I’m not religious but agree with a lot of your views especially on Gaza and US imperialism being a net harm to the world. You have a new subscriber, brother.
@@dashawnhogg448it is ! I am African American too and the devil vs Satan options are up. We have been pawned over and over. Fuk this shit! Either no vote or 3rd party vote.
Teh way the white elitists and half black elitists are treating the Black population here is unbelievable, and to find out that Kamala has not connection to African American blacks at all. Indian mother and it appears a white, brown Jewish/Irish father that became a full fletched Marxist. those black uncles and aunts she talks about are not blood related, they got assembled for her "black" part.
I had listened to Imam Tom only a few times in the past, but started specifically looking out for his videos regarding Palestine since October last year. He is truly a beacon of light and a powerful voice of truth during these trying times, and it's an honor to have been learning from him consistently this year. I'm even proud of myself for coming to the same conclusions regarding the upcoming presidential election far before it was being discussed. All this to say I'm just really grateful for The Thinking Muslim and for becoming a thinking Muslim as a result.
from shameful germany, an agnostic here : thank You ! My brainwashed mind is clearing. Fresh breeze, warm soothing rain. A seed of joy breaking into light by listening to the word's spoken here. Amazing interview. Hope americans, tierd of hard everyday work, can open up to talks like this one, and make the choice of their conscious witch might be screening out loud (and not to be silenced with distracting impulsiv aktions). Free Palestine 🌹🇵🇸🫂
American here. I was originally not planning to vote because I’m completely dissatisfied in our electoral system. Since the Abandon Harris, and other Arab American groups endorsed Stein, showing up to the polls with my sister to vote in solidarity with them is the least a person with empathy can do.
@@shafuize German politicians and police are not the same as the German public. They’ve had some incredible protests in Germany in solidarity with Palestinians. The protesters are risking so much in order to pressure their government to shift their policies.
Thank you for this informative, enlightening and intelligent conversation. I am not Muslim but I did already vote for Jill Stein and Butch Ware...because my moral conscience wouldn't allow me to vote any other way. #PermanentCeasefire #ArmsEmbargo #Stein2024 💚
I’m not an American. I live in south east Asia. I want to thank you for standing on the right side of history and on behalf of all the people who are being oppressed around the world. ❤
Asalamalaikum from the US 🇺🇸 Woohoo, it's Imam Tom. 3rd party vote indeed 👍 It's a strategic move for us Muslims, no doubt. Vote smartly, fellow American Muslims! 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
"I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil." Malcolm x
Absolutely. In the past year, we have seen the Democrats are actually worse than the Republicans - more militant, more fascist, more hypocritical. Not to say that the Republicans are in any way honest or trustworthy but they are less hypocritical and more straightforward than the Democrats.
The Blessings now in the Ummah is that we have Real intellectual Ulama's who can defend Islam in all aspects and they are not in the pockets of anyone but working purely for the sake of ALLAH, may Allah preserve all of them 🤲
As a someone who is nonreligious, I appreciate these conversations and perspectives. I could never vote for any party participating in jenna side and I cannot understand how anyone could be so shortsighted as to vote for the normalization of jenna side on the world stage, by rewarding those who engage in it. I have already mailed in my ballot for Green candidates up and down ballot here in Arizona.
@@ish8891 Thank you for the kind words. As for how this podcast showed up in my feed, it first appeared when I began searching out news and commentary related to the ongoing jenna side in Gaza. The algorithm must have assumed that I'm Muslim and/or Arabic-speaking, because some Muslim and also Arabic language channels began showing up in my recommendations.
Imam Tom has been a voice and heart of strength and reason this past year. I am grateful for his presence here in the States and the presence of all that listen and learn and grow from him. Listening to him and podcasts such as this gives me the strength and hope in all my grief, for something so much more sound and beautiful in America. I'm disgusted with this Country and have been for years but I feel affirmed in these spaces so thank you. It is going to take temporary discomfort in our Western privileged lives and we must swim with this. It is this privilege that is getting in the way of noticing and seeing what the World is doing right now - What this Country is and has been doing in the name of fake Democracy/foreign policy. I look forward to the day there is the call to prayer throughout the U.S. and I'm not Muslim. Or anything:) But it all makes sense in my heart. And if it's not the sound of prayer may there be many Arab and or Arab Muslim leaders helping us all see the World more clearly and lovingly. Voting Jill Stein here in NM! Salam.
The logic of choosing the least evil is the logic of being trapped between the evils forever!! The only way to get out of the looping game is to strength a third party. That’s the only way to show the establishment our voice. Muslims must vote right for the sake of our own safety in the world. We must vote green. Jill Stein is the right candidate.
And that's not even considering the fact that Harris is NOT the lesser of two evils. Both Harris and Trump have made it clear they stand with Israel's genocide. That much is clear. But on top of that, only the Democrats have this weird obsession with ensuring there's LGBTQ regalia in every damn public space and every classroom in America.
