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Mehdi Hasan

April 15, 2023

This article is about the British political editor. For other uses, see Mehdi Hasan (disambiguation).

Mehdi Raza Hasan (born July 1979)[1][2][3] is a British-American political journalist, broadcaster and best-selling author. He has presented The Mehdi Hasan Show[4] on Peacock since October 2020 and on MSNBC since February 2021.[5]

Mehdi Hasan
Hasan at a Labour conference in 2012
Born
Mehdi Raza Hasan

July 1979 (age 43)
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
EducationMerchant Taylors' School
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Organisations
Notable workWin Every Argument (2023 book) Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader
TelevisionThe Café, Head To Head, UpFront, The Mehdi Hasan Show

In 2015, Hasan moved to Washington, D.C., United States, to work full-time for Al Jazeera on UpFront[6] and host the Deconstructed podcast produced by the online publication The Intercept from 2018 to 2020.[7]

Hasan is the author of Win Every Argument, and the co-author of a biography of Ed Miliband and was formerly the political editor of the UK edition of The Huffington Post[8] and the presenter of the Al Jazeera English shows: The Café, Head to Head and UpFront.[9]

Early life and education

Mehdi Raza Hasan was born in Swindon to immigrant Indian Hyderabadi Shia Muslim parents from the city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, South India (now in Telangana).[10][11][12][better source needed]

Hasan was privately educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, a day independent school for boys at Sandy Lodge in the Three Rivers District of Hertfordshire, near the town of Northwood in North West London.[13] He then attended Christ Church, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE),[13] and graduated in 2000.

Career

Hasan worked as a researcher and then producer on LWT's Jonathan Dimbleby programme,[14] with a brief period in between on BBC One's The Politics Show.[14] Following this, he became deputy executive producer on Sky's breakfast show Sunrise[14] before moving to Channel 4 as their editor of news and current affairs.[15] He was appointed senior editor for politics at the New Statesman in late spring of 2009,[16] where he stayed until May 2012, then becoming political director of The Huffington Post website.[15]

Hasan became a presenter on Al Jazeera's English news channel in May 2012.[17] Hasan has appeared (six times) on the BBC's Question Time programme,[18] and the Sunday morning programmes The Big Questions[19] and Sunday Morning Live.[20]

In 2013, Hasan took part in a debate at the Oxford Union to consider whether Islam is a peaceful religion. Hasan, who is an Ithna’Asheri Shia Muslim, vouched for Islam as a religion of peace, citing political and cultural reasons for violence in Muslim majority countries, as opposed to holding the religion of Islam responsible. In the vote on the motion, the house affirmed with Hasan and the other proposers that Islam is a religion of peace with 286 votes in favor and 168 votes against.[21]

Recorded at the Oxford Union, Head to Head was a programme on Al Jazeera English in which Hasan interviewed public figures; it had run for three series by December 2014. Since 2015, working full-time for the network in Washington, D.C., Hasan has hosted a weekly interview and discussion programme.[6]

Hasan began a podcast in 2018 entitled Deconstructed, produced by the investigative journalism website The Intercept. On air, Hasan would discuss recent news topics and host guests. Notable topics covered on the podcast include police brutality, inequality, QAnon, and Donald Trump's activity on Twitter. Notable podcast guests have included Noam Chomsky, Ilhan Omar, and Bernie Sanders. On 2 October 2020, Hasan announced that he would no longer host the show as part of his move to host The Mehdi Hasan Show on NBC's new streaming service, Peacock.[22]

Hasan became a naturalized citizen of the United States on 9 October 2020, in time to vote in the 2020 United States presidential election.[23]

Hasan currently hosts The Mehdi Hasan Show[24] on the online service Peacock since Oct 2020 airing weeknights at 7 pm Eastern.[4] Notable guests on The Mehdi Hasan Show have included Mark Ruffalo, Jon Stewart, John Bolton, Keith Ellison, Ro Khanna, John Legend, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

In March 2021, Hasan launched the same show on MSNBC every Sunday evening.[25][26] He is also the fill-in host on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes, The Rachel Maddow Show, The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell.

Views and opinions

Iraq

In a 14 February 2013 article for the New Statesman, Hasan wrote:

The Iraq war was a strategic disaster – or, as the Tory minister Kenneth Clarke put it in a recent BBC radio discussion, 'the most disastrous foreign policy decision of my lifetime ... worse than Suez'. The invasion and occupation of the country undermined the moral standing of the western powers; empowered Iran and its proxies; heightened the threat from al-Qaeda at home and abroad; and sent a clear signal to 'rogue' regimes that the best (the only?) means of deterring a pre-emptive, US-led attack was to acquire weapons of mass destruction. ... Iraq has been destroyed and hundreds of thousands of innocent people have lost their lives, as the direct result of an unnecessary, unprovoked war that, according to the former chief justice Lord Bingham, was a 'serious violation of international law'.[27]

Iran

A regular contributor to The Guardian,[28] Hasan argued in November 2011 regarding the issue of Iran's alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons: "Wouldn't it be rational for Iran – geographically encircled, politically isolated, feeling threatened – to want its own arsenal of nukes, for defensive and deterrent purposes?"[29] Pointing out the difference between America, and its allies, going to "war with non-nuclear Iraq" and their "diplomacy with nuclear-armed North Korea", Hasan concluded: "The simple fact is there is no alternative to diplomacy, no matter how truculent or paranoid the leaders of Iran might seem to western eyes."[29]

Hasan wrote an article in The Guardian in September 2011 condemning the Iranian government for its proposed execution of Youcef Nadarkhani, who had been arrested on charges of apostasy.[30] "The death sentence given to Youcef Nadarkhani in Iran is an affront to universal moral values and a disservice to Muslims."

