180. She Was Born Into Islam. Her Mother Ordered Her Death for Leaving It. | Yasmine Mohammed

180. She Was Born Into Islam. Her Mother Ordered Her Death for Leaving It. | Yasmine Mohammed

From The Tammy Peterson Podcast by Tammy Peterson

April 2, 2026 · 54 min · Episode 180

About this episode

Yasmine Mohammed shares her harrowing escape from radical Islam and discusses the challenges faced by Muslim women.

What happens when a woman escapes radical Islam, not in Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia, but in Canada, and then refuses to stay quiet about it? In this episode, I sit down with Yasmine Mohammed, a prominent human rights activist, bestselling author, podcast host, and co-founder of the Clarity Coalition, whose work sits at the intersection of Western values and radical Islam. Yasmine penned the critically acclaimed book Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims, and her eponymous podcast has cemented her as one of the most vital voices in the ongoing dialogue on faith, culture, and human rights. She shares her harrowing personal story of growing up inside what she describes as the most powerful cult in the world, enduring abuse, forced veiling, and an honor-based threat on her own life from her mother. She opens up about how becoming a mother was the single catalyst that finally broke the cycle and set her free. We talk about why Western liberals turn a blind eye to the suffering of Muslim women and girls, how the term Islamophobia has been weaponized to silence survivors and critics alike, how October 7th woke people up to a threat that Yasmine has been warning about for…

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Host: Tammy Peterson

Guest: Yasmine Mohammed

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Organizations: Clarity Coalition

Books & works: Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims

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