Alhamdulillah. Greetings of peace. I was
asked a very important
question. What do you have to say about
the countless the many terrorist attacks
that are being committed in the name of
Islam? Well, I want to try to touch upon
this in a few different aspects. One is
we absolutely 100% categorically condemn
any and all terrorist attacks that are
done in the name of Islam. This is
something that's very clear and Muslims
speak out against this. The mainstream
organizations in America and all over
the globe have come out and condemn such
acts. So this is very clear. Now, not
only do we condemn any killing of
innocent life, not just one, but all.
And now, because certain events are
being
highlighted, we shouldn't forget about
many of the other terrorist attacks that
are happening daily in our own
backyards. You know, people are being
decapitated. You have, have you ever
heard of the Colombian necktie? This is
where the throat is being slit. We have
terrorist gangbangers in our own
backyards who are
terrorizing people and the these crimes
are committed daily and and many of them
because they don't suit the agenda. You
don't see the news media really covering
these things. But now there we have to
admit there there are opponents there.
The Islamophobia machine is a over $200
million a year industry. It's big
business bashing Islam. Now I want to
take also some accountability. We has we
have to also one from one aspect. Let me
start off with that. We're going to say
that
Islam you get a one-way ticket. You
understand this? Anyone who is
practicing submission to the will of the
creator, the allloving, the all merciful
God, the same God of Jesus, Moses,
Abraham, and the last and final
messenger of Prophet Muhammad, peace and
blessings be upon them all. If you kill
an innocent human being, you land
yourself a one-way ticket to the
hellfire. And if you were in such a
thing, there's no such thing, that's
another very important aspect, as the
Islamic State. Imagine right now as the
Christian KKK somewhere in Alabama got
together and said, "Look, we are
starting the Christian state." How
ridiculous would that sound? That's how
ridiculous it sound. And we shouldn't
just, you know, these new terms are
being developed daily and we just bite
on them. There's no such thing as an
Islamic state. You have the unislamic
state doing unislamic things. ISIS
des the
anti-Islamic state they who do
everything anti-Islam this is very clear
because as the creator is saying in the
verbatim word of God in chapter 5
killing one innocent human being as is
as if you kill the entire humanity how
how do you like that one I mean this is
so deep and profound you don't find this
anywhere mentioned in any other
scripture in any constitution in the
world saving one innocent life is as if
you saved the world. And we don't need
some
radical hate preacher to tell us
opposite of what this verse means. It's
very clear. And the consensus of Islamic
scholarships is also clear on this. And
it's very important that you see that
now you've had these
radical politicians, hate mongers, hate
preachers. It's so easy to divide
humanity. Instead of bringing humanity
together, you have people dividing
us. And instead of giving the platform
to those who are promoting peace, you
are giving platform to people who are
promoting disharmony, disunityity,
creating fear. And now you have groups
being made. And that's what's happening
today. If you really cared, if these
mainstream media organizations really
cared and they really, you know, the
creator tells us in the Quran in the se
sec second chapter that there's those
who say that they want peace, but
actually those are the ones who are the
peace breakers, the ones who are
promoting the opposite of peace. And
that's what you see. You see that if you
if if people really if these Fox News
and many of these other mainstream
organizations if they really wanted to
solve these problems what would happen?
Why don't you bring on the the the
majority the
99%.9% of peaceful Muslims out there who
condemn these acts of terrorism who
condemn senseless violence. No, instead
they bring on these radical
Islamophobes, xenophobes. They bring on
these people who have the same
interpretation of Islam as the dish, as
the anti-Islamic state, the same as
these radicals out there. And no wonder
then groups are being formed. This thug
ganglike mentality is being made. So
that's one. So we covered one aspect.
Islam is very clear on this. You have a
one-way ticket. Did you I mean very
clear one-way ticket to the hellfire. If
you take an innocent life going into a
you know I have these this guy uh you
know a Muslim's heart pounds you know a
breaks in in in in in sorrow and in pain
you know because you know Islam gets put
on the witness stand. Muslims have the
most to lose.
What do does Islam or Muslims have to
gain by this? Nothing. And when you have
for instance, let's take for example
these recent terrorist
attacks and you look at it objectively,
you see that this individual who drove
this truck, this was in recently in
France. The first victim, by the way,
was a Muslim grandmother.
