadian university instructor, human rights activist, author, and founder of a non-profit organization called Free Hearts, Free Minds. She was formerly married to an Al-Qaeda operative and has become an advocate for women’s rights and Muslim women’s rights. She talks about navigating the discourse on being a Muslim woman, wearing the hijab, Shariah countries, and being the voice of girls and women being abused worldwide.Links and Resources:FacebookTwitterInstagramFree H...
2022-11-23
1h 05
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Ellaf
Ellaf came to America as a refugee from Iraq when she was just a baby. When she was 14 years old, she was sent back to Iraq to get married. After years of sexual, mental, and physical abuse, she found the courage to escape. Join me as we listen to Ellaf tell her story of not only surviving a child marriage but of thriving as a graduate student, an entrepreneur and the proud mother of three children who she saved from the generational trauma that repeated itself unhindered until it was met with Ellaf.
2022-11-13
1h 19
The Jordan Harbinger Show
749: Yasmine Mohammed | How the West Empowers Radical Islam Part Two
Yasmine Mohammed (@yasmohammedxx) is a human rights activist who advocates for the rights of women living within Muslim-majority countries, as well as those who struggle under religious fundamentalism in general. She is the founder of Free Hearts Free Minds and the author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part one here!] What We Discuss with Yasmine Mohammed: Why curtailing expression in free societies is the worst possible response to threats made by religious fundamentalists. How the same religious text that serves to...
2022-11-10
1h 05
The Jordan Harbinger Show
748: Yasmine Mohammed | How the West Empowers Radical Islam Part One
Yasmine Mohammed (@yasmohammedxx) is a human rights activist who advocates for the rights of women living within Muslim-majority countries, as well as those who struggle under religious fundamentalism in general. She is the founder of Free Hearts Free Minds and the author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Be on the lookout for part two later this week!] What We Discuss with Yasmine Mohammed: Why curtailing expression in free societies is the worst possible response to threats made by religious fundamentalists. How the same religious text...
2022-11-08
1h 07
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Jaleh
Jaleh is the author of 'Public Secrets of Islam'. She was born in Iran under this current Islamic regime. She has always been a fierce supporter of women and against the brutality of political Islam. Her public criticisms have meant that she can no longer return to her homeland. In 2015 she survived an attack by an ISIS supporter at a free speech event that she had organized. Jaleh will tell us all about growing up in Iran, the terrorist attack that she survived, we will talk about her book and so much more. And, of course, she will also...
2022-10-21
1h 43
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Anya
In some ways Anya and I are total opposites and in other ways, we lived parallel lives. While I was tyrannized by a far right ideology, her experience was that of tyranny from the far left. Anya is from the Soviet Union. As everybody else there, she was heavily brainwashed into the communist ideology. While she didn't have to wear a hijab, there was plenty she was forced to do, think, and say - whether she liked it or not. She is of Jewish descent and, due to systemic antisemitism, her options in life were limited. She had to...
2022-10-11
1h 16
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Hanna
Hanna was born and raised in America with two Moroccan immigrants as parents. Her morals developed through immersion in a society that treasures individual liberties and the simultaneous exposure to the pitfalls of collectivistic culture within Islamic societies. Today, as a gay ex-Muslim, Hanna is an adamant defender of human rights and, more specifically, freedom of speech. As a Critical Thinking Fellow at the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Foundation, Hanna has hosted several events with prominent human rights advocates. Currently, Hanna is attending medical school and holds bachelor's degrees in Biomedical Sciences and Sociology.
2022-10-09
1h 15
Marshall Matters
Yasmine Mohammed: Salman Rushdie and how western liberals empower radical Islam
Winston speaks with author and human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed. They discuss Salman Rushdie’s Fatwa, The Satanic Verses, Islamic blasphemy laws and how liberals empower radical Islam.
2022-08-29
47 min
Middle East Forum Podcast
Leaving Islam, Becoming Canadian with Yasmine Mohammed
Yasmine Mohammed, born of privileged Egyptian immigrant parents, grew up in a suffocating Islamist household isolated from the surrounding Canada and had to marry an Al Qaeda operative. She recounts her escape from this environment, her leaving Islam, and her success in developing a new life, then draws lessons for others in her situation.