Islam and Muslims

Hasan, a Shia Muslim,[31][32][33] has written articles about Islam and Muslims for the New Statesman and newspapers. "My Islamic faith is based on the principles of peace, moderation and mercy", he wrote in September 2012. He also said that while Muslims "have every right to be angry", such "anger, however, is not an excuse for extremism."[34]

In April 2009, Hasan argued against the concept and idea of an Islamic state.[35] He argues that "Today it is difficult, if not impossible, to identify a Muslim-majority nation that could plausibly be identified as a modern, viable and legitimate 'Islamic state'" and that "contrary to popular Muslim opinion, there is not a shred of theological, historical or empirical evidence to support the existence of such an entity."

In November 2009, Hasan wrote a column denouncing suicide bombing from an Islamic perspective.[36] Hasan argued that "There is, in fact, nothing Islamic about so-called Islamic terrorism… So why are many Muslims so reluctant to condemn such cold-blooded tactics of terror?"

In April 2010, Hasan wrote a piece condemning the controversial Islamic advocacy of the death penalty for apostasy in the New Statesman.[37] He states that "The sharia (or Islamic law), it is claimed, sanctions the death penalty for any adult Muslim who chooses to leave the faith, or apostatise. This is an intellectually, morally and, perhaps above all, theologically unsustainable position."

In January 2012, Hasan wrote a piece emphasizing the importance of acknowledging the Holocaust as a "uniquely horrific crime against humanity," and called on British Muslims and the larger Muslim world to take it more seriously.[38]

In April 2012, Hasan wrote an article criticising British Muslims for an apparent fixation with issues relating to foreign affairs and the anti-war movement.[39] He criticised British Muslims' apparent apathy towards national issues: "Why is it that most British Muslims get so excited and aroused by foreign affairs, yet seem so bored by and uninterested in domestic politics and the economy?"

Following allegations of Jewish conspiracy by British peer Lord Ahmed in March 2013, Hasan referred to antisemitism in the British Muslim community as being "routine and commonplace".[40]

In May 2013, he appeared at an Oxford Union debate proposing a motion arguing that Islam is a religion of peace. The motion was carried.[41]

Following the 2017 Westminster attack, Hasan wrote an article in The Intercept criticising what he referred to as the "common stereotype of the Middle Eastern, Muslim-born terrorist." He pointed out that the perpetrator of the attack, Khalid Masood, was born and raised in the United Kingdom and, therefore, would not have been affected by any immigration ban. He also pointed out that Masood converted to Islam late in life and had a history of criminality prior to his conversion. Hasan concluded, ergo, that while "a distorted, simplistic and politicized form of Islam" provided the justification for Masood's actions, the main motivation lay in "social networks and family ties; issues of identity and belonging; a sense of persecution; mental illness; socio-economic grievances; moral outrage over conflict and torture; a craving for glory and purpose, action and adventure." Hasan also referenced a 2008 leaked report by researchers for MI5,[note 1] a 2010 Demos study,[note 2] and a 2016 Egmont study,[note 3] that came to similar conclusions "challeng[ing] the conventional... wisdom on the role of religion in the radicalization process."[42]

Coverage in the media

Hasan has stated that the media should be sanctioned for "dishonest, demonising press coverage" of Muslims and other minorities, saying: "I'm all in favour of free speech and the robust criticism of all religious beliefs. But it's the made-up stories and the smearing of individuals and whole communities that I have an issue with. Why isn't anti-Muslim bigotry as unacceptable in the press as anti-Jewish bigotry?"[43]

In October 2013, on the BBC's Question Time, Hasan claimed that the Daily Mail was, among other accusations, "Muslim-smearing". The paper responded by claiming that he had applied to write a column for them in 2010, praising their editorial standards and some of their positions.[44]

In December 2019, Seth Meyers called Hasan's interview with Trump supporter Steve Rogers "the template for talking to people within the Trump-sphere."[45]

In November 2020, the Daily Beast said "The Mehdi Hasan Show has fast become one of the most satisfying nightly news programs in America."[46]

In a March 2021 interview with Esquire, Hasan said "journalists should have a bias in favor of democracy" and if journalists are "not pro-democracy, then what is the point of being a journalist?"[47]

Abortion

Hasan has defended his anti-abortion views in print, writing "What I would like is for my fellow lefties and liberals to try to understand and respect the views of those of us who are pro-life" in an October 2012 online column for the New Statesman.[48] Hasan argued that the issue of abortion "is one of those rare political issues on which left and right seem to have swapped ideologies: right-wingers talk of equality, human rights and 'defending the innocent', while left-wingers fetishise 'choice', selfishness and unbridled individualism."[48] He later regretted expressing himself in this way.[49] However, the article gained much attention on Twitter[50] and Hasan debated the issue with Suzanne Moore on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.[51]

