Fariq Naik – An Example of the Worlds Fickle Standards

31 May 2024

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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

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ruled by the white apartheid government. Nelson Mandela was

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imprisoned in Robben Island for more than 25 years. And Nelson

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Mandela by the white apartheid government was called status

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number one.

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Later on when South Africa gets its freedom, and the white

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apartheid government is thrown out, Nelson Mandela gets the Nobel

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Prize for Peace. Imagine terrorists number one gets the

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Nobel Prize for Peace. Not that he was bad and he became good for the

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same activity for which he was called as a terrorist. You get the

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Nobel Prize for Peace. So to be the allies, the media, it is very

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powerful. Whatever label the media gives an individual that label

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gets stuck to him. The media can can do what black and white they

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in tonight. He don't villain villain to hero, we Muslims. We

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should use the media for conveying the message of Islam to the best

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of our capabilities.

"I really think this is one of the greatest causes one could support"

Mufti Ismail Menk