2022-08-15
38 min
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Leorah
Leorah is native Sudanese but was born and raised in Saudi Arabia where, along with her brother, started to learn Quran and Islamic Studies as soon as she could speak. From there, their lives took very different paths- After enduring many years of abuse, as well as being buried under a niqab and being subjugated under Islamic laws, Leorah is now married to the man of her dreams. She is married to a Canadian Buddhist man who supports her in living the free life she was deprived of growing up. By stark contrast, however; her brother ended up joining t...
2022-08-04
2h 14
Nouveaux Paradigmes
Le parcours d'une apostate - partie 2 (une conversation avec Yasmine Mohammed)
Cet épisode de Nouveaux Paradigmes reprend la seconde partie de mon interview de Yasmine Mohammed, auteure du livre "Lever le voile" dont je suis le traducteur français, disponible cet automne en version numérique et papier. Notre conversation a trait à l'Islam radical qui lui a été imposé vers l'âge de cinq ans, et à son parcours en tant qu'ex musulmane.Soutenez ce podcast http://supporter.acast.com/nouveauxparadigmes. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
2022-07-31
54 min
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Samira
Samira is half Arab, half Danish, however growing up the cultural and religious values of her father were way stronger thank her Danish side. When she became a teenager, the conflict between her two cultures caused a lot of turmoil and confusion for many years. She eventually felt the only way to free herself from the dichotomy was to leave Islam. But the break was a painful one. Her family disowned her for her choice to liberate herself and she missed her dad and her siblings. After a tragic loss of my first husband (an American non Muslim), she...
2022-07-19
1h 02
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Iman
Iman escaped Saudi Arabia where she was treated like property in 2003. She graduated medical school and escaped to Canada where she now is witnessing the erosion of freedoms and is sounding the alarm through her podcast "One Godless Woman". For her unapologetic and fierce activism, she being sued by a Muslim Brotherhood entity in Canada. Iman will tell us all about her journey from muzzled Muslim girl covered head to toe in black living under Sharia to freethinking woman wearing whatever she wants and saying whatever she wants in Canada.
2022-07-17
1h 13
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Aisha
Aisha is my first cousin 🤍 Her dad was my favorite uncle. Aisha grew up in New Jersey with her mother and sister when her parents divorced. In college she met a man and fell in love, the only problem was- he was Jewish. Her mother disowned her when she decided to marry him. To protect her younger sister from being "tainted" by Aisha's influence, she took her and left for Egypt without even telling Aisha. After many years of trauma and healing, Aisha now works as a faith leader supporting others at the Unitarian Universalist Church. Join us to hea...
2022-07-15
1h 18
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Rabyaah
Rabyaah grew up in Yemen before coming to the US at the age of six. She is the founder of Arab Women’s Voice and she co-founded the Yemeni American Coalition for Change to support grassroots movements in the Middle East during the Arab Spring. Rabyaah was also chosen as a national Bernie surrogate in the 2020 Presidential race. Rabyaah began to question the extremists in her community and the Islamists in US government around the Arab Spring. Her criticisms caused so much backlash, but it didn't stop her. She is committed to continuing to speak out for the good of...
2022-07-13
1h 17
Nouveaux Paradigmes
Le parcours d'une apostate - partie 1 (une conversation avec Yasmine Mohammed)
Dans cet épisode de Nouveaux Paradigmes, j'échange avec Yasmine Mohammed, auteure du livre "Dévoilée" dont je suis le traducteur français, disponible cet automne en version numérique et papier. Notre conversation a trait à l'Islam radical qui lui a été imposé vers l'âge de cinq ans, et à son parcours en tant qu'ex musulmane.Soutenez ce podcast http://supporter.acast.com/nouveauxparadigmes. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
2022-06-19
52 min
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Liz
Elizabeth was born in the UK to a British-Italian family and grew up as a (semi/non-practicing) Christian. Following her own spiritual journey alongside a cultural exploration of Arabic language and culture, she later converted to Islam in her early 20s. Having since left Orthodox Islam, she is an advocate for liberalism in Islam. An award-winning activist, passionate about protecting human rights, promoting peace, and strengthening intercultural and interfaith cohesion, Elizabeth's main interests include women’s rights, refugee and migrant rights and issues surrounding multiculturalism, anti-extremism and community cohesion – in particular, Jewish-Muslim relations. A renowned and curious chatterbox, Elizabeth love...
