Fariq Naik – Strategies Used the Media to Malign Islam

			The second strategy used by the
media and by the critics of Islam
		

			in order to malign Islam is that
they see certain things about
		

			Islam, which are absolutely alien
to Islam, which do not exist in
		

			Islam. And there was a famous
writer, a famous writer by the
		

			name of Taslima Nasreen. She said
that the the Glorious Quran says
		

			that the sun revolves around the
Earth. So how can we believe in
		

			such a logical book? If you want
to advance? I challenge any human
		

			being to point out a single verse
of the Glorious Quran which says
		

			that the sun revolves around the
Earth. What does Allah subhanaw
		

			taala say? Allah subhanaw taala
says in the Glorious Quran in
		

			surah Ambia chapter number 21 was
the metallic three who a lady
		

			halacha Leila when the hara was
shamsur Well, Kumar Kowloon people
		

			again, yes, behold, it is Allah
who has created the night and the
		

			day, the sun and the moon, each in
its orbit moving in its own
		

			motion. And I explain regarding
the meaning of the word yes,
		

			behold, which refers to the motion
of the Sun besides it revolving,
		

			it even rotates about its own
axis. So Nowhere does the Glorious
		

			Quran say that the sun, it
revolves around the Earth.
		

			So therefore, when we are talking
to people of other faiths, we
		

			should talk about the commonality
and, and we should talk about
		

			Tawheed that is the Oneness of
Allah subhanho wa taala. The
		

			fourth from among the strategies
used by the media and the critics
		

			in order to malign Islam. It is
they say certain things about
		

			Islam, and they say because of
this, Islam, it is the problem for
		

			humanity.
		

			For example, the media says
Muslims are fundamentalist Muslims
		

			are terrorists. What is the
meaning of the word
		

			fundamentalist? Fundamentalist by
definition means a person who
		

			follows the fundamentals of a
particular subject. For example,
		

			for a person to be a good
mathematician, he should know,
		

			follow and strive to practice the
fundamentals of maths unless he's
		

			a fundamentalist in the field of
maths, he cannot be a good
		

			mathematician, for a person to be
a good scientist he should know,
		

			follow and strive to practice the
fundamentals of maths unless he's
		

			a fundamentalist in the field of
maths, he cannot be a good
		

			mathematician. For a person to be
a good scientist he should know
		

			follow and strive to practice the
fundamentals of science. Unless
		

			he's a fundamentalist in the field
of science, he cannot be a good
		

			scientist, you cannot paint all
fundamentalist with the same brush
		

			that all our good or all are
banned. Depending upon which field
		

			the person is a fundamentalist,
you have to label them
		

			accordingly. For example, there is
a fundamentalist robber whose
		

			profession is to rob he's a bane
for the society. On the other
		

			hand, there is a fundamentalist
doctor whose profession is to save
		

			human lives. He's a bone for his a
boon for the society. As far as
		

			I'm concerned, I am a
fundamentalist Muslim, and I am
		

			proud to be a fundamentalist
Muslim, because I know and I
		

			strive to practice the
fundamentals of Islam. And I know
		

			that is not a single fundamental
of a slab, which is against
		

			humanity as a whole. I challenge
any human being to point out a
		

			single fundamental of a slab,
which is against humanity as a
		

			whole.
		

			There may be some fundamentals
with someone might take that
		

			against humanity. But the moment
to give the logical background,
		

			there is not a single fundamental
of Islam, which is against
		

			humanity as a whole. According to
the Webster Dictionary,
		

			fundamentalist was first used to
describe a group of American
		

			Protestant Christians. The
Christian Church believed that the
		

			Bible was the Word of God, these
American Protestant Christians,
		

			they not only believe that the
Bible was the Word of God, but
		

			they believed every word, every
letter of the Bible is the Word of
		

			God.
		

			According to the Oxford
Dictionary, fundamentalists is a
		

			person who strictly adheres to the
ancient doctrinal of any religion.
		

			And in the revised edition of the
Oxford Dictionary, fundamentalists
		

			is a person who strictly adheres
to the ancient doctrine of any
		

			religion, especially Islam. This
word, especially Islam has been
		

			added in the revised edition of
the Oxford Dictionary. The moment
		

			you hear the word fundamentalist,
you start thinking of a Muslim,
		

			you start think of an extremist,
and the Muslims are apologetic.
		

			No, no, no, I'm not an extremist.
I tell the people I am an
		

			extremist. I'm extremely kind. I'm
extremely loving. I'm extremely
		

			just I'm extremely honest. I'm
extremely kind. What's wrong and
		

			being an extremist? Why are we
apologetic? What's wrong in being
		

			extremely kind, extremely honest,
extremely loving, actually.
		

			To me just extremely truthful, but
we should be in extremes in the
		

			right direction. Allah subhanaw
taala says in the Glorious Quran
		

			Surah Baqarah Chapter number two
verse number 208. Yeah, you
		

			Hallerin Manu, the Hulu facility
Kapha all you who believe enter
		

			into Islam wholeheartedly, you
can't say partially when it will
		

			benefit me I'll be just and when
it will not benefit me I will not
		

			be just you can't say that when it
will benefit me I'll be truthful
		

			and when it will not benefit me I
will not be truthful. You should
		

			be an extremist in the right
direction. You should not be an
		

			extremist in the wrong direction.
So your we realize the media it
		

			misrepresents Islam. It gives a
negative picture about Islam and
		

			we Muslims we should not be
apologetic. It is time for us to
		

			turn the tables over