Haitham al-Haddad – An Urgent Message on the Student Protests in the US

Haitham al-Haddad
AI: Summary © The importance of global change and support for students and leaders, particularly those from nonreliant Muslim congresses, is emphasized. A global civilizational reform is also necessary, as stoping people from thinking and being open-minded is the goal. Support for global issues, like protecting people's rights and values, is also emphasized. A range of support, including being recognized as a global civilizational alternative, is offered.
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Be honest with you, there are number of

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lessons to be drawn from this.

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Key lesson.

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Number 1, that

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the young people,

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yes,

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they themselves in general is the key

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of a global change.

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Okay? And they say that in America, this

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has never happened except

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post Vietnam

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war. Mhmm. And that's why there was a

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major change

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globally.

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And this leads me to the second point

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point, which is

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we need now

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a global

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movement

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by the students,

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by university

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students

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because university

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students

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can make this global change.

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Yeah?

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The third point the

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third point, we need as Muslims in particular

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to support them.

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By the way, let me just make it

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openly. Where is forces?

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We haven't heard anything from forces in support

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of those. I don't want to use the

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word shame on forces

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that they did not issue any statement

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in support of

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those

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university students.

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Where are the other Muslim organizations?

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Muslim students organizations

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in the UK in particular,

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in the whole of Europe,

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in,

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in the whole world.

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These people are been, they have been, active

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on the student scene.

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I'm not saying this because I'm an alumnus

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of Fosys, but, you know, I've seen I've

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heard things that they they've been

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No. Fosys Fosys have not Fosys has not

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issued, Yani, a powerful statement.

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Not just a statement to do something.

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I don't know, about that.

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I I checked with some brothers who are

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very close to forces, and they agreed.

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Mhmm. Yeah. Okay. Faucet

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and one thing, but other organizations as well.

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Wallahi, I feel proud of those students.

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And wallahi, I make dua, and this is

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my,

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4th point.

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Yeah?

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Make dua for them. Wallahi, those people, they

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deserve

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to

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they deserve our du'a. That first of all,

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that Allah

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guides them because we want such brave people

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to be with us in Jannah.

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Mhmm.

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Okay? This is very important, and I believe,

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my dear brothers and sisters,

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imams and other people, they should send

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messages of support. This is my 5th point.

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Messages of support. As Salman, have you heard

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of any statements of from the famous scholars

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and Dua'at of America in support of those

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students? They've been on campus giving talks,

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giving speeches at the to the students, praising

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them.

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Very good. So

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the the 5th point,

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they need

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support by

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Imams, by Duat, by and I hope that

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this message, okay, the messages

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the message of support

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that someone,

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to pass it to them. And we need

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other leaders as a other Muslim

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scholars to be

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open and vocal about Mhmm. Supporting them.

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The 6th masjid, by the way, that, it

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is.

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It is very strange that

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the the the

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No one can change the fitra of Allah

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You know, despite

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the

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domestication

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processes

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that

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those young people were exposed to

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by their regimes,

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whether or the, they they did the states

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or by certain or by even Zionism,

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Global Zionism.

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All over the world,

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they

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refused

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this domestication,

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you know, the process,

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and they were able to come out of

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that.

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Yeah? And we should salute them really for

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that, and which means that,

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which is my 6th point. Brothers and sisters,

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those who give,

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those who give dawah,

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be confident that when you do dawah,

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Sitra is the first supporter of Dawah,

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and this empowers

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the person. When I talk to any non

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Muslim,

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yeah, I know that internally,

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there is support for my statements. What is

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that? His

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will support.

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In fact, the

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the of the entire creation

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is supporting

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the the the those values, Which are

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Islamic values?

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Adil

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is the core Islamic

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value.

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Okay?

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So this is, the the the second point.

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The 8th

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point, my dear brothers and sisters, is that,

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you know,

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when

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young people

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are able

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to see,

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yeah,

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things as they are,

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not to be

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controlled

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through media.

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And they have freedom

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to think,

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really to think.

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Not someone else is thinking on their behalf

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and then brainwashing

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them by their

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ideas,

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then they will see the truth.

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Yeah? And that's why sometimes I'd say our

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battle

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as Muslims, as Dawa,

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is the battle with what?

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With stopping people from thinking.

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Yeah. We want people to think,

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and that's why we are open for criticism

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as Muslims. Let people criticize us, but let

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them think.

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And we are willing to debate. We are

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willing to explain what Islam,

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says to them.

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Encourage people to think. Allah

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condemn those who don't think. Allah says that

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the people of the hellfire,

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the main reason for them

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that they are in that hellfire

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is because of disbelieving in Allah

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because they did not think.

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Yeah. So let us support

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the freedom of,

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of of real thinking, not the freedom

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of limited thinking

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and and quoting it as the real freedom.

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This is the game that many,

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you know, dictators, regimes are playing.

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Now my 9th point,

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that my 9th point,

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which is what?

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You know,

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it was exposed that America is more dictator

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than maybe,

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than Syria or then. But the the there

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is something to trigger

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to trigger dictatorship.

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So, for example,

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in Syria, maybe everything triggers dictatorship

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or maybe certain things,

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trigger dictatorships or in Arab countries or in

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some Muslim countries and so on. In America,

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what triggers dictatorship is what? A criticizing

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Israel,

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they're criticizing

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Zionism,

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they're criticizing

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certain values that are imposed

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upon

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the, the the the the on the people.

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As if they are saying, listen.

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You know, we are free. We want you

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to be free. This is the free world,

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democracy, etcetera.

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As far as what?

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You don't touch those red lines. You don't

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get close the 2. This is not real

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freedom.

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This is another dictator rigging, and we have

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seen what they have done to the students,

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to the peaceful students, to the peaceful even

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the staff we have seen

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really the it is

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mind you know, it it is really,

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very disturbing,

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the way the American

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police

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arrested that law professor.

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We have seen it. The the lady, the

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and she was telling them at the I

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am a professor in the university. Okay. At

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least

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speak to her properly. Have you seen any

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weapon with her?

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Why are you treating her, and is this

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the American freedom?

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And that's why I believe that so many

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Americans,

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they they really don't accept that.

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Okay? And maybe within,

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we have seen many of the staff,

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yeah, members, they are supporting

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those, students.

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And the 10th point I would like to

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say, brothers and sisters,

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this is a very strong message

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that,

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yeah, the world is in need of Islam,

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but we should

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not

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confine Islam

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as a spiritual

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alternative

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for the spiritual

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vacuum

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or for the spiritual

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corruption.

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We should offer Islam as a as

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a

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global

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civilizational

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alternative

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for the

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fundamental

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problems

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our civilization

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or this civilization

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is facing.

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And this means that,

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brothers and sisters,

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be

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very active in dua.

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Be proud of your religion,

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and come out. It is a very golden

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opportunity

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for all dua to be more active and

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to come out. And my 11th point, which

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is my first point,

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Okay.

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All our

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dua and support for those brave students,

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we we we we really

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respect,

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we we really respect their bravery. Of course,

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we always say that, Okay. You need to

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make sure that you don't harm anyone you

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don't, which I believe that they are not.

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Okay?

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Yeah?

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And we really respect them. I think,

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they should be their movement,

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should be a globalized

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or should be globalized,

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and they are now

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they might be seen as the icon

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for

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a global

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exchange

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in this century. Exactly.

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Powerful words. Exactly.

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