Imam Tom made a really important point on Emgage portraying themselves as the “power brokers” aka voice of the Muslim-American community at large. Like Imam Tom I urge all Muslim Americans to swiftly slap that claim to fame out of their hands. Emgage and company does not represent practicing Muslims like me or anyone I know far and wide.
If you’re new to American politics I’ll inform you. This is what just happened. MAGA is a revolution that overthrew the GOP. As Muslims, you have a chance to have a seat at the table. Or go to obscurity in the Green Party.
Couldn't agree with Tom more. What's more is the Republicans know the muslim vote will hurt the dems and they've not uttered a single word knowing it's helping them But if the muslim vote had trumps election in the balance they'd be citing all sorts of islamophobia The solution? Abandon them both
That’s not true at all. I’m a MAGA Republican. I see a lot of overlap in our desires. Cultural and morality in particular. And importantly our desires to end the wars and stop creating upheaval in the Middle East.
@@murraymadness4674 I agree however that change won’t happen in this election it should be a strategic move we can remove her after 4 years at least she would have the decency to step aside peacefully and not want to have people killed in the process. Kevin Roberts President the Heritage Foundation/Trump JD Vance have a plan never to leave office again. Project 2025 if implemented will change the country like we’ve never seen before. It is a wicked plan. If folks want that plan vote for it Trumps just the poster child for it it’s so much more bigger than him he’s not intelligent enough to come up with all that’s in Project 2025. READ!!!
Vote against the Genocidal Administration, vote against AIPAC and their Puppets, vote against establishment corrupt Democrats who don’t value our lives. Vote Green 💚💚💚💚🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
There you go again, exposing what you are really all about. Do you think more Palestinians will die under a trump Administration or under Harris? Betraying your friends on the American left who protested with you, voting for the candidate they hate, you are backstabbers. And you can never pretend to care about Palestinians. You might fool other people, but you will know what you really are.
@@peaceonearth9923 my in-laws are Burmese, and became US citizens able to vote in US elections. Didn’t change the fact that they are Burmese, and identify that way.
@@lorettadavis6944 you should be looking in the mirror saying that to yourself. Your party already lost the swing states needed to get the majority of electors. Your response to that is to bully people unwilling to support a racist regime actively funding a g cide, instead of acknowledging the new reality and voting strategically with the green voters? Not the wisest choice to make. Just remember, when Harris officially loses, and Trump is sworn in, you and other democrats could have prevented his 2nd term by voting in solidarity with Arab American and Muslim voters, and chose not to. Own your actions and demand your party do an autopsy to determine the multiple, legitimate, reasons they lost, instead of blaming everyone but themselves.
America’s amazing third party success story. In 1854 the Republican Party began as a third party by gathering up defectors from the Whigs and Democrats who ran a duopoly with both supporting wealthy slave owners for a quarter century. For all practical purposes the third party Republicans didn’t exist outside the Northern states where they pushed to end slavery while supporting labor unions to increase workers wages and improve working conditions. On the other hand the Whigs and Democrats struggled to maintain the southern plantation slave system that abused enslaved worker’s in unspeakably horrible ways. As the Whigs were loosing popularity the Republican party was emerging. A civil war was emerging to divide the USA into two countries, a North without slavery and the South with slavery. In the midst of this divided country, northern workers went out on a limb to elected a Republican “third party” candidate Abraham Lincoln. He became the first Republican president in 1861 with only 40 percent of the popular vote. As a Republican “third party” leader Lincoln went on to win the civil war keeping the USA from separating into two countries. Led by Lincoln, the northern Republicans took control of Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1864 freeing the slaves which was a huge gain for all American workers rights. Lincoln and his new party introduced the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution that granted the newly freed slaves citizenship, and the right to vote. Fast forward to today, the Republican and Democrat parties have become the new duopoly with both parties serving the ruthless wealthy oligarchs. That leaves American workers with no representation in Congress or the Whitehouse. To avoid a civil war, we need to elect a third party that’s anti-genocide and pro-worker, the Green Party with Jill Stein running for president. Certainly our democracy can be used to push for change, but we have to be realistic, today’s Republicans and Democrats are just like the Whigs and Democrats of the 1860s, they both support the wealthy while ignoring the workers. The only way out is to repeat what worked in 1861, we need to elect a third party president. If we don’t, a civil war could become the only alternative for hundreds of millions of workers. The peaceful route is to abandon the Democrats and Republicans who have sold out to the wealthy and vote for Jill Stein. I's the only realistic and effective thing to do. Voting for the lessor of two evils is still a vote for evil. We need to vote for the greatest good and make another amazing third party success story today. Jill Stein 2024!!!
Jill Stein 💚. I agree. I won't step over dead bodies to vote for anyone! NEVER! And I'm just an old grandma in the woods of Mn. There must be more of us!
Very compelling arguments. I'm in Australia and we are in the same predicament. For the first time we have mobilised at the grassroots level and created independent candidates to take on the major 2 parties (who are similar to dem v rep)
Third party voting making a huge statement and the start of a difference is better right now than it probably ever has been. I’m in Michigan and although I’m not Muslim, I’m without a doubt voting third party.
