bah
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times and now today hot in the
news one of the most famous actors in
the
world Mel
Gibson and coincidentally he's a chrisan
he was the one
who made the
movie The Passion who and what was
talking about one who is beloved to our
hearts Jesus peace be upon him the milli
the the movie that grossed over $600
million I believe and everyone knows Mel
but Mel's in some trouble so we're going
to be
discussing the issue at hand that's all
over the news with our guest Dr shik bow
Phillips here on the dean show when we
come back stay tuned I don't work around
in tide clothes I stay at home you
public and it's a embarrassment to me
you look like a unheat and if you get
raped by a pack your fault all right
because you provoked it you are
provocatively dressed all the time with
your fake boobs you feel you have to
show off in tight outfits and tight
pants and Stu you see your from behind
and that green thing today was enough
that's
provocative okay back here on the dean
show radio show with shake bow Phillip
Shake are you there yes I am peace be
with you
peace be on to you too Alum thank you so
much for finding the time it's always a
pleasure to have you on the dean show
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with you in the past now today hot in
the news Mel
Gibson his girlfriend
caught him on tape making some very
racist remarks threatening to beat her
up using very foul foul language so we
want to discuss this we know that all
the messengers of God they all brought
the same way of life they all called
people to righteousness to goodness and
it was built on the foundation of
worshiping the one God alone and not his
creation so we want to reach out to the
not yet Muslims the non-muslims out
there the Christians
the Jews all of humanity we want to
share a little bit about what some of
the messengers taught because if they
know these teachings then racism would
be eliminated from the picture the abuse
of women the abuse of women wouldn't be
there and we'd all be worshiping the one
God and we'd be brothers in faith so
Shake uh what are your thoughts on this
well you know alhamdulillah all praise
due to Allah and May Allah's peace and
blessings be on all the prophets of
Allah
uh if this had
been a
Muslim you know famous individual who
made any kind of statements regardless
of the context you know then it would
all become a Muslim thing you know and
it's
really it's really powerful the course
that you know here is Mel uh who was you
know the representative of Christianity
defender of the faith you know protector
of the message uh you know making all
this personal sacrifice to make his
movie The Passion out of his own pocket
when nobody else wanted to take it on
and you know then making the
multimillion very successful and
everything else you know and uh so much
a Christian you know but yet and still
this uh issue is in no way related back
to Christianity you know it's just smell
ranting and raving again you know he's
done it before I guess and know I guess
he'll do it again you know so um you
know this is a this is something for
people to reflect on you know why this
doesn't you know is not reflected as a
Christian thing you know because people
know that the values of Christianity
don't don't uh you know support this
that what he has said what he has done
you know is is outside of the teachings
and so they will judge you know
Christianity by its teachings and not by
the leading figures who you know may be
involved in all kinds of corruption like
the recent uh Crackdown on the Catholic
Church all around the world you know
Finding so many priests involved in all
this kind of you know pedophilia you
know this ISS after labeling Prophet
Muhammad may God's peace and blessing be
upon him as a pedophile then you know
the biggest branch of Christianity is
exposed as a den of pedophilia wow you
know Allah abbar
Allah just brings this thing right back
to them those spend all this time you
know accusing the prophet may God's
peace and blessing be upon him in a way
which is so false so distorted you know
so Allah exposes them you know this is
to show that you know this is really
something endemic in their society
something which is you know a disease
which is you know for menting which they
just can't control it's it's it's rooted
in in in their in their own religious
Traditions you know which is really sad
you know that um people just can't see
wrong for wrong and and and deal with it
you know and correct it recognize the
ills Etc and not try to put a religious
tone on
it yes Shake tell us now what
really when we look at Islam it's a
medicine for all the evil vices that are
out there really brings a person's life
to a whole new level of goodness along
with worshiping just the one God alone
and not a man or a monkey not worshiping
anything in create just the one God the
same God of Jesus Abraham Moses and all
the messengers and then the teachings of
Islam and we know Islam simply means to
