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the alhamdulillah Alum peace be with you
we sincerely want the best for everybody
and the best thing that we can offer is
not a Ferrari or say Mercedes ben or a
Bentley or even the biggest house but
it's this invitation that will bring you
peace peace first and foremost with the
one who created you the one who created
all that exist the same God that Jesus
peace be upon Him worshiped the one God
and all the messengers of God they
brought the same message submit your
entire self to the one Creator and this
how you can have peace now this
beautiful way of life Islam because
Islam means peace acquired by submitting
your entire self to the one who created
you there are a lot of misconceptions
Islam yes is the fastest going way of
life in the world today but it's the
most misunder
people say it's a barbaric religion
you'll see some politicians who are
supposed to be bringing people together
they're out here quoting the verbaan
word of God out of context can you
believe it so today we're going to have
someone who's knowledgeable in Islam a
person that these people should be going
to if they have some confusion about
Islam CU that's how we can truly live
together cooperate together and build
Bridges together and that's what we
should be doing and that's what we're
going to be doing today clearing up the
fog clearing out the junk from the trunk
and helping you Islam understand this
beautiful way of Islam a little bit
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you what do you got there man let's see
what kind of pen you have there oh man
you shouldn't have done that now when
you cut off the the hand of the the
thief is it like that or is it like this
I'll tell you it's not important how to
but what's important is what people
think of it now this is the thing now
you know all jokes aside you know this a
very important topic that we're trying
to cover but you know what some people
make a mockery of this beautiful way of
life the way of life that's from the
creator of the heavens and earth so we
want to clear up the many misconceptions
you know Islam is about Mercy you know
Islam is a merciful religion but some
would try to have people think that it's
the antithesis that's the B baric way of
life and we're going to start off with
explaining in context people say you
know what Islam is just about chopping
the head chopping the hands and then you
got chopped up meat to eat so let's talk
about this is that what Islam is all
about chopping people up absolutely not
as a matter of fact on the contrary God
Almighty actually tells us how to
prevent this from happening by the
uh meaning that inside fear into them
why to prevent them from fighting to
start off with to actually save the
Bloodshed to actually do do this they
give him options other than having to
fight and believe it or not this is one
of the options when people think that
Islam is barbaric by the cutting the
hand they only see the end result they
don't look at the uh all the root cause
analysis look at the uh prevention is
better than cure method they look at
just that but if you look deeply you'll
find out that Islam is trying to prevent
this from happening by telling you if
you do this we will do that so it's
scaring you off don't do it and you'll
find out the case is that Islam looks at
a bigger picture the bigger picture of
the community for example if everyone is
protected from one person meaning the
thief it is a way of life in Islam it
says the good of all proceedes the good
of one so you should be happy about this
but the idea behind it is people only
look for the fish for faults or look for
certain things but under the normal uh
human being natureal Instinct that they
want some things we all have whims and
desires but we have to control it there
is a checks and Bounds to things if you
don't have a fear of God Almighty okay
if you don't have the love for God
Almighty the same ideas that we tell you
if you cross the red light we will put a
we slap you with a fine so there is
something there that love and fear you
have to have the combination of both not
just love of other uh people that try to
preach it's not the case human beings
have to have both so the same thing you
get rewarded if you don't do this and if
you do this you will get punished but
the idea behind it is that now we're uh
saving uh you know this man from himself
not just everybody else same idea with
uh the bigger context the bigger picture
the community which looks for in Islam
is that prevention is better than cure
don't do this otherwise you would and
you'll see the statistics alhamdulillah
that is much lower than anybody else as
you will see in the western Society
you'll see a repetitive people uh you
know do certain crimes and you come back
and plead insanity and come back and do
it again and taxpayers pay the same
thing and you'll see they do the same
thing for the kids they do that and they
keep doing it for not so we say Islam
says no stop we have consequences to
protect everyone else in the community
so can you say this is a strong
deterrent and when this is implemented
