Mehdi Hasan Biography
Mehdi Hasan is a British-American political journalist, presenter, and author of Indian ancestry. Hasan has presented The Mehdi Hasan Show on Peacock since October 2020, and The Mehdi Hasan Show on MSNBC since February 2021.
Mehdi Hasan Age
Hasan is 43 years old as of 2022. He was born in Swindon, United Kingdom.
Mehdi Hasan Height
Has an stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m).
Mehdi Hasan Family
Hasan was born in the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, to immigrant Indian Hyderabadi Shia Muslim parents (now in Telangana).
Mehdi Hasan Education
Hasan had his education privately at Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood, a day independent school for boys in Sandy Lodge, Hertfordshire, in the borough of Northwood in North West London. After that, he studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated in 2000.
Mehdi Hasan Wife
Hasan is married and the couple has a daughter.
Mehdi Hasan Religion
Hasan, a Shia Muslim, has published pieces for the New Statesman and other publications regarding Islam and Muslims. In September 2012, he wrote, “My Islamic faith is built on the ideals of peace, moderation, and mercy.” He further stated that while Muslims “have every right to be furious,” such “anger does not justify extremism.”
Hasan argued against the concept and idea of an Islamic state in April 2009. In April 2010, he published an article denouncing the controversial Islamic practice of capital punishment for apostasy. Hasan released an article in January 2012 in which he emphasized the significance of commemorating the Holocaust as a “uniquely horrible crime against humanity” and urged British Muslims to do so.
Following the Westminster assault, he penned an article for The Intercept criticizing the “common notion of the Middle Eastern, Muslim-born terrorist.” In it, he said that Masood’s acts were justified by a twisted, simplified, and politicized version of Islam, but that his motivation was driven by “social networks and family relationships; questions of identification and belonging; moral outrage over violence and torture; a desire for glory and purpose.”
Mehdi Hasan Abortion
Hasan, a left-wing writer, and blogger claim that abortion is one of the few political topics where the left and right appear to have switched beliefs. He has apologized for “having expressed disrespectful and illiberal ideas in the past on everything from homosexuality to abortion,” and claimed that he no longer believes those beliefs.
Mehdi Hasan Salary
Hasan earns an annual salary of $1.6 million.
Mehdi Hasan Net Worth
Hasan has an estimated net worth of $6 Million.
Mehdi Hasan Pakistan
Hasan has been a vocal critic of Pakistan’s human rights situation, voicing his displeasure with the country’s treatment of minorities, especially the country’s blasphemy law and enforced disappearances in Balochistan. He has also criticized the human rights situation in Kashmir, which is controlled by both India and Pakistan and has accused Pakistan of supporting terror groups such as Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba in carrying out attacks in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi claimed in a May 2021 interview with CNN about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that Israelis “are really influential people,” adding, “I mean, they control media.” “I see some people trying to defend the Pakistani foreign minister’s remarks as anti-Israeli & not anti-Semitic, but let’s be clear: if you’re accusing Israelis of having deep pockets’ and controlling the media, then yeah, you’re invoking some pretty anti-Semitic slurs,” Hasan tweeted during the ensuing controversy.”
Mehdi Hasan George W. Bush
Hasan claims that George W. Bush committed war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan during his presidency.
Other anchors include Forrest Sawyer, Joan Lunden, Jim Avila, Joan Lunden, Cecily Tynan, Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Lara Spencer, Ginger Zee, David Muir, Amy Robach, Kendis Gibson, Diane Macedo, Rob Nelson, Paula Faris, and Reena Ninan.