Telegraph blogger Brendan O'Neill thought both Hasan and his pro-choice opponents shared an "instinct for paternalism, a belief that the job of the modern Left is to care for and coo over the weak and puny of the world."[52] Meanwhile, Labour MP Diane Abbott thought that "any feminist, worth the name, knows that control over [our] own bodies is ground zero for every educational, social and economic advance that women have made in the last century".[53] Cristina Odone wrote: "...there is no greater intolerance than that of the so-called tolerant liberals: pro-choice advocates will not allow any discussion of abortion that questions the status quo. Poor Hasan ventured into terrain marked "taboo".[54]

In a 2020 series of tweets, Hasan expressed regrets for "having expressed offensive & illiberal views in the past on everything from homosexuality to abortion" and stated that they were views he no longer holds.[55]

Pakistan

Hasan has been critical of the human rights situation in Pakistan, expressing disapproval of the country's treatment of minorities including its blasphemy law,[56] as well as enforced disappearances in Balochistan. He has also criticised the human rights situation in both Indian and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and has called out alleged backing from Pakistan for terror groups like Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba to carry out attacks in the Indian-administered region.[57]

In a May 2021 interview with CNN regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Israelis "are very influential people”, adding, “I mean, they control media.” Hasan tweeted during the ensuing controversy: “I see some people trying to defend the Pakistani foreign minister’s remarks as anti-Israeli & not anti-Semitic but let’s be clear: if you are accusing Israelis of having ‘deep pockets’ and ‘controlling’ the media, then yeah, you're invoking some pretty anti-Semitic slurs. Sorry.”[58]

Saudi Arabia

Hasan has made several statements in opposition to the Saudi government, including challenging a statement made by Donald Trump, in which he claimed that he himself had no financial interests in Saudi Arabia, an allegation which Trump called "fake news".[59] Hasan challenged Trump's statements in a video essay published by The Intercept in October 2018.[60]

In February 2019, during a debate organised by Intelligence Squared in London,[61] Hasan stated that the West should cut ties with Saudi Arabia, saying

"It's time we make clear that the West needs to cut its ties with Saudi Arabia, especially military ties, arms exports, weapons, bombs".[61]

The comments were made in response to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, allegedly ordered by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Bin Salman, as well as several human rights violations which Hasan cited as also being carried out by Saudi Arabia.[62] Hasan had previously interviewed Khashoggi about freedom of speech in Saudi Arabia.[63]

George W. Bush

Hasan has argued that George W. Bush committed war crimes during his presidency in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.[64]

Controversy

During a sermon delivered in 2009,[65] quoting a verse of the Quran, Hasan used the terms "cattle" and "people of no intelligence" to describe non-believers. In another sermon, he used the term "animals" to describe non-Muslims.[66][67]

In response to criticism for his remarks, Hasan wrote in his New Statesman blog: "The Quranic phrase 'people of no intelligence' simply and narrowly refers to the fact that Muslims regard their views on God as the only intellectually tenable position, just as atheists (like Richard Dawkins or Sam Harris) regard believers as fundamentally irrational and, even, mentally deficient."[68] Hasan returned to this issue in August 2012 following criticism from the columnist Peter Hitchens, stating that "the entire 45-minute speech is primarily an attack on Muslim extremists who try and justify violence against non-Muslims on an 'ends justify the means' basis", but noted of his 2009 comments that his "phraseology was ill-judged, ill-advised and, even, inappropriate".[69]

Awards

In January 2014, Hasan was awarded the Services to Media award at the British Muslim Awards.[70] In 2017, he was named European Young Leader by the Brussels-based Friends of Europe think tank.[71]

In 2019, Hasan won the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Column Writing.[72]

Selected works

  • With James Macintyre. Ed: The Milibands and the making of a Labour leader, London, Biteback Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84954-102-2
  • Summer of Unrest: The Debt Delusion: Exposing ten Tory myths about debts, deficits and spending cuts, Vintage Digital, 28 July 2011.
  • Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking. Henry Holt and Co. 2023. ISBN 9781250853479

Notes

  1. ^ Referenced article regarding MI5 report can be found here.
  2. ^ Full 2010 Demos study that was referenced can be found here.
  3. ^ Full 2016 Egmont study that was referenced can be found here.