and can we just back it up because we
know that Islam the way of life that was
lived by Abraham Moses Jesus peace be
upon him because Islam calls to
surrender and submit to the creator of
the heavens and earth not a man or a
monkey but the creator of all that exist
and a Muslim is one who Islam so when
this complete system God's system from
the Creator the Divine system
implemented isn't it true that there
wouldn't be people who were for instance
uh poor you have the zakat there'll be
justice so you wouldn't have all these
criminals out here you know robbing
stealing looting can we back it up to
that absolutely this is uh one way to
look at uh what Allah subhah waala put
Justice into this at the time
of is actually lifted this H this this
rule was not was actually invalid
because there was not enough for people
to eat so we say there are rules and
regulations if everyone has enough for
sustenance and Provisions for them to
feed themselves and feed their families
now you're actually uh going to
transgress on others rights so we say
you know if you see a beautiful flower
enjoy it you want to smell it great but
you want to cut it we say no stop you
see that's the when we say now taking
somebody else's Freedom you teaching you
to take the easy way out so you become
you become a thief and so on this is
even uh saying that even went to a man
says if you don't give that man that
works for you enough money to be able to
live we will cut your hand off that's to
the employer to the boss you better pay
him right corre absolutely so we have
all these checks bounds in order for you
to prevent this from happening and
everything is provided for you and if
you're not having a job the system looks
after you and after all all these things
that we will look after you under
circumstances you decide to go on your
own take somebody else's right and
decide to go you will pay the
consequences it's human nature so is
this also more for the the plotter
planner the schemer the person now who's
going to break in your home and he knows
that you have a diamond watch he knows
that you have a bank Row in your safe
and he puts your family in Jeopardy your
children and your wife because if you
see him now he gets the gun out out of
fear he might kill you so is this for
that person that broken your home almost
maybe possibly rape your wife to steal
your life savings is that the person
we're talking about absolutely I mean
Islam is Justice established Justice
upon everything including uh criminal uh
offenses for example if we tell someone
that this man that you just talked about
came to your home you know raped your
wife uh you know uh took your daughter
away and took your money and and and all
that if I tell you what would you do and
do this you would cut him to pieces you
would kill them apart says no Islam is
more merciful than that we will just cut
their hand we will ask him what hand did
you cut with and it would be this hand
that we would cut according to his
testimony and of course we understand
that this specific fact that Omar again
going back to him the woman came to ask
him to Pardon her son because he stole
he was caught stealing he says W by by
God Almighty is not the first time is
told because God Almighty will not have
exposed them from the first time so God
Almighty gives you chances and chances
and chances say if we caught early is
preventive as opposed of you going up on
the ladder being even worse of a a thief
and a criminal and God Almighty give you
too many chances but when you get caught
that means it's better for you because
God Almighty says that in the Quran we
will give him a taste of punishment in
this life before the taste of punishment
and Hereafter so they may come back and
if you do it expiates your sin if every
penalty is done here in this life as if
you've done none you're clear this is
amazing yeah because that's an important
point it's a very important Point like
if somebody just stole your keys to your
house or your cell phone with all your
uh contacts and then you ask the person
right now and his raid like what would
you do this per you caught him that's a
violation of your right something
private something that you hold valuable
that person like you said would want to
now you know have his way if he was the
judge but Islam is even more merciful
we're going to take a break and I I got
so many more questions to ask you about
this when we come back here on the de
show sit tight I
would go to my room lock the door
prostrate and cry saying God you know me
better than myself show me the right way
and I will not look back I will leave
everything
behind Allah is our creator and he
creates everything and he gives
intelligence to
people as muhamad pleas be upon Muhammad
is one of the last Messengers sent from
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Allah thank you very much for being with
us here on the dean show pleasure thank
you for having me you have a lot of
experience you're the director of the
Islamic Circle Center of Canada and also
public relations director for Mercy
Mission so you have a lot of experience
with this with dealing with these type