acquire peace by submitting your will to
the owner of Peace the one God so now
racism you hear in some of these tapes
that people are going to get to hear
this right now angry reaction tonight to
reports that Mel Gibson has been caught
making another derogatory TI raade this
one involving racist and sexist language
eyewitness news reporter Lesley Miller
is live in our satellite center with the
Fallout from Gibson's reported remarks
lesy Mark it's not the first time Mel
Gibson's lethal language has gotten him
into trouble remember that anti-semitic
tie raid back in 2006 well now two
entertainment websites are reporting
that Gibson has done it again this time
hurling racist sexist and vile words at
his former girlfriend and mother of his
child Oxana Gregor
both TMZ and Radar Online claim they
have heard the audio tapes where Mel
Gibson allegedly unleashes on oana
calling her an embarrassment using the
n-word and making misogynist remarks
that ABC7 has chosen not to repeat in
another rant Gibson allegedly threatens
to burn down the house the recordings
were reportedly made by Oxana during a
series of ugly arguments at the height
of the couple's breakup and custody
fight over their infant daughter in 2006
Gibson Unleashed an anti-semitic tie
raid during his DUI arrest calling a
sheriff's deputy a vulgar name and
saying quote Jews are responsible for
all the wars in the world Gibson issued
several public apologies for his remarks
claiming alcoholism had played a role
after keeping a low profile it appeared
Gibson was making his comeback in
Hollywood but if this latest Outburst is
true will the public forgive him people
who heard his tyde before and judged him
will say see I told you so the guy's a
bigot people who really care about Mel
will say what kind of state of mind is
he in somebody get this guy help neither
TMZ or Radar Online have disclosed their
sources but they report the tapes are
now in the hands of the judge in the
couple's custody battle and are under
seal it's clear that more and more in
our society public disclosure is a very
dangerous and damaging weapon the NAACP
is reacting to Gibson's alleged racist
and profane rant saying this time an
apology just isn't enough he has to
spend some years of doing some positive
things uh for uh people in the community
for other folks to show that he is not
perhaps the racist or the sexist or
anti-semitic as uh his actions tend to
show tonight Gibson's representatives
are not commenting on the purported
tapes meanwhile attorneys for both
parties met for a closed door hearing
with the judge handling their child
custody case attorneys are not
commenting on that case which remains
sealed Gibson and gregori Eva split last
April Mel goes on
to to use the word I can't even say it
the nword now we know as Muslims that
you cannot enter Paradise you cannot be
a true Muslim if you have
any sense of racism in you so what does
Islam have to say about
this
issue well we know that that Islam is
very clear in in stressing the the
humanity of of all where Allah you know
describes how there are different colors
in the mountains and the Earth and that
in the cattle and in the human beings
and it's all a part of Allah's creation
you know and and that really the only
criteria for greatness or
superiority has to do with piety you
know this is the this is their basis for
anybody being Superior to anybody else
you know this is what Islam stresses you
know and
um and the prophet may God's peace and
blessing be upon him uh attacked this
tendency amongst people whenever it
showed up you know uh and it did
occasionally pop its head up in his own
time and he he dealt with it and uh and
his
companions uh with the growth of their
Faith you know rejected these types of
uh feelings Expressions Etc so we know
that from you know Islamic tradition you
historically have you know found a a
multi-racial
multicultural uh civilization you know
quite distinct and different from you
know other civilizations which tend to
be ethnical you know people of one
ethnic background
like the Chinese civilization or the
Indian civilization or the European
civilization we talk about the Islamic
civilization this has nothing to do with
Arabs or you know Africans or Asians it
is something Universal and that's the
message of Islam that you know there is
as there is one God who alone deserves
to be
worshiped uh the religion of God was
really only one religion God only taught
humankind from Adam and Eve one religion
he didn't teach them a whole bunch of
religions and and it is because of the
fact that there's only one human race
you know all the divisions that human
beings make amongst themselves you know
dividing people into you know negroid
caucasoid you know and [\h__\h] and all
this other kinds of stuff this is all
fake this is not real you know and uh we
are one human race and as we're one
human race we only require one religion
because our qualities are the same the
the same basic characteristics they're
the same the the the the aspects of
ourselves which don't change which have
