Ebrahim Bham – Islamaphobia

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The history and implementation of Islamophobia has been a major topic of discussion in recent media coverage, including the use of deadly hate campaigns to motivate Muslims to kill non Muslim individuals and the loss of lives caused by the pandemic. The importance of protecting individual values and avoiding political pressure is emphasized, along with the need to be clear about the actions of others and avoid giving examples of negative behavior. The speaker emphasizes the need to create an stigma surrounding hate towards Islam and create the culture of peace and liberty.

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			Towards the Ramada Mallanna Viva La Mulana Viva la vida de la vida kitabi la sherea Tabata, Shariati
a mama do follow me la mina shaytani r rajim Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem Wanaka Nana Monica v
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			Baca Hata, to karaoke in Surat Allahu la z.
		
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			My dear respected elders and brothers.
		
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			We know we are living in a world
		
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			where almost on a daily basis, we come to hear via the media or other platforms,
		
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			about aspects that are known today as Islamophobia.
		
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			And this particular aspect of Islamophobia means where there is intense dislike and prejudice
against Islam and Muslims, it can take various forms of shapes, it can take the form of killing of
Muslims, without any valid reason, or for other political purposes. It could be stigmatizing the
religion also for other purposes. It could also perhaps take the form of
		
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			drawing caricatures of the personality who is at the core of the existence of Muslims, the prophet
muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam deliberately distorting the religion, deliberately stereotyping
Islam and Muslims. And then, of course, this these things lead to other matters, it leads to the
cheapening of Muslim lives, so that when a Muslim life is taken, it is not regarded to be as serious
as if an other non Muslim life is taken, or especially if it is a white person's knife is taken. So
that doesn't make and grab the headlines. And this also came recently to the fore, when three people
in North Carolina were killed, most likely because of the Islamic belief. And the media made it out
		
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			that it was a parking dispute. It was only when Muslims went onto the social media platform to
object that year was a hate killing, where people were killed solely because they were Muslims, that
the media responded. And then also after social media campaign, that forced the president of America
to apologize or to condemn it up till then, it was not condemned. And this is because of the
stereotyping of Muslims so that when Muslim life is taken, it is not regarded to be so serious. So
we are facing this aspect of Islamophobia. And this particular aspect of Islamophobia, was something
that was introduced as a concept in the early 90s, by a survey which was done in the United Kingdom,
		
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			by the Runnymede trust. And it came up with the aspect of the concept of the Islamophobia, which was
an unfounded hostility, fear and dislike of all, or everything Islam, or Muslim. And they did the
survey and amongst the aspects with regard to the survey, which came out from non Muslims, which was
revealing without us agreeing upon it. And of course, sometimes you relate something to understand
not to justify. So this Runnymede trust in the early 90s did a survey United Kingdom, especially in
the broader context of Islamophobic attacks, and from the media, and from the society against Islam
and the Muslims. And part of the survey was this, that people thought that Islam cannot adapt to new
		
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			realities. Islam does not share common values with other major faiths, absolute rubbish. But just to
give you one example, what was in this trust survey, Islam is inferior to other religions in the
West. Of course, something that we do not believe in Islam is a religion of violence and supports
terrorism. Islam is a violent political ideology. This is something that came up during the course
of the survey that was done by the Runnymede trust in the early 1990s. To Do With Islamophobia. Now,
with these aspects, what is important for us
		
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			to keep in mind is that it doesn't come in a vacuum. It is not only
		
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			In an intense dislike against a group against a religion, or against the people, there are many
reasons that come to the fore. One of the reasons is that the West, and especially maybe even more,
we can see the West, anyone that has Imperial designs, anyone that has the intention of a global
hegemony treats America previously was a British Empire, they always had to create an enemy. So the
British Empire did the same thing during the course of what was known as the the British Empire. You
know, and of course, someone had made mention with regard to it, we all know that the sun never set
upon the British Empire, it was very good, great pride was set. So one person one day went to his
		
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			Irish parents as an Irish person, and he came home from school and he said, Oh, my father, do you
know that the sun never set upon the British Empire. Now, Irish people had a sort of a dislike
against British people. And he said, Yes, my son, because no one trusts the British in the dark.
Nevertheless, this particular aspects were there. And they also created this you have to create an
enemy to justify global hegemony, you need to create an enemy with the intention of continuing your
war machine, and you need to create these type of situations. So, there is this aspect that comes
from time to time that it is not done in isolation, there is a reason why these Islamophobia and I
		
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			will go on to make mention with regard to it, the other aspect is that comes to mind is a stigma of
terrorism. So whether it be the Boko Haram or ISIS or whatever it is, these situations without
understanding the background, or without understanding that it could be individuals doing something,
whatever it is, these things are used to stigmatize Muslims wherever they are in the world. So this
aspect also comes to this. And now we I think it's very important for us to understand this, that
when anyone else does it other than a Muslim, so Andrew brevik did it in Norway. He killed people in
a terrorist attack. No one ever suggested, although he himself said it was because of his beliefs in
		