And again, one innocent life is tragic
enough, but the multitude that were
senselessly killed by what? By a person
who was sick and deranged, some
sociopath, someone who was
Atama, he is believed to be the first
killed in the
atrocity. The first person believed to
have died in the nice terror attack was
a Muslim woman. Everything that Islam
says not to do, he was doing it. So, we
should really be looking for people who
are out practicing, you know, uh who are
fornicating, who are out in the
nightclubs, who are out. I mean, if if
you want to go by that logic, these are
the people that should be surveillance
because if this this this
uh psychopath, this uh sick and deranged
evil
individual, if he was following
Islam, he wouldn't have done any of
these actions. Same thing with the
person in Florida. If he was during
Ramadan, if he was with his family
during Zahur, if he was breaking
starting his day with the fast, if he
wouldn't have been in in in in any
illicit relationship, he would have had
a family. He would have been a peaceful
person praying to God, seeking guidance
and peace, totally away from any
nightclub and any any of these these
these things that Islam calls people
away from. But you see countless times
anyone who has anything to do with these
despicable, despisable
acts, his life testifies that he's doing
everything opposite to Islam. So we got
that out of the way. I want to make this
kind of short. I don't want to go on too
long, but one, Islam condemns it.
Muslims condemn it. Has nothing to do
with Islam. ISIS exists because the
United States invaded Iraq and destroyed
all the institutions of that country and
left it a complete mess. That's that's a
fact. Okay. Uh ISIS doesn't exist
because of Islam because Islam was in
Iraq before 2003 and there was no Sunni
extremist. There was no Sunni terrorism.
There was no ISIS before 2003. This
result this emerged in Iraq because of
the United States invasion. That's what
caused ISIS. Islam didn't cause ISIS.
But if you look at the US media, it's
obsessed with getting people to talk
about is Islam the cause of ISIS? Is
ISIS because of Islam? Why does it do
that? Because the function of media and
government is to prevent people from
actually in this case prevent them from
actually reflecting on the actual causes
of this phenomenon which is United
States uh unjust
wararmongering because if people sat
there and said wait a second we got
talked into invading this country it was
a total disaster now we have this ISIS
business then they might say maybe we
shouldn't go and invade countries the
next time we're asked by our government
to support a war. uh that's not what the
kind of uh power elite or the military
media industrial complex wants. They
don't want people thinking like that. So
they have to sit and and place the focus
on some other cause. Oh, this is because
of Islam. They don't want Americans
actually thinking about really caused
these things. So when I when I when I
tell you know Muslims or even
non-Muslims about this is don't be
bamboozled by what you see on TV. It's
very simple. I mean I know it's obvious
but just because people say stuff a lot
on TV doesn't make it true. the
so-called dish and these people who are
given the platform better yet instead of
promoting them because if you were
promoting KKK and these militia these
terrorists that are uh many of them who
are out there today who are the bigger
threat you would see that they would win
recruits you would be actually promote
helping to promote them and that's
what's happening so now when you have
these radical hey preachers who are
given the microphone these politicians
and these so-called experts of Islam.
What happens now? You have
people, it's either you're with us or
with them. You have, and now I'm I'm
going to come to the point of of of
Muslims taking accountability because
what happens is the Muslims are getting
educated by these radical hate preachers
on TV. And I'm not I'm not I'm talking
about the the people on the Fox News and
these people who are who are promoting
this division amongst humanity. And now
they think, okay, it's that thug-like
gang mentality. They're like, "Oh, this
must be the guy's not sitting with a
scholar in Islam. If he was sitting, you
know, at a madrasa or he was sitting at
a at Islamic university, it would be
teaching him that he couldn't do this."
But what happens? He doesn't open up the
the Quran. He doesn't go sit with a
teacher, someone of knowledge who's
who's talking about having the best
manners, the best etiquets, being of
best noble character, and all the the
things that Islam preaches and teaches.