Mehdi Hassan partly blamed the people of Gaza for what happened on October 7 at the very start of a conversation with Bassem Yusuf. But Bassem Yusuf quickly rebuked his allegation
This is a moral responsibility of every Muslim to convince their non-Muslim colleagues, neighbors friends to vote for Green Party. We cannot win this race without help from our allies.
I've voted early for Jill Stein. I would have left it blank if she or a third party wasn't on the ballot. Genocide is a red line for me no matter how uncomfortable my life might become under a fascist Trump presidency.
This was an amazing podcast. Imam Tom and Mohammed Jala two very well versed people whose love fo Islam and the Ummah is obvious. This prdcast should be heard by every Muslim in the US going to vote on the 5th.
Mehdi should sit this one down as a new American citizen doesn’t make him an American. He’s as British as a cup of tea. This is coming from a fellow Brit who lives in the US with American husband and American kids. I don’t see myself as an American even after 12 years of living in this country. Do I care about the affairs of the country I live in and pay taxes in, ofcourse I do but I’ll never tell American Muslims what I think is best for them and who they should vote for especially when their relatives are dying daily at the hands of the people Mehdi is asking them to vote for. Absolutely No Sir! Democrats have been taking Muslim American for fools for a very long time.
@@BankaiFeverIt is worse than that; he is a pure careerist without a conscience. His obvious intelligence is in the service of his paymasters and his own bank account. Truly a disgusting hypocrite.
This is the most clear-headed, articulate set of arguments for rejecting both candidates. And it validates my feelings about how the democrats mistreat their own base.
Vote your conscience. I was politically naive before 10/7. I can’t support these 2 parties who have shown double standards with Ukraine and Gaza. Voting for Green Party this time.
I'm a Korean-American Christian who's a "capitalist" as a business owner and although I don't agree with all of Green Party's positions on other issues, I'm voting for Dr. Stein because there is NO way that one can compromise on the justification of a genocide.
@@lorettadavis6944 it is people like you responsible for a good candidate winning. If you vote for the Rebs or Dems then you are part of the slaughter of children. Jill would win if enough Americans voted for her - that is a fact you cannot denie....saying that enough Americans won't is pretending you can predict the future...and lying about knowing the future is just a method of influencing it. copying the illogical lies of child murders is not a good idea
@ Not when the system is rigged and in the US it very much is. Also go read the 2014 Princeton University 20 year study that determined the US isn’t even a democracy. 🤦♂️
Harris was brought up by her Indi mother but her Jamaican father abandoned them. Her ruthlessness behaviour is from her childhood upbringing and no respect for black men. Harris is extremely judgmental and you can see and read what she’s done, especially with her judicial and political career.
Harris in her book lied about her geneology. She does not have any black lineage. Her father is the only black person born in a white family (happens, doesn't need any speculation). Her ancestors were in fact Irish-Syriad Jewish and not black (Candace Owens podcast). The lady is a creature of the deep state and a fraud.
@@user-zr7wu9pm7s nothing of the sort. Listen to what these guys are saying! A third party is the only way to reduce AIPAC and the Zionist regime that runs both parties!
look, im a big fan of brother Mehdi, for about a decade now. HOWEVER! Something we should all know about our genius brother is that he is absolutely fallen for the democratic party in the two sides of the same coin bipartisan US scam. We can appreciate him and his genius while also understanding the nuance.
If you look up his leaked emails to the Guardian he basically says his views are entirety for sale. I would never trust Medhi. There’s a reason Norm Finklestein called him a “rat”.
If people look at Jill Stein's platform, people could see, she is there for the people. But just the fact she is against genocide and against wars means more than anything else. The connections between environment and war is where people need to wake up to.
Great discussion on political engagement in the US (and West in general)... Imam Tom and Thinking Muslim never fail to deliver thought provoking content
Please remember to subscribe - 70% of our viewers have not. This helps our channel grow organically.
Stop promoting the Uyghur Genocide myth.
@@Choongani so according to your pathetic ass logic, Palestine is also a "genocide myth".
@@Choongani according to your pathetic arsed logic, Palestine is also a "genocide myth".
@@Choongani pathetic hypocrite
Change the “-“ on your thumbnail to a colon, I think it makes it easier to understand
I am an Indian in Michigan who early voted for Jill Stein! Fellow protesters have been in the same boat for months!
Thak you heaps Sister Mona. ❤❤❤ from Australia
I am also an Indian in Illinois. Notice my last name as Patel?
I voted for Dr. Jill Stein.
Acha yaar
I’m not religious but agree with a lot of your views especially on Gaza and US imperialism being a net harm to the world. You have a new subscriber, brother.
As an African American, first time watching; thank you, I learned so much!
Vote for Jill Stein
It’s embarrassing how long we committed to democrats.
Same from a white Christian
@@dashawnhogg448it is ! I am African American too and the devil vs Satan options are up. We have been pawned over and over. Fuk this shit! Either no vote or 3rd party vote.
Teh way the white elitists and half black elitists are treating the Black population here is unbelievable, and to find out that Kamala has not connection to African American blacks at all. Indian mother and it appears a white, brown Jewish/Irish father that became a full fletched Marxist. those black uncles and aunts she talks about are not blood related, they got assembled for her "black" part.