2022-05-31
1h 34
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Weam
Weam Namou was born in Baghdad, to an ancient lineage called the Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians who still speak Aramaic), and came to the U.S. at age ten. She is an Eric Hoffer award winning author of 14 books, a two-time international award-winning documentary filmmaker, a poet, journalist, and the founder and president of Unique Voices in Films, a nonprofit organization. She is currently working on her first feature narrative film, Pomegranate [in post-production]. The script of Pomegranate was selected as a quarter finalist by Francis Coppola's Zoetrope. Weam is the executive director of the Chaldean Cultural Center, which houses the...
2022-05-30
1h 19
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Nada
Nada grew up in Bahrain where she was forced into hijab as a young child, she struggled to live within the tiny framework that was afforded to her. And then one day, a picture on Facebook, where she proudly shared that she learned how to use chopsticks, blew up her whole life. Her family threatened to kill her and there was no looking back. Now, free from any familial demands, Nada lives in California working as a Medical Interpreter.
2022-05-27
1h 28
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Dalal
Dalal grew up in the US and Saudi Arabia and now lives in Ireland. At 18, she was forced into a marriage with a man she describes as having “more rights over my body than I did”. Dalal speaks openly and honestly about what it was like enduring years of abuse by her parents and what it took to leave her abusers and start anew. In the years since, she has grown mentally and physically (competing in powerlifting competitions!). She now lives in Ireland with her Belgian partner. Dalal’s personal story is meant for those who need to know that t...
2022-05-26
1h 03
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Meshair
Though she was born and raised in Saudi, Meshair’s parents are from Somalia. She travelled for the first time when she was twenty-five years old and continued travelling ever since. Traveling the world made her mind and heart expand. It filled her with love and left no room for hate and regret. She is now married to the man of her dreams, François- a French Pastry Chef who fills her heart with love and their home with sweet smell of freshly baked cookies and lavish decorations of petit fours!
2022-05-24
2h 01
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Wafa
Wafa is a Tamazight Tunisian Ex-Muslim, holder of a Ph.D. degree in Linguistics from The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, and a university educator. She currently serves as the director of the Translations Project, a program of the Center for Inquiry and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. She is also a board member of Inara, the Tunisian Association of Irreligious and Free Thinkers. She is human rights and civil liberties activist, an advocate of the Ex-Muslim organizations for acceptance of religious dissent and promotion of secular values, and an activist for the...
2022-05-22
1h 30
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Wasila
Wasila grew up back and forth in between Yemen and Austria- experiencing culture shock over and over throughout. She lived in this confused state until she decided to drop everything and choose her own happiness! Wasila is now married to the love of her life, a German man, and they have two daughters together. She has a successful career in a university as an administrator for international students. She is also co-founder of www.healingoasiskids.com where she teaches children yoga accompanied by a guided meditation which narrates scientific topics to children in a mindful way.
2022-05-21
2h 36
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Ayesha
Born in South Africa, Ayesha is a Cape Malay woman who grew up in Australia. Despite her Western upbringing, Ayesha's story features the familiar battle for independence and freedom that many women from Muslim backgrounds experience all over the world. In the process of finding herself, Ayesha faced many losses and hardships - including losing the love and acceptance of her family. Now living happily with her partner of 8 years, Ayesha has found a new family who accepts her unconditionally for the person she truly is. With 3 university degrees and a successful career across a range of disciplines, Ayesha...