of questions and we're trying to create
a better understanding with the not yet
Muslims those brothers that are brothers
in humanity is that right absolutely now
tell us just before we go on to the next
miscon ception and putting things in
context you know tell me what you think
about this because we know that you know
all these rules and regulations are from
the Divine and there's great wisdom
behind them any logical person who looks
at it in context he'll see this Mak
sense so the the criminal he's plotting
and planning and he's putting aside
money he sees The Big Heist I'll make a
million here but he's putting like five
six seven8 $10,000 away for for the the
attorney hoping that you know if I get
caught I'll beat the rap on a
technicality I'll go ahead and get
probation so do you think now is this
known that when you know that look this
is the consequence of you breaking in
someone's home robbing a bank that this
is coming out it's getting amputated
you're not going to do this absolutely
it's again something called the SDI
Strategic Defense Initiative because
this will happen if you do then that
means don't mess with me this because of
the consequence you'll pay because
that's what God Almighty says this Allah
subh says this this retribution do
taking a penalty this keeps you Al alive
keep your a way of a good life so the
idea behind it is best for you not
against you so if you think about even
the sisters when they start complaining
about you know why cover and why weigh
the hijab among the other you know
misconception that women are oppressed
and we force them to wear the hijab and
I tell the sister the same thing you
know when you were young that now you
have what it takes uh you're you bous
voluptuous and beautiful and you have
what it takes to fla your your stuff now
uh you grow old you don't have what it
takes anymore there's a younger sister
comes in to uh now being testing your
husband and so on so we say the same
idea we are now protecting others from
you now when you're young but when you
grow old we're protecting you from
everybody else same idea with the thief
we're protecting not one person we're
protecting everybody else from one and
that's the methodology of the of Islam
to look after the good of all as opposed
of the good of one and the Serene
security of the community when God's
system Islam total and complete
submission to the one God creator of the
all that exist when his system was
implemented through history were there
people now when this was implemented
walking around with chopped off hands no
actually the believe it or not this uh
these things are very rarely done very
rare very rarely done uh actually these
things that they have to have witnesses
and and the witnesses come and they and
they don't say the same thing they will
be also flogged for this so Islam makes
these things are very strict very tight
so not everybody else can claim that
they've done things that they have to be
caught with the evidence and so on and
convicted so these all these six chicks
and Bounds to make sure that uh justice
is established in the time of Al Talib
as a matter of fact even though he was
the head of the state at the time the
CIF the
successor he claimed that somebody else
stole uh something that belonged to him
that was given to Prophet by Prophet
Muhammad May PE
we know the story but even though he was
a
Jew the system defended the rules and
regulations of Islam they say that do
you have any Witnesses and everybody
knew that this was his but they did not
see the ACT nor that was taken and
nobody else he says I have my son he
says you taught us that the branch will
not testify for the root do you have
anybody else he says no he says this
belongs to the Jew so the Jewish man
even though he was in a Muslim State
being judged again the the head of the
state and the the judge was a Muslim he
says I can't believe this in this state
the judge rules with fairness and
Justice and he became a Muslim because
Islam established Justice we're not
after anyone for a specific reason so
it's not for a Snicker bar you're hungry
now and you need some to feed your
family and you go you know get some food
someone's crop a corn you know some
bread some barley and you eating out
your hands off absolutely not that's
that's not about that okay that's really
really deep because when you know that
this is coming off why you in a criminal
in the first place huh absolutely yeah
so you should be living a righteous life
and this is a deterrent being content
with what you got being content with
what you got so this is really a strong
deterrent because when you know it's
coming out you're going to stay away
from hurting innocent people and you're
going to stay away from robbing banks
robbing individuals and it's amazing
okay let's move on this is a a very
important point because you hear this a
lot now you'll also hear and you'll see
this again I mean we want to reach out
to the politicians and I hope that they
the Muslims pass this on to the
politicians they can see what Muslims
are really about because we have
qualified individuals such as yourself