I had listened to Imam Tom only a few times in the past, but started specifically looking out for his videos regarding Palestine since October last year. He is truly a beacon of light and a powerful voice of truth during these trying times, and it's an honor to have been learning from him consistently this year. I'm even proud of myself for coming to the same conclusions regarding the upcoming presidential election far before it was being discussed. All this to say I'm just really grateful for The Thinking Muslim and for becoming a thinking Muslim as a result.
from shameful germany, an agnostic here : thank You !
My brainwashed mind is clearing.
Fresh breeze, warm soothing rain. A seed of joy breaking into light by listening to the word's spoken here.
Amazing interview.
Hope americans, tierd of hard everyday work, can open up to talks like this one, and make the choice of their conscious witch might be screening out loud (and not to be silenced with distracting impulsiv aktions).
Free Palestine 🌹🇵🇸🫂
😊👍👏💪
❤❤❤ from Australia @ana
Germans should have been the first people to support Palestinians. Supporting the apartheid regime exposes who they really are.
American here. I was originally not planning to vote because I’m completely dissatisfied in our electoral system. Since the Abandon Harris, and other Arab American groups endorsed Stein, showing up to the polls with my sister to vote in solidarity with them is the least a person with empathy can do.
@@shafuize German politicians and police are not the same as the German public. They’ve had some incredible protests in Germany in solidarity with Palestinians. The protesters are risking so much in order to pressure their government to shift their policies.
I agree. This is the first time in my half century of voting Democratic in federal elections that I voted third party- for Dr Jill Stein.
Me too
Yes, we left the dems the first time they railroaded Bernie. The dems have gotten worse.
Agree with you
I am voting for Stein
Wasted vote. You accomplished nothing. She's insane.
❤same!
Thank you for this informative, enlightening and intelligent conversation.
I am not Muslim but I did already vote for Jill Stein and Butch Ware...because my moral conscience wouldn't allow me to vote any other way.
#PermanentCeasefire
#ArmsEmbargo
#Stein2024 💚
Thank you for your courage
On behalf of the children of Gaza I thank you Christine for voting your moral conscience.
@@dr.mustafaidris6537 ❤️🩹❤️
I’m not an American. I live in south east Asia. I want to thank you for standing on the right side of history and on behalf of all the people who are being oppressed around the world. ❤
@@faridahys1746 💕
Impressed by the sharp political analysis. Many more people, even non Muslims, need to hear this breakdown!
I’m not Muslim, and not American, but now come to find these conversations or monologues to gain another way to think or to look at an issue.
Imam Tom is a gem to the American Muslim community. Hands down.
I agree
Hopefully Imam Tom and Sami Hamdi will be there to help when we need help under a trump administration.
May Allah SWT preserve him
@@KuriousY3n1why wouldn't they be?
He's a disgrace to Muslim community, does he think Trump will help Palestinians? Really?
Asalamalaikum from the US 🇺🇸 Woohoo, it's Imam Tom. 3rd party vote indeed 👍 It's a strategic move for us Muslims, no doubt. Vote smartly, fellow American Muslims!
🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
I'm a Christian. I can't find a smidge of flaw in this Imam's reasoning. I support him 100%
Sure you support him. No surprise there.
Don’t lie Taqiyaa boy
Thanks Toni ❤❤❤
We all should vote for Jillstein2024 for president to upset the two tier party system choosing the lesser evil is the trap
I find what he's saying is very stupid
May Allah continue to protect Imam Tom 💎🤲💯
Ameen!!!
Sister change ur prp.
Ameen
Ameen
"I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil."
Malcolm x
Absolutely. In the past year, we have seen the Democrats are actually worse than the Republicans - more militant, more fascist, more hypocritical. Not to say that the Republicans are in any way honest or trustworthy but they are less hypocritical and more straightforward than the Democrats.
Biden is pretty honest that he supports Israel
Agreed
@@mohamedabdirahmanibrahim9135 Biden is honest about how he supports 🇮🇱
@@randomhuman2595 And that makes him a war criminal.
I’m a Buddhist and I’m with you
But I’m not voting for Stein again. The only anti-Zionist candidate is Dr Shiva Ayyadurai!
The Blessings now in the Ummah is that we have Real intellectual Ulama's who can defend Islam in all aspects and they are not in the pockets of anyone but working purely for the sake of ALLAH, may Allah preserve all of them 🤲
My family and I just voted early for Dr. Jill Stein in California 💚💚💚💚💚
After 41 years as a permanent resident, I took an oath to become a citizen on October 7th so I could vote for Jill Stein.
Viva Jill Stein
An oath? Seriously? Is that a country or a cult. First time hearing about an oath. Don't think that is a thing in other countries...
Why did it take so long
@@chacha.S11fym the presidential candidates are always dumb or dumber
Alhamdulillah. Barakallahu fikh.
@@chacha.S11by choice!
