In this episode, Avraham Burg speaks with Mustafa Akyol, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC, where he focuses on the intersection of public policy, Islam, and modernity. The pair speaks about Akyol’s upbringing in Istanbul, his career as a journalist and author, and the place of both Jesus and Moses within the Quran and Muslim thought. Throughout, Akyol explores the lengthy history between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, highlighting the many ways that these religions and cultures have impacted each other, both positively and negatively. Akyol also addresses the modern history of Islam and its various moves towards and from liberalism, emphasizing the similarities between this theological journey and those taken by both Christianity and Judaism.

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