Reform This!

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser is a former US Navy Lieutenant Commander, a conservative, a patriot, a physician, and an American Muslim. A frequent television commentator on Blaze TV, Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC, he is also a co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement. In this first of its kind podcast, Dr Jasser holds no punches as he breaches the many fault lines of the day between the West and Islamic communities. If you are looking for hope and have asked where are the courageous voices of pro-American Muslims, take a listen to Reform This!

Religion & Spirituality
Islam
Society & Culture
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Ep 51 | Rest in Pieces Genocidal Soleimani
Don't miss this week's episode as Zuhdi gives you his take on what's going on in Iraq, Iran and the Middle East from the attack on our American contractors to the so-called demonstrations, rather... terrorist acts ...upon our embassy to now the long overdue targeted killing of General Qasim Soleimani. Make no mistake, this killing is more consequential than the killing of Bin Laden, al-Baghdadi or Awlaki. Dr. Jasser will tell you why.
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Ep 50 | #MeToo Except Muslims
Don’t miss this week’s episode as Zuhdi looks at the story behind the Netflix satire on Jesus and the trending #GayJesus hashtag. Why is it that left media won’t satire a #GayMuhammad, but anything is game against Christianity? The #TerroristVeto trumps all protecting their radical interpretations of Islam. Also, more and more Islamist imams in the U.S. and the West are being exposed as sexual predators. Where’s the #MeToo movement and the liberal media? Do they really care about Muslims? Zuhdi also talks about the recent stories surrounding the dismissed imam at the Scottsdale Mosque in Arizona.
45 min
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Ep 49 | It’s the Islamism, Stupid!
This week, join Zuhdi as he looks at some of the top issues in the world of national security against radical Islam and the need for real reforms. On the menu this week: the US Congress finally recognizes the Armenian genocide of 1915 and Turkey's Erdogan responds predictably fanatically. The American Left proves yet again how all-in they are with leading American radical Islamist groups. Last, the Saudi government’s attempt to dismiss the Pensacola terror attack committed by their air force officer(s) is so predictable and emblematic.
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Ep 48 | The Saudi Cauldron of Jihad
Don’t miss this episode as Zuhdi looks at the latest regarding the mass shooting by a Saudi national and Air Force pilot, Mohammed Alshamrani, at the US Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. It’s not too early to discuss the evolution and stagnancy of the divergent missions of Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabist salafi-jihadist ideology and the House of Saud’s global foreign policy. Is it not about time we revisit what actual reforms would look like in the Kingdom? From Al Qaeda to ISIS their goal remains to destroy the West and sever the relationship between the US and the West. Can a House of Saud sustain real reforms?
33 min
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Ep 47 | London Bridge is Falling Down
On this Thanksgiving Day weekend, Dr. Jasser looks at all the levels of failure that led to this weekend’s ISIS terror attack killing two and injuring more; by a known, and believe it or not, previously-convicted radical Islamist terrorist: Usman Khan. This case highlights the three major areas of failure our societies in the West have surrendered in what should be a state of war against Islamists domestically and globally. Listen this week, as Zuhdi highlights our most vulnerable areas in western security.
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Ep 46 | Arizona Muslim Leaders Embrace a Radica...
This week Dr. Jasser looks into why the new Arizona Muslim Alliance, a leadership coalition of major Islamic organizations in Arizona, would launch itself by bringing in a known notorious radical Islamist cleric— Siraj Wahhaj. Despite all of his ideological rap sheet, close contacts with individuals convicted of terrorism, and his anti-American anti-semitism, mosogyny, and homophobic bigotry, he remains a significant fundraiser and icon for the Islamist establishment. This episode is a window into everything anyone wanted to know about the major obstacles to reform within the Muslim communities. Dr. Jasser will also look in this episode at the revolution growing in Iran against the mullahs and what it means for the region and theocrats.
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Ep 45 | Erdogan Will Spawn ISIS 2.0
As President Trump met with the President of Turkey, Recip Erdogan, in the White House this week, Dr. Jasser takes a hard look at all the issues that should have been on the table. Allies, Enemies, or NATO members, all that doesn't matter when it comes to American interests with the neo-Caliph head of a jihadist state which is now helping to re-spawn ISIS 2.0. Also, Michael Oren wrote about the possible coming military conflagration in the Middle East. Zuhdi talks about what happens in the vacuum of American influence and fear with the worst actors in the Middle East.
