Islamic scholar critiques wellness industry for sidestepping suffering and trauma
Islamic scholar Omid Safi joined Dr. Myriam François's podcast to examine the multi-billion-dollar wellness and spirituality industry, arguing that mainstream healing narratives often avoid engagement with suffering. Safi contends that wellness culture frames healing in ways that disconnect from material struggles, and he draws on geopolitical contexts — including Palestine — to illustrate how depoliticized spirituality sidelines trauma rooted in lived injustice.
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- ✓Omid Safi is an Islamic scholar. (Public record; confirmed across academic databases and media appearances)
- ✓The episode was released on YouTube. (Source: @JayShettyPodcast via YouTube)
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- ~The wellness industry often sidesteps suffering in its healing frameworks. (Safi's argument, not independently verified)
- ~Mainstream spirituality disconnects healing from material and geopolitical context. (Safi's characterization of the industry, not a verified finding)
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