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working
Unity we need a collective working Unity
amongst Muslims yes there are
differences when you feel the heat of
evil around you turn to Allah subhana
tala increase your
I then you will be fulfilling the
message of
Allah
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alhamdulillah I begin with the greeting
words of the
righteous in Surah Ali Imran verse
186 Allah has
revealed you shall certainly be tried
and tested in your wealth and
properties and in your personal
selves and you shall certainly hear much
that will grieve you from those who
receive the scriptures before you and
from those who associate partners with
Allah but if you persevere
patiently and have the consciousness of
Allah fear Allah and hope in the mercy
of Allah then
verily that will be a determining factor
in all
Affairs and so we seek
refuge in the words of the creator of
the heavens and the
Earth in South
Africa we have been living also on the
front
lines disease is ravaging our lands
poverty is still taking a tremendous
toll on the
people and
recently I was surprised to read in a
BBC article BBC
Africa the July to September
Edition the article was called God
gospel and the dollar
and I was surprised to see how
straightforward they
were in dealing with the African
continent the article stated Africa is
being
colonized and
christianized all over again it showed
that thousands of missionaries who are
even affecting foreign policy in major
Western countries are pouring into the
African
continent a Ghan born head of the New
York based African development Institute
kuami
okono he
stated this is not so much a colonizing
of
land as it is a colonizing of the
mind it is a mental attack Sharon
pomele of the Southern Baptist
convention she spoke straight forward
and they put it in the article the
evangelicals greatest component in
Africa is not tradition it is
Islam Africa she
says is a spiritual
Battlefield and so the focus shows us
that what is happening around us and I
dare to take this a step further not
only in Africa but all over the planet
it is a spiritual battle a battle for
the souls
it is a mental battle that has different
forms different
manifestations in different parts of the
planet why would they consider Islam the
enemy when we look on the African
continent and much of the world we find
spiritually people are
confused man Worship Is On The
Rise magic the Sahara
magicians are rising up in all countries
in different
forms there is a spiritual vacuum but
Allah subhana wa tala has given
us straightforward you alone Allah do we
worship and from you alone do we seek
help Islam is not an attack it is
lifegiving and for us in the southern
region and in many parts of the world we
see clearly people
transforming in front of our eyes it is
a
lifegiving
way in the economic
sphere the system of usury and interest
is killing
us the domination of the
bankers the inequalities of the rich and
the poor this poverty is stripping human
beings of
dignity and we see it harsh poverty and
we're hearing now about niga and Mali
millions of Muslims starving to
death and you have to realize that for
many people the bottom line is not the
fact that I'm wearing a turban the
bottom line is that Islam is lifegiving
giving an interest free system that
would liberate this
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planet in the social sphere
alcohol gambling it's killing us drugs
are ravaging all of our communities go
to the younger
generation see what the problem is that
they are facing and people who cannot
take the pressure are resorting to drugs
Islam is a
lifegiving way to take a person out of a
drug habit to take a person out of
addiction to gambling to purify their
life this is not the enemy this is the
savior of
humanity in areas of Health we have seen
with our eyes the lifegiving virtues of
Islam in in some parts of the southern
region one in every three people is HIV
positive one in
three but when a person takes
tahar purification into their life
purifies their belief purifies their
body purifies their home purifies their
sexual
relationships they have a
shield against the scourge of HIV
AIDS Islam is lifegiving and we have
seen in
Uganda that at one point had the highest
percentage of people who were HIV
positive the Muslims took the lead
implemented
Islam and they were able to lower the
percentage of
HIV faster than anybody else on the face
of the planet Earth
Islam in the family it is the Last Hope
for the family
in Canada I just returned and the people
in all the religious communities are
reeling with the passing of a bill
called
c38 this is the same seex bill that is
passed where two men or two women in a
relationship would get all of the
protection all of the rights of a
married couple and people are in a state
of
confusion but Islam is lifegiving and