References

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  10. ^ Hasan, Mehdi [@mehdirhasan] (26 December 2015). "I'm British, of Indian origin. Here's ludicrous, offensive, inaccurate tweet that ludicrous Fatah quietly deleted: t.co/p0yZnqhVku" (Tweet). from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Hasan, Mehdi [@mehdirhasan] (16 March 2019). "My dad is an engineer from Hyderabad, India. These stories are so hard to read. RIP. My thoughts and prayers and solidarity goes out to all the victims' families. t.co/ty5FqIAyLo" (Tweet). from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ Hasan, Mehdi [@mehdirhasan] (20 January 2021). "I'm the proud son of south Indian immigrants to the West myself so, yes, let me take some pride in this historic success of the daughter of a south Indian immigrant. And, no, it doesn't mean I agree with the new VP's policies or positions on any particular issue. Grow up, folks" (Tweet). from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via Twitter.
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  41. ^ Goddard-Bernstein, Rachel (30 May 2013), , Oxford Student, archived from the original on 23 July 2013
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  50. ^ . The Independent. 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012.
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  55. ^ Hasan, Mehdi [@mehdirhasan] (7 July 2020). "I'm under no illusions btw: I say this as someone who has been lambasted by many liberals online - & almost hounded out of a job - for having expressed offensive & illiberal views in the past on everything from homosexuality to abortion (views which I regret, & no longer hold)" (Tweet). from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via Twitter.
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This article is about the British political editor For other uses see Mehdi Hasan disambiguation Mehdi Raza Hasan born July 1979 1 2 3 is a British American political journalist broadcaster and best selling author He has presented The Mehdi Hasan Show 4 on Peacock since October 2020 and on MSNBC since February 2021 5 Mehdi HasanHasan at a Labour conference in 2012BornMehdi Raza HasanJuly 1979 age 43 Swindon Wiltshire EnglandCitizenshipUnited KingdomUnited StatesEducationMerchant Taylors SchoolAlma materChrist Church OxfordOrganisationsThe Intercept The Huffington Post Al Jazeera English Peacock MSNBCNotable workWin Every Argument 2023 book Ed The Milibands and the Making of a Labour LeaderTelevisionThe Cafe Head To Head UpFront The Mehdi Hasan ShowIn 2015 Hasan moved to Washington D C United States to work full time for Al Jazeera on UpFront 6 and host the Deconstructed podcast produced by the online publication The Intercept from 2018 to 2020 7 Hasan is the author of Win Every Argument and the co author of a biography of Ed Miliband and was formerly the political editor of the UK edition of The Huffington Post 8 and the presenter of the Al Jazeera English shows The Cafe Head to Head and UpFront 9 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Views and opinions 3 1 Iraq 3 2 Iran 3 3 Islam and Muslims 3 3 1 Coverage in the media 3 4 Abortion 3 5 Pakistan 3 6 Saudi Arabia 3 7 George W Bush 3 8 Controversy 4 Awards 5 Selected works 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksEarly life and educationMehdi Raza Hasan was born in Swindon to immigrant Indian Hyderabadi Shia Muslim parents from the city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh South India now in Telangana 10 11 12 better source needed Hasan was privately educated at Merchant Taylors School Northwood a day independent school for boys at Sandy Lodge in the Three Rivers District of Hertfordshire near the town of Northwood in North West London 13 He then attended Christ Church Oxford where he read Philosophy Politics and Economics PPE 13 and graduated in 2000 CareerHasan worked as a researcher and then producer on LWT s Jonathan Dimbleby programme 14 with a brief period in between on BBC One s The Politics Show 14 Following this he became deputy executive producer on Sky s breakfast show Sunrise 14 before moving to Channel 4 as their editor of news and current affairs 15 He was appointed senior editor for politics at the New Statesman in late spring of 2009 16 where he stayed until May 2012 then becoming political director of The Huffington Post website 15 Hasan became a presenter on Al Jazeera s English news channel in May 2012 17 Hasan has appeared six times on the BBC s Question Time programme 18 and the Sunday morning programmes The Big Questions 19 and Sunday Morning Live 20 In 2013 Hasan took part in a debate at the Oxford Union to consider whether Islam is a peaceful religion Hasan who is an Ithna Asheri Shia Muslim vouched for Islam as a religion of peace citing political and cultural reasons for violence in Muslim majority countries as opposed to holding the religion of Islam responsible In the vote on the motion the house affirmed with Hasan and the other proposers that Islam is a religion of peace with 286 votes in favor and 168 votes against 21 Recorded at the Oxford Union Head to Head was a programme on Al Jazeera English in which Hasan interviewed public figures it had run for three series by December 2014 Since 2015 working full time for the network in Washington D C Hasan has hosted a weekly interview and discussion programme 6 Hasan began a podcast in 2018 entitled Deconstructed produced by the investigative journalism website The Intercept On air Hasan would discuss recent news topics and host guests Notable topics covered on the podcast include police brutality inequality QAnon and Donald Trump s activity on Twitter Notable podcast guests have included Noam Chomsky Ilhan Omar and Bernie Sanders On 2 October 2020 Hasan announced that he would no longer host the show as part of his move to host The