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			Christianity. No one regard it to be Christianity to be a terrorist organization, or supporting
terrorism, why it is done with Islam and Muslims is a different matter. I also firmly believe that
while when we deal with terrorism, and when we deal with aspects that are extrajudicial killing,
which I said, I normally say that Islam is does not allow it in normal circumstances. I think it's
important for us to understand that we, when we condemn these aspects, it is done because of our own
values, not because of any political pressure from anyone. And in this regard, I have quoted many
times an incident of Abu Bakr radi Allahu terrano, that Abu Bakr radi Allahu terrano, in his time of
		
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			effort, after a particular victory in a battle, they send the head of an opposing general to over
Korea, Latino, and he said, Why did you do this? They said, the normal customs of warfare at that
time was that if the Roman Empire had defeated Muslims, they would have severed the head of the
Muslim general and send it to the ruler. And I'm also doing the same because that is how the normal
warfare was waged at that time, it was a normal aspect of war that was carried out. So over Korea,
latona replied, since when do we need them to give us values? We've got our own profit to give us
values. Our profits are allowed lesson didn't do it. He didn't encourage this. Why should we take
		
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			norms from them and implemented in our life. So this particular aspect is something that we've got
to keep in mind, but it will be very revealing to see in terms of terrorism and in terms of loss of
life, who is cost and who has been responsible for greater loss of life in the past 5060 years in
this world. In the Second World War, over 50 million people died, that was not caused by any
religion not caused by Islam and the Muslims. The Holocaust was not caused by Islam and the Muslims.
Although Muslims had to bear the brunt and consequence of the Holocaust. It was done by aspects of
people who were Christian regarded himself as Christian white Christians. The other aspect that we
		
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			got to keep in mind according to Hamish Mishra, who is a non Muslim who had written with regard to
the fight for independence in India, said after the 1857 War of Independence, that the British had
put over a million people into the gallows for speaking out against British imperialism and fighting
for freedom. 1 million people without the aspect of law were put through the ghettos since so called
war of terror
		
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			10s of 1000s, if not hundreds of 1000s, if not coming close to million, have died on the aspect of
war of terror, which have made many people to say it is not a war against terror, but it's a war of
terror. Just to give an A
		
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			Example between 2001 and 2010. Only in Afghanistan and Iraq, America had spent $406 trillion,
		
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			so called war of terror, in a war against terror. It's actually a war of terror $406 trillion, only
on this particular aspect, people are dying on a regular basis on drone attacks, without any aspect
of law without any aspect of going through the aspect of going through the judicial system. So what
do we talk about terrorism, who has been the cause of greater loss of life in the world in the past
decade, or in the past century? So we have to keep these aspects in mind when we deal with the
aspect of terrorism. And of course, historically, also, this aspect is very well known. You know, I
read a very interesting quote in the Australian newspaper, and a British International Development
		
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			Minister said, I don't think there's anything that Islamic state can come up with, that Christians
in the history have not matched. At some stage in history, we used to burn one or another alive,
over relatively trivial aspects of doctrine. Now, we can say that these particular aspects of
Islamophobia, intense dislike against Islam, and the Muslim distorting all of this can be because of
ignorance. And many times we do say that, but there is a lobby group in America known as the Council
of American Islamic Relations. And the spokesperson made a very telling comment recently, and it
was, I picked this up in the in the computer and speaker of internet when he said that we have
		
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			distributed more neurons in the last few years than we have ever distributed. So that means there is
a great amount of distribution of neurons, which of course does tell us that in this whole myth of
Islamophobia, there's also an opportunity, when they are people who are speaking out against you,
there's an opportunity and we have to grasp that opportunity that is on its place. But he said in
this very same time, they have been tripled the report of Islamophobic attacks. So it is not only
that it is because of ignorance, there are other factors that come into play. And there is a well
funded Hate Machine against Islam and the Muslims, there at least seven prominent think tanks in
		
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			America, whose only task is to create fear and hatred against Islam and Muslims, at least seven, if
not more. And amongst them, the more prominent ones, is Daniel pipes of the Middle East forum, Pam
jealous of Stop Islamization of America, as if Sharia is going to be implemented in America, or by
Robert Spencer, who has got a think tank known as Jihad watch. So this negative mindset leads to a
situation where Muslim lives become cheap. And if it is taken, it is not regarded to be as serious
as other lives that have been taken. So this is something that we got to keep in mind. Now we can go
on making mention with regard to it, I think in South Africa, we need to be very, very vigilant. We
		