to do with color or height or you know
um weight or type of hair or all these
other kinds of things these things come
and go they change with Generations they
vary and you know this is not what
people are people are you know the
spiritual uh element which makes a human
being a human being this is something
which is universal and that's why for
example you never had as they had for
example in the dark ages in Europe there
were debates as to whether uh women had
souls and this is something which never
occurred though Muslim civilization
paralleled the European civilization and
you know lived through that same era and
that that period you never found this is
an issue of debate you know Islam gave
women their rights right from the very
beginning the prophet may God's peace
and blessing be upon Him broke the
Traditions which existed in Arabia and
which existed around the world at his
time you know and gave women their
rights as equal citizens before God you
know equal worshippers of God and this
is what Islam is always stressed while
recognizing the real differences that do
exist that may and females are not the
same and they're different and not equal
in certain elements of uh intellect or
elements of of uh physiology you know
there are differences which exist and so
Islam addresses these differences and uh
allows human beings you know to function
in a complimentary way you know as
opposed to trying to artificially make
them equal in all respects and then it
becomes competitive you know it's one
struggling with the other you know whose
decision is going to to rule you know um
when we can't agree then it's just you
know split everything up so you know
Islam uh does recognize the place of and
role of women you know in society you
know from 1,400 years ago when people
were even weren't even sure whether
women had Souls right W shake so before
we go on to the next question now if
you're a true follower of The Messengers
of God the ones who called to the same
way of life submission of yourself
entirely to the one God can you be a
racist can you be you know uh having
these racist
rants well you know I mean I I
understand what you're trying to say but
you know I may not go all that way to
say that you know can a person believe
in God and have elements of racism or
nationalism you know or classism in his
heart well yeah it's possible why
because you know we are also products of
our societies yes you know when you're
raised with these kinds of things from
childhood you know you know you might
think you've grown past them but in your
times of weakness and Times of anger Etc
these things come out you know and it's
it's really a lesson to to to cause one
to stop and question oneself as to
really you know where they're headed you
know really what they're thinking you
know what's really uh right and wrong
you know where where where is that it's
it's obviously lost its its bearing in
in in that person's life so you know I
wouldn't want to say that you couldn't
really truly believe in God and have
elements of this no because from the
Muslim belief that's why we have issues
of repentance you know where we commit
errors and we turn back to God in
Repentance
that you know God can for forgive us uh
we are weak we do fall into error um
we're not perfect so these elements can
be there but of course you know for the
person who truly believes in God you
know this is this should be something uh
under control to a large degree you know
and kept down and really when people
stray away from the Tre teachings the
true teachings of God then these things
become uh Stronger these have a bigger
place in one's life that's why I say
that you know Mel you know while at one
hand you know presenting himself as a
you know a a a a staunch Christian
defender of the faith all this kind of
stuff you know with the passion and
everything connected with it even when
they had Jewish issues concerning it he
was you know standing firm and Etc but
you know he's living with his girlfriend
you know is this really a part of
Christian tradition you know this is
considered adultery what he's involved
in you know and according to ear proper
original Christian teachings he should
be killed according that's according to
the Christian teachings yeah original
Christian teachings teaching sure they
should be killed this is adultery this
is adultery this is in the Bible you're
talking about yeah yeah you know but you
know so basically you know the Christian
thing has sort of become you know as it
is popular we take from it what you know
pleases us you know if it's just wearing
a cross around my neck and you know
calling on Jesus when I'm in need you
know I mean that makes me a Christian I
mean that's you know that's what you
know I'm going to espouse and that's
what I'm going to be you know holding
strong Etc but the rest of Christianity
which requires me to struggle with
myself you know if we're saying from the
teachings of Jesus you know from from
the Jewish Traditions which came from
