Islam in America with Reihan Salam

Reihan Salam· Guest0:00

[upbeat music] The kind of wider universe of radicals in Western societies act as agents of this kind of radical Islamist project. [upbeat music] Will this country be a country that allows Muslim communities, but also Jewish communities to thrive?

David Wolpe· Host0:17

Welcome back to Sapir Conversations, where we discuss the best ideas for a thriving Jewish future. I'm your host, Rabbi David Wolpe. Recently, we celebrated this nation's semiquincentennial, and I think on that occasion, many of the questions that were dealt with in the public square, on social media, and at our dinner tables are questions that you will find some very provocative thoughts about in this week's episode. My friend and co-host, Bret Stephens, editor-in-chief of Sapir, sat down with Reihan Salam, who is president of the Manhattan Institute, one of the most influential think tanks in American public life, and also an expert on the position of Islam in America. And this conversation, as you will hear, deals with many of the questions that were raised at our dinner tables, in our social media, and in the public square. Reihan is the son of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh, and he looks in this podcast at the rich variations within Muslim culture, where we see the emergence of a militantly anti-Zionist