As a someone who is nonreligious, I appreciate these conversations and perspectives. I could never vote for any party participating in jenna side and I cannot understand how anyone could be so shortsighted as to vote for the normalization of jenna side on the world stage, by rewarding those who engage in it. I have already mailed in my ballot for Green candidates up and down ballot here in Arizona.
Thank you humanity appreciate 🙏 people with concious .
All the best, man. As a Muslim, I’m also slightly intrigued as to how you found your way around to this podcast
@@ish8891 Thank you for the kind words. As for how this podcast showed up in my feed, it first appeared when I began searching out news and commentary related to the ongoing jenna side in Gaza. The algorithm must have assumed that I'm Muslim and/or Arabic-speaking, because some Muslim and also Arabic language channels began showing up in my recommendations.
As a New Yorker, its quiet unfortunate that the African muslims population do not get this. Im voting green...
You'll have to write-in JlLL STElN and RUDOLPH WARE.💚
I just voted Jill stien.
I will vote Jill Stein too. Just because she is NOT A POLITICIAN.
@@monahaque1660she’s brilliant and compassionate
A yehudi? When will Muslims learn!!!
I voted Harrison Kamala Ford 😂
She’s just incredibly dumb though I can’t bring myself to vote for her
Imam Tom has been a voice and heart of strength and reason this past year. I am grateful for his presence here in the States and the presence of all that listen and learn and grow from him. Listening to him and podcasts such as this gives me the strength and hope in all my grief, for something so much more sound and beautiful in America. I'm disgusted with this Country and have been for years but I feel affirmed in these spaces so thank you. It is going to take temporary discomfort in our Western privileged lives and we must swim with this. It is this privilege that is getting in the way of noticing and seeing what the World is doing right now - What this Country is and has been doing in the name of fake Democracy/foreign policy. I look forward to the day there is the call to prayer throughout the U.S. and I'm not Muslim. Or anything:) But it all makes sense in my heart. And if it's not the sound of prayer may there be many Arab and or Arab Muslim leaders helping us all see the World more clearly and lovingly. Voting Jill Stein here in NM! Salam.
May Allah bless you and guide you.
Thanks
The logic of choosing the least evil is the logic of being trapped between the evils forever!!
The only way to get out of the looping game is to strength a third party. That’s the only way to show the establishment our voice. Muslims must vote right for the sake of our own safety in the world. We must vote green.
Jill Stein is the right candidate.
Muslims don't care about the Palestinians they will reather have a white racist than saves Palestinians
The logic of saying that choosing the least evil is the logic of being trapped between the evils forever is moronic.
No, it's persuasive..
And that's not even considering the fact that Harris is NOT the lesser of two evils.
Both Harris and Trump have made it clear they stand with Israel's genocide. That much is clear.
But on top of that, only the Democrats have this weird obsession with ensuring there's LGBTQ regalia in every damn public space and every classroom in America.
My family and I just voted early for Jill Stein!! Reject the AIPAC funded duopoly!
LMFAO another jew
The Zio*nists meet with their candidate and set their conditions to vote for him and not vote blindly as you do.
to defeat aipac
arabs need to create their own lobby to counter them
Well done proud of you
Enjoy Trump's presidency. If you think things are bad now, it will be apocalypse with Trump.
No vote for Harris, No vote for Trump.
@@oh_k8 Trump is fine. Harris is a total disaster
Vote 💚💚💚 Jill Stein
@@oh_k8 both are terrible, terrible options shouldn’t even be considered as an option.
I and my family are voting for Jill stein
@@oh_k8=
Fascinating conversation. Great analysis by Imam Tom and so true.
It’s insane to know anyone would even think about voting for Harris
Sadly they are -
100%
Vote blue 💙 vote kamala Harris Tim Walz 💙
@@Woke365this channel is for muslims. Brainless NPCs that support genocide aren’t welcome unless they pay the jizya
@@Woke365Nah
Imam Tom made a really important point on Emgage portraying themselves as the “power brokers” aka voice of the Muslim-American community at large. Like Imam Tom I urge all Muslim Americans to swiftly slap that claim to fame out of their hands. Emgage and company does not represent practicing Muslims like me or anyone I know far and wide.
It's critical to abandon Rep & Dem parties forever now. Free America.
The Reform party reached 5% in 1996. Know what happened in 2000? They collapsed.
If you’re new to American politics I’ll inform you. This is what just happened. MAGA is a revolution that overthrew the GOP. As Muslims, you have a chance to have a seat at the table. Or go to obscurity in the Green Party.
We are upset!! I’m voting green
The first Imam who is making total sense. He has a vision and a long term solution.
Couldn't agree with Tom more. What's more is the Republicans know the muslim vote will hurt the dems and they've not uttered a single word knowing it's helping them
But if the muslim vote had trumps election in the balance they'd be citing all sorts of islamophobia
The solution? Abandon them both
It is OK we suffer some Islamophobia, and stop the massacre and suffering of our brothers and sisters.
We all should vote for Jillstein2024 for president to upset the two tier party system choosing the lesser evil is the trap
That’s not true at all. I’m a MAGA Republican. I see a lot of overlap in our desires. Cultural and morality in particular. And importantly our desires to end the wars and stop creating upheaval in the Middle East.