28 min
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Ep 44 | Hell No! to ANY Caliphate
Don’t miss this episode where Zuhdi takes on the ideas of the Islamist establishment now trying to legitimize, of all things, the idea of an Islamic Caliphate. Ovamir Anjum, a writer for Texas-based Islamist clearinghouse, the Yaqeen Institute, just published an extensive piece outlining the legitimacy of a Caliphate for Muslims. Dr. Jasser looks at whether this is truly moderate Islam or, more likely, just ”ISIS-lite”. Also, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN), stumping for Sen. Bernie Sanders, called for an “end to Western imperialism”. How has ‘full-on Islamist’ rhetoric become commonplace for the far Left in America?
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Ep 43 | The Long War against Jihadists
Listen in this week as Zuhdi discusses the impact of Al-Baghdadi’s death upon ISIS and the threat of salafi-jihadist groups to the West. Also, why is the media ignoring the mass protests in Lebanon and Iraq? And what’s the new Muslim appointee on the Commission on Unalienable Rights, Hamza Yusuf, telling other Muslims about the Trump administration that appointed him?
38 min
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Ep 42 | E Pluribus Unum
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Ep 41 | Enes Kanter vs. Lebron James- No Contest
Join Zuhdi this week as he looks at the stark distinction between the moral courage of NBA star Enes Kanter and the kleptocratic weakness of “King” LeBron James. What role and responsibility do celebrities have in gathering support and putting pressure on tyrannies like China who commit crimes against humanity? What does it say about our society? Dr. Jasser also will give you the latest on what can be learned from the continued fallout as Turkey begins its war crimes against the Kurds. Last, Zuhdi tells you why calling Tulsi Gabbard a “Russian asset” only helps platform her radical ideas.
44 min
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Ep 40 | Bad Strategery
This week, join Zuhdi as he gives you the full story on our strongest allies in Iraq, Syria and the region, save Israel, — the Kurds. What are the moral, strategic, and rational imperatives in the U.S. relationship with the Kurds; and more poignantly, how dangerous is the supposed NATO ally, Turkey, and its neo-Ottoman tyrannical President Recip Erdogan?
42 min
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Ep 39 | Islamist Misogyny is Not “Female Friendly”
In this week’s episode, Zuhdi takes the Salt Lake Tribune to task for whitewashing a large new Mosque project as “female friendly” when it’s only just another gender apartheid mosque in America. When will these low expectations of American Muslims and tolerance for their misogyny end? Listen in to hear also about what happened on the streets outside the annual UN General Assembly Meeting in New York City.
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Ep 38 | Muslims and American Politics
This week Dr. Jasser takes a look at some of the news items missed in domestic and global policy against radical Islamism because of the continued Trump derangement syndrome. Zuhdi also then takes a deep dive into the political dynamics of American Muslim communities and where they do identifiy with American political parties Democrat, Republican, or independent and where they should or shouldn’t. He will also take you through the stranglehold of Islamists, their tribalism, and their attendant “establishment” and the total lack of a reason based approach for many leading Muslims in politics. Zuhdi answers the question — why don’t Muslims actively identity as conservatives or as liberals?
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Ep 37 | War Games
Don’t miss this week’s episode! Dr. Jasser takes a look at Iran’s Khomenist “war games” with more attacks now against Saudi Arabia’s oil production. Zuhdi gives you insight on how to understand their belligerence and possibly what to expect next in the region. No one can make this mess make more sense than Dr. Jasser! Also, the Department of Education is reviewing Islamist bias in foreign language education grants at the UNC and Duke Consortium for Middle East Studies. Media, however, falsely reported it as the Trump administration’s anti-Islam bias. Hear the truth here. Last, what is going on at the Women’s March?
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Ep 36 | 9-10 or 9-11?
This week, Dr. Jasser shares some reflections on the 18th anniversary of 9-11-01, re-examines where we have come since, and reveals what we all have yet to do for national security and counter-Islamist reforms. His words about 9-11 opening his book, "A Battle for the Soul of Islam" ring true more today than ever before. Yet, The New York Times wrote this week that, "airplanes took aim", and not human beings or jihadists? It's 18 years post-9-11 with so many failures since, yet the mentality is increasingly like 9-10-01. Zuhdi also shares with you the successes and fireworks after a town hall meeting on 9-10-19 that he and other leaders of the Muslim Reform Movement led this week at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, right in Rep. Ilhan Omar's backyard. So much to share!