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			need to be careful, we need to be away from complacency. Yes, it is true, that thus far
Alhamdulillah through the grace of Almighty Allah subhanho wa Taala, the level of Islamophobia in
South Africa is not as intense as other parts of the world. But there are signs that are there,
which are worrying, we see aspects from time to time in the media, which were not there, maybe a
year or two back, we see aspects to the means of the spy cables, etc. Where negative stereotyping is
starting to occur. And I think it's important for us, and it'll be negative for us to think that
those particular think tanks that are out there to create intense dislike against Islam, and the
		
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			Muslims will be working in one part of the world, and would not be starting to work and starting to
concentrate on past aspects where Muslims might be relatively free from Islamophobia, that they
would not take that into account. We can make mention with all of that, but I think important for us
is how do we deal with it? We don't have much time normally our time of Juma there is this look at
how do we deal with this. The first thing is, we must keep in mind we cannot be absent from the
debate. Many times people feel we will sit in our massages, we will make zeker we will be in our
hunters, we don't have to deal with it. As long as we are doing our salads etc. We don't have to
		
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			worry what is happening. That's a wrong approach, maybe occur himself. So I've never had that
approach. That doesn't mean that I'm undermining solids, aka Jessica tetra by all means. We have to
have hunters. We have to have Tablighi Jamaat, you have to have everything. But that doesn't mean
that while we are having this we turn a blind eye to these things. It's important for us that we are
not absent from the debate. We learned this from none other than our beloved. Allahu Allah wa
sallam, himself Salaam when there was attacks against Islam and the Muslim assassin took appropriate
steps. Whenever you remember when he was from sometimes there was poetry that was coming
		
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			against Islam and the Muslims, maybe Kareem saw some commission poets to reply to that in poetry. So
that means if these media reports against you, you must have someone to reply to that in the media,
because that is what Muslim did when they were people who are composing poems against Islam and the
Muslims, Muslim commission perverts reply to it. So that was a tsunami occurring. During the course
of the survey, which Council of American Islamic Relations did was, they found that when they they
dealt with non Muslims, they found that only 37% of American society outside Islamic or outside
Muslims had interacted with Muslims. That means that 63% of Americans have not come into contact
		
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			with a Muslim. Now I to me, I don't think that is correct. If there are people who are in they, they
are not, they are not in exposed to it, by all means. But when if people are exposed, it's a duty to
be able to give a correct interpretation through the means of the conduct, through the means of
polite argument with regard to Islam and the Muslims. So this particular aspect, you cannot be
absent from the debate. If you're absent from the debate, you are losing the battle. And I think
it's an important aspect, I just gave an example of social media, that when three people and three
Muslims were killed, the media didn't report it, it was because of the pressure of the social media
		
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			that made the media stand up and take notice and which force the American government to condemn it.
Without that particular type of not being part of the debate, you lose these particular aspects.
Either you become involved or you become irrelevant. So there's the first aspect that we got to keep
in mind. The second thing is we have to use this word to to create the stigma with regard to it to
the best of our ability. And that is whenever there are these aspects that come to the fore, which
are reported against Islam, and the Muslims are against the religion, then it is our duty that we go
and report it, we go and make a noise with regard to it. And we create the stigma with regard to the
		
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			hate of Islam and the Muslims, the way other religious groups other people will be doing in terms of
their loving. So the second aspect that we have to create that stigma whenever it is there, we make
a noise with regard to it. If it is done in your work in your company where you are working, someone
makes a Riga remark against Islam and the Muslims take it up. You make mention with regard to that
this is not right. It is incorrect. It is part of Islamophobia. So I think we need to be creating
the stigma with regard to it. The third thing is, bear in mind, not all non Muslims are islamophobes
No, no, that's not the way we deal with it. Now via creme de la ciudad way, and we are not supposed
		
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			to deal with it that way. In fact, one of the some of the most important literature with regard to
Islamophobia is not been written by Muslims. You know, one of the most beautiful books in this
particular regard is written by Nathan, Leah, the Islamophobia industry, why the right wing creates
fear of Muslims. This is something that has been written and there's another book written making
Muslims the enemy. So we are we are not supposed to create one size fits all. All non Muslims are
against us. That is not the way we are supposed to read it now via Kareem salsa in his time, dealt
with non Muslims who are sympathetic to Islam and Muslims and who are inclined towards justice maybe
		
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			occur himself some dealt with him in the Treaty of would Apia nebia cream sauce from sent to non
Muslims to non Muslims but Muslims to go and give his view with regard to reaching a peace agreement
with the people of Makkah. One of them was put up in worka. Today when waratah was the leader of the
panel, Casa Aslam used him then there was the leader of the tribe. There was an African presence in
Makkah in a time of early Islam. And the leader of the tribe was a person by the name of policemen
acaba who lives with me I called him and let me say Allahu Allah Salaam sent a message with him
towards the people of mactan Muslim used him No I am being Massoud was used to quell and to bring an
		