It's time for a non-genocidal anti-war third parties to gain greater support to be recognised as significant.
Absolutely!
As a maga republican I can say this IS what we want.
Thank you for sharing 🙏 i VOTE for JILL STEIN 2024 President of America 💚💯. Jill STEIN is Against Genocide Wars.
I voted today here in Texas not for Democrats nor the Republicans. I am done with the two parties supporting the genocide in Palestine.
💯
Agree
Green Party is the only choice.
We need to save America from itself!
I am with you on voting for Jill Stein.
What a stupid statement?
This is gonna guarantee a Trump win.You guys are trying to punish the democrats , but you're gonna punish the palestinian people by voting for trump
Iman Tom Facchine is spot on! And this is not just a muslim issue, all people in the usa must change how the usa operates.
@@murraymadness4674 I agree however that change won’t happen in this election it should be a strategic move we can remove her after 4 years at least she would have the decency to step aside peacefully and not want to have people killed in the process.
Kevin Roberts President the Heritage Foundation/Trump JD Vance have a plan never to leave office again. Project 2025 if implemented will change the country like we’ve never seen before. It is a wicked plan. If folks want that plan vote for it Trumps just the poster child for it it’s so much more bigger than him he’s not intelligent enough to come up with all that’s in Project 2025. READ!!!
Vote against the Genocidal Administration, vote against AIPAC and their Puppets, vote against establishment corrupt Democrats who don’t value our lives. Vote Green 💚💚💚💚🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Period
There you go again, exposing what you are really all about.
Do you think more Palestinians will die under a trump Administration or under Harris?
Betraying your friends on the American left who protested with you, voting for the candidate they hate, you are backstabbers.
And you can never pretend to care about Palestinians. You might fool other people, but you will know what you really are.
What is green? I only know democrats and republicans.
@@tahaoz2122 Are you an American?
Vote for Jill Stein
Michigan is thinking muslim this year, ameen!
I can't wait to see Michigan going Green
Will be very interesting, @@LifeinAmerica2022
its the ripple effects.. ❤❤❤
Imam Tom's political analysis is unparalleled.
Fantastic interview!
Jazakallah khair. Everyone who thinks they belong to the human race, must follow the strategy that the Imam is conveying here.
Everyone belonging to the human race is inclusive of Women too. This man supports patriarchy.
Michigan Please Abandon Harris & Teach Her A Lesson.
It's simple if, as human beings, we question ourselves. How can genocide of a people be the lesser of the two evils??
Exactly!
Amazing conversation! This video needs to spread far & wide amongst American Muslims before they cast their votes
please help us by spreading it
@@TheThinkingMuslim insha'Allah, will do!
This message needs to be spread to all honest people.
#zeteo# #mehdihassan#
@@intihayati he is such a Democratic Party shill.
I am Syrian. Going to vote Jill Stein
So don’t complain if Trump win.
If you're Syrian, how are you voting in an American election?
@@peaceonearth9923 my in-laws are Burmese, and became US citizens able to vote in US elections. Didn’t change the fact that they are Burmese, and identify that way.
@@lorettadavis6944 you should be looking in the mirror saying that to yourself. Your party already lost the swing states needed to get the majority of electors. Your response to that is to bully people unwilling to support a racist regime actively funding a g cide, instead of acknowledging the new reality and voting strategically with the green voters? Not the wisest choice to make. Just remember, when Harris officially loses, and Trump is sworn in, you and other democrats could have prevented his 2nd term by voting in solidarity with Arab American and Muslim voters, and chose not to. Own your actions and demand your party do an autopsy to determine the multiple, legitimate, reasons they lost, instead of blaming everyone but themselves.
Thank you Imam, for rebutting Mahdi Hasan. He sounded very arrogant, and directly hurling people towards Harris.
He’s the poster boy for the slogan “Vote Blue No Matter Who”. So appalling when you listen to his reporting on the genocide of the Palestinians.
he was so dispicable .
America’s amazing third party success story.
In 1854 the Republican Party began as a third party by gathering up defectors from the Whigs and Democrats who ran a duopoly with both supporting wealthy slave owners for a quarter century. For all practical purposes the third party Republicans didn’t exist outside the Northern states where they pushed to end slavery while supporting labor unions to increase workers wages and improve working conditions. On the other hand the Whigs and Democrats struggled to maintain the southern plantation slave system that abused enslaved worker’s in unspeakably horrible ways. As the Whigs were loosing popularity the Republican party was emerging.
A civil war was emerging to divide the USA into two countries, a North without slavery and the South with slavery. In the midst of this divided country, northern workers went out on a limb to elected a Republican “third party” candidate Abraham Lincoln. He became the first Republican president in 1861 with only 40 percent of the popular vote. As a Republican “third party” leader Lincoln went on to win the civil war keeping the USA from separating into two countries. Led by Lincoln, the northern Republicans took control of Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1864 freeing the slaves which was a huge gain for all American workers rights. Lincoln and his new party introduced the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution that granted the newly freed slaves citizenship, and the right to vote.
