Crumbling Colossus: Gaza and the Unraveling of US Empire with Imam Tom Facchine

1h 8m · The Thinking Muslim · 03 May 22:36

Imam Tom Facchine is the research director of the Department of Islam and Society at Yaqeen Institute. And a prolific speaker and commentator on Islam and philosophy. He discusses the US empire, American exceptionalism, liberalism and US Muslims abandoning Biden.

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