Gaza: Why do Liberals Support Genocide? With Hasan Spiker

The events of the past 6 weeks have exposed the sheer double standards that apply to the implementation of international law. The so-called liberal international order has been found to be nothing short of hypocritical. Gaza has exposed not only this duplicity but also the very ideas that undergird such a system. Today, we explore these ideas. Many surmise that the West has taken a wrong turn, and if only they return back to their original noble enlightenment values. Yet Gaza unveils a more unsettling truth. That the values of secular liberalism have always remained connected to European chauvinism. Their unbridled support for a settler colonial project and the ease with which they absorb genocide reveals the unsettling nature of liberalism. This is the argument of my guest today, Hasan Spiker.

Hasan Spiker is a philosopher and comparative scholar of Islamic, Greek, and modern thought he studied at the University of Cambridge, where he received his MPhil in philosophy and where is carrying out his doctoral research. He also studied the Islamic sciences. His new book, Hierarchy and Freedom: An Examination of Some Classical Metaphysical and Post-Enlightenment Accounts of Human Autonomy, was released this year.

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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 124

Timestamps:


00:00 Introduction
02:21 Gaza a Turning Point?
07:30 Liberal justification for genocide?
10:49 Mill and Colonialism
12:55 John Rawls
17:32 Liberal interventions
22:10 Immanuel Kant’s Moral Philosophy
24:05 Western superiority
31:20 Islam and rights
35:20 Origin of Maqasids
37:36 Islamic diversity and government
43:52 Liberalism’s crusading spirit
45:12 Good liberals?
50:36 What do liberals want of Islam?
53:40 Muslims in the West
56:20 Islam and diversity
1:02:08 Gaza and Opportunity?