2022-05-20
1h 02
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Reem
Raised in a traditional Omani home, Reem always found herself battling being true to herself or being aligned with her culture's traditions. The journey to being true to herself was not a easy one; from leaving her home country, to disentangling herself from a difficult divorce and being estranged from family, to finding strength in other like-minded women and meeting a partner who helped her spread her wings and fly. Reem is on her way to become a pediatric surgeon and is very passionate about women's issues in the Middle East.
2022-05-18
1h 54
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Amal
Born and raised in Saudi Arabia, she came to Canada, 24 years old and covered from head to toe. After an entire shift of her worldview, a TEDx Talk, backlash and death threats from her community and family members, Amal continues to live her life standing for her rights. Today, she supports others to reclaim their power from religious, societal, and political oppression through her organization I’m All Courage.
2022-04-13
1h 12
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Deb
Raised Mennonite, Deb met a charismatic Muslim man who was lecturing and debating in a local university. She was swept off her feet and soon found herself the mother of four children and in a polygamous marriage with a member of the Islamist group Hizb ut Tahrir. She is now embroiled in a custody battle to protect her children- including her openly LGBT teenager with a father who believes they are an abomination.
2022-04-13
1h 31
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Sara
Somali refugee, orphan, and survivor of FGM, Sara is the most earnest US patriot you will ever meet. At 17, when she arrived in the US, she didn’t even know how to write her own name. Now, thanks to the support of her new great country, she not only learned how to read and write, she is an educator.
2022-04-13
1h 10
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Ghada
As her family slept, Saudi born Ghada quietly escaped from the house and eventually out of the patriarchal society she was born into. She had to lose everything in order to gain her freedom. Now, after seeking asylum in the US, she- along with her two black dogs- is about to start a new chapter of her life with her Texan groom Jim.
2022-04-13
1h 23
Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
Aliya
Though Aliya was raised in the US, at 17 she was forced to marry her 25 yr old cousin in Pakistan. Despite all odds being stacked against her, pregnant with her second child, she decided to fight for her freedom- and ultimately, freedom for her children. Her story is truly inspiring and motivating for every person stuck in an impossible situation who cannot see a way out. She is a testament to human resilience. Her example shows us all that anything worth having is worth fighting for and that freedom is worth any cost.
2022-04-05
2h 20
Recovering From Religion
E101: Free Hearts Free Minds w/ Yasmine Mohammed
In many Muslim majority countries doubting Islamic teachings, leaving the faith, or same-sex love can result in harsh punishments, ostratization, toture or even execution. As you might imagine, these repercussions result in fear and deep psychological trauma. In this RfRx discussion, Yasmine Mohammend will share with us how the nonprofit organization Free Hearts Free Minds is working to offer mental health support for these people. Free Hearts refers to supporting members of the LGBT community and Free Minds refers to supporting freethinkers who choose to denounce the religion they were born into. Yasmine Mohammed is a Canadian author and human...
2021-10-05
1h 30
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[German] - Entschleiert - Mein Ausbruch aus meiner radikal-islamischen Familie, mein Weg in die Freiheit (Ungekürzt) by Yasmine Mohammed
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Entschleiert - Mein Ausbruch aus meiner radikal-islamischen Familie, mein Weg in die Freiheit (Ungekürzt) Author: Yasmine Mohammed Narrator: Merle Wasmuth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 30, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Yasmines Leben ist stellvertretend für so viele andere Frauen in radikal-islamischen Familien: Sie lebt in Kanada, einer westlichen Gesellschaft, doch zu Hause erlebt die intelligente, selbstbewusste junge Frau Entrechtung, Gewalt und religiösen Terror, vor allem durch ihren Stiefvater, einen hochrangigen Al-Quaida-Funktionär. Als er noch dazu übergriffig wird, klagt Yasmine ihn a...
