Kamil Ahmad – Reflecting on the London/Canada Attack on Muslim Family

Kamil Ahmad
Share Page

AI: Summary ©

The recent terrorist attack on Islam has caused racism and fueled hate towards Muslims. The root causes include media coverage of terrorist attacks, media coverage of Muslims who are attacked, and the lack of actions taken to address problems. The speakers emphasize the need for pride in Islam, actions to address mental health issues, and protecting Muslims and their institutions. protecting Muslims and their institutions is crucial to preventing racism and achieving goals.

AI: Summary ©

00:00:00 --> 00:00:02
			In Alhamdulillah
		
00:00:03 --> 00:00:04
			medu one is
		
00:00:05 --> 00:00:13
			still futile. Whenever lubi lahemaa Shu Rudy and fusina wanting say he, Lena,
		
00:00:14 --> 00:00:14
			when you
		
00:00:18 --> 00:00:19
			wanna you believe who fell?
		
00:00:21 --> 00:00:27
			Why she had to Allah Lola who I forgot who it
		
00:00:28 --> 00:00:29
			was she had to
		
00:00:31 --> 00:00:41
			outdo Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa. He was Harvey woman 37 in Isla Yomi de
		
00:00:43 --> 00:01:00
			Yeah, you heard larina taco la haka Ducati. watamu. Tune in to Muslim Moon. Yeah, you hella Deena.
Taco la kulu Colin Salida You're welcome.
		
00:01:02 --> 00:01:08
			Well, if you don't know back home, when you will be a la hora Sula, who
		
00:01:10 --> 00:01:11
			was in Hawaii.
		
00:01:14 --> 00:01:15
			My dear brothers and sisters.
		
00:01:17 --> 00:01:19
			We gathered here today.
		
00:01:21 --> 00:01:22
			Once again,
		
00:01:23 --> 00:01:25
			joyful, happy
		
00:01:26 --> 00:01:28
			that Allah subhanahu wa tada
		
00:01:29 --> 00:01:34
			has allowed us to once again congregate
		
00:01:35 --> 00:01:40
			in the in his houses in these massages.
		
00:01:44 --> 00:01:46
			But this event,
		
00:01:47 --> 00:01:49
			today of the opening of lemma Sajid
		
00:01:51 --> 00:01:52
			has been overshadowed
		
00:01:54 --> 00:01:56
			by the gruesome
		
00:01:58 --> 00:02:00
			terrorist attack
		
00:02:01 --> 00:02:02
			on a Muslim family
		
00:02:03 --> 00:02:04
			in London, Ontario.
		
00:02:06 --> 00:02:08
			And so as today we gather here
		
00:02:10 --> 00:02:14
			happy there is a community who is in grief.
		
00:02:16 --> 00:02:18
			And so my dear brothers and sisters,
		
00:02:21 --> 00:02:23
			that family that was more down
		
00:02:24 --> 00:02:31
			in the way that it was, they were killed and targeted for no other reason.
		
00:02:32 --> 00:02:34
			Then there he man under Islam,
		
00:02:36 --> 00:02:37
			one man aka Moomin whom
		
00:02:38 --> 00:02:45
			minoo Villa al Aziz al Hamid, they didn't have resentment for them hatred for them,
		
00:02:46 --> 00:02:50
			except because they believed in a loss of Hannah who went to heart.
		
00:02:52 --> 00:03:00
			And so my dear brothers and sisters, we are reminded once again, about the reality of the world that
we live in,
		
00:03:01 --> 00:03:03
			of how this hatred
		
00:03:04 --> 00:03:12
			for Islam and the Muslims, it runs deep in society, and how this event
		
00:03:13 --> 00:03:15
			is not an isolated incident.
		
00:03:17 --> 00:03:19
			That wasn't a lone wolf.
		
00:03:22 --> 00:03:23
			But rather,
		
00:03:24 --> 00:03:32
			it is another example of numerous examples of how Muslims are being targeted.
		
