{"podcast":{"title":"heretics. | andrew gold","slug":"heretics-290695","podcast_index_feed_id":290695,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GLSS2824816450","website_url":"http://andrewgoldheretics.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/10964fb2-82be-11ec-9292-97b52fd40f1c/image/fd308f102dfd36410f63216ce46c84a7.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Andrew Gold","episode_count":689,"summary":"Journalist Andrew Gold talks to everyone from cult defectors and politicians to mainstream celebrities - people who’ve challenged the expected script and lived with the consequences. Formerly known as Heretics, guests include Robbie Williams, Paul Gascogine, Chris Packham, Chris Williamson, David Baddiel, Richard Dawkins, Bonnie Blue, and former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T06:20:31.702765+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heretics-290695"},"episode":{"title":"636. Raymond Ibrahim: What The Koran Really Says About Lying","slug":"636-raymond-ibrahim-what-the-koran-really-says-about-lying","published_at":"2026-03-23T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heretics-290695/636-raymond-ibrahim-what-the-koran-really-says-about-lying","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heretics-290695","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS4827103270.mp3?updated=1774095953","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS4827103270.mp3?updated=1774095953","summary":"Raymond Ibrahim exposes the hidden truths of Islamic doctrine Raymond talks about deception tactics like taqiyya, and why Western weakness is accelerating Islamization in Europe and beyond Go to https://andrewgoldheretics.com to get exclusive content and the bonus questions. SPONSORS: Check Plaud UK: https://bit.ly/40Gzdh1 | US: https://bit.ly/475MQKe Notepro: https://bit.ly/479tWSR Organise your life: https://akiflow.pro/Heretics Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics/ Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/heretics In this hard-hitting Heretics interview, historian Raymond Ibrahim—author of The Al-Qaeda Reader and Defenders of the West—reveals explosive insights into Islam's historical and modern expansion. From his Coptic Christian heritage to discovering al-Qaeda's radically different Arabic messages (pure jihad theology vs. Western grievance narratives), Ibrahim uncovers taqiyya deception, the real meaning of \"kafir/infidel,\" and how jizya tax systematically forced mass conversions across conquered Christian lands like Egypt and Syria. He explains the \"bully mentality\": Western appeasement and cultural capitulation (King Charles hosting Muslim prayers, stadiums turned prayer halls) only emboldens Islamists and radicalizes second/third-generation Muslims, while strong, confident societies historically prompted assimilation. Ibrahim warns of the Muslim Brotherhood's documented \"civilizational jihad\" to sabotage the West from within, Iran's Shia end-times theology making nuclear weapons especially dangerous, and grim demographics: the UK already far beyond official 6-9% Muslim figures, with projections of 25-50% in coming decades leading to irreversible takeover unless reversed. The crisis i…","meta_description":"Raymond Ibrahim exposes the hidden truths of Islamic doctrine Raymond talks about deception tactics like taqiyya, and why Western weakness is accelerating…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4299,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heretics-290695/episodes/636-raymond-ibrahim-what-the-koran-really-says-about-lying/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heretics-290695/636-raymond-ibrahim-what-the-koran-really-says-about-lying.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}