Abdur-Raheem McCarthy – How the Muslims Should Respond To Terror Attacks – Abdur Raheem Mccarthy

			My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam
		

			as we reflect on the life of Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz Rahim Allah Tala,
		

			one of the things that really stands out to us is his implementation of Islam. According to the
Quran, and to the sunnah of our beloved Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and the way of the holy
fire Rashidi.
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala orders is in the Quran in Allah yet Moroccan and to Abdullah man at Alinea
that Allah commands you to render trust to whom they are due.
		

			When we the heck come from being a nurse and tackle mobile adult. And if you were to judge between
the people that you judge justly and fairly, and this was the way of Omar bin Abdulaziz, whether he
was dealing with Muslims or non Muslims, whether he was dealing with those who want to stray from
the correct methodology and understanding of Islam. He was just in how he dealt with them.
		

			And subhanAllah
		

			as we all
		

			look at these hideous attacks, or the cities attack that happened in London the other day,
		

			we ask ourselves a lot of questions.
		

			People ask, what is the response? What is our stance? What should we say? We say Hamdulillah. There
doesn't always have to be a response from the Muslims.
		

			I think now that the majority of non Muslims have understood that these maniacs who do these types
of things in the name of Islam, that do not represent Islam or the Muslims,
		

			and if anybody had any knowledge or understanding of Islam, we would know what it means to kill an
innocent person.
		

			We would know if we had knowledge of Islam, as they say the ends justify the means. This is the dean
of Machiavelli, not the deen of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. That's Machiavelli, who said
the ends justify the means? You never hear this from Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. We take
our religion from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. We take our religion from the Quran, and
from the Sahaba and the way of the Sahaba Radi Allahu Anhu. Anybody who has any type of knowledge of
Islam? No, this is not permissible, even non Muslims. Now they understand that handleless does not
represent Islam. So we don't always have to be on the defensive side. Oh, of course, it's not us. Of
		

			course, it doesn't represent us. How many Muslims are in the UK? And how rarely that has happened
will hamdulillah every now and then, a maniac like that comes out. So what should our stance be?
		

			This should bring us closer together as a community, Muslim and non Muslim.
		

			To stand against all forms of extremism, whether this extremism comes from Muslims or non Muslims.
		

			Because the goal in the end is all of us want to live in peace. All of us want to live in harmony,
all of us, whatever save an upbringing for our children. Alhamdulillah were a blessing. We're able
to practice our religion here in the UK, better than most Muslim countries. This is a reality.
		

			The UK is more Islamic for us, the most Muslim countries. Look at it look at the Muslim countries
around the world can you do the things you do in the UK? Look here in Birmingham, the a lot of
hijabs you see the amount of practicing brothers you see, while you don't see in a Muslim country.
		

			There's a NEMA is a blessing that we have. And we'll also panel what Allah gives you a blessing, you
have to close guarded him that word blessing.
		

			But like we said,
		

			also we need to increase our relationship with the local community. And some of that in these type
of things divide us, let it bring us closer together. And let us stand in solidarity against that
which is wrong. Because who really gets home this important? Yeah, one who really gets harmed by
these types of events? Is it the non Muslim?
		

			The non Muslims are the ones getting affected by this were more affected by this as Muslims, this
attack more against Islam and the Muslims than it is against them.
		

			How many innocent Muslims could have been there as well?
		

			Those children from France could have been all Muslims. Who knows?
		

			It could have been a Muslim brother walking with his children, his wife on that bridge, they could
have been killed as well.
		

			And the backlash comes to who to the Muslims. The backlash comes to us, therefore we're the ones
being harmed more. And that shouldn't encourage us even more, to work together in solidarity with
the non Muslim community and take this as an opportunity to teach them what is true Islam.
		

			Alhamdulillah like we said, it is changing. You still have the ones who are going to take this and
they're going to attack Islam and the Muslims as the teaching of Islam, but 100 out there a very
small amount and the haters are going to be haters, they're gonna continue to hate, but it's upon us
and hamdullah to spread the
		

			Rama in the mercy as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his companions used to do