Guest
Wadah Khanfar is the President of Al Sharq Forum and former Al Jazeera Director General from 2003 to 2011. Gaza has been described as a graveyard of children. But it also represents a graveyard of the liberal world order. The very values that undergird this so-called rules-based system have been revealed for what they really are — a set of norms created to preserve the interests of the West. Their unrepentant support for the worst crimes of Israel, the brutality of indiscriminate bombings, the targeting of civilian infrastructure, the carpet bombings of entire neighbourhoods, and the use of the most wicked weaponry – without even the slightest murmur from Western capitals have consolidated a new consciousness. Violence has never been absent under the auspices of this order. Instead, the system was created to safeguard these perpetrators from prosecution. Like the rotten empires of old, as their failures domestically and internationally mount, so too does the duplicity with which they act. This is not an abdication of liberalism; this is, in fact, consistent with the very programme this ideology has to offer. Our guest today argues that in many ways, this is a coming of age for many, including much of what is called the ‘Global South’. Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls: You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: Find us on: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: Telegram: Host: Website Archive: #TheThinkingMuslimPodcast The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 123 Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:48 Western Crimes in Gaza 10:45 Exaggeration of US downfall? 16:20 Dictators and Authoritarians 19:30 Imagined communities and Caliphates? 24:10 Muslim leaders 27:50 The EU and Unity 32:30 Israel and US Power 38:20 Media Narrative 43:01 Leading the Global South 48:00 China’s Rise 51:01 Uyghurs 54:01 Al Jazeera 57:40 Citizen Journalism 1:00:31 Arab Spring Over? 1:03:00 Is this a period of hope?
