who hijacked My Religion no but
seriously who hijacked My Religion I'm
going to turn on the TV and I see this
guy explaining Islam but he's talking
nonsense I'm like what religion is this
guy talking about not only does he have
no idea what he's saying but he's not
even a Muslim it's like getting a Hindu
guy to teach Christianity seriously
where did they get these characters from
it's even funnier how they give the
title of expert just because you wrote a
book about Muslims doesn't make you an
expert and don't get me wrong it's not
just non-muslims they even throw
confused Muslims on TV somehow they keep
find these people who have little or no
knowledge of the religion they show them
screaming nonsense and talking all crazy
talking about killing and murdering
instead of basing their actions on Islam
you hear all kinds of crazy stuff like
these speeches are pushing people
towards their nationalistic movements
there's no nationalism in Islam there's
no nationalism in Islam and I'm sitting
there thinking of all the Muslims that
can put on TV they put these people on
come on man I don't recognize this
religion they're talking about as being
Islam it's like they're practicing a
totally different religion somehow they
keep giving the linelight to these
extremist coincidence I don't think so
this is how they build public opinion on
a group of people so people end up
hating Muslims but their hatred is based
on ignorance people aren't born racist
Prejudice is something that is learned
they don't necessarily come out and say
Muslims are terrorists but they'll do
everything else so you come up with that
opinion look at all this Mumble jumo
they put in the movies you see in the
movie they can lie as much as they want
because they can use the excuse it's
only a movie but do you ever notice that
all the bad guys in the movies these
days are Muslims and the actors who play
their role they don't even do their
homework some sometimes they show the
Muslim praying and in the middle of this
prayer he answers the phone or in the
middle of this prayer he'll talk to
somebody joke sometimes they have the
Muslim character slipping with one of
the women in the movie Double joke who
writes this stuff and how come every
time they show the main bad guy acting
evil they're playing the aan in the
background hello the aans are called for
prayer coincidence I don't think so they
take a peaceful religion and they try to
associate violence to it no wonder the
masses are confused about Islam people
are often scared of things they don't
understand and don't think we're the
first people who are victims of this
propaganda do you remember the way the
Japanese were treated during World War
II or the way African-Americans were
treated during the Civil Rights Movement
you get the picture history continues to
repeat itself and the way that stereo
type is built is done in a very sneaky
sneaky way you flip on the TV and you
see images of black people stealing I
guess they assume if you see it enough
times you start believing that all black
people steal or all Hispanic people
cross the border so they can steal your
jobs or all white people are trash or
women are inferior to men and the false
list of stereotypes goes on and on these
tactics are nothing new it's the same
tricks over and over again but this time
they're building The Stereotype of the
Muslims they're trying to associate the
word Muslim with the word word terrorist
but the word Muslim terrorist is an
oxymoron you know that's when you put
two words next to each other that have
opposite meanings it's like saying
definite maybe or that's a loud silence
same difference exact estimate you get
the picture the word Muslim terrorist
doesn't even make sense the word Muslim
means one who submits to God the word
terrorist means one who spreads Terror
so how could one who submits to God
spread Terror it doesn't make sense how
come when a Muslim commits a crime he is
immediately associated with his religion
but if anyone from another religion
commits a crime their religion's never
been mentioned they take verses from the
Quran out of context to serve their own
purpose think not that I've come to send
peace on Earth I came not to send peace
but a
sword does that sound violent to you
does that sound something that you can
take out of context we don't know the
sentence before that or the sentence
after it oh that's not from the Quran
that's actually from the Bible Matthew
10:34
you see you can pull that trick with any
religion do you know what I'm saying I
live in a country where the majority of
the people are Christian but you won't
hear the term Christian terrorist if a
Christian commits a crime this is
because it's common knowledge that
Christianity does not teach terrorism
but since the average person lacks the
knowledge of other religions they are
easily fooled to believe what is told to
them they're the ones who base their
opinion based on what they see on TV and
if you repeat a lie enough times people
take it as truth just imagine if the TV
was your teacher you probably think
Islam is a religion of Fanatics that
Muslims have no connection with reason
or rationality but in reality that's the
exact opposite when you study Islam you
see that it encourages thought it
advises man to think and reflect it
promotes peace and Tranquility but there
are people who are out there who do
action that Islam forbids in the name of
Islam abusing this beautiful religion to
promote their own agenda and the media
loves these type of people so any time
they find any of these bad apples which
is usually people who don't understand
Islam they wait till they get all
emotional and they throw them on
TV ratings baby ratings they don't care
about the truth the only thing they care
about is the numbers they just want to
boost their ratings increase Their
audience so they can raise the price of
their commercials and make the money if
we Muslims only practice Islam the way
it's supposed to be practiced these
people wouldn't have any footage to play
with you see you can't judge an entire
religion based on the actions of a few I
don't judge Christianity based on the
Christian fundamentalist who blow up
abortion clinics by the way what kind of
pro-life message are you sending by
blowing up innocent people let's clear
up all the confusion and make it really
simple a religion should not be judged
by his misguided followers a religion
should be judged by his teachings Here's
a thought how about putting a practicing
Muslim on TV who knows what he's talking
about have him explain Islam to the
masses if you're really interested in
seeing what Islam teaches go to your
local Islamic Center what you hear might
surprise you it's very different than
what you see on TV or read in the
newspaper
yeah a bunch of people are trying to
hijack my religion and I want it back
remember so many of the early enemies of
Islam ended up becoming Muslim when they
saw Islam practiced correctly do you
know what I'm saying at the end of the
day it doesn't make a difference what
the media shows or what the newspapers
say but a lot of people judge action not
words and if you're a good Muslim
inshallah people want want to be like
you so it's up to us to be good examples
inallah and the only way we can do that
is to practice Islam properly you know
what I'm saying this is Ali reminding
just in case you forgot this is Ali
reminding you just in case you
forgot we have to show Islam by example