that it clearly shows shows that a man
is a man and a woman is a
woman it is
lifegiving and it is the only hope for
the savior of the family on a political
sphere we have the potential to bring to
people a system where the politician is
the most trustworthy person in the
community today it's the opposite if you
said John or Ali has become a politician
in most parts of the world it means he's
a
crook he'll say one thing before the
election and do something after the
election but the Islamic system is the
rule of Allah subhana wa ta'ala and not
the rule of man-made systems it is the
rule that frees us from the limitations
of our thinking and the weaknesses
inside of ourselves but we have to deal
with our reality somebody has to
practice Islam and I say this to the
younger generation after traveling for
years in the Muslim communities and
feeling the frustration of people
entering in Islam and young people our
numbers are so great our wealth is so
great we have standing armies we have
intellectuals so why are we still
feeling degradation and
humiliation why are we still suffering
in the way that we
suffer we cry for
change but we have to look inside of
ourselves we are facing not only
anti-islam the anti-islam propaganda but
what we call counter Islam and that is
where Muslims practice something else in
the name of Islam and sometimes they're
the biggest obstacle in the spread of
this message and so we cry for change we
cry for an Islamic State we cry for
economics we cry for leadership but
Allah has told
us Allah will not change the condition
of a people till they change that which
is in thems no change we need to make
Toba collectively up until
now we we still have amongst us those
who judge another person based on their
color or based on their
tribe he wants to get married he comes
to the family and they say uh which
Village do you come from or they may
even say which part of the village did
you come from did you come from the hill
or down by the
river she wants to get married and they
say oh is she pretty is she light and
bright right I'm telling you the truth
tribalism is net and it's filth the
prophet Sall wasallam spoke about it as
a filthy
corruption and if we want to be
successful take it out of your
heart don't judge another person based
on their color don't judge based on a
tribe or a language it is the dean it is
the tawa that is what separates us one
from another we need to make Toba up
until now we don't treat the new Muslims
properly people accept Islam and we
Embrace that person mashallah we embrace
them everybody hugs them the Masid lines
up and then they finished they're
standing alone I'll see you next Friday
he's alone man she's alone they gave up
in some cases their family their
Traditions they were supposed to be
coming into darl Islam into the Abode of
Peace it is our
duty if there are new Muslims who don't
understand the faith we are accountable
for
this if there are problems economic
problems social problems psychological
problems we need to set up institutions
to prepare people to deal with the new
Muslims after all why are we here in the
UK do you think it is by chance
are you here because you're slaves of
the colonial system and now you're
trying to get hot and cold water are you
here because of the shopping
mall we are here to stand up for this
Faith de and to get this message across
to the people we need to make repentance
we're not relating to the younger
generation how many people understand
about drugs you understand why a person
takes drugs do you know what gang
banging is
do you know why a person joins a
gang do you know the collective group
feeling do do you know the feeling of
Courage that many young people are
looking for in our masjids the young
people want action and we need to have
action oriented
programs and to make our mids relevant
to the youth to put youth in leadership
positions alhamdulillah for of this
conference alhamdulillah for the age of
the people who are here may Allah bless
you and make you the leaders of this
world we have to make repentance to
Allah figures came to us about the
marriage
situation one in 15 families are
divorced it's not only the non-muslims
it's hitting our community what happens
to a woman who is divorced who is to
take care of her what happens to her
children is there a
stigma that is put on to the
woman we still oppress the sisters we
talk about Liberation we bring the ayat
and the Hadi but we need to empower
Muslim women alhamdulillah for the
sisters who spoke out
alhamdulillah we need to empower Muslim
women within Allah subhana wa ta'ala
how do we go about
this I leave you with seven
points number
one Collective
Toba under this pressure we need to come
close to Allah subhana wa tala when you
feel the heat of evil around you turn to
Allah subhana tala increase
your increase your Sak
increase your remembrance of Allah
