Holy Wars with Jeremy McLellan

Jeremy chats with journalist and commentator Siraj Hashmi, a Pakistani-American Muslim working in conservative media. They discuss Twitter outrage, impeaching Trump, censorship of conservatives, Alex Jones, abortion politics, Pakistan, Catholic infighting, whether Trump is a fascist, and which Democratic candidate can beat him.

Jeremy talks with his friend Ismail Royer, an American Muslim and Director of the Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team for the Religious Freedom Institute. In 2003, Royer was indicted for assisting the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) and served 14 years in prison. He now works to promote religious pluralism and help people not fall into extremism. They talk about fatherhood, the psychology of extremism, Ismail's journey from Catholicism to atheism to Islam, his time with the Bosnian mujahideen, his decision to recruit for the LeT, his subsequent arrest, and his debates with terrorists in prison.

Jeremy sits down with Todd Green, professor of religious studies at Luther College, former Presbyterian minister, and author of Presumed Guilty: Why We Shouldn’t Ask Muslims To Condemn Terrorism.” They discuss Islamophobia, Europe, anti-Sharia laws, American foreign policy, Ilhan Omar, and much more.

Jeremy talks with Eeman Abbasi, editor of Traversing Tradition, to discuss Islam, feminism, capitalism, monoculture, the secularization of Muslim minds, CVE and PREVENT, and Western debates about hijab.

Jeremy sits down with Jordan Denari Duffner, an expert on Catholic-Muslim dialogue and author of “Finding Jesus Among Muslims: How Loving Islam Makes Me A Better Catholic." They discuss her life among Muslims, her time in Jordan, Pope Francis, Catholic and Muslim views of Jesus, Mary, the Quran, Muhammad, and so much more. Note: This podcast is being released on the first day of Ramadan, so Ramadan Mubarak to all my Muslim listeners!

After touring together for 2 months, Jeremy sits down with friend and fellow comedian Omar Regan, a black Muslim from Detroit. They talk about how comedy can bring religions together, their $300 speeding ticket in New York, whether Jeremy's baby daughter Jewell will grow up and become racist, missing their kids on tour, why they hate audiences filming during comedy shows, how to handle hecklers, and why comedians love watching other comedians mess up.

Jeremy speaks with Matthew Kaemingk, a professor of Christian ethics and author of "Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear," an attempt to provide a robust, non-liberal, Christian defense of pluralism. Can we welcome people who are truly different without watering down our own religious beliefs and practices? They talk about their shared love of Muslims, Calvinism vs. Catholicism, why liberals don’t understand religion, and the burning of Notre Dame.

Jeremy catches up with his good friend (and smartest guy he knows) Jibran Khan, a traditionalist Muslim who writes for the National Review. In this podcast they cover a lot of ground, such as Islam, Christianity, liberalism, Prince Charles, Quebec’s ban on religious symbols, secularism, Abrahamic Civilization, Bernie Sanders, alienation, the British war on religious schools, and much more.

After a recent show in Virginia, Jeremy sits down with his best friend Sultan over pizza and chai to talk about their trip to Pakistan. They discuss the time Jeremy accidentally got Nawaz Sharif fired, Sultan breaking Imran Khan’s cricket bat, their charity mission in Islamabad, visiting Sultan’s grandmother’s grave in Baddomalhi, the worst show Jeremy did in Pakistan, and much more.

In the wake of the Christchurch attacks, Jeremy speaks with Intercept journalist Murtaza Hussain about the terrorist's manifesto, the Great Replacement, white genocide, new media, radicalization, nihilism, post-liberal pluralism, and much more.