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we're here with our brother B Phillips
how are you
she I'm fine alhamdulillah and how are
you brother alhamdulillah it's good that
this modern technology now that we can
reach out to you from halfway across the
world and we can be together my pleasure
to be here with you man now G Jane it
sounds like a movie's coming out have
you seen the
previews yeah I've seen some bits and
pieces in the news but it's not it see
it's not a movie Uh something's being
linked back to Islam now me and you we
know what Islam is now the media is
getting a hold of something and we want
to talk about this a little bit first of
all I want to talk about the name Jihad
Jane because we know that many Muslims
people who make that conscious decision
to submit to the one God to turn their
life around and to do the good wholesome
things that God Almighty has told them
to do to be in harmony with their very
nature and the Very laws and commands
that the creator of the heavens and
earth all the good wonderful wholesome
things that he told him to do that
person submits to God but now many
people right away they feel they they
they have to you know do some things
that might not be in ordance in Islam
let's talk about this little detail the
name changing to me you're our teacher
talked to us uh Jihad Jane now we know
Jihad and we'll get into the meaning of
it but if somebody uh was to change your
name can you actually put Jihad in front
of your name could it be like Jihad
Eddie or Jihad bow is this can you do
that yeah you could I mean people are
called by the name Jihad I mean I I know
some people Abu Jihad and or their name
is Jihad they've named themselves Jihad
but I mean this whole thing is you know
it's like gii Jane I mean is uh gii Joe
you have GI Jane so now you have you
know Jihad uh Bin Laden and you got you
know Jihad
that's what it was GI Joe GI Joe yeah
yeah they G yeah yeah they have GI Jane
you know that was the feminist version
you know yeah okay though GI Jane is
really catching it there in the military
from what I see in the papers
yeah the people are scared some people
you know can see through this some
people don't have all the bits and
pieces but we want to give them for
those truth Seekers the people who don't
just follow what every the media says
they want to come to the source so they
want to go to The Experts because a lot
of times the media they won't have the
experts on Islam they have some people
talking about Islam and they say Jihad
holy war the jihadist and all these
things so let's start off by defining
what is Jihad what does this
mean well the term
Jihad linguistically refers to the
struggle uh of any type uh it's
understood to mean the struggle against
evil so um people will speak of and and
there are even references made by the
prophet towards you know Jihad of the
Soul where a person struggles with his
own or her own evil Tendencies and
that's called Jihad that's Jihad on a a
spiritual individual level you know when
and there's Jihad in the family uh you
know in in trying to maintain a a
wholesome and a a proper uh God-fearing
family there will be a struggle which uh
the father the mother uh the the heads
of the family will have to uh to make in
order to ensure that the family
functions in a way which is pleasing to
God and then you know there's Jihad in
communities and there's Jihad uh from
societies and Jihad from States and so
it can it shifts from level to level uh
it could be a military struggle where
you know one is uh fighting against evil
which exists in a given area of the
world there's evil which is taking place
and a Muslim country May engage in a
struggle to try to uh overcome that evil
you know as America sees itself as the
world's policeman you know it's going
into uh Afghanistan going into Iraq
weapons of mass destruction you know it
has used this uh this uh intention of
good to try to prevent possible evil as
an excuse to go in these countries but I
mean from an Islamic perspective we
can't do it where there is uh there is
supposition and guess workor and uh
political agendas it is uh to prevent
evil if there's evil and oppression
taking place in a given area that uh a
Muslim state or country would be
required to try to do something within
what it's scope what is able to do
because there's a general instruction
which the prophet gave may God's peace
and blessing be upon him that whenever
one sees evil that he or she should stop
it with their hands they should try to
stop it with whatever means they have if
it becomes military means because that's
the only way that's going to stop this
thing well then that's what you have to
do you know if it is um uh something
that you can speak out against then then
that's is sufficient so the prophet went
on to say and if you can't stop it with
your hands then you speak up out against
it that's like the next level uh and if
you can't do even that then you at least
hate it in your heart you know so it is
it is a it's a you know the the the
Jihad concept is really a state of mind
State of Mind in the sense that a person
uh dedicates his life to to God to
trying to fulfill and to follow God's
