Eshaan Akbar on Islam, Tolerance and Identity

Published: Feb. 3, 2019, 7:06 p.m.

It's season 2 | episode 2 and we hope you enjoy this fascinating conversation with former banker turned comedian Eshaan Akbar (@eshaanakbar). In this episode we discuss him growing up practicing Islam, his insight and perspective on Islam as a former follower, identity politics and more.\n\n0:31 Liberal Islam\n33:12 Religion of Peace\n49:52 Illiberal Identity Politics\n\nEshaan's show, Prophet Like It's Hot, is on at Soho Theatre 11-13 Feb: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/eshaan-akbar-prophet-like-its-hot/\n\nhttp://www.eshaanakbar.com/\n\nSupport TRIGGERnometry:\n\nhttps://www.patreon.com/triggerpod\nhttps://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry\nhttps://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KEB7Z3N52LB5C&source=url\n\nFind us on Social Media: \nhttps://twitter.com/triggerpod\nhttps://www.facebook.com/triggerpod\nhttps://www.instagram.com/triggerpod \n\nAbout TRIGGERnometry: \nStand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices