Jeffrey Lang – Beautiful Message to Muslims

And now if we look to the Quran,

we'll find that 3%

are commands and prohibitions, divine commands and prohibitions.

97%

of the Quran

teaches ethics, the relationship between God and man,

the purpose of life, morality,

other truths as well, history of nations in

the past, teaches us how to be self

critical,

how to use reason and faith, extreme importance

of using reason and faith, teaches many, many

major themes.

You know when I was taught when I

became a convert?

Rules, rules,

rules.

If I hadn't studied this religion myself and

entered this religion and all I received were

rules, rules,

rules, I would've left it the next day.

Let us begin by following the model established

by God himself through his prophet Muhammad. Peace

be upon him. Do we practice that here?

We're trying to win these kids back over

to this religion. And the first thing we

do is get them in that door. We

tell them, okay. Okay. You, cover your hair.

You do this. Get rid of the gold.

Okay. Don't do this. Don't do that. Don't

do that. We are obsessed with only that.

Be tolerant. If our kids come to our

community not so modestly dressed, it's better that

they come than not come at all. If

their behavior is not perfect from our particular

perspective,

it's better that they come and hear the

message.

It's better that they work out for themselves

what it is to be a Muslim in

America,

because that's the generation that's gonna have to

take this into the future.

It's better than for them to be among

us than not to be among us. If

the prophet and his companions adopted our approach,

there'd probably be no Muslims today.

How about the time the man came and

he urinated in the mosque in that famous

Hadith report? The companions are ready to kill

the guy.

The report says that they already had their

hands on him. How do you know?

Because the report says the prophet said, let

him go.

Go get some water and pour it over

it.

You've been sent to make things easy for

people, not to make them hard. Let's follow

the Mecca plan. Let's just give it a

try.