commands then he or she has to also
dedicate their life to struggle against
the evil the evil which opposes God's
commands now now tell us you you said
some key words you said a Muslim country
Muslim state so it's is is it correct to
say it's not up to an individual to go
out on himself and to wage war against
or get a group together and go and try
to do a Jihad like in America or You'
seen the news uh not too uh long ago
where a person was allegedly a Muslim
was on a plane and he tried to blow up
the plane and he had some uh some uh
flamable item or bomb on him is uh this
is not acceptable it's not this is not
an acceptable method at all that um the
process of declaring
Jihad and engaging in Jihad has to be
from the pro from from a state base you
know where there is an Islamic State
with a leadership Etc and those who can
ensure that this takes the proper
Direction and it's done with the proper
um according to the rules and
regulations that govern you know
struggles of this nature you know this
is when it can take place but just
individuals just you know picking taking
up amongst upon themselves to just go
out and say well I'm gonna declare Jihad
against this country and I'm gonna do
this I'm G to shoot this one or I'm GNA
kill this one or blow up this one or
that this is not from Islam at all so
this has nothing to do with Islam No
this is I mean this is a a root of chaos
I mean this is a methodology of um
violent revolutionary types you know who
may be Communists or or other types you
know who uh you know don't have any
Scruples and don't have any rules which
govern their actions as long as they
feel it's good they can go ahead and do
it whereas from the Islamic perspective
there is there is scholarship there is
people of knowledge you know who have to
be consulted and um they are able to
look into the circumstance and say well
yes this is a legitimate struggle you
know as a as a Muslim it is legitimate
for you you know to be engaged in this
you know under such and such a
leadership you know etc etc but just you
on your own average you know Muslim just
taking upon yourself one day to go out
and and do these kinds of actions you
know these are of course this is outside
of Islamic teachings holy war you heard
the word usually the media will go ahead
and Link it back to Jihad does Jihad
mean holy war does it have anything to
do with Jihad no no not really we don't
have in Islam a holy war and a war is
either just or it's unjust we have just
Wars and unjust Wars but Holy Wars where
we going to say that this particular war
is Holy no we don't have that that term
doesn't even exist in Arabic I mean
that's the Crusades that's what the
Crusades were though that was a holy War
a war which had been blessed by the
popes and and um and Justified uh by
linking it back to the religion you know
to make it h as they say a holy war but
from the Islamic perspective we don't
have a holy war we have just Wars where
it is a just struggle to remove some
form of Oppression to establish some
aspect of Justice uh to prevent harm to
uh bring good uh where it is necessary
to struggle on that level then it
becomes a just War then that is
sanctioned by Islam now we want to hit
twofold we want the media we want the
non-muslims the our brothers in humanity
and we would love for them to be our
brothers in faith if they come to the
realization what's already in their very
nature that there is a Creator and that
I'm going to submit to him alone and I'm
going to do all the good that he's told
me to do and they they can be right
alongside with us and be our brothers in
faith now they're our brothers in
humanity and we want them to understand
us a little bit better because this is
something that's going to help us live
in peace and Harmony so we want the
media to be fair and we want them to
bring experts so tomorrow let's say CNN
or Fox News or whoever if they want to
get a hold of an expert would you be
available to talk because it seems like
everyone's talking about Islam except
the people that should be talking about
it sure I'd be only too happy to try to
help bring Clarity to this uh whole you
know situation where the media has just
really gone Haywire you know and just uh
I mean of course they're about selling
newspapers or you know winning viewers
or whatever so whatever is going to
catch the fancy of the people what's
going to excite their their uh their
interest and Etc you know that is
unfortunately the nature of the the um
of the media that rather than convey
what is accurate and um what may not be
maybe not as exciting uh they prefer to
glamorize and to you know exaggerate uh
issues in order to uh win uh viewers and
followers and and readers ratings huh
instead of delivering the truth that's
sad isn't it yep it's very sad also we
have to admit we have some bad apples in
every bunch we love our brothers and
sisters that are in Islam but sometimes
people who aren't educated and that's
why they need to hook up with people
like yourself and other Islamic scholars
who are delivering the true Message of
Islam according to the Quran which is
the verbatim word of God Almighty and