Mehdi Hasan Show on NBC s new streaming service Peacock 22 Hasan became a naturalized citizen of the United States on 9 October 2020 in time to vote in the 2020 United States presidential election 23 Hasan currently hosts The Mehdi Hasan Show 24 on the online service Peacock since Oct 2020 airing weeknights at 7 pm Eastern 4 Notable guests on The Mehdi Hasan Show have included Mark Ruffalo Jon Stewart John Bolton Keith Ellison Ro Khanna John Legend and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez In March 2021 Hasan launched the same show on MSNBC every Sunday evening 25 26 He is also the fill in host on MSNBC s All In with Chris Hayes The Rachel Maddow Show The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle and The Last Word with Lawrence O Donnell Views and opinionsIraq In a 14 February 2013 article for the New Statesman Hasan wrote The Iraq war was a strategic disaster or as the Tory minister Kenneth Clarke put it in a recent BBC radio discussion the most disastrous foreign policy decision of my lifetime worse than Suez The invasion and occupation of the country undermined the moral standing of the western powers empowered Iran and its proxies heightened the threat from al Qaeda at home and abroad and sent a clear signal to rogue regimes that the best the only means of deterring a pre emptive US led attack was to acquire weapons of mass destruction Iraq has been destroyed and hundreds of thousands of innocent people have lost their lives as the direct result of an unnecessary unprovoked war that according to the former chief justice Lord Bingham was a serious violation of international law 27 Iran A regular contributor to The Guardian 28 Hasan argued in November 2011 regarding the issue of Iran s alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons Wouldn t it be rational for Iran geographically encircled politically isolated feeling threatened to want its own arsenal of nukes for defensive and deterrent purposes 29 Pointing out the difference between America and its allies going to war with non nuclear Iraq and their diplomacy with nuclear armed North Korea Hasan concluded The simple fact is there is no alternative to diplomacy no matter how truculent or paranoid the leaders of Iran might seem to western eyes 29 Hasan wrote an article in The Guardian in September 2011 condemning the Iranian government for its proposed execution of Youcef Nadarkhani who had been arrested on charges of apostasy 30 The death sentence given to Youcef Nadarkhani in Iran is an affront to universal moral values and a disservice to Muslims Islam and Muslims Hasan a Shia Muslim 31 32 33 has written articles about Islam and Muslims for the New Statesman and newspapers My Islamic faith is based on the principles of peace moderation and mercy he wrote in September 2012 He also said that while Muslims have every right to be angry such anger however is not an excuse for extremism 34 In April 2009 Hasan argued against the concept and idea of an Islamic state 35 He argues that Today it is difficult if not impossible to identify a Muslim majority nation that could plausibly be identified as a modern viable and legitimate Islamic state and that contrary to popular Muslim opinion there is not a shred of theological historical or empirical evidence to support the existence of such an entity In November 2009 Hasan wrote a column denouncing suicide bombing from an Islamic perspective 36 Hasan argued that There is in fact nothing Islamic about so called Islamic terrorism So why are many Muslims so reluctant to condemn such cold blooded tactics of terror In April 2010 Hasan wrote a piece condemning the controversial Islamic advocacy of the death penalty for apostasy in the New Statesman 37 He states that The sharia or Islamic law it is claimed sanctions the death penalty for any adult Muslim who chooses to leave the faith or apostatise This is an intellectually morally and perhaps above all theologically unsustainable position In January 2012 Hasan wrote a piece emphasizing the importance of acknowledging the Holocaust as a uniquely horrific crime against humanity and called on British Muslims and the larger Muslim world to take it more seriously 38 In April 2012 Hasan wrote an article criticising British Muslims for an apparent fixation with issues relating to foreign affairs and the anti war movement 39 He criticised British Muslims apparent apathy towards national issues Why is it that most British Muslims get so excited and aroused by foreign affairs yet seem so bored by and uninterested in domestic politics and the economy Following allegations of Jewish conspiracy by British peer Lord Ahmed in March 2013 Hasan referred to antisemitism in the British Muslim community as being routine and commonplace 40 In May 2013 he appeared at an Oxford Union debate proposing a motion arguing that Islam is a religion of peace The motion was carried 41 Following the 2017 Westminster attack Hasan wrote an article in The Intercept criticising what he referred to as the common stereotype of the Middle Eastern Muslim born terrorist He pointed out that the perpetrator of the attack Khalid Masood was born and raised in the United Kingdom and therefore would not have been affected by any immigration ban He also pointed out that Masood converted to Islam late in life and had a history of criminality prior to his conversion Hasan concluded ergo that while a distorted simplistic and politicized form of Islam provided the justification for Masood s actions the main motivation lay in social networks and family ties issues of identity and belonging a sense of persecution mental illness socio economic grievances moral outrage over conflict and torture a craving for glory and purpose action and adventure Hasan also referenced a 2008 leaked report by researchers for MI5 note 1 a 2010 Demos study note 2 and a 2016 Egmont study note 3 that