Fast forward to today, the Republican and Democrat parties have become the new duopoly with both parties serving the ruthless wealthy oligarchs. That leaves American workers with no representation in Congress or the Whitehouse. To avoid a civil war, we need to elect a third party that’s anti-genocide and pro-worker, the Green Party with Jill Stein running for president. Certainly our democracy can be used to push for change, but we have to be realistic, today’s Republicans and Democrats are just like the Whigs and Democrats of the 1860s, they both support the wealthy while ignoring the workers. The only way out is to repeat what worked in 1861, we need to elect a third party president. If we don’t, a civil war could become the only alternative for hundreds of millions of workers.
The peaceful route is to abandon the Democrats and Republicans who have sold out to the wealthy and vote for Jill Stein. I's the only realistic and effective thing to do. Voting for the lessor of two evils is still a vote for evil. We need to vote for the greatest good and make another amazing third party success story today.
Jill Stein 2024!!!
and now MAGA has taken a third party platform and overthrown the establishment. An amazing day.
Jill Stein 💚. I agree. I won't step over dead bodies to vote for anyone! NEVER!
And I'm just an old grandma in the woods of Mn. There must be more of us!
thank you big Mama
❤❤❤ from Australia
Thank you 👍.
Jill Stein will get my vote too
Anything to stop this genocide 🙏
Jill Stein will STOP the genocide.
Time for the biggest change & ditching the two party dominance.
@@shameenalall6495 vote for Trump it won
@@dbarry7344 same with Harris, nothing was out of bounds for this party even with an election looming.
Very compelling arguments. I'm in Australia and we are in the same predicament. For the first time we have mobilised at the grassroots level and created independent candidates to take on the major 2 parties (who are similar to dem v rep)
Greeeeeeen 💚💚💚
May Allah rewards you immensely, Imam and brother Jalal. I will vote third party, Green.
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Jazakallah Khair for this brother Jalal.Its always amazing to listen to Imaam Tom.
Powerful! Truth bombs all the way!
Third party voting making a huge statement and the start of a difference is better right now than it probably ever has been. I’m in Michigan and although I’m not Muslim, I’m without a doubt voting third party.
beautiful work Olive. ❤❤❤
Thanks for the truth
This my first time to hear
Wow, Marshall to do this pretty often man good job and I’m proud of you guys. I was ready to vote for her but not anymore.
Mehdi Hassan partly blamed the people of Gaza for what happened on October 7 at the very start of a conversation with Bassem Yusuf. But Bassem Yusuf quickly rebuked his allegation
Well he was not wrong. They literally elected Hamas who has done NOTHING for Gaza.
This is a moral responsibility of every Muslim to convince their non-Muslim colleagues, neighbors friends to vote for Green Party. We cannot win this race without help from our allies.
I'm American Indian, raised as a Democrat, and they've lost my vote.
I've voted early for Jill Stein. I would have left it blank if she or a third party wasn't on the ballot. Genocide is a red line for me no matter how uncomfortable my life might become under a fascist Trump presidency.
Teachers union election volunteers have been directed to count those unaffiliated none votes for Harris.
Trump will be jailing people like Jill Stein genius.
Voting for Jill Stein.
I agree
I confirm
I support
Everything you say!
I've been waiting for this. Thanks, Imam Tom. Thanks, thinking Muslim.
Imam Tom’s words need to be heard by every single Muslim thinking about voting for Kamala. Everyone that is knowledgeably supporting a “lesser evil”.
I agree with Imam Tom 💯!
This was an amazing podcast. Imam Tom and Mohammed Jala two very well versed people whose love fo Islam and the Ummah is obvious.
This prdcast should be heard by every Muslim in the US going to vote on the 5th.
Mehdi should sit this one down as a new American citizen doesn’t make him an American. He’s as British as a cup of tea. This is coming from a fellow Brit who lives in the US with American husband and American kids. I don’t see myself as an American even after 12 years of living in this country. Do I care about the affairs of the country I live in and pay taxes in, ofcourse I do but I’ll never tell American Muslims what I think is best for them and who they should vote for especially when their relatives are dying daily at the hands of the people Mehdi is asking them to vote for. Absolutely No Sir! Democrats have been taking Muslim American for fools for a very long time.
✅agreed
Absolutely 👍
Thank you! You get it. Mehdi has a child’s brain
Absolutely correct👍👍
@@BankaiFeverIt is worse than that; he is a pure careerist without a conscience. His obvious intelligence is in the service of his paymasters and his own bank account. Truly a disgusting hypocrite.
My family voted for Jill Stein !
WE AGREE, ABANDON HARRIS VOTE GREEN ❤🇵🇸
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What is green? I only know democrats and republicans.
@@tahaoz2122THE GREEN PARTY IS A THIRD POLITICAL PARTY IN THE USA. JILL STEIN IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENCY THIS COMING ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER 2024.
@@tahaoz2122THE GREEN PARTY IS THIRD POLITICAL PARTY IN THE USA.