2021-09-30
03 min
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[German] - Entschleiert - Mein Ausbruch aus meiner radikal-islamischen Familie, mein Weg in die Freiheit (Ungekürzt) by Yasmine Mohammed
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551091to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Entschleiert - Mein Ausbruch aus meiner radikal-islamischen Familie, mein Weg in die Freiheit (Ungekürzt) Author: Yasmine Mohammed Narrator: Merle Wasmuth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 30, 2021 Genres: Relationships & Intimacy Publisher's Summary: Yasmines Leben ist stellvertretend für so viele andere Frauen in radikal-islamischen Familien: Sie lebt in Kanada, einer westlichen Gesellschaft, doch zu Hause erlebt die intelligente, selbstbewusste junge Frau Entrechtung, Gewalt und religiösen Terror, vor allem durch ihren Stiefvater, einen hochrangigen Al-Quaida-Funktionär. Als er noch dazu übergriffig wird, klagt Yasmine ihn a...
2021-09-30
7h 17
Tripeando: Encuentra tu elemento
#81 También soy humana: Una historia de fundamentalismo islámico con Yasmine Mohammed
Yasmine Mohammed es una activista que lucha por los derechos de las mujeres que viven en países musulmanes o que sufren por parte del fundamentalismo religioso en general. Es fundadora de la asociación Free Hearts Free Minds, que ayuda a las personas LGBT y a los pensadores libres que no estan de acuerdo con la religión en la nacieron. Recientemente creo el espacio Forgotten Feminists donde invita a mujeres que crecieron bajo el Islam a contar sus historia de resiliencia. Yasmine creció en una familia fundamentalista y fue forzada a casarse...
2021-09-22
53 min
The Mahyar Tousi Show
Sunday Interview: Yasmine Mohammed
This week's special guest is the ex Muslim and freedom activist Yasmine Mohammed. Follow her on Twitter: @YasMohammedxx
2021-09-12
17 min
Recovering From Religion
E73: Religion Series - Islam w/ Yasmine Mohammed
Premiered Sep 27, 2020 Content warning: child marriage and rape In this RfRx session Yasmine will discuss her experience growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic home, how she was forced into a marriage with a terrorist and her search for freedom. She will also talk about her current work supporting others who denounce Islam. Canadian human rights activist, Yasmine Mohammed, advocates for the rights of women living within Islamic majority countries, as well as those who struggle under religious fundamentalism. She is also the founder of Free Hearts Free Minds, an organization that provides psychological support for freethinkers living within Muslim majority...
2021-09-07
1h 29
Dangerous Speech
Ep 121: Yasmine Mohammed
I spoke with Yasmine Mohammed about the fate of women in Afghanistan, the failure of the US and the West, in general, the implications for the region. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Yasmine: @YasMohammedxx Check out and support Free Hearts Free Minds: https://www.freeheartsfreeminds.com/ Check out Yasmine’s webpage and sign up for her book club: https://www.yasminemohammed.com/ Yasmine's article in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/have-courage-name-real-threat-afghan-women-islamist-rule-opinion-1622285 Buy her book: https://www.amazon.com/Unveiled-Western-Liberals-Empower-Radical/dp/1999240537/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OO4CRS45J7S5&dchild=1&keywords=unveiled+yasmine+mohammed&qid=1630159889&sprefix=unveiled%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-1
2021-08-28
1h 00
Converging Dialogues
#64 - Lifting the Veil of Islam: A Dialogue with Yasmine Mohammed
In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Yasmine Mohammed about the complexities of Islam around the world. They begin with a synopsis of Yasmine’s story with Islam and how she responds to her story not being representative of Islam. They discuss the cultural vs. religious claims for some practices. They talk about the various interpretations of Islam and how it is best perceived as a continuum. They discuss the convergent and divergent ways that Muslims in Muslim majority countries compare with Muslims in non-Muslim majority countries. They talk about how women are treated in Muslim-majority countries al...
2021-08-16
1h 13
Modes of Inquiry with Mathew Giagnorio
A Conversation with Yasmine Mohammed
In this episode, Mathew speaks with Yasmine Mohammed in what was an amazing and emotional, powerful, and truly inspiring conversation. We talked about her organization Free Hearts, Free Minds, atheism in Muslim majority countries, and much more! Yasmine posses moral, physical, and intellectual courage!If you haven't already, do purchase a copy of her book - Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam.
2021-08-12
1h 41