subhana tala put the name of Allah on
your lips all during the
day come closer in the Sunnah put Islam
into your life come closer to Allah
because Allah has power over all things
and if the crowd gets big if they put
fear in our hearts we say what Allah
said Allah is the one who will take
account of us and ultimately Allah is
the best to protect so we need to come
close to Allah subhana wa ta'ala and
repent
two working Unity we need a collective
working Unity amongst Muslims Allah has
already United us we have the same
faith if we focus on the main issues
we're all the same the minor issue if
there's an issue in a minor issue then
you give give advice to your brother and
sister if they disagree make Dua but
don't scandalize another Muslim don't
attack the honor of another Muslim so
we've already been United we've been
United in I in
worship and so we need a broad working
base we have differences in our
methodology but when it comes to Muslims
if Muslims are under attack all of us
need to stand shoulder Tosh shoulder
drop your differences and come together
in the
sh then you will be fulfilling the
message of Allah how can I say this one
of the
great he
said he said I took the I took the
pledge to the messenger of Allah peace
be upon on him to establish prayers to
establish zaka and to give advice and
sincerity and support to every Muslim he
didn't say Muslim
Arabi he didn't say a Ki Muslim an Arab
Muslim a meccan Muslim he
said muslim so we're already United so
we need to come together in a working
coalition
number three we need to empower Muslim
women in the
leadership alhamdulillah for this
conference but I'm tired of conferences
where they say there's a special section
for the women and you will have a
special conference what is the topic the
topic is Islamic cooking what is the
latest Samosa let the sisters
studyed study Tapia study Hadith study
everything that the brothers are
studying and you will find in many cases
they will come with conclusions that are
closer to the truth than
ours we need to focus on the younger
generation provide Halal
Alternatives Halal alternatives for 21st
Century
lifestyle
Recreation
Sports Career Development we need to
have a practical program to get the
youth involved and to help them to make
decisions so they're not caught up by
drug dealers or
gangsters number five we need to
continue to be aware of the crisis of
the Muslim world and actively involve
our self in standing up for the Muslims
anywhere on this
planet we are all part of one umah and
we need to at least raise our
voice at least stand up wherever we can
number six a special emphasis on a
dawa
Outreach it needs to be part of our
program now is the time if the people
are confused about Islam take it out to
them
take the Quran to the people we have
started a program discover the Quran we
want 200,000
qurans we'll take it out to the people a
translation in the English language or
whatever is the language take it to the
people let them understand what Islam is
before it is too late there's no more
prophets to come if you're waiting for a
muj or the Mah only Allah knows when he
will appear and number
seven relevant
relevant solutions to the problems of
society we need Islamic solution to HIV
AIDS racism drug abuse polytheism
atheism sexual
perversion we have the solutions we are
holding gems of
wisdom and we cannot allow fear to stop
us to go forward in the time of the
Prophet peace be upon him when the
battle got hot when the enemy was close
when fear was there the Muslims didn't
run away they ran toward the enemy we
need to go forward living
Islam live Islam show the people what
this message is about in
conclusion we are living in times of
deception our name is being
distorted our beloved Quran is under
attack and it seem like it's becoming a
profession to distort things about Islam
anything that
happens a plane crashed in Toronto
Canada recently because of the weather
was it a bomb was it a
terrorist everything is a terrorist
who's a
terrorist it is a time of
deception but I say to the liars I say
to the
Liars what the prophet peace and
blessings be upon Him sent in his time a
man in the middle of
Arabia named
Mima he wrote a letter to the messenger
peace be upon him and he said from Mima
the messenger of Allah to Muhammad the
messenger of Allah you take one part of
Arabia and I'll take the other part
the prophet sallam wrote
backed to M the great
liar what did the prophet peace be upon
him
said and we say it again today in this
world this is not a political
struggle Allah will decide and the
prophet peace be upon him
said
this Earth belongs to Allah and he will
give it to whom he
pleases from his worshippers and the
best reward the ultimate
success is for those who have tawa those
who have the consciousness of Allah I
leave you with these
words got to
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