came to similar conclusions challeng ing the conventional wisdom on the role of religion in the radicalization process 42 Coverage in the media Hasan has stated that the media should be sanctioned for dishonest demonising press coverage of Muslims and other minorities saying I m all in favour of free speech and the robust criticism of all religious beliefs But it s the made up stories and the smearing of individuals and whole communities that I have an issue with Why isn t anti Muslim bigotry as unacceptable in the press as anti Jewish bigotry 43 In October 2013 on the BBC s Question Time Hasan claimed that the Daily Mail was among other accusations Muslim smearing The paper responded by claiming that he had applied to write a column for them in 2010 praising their editorial standards and some of their positions 44 In December 2019 Seth Meyers called Hasan s interview with Trump supporter Steve Rogers the template for talking to people within the Trump sphere 45 In November 2020 the Daily Beast said The Mehdi Hasan Show has fast become one of the most satisfying nightly news programs in America 46 In a March 2021 interview with Esquire Hasan said journalists should have a bias in favor of democracy and if journalists are not pro democracy then what is the point of being a journalist 47 Abortion Hasan has defended his anti abortion views in print writing What I would like is for my fellow lefties and liberals to try to understand and respect the views of those of us who are pro life in an October 2012 online column for the New Statesman 48 Hasan argued that the issue of abortion is one of those rare political issues on which left and right seem to have swapped ideologies right wingers talk of equality human rights and defending the innocent while left wingers fetishise choice selfishness and unbridled individualism 48 He later regretted expressing himself in this way 49 However the article gained much attention on Twitter 50 and Hasan debated the issue with Suzanne Moore on BBC Radio 4 s Today programme 51 Telegraph blogger Brendan O Neill thought both Hasan and his pro choice opponents shared an instinct for paternalism a belief that the job of the modern Left is to care for and coo over the weak and puny of the world 52 Meanwhile Labour MP Diane Abbott thought that any feminist worth the name knows that control over our own bodies is ground zero for every educational social and economic advance that women have made in the last century 53 Cristina Odone wrote there is no greater intolerance than that of the so called tolerant liberals pro choice advocates will not allow any discussion of abortion that questions the status quo Poor Hasan ventured into terrain marked taboo 54 In a 2020 series of tweets Hasan expressed regrets for having expressed offensive amp illiberal views in the past on everything from homosexuality to abortion and stated that they were views he no longer holds 55 Pakistan Hasan has been critical of the human rights situation in Pakistan expressing disapproval of the country s treatment of minorities including its blasphemy law 56 as well as enforced disappearances in Balochistan He has also criticised the human rights situation in both Indian and Pakistan administered Kashmir and has called out alleged backing from Pakistan for terror groups like Jaish e Muhammad and Lashkar e Taiba to carry out attacks in the Indian administered region 57 In a May 2021 interview with CNN regarding the Israeli Palestinian conflict Pakistan s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Israelis are very influential people adding I mean they control media Hasan tweeted during the ensuing controversy I see some people trying to defend the Pakistani foreign minister s remarks as anti Israeli amp not anti Semitic but let s be clear if you are accusing Israelis of having deep pockets and controlling the media then yeah you re invoking some pretty anti Semitic slurs Sorry 58 Saudi Arabia Hasan has made several statements in opposition to the Saudi government including challenging a statement made by Donald Trump in which he claimed that he himself had no financial interests in Saudi Arabia an allegation which Trump called fake news 59 Hasan challenged Trump s statements in a video essay published by The Intercept in October 2018 60 In February 2019 during a debate organised by Intelligence Squared in London 61 Hasan stated that the West should cut ties with Saudi Arabia saying It s time we make clear that the West needs to cut its ties with Saudi Arabia especially military ties arms exports weapons bombs 61 The comments were made in response to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi allegedly ordered by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman as well as several human rights violations which Hasan cited as also being carried out by Saudi Arabia 62 Hasan had previously interviewed Khashoggi about freedom of speech in Saudi Arabia 63 George W Bush Hasan has argued that George W Bush committed war crimes during his presidency in Iraq Afghanistan and Pakistan 64 Controversy During a sermon delivered in 2009 65 quoting a verse of the Quran Hasan used the terms cattle and people of no intelligence to describe non believers In another sermon he used the term animals to describe non Muslims 66 67 In response to criticism for his remarks Hasan wrote in his New Statesman blog The Quranic phrase people of no intelligence simply and narrowly refers to the fact that Muslims regard their views on God as the only intellectually tenable position just as atheists like Richard Dawkins or Sam Harris regard believers as fundamentally irrational and even mentally deficient 68 Hasan returned to this issue in August 2012 following criticism from the columnist Peter Hitchens stating that the entire 45 minute speech is primarily an attack on Muslim extremists who try and justify violence