the authentic teachings of the last and
final messenger sent to mankind the
prophet Muhammad peace be upon him who
was in a line of Messengers just to name
a few Abraham Noah Moses Jesus Christ
peace be upon him so he didn't bring
anything new and these uh brothers and
sisters they might have good
intentions and they might do some things
that aren't according to Islam so how
can we reach out to them also at the
same time and we want a the non-muslims
to understand what Jihad is and what
Islam is and be fair when reporting and
also our brothers and sisters giving
them advice because it's quoted that the
Jihad Jane had said she felt desperate
to do something somehow to help the
suffering Muslim so if a Muslim feels
like man I need to do something and he
feels guilty maybe he's sitting home
getting a big belly and he just gets
excited he sees a Rambo movie and then
he he you know Jihad and then
everybody's uh uh uh saying holy war
Jihad and he feels like man I got to get
out there so he might do some things
that are not according to Islam talk to
us about this sh well the reality is
that uh the situation the desperate
situation of Muslims in different parts
of the world uh this is something that
we are faced with but how do we
alleviate their state how do we improve
their circumstance it's not done by uh
committing uh Acts of of violence
against uh other members of the society
a society where one is living in
relative peace this this is not the way
that we help them the way that we help
them is to try to get Aid to them um to
to go over and do charitable works you
know in their areas whatever you know
that's of course that takes time that
takes effort that really involves you
know some sacrifice whereas the the
shortcut which is you know Satan is busy
you know he'll put that shortcut out
there and it looks much more attractive
all you got to do is just get those
chemicals together and you know do this
bomb and you know you're gonna it's
payback you know they that's you you you
you you've done something but but you
really haven't done anything really what
you've done is made the situation far
worse than it was before because uh when
we look at the ability of those people
you know who are actively involved in
explaining Islam to different societies
countries around the world we see that
many of the brothers you know and
sisters who are involved in this effort
you know have become limited blocked you
know banned from countries these type of
things mainly because of these kind of
actions and statements of individuals
who are just uh off track uh they have
ruined to a large degree you know this
the opportunity for da that we had back
in the 80s and the 70s you know so it is
much much more difficult so uh they
really haven't done us a service and
those groups that have taken the violent
route like the JAMA islamia and Egypt
you know that were shooting down
tourists and you know executing
policemen and even teachers in schools
because they felt everybody who is
connected to the government is a
disbeliever so that justified their you
know uh unleashing violence against the
society and anybody in the society
virtually that group eventually after
you know some years of of of
assassination and massacres eventually
renounced what they did and said we were
wrong we shouldn't have been doing this
in the first place you know forgive us
you know but the damage was done you
know and similarly other groups have
come up and the same thing is happening
and
unfortunately there are uh people with
agendas and intentions you know which
are not good uh who will utilize and
exploit the uh ignorance of Youth and
the masses and direct them into this
kinds of activities uh which they
shouldn't be involved in but and which
in fact end up bringing a very bad name
to Islam and uh make the the
opportunities to convey Islam to society
world society much more difficult make
those channels narrow block Etc so I
mean my advice to Young brothers or
brothers who really have little
knowledge of Islam is to learn Islam you
know your duty what's obligatory on you
and the prophet had said you know you
know seeking knowledge is compulsory for
every Muslim that's what's obligatory on
you that you seek knowledge of the
religion you know what it is and you
live in accordance with that religion
and in doing so you know you will make a
change in the society you know a
practical you know a tangible change as
to these kind of Acts they don't make
real changes what they do is they bring
about chaos they bring about reactions
which are harmful to the Muslim
Community Community as a whole you know
as people react to these kinds of
operations so my advice is learn the
dean learn Islam try to practice it as
best as you can uh teach it to others
educate others be an example of what
Islam really is and that will go a long
way to carry The Message of Islam to the
people in the society around you you're
hearing it here on the dean show radio
show and this is clearly as the shik is
talking about this is something that's
counter effective killing innocent men
women and children this is something
that Islam condemns is this correct sh