Moses Etc you know which we believe is
all the part of the same one religion of
God Islam submission to the will of God
which God taught Abra Abraham and Noah
and taught the very first human being
Adam and Eve so there's only one
religion and so th those common values
and principles are shared uh by all uh
could representations of that one
religion uh from the time of Adam till
the last of the prophets Muhammad may
God's peace and blessing be upon him so
Shake often you'll hear in the news that
women in Islam are belittled they're
subjugated they're
oppressed and now you have these tapes
coming up and you'll hear the defender
of Christianity and we're going to
separate Christianity from Mel Mel from
Mel the the person but what does now
Islam have to say truly because you'll
hear in these tapes you were hitting a
woman with a child in her hands you what
kind of men is that hitting a woman when
she's holding a child in her hand
breaking her teeth twice in the face
what kind of man is that oh you're all
angry now you're going to get to you
know
what you're going to answer one day boy
you're going to answer that he's
threatening her that he busted two of
her teeth that he you know was
threatening to to uh physically come
over and huh B what what what are you
nothing nothing I'm not the one to
threaten I'm threaten you I'll put you
on rosearden you you understand that cuz
I'm capable of it and uh do other things
to her that are harmful to the women
what does Islam have to say about this
truly and does Islam does Islam as what
they're thinking or saying does Islam
oppress women subjugate
women definitely not uh you know as I
said before it is an issue of
complimentary relationships you know
that the man comp compl the woman woman
complement the man and um yes the man is
in a position of authority over the
woman in the sense that uh there is some
hierarchy I mean this is how societies
are this is how families are this is how
the world is there is hierarchy so
there's no surprise that it would be
within the very you know basic component
of human society the the family the
individual uh that make up the family
so uh you know that hierarchy is not a
hierarchy of subjugation and oppression
you know uh this is one of the reasons
why uh for example I remember uh during
the Gulf War when um you know I was
involved with a a group of brothers who
were trying to explain Islam to the
American troops this is after the first
uh the Gulf War in in uh with Kuwait the
the incursion into Kuwait where half a
million American troops came to Saudi
Arabia and um after the the war was over
uh you know we myself and the team of
other brothers were involved in um
explaining Islam to the American troops
and one of the things that we did you
know and know we tried to remove this
this confusion which existed concerning
the Muslim woman and they used to the
Troops used to call uh Muslim women BOS
or black moving objects because they
would be covered in the black ve
and uh you know just as they had UFOs
they call them BOS so what we did was we
took uh sisters women who are American
uh military people uh into Saudi homes
and we let them uh sit with Saudi women
and see that side of the of of Life
there uh the Saudi home is typically
divided into two parts one which is the
the uh male section one is the female
section and you know of course men would
normally go in the female section I mean
except for uh family members if they are
no guests so the women would go in and
see the inner workings of the home the
house sit with the women talk with them
discuss with them and many of them came
back amazed you know saying you know how
wow we didn't know it was like this you
know the woman is sort of like a you
know princess you know she's taken care
of hand and foot whatever she wants the
husband running out getting it she
doesn't have to work you know everything
she wants is provided for her so it's a
whole another story and she was educated
they were able to carry on you know
conversations intelligible conversations
discussing what's happening in the world
discussing what's happening with women
you know so it really blew a lot of
their minds that's why many of the women
who went there came back out you know
ready to accept Islam and they accepted
Islam in quite large
numbers wow wow tell us now is it safe
to say that Mel Gibson's racist violent
Behavior has nothing to do with
Christianity is that safe to say that we
would say yeah sure it's safe to say
that and um you know um you know to try
to to say it is a Christian thing you
know would be wrong it would be unfair
you know it would be unjust and and in
the same hand to attribute uh whether
it's acts of terrorism or whatever done
by indiv individuals who are Muslims to
attribute that to the Muslim religion
this is equally offensive equally
incorrect so there shouldn't be a double
standard now I mean if if as you said
earlier in the show if this was a Muslim
probably Islam would have been vilified
but now we want our brothers in humanity
