Haitham al-Haddad – Special Message for Students Protesting in US – Columbia University

Haitham al-Haddad
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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
		
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			lessons to be drawn from this.
		
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			Key lesson.
		
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			Number 1,
		
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			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,
		
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			this has never happened except post Vietnam War,
		
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			and that's why there was a 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
		
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			the third point.
		
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			We need as Muslims in particular to support
		
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			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 in
		
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			support
		
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			of 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, in,
		
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			in the whole world. Forces has not issued,
		
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			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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			Yeah. Okay.
		
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			And forces and one thing, but other organizations
		
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			as well. Wallahi, I feel proud of those
		
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			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 they deserve our du'a. That first of
		
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			all, that Allah, adalu,
		
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			Allah guides them because we want such brave
		
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			people
		
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			to be with us in Jannah. The the
		
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			5th point,
		
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			they need 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 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
		
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			supporting them.
		
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			The 6th masjid, by the way, that subhanallah,
		
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			it is ajeeb.
		
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			It is very strange that
		
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			the the the fitra,
		
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			Allah says in the Quran, fitra at Allah
		
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			hilatifakalana salayah. No one can change the fitra
		
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			of Allah Khala Khala Khala. 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 by
		
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			their regimes,
		
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			whether or the, they they deep estates or
		
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			by certain or by even Zionism,
		
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			Global
		
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			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, 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
		
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			really for 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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			Shitra is the first supporter of Da'wah,
		
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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?
		
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			His fitra will support.
		
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			In fact, the
		
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			the fitra of the entire creation
		
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			is supporting
		
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			the the the those values.
		
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			Which are Islamic values?
		
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			Adil is
		
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			the core Islamic
		
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			value.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			So this is
		
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			the the the second point.
		
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			The 8th point,
		
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			my dear brothers and sisters, is that
		
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			you know, when
		
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			young people
		
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			are able
		
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			to see,
		
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			yeah, things as they are,
		
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			not to be controlled
		
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			through media.
		
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			And they have freedom
		
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			to think, 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 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 Dawah, is the battle with
		
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			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 Muslim. 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. Allah,
		
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			judge people to think.
		
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			Allah condemn to those who don't think. Allah
		
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			Jina A'la says that the people of the
		
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			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
		
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			disbelieving in Allah because
		
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			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 of
		
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			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 land. But
		
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			there 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 or maybe
		
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			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
		
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			is what? A criticizing
		
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			Israel,
		
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			a 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 the,
		
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			the the the the
		
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			on the people.
		
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			Alright. 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. 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. This is another dictator rigging. And we
		
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			have seen what they have done to the
		
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			students, to the peaceful students, to the peaceful
		
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			even the staff we have seen
		
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			really the it is
		
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			mind, you know, 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 lady,
		
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			the and she was telling them at the
		
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			I'm a professor in the University.
		
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			Okay. Please
		
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			speak to her properly.
		
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			Have you seen any 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
		
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			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,
		
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			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 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 dawah.
		
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			Be proud of your religion
		
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			and come out.
		
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			It is a very golden opportunity
		
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			for all Dua to be more active and
		
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			to come out.
		
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			And my 11th point, which is my first
		
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			point,
		
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			Okay. 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
		
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			icon for a
		
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			global exchange
		
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			in this century.