🎙️ Episode 234 – How Our Silence Empowers Radical Islam
In this brave and revelatory episode of the Mamas Con Ganas Podcast, I interview human rights activist and author Yasmine Mohammed, whose story of survival, courage, and truth-telling left me shaken and deeply inspired. Together, we explore the dangerous consequences of Western silence when it comes to the abuse of women under radical Islamic regimes—and how cultural relativism has allowed that abuse to go unchecked, even within democratic nations.
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Yasmine shares her powerful personal journey of escaping a forced marriage to an Al-Qaeda operative, enduring years of abuse under the guise of religious “tradition,” and ultimately speaking out to protect her daughter and amplify the voices of women around the world. Her memoir Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims reveals how the hijab is wrongly celebrated as a symbol of empowerment in the West while women are beaten, jailed, and even killed for removing it in countries like Iran and Afghanistan.
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We dive deep into the uncomfortable truths many are too afraid to discuss:
✔️ How the term “Islamophobia” has been weaponized to silence criticism of oppressive ideologies
✔️ Why grooming gangs in the UK were ignored by institutions out of fear of being called racist
✔️ The betrayal of women’s rights by mainstream feminism
✔️ How social media fuels false narratives and censors truth
✔️ The critical need to separate religion from state to protect vulnerable women
✔️ What real sisterhood and solidarity must look like to dismantle patriarchy globally
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This is more than a conversation—it’s a wake-up call. Yasmine is one of the bravest women I’ve ever encountered. If we are truly committed to women’s empowerment, we can no longer stay silent about these realities.
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📖 Buy Yasmine’s book:
→ (English) Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims
→ (Español) Sin Velo: Cómo el progresismo legitima al Islam radical
→ https://www.yasminemohammed.com/books
🎧 The Yasmine Mohammed Podcast:
→ https://www.yasminemohammed.com/podcast
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📱 Follow Yasmine:
→ Instagram: @yasmohammedxx
→ YouTube: @YasmineMohammedxx
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🎬 YouTube Chapters
0:00 Intro – Why this conversation matters
1:00 Yasmine’s story of survival and forced marriage to an Al-Qaeda operative
2:40 Why she wore the hijab and what it symbolized in her life
4:30 Is the hijab empowering or oppressive? Yasmine breaks it down
6:10 Taliban bans, morality police, and the abuse of women globally
7:40 Cultural relativism: When "respecting cultures" enables abuse
9:15 The invention of the word "Islamophobia" and its purpose
11:30 How “Islamophobia” silences truth and protects patriarchy
13:45 Discovering Yasmine through Sam Harris and the atheist space
17:30 Yasmine's healing journey: From trauma to truth-telling
22:00 Emotional cost of speaking out against radical Islam
27:00 Betrayal of feminism: When feminists defend oppressive symbols
31:45 Hijab in fashion campaigns and woke culture hypocrisy
35:00 Why women are complicit in patriarchy (and how to break that)
38:15 Real sisterhood vs performative feminism
43:00 Rape gangs in the UK and silenced victims
45:30 October 7 atrocities and denial of Jewish women’s pain
49:00 How Yasmine chose love and broke generational trauma
55:00 Her daughter as motivation to create a better world
1:02:00 How to raise boys into men who respect women
1:06:00 Final message: Stand for all women, everywhere
