Talk:Mehdi Hasan

Relevance

How relevant is "Hasan and British actor and rapper Riz Ahmed were schoolmates." in Early beginnings? Mcljlm (talk) 12:29, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

It's not rigorously relevant, but neither is it particularly bothersome, in my opinion. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 22:05, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Criticism

Perhaps the criticism in Mehdi Hasan: A conscience for hire should be mentioned. Mcljlm (talk) 13:40, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Ha ha - good luck with that! Unpleasant material from Hasan's past has been added many times over the years but is always removed. You'll need half a dozen editors willing to fight the inevitable edit-war with Mehdi's fan-boys here, and they'll need to stick around forever to prevent sneaky reverts in quiet times. Fig (talk) 08:29, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

"non muslims are animals" - didnt happen

someone actually read his quote and fix this incorrect article.

"In another sermon, he used the term "animals" to describe non-Muslims.[46][47]"

this didnt happen. i cant edit it myself because of semi protected status. but he didnt actually say this. he said they "live their lives as animals" which by definition is not calling them animals. see, e.g., "he lives like a pig." this doesnt call that person a pig, or describe this person as a pig. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.2.105.67 (talk) 07:56, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

The existing statement is accurate. He described non-believers as living their lives as animals. If you "live as an animal" is different from "live like an animal", which is a different characterization. Regardless, he used the word "animal" as a descriptor for non-muslims. It's accurate. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 21:59, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 September 2025

Remove the word islamo-leftist. It's loaded and biased. 49.184.211.216 (talk) 12:43, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done because it was unsourced. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:04, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Statements on comparing Gaza Genocide to previous genocides is not accurately reported in this article

'Hasan posted on X that the Gaza war was "worse than a lot of previous genocides," including "Rwanda, even the Holocaust."' This is an misleading statement as the actual statement was 'One of the ways in which the Gaza genocide is worse than a lot of previous genocides – Rwanda, even the Holocaust – is that you didn’t have Hutus or Nazis mocking the genocide after it was over'. There is a key difference between saying a genocide is worse than others and listing one way it is worse. The way it is written in this article gives a misleading and inaccurate interpretation of what he said and should be edited to make it more accurately reflect his actual statement. 185.28.91.52 (talk) 12:48, 14 October 2025 (UTC)