Episode · The Jordan Harbinger Show · 2022-11-23
Books mentioned on Surviving Radical Islam... in Canada | JHS Ep. 748
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a historical novel set in Nazi Germany, narrated by Death and centered on a young foster girl who steals books.
Discussed“What you describe in the book sounds like something I would expect to read from someone who grew up in a rural province in Afghanistan or Peshawar, not in White Rock or outside of Vancouver.”
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The Biblical Characters, and Other Sages of the Quran
The Biblical Characters, and Other Sages of the Quran by Ahmad Shah is an academic and analytical examination of the figures and narratives shared between Islamic and Judeo-Christian traditions.
Discussed“it's just a different geographic location, but they're all following the same book, it's the same ideology and it's literally in many cases the same book”
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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy is a classic self-help and psychological guide focused on harnessing mental conditioning and inner beliefs to shape reality.
Discussed“I have to say that because it’s a good point that people don’t realize, and it proves the other points you've made in your book and elsewhere, which is that a lot of Muslims don’t share any cultural cohesion.”
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My Ántonia
Willa Cather's classic novel My Ántonia portrays life on the Nebraska frontier through the perspective of an immigrant family and their neighbors.
Discussed“That was to show that people read my book and think, 'Oh my gosh, I can’t believe things are so horrible,' when so many from Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen read my book and think I lived a fairy tale existence.”
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Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert is a widely read memoir that chronicles the author's transformative journey across Italy, India, and Indonesia following a painful divorce and personal crisis.
Discussed“uh, that very famous movie back in the day with um, uh, Julia Roberts called Eat Pray Love where there's this moment where they ask her, you know how do you, how do you like your eggs and she's like I don't even know”
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