You know the prophet Muhammad peace and
blessings be upon him. He said, "I have
not been sent except to perfect good
manners." Is that good manners? I mean,
uh, doing all of these things that are
opposite to Islam, you know, the first
thing that a person, a Muslim will be
accountable for, you know, if he had
innocent blood on his hands. I mean,
what what what what uh human being who
wants to get to paradise is going to
come to in front of God with innocent
blood on his hand? This is ludicrous.
It's crazy. But what happens? The Quran
in the Muslim's life has been put on the
shelf and when someone dies, they blow
the dust off and they read
it maybe just as a ritual and they're
it's they're not connected to it and
then they see all of these things that
are going on in the media and now they
say, "Okay, now I got to join one side."
This is obviously what what they're
teaching must be Islam. So now I got to
pick I got to be again back to that gang
thug-like mentality. So now they end up
picking side. Now they end up because
they're already being discriminated
already being being ostracized and
because the guy's name is Muhammad and
now he's he's so what he ends up joining
now he's he he he he ends up doing
something despicable something evil
because he's radicalized by who? by the
hate preachers, the fox-like experts of
Islam who are educating him instead of
giving the platform to those peaceful,
law-abiding citizens who are out there
promoting peace and understanding,
giving them the platform to call, if you
wanted to end this. Put the Muslims on
the stand. Put the Muslims who are out
there promoting what Islam truly is
about instead of some so-called experts.
let them have the microphone on Fox News
the platform to call these lost souls
people who have who have lost themselves
who are as apple as as as American pie
who are just consumed with the culture
and now you know with all the other
traumas that are happening in people's
lives who who who are lost and somehow
they end up doing something that is
totally wrong is totally is something
evil and that's going to be one solution
to the problem. That's going to be a
means and a way to help put an end to
this. So that's one thing. Another thing
we have to understand is is that along
with Muslims many of them being very
uneducated
uh very far away from
Islam and manipulated by by the media
and maybe even and some some some
extreme elements out there. We need to
get educated on what Islam is really
about and not from Fox News and not from
the media. You have to really start to
live Islam. Because when you get to know
Islam, you live Islam. You see the love
that it promotes, the understanding that
it promotes, the justice that it
promotes, and the peace that it calls
one to a peace that you have with your
creator. Then you have that peace within
yourself and society around you. And
then you live this way of life that you
you would dread. you you would be having
such a a a ill feeling in your heart to
want to bring harm to even an animal let
alone a human being. That's one thing.
The other thing is that we also have to
to understand that there are a lot of
things that are cooked up nowadays,
fixed up as one might say. You know, you
have uh people who aren't bought uh
people who aren't also going along with
a certain agenda who who come out and
and tell us these things that many of
many of the the uh events that are
happening, you know, out in the world.
We have to also be weary that there is
an agenda being
pushed. It was done in the past and fear
is being done in the present and fear is
is a weapon that's being used. We have
to as as intelligent human beings, we
cannot be people who will be easily
manipulated just like sheep being led to
the slaughter. We have to use the
faculties that the Almighty has given us
and you have to ask questions and make
that human connection. So for the not
yet Muslims, for the for the people who
are out there, for for the non-Muslims,
you know, don't fall victim, I say, to
this propaganda, to this hype that's out
there that's dividing us. We are one
human race. You should get to know your
Muslim neighbor. Ask questions. We have
a 1-800 number,
1-800662 Islam 4752 at the end. Ask your
questions. eliminate these fears and you
will see that Muslims you know there's
so many examples of when people were
rioting you know in UK it brings to mind
the Muslims were guarding the non-Muslim
businesses Muslims will be the first to
come up and to defend you because
Muslims are some of the most God
conscious people Muslims who are living
Islam remember Muslim is one who simply
submit submits his will to the will of
the creator he's not talking about
harming you he's not trying to bring
havoc to the earth he's trying to make
peace in his life and on earth. So this
is one of the
greatest
delusions that is being perpetuated out
there is dividing us. And another thing
I want to tell Muslims now this is a
golden opportunity to share to do da'wah
and some basic things that we can do.
One of the
most important things is to open up the
masids. I you know for the community
leaders that are out there one of the
most effective tools are open
houses for a two three mile radius
around every masid. You should
have people going out and giving out
information, pamphlets about Islam,
dispelling these myths and inviting
people to come into the mosque, the
masids to learn, to have open
houses to
dispel to alleviate many of these fears.
