Liberalism: The Religion of the Twenty-First​ Century - Mohammed Hijab

On Friday 26 April 2019, our long-awaited event ‘Liberalism: The Religion of the Twenty-First Century’ took place at the VU University in Amsterdam (Netherlands). We can look back on a successful event, with a great turn-out, al-hamdulillah! We were delighted to welcome more than 500 people, some even traveling from outside the country (France, Austria, Belgium) to attend the lecture given by Mohammed Hijab. Timestamps of the lecture: 00:01:43 - 00:02:43 Apologetic behavior of minorities 00:02:44 - 00:05:46 Meaning of epistemology of liberalism 00:05:47 - 00:12:00 “We are born equal” 00:12:00 - 00:13:18 Individualism 00:13:18 - 00:26:51 Review of the history of liberalism 00:20:24 - 00:26:51 Double standards in liberalism 00:26:51 - 00:30:28 Human rights 00:31:41 - 00:38:57 Thomas Hobbes: The state of nature 00:38:58 - 00:43:04 The social contract: the power of the leader 00:43:04 - 00:56:52 Apostasy law in Islam and liberalism 00:56:54 - 01:03:18 Liberalism has not