Fariq Naik – How the Non Muslim Powers and Media Disrupt Peace

Fariq Naik
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The speaker discusses the meaning behind the term " terrorist" in relation to the media's use of the term. They give examples of how the media's labeling of Muslims as terrorist can be harmful. The speaker also discusses the media's use of language to convey information about Islam and its negative consequences, such as causing deadly diseases and causing harm to people.

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			The media says Muslims are
terrorists. What is the meaning of
		
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			the word terrorist? Terrorists, by
definition means a person who
		
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			causes terror. When our robot sees
a policeman, he's terrified. So
		
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			far, the robot, the policeman is a
terrorist. I'm aware that this
		
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			word terrorist is more commonly
used in order to terrorize an
		
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			innocent human being.
		
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			And many times, two different
labels are given to the same
		
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			person for the same activity.
		
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			More than 60 years back, before
India gained its freedom, and
		
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			India was ruled by the British
shores, there are people who are
		
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			fighting for the freedom of the
country. And these people by the
		
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			British government, they were
called as terrorist, whereas by
		
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			the common Indians, they were
called as freedom fighters, same
		
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			people, same activity, but two
different labels. If you agree
		
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			with the view of the British
government, that the British Isles
		
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			had come to rule over India, then
you would call these people as
		
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			terrorist. Where as if you agree
with the view of the common
		
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			Indians, that the Britishers had
come to the train, there are no
		
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			right to rule over us, then you
would call these people as freedom
		
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			fighters as patriots seeing people
seem activity, but two different
		
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			labels. And we have several such
examples. We have the example of
		
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			the American Revolution that took
place in 1775, George Washington,
		
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			he was called as terrorists number
one when America was ruled by the
		
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			Britishers. Later on, when America
gets its freedom, George
		
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			Washington, he becomes the
president of USA imagine terrace
		
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			number one becomes the president
of USA. We have the example of
		
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			Nelson Mandela when South Africa
was ruled by the white apartheid
		
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			government. Nelson Mandela was
imprisoned in Robben Island for
		
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			more than 25 years. And Nelson
Mandela by the white apartheid
		
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			government was called status
number one leat wrong when South
		
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			Africa gets its freedom and the
white apartheid government is
		
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			thrown out. Nelson Mandela gets
the Nobel Prize for Peace. Imagine
		
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			terrace number one gets the Nobel
Prize for Peace. Not that he was
		
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			bad then he became good for the
same activity for which he was
		
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			called as a terrorist. He gets a
Nobel Prize for Peace. So your we
		
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			realize the media it is very
powerful. Whatever label the media
		
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			gives a person that label gets
stuck to him. The media it is very
		
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			powerful. It can convert blackened
tonight day into night hero and
		
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			villain villain to hero the media
it is very powerful. Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala says in the
Glorious Quran Stottlemyre chapter
		
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			number five was number 32
		
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			Man cartella enough samurai
enough's Oh facade infill arm for
		
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			Kana malerkotla NASA Jamia woman
Ah ha ha ha ha NASA Jamia that if
		
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			anyone kills any human being
unless it be for murder or for
		
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			spreading corruption the land it
is as if he has killed the entire
		
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			humanity. And if anyone saves
woman, Yeah ha fucka anima Arya,
		
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			NASA Jamia and if anyone sees any
single human being, it is as if he
		
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			has saved the whole of humanity.
		
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			I do not know of any religious
scripture on the face of the
		
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			earth, which says that if you kill
any human being it is as if you
		
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			have killed the whole of humanity.
And if you save any human being,
		
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			it's as if you have saved the
whole of humanity. But the
		
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			Glorious Quran mentions this. So
the media it maligned Islam,
		
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			killing any innocent human being,
whether that person be a Muslim or
		
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			non Muslim, it is against the
teachings of Islam. It is against
		
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			the teachings of the Glorious
Quran. So we Muslims, we should
		
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			make use of the media in order to
convey the message of Islam to the
		
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			non Muslims to those who are
unaware of it. The media says
		
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			Islam is an intolerant religion,
and we Muslims, we are apologetic.
		
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			No, no, no. Islam is not an
intolerant religion. I think Islam
		
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			is an intolerant religion,
intolerant, towards
		
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			discrimination, towards racism,
towards victimization, towards
		
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			injustice. Islam is an intolerant
religion, intolerant towards the
		
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			evils of society. So why are we
apologetic, but Islam is an
		
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			intolerant religion towards the
evils of society. And today we see
		
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			that the religions of the world
day know that victimization, it is
		
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			wrong, racism, it is wrong. And
the countries in the world they
		
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			know it as well, but
unfortunately, it is done and
		
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			practice in many countries. And
Islam is an intolerant religion,
		
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			intolerant towards alcoholism
towards drug addiction. Islam is
		
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			an intolerant religion, intolerant
towards the evils of society. So
		
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			Islam is a religion of peace. It
exhausts its followers towards
		
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			peace and Islam as intolerant
towards all of the evil vices of
		
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			society.