against non Muslims on an ends justify the means basis but noted of his 2009 comments that his phraseology was ill judged ill advised and even inappropriate 69 AwardsIn January 2014 Hasan was awarded the Services to Media award at the British Muslim Awards 70 In 2017 he was named European Young Leader by the Brussels based Friends of Europe think tank 71 In 2019 Hasan won the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Column Writing 72 Selected worksWith James Macintyre Ed The Milibands and the making of a Labour leader London Biteback Publishing 2011 ISBN 978 1 84954 102 2 Summer of Unrest The Debt Delusion Exposing ten Tory myths about debts deficits and spending cuts Vintage Digital 28 July 2011 Win Every Argument The Art of Debating Persuading and Public Speaking Henry Holt and Co 2023 ISBN 9781250853479Notes Referenced article regarding MI5 report can be found here Full 2010 Demos study that was referenced can be found here Full 2016 Egmont study that was referenced can be found here References Head to head Will the internet set us free Archived 4 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Al Jazeera English 4 April 2014 video 47 mins at 7 20 7 25 min Mehdi Raza HASAN Personal Appointments free information from Companies House Archived from the original on 3 February 2017 findmypast co uk Archived from the original on 2 February 2017 a b Peacock Announces Shows For Mehdi Hasan and Zerlina Maxwell Mediaite 3 October 2020 Retrieved 6 October 2020 Steinberg Brian 25 February 2021 Mehdi Hasan Launches Show in MSNBC Weekend Prime a b Mehdi Hasan to host new weekly show on Al Jazeera Archived 18 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Al Jazeera 18 December 2014 A Goodbye Message from Mehdi via play acast com Mehdi Hasan Huffington Post Archived from the original on 2 April 2013 Retrieved 23 March 2013 Mehdi Hasan Profile Al Jazeera Archived from the original on 7 July 2013 Retrieved 23 March 2013 Hasan Mehdi mehdirhasan 26 December 2015 I m British of Indian origin Here s ludicrous offensive inaccurate tweet that ludicrous Fatah quietly deleted t co p0yZnqhVku Tweet Archived from the original on 9 July 2021 Retrieved 20 July 2021 via Twitter Hasan Mehdi mehdirhasan 16 March 2019 My dad is an engineer from Hyderabad India These stories are so hard to read RIP My thoughts and prayers and solidarity goes out to all the victims families t co ty5FqIAyLo Tweet Archived from the original on 28 May 2021 Retrieved 20 July 2021 via Twitter Hasan Mehdi mehdirhasan 20 January 2021 I m the proud son of south Indian immigrants to the West myself so yes let me take some pride in this historic success of the daughter of a south Indian immigrant And no it doesn t mean I agree with the new VP s policies or positions on any particular issue Grow up folks Tweet Archived from the original on 22 April 2021 Retrieved 20 July 2021 via Twitter a b OMTs Merchant Taylors School Archived from the original on 29 April 2013 Retrieved 23 March 2013 a b c Question Time as it happened 26th October The Telegraph 25 October 2012 Archived from the original on 29 October 2012 Retrieved 23 March 2013 a b Mehdi Hasan joins HuffPo UK as political director Archived 7 September 2012 at archive today Press Gazette website 21 May 20123 Dany Al Samad New Statesman recruits Mehdi Hasan as senior editor Politics Archived 9 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Journalism co uk Mehdi Hasan joins Al Jazeera as host Archived 11 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Al Jazeera 17 May 2012 On 13 May 2010 23 September 2010 10 February 2011 8 December 2011 25 October 2012 and 3 October 2013 The Big Questions Archived from the original on 20 January 2011 Retrieved 23 March 2013 Sunday Morning LIve Archived from the original on 30 July 2017 Retrieved 23 March 2013 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Mehdi Hasan Islam Is A Peaceful Religion Oxford Union YouTube Hasan Mehdi Hasan A Goodbye Message from Mehdi Acast com Acast Retrieved 2 October 2020 Mehdi Hassan mehdirhasan 9 October 2020 Anyways back to the oath ceremony Took the oath Congratulated my fellow immigrants Got the naturalization certificate It s done I m officially a citizen of the United States and ready to vote weeks before the most consequential U S election of our lifetimes Tweet via Twitter Watch The Mehdi Hasan Show Streaming Online Peacock peacocktv Johnson Ted 25 February 2021 MSNBC Gives Mehdi Hasan s Show A Sunday Night Slot Yahoo News Retrieved 18 September 2021 The Mehdi Hasan Show on MSNBC MSNBC Hasan Mehdi 14 February 2013 The hawks were wrong Mehdi Hasan on why Iraq is worse off now New Statesman Archived from the original on 26 March 2013 Retrieved 22 March 2013 Mehdi Hasan contributor page The Guardian Archived from the original on 1 March 2017 a b Hasan Mehdi 17 November 2011 If you lived in Iran wouldn t you want the nuclear bomb The Guardian Archived from the original on 6 March 2017 Hasan Mehdi 30 September 2011 This brutality is not Islam The Guardian Archived from the original on 10 April 2017 Hasan Mehdi mehdirhasan 20 November 2015 To those who smear me an ISIS apologist let me point out that as a Shia I m more likely to be killed by them than you are So eff off Tweet Archived from the original on 28 May 2021 Retrieved 20 July 2021 via Twitter Hasan Mehdi 23 December 2011 Bahrain Not my Problem London Ahlul Bayt Societies and KCLAP at King s College London Archived from the original on 13 April 2016 via YouTube Hasan Mehdi Glaser Ida 30 March 2010 We could both be wrong about God Introductions The Guardian Archived from the original on 8 March 2016 Hasan Mehdi 27 September 2012 Islam and blasphemy Muhammad survived Dante s Inferno He ll survive a YouTube clip New Statesman Archived from the original on 24 April 2015 Hasan Mehdi 2 April 2009 There s nothing Islamic about a state New Statesman