#71: A Muslim Intellectual's Journey from Pro-Choice to Pro-Life (with Dr. Javad Hashmi)

Equipped for Life Podcast

Afar - September 29, 2021 21:23 - 1 hour - 111 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
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Previous Episode: #70: Mental Health and Informed Consent in Abortion (with Robin Atkins)

Next Episode: #72: Muslim Intellectual Debunks Pro-Choice Islamic Scholars (with Dr. Javad Hashmi)

This is the first of a two-part series with Muslim intellectual Dr. Javad Hashmi. In this episode Josh interviews him about his journey from pro-choice to pro-life and how Muslims think about moral culpability and human value. They spend the rest of the episode having an impromptu nerdy philosophy debate about personhood.

Javad T. Hashmi is a board-certified emergency physician, former Fellow of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, and a PhD candidate in the Study of Religion (Islamic Studies) at Harvard University. In addition to his medical training, Dr. Hashmi holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Arabic & Islamic Studies from U.C. Berkeley and Harvard respectively.

Chapters:
00:00 Introducing Javad
01:30 Javad's story from pro-choice to pro-life
04:35 A primer on American Muslim politics
09:46 Javad's story continued
14:06 On compassion for post-abortive women
16:12 Thinking through the complexities of moral culpability and abortion
19:40 The role (or lack thereof) of religion in the abortion debate
26:44: What Muslims think about "first breath" and human value?
33:43 More on the Muslim view of human value
45:51 Javad interacts with how ERI staff think about personhood