explaining Islam not the car mechanic or
Peter Jing's king or whoever else is out
there that has a twisted understanding
you took years to understand took years
to understand this Quran the verbatim
word of God so when people take one
verse and they'll say kill those for
instance who are not Muslims the
infidels or whatnot you know is is this
the same thing that someone who's a
terrorist who goes kills innocent people
he'll take a verse to justify are they
doing the same thing to create division
amongst people certainly one way to do
it but before we go on I'd like to say
that this poor slave of Allah is
learning as we are so thank you for your
V of confidence but we're all learning
first the Infidel the word infidel
itself is not really the proper
translation for this CF the word cfir
that comes in a different understandings
even for a a peasant like a a farmer or
something that covers meaning cover the
truth meaning that the one and only only
God and so on or those who disbelieve in
the message doesn't necessarily mean so
but the Quran addresses the Christians
and Jews in a very fa way to say that oh
people of the book and everybody knows
when God Almighty says the people of the
book are the Christian and Jews then
kill them that even though that the
under the word c meaning this believe in
the message of Muhammad may peace be
upon him or the Oneness of God it's a
different story but it's not accordingly
infidels but the people when they say
that we have to kill them because the
the the Quran says that and
unfortunately they use the cut and paste
Theory but if they look before it and
they look after it you'll find out the
biggest the context of the whole verse
and and we know that Allah subhana wa
tala mentioned in the
Quran it was given permission for those
who are being fought those who are being
killed they were being oppressed so what
does Islam do it says defend yourself
you have the right to defend yourself so
they says these are the one that being
killed not uh thumb dick and hairy and
God Almighty also revealed these things
with the mush of qur those the idol
worshippers not for everybody those who
were killing you they were driving you
out of your home killing your family
stealing your land taking your worldly
possession you have the right to defend
yourself it is not being an oppress
aggressive you're being a defensive so
of course that these people say that
because you're not a Muslim I have to
kill you the amazing thing is that the
Quran gives us a uh permission to marry
from man to marry from a Christian woman
or or a Jewish woman according to the
opinion of some of the scholars and
their circumstances could you imagine
now my wife is a Christian or my wife is
a is a Jewish woman say I love you honey
but I can't be your
friend that's another one yeah you can't
be friends or I love you honey but I
have to kill you yeah can you imagine
that is absolutely makes no sense
whatsoever so people that do cut and
paste Theory they translated according
to their own whims and desires their own
hidden agendas absolutely have no place
in Islam no place in s is there a verse
in the Quran and can you elaborate on
this the translation of the meaning
because we have the Quran is the
rebating word of God it's tamper free
tamper proof preserved and memorized by
millions that's another
topic that it says that God has not
forbade you from showing kindness to
those who have not fought you or driven
you out of your lands talk to us about
this absolutely in you go back and
you'll find out that God Almighty says
that it's a beautiful verse now the
meaning the interpretation God Almighty
forbids you not to be kind and just and
I'll have to come back to that word to
explain it for those who do not fight
you in your religion and do not kick you
out of your home so let us go find out
the conditions what are the conditions
if people leave Muslims to worship God
Almighty and don't kick me out of your
home of my home I will have to be more
than kind and more than just I have to
go back to the Arabic word in order for
me to translate this properly and I say
at least if you go just on the apparent
meaning of the verse if someone tells
you listen I'll leave you to worship God
on uh on your the way you you want to
worship God and I won't kick you your
home is that too much to ask that's a
minimum requirement for any human being
for their own rights so let's go back to
the Arabic text and say find out says it
says the word in Arabic is has a
connotation the relationship between a
father the parents and the children and
they were supposed to be extremely kind
to them and the second one is the is
that means higher than the Arabic word
is means mean just and fair but is
actually higher sometimes it's
mistranslated so all we ask is that
being very simple leave us to worship
God in the way that we were so commanded
to do in the proper way not killing the
innocent and so on I'll come back to
that if there's a chance and do not kick
us out of your home our homes we will
treat you more better than our fathers
and mothers and we'll be more than fair
with you not too much to ask I hope that