absolutely I mean the idea of of sitting
in a plane and you know setting off a
bomb with people inside the plane you
don't know they have not been involved
in any kind of you know uh military
action against Muslims or anything like
this and you just go and do this uh this
of course is totally unacceptable these
are non-combatants and you know Islam
doesn't permit the the uh the murder or
killing of non-combatants a different
thing on the battlefield and off the
battlefield talk to us about the mercy
that is shown and by the last and final
messenger peace be upon them many people
feel that Islam is an evolving threat
they hear Sharia they hear Jihad they
hear these Arabic terms well if they
just go and dig a little bit deeper and
ask the one who created them to make
things clear and to come at it with
sincere heart they'll see a different
picture so show us that different
picture about the mercy of Islam and
some examples through the last and final
messenger sent to mankind well we can
see you know clear examples in the uh
life of the Prophet may God's peace and
blessing be upon him when he came back
at the end of towards the end of his
life to Mecca the the land where he was
born where he was driven out where he
and his followers were tortured they
suffered their properties were taken
from them you know many of them were
killed there Etc but when he came back
as a conqueror uh where the where that
whole land the city and the land
surrounding land surrendered to him they
didn't even have to fight them
militarily because the numbers had grown
the Muslim grown so much there's no way
that they could have fought them so they
surrendered and the normal
practice which we even find in the in
the in the Old Testament is that when
you you know as the Believers when you
enter into a city of pagans you know you
take over the city is that you execute
everyone left right and Center this is
in this is in the Bible now this is the
old yeah this is in the Old Testament
you find all many many instructions to
wipe out the people you know left and
right and you know even the children the
animals you know all kinds of
instructions like this whereas the
prophet when he came uh and the people
say well okay what are you going to do
with us you know you know you are a
relative of us you know we one of our
Rel relives so he said you're all free
you're free to go you know he let them
go I mean with a few exceptions few
individuals who had murdered other
Muslims elsewhere okay they were
executed but the vast majority of the
people with the exception of that
0.1% were set free there were nothing
was held against them they were free to
carry on their lives they want to you
know um uh remain pagans of course they
were obliged to leave Mecca because
Mecca was now going to be purified and
become a center for the worship of one
God but they would not be executed they
were they were let go and that same
magnin we see it when
Omar the second Calif of Islam after the
death of the Prophet may God's peace and
bless be upon him when he entered
Jerusalem you know after the the
conquest of
Palestine uh where the people were
expecting all kinds of atrocities as had
happened in the past before he came in
and told you know people of of course
that the the the churches the synagogues
were not to be touched etc etc nobody
was supposed to be killed you know and
the people were free and and this was
their way and we see again you know when
the Crusaders came they massacred people
they as the historians described it they
were their horses were marching you know
in the streets up to their knees in
Blood and corpses people were massacred
there by the Crusaders not only the musl
Muslims who were there but also even the
Christians were there because they
followed a different sect than the
Catholics M and when Salah came back and
took Palestine back from the Crusaders
again the same thing even after all of
what the crusaders had done the evil
that had been peret perpetrated against
Muslims Etc he came in and let the
people free you know so we see that
methodology repeated uh Century after
Century in the the course of various
Muslim EST Etc that took place where
Muslims have not you know Unleashed
violence against the the the mass of the
population so this is not the Muslim way
and um the Muslim way is
one of of of kindness of of uh of
support of magnam minity of of love I
mean that has been their way and that is
really what has led to the spread of
Islam as it has done over the centuries
and we can see even in the life of the
Prophet that Islam spread far more
rapidly during the times of Peace than
it did during the times of War times of
War yes they did fight when it was
necessary to fight but when the the
trues were made you know uh the war
stopped then we found that Islam spread
very rapidly so this is known
historically that Islam spreads more
rapidly in peace than in war so Muslims
are it's not to the muslim's advantage
to be involved in Wars to be involved
involved in fighting so it's only when
it's a necessity to defend oneself and
one's Faith Etc that one fights but
otherwise Muslims you know are not about
war we are not Warriors per se well we