to be fair to be fair and separate the
actions of say a few bad apples that are
in every bunch from the
true teachings of
Islam definitely you know we this is uh
what I think your show is trying
to let people understand that you know
Islam is a way of life which is worth
looking into it's not just a religion in
the typical sense where you go to church
or to the mosque or to the synagogue one
day a week no this is a a way of life
that you live uh so the teachings cover
and touch each and every element and
aspect of of human life there's guidance
there so we don't have to flounder
around and you know blunder our way
through issues we have clear guidance to
deal with family issues to deal with you
know individual issues to deal with
economic issues uh you know all the
aspects of human life are covered in
Islamic teachings and this is why it's
really a religion in the fullest sense
it is truly a way of life ordained by
God for
humankind shella did you get a chance to
way back when when this movie came out
Passion of the Christ did you get a
chance to view
it I did uh view sections of it I didn't
get a chance to watch the whole thing
but you know I I did view sections of it
and of course um I mean the the
suffering is seemed to be the the uh the
major stress you know the the physical
suffering which is attributed to uh to
Jesus that he faced with but one of the
interesting points that came out of it
because they took actors and had them
speak in Aramaic so when they had to
speak about God they referred to God as
Allah you know and and they were this is
in the movie right yeah it's in the
movie in the subtitles you it was an eye
opener that I when I used to talk people
back then I'd say you know you you raise
issues about Allah and that go back and
listen to the movie and listen to what
they're saying look what it saying in
the subtitles because that's the
language of Jesus Jesus referred to God
as Allah Allah so you know that I
thought was was a cute um side point
which I'm sure that would really wasn't
Mel's exam you know intention but it
came out uh and um helped to bring this
fact to people who stopped and reflected
for a moment because you know commonly
uh people think that uh Allah is the god
of Muslims you know as Buddha is the god
of the Buddhists and confucious is the
god of the confusionists and you know so
on and so forth uh that Allah is the god
of Muslims they don't realize that if
you pick up a a Bible which is
translated into Arabic every place that
it says God
Allah is written there in Arabic so the
Arab Christians refer to God as Allah
you know that so when we're talking
about God in Islam they need to
understand that it is one and the same
in in the in the sense that of course
the Creator sustainer you know
maintainer uh all knowing uh
Transcendent uh controller of everything
is that same one God
but a God who doesn't become a man
because to become a man is to make him
less than God so he doesn't do ungodly
things you know it doesn't have kids I
mean this is what human beings animals
Etc
have yes because this is an this is a
human thing this is an animal thing so
we don't attribute it we don't want to
say well if God can do anything why
can't he have a son no we don't go there
you know because just as well saying if
God can do anything why can't he go to
sleep you know what what happens if he
goes to sleep or why can't he die you
know why can't he be born but because
all these things contradict the very
fundamental attributes of God we don't
ask these questions we don't attribute
these things to God tell us what do you
think since uh we're almost out of time
but your thoughts about the one point in
the movie where they show what is
allegedly Jesus peace be upon him and
he's getting beat he's getting spit
he's getting humiliated and they want to
say that this was God's son or God and
really working up the emotions of people
and saying look this is what he suffered
for you how would you respond to that
[\h__\h] well of course from the Muslim
perspective it wasn't this was not
happening to Jesus the son of Mary you
know um you said Son of Mary not Son of
God right because that's who was he was
the son of Mary you know Son of God
terminology of course is a
distorted uh
misunderstanding of the term Son of God
in in Hebrew tradition because if the
Son of God is term is used for uh so
many of the prophets before whether it's
David and others you know they're
referred to as the Son of God but meant
really one who was close to God you know
when you uh look at some somebody you
feel him really close you say he's like
my son you know this is one of closeness
not one of of genealogy you know so that
whole Son of God thing and of course in
the Bible they say well oh yeah but you
know when they talk about David Son of
God the God is written with a small G
whereas when it says Son of God in terms
of Jesus it's written with a big G well
guess what in Hebrew and Aramaic there
are no
capitals so somebody just did a number
on you you know in that English Bible
