{"id":2216,"date":"2014-04-08T11:46:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T15:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2014-04-08T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T15:46:59","slug":"video-muslim-mehdi-hasan-interviews-atheist-richard-dawkins-at-the-oxford-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2014\/04\/video-muslim-mehdi-hasan-interviews-atheist-richard-dawkins-at-the-oxford-union.html","title":{"rendered":"Video: (muslim) Mehdi Hasan interviews (atheist) Richard Dawkins at the Oxford Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an excellent debate between the most emphatic atheist of our time, Richard Dawkins, and political journalist Mehdi Hasan. Hasan is brilliantly prepared for the debate and treats Dawkins with utmost respect, but methodically defends belief and religion as a force for good. <\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Richard Dawkins takes on Religion: Al-Jazeera TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rRd-jlV82BI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are some astonishing admissions made by Dawkins here that really undermine his more polemical assertions against religion. A great interview because Hasan does an absolutely superb job of rebutting and grounding Dawkins&#8217; claims. <\/p>\n<p>If I can find a transcript, I&#8217;ll include it, but this is a must-watch. 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