Archived from the original on 17 January 2012 Hasan Mehdi 5 November 2009 Suicide attacks are un Islamic New Statesman Archived from the original on 7 June 2011 Hasan Mehdi 2 April 2010 Islam can do without Simon Cowell New Statesman Archived from the original on 1 March 2012 Hasan Mehdi I am shamed by Muslim attitudes to the Holocaust The Times ISSN 0140 0460 Retrieved 8 December 2021 Hasan Mehdi 2 April 2012 British Muslims must step outside this anti war comfort zone The Guardian Archived from the original on 16 September 2016 Hasan Mehdi 21 March 2013 The sorry truth is that the virus of anti Semitism has infected the British Muslim community New Statesman Archived from the original on 23 March 2013 Retrieved 23 March 2013 Goddard Bernstein Rachel 30 May 2013 Debate This House believes Islam is a religion of peace Oxford Student archived from the original on 23 July 2013 Hasan Mehdi 29 March 2017 You Shouldn t Blame Islam for Terrorism Religion Isn t a Crucial Factor in Attacks The Intercept Archived from the original on 9 April 2017 Retrieved 9 April 2017 Williams Oscar 14 November 2014 Mehdi Hasan sanctions for dishonest demonising press coverage of Muslims The Guardian Archived from the original on 19 January 2017 Retrieved 14 November 2014 Stanley Tim 7 October 2013 Mehdi Hasan the Daily Mail Ralph Miliband and the scary moral hypocrisy of the Left telegraph co uk Archived from the original on 7 October 2013 Malik Nesrine 27 March 2020 Mehdi Hasan Most people ask the question and move on I don t The Guardian Retrieved 3 November 2022 Stern Marlow 28 November 2020 Mehdi Hasan Is Sick of Racist Bill Maher s Nonsense The Daily Beast Retrieved 3 November 2022 Holmes Jack 9 March 2021 Mehdi Hasan Thinks There s One Thing Journalists Should Be Biased About Esquire a b Hasan Mehdi 11 October 2012 Being pro life doesn t make me any less of a lefty New Statesman Archived from the original on 5 January 2013 Hasan s two articles on the abortion debate were cross posted at The Huffington Post Hasan Mehdi 16 October 2012 10 things I learned from debating abortion on Twitter New Statesman Archived from the original on 18 December 2012 Has pro lifer Mehdi Hasan been victimised on Twitter The Independent 16 October 2012 Archived from the original on 27 December 2012 Can the left be anti abortion Today BBC News 16 October 2012 Archived from the original on 3 December 2012 O Neill Brendan 17 October 2012 Mehdi Hasan and his shrill critics have more in common than they are willing to admit The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 26 December 2012 Abbott Diane 17 October 2012 We Must Recognise That Real Women s Lives Are at Stake in All of This The Huffington Post Archived from the original on 21 October 2012 Odone Cristina 16 October 2012 Why won t feminists let men debate abortion telegraph co uk Archived from the original on 29 December 2012 Hasan Mehdi mehdirhasan 7 July 2020 I m under no illusions btw I say this as someone who has been lambasted by many liberals online amp almost hounded out of a job for having expressed offensive amp illiberal views in the past on everything from homosexuality to abortion views which I regret amp no longer hold Tweet Archived from the original on 14 June 2021 Retrieved 20 July 2021 via Twitter Hasan Mehdi 21 August 2012 Not In My Name Islam Pakistan and the Blasphemy Laws HuffPost UK Archived from the original on August 2021 Hasan Mehdi Mazari Shireen Kashmir and Balochistan Will Pakistan own up to rights abuses UpFront Al Jazeera English via YouTube Ayaz Gul 21 May 2021 Pakistan Official s Alleged Antisemitic Remarks Spark Controversy Voice of America Liptak Kevin Orden Erica 16 October 2018 No financial interests in Saudi Arabia Trump has said differently before CNN Archived from the original on 20 February 2019 Retrieved 19 February 2019 Hasan Mehdi 16 October 2018 Does Saudi Arabia Own Donald Trump The Intercept Archived from the original on 20 February 2019 Retrieved 19 February 2019 a b Safak Yeni West needs to cut all ties with Saudi Arabia Yeni Safak in Turkish Archived from the original on 20 February 2019 Retrieved 19 February 2019 Shalaby Khaled Mehdi Hasan argues that the West should cut ties with Saudi Arabia Middle East Eye Archived from the original on 20 February 2019 Retrieved 19 February 2019 Hasan Mehdi Khashoggi Jamal Shihabi Ali 20 October 2018 Khashoggi on life under MBS Nobody dares to speak UpFront Al Jazeera Archived from the original on 6 February 2019 Retrieved 19 February 2019 Hasan Mehdi 9 October 2019 Dear Ellen The Problem With George W Bush Is Not His Beliefs It s His War Crimes The Intercept Archived from the original on 10 October 2019 Retrieved 15 April 2022 Arbaeen Majlis 2009 Mehdi Hassan Islamic Unity Society 2009 Archived from the original on 7 September 2011 Levine Jon 25 March 2019 Al Jazeera Host Mehdi Hasan Apologizes for Past Criticisms of Non Believers The Wrap Murray Douglas 6 August 2012 Peter Hitchens vs Mehdi Hasan The Spectator Hasan Mehdi 28 July 2009 Who are you calling an Islamist New Statesman Archived from the original on 23 May 2012 Hasan Mehdi 5 August 2012 Anatomy of a Hitchens Hatchet Job The Huffington Post Archived from the original on 14 April 2013 British Muslim Awards 2014 winners Asian Image 31 January 2014 Archived from the original on 22 November 2015 Retrieved 1 November 2015 EPIC European Young Leaders Friends of Europe Retrieved 26 November 2019 Announcing the 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award winners External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mehdi Hasan Hasan at the New Statesman Hasan on C SPAN Mehdi Hasan at Al Jazeera English Mehdi Hasan on George H W Bush Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mehdi Hasan amp oldid 1146314604, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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