you're getting to benefit I surely am
and those who are sincere who want to
know the truth you come to the right
place a tight for more here on the dean
show and with good deeds uh we'll find
that good breeds
good clear out your mind and your heart
of hatred M and preconceived
notions racism and
nationalism because you cannot have
anything inside of you that's like that
against people and still be successful
with
nothing but a back here on the dean show
and we cover the chopping of the hands
we put things in context and it's not
for a Snicker par but this is for as a
deterrent to keep those people who are
barbaric from hurting the innocent
people and any person who has a sound
mind can see that this makes sense so
tell us now we talked about also and
continue on where this misconception of
you know oh we're infidels and you're
Muslims and kill us and all this which
by the way I if you study historically I
mean the Quran is in the Arabic so when
you translate English just because it's
there it doesn't the author could made a
mistake but this wasn't this true that
this word from studying was coined
actually by the Christian Crusaders who
they called those Muslims infidels who
weren't of the same Faith so now it's
being pointed at us and you covered that
that it's not the proper translation so
continue on from there the part about
killing
non-muslims okay and also the friendship
between non-muslims and Muslims
absolutely but first we have to say that
we don't blame everyone for having the
misconceptions yeah because we didn't
maybe reach out or build Bridges or
educate or raise awareness or all they
know about Islam is uh Allah abbar you
know they watch a certain uh you know
News Channel or anything else that they
also have their own hidden agenda and
they don't portray the the proper
message out or they have people that
mislead or misrepresent Islam to be the
you know it bleeds it leads in their own
whims and desires and having the word
association with it and that's another
topic but now to continue on with what
we're talking about today there's go to
another verse in the Quran that Allah
subhana wa tala mentioned in the Quran I
don't have enough time to to go into
everything but at
least and so on till the end of the
verse in Arabic I'm quoting in Arabic
because that's Quran is mean the
translation meaning of the
interpretation in summary if you kill
one innocent Soul as if he killed the
whole human it and if you if you save
one innocent Soul as if you saved the
whole Humanity but the beauty of this
verse again going back to the Arabic
text The Scholar
says the word is na Soul Spirit human
being person and it's not that's not
doesn't have Al Lam Al Lam meaning it is
not definite it's not he didn't say if
you kill a Muslim Soul he didn't he said
any Soul a Muslim Christian Jude
Buddhist Hindu agnostic
any soul that doesn't even believe in
God is off limits and that's what the
scholar says God Almighty says any Soul
as if you killed the whole Humanity
that's how severe the punishment is in
the sight of God and if you save any
Soul as if you saved the the whole
Humanity the beauty about it is that
Islam also hold you accountable for a
soul of an animal the prophetic
tradition is authentic when a woman will
be going to the Hellfire not eternally
of course those who believe in one God
will not eternally go to Hellfire if
they of course repent before they die or
they did not they will pay the price and
come back just to clarify the context
now the Hadith says that because she
titer did not feed the cat or let her go
out to eat from the sustance of God
there she died so we are held
accountable for the spirit or the soul
of a cat and a Hadith the prophetic
tradition says the woman or a man both
says that they quench The Thirst of a
dog they will be going to heaven for
that simple fact so don't you think if
we're held accountable for a spirit for
a cat or a dog we will not be held
accountable for the spirit of a human
being because the proof is in the Quran
God Almighty
says we have elevated or honored or
leveled the higher in that human being
above all you see so in that Essence we
have to put the context straight so in
order for us to say that you know what I
can kill a human being with no
consequences there is a major
consequences even in state of war the
state of War we don't have anything
called collateral damage
even if you kill an innocent person
while in the state of War even by
mistake you still have to pay a ransom
there is every human being every soul is
accountable and since we're talking on
Wars I'll close with the Ten
Commandments of war and please compare
the Ten Commandments of War again no
connotation or command in Islam
absolutely it has no connotation for the
Ten Commandments that is known but this
is just of the etiquet and the moral
conduct of the Muslim Army going to
fight and please compare these 10 with
what you know about Islam from any other
type of media Outlet the this is the
commands from Prophet Muhammad may peace
be on him and his successors after him
he says when he sends an army to war to
defend themselves he says do not kill a