they did a number on you by making
capitals where there were no capitals so
uh you know this whole idea of Son of
God is something which has become uh
distorted and uh playing on this idea of
God sacrificing himself to
himself for the sins of humankind you
know this is
something which has no basis in
scripture there is no basis in the Old
Testament for this at all uh this is
something which is a part of pagan
tradition where you sacrifice you know
like the ancient Aztecs used to
sacrifice virgins to the God of this and
the other and you know uh ancient uh
other Pagan uh religious Traditions have
this human sacrifice in Hindu Traditions
you do have that still people are
practicing human sacrifices still today
in Africans some African religions you
had that in South America in the South
American Indian traditions you know so
this is Pagan this whole issue of human
sacrifice you know so this is not from
the religion of God at all God needs no
sacrifice you know when we sacrifice in
in Penance you know as a means of uh
atonement for sin we sacrifice in the
the meat is given to the poor Etc we ask
God's forgiveness you know we just as
you know Moses for example was called on
to sacrifice his son but this was a test
of his faith and God doesn't have him
sacrifice his son he has him sacrifice
an animal instead you know and and that
is sacrificing out of the bounty which
God
gives so of course for Muslims you know
what they saw of Jesus being depicted in
that way was something very horrible you
know um and uh we don't have any
tradition of this happening to Jesus in
fact God Saves him from the crucifixion
and the uh torture Etc That was supposed
to be have come to him uh and he was not
killed as the Quran clearly states he
did not died he was not killed there nor
was he crucified but it only appeared
that way to people now now a couple more
questions before we come to an end shake
you we talking about for those who are
just joining us about Mel Gibson
everyone knows Mel he's one of the most
famous actors in the world but you see
today that his life is falling apart
people are calling him a racist he's got
all the money he's got all the fame but
happiness is something that maybe he'll
never obtain how can truly a person
obtain happiness because many people are
shooting for the Stars they want to be
like Mel they want to be like Gibson
they want to be like Brad they want to
be like JLo but now they see like many
of them are deteriorating in front of
our eyes and this is just one example
how a person who has everything that
money can buy you'll see that person's
life just in shambles so how could
someone truly have peace in life and
happiness well true
peace comes from within it doesn't come
from without it's not something
which uh we can attain by cars homes
women kids money all these external
things these don't really bring true
happiness and contentment and peace in
the heart inner peace peace of mind Etc
it doesn't bring it and Mel is a
classical example of it classical
example of the consequence
and we know as it states very clearly in
the Quran that it is only with the
remance of God that Hearts find rest
that
Hearts attain peace that
contentment comes it is only through
that
realization of God as our creator and
the only one deserving our total
submission and worship this is the only
way that we find true happiness when one
makes that link one finds that Bond then
it doesn't matter what happens around
you whether your life you know goes into
series of disasters Etc inner inner
peace is
attained and the rest comes and it goes
and this is what you know Islam calls us
to to bring ourselves back to God and to
submit ourselves the way that the
prophets have taught us over the various
Generations from the creation the time
of
Adam that
we
seek the inner peace from the source of
peace and that is Allah God the Creator
and sustainer of this whole world and he
is merciful and we need to know his
mercies we need to be grateful so that
we don't fall into distress and uh we
don't fall into uh you know self hatred
hatred of others jealousy all these
negative emotions as a result of not
being able to
recognize the bounties and blessings of
God in our day-to-day
lives if we're able to open our eyes and
see them then we can find contentment in
what we have because there's so many
people no matter how bad things are with
us who are worse off than us as the
prophet may God's peace and blessing be
upon him it said don't look to those
above you but look to those below you in
that way you're more likely to remember
the favors of God upon you
last
question and thank you once again for
being with us shik bow Phillips we want
to know for the the
listeners how can they and what advice
do you give them when they're just
bombarded from Fox News from CNN
everything that they hear from the media
is something negative there's a
big movement it seems trying to create
this sensationalism and and getting
people scared they feel like uhoh Islam
is coming it's the boogeyman it's coming