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Ep 35 | Expect Better of Muslims Than Islamists!
This week, Zuhdi answers the question that large media platforms should be asking when they let Islamists dominate the representation of American Muslims in the social, political, cultural, and theological realms: Can’t American Muslims do better than the Islamists? Shouldn’t we expect better? American Muslims can certainly do better with regards to ideological diversity, integrity, maternity, and Western values than the radicals like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, or the shape-shifting corruption of Mohammad Tawhidi. Platforming them is a bigotry of low expectations.
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Ep 34 | CAIR's disCount
This week, Zuhdi looks at reports that the Census Bureau may actually be partnering with the Islamists at CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations). It's a bad idea on too many levels to describe. Also, presidential candidates and the Left are still touting "ending all unnecessary wars" despite the U.S. not being in nor starting any wars. Where is this coming from? And what is the place of America in the world? Lastly, an announcement. Don't miss this!
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Ep 33 | A CAIR Primer: American Islamist Bullies
Every day, the Council on American Islamic Relations bullies American citizens into submission if they dare to challenge the Islamist worldview. This week they’re intimidating a minor league baseball team owner in Connecticut. In this week’s podcast, Zuhdi gives you a primer into understanding the who, what, why, and how of CAIR and the real mission of the pitbull of American Islamist organizations.
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Ep 32 | BDS Bigots Balk at Israel
Zuhdi sounds off on the manipulative geopolitics and anti-Semitic games of the two Muslim Congresswomen barred entry to Israel. Don’t get confused over what the BDS movement represents and what it really stands for. Also, in France some reform-minded Muslim women leaders have had it with Islamists, and they are beginning a resistance against Islamists.
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Ep 31 | Oh? Ideology Does Matter!
Don’t miss this week’s episode. In the wake of the horrific massacres in El Paso and Dayton, Dr. Jasser looks at how we look at White Supremacism and its adherents' radicalization. The mainstream media‘s rush to expose ideological root causes this week is understandable if not breathtaking in its distinction from their approach to jihadists. Zuhdi also looks at the demonization of the idea of nationalism and the harm that practice has. Last, one year from this week a jihadist terror cell was exposed in New Mexico. Little has changed.
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Ep 30 | Royal Reform or Ruse?
This week, Dr. Jasser takes a look at what we should really make of the royal decree in Saudi Arabia that just supposedly gave women centuries overdue rights to travel alone, be the sole guardian of children, and to work independently. While there is little doubt that this is a major step forward, it is only pro forma or a public relations stunt if it isn't met with concomitant sharia reinterpretations and reform. Then, Zuhdi looks at the controversies over a Muslim basketball camp run by Enes Kanter, a high-profile Gulenist Muslim who has taken on the Erdogan regime, and now their long reach bullies his camp kids. Last, Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) shows a pathological deference to the war criminal, Bashar Assad of Syria. For a candidate that leads on foreign policy, it should be a major concern for every American.
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Ep 29 | The American Islamist Party is Here
This week join Zuhdi Jasser as he tells you about what the foundational meeting of the "Muslim Caucus Collective" means for political Islam in America and how everyone seems to have missed the open formation of America's first Islamist party this week. Also, a viral video from that conference showed Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) dressing down a questioner that asked her about, of all things, FGM. Another 2018 video featuring Omar making the rounds this week revealed her as always ignoring jihadism but also saying that the real threat was "white men". Get the real story on all this and more here.
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Ep 28 | America is a Choice
Join Dr. Jasser this week as he looks at the latest uproar between President Trump and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Is it racist to tell another American, “Love it or Leave it?”. As the son of Syrian immigrants, Zuhdi explains how the idea that is America cannot survive immigrants who reject its exceptionalism and greatness. Dr. Jasser also looks at the suggestion by Boris Johnson in the UK that Islam kept Muslims centuries behind the West. Last, is ISIS resurgent? The jihadi hydra is returning.
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Ep 27 | Independence From Islamists
Don’t miss this week’s podcast as Dr. Zuhdi Jasser reflects on the importance of the Fourth of July. He talks about how the sentiment of patriotism and American national identity and pride in our nation are so central to his own work for modern Muslim reform. He’ll also reflect on the Anti-Americanism of leading American clerics like Omar Suleiman as well as how relevant Nike’s cancellation of their flag show is to this whole cultural war with the Left and Islamists.
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