woman do not kill a child do not kill an
old man do not kill an animal do not cut
a tree down do not pollute their water
do not burn their homes do not invade
them at night when he was asked why you
should not invade them at night he says
so you may not wake the n ing mother and
child he says you will see those who
devoted themselves to worship God in
their own ways leave them to worship God
in their own ways that's freedom of
religion and he says fight only those
who fight you fight only those who fight
you so if you're coming to fight me I
fight you if you're not coming to fight
me you're off the hook this I mean you
know what this is now being explained in
context from the Muslims from the people
who know Islam so the politicians and
those who are out there I'm sure they're
getting a better understanding too so
they can go teach the rest of the people
the truth about Islam not the things
that they messed up probably on just you
know learning from their own and you
know we're not going to judge their
intention but maybe they had a good
intention they just didn't know but now
they know so tell us now for someone
else who says we only got a few more
points that you know what this is when
the Muslims were weak that's why then
the Muslims later they became strong so
the rules changed this was aggregated
what do you got to say about that that
is amazing because if you go back in
history you'll find out that when
Muslims were too busy defending
themselves and fighting that probation
Islam did not flourish Islam only
flourished when was the hna was the time
that there was no war Islam multiplied
it's got so many and look at the look at
the facts the facts that that they were
when they were fighting they were very
few in numbers and when they had the
chance to actually explain Islam without
fighting without the defense or whatever
those who call people that Islam was
spread by the sword couldn't be further
from the truth but Islam flourished from
from a few hundreds to 10,000 when they
went to open and Conquest Mecca to get
it back how did that happen with no
fighting and that's the truth and look
at the uh Indonesia is the biggest
Muslim country in the world there's not
one sword that was lifted in Indonesia
and what sword do we have now and we
know that Islam is the largest and the
fastest growing religion on the face of
the Earth we don't have any sorts we
don't have any uh the media and all that
what it takes we simply uh don't force
you to become a Muslim or not become a
Muslim and the one of the reasons The
Scholar says even if the Muslim Army is
Victorious and they put the jizya is a
proof that the Islam gives you a choice
to stay on your own religion and you
simply pay taxes for your life to be
protected we don't force you no
compulsion religion Allah subhana tells
Prophet mamam if I wish I would have
made everyone believe in
me do you will you compulse people to do
it and the Islam is very clear forward
to you your way to me my way we have
relayed the message the truth is is
clear and the falsehood is also clear
last closing and comments and
suggestions also I mean just some more
advice for those who are out there who
they want to do the the right thing
publish relations people politicians the
average person how can they take these
quranic verses the Divine words from the
creator of heavens and earth so they
don't mess up and take things out of
context what advice do you give for them
in short before we close don't use the
cut and paste theory for the simple fact
is that we can do the same thing and we
certainly know that that is not the
right thing to do so as again we welcome
you to come and ask us we actually
encourage you to do so and you will find
out that we all welcome you with open
arms and Open Hearts so we certainly
hope that this is an open invitation and
extend that helping hand an invitation
for a friendship and hopefully a better
understanding because we simply feel
that ignorance is our number one enemy
so since we eradicate ignorance and
people will not be afraid of what they
don't know thank you very much may God
Almighty the creator of the heavens and
earth in every we say Allah reward you
in abundance for being with us thank you
very much and thank you for sitting
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being that you can be and it's built on
the most important fundament that you
worship none but the creator of the
heavens and earth the same God that
Jesus Moses Abraham Noah they all
worship the one God and the last and
final messenger the prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him he came with the same
message he came with the same message
that's to worship one God do good deeds
and be the best human being that you can
be continue to come back here to Dean
show to learn more until next time peace
be unto you I am
stand I am not afraid to stand alone if
Allah by I am not afraid stand
alone I am not afraid to stand alone if
Li by I am not afraid to stand
alone I am not afraid to stand alone if
Li I am not afraid of stand alone
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