Haitham al-Haddad – Special Message for Students Protesting in US – Columbia University
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The speakers discuss the importance of globalizing Islam, not just for those who do not believe in it. They stress the need for support from leaders, particularly those who are not part of the movement, and for people to be active in da una. They also mention the need for globalizing Islam to address fundamental problems facing the world and to provide a globalized movement for globalized civilizational reform.
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Be honest with you, there are number of
lessons to be drawn from this.
Key lesson.
Number 1,
that
the young people,
yes,
they themselves in general is the key
of a global change.
Okay? And they say that in America,
this has never happened except post Vietnam War,
and that's why there was a major change
globally.
And this leads me to the second point
point, which is
we need now
a global
movement
by the students,
by university
students,
because university
students
can make this global change.
Yeah?
The third point
the third point.
We need as Muslims in particular to support
them.
By the way, let me just make it
openly. Where is forces?
We haven't heard anything from forces in support
of those. I don't want to use the
word shame on forces
that they did not issue any statement in
support
of those
university students.
Where are the other Muslim organizations?
Muslim students organizations
in the UK in particular,
in the whole of Europe, in,
in the whole world. Forces has not issued,
Yani, a powerful statement.
Not just a statement to do something.
I don't know about that.
I I checked with some brothers who are
very close to forces, and they agreed.
Yeah. Okay.
And forces and one thing, but other organizations
as well. Wallahi, I feel proud of those
students.
And wallahi, I make dua and this is
my,
4th point.
Yeah?
Make dua for them, wallahi, those people they
deserve
to they deserve our du'a. That first of
all, that Allah, adalu,
Allah guides them because we want such brave
people
to be with us in Jannah. The the
5th point,
they need support by
Imams, by Duat, by and I hope that
this message, okay, the messages
the message of support that someone,
to pass it to them. And we need
other leaders as a other Muslim
scholars to be
open and vocal about
supporting them.
The 6th masjid, by the way, that subhanallah,
it is ajeeb.
It is very strange that
the the the fitra,
Allah says in the Quran, fitra at Allah
hilatifakalana salayah. No one can change the fitra
of Allah Khala Khala Khala. You know, despite
the
domestication
processes
that
those young people were exposed to by
their regimes,
whether or the, they they deep estates or
by certain or by even Zionism,
Global
Zionism.
All over the world,
they
refused
this domestication,
you know, process,
and they were able to come out of
that.
Yeah? And we should salute them
really for that, and which means that,
which is my 6th point. Brothers and sisters,
those who give,
those who give Dawah,
be confident that when you do Dawah,
Shitra is the first supporter of Da'wah,
and this empowers
the person. When I talk to any non
Muslim,
yeah, I know that internally
there is support for my statements. What is
that?
His fitra will support.
In fact, the
the fitra of the entire creation
is supporting
the the the those values.
Which are Islamic values?
Adil is
the core Islamic
value.
Okay?
So this is
the the the second point.
The 8th point,
my dear brothers and sisters, is that
you know, when
young people
are able
to see,
yeah, things as they are,
not to be controlled
through media.
And they have freedom
to think, really to think.
Not someone else is thinking on their behalf
and then brainwashing
them by their ideas,
then they will see the truth.
Yeah? And that's why sometimes I'd say our
battle
as Muslims, as Dawah, is the battle with
what?
With stopping people from thinking.
Yeah? We want people to think
and that's why we are open for criticism
as Muslim. Let people criticize us but let
them think.
And we are willing to debate. We are
willing to explain what Islam,
says to them. Allah,
judge people to think.
Allah condemn to those who don't think. Allah
Jina A'la says that the people of the
hellfire,
the main reason for them
that they are in that hellfire
is because of
disbelieving in Allah because
they did not think.
Yeah? So let us support
the freedom of
of of real thinking, not the freedom of
limited thinking
and and quoting it as the real freedom.
This is the game that many,
you know, dictators, regimes are playing.
Now my 9th point,
that my 9th point,
which is what?
You know,
it was exposed that America is more dictator
than maybe,
than Syria or land. But
there is something to trigger
to trigger dictatorship.
So, for example,
in Syria, maybe everything triggers dictatorship or maybe
certain things,
trigger dictatorships or in Arab countries or in
some Muslim countries and so on. In America,
what triggers dictatorship
is what? A criticizing
Israel,
a criticizing
Zionism,
they're criticizing
certain values that are imposed
upon the,
the the the the
on the people.
Alright. As if they are saying, listen,
you know, we are free. We want you
to be free. This is the free world,
democracy, etcetera. As far as what?
You don't touch those red lines. You don't
get close the 2. This is not real
freedom. This is another dictator rigging. And we
have seen what they have done to the
students, to the peaceful students, to the peaceful
even the staff we have seen
really the it is
mind, you know, it is really,
very disturbing,
the way the American,
police
arrested that law professor.
We have seen it. The lady,
the and she was telling them at the
I'm a professor in the University.
Okay. Please
speak to her properly.
Have you seen any weapon with her?
Why are you treating her and is this
the American freedom?
And that's why I believe that so many
Americans,
they they really don't accept that.
Okay? And maybe within
we have seen many of the staff,
yeah, members, they are supporting
those
students.
And the 10th point I would like to
say, brothers and sisters,
this is a very strong message
that,
yeah,
the world is in need of Islam.
But we should
not
confine Islam
as a spiritual
alternative
for the spiritual
vacuum
or for the spiritual
corruption.
We should offer Islam as a as
a global
civilizational
alternative
for the
fundamental
problems
our civilization
or this civilization
is facing.
And this means that,
brothers and sisters,
be
very active in dawah.
Be proud of your religion
and come out.
It is a very golden opportunity
for all Dua to be more active and
to come out.
And my 11th point, which is my first
point,
Okay. All our
Dua and support for those brave students,
we we we we really
respect,
we we really respect their bravery. Of course,
we always say that, okay, you need to
make sure that you don't harm anyone you
don't, which I believe that they are not.
Okay?
Yeah?
And we really respect them. I think,
they should be their movement,
should be a globalized
or should be globalized,
and they are now
they might be seen as the
icon for a
global exchange
in this century.