Otcwill not work this election maybe next one do not make a mistake in voting in Trump he said he would wipe out the paladtanians think about that
I hope many people will vote for Jill Stein.
This is the most clear-headed, articulate set of arguments for rejecting both candidates. And it validates my feelings about how the democrats mistreat their own base.
Vote your conscience. I was politically naive before 10/7. I can’t support these 2 parties who have shown double standards with Ukraine and Gaza. Voting for Green Party this time.
Imam Tom thanks for sharing,50yrs long enough free Palestine 🇵🇸 green 💚 green 💚
Vote Jill Stein. Vote for 5%
The Reform party reached 5% in 1996. Know what happened in 2000? They collapsed.
Good to see the US interviews starting off
I'm a Korean-American Christian who's a "capitalist" as a business owner and although I don't agree with all of Green Party's positions on other issues, I'm voting for Dr. Stein because there is NO way that one can compromise on the justification of a genocide.
Thank you, it great to see more people standing with justice. It nice to know Korean Americans are with justice also👍💯💪
@equityjustice2695 👍
Listening from Africa. We urge American Muslims to vote for the Grèen party .Don't vote for Kamala.
I will vote Jill stein Isha allah.
There is also opportunities in Georgia, margins are slim. There are 75,000 Muslims in Atalanta alone.
Vote 💚💚💚!
Absolutely stunning conversation!!! Thank you!!
Well said Barak allah feekom
Supporting Israel should become a liability. Great point.
Trump lost my vote because of Gaza. I voted for Jill Stein and Butch Ware.
No to genocide !!!! God bless those fighting for justice !!!
You voted for trump. 😂
@@lorettadavis6944 why are you laughing ???
@@pauldiffenderfer you are voting for someone without a chance to win. So it’s very funny!
@@lorettadavis6944 it is people like you responsible for a good candidate winning. If you vote for the Rebs or Dems then you are part of the slaughter of children.
Jill would win if enough Americans voted for her - that is a fact you cannot denie....saying that enough Americans won't is pretending you can predict the future...and lying about knowing the future is just a method of influencing it.
copying the illogical lies of child murders is not a good idea
With your mindset, it will always be a bi-party system racing down towards the bottom.
The first step is to get the Green Party 5% of the vote,to officially establish them as a legitimate 3rd party
The Reform party reached 5% in 1996. Know what happened in 2000? They collapsed.
But if history is a guide the Greens have a shot, in 2020 they were beat by Kanye.
This guy really understands how voting works and while I can’t vote as a Canadian if I could vote I would vote for the Green Party!
How voting works? You cast a ballot and then poof, you voted!
@ Not when the system is rigged and in the US it very much is. Also go read the 2014 Princeton University 20 year study that determined the US isn’t even a democracy. 🤦♂️
Harris was brought up by her Indi mother but her Jamaican father abandoned them. Her ruthlessness behaviour is from her childhood upbringing and no respect for black men. Harris is extremely judgmental and you can see and read what she’s done, especially with her judicial and political career.
She never did any inner healing from her childhood.
Harris in her book lied about her geneology. She does not have any black lineage. Her father is the only black person born in a white family (happens, doesn't need any speculation). Her ancestors were in fact Irish-Syriad Jewish and not black (Candace Owens podcast). The lady is a creature of the deep state and a fraud.
If we had 3 billion Imam Facchine's we might get somewhere
Why not vote Jill Stein instead of the two major candidates? If everyone does this she would bring peace. You should look into her policies.
2 weeks left how can you build up that kind of support?
So you know this and this is why Trump could win if you vote 3rd party
I knew it, you want Trump to win please do your home work
Trump is a raciest how do you figure? If he hates certain groups of people you think he will love the Palastanians you are wrong here
@@user-zr7wu9pm7s nothing of the sort. Listen to what these guys are saying! A third party is the only way to reduce AIPAC and the Zionist regime that runs both parties!
Vote Jill Stein
Vote for Jill Stein! She is well-educated to know, one life lost in Gaza & all around the globe, is WAY TOO MANY!
look, im a big fan of brother Mehdi, for about a decade now. HOWEVER! Something we should all know about our genius brother is that he is absolutely fallen for the democratic party in the two sides of the same coin bipartisan US scam.
We can appreciate him and his genius while also understanding the nuance.
He was a disappontment when it comes to who to vote for.
If you look up his leaked emails to the Guardian he basically says his views are entirety for sale. I would never trust Medhi. There’s a reason Norm Finklestein called him a “rat”.
He is just another shill.
Lost whatever respect I might have had for Hasan when he attacked Dr. Stein while he was still claiming to be anti-Genocide.
If people look at Jill Stein's platform, people could see, she is there for the people. But just the fact she is against genocide and against wars means more than anything else. The connections between environment and war is where people need to wake up to.
Thank you very much for your guest😊
Keep up such thoughtful effort heartfelt work by both host&guest , thank you
one of the best of voices of the ummah today, Imam Tom.
Great discussion on political engagement in the US (and West in general)... Imam Tom and Thinking Muslim never fail to deliver thought provoking content