People have fallen victim to this to the
Islamophobia machine and and much of
this hate rhetoric. And what are you
going to do? Are you going to sit and
have your head in the dirt in the sand
as they say and not take this
opportunity serious because you might
not have an opportunity next year as
laws get changed more fear is
perpetuated laws get
changed and now you can't even share
this dean that helps to to bring purpose
to people's lives to help spread peace.
So that's one of the key things that we
need to do. We really need to get out
and educate humanity. Make the human
connection. That's one of the greatest
way is in the masjids, inviting people,
having these open houses, two, three
mile radius out there, giving people the
information about Islam, passing out
leaflets and and flyers, inviting
people, your neighbors who to the left
of you, to the right of you, reaching
out to them, inviting them to ask
questions, and not being ignorant.
knowing how to dispel. Also educating
yourself on me ha having good talking
points that you can go ahead and when
someone brings up something that you're
not just like someone who who is is
struck and lost when something is asked
to you about your religion about your
dean and then when you also know it
you're going to be more convinced of it
you're going to practice it more and
you're going to be far away from hurting
like I say an animal let alone an animal
let alone even a human being because
again that's a Muslim's one-way ticket
to the hellfire killing any human
soul and this is this is uh just my
thoughts I wanted to share with you look
into Islam don't be scared of Islam it's
a way of life that was lived by Abraham
by Moses by Jesus peace be upon him by
his blessed mother that there's a whole
chapter named after Jesus's mother in
the Quran and when you see you're Muslim
you don't fear Those nuns who are
wearing hijab, do you? I often challenge
people to tell me the color of Mary, the
mother of Jesus's hair. We see our
sisters nowadays, they go into places
and they feel like all eyes are on them
because they represent Islam on the
outside. People see them with the hijab
and they're they feel this tension in
the
air. So next time you see a Muslim
woman, you don't fear the nun, do you?
who's imitating who's trying to to be
one who's dedicated her life to God.
This is the same thing that a Muslim
woman has done. She's imitating the the
mother of Jesus, peace be upon her and
him that no Muslim is a Muslim unless we
we cannot be the antichrist. These are
some of the things that we as Muslims,
we don't understand. This is what people
are thinking. They think Muslims are the
antichrist. They think they that all
sorts of crazy and ridiculous things
that simple talking points that you know
can dispel these myths and these
misconceptions. So next time you see a
Muslim woman, don't be scared of her. Be
open and be wise enough. Know that this
woman has dedicated her life to pleasing
God. She's not trying to harm you or
anyone in
humanity. Ask a Muslim if you see a
Muslim what he believes, what he thinks.
Start a conversation. Make the human
connection. We got this 1-800 number
there for anybody who has some
questions, some fears, some
apprehensions. Let me be courageous
enough to call us. 1 800662 Islam. And
then why don't you pick up the Quran,
read it, see what it says in context.
Those that's your homework. Meet a
Muslim, talk to a Muslim, go into a
mosque, read the Quran, call this 1-800
number. And for the Muslims, get to know
your Islam. Don't just pick it up off
the shelf when someone dies as a
ritual. Blow the dust off it. Get to
know your
religion and give the platform to those
who advocate for peace. The
99.9% of Muslims living in America, give
them the platform. If you really want
peace, let them call those lost souls
who might have been radicalized. Let
them call them back to Islam if you
really want that. don't invite the
so-called experts who have more in
common with the unislamic state and then
you're wondering why people are getting
radicalized, picking sides, joining like
a gang, that gang thug-like
mentality. We're here to help. We're
here to spread that message of peace by
sharing and educating. And in this
short, I try to make it concise. I
hope some of the apprehensions that you
might have had, they've been alleviated.
Continue to watch the Dean Show to learn
more. call us and we start with peace my
brothers and sisters and that's what we
look to have with our creator first and
foremost the one God the same God of
Jesus you can't be a Muslim unless you
love and rever Jesus as one of the
mightiest messengers God almighty has
sent I always say it that should be a
unifier to bring us together
and he greeted his followers with peace
and we end we started with it and we
wish peace upon you and peace for all of
humanity and let's be people who
advocate peace
Not just by lip service but by
action. We'll see you next time.