Ahmad Kutty – Countering Ignorance

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The speakers discuss the actions of Muslim leaders in various countries, including India, Myanmar, and New Zealand, emphasizing the importance of being a witness for truth and justice and the need for compassion and justice in the face of racism. They also emphasize the importance of assertiveness in media and using political representatives to promote Islam, as it is crucial for individuals to stand for truth and justice. The speakers emphasize the need for compassion and commitment to society, as well as using their own political representatives to promote Islam. They also emphasize the importance of assertiveness in media and using legal action to promote Islam, as it is crucial for individuals to stand for truth and justice.

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			hamdulillahi rabbil Alameen
Alhamdulillah Rahman the who want
		
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			to start you know, when or when we
want to talk about Calvary. When
		
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			are we will he Mysuru reinforcing
our main sejati our Molina? By de
		
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			lo for Abdullah Holman usually who
further hottie era
		
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			why Shinola Hill Allahu la sharika
Why should one not say that
		
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			Mohammed and Abu rasuluh will hurt
them on we will hear to Halki
		
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			Wahhabi boo Allahumma salli wa
salim Ali was suddenly early he
		
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			was so Huberty he or Manuela whom
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			we should not be him whether or
without the HUMIRA Yomi Dean I
		
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			love my job and I'm in my bad
about Allah will see come one FC
		
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			of an MB taco Allah, a taco Allah
subhanho wa Taala la Allah come to
		
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			freehold hora subarna Hua Tala
vikita. Will Majeed you already
		
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			know Amano Kuru, a warming test
Awami Rila he shahada bill test.
		
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			Hello. Whatever unfussy come
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			Aloha Sabine Ruby matamanoa
		
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			We are who roofie
		
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			Surah nohcra
		
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			When at establish hasenhuttl Willa
Ceja edify bility ISON for either
		
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			ribeye in Aqaba, you know who are
the kind of overly you mean?
		
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			So the color was the Karasu Lulu
brothers and sisters. First of
		
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			all, I Praise Almighty Allah for
his abundant blessings. In my last
		
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			one otter inspire us to turn to
Him always independence, praising
		
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			him and thanking Him for His
blessings and always trying to use
		
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			his blessings in ways that would
bring us closer to him.
		
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			So that we succeed in this life
and the next life.
		
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			I have recited a verse
		
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			where Allah subhana wa Taala
orders us you already nominal Kuno
		
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			culinary law or you will believe
		
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			be witnesses steadfastly standing
on behalf of Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			for truth and justice.
		
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			What I didn't want to come Shara
Corbyn, Let not your hatred of
		
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			people towards people
		
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			lead you to make unjust judgment,
pronounced judgment that is unjust
		
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			and unfair.
		
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			To treat them unfairly. Error
zero. Be just in your judgment,
		
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			who are capable of Taqwa that is
closer to piety. And Allah reminds
		
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			us in the law, hubby Rumi matar
maroon Allah is aware of what we
		
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			do.
		
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			In another ayah, Allah Spano, Tala
reminds us the idea that we should
		
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			aspire and look for as we should
try to realize that the greatest
		
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			of Islamic ideas without a
struggle Hassan Atolla, Ceja good
		
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			and bad cannot be alike cannot be
equal in the viability he has some
		
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			say Yeah.
		
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			that which is evil, counter it
with that which is best.
		
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			If you do so, you will find your
enemy becoming your boss and
		
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			friend.
		
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			So we are we promised today to
talk about Islamophobia. You know,
		
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			last week, we got the good news
that the Government of Canada
		
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			declare January 29, as a
remembrance day day of Remembrance
		
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			for the 2017 Quebec City mosque
attack,
		
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			which took the lives
		
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			of more than six people and many
rendered many years victims.
		
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			And also government also followed
it up
		
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			with another hero bill that was
passed, declaring the white
		
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			supremacist groups as terrorists.
These are are great initiatives on
		
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			the part of our government. The
Muslim organizations have worked
		
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			hard
		
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			for this and it is the fruit of
the efforts. Islamophobia is a
		
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			real
		
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			threat
		
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			The we are seeing it everywhere
various parts of the world. In
		
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			India we have hundreds of Muslims
burned alive. And of course, the
		
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			attacks against Muslims still
going on in many parts of India in
		
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			especially in North India.
		
