Islam and the spread of religion
Subject in Islam
Islam and the spread of religion has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan argues that strong, confident belief systems attract people who feel existential uncertainty, and that humans universally follow charismatic confident leaders.
“we follow charismatic, confident people universally and charismatic, confident people that have a very strong belief system”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2549 - Jared Diamond (Sep 3, 2026) · Listen from 23:24
Jared DiamondAmerican geographer, historian and author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings"
Diamond argues Islam's spread was driven by organization, motivation and military spirit rather than theological beliefs.
“I would not argue that the theological beliefs of Islam were decisive in the spread of Islam”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2549 - Jared Diamond (Sep 3, 2026) · Listen from 22:50
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
Episodes
#2549 - Jared DiamondThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 3, 2026 · 2 h 34 min
Jared Diamond talks with Joe Rogan about leadership, the rise of world religions, the origins of writing, language, and cannibalism and Kuru in New Guinea.