will become Warriors if it's necessary
but we are not you know just Warriors
just waiting for the war to come that's
just not the correct picture you know of
of Muslims so besides getting the proper
education now they get the education
they implement it what else could those
who have submitted to the one God
Muslims what can they do in times like
this to help can they get out there do
they have to wait for someone like you
to come to town to give dawa to invite
the non-muslims to Islam can you give
some encouragement and is this something
optional or is it a comment on every
Muslim to share the message of Peace the
submission to the one God message Islam
to the world is it on me you or just to
select few to do it or is this for
everybody well it's a requirement of
everybody because the prophet s wasallam
had said very clearly may God's peace
and blessing be upon him had said you
know
convey whatever you've learned from me
even if it's only a single verse from
the Quran so this is an a clear
instruction to the masses of Muslims
that whatever knowledge they have it is
their duty to share it with others their
neighbors their friends their classmates
their workmates wherever they are to
share I mean of course you don't it's
not does mean you you know you're just
um beating people to death with the
religion but where where you have the
opportunity to to share your faith to
share your beliefs so that people would
come to know it not necessarily with the
goal to I you know I have to convert
everybody around me no this is not this
is not what Islam says you have to do
your job is just to convey the message
in terms of people's conversion if they
choose they don't choose that's up to
them you know as Allah clearly states in
the Quran you know there's no compulsion
in the religion that we don't compel and
force people to accept Islam but it is
the duty of each and everyone to convey
that message to those around us that
um the fact that Allah has put us in
this position you know and we have that
knowledge it is a duty on us to share it
and to not do so is a cursed situation
which Allah in Surah Bak second chapter
of the Quran has warned people again
against that uh one who hides knowledge
after it has been revealed to him is
cursed by Allah and cursed by all who
would curse you know that that's a very
evil state to be in that you have
knowledge people are in need of that
knowledge and you keep quiet you don't
say anything you in fact end up hiding
it from them oh yeah there's some
sincere people I know there is there's
some sincere people that they come to
the dean show and you know what they
want to know the truth and they're
getting stimulated here they're hearing
that you know what Islam condemns
killing innocent men women and children
and all the things that they're hearing
in in the media they're getting a
different picture now and they're
hearing this message A lot of people are
frustrated they don't know what the
purpose of life is they're not happy
they don't have this Solace and
contentment in their hearts and they're
looking for it and now they heard this
message they heard us mention one God
they heard us mention some of the
prophets in the last and final messenger
talk to us what is this message that
you're talking about she well the
message is one of submitting one's will
to God the one who created us has a plan
has a purpose for us we have a mission
in this life
we're not here by accident you know it
is not a situation of you know anything
goes do what you want to do you know
it's just about enjoyment and you know
to hell with the rest you know this is
not this is not what life is about we
have a reason for being here God has put
us on this Earth and that reason is
about worshiping God is is about
attaining the status that the human
being is capable of attaining through
righteousness because it is in
righteousness that one ultimately
worships God in it in its fullness
because Worship in Islam of course is
not just going to The Masque to the the
place of worship of Muslims you know and
praying to God it is doing good to for
those around us it is you know guiding
others to the truth it is uh sharing
whatever we have whatever God has
blessed us with with others it is living
a life of care and concern for those
around us a life of self sacrifice a
life of care and love for those who are
needy it is a life which one finds
contentment and pleasure knowing that
one is doing God's Commandments in his
or her day-to-day life this is Islam you
know it is about worshiping one God and
that that worship is one which takes
place
through one which takes place not just
as I said you know in the mosque but it
takes place through
one uh living in all aspects of life
whether it is dealing with one's
children one's wife one's neighbors ET
all of that involves worship even the
job how we do the job that we do our
school how do we study how do we conduct
ourselves it is ultimately about
developing the best possible character
that we can you know and in that
development we come closer and closer to
God we have one minute left thank you so
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