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			And we know how millions have been
displaced in Myanmar and 1000s of
		
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			Muslims in Sri Lanka also facing,
you know, discrimination,
		
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			experiencing, you know, the
effects of Islamophobia, the
		
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			hatred for Muslims, against Islam
and Muslims.
		
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			And of course, in New Zealand
		
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			you know, so many 51 people were
killed in the two attacks on the
		
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			mosque there and injuring 49
people. And all of these, you
		
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			know, attacks were perpetrated by
people who are brainwashed.
		
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			By Islamophobes. They are present
everywhere, in the social media,
		
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			in the newspapers, in the
magazines, in the art, music
		
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			industry, everywhere, fiction,
		
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			everywhere they are present, and
they are spending millions
		
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			to spread the hate propaganda,
hatred against Islam and Muslims.
		
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			It's racism. Of course. Racism is
rampant against black people,
		
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			racism against Jews, they call it
anti semitism. Of course, this has
		
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			been going on. Now what do we
Muslims as Muslims do? What does
		
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			Islam teach us to face this
hatred? This racism? Of course,
		
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			the first thing we have to
remember is, Quranic mandate for
		
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			us is to be witnesses for truth
and justice in the world.
		
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			shahada to witnessing for truth
and justice, Muslim Ummah is
		
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			described in the Quran at the
middle nation. We should have well
		
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			avoid extremes of our kinds, and
we should be building bridges.
		
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			We have to stand forth as
witnesses on behalf of Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala for truth and
justice in the world. Wallah
		
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			Eugenia mon Nakamura uncommon, we
have to be fair and just in our
		
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			judgment, even a deal Oh, and we
are told to be just even if it
		
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			hurtful to our own interests,
avidity in dangers, our own
		
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			interests, the interests of our
kith and kin, our parents and
		
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			spouses and relatives and
children, very openly, Quran
		
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			declares that and that is the
mandate for us, we need to stand
		
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			for truth and justice, not just
when it hurts Muslims, everywhere
		
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			there is oppression justice
committed in against any anyone,
		
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			we should be there to stand up,
align with all those who are for
		
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			justice and truth in the world.
		
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			So, this is the first strategy and
the next thing is we need to have
		
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			the spiritual you know ideal
always in front of us
		
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			what after several $100 a year,
		
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			the golden bird cannot be alike
cannot be equal, counter evil with
		
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			that which is best.
		
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			So, of course, this should not
lead us to remain silent. Because
		
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			the first idea wants us to be
affirmative to take affirmative
		
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			action.
		
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			And affirmative action is to use
all of the resources legal piece
		
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			will have a noose open to us.
		
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			Put our resources
		
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			develop institutions that would
stand for Muslims, train lawyers,
		
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			through train social scientists,
train writers, train media people,
		
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			show that they will dare they will
stand for us they will liberate
		
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			our story for us, instead of
others narrating our story, we
		
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			should be assertive we should be
affirmative, we should turn and
		
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			read there is the prophet of Allah
said if any of you see an
		
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			injustice, the wrongs done,
		
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			try to correct it. By using means
available to you affirmative
		
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			action, legal action whatever is
available to you. If you cannot do
		
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			so
		
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			you the power of the
		
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			Word, the spoken and the return
the music, the art, expression,
		
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			articulation. And today though
there is various methods of media,
		
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			we must use them effectively. And
we should develop our own media as
		
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			well. So, the next thing is Muslim
Islam required from Muslim, to
		
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			stand for values.
		
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			Islam is all for compassion in the
world. Islam is for virtue, and we
		
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			need to stand, cooperate with
anyone. For the right course, the
		
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			Prophet of Allah said,
		
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			I was a participant, a partner to
your practice of virtue enjoy
		
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			Helia times.
		
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			The pact was where there is an
injustice, we will stand with your
		
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			press with the victim. Until
justice is done given justice is
		
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			his right is restored, the right
of the victim is restored.
		
