Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this eye-opening episode of Come To Think Of It, host Steve Nemerovskii sits down with Sadanand Dhume — senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Wall Street Journal columnist — for a deep dive into his groundbreaking book My Friend, the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist.
Discover how radical Islam transformed Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation and once the poster child for gentle, pluralistic faith. Dhume takes you inside his years traveling with Harry, a charismatic young Islamist propagandist, from the ruins of the 2002 Bali bombings to remote madrasas in Borneo, Java’s heartland, and beyond.
Expect raw insights on:
• Why radical Islam took root in the last place anyone expected
• The difference between Islam and Islamism (political Islam)
• Sharia’s harsh realities, women’s oppression, and the “enemies list” (Jews, Chinese, Christians, democracy)
• How Islamists play the long game — culture first, politics later
• Why scientists and the educated elite are often the easiest recruits
• What Indonesia looks like today, 20+ years later
This is not abstract theory. It’s a frontline report on global jihad, the death of tolerance, and why no society is immune. Essential viewing if you want to understand the forces reshaping the Muslim world — and our own.
Watch now. Get educated. Share widely.
Change Your Mind. Watch GrassRoots.
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In this eye-opening episode of Come To Think Of It, host Steve Nemerovskii sits down with Sadanand Dhume — senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Wall Street Journal columnist — for a deep dive into his groundbreaking book My Friend, the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist.
Discover how radical Islam transformed Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation and once the poster child for gentle, pluralistic faith. Dhume takes you inside his years traveling with Harry, a charismatic young Islamist propagandist, from the ruins of the 2002 Bali bombings to remote madrasas in Borneo, Java’s heartland, and beyond.
Expect raw insights on:
• Why radical Islam took root in the last place anyone expected
• The difference between Islam and Islamism (political Islam)
• Sharia’s harsh realities, women’s oppression, and the “enemies list” (Jews, Chinese, Christians, democracy)
• How Islamists play the long game — culture first, politics later
• Why scientists and the educated elite are often the easiest recruits
• What Indonesia looks like today, 20+ years later
This is not abstract theory. It’s a frontline report on global jihad, the death of tolerance, and why no society is immune. Essential viewing if you want to understand the forces reshaping the Muslim world — and our own.
Watch now. Get educated. Share widely.
Change Your Mind. Watch GrassRoots.
GrassRoots programming is made possible by the producers' creativity itself, direct contributions from viewers, members of the Roaring Fork Valley community, and through grants from the Pitkin County Healthy Community Fund, The Town of Snowmass Village, the City of Aspen Community Non-Profit Grant Program, and The Aspen Thrift Shop.
Founded by citizens of Aspen, Colorado in 1972, GrassRoots TV is the first and oldest community operated and programmed open-source media center and television station in the United States. Virtually all of the programming is created by local residents, occasionally with world renown guests.
In partnership with the American Archive of Public Media and the Library of Congress, GrassRoots is currently cataloguing, restoring and digitally archiving 700 of the most at-risk original video programs out of its 45,000 title Community Video Archive.
Help sustain this community treasure by donating now! Go to:
bit.ly/GRTVContribute
Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE, HIT LIKE and leave a COMMENT to let us know if you enjoyed this video, it is important to us and the community for you to become part of the conversation. Thanks for tuning in!
Download the GrassRoots Community Network iOS and Android apps
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