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			end to the Battle of the trench very well documented in Islamic history. So we are not supposed to
take this view that all non Muslims against us know those particular non Muslims who are inclined
towards justice, who would like to see aspects of right and wrong, they know what is right and
wrong, or they have some predispose predisposed, we know that disposed towards that we have to use
them. There's a third aspect. The fourth aspect always keep in mind. Our Nivea cream sauce, dealt
with attacks against Islam and the Muslims themselves. Keep in mind was greatly attacked. Islam was
attacked via Kareem salsa was attacked, how didn't it be a cream sauce and deal with it? Maybe a
		
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			cream sauce lamb remains steadfast while he remains steadfast. And while he fought for his
principles, he was excited.
		
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			The only kind and beneficence and merciful on a one to one basis, even with regard to those people
who personally attacked him. We all know the incidents. I don't have to give examples. A woman used
to put thorns in the path of nebbia Kareem Salah Salem. And when maybe a cream sauce Kim came to
know that she was sick. Therefore they were no hawthornden his partner is also meant to visit her.
And she thought that maybe Starscream is coming to take revenge. And then we saw them as how are you
keeping? How are you feeling? And when she saw that lack of nimbyism, she turned and she became a
Muslim. And not only when we saw Saddam was weak when we saw cinnamate power and authority he
		
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			forgave the one who mutilated the body of his uncle Hassan Hamza he forgave the one who had caused
the death of his daughter has a Dana be a cream sauce to forgive them. So this aspect was always be
in mind that maybe a cream sauce lemon or Muslims was subject to greater tortures and perhaps what
we are seeing, or at least similar, or at least some form of torture out, it may be a cream sauce,
react to that. Always bear in mind be focused on your objective. So objective is to please Allah
subhanho wa Taala. To find a niche for yourself to practice Islam to propagate Islam to show the
beauty of Islam. We always keep in mind that objective we are not waylaid by other incidents that
		
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			may happen in terms of taking us away from our objective. Give me an example. Maybe a cream salesman
wanted to sign the peace treaty of Arabia even bend backwards to sign that when they were about to
sign this keep this in mind I have to share this beautiful example of serum. The person who was
negotiating on behalf of the disbelievers was helping hammer his son about chendol had accepted
Islam. But he had tied him up he had oppressed him and he was with him in Makkah somehow or the
other he comes free from Makkah and he comes into the place where they're about to sign the peace
treaty and about general says oh Muslims helped me against my oppression. Look, I am tired. Look at
		
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			how I've been beaten up just for the sake that I have accepted Islam navia Karim Salaam cesium
himself Swail free your son he has become a Muslim. So he's been ama said, Oh Mohammed on free him.
Either. You agree to the treaty. The treaty said any Muslim who goes over any Muslim who is in
Makkah goes over to the Muslim side without the permission of his authority without the permission
of his guardian. Muslims will return him back. Muslims will return him back or Navistar. Some said
the peace treaty is not signed as yet. He says well, then our own sign it may be so slim sennebogen
will go back make supper, Allah will bring ease for you, Allah will create a situation that you will
		
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			be free. Now we saw some hidden objective. And even as as emotional as this incident was for the
Muslims, which even some of the Sahaba were incensed that we saw some didn't allow this one incident
two, to deter him from what he felt was for the benefit of Islam and the Muslims. He went to sign it
despite the fact that he said go general back, go back to Makkah. So, let me so serum had a
strategic objective and you work towards that we always keep in mind I think is important point that
we should not allow in our country hostility of other people to take over against us because in
hostility people never see the truth. When people are hostile towards you, they will never see the
		
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			beauty of religion. That is a reason why Nivea cream sauce from science, a peace treaty of Arabia,
so that hostility can be removed when hostility was removed after the Treaty of Arabia. So many
people accepted Islam in one or two years. They did not accept Islam in the previous 18 years of
Islamic history. Why? Because there was no hostility. When you allow atmosphere of hostility, then
it creates a lot of problems in many things. It creates a problem with regard to how people view you
how people react to you how people might deal with you, and also create a problem in terms of how
people look at upon your values, upon your teachings. Islam has never encourage that you must always
		
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			have a hostile relationship, especially in a place like South Africa. At the end of the day, very
important point is never apologize and be in doubt with regard to your religion. Never do that.
Irrespective of the type of things that come upon us. We believe
		
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			firmly that our religion is the one in which lies our salvation, we will adhere to that, we will
propagate that with a great amount of politeness we will not impose it upon anyone, but we will
believe in that and in that no matter what comes up and no matter what type of attack or what type
of phobia there is, inshallah, may Allah Allah keep her steadfast upon that particular belief,
irrespective of the circumstances while through that one