Fariq Naik – An Example of the Worlds Fickle Standards
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The speaker discusses the use of the media for conveying the message of Islam to the people of South Africa. He mentions Nelson Mandela's capture and subsequent firing of the whitecover press, as examples of media use. The speaker also touches on the use of the media for rallies and activism, but does not provide specific examples.
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We have the example of Nelson Mandela, when South Africa was
ruled by the white apartheid government. Nelson Mandela was
imprisoned in Robben Island for more than 25 years. And Nelson
Mandela by the white apartheid government was called status
number one.
Later on when South Africa gets its freedom, and the white
apartheid government is thrown out, Nelson Mandela gets the Nobel
Prize for Peace. Imagine terrorists number one gets the
Nobel Prize for Peace. Not that he was bad and he became good for the
same activity for which he was called as a terrorist. You get the
Nobel Prize for Peace. So to be the allies, the media, it is very
powerful. Whatever label the media gives an individual that label
gets stuck to him. The media can can do what black and white they
in tonight. He don't villain villain to hero, we Muslims. We
should use the media for conveying the message of Islam to the best
of our capabilities.