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			And the prophet of Mercy said, If
I were called to a similar
		
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			project, in Islam, I would rush to
join it, no matter who cares me
		
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			for it, no matter who takes that
initiative. So this is the mandate
		
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			for Muslims. And we need to work
		
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			for compassion in the world.
Because in Islam, the acts of
		
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			compassion, and charity cannot be
removed cannot be detached from
		
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			piety. hosts will hook good morals
and compassion are integral to
		
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			piety to God consciousness.
Because Allah subhanaw taala said,
		
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			the one who does not encourage,
you know, standing for the
		
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			oppressed, and restoring justice
and feeding the poor and the
		
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			hungry, and cannot exhort people
to be charitable. He is the one
		
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			who falsifies religion, because he
has a fake religion, that is known
		
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			as a cruel religion.
		
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			And then, of course, the ideal
practice of Rasulullah sallallahu
		
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			wasallam. While we must use all of
this, including using our
		
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			political representatives, the
provincial and the federal,
		
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			to stand, you know, not only for
the rights of Muslims,
		
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			who denied the rights, but also
for, for the rights of everyone,
		
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			against racism, against bigotry,
against xenophobia,
		
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			all kinds of industries in the
society, we should be there to
		
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			give this message, powerful
message to our representatives,
		
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			and make sure that they stand up
for us, they stand up for truth,
		
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			they stand up for justice.
		
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			And then of course, the Islamic
the spiritual ideal must always be
		
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			in front of our eyes. And of
course, this is part of what Allah
		
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			Spano told us in the Quran
		
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			Coulier Abbado
		
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			act, let Allah and His Messenger
see your performance, your action,
		
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			what kind of impact you are
making, your works are doing in
		
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			the society, what is the effect of
your charitable work, how your
		
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			project to remove poverty and
homelessness and unemployment, how
		
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			it is bearing fruit in the
society.
		
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			How you are making a difference in
the society in the community you
		
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			are living in the neighborhood you
are living and with the neighbors
		
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			you are the Prophet of Allah
extended always that you know
		
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			charitable action with our of his
neighbors, and even said, you
		
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			know, the circle extends to the 40
houses.
		
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			And he said start with that
sharing. You know the first to you
		
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			you know the meal on the festive
occasion, or even ordinary times,
		
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			try and see if anybody in the
neighborhood is starving. Take
		
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			that action.
		
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			And finally, and most importantly,
what are the struggle has an
		
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			overseer try evil should be
countered by that which is best.
		
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			The Prophet of Allah demonstrated
the success of this trip
		
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			You know, the Prophet stood up in
Arabia in Makkah, the whole of
		
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			Makkah the whole of Arabia against
him. They fought him, they drove
		
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			him out. The persecutors, they
Lynch these followers, they waged
		
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			wars and organize people, other,
you know people against him to try
		
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			to destroy the Muslim community,
but the messenger of mercy. Within
		
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			23 years, hundreds of his enemies
became
		
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			the believers, supporters, the
boss of firms, even
		
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			as they had fought years against
Islam and the Prophet, they became
		
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			the forerunners,
		
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			the defenders of Islam, ready to
die for fighting for the cause of
		
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			Islam. In general, whether 100,000
More than 100,000 companions were
		
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			with him.
		
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			Most of them were enemies of
Islam, but the prophet of Mercy
		
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			turned them into his friends and
supporters. And we can we must use
		
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			this by
		
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			narrating our story.
		
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			As the Bureau's the Muslim
philosopher said,
		
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			ignorance leads to fear and fear
leads to hatred and violence.
		
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			Ignorance leads to fear
		
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			and fear leads to hatred, hatred,
leads leads to violence. So, we
		
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			need to understand this and B
pursue C or do you love CBD
		
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			Rebecca Bill Hekmati will borrow a
letter
		
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			called P people to the way of your
Lord with wisdom and beautiful
		
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			preaching. Beautiful words,
spoken, written. And beautiful
		
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			mannerism, good morals, good
ethics, standing for, for truth
		
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			and justice in the world. That is
the formula that is the way to
		
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			counter Islamophobia and racism.
We have a message and we must turn
		
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			live by it, and act upon it and
die for it. Insha Allah Akula
		
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