to get you islamization of the world
they want to come and change your
lifestyle they're angry at the way you
live and they're coming to just take
your rights away and now you know they
associate Islam with terrorism and
things blowing up out there and you know
creating fear and misunderstanding but
the person's tuning in and he's like
these people seem very level-headed and
what they're talking about makes a lot
of
sense what advice do you have for this
IND idual or people out there that are
getting bombarded from one end with all
the negative things about Islam and now
they're confused which way to
go well my general advice is
to seek
information from the proper
sources uh get clarity the information's
out there is accessible you just have to
make an effort because of course the
evil forces satanic forces you know
whatever are trying to block your view
block and the correct understanding so
you have to make an effort uh we're not
able to spoon feed you with it we don't
have the access to the media that the
forces of
evil the E the satanic forces have so
it's not surprising that uh the the view
of Islam is distorted in the media but
you have to go beyond it you know
everybody says you know you have to take
the news with a grain of salt you got to
read between the lines all these
different advice that people give
because you can't trust the media with
their sensationalism know they're
looking to sell papers they're looking
to sell their programs to get viewers so
the
Spicer the the the headlines
or the show names or titles or
statements of the people on the shows
you know the more viewers the more
readers the more money so we have to
understand that that has a a life of its
own you can't trust it uh I'm not saying
you can't get any information from it
don't go to the next opposite but uh we
have to take things with a grain of salt
and and look to authentic sources iable
sources to find out you know what is the
truth of the matter in this regard so
it's up to
you the means are there you just have to
make the effort and if you make the
effort I can guarantee you that you will
find Islam to be the true religion of
God that makes a lot of sense and we
pray and hope that people like we did
today we separated the actions of Mel
Gibson the movie star from Christianity
and I hope that people do the same when
separating some people who might
allegedly do something in the name of
Islam from the true teachings of
Islam and can you tell us she you have
a school that people can come to a
university actually and learn more about
Islam and how can they visit this and
get a hold of you if they needed
to uh
the Islamic online
university which was uh set up really
about three years ago back in
2007 um
was an attempt to
make Islamic knowledge readily available
to people uh free without any
cost and um we started off with a number
of short courses so certificate diploma
type courses and uh alhamdulillah the
response to it we have recorded lectures
audio lectures um
texts um you know um assignments are
given tests are there you know it's it's
information accessible information uh
about Islam free and uh the response to
it has been really massive we have over
26,000 people now registered from over
177 different countries and uh the
numbers are just increasing every month
uh just recently we also began to offer
a ba in Islamic
Studies in March for people to come
again and study tuition free there's a
slight symbolic uh cost that has been
added for admission and examination but
you know it's just really symbolic the
tuation is is free and alhamdulillah
many people are joining up uh we're into
uh the last half of the first semester
we've started registration now for the
fall semester which will be starting up
in September so uh we hope that people
will take advantage of this opportunity
to get authentic knowledge about Islam
and uh be able to study it from the
privacy of their own homes without
having to get up and go anywhere um all
the information is available for them uh
all the study is takes place on the
internet this is the the the uh great
blessing of the internet though often
times we tend to focus on the evil of
the internet there is also great
blessing there and uh we can see it here
in the ability now to spread correct
information about Islam you know all
over the world without any hindrance and
we ask Allah to continue to give it
success and for people to spread the
word and access and benefit from this
source and uh keep us in your prayers in
your
duas uh and we ask Allah to allow us all
to die as true
believers and leave this world in his
grace amen thank you very much for
finding a time again to be with us may
God Almighty the creator of the heavens
and earth as you mentioned earlier in
the film The Passion which Mel Gibson
put together in Aramaic Jesus peace be
of Kum called that God allaha so may
that that God Allah reward
you a
mean thank you very much we started with
peace we end with peace peace be with
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