00:03:34 --> 00:03:35
			And the worst part of it,
		
00:03:36 --> 00:03:47
			how they are being targeted. And these attacks are being more and more common, and then how the
perpetrators
		
00:03:48 --> 00:03:52
			are not being dealt with in the way that they should be.
		
00:03:54 --> 00:03:56
			My dear brothers and sisters,
		
00:03:59 --> 00:04:02
			this hatred for Islam and Muslims,
		
00:04:03 --> 00:04:10
			it runs deep called the better till baba baba will mean him want to feel sudo room.
		
00:04:14 --> 00:04:20
			This hatred that they have, has only appeared in the form of words
		
00:04:22 --> 00:04:23
			and what they hide
		
00:04:24 --> 00:04:30
			in their hearts is far worse. Let us not be deceived
		
00:04:31 --> 00:04:33
			by the politicians
		
00:04:34 --> 00:04:36
			who we hear today
		
00:04:38 --> 00:04:40
			trying to assure us
		
00:04:43 --> 00:04:45
			that this is in Canada
		
00:04:47 --> 00:04:49
			that this isn't who we are.
		
00:04:51 --> 00:04:54
			that these are isolated incidents.
		
00:04:56 --> 00:04:59
			No rather This is what Canada is about.
		
00:05:00 --> 00:05:01
			Have we forgotten?
		
00:05:03 --> 00:05:05
			Have we forgotten
		
00:05:06 --> 00:05:14
			about how recently they discovered the 215 bodies of those indigenous children?
		
00:05:18 --> 00:05:19
			Have we forgotten
		
00:05:21 --> 00:05:24
			that the previous Prime Minister of this country
		
00:05:26 --> 00:05:30
			would target Islam and Muslims trying to band in upon
		
00:05:33 --> 00:05:45
			passing laws, specifically targeting the Muslim community? Have we forgotten that the current prime
minister sided with that
		
00:05:46 --> 00:05:53
			terrorist Zionist regime of Israel? Seeing that we are with you, we are your ally.
		
00:05:55 --> 00:05:58
			When it is that same, reside in a state,
		
00:05:59 --> 00:06:07
			that is the embodiment of racism, and Islamophobia, in our world today,
		
00:06:08 --> 00:06:13
			my dear brothers and sisters, it is these government policies
		
00:06:15 --> 00:06:17
			and the media that backs them.
		
00:06:19 --> 00:06:38
			That is the root cause of Islamophobia. There is a root cause that is fueling this hatred for Islam,
and Muslims. Don't let us be fooled by these politicians who come and tell us that sama phobia is
real.
		
00:06:41 --> 00:06:47
			And then they do nothing about it. They know they do nothing to address the root causes.
		
00:06:49 --> 00:06:56
			Don't let us be fooled. When these attacks, they take place. And then
		
00:06:57 --> 00:07:14
			they offer lip service without taking any solid action to treat the problem at the government level,
as well as at the judicial level. And so we have example, upon example
		
00:07:17 --> 00:07:20
			of how when the perpetrators are Muslims,
		
00:07:22 --> 00:07:32
			we find a harsh response by the government by the media, by the judicial system that passes severe
and harsh,
		
00:07:34 --> 00:07:40
			severe and harsh sentences to criminalize Muslims. But then when it comes
		
00:07:42 --> 00:07:50
			to the perpetrators, who are non Muslims who attack our Muslim brothers and sisters. We find
		
00:07:52 --> 00:07:55
			how likely the problem is dealt with.
		
00:07:58 --> 00:08:03
			And so soon after this attack, we heard in the news, how this
		
00:08:04 --> 00:08:07
			how the attacker has a mental issue
		
00:08:09 --> 00:08:12
			starting to give him excuse after excuse.
		
00:08:14 --> 00:08:15
			It was only a few months ago
		
00:08:18 --> 00:08:20
			that that terrorist attacker
		
00:08:21 --> 00:08:24
			who entered that Masjid in Quebec City A few years ago
		
00:08:25 --> 00:08:32
			and killed our brothers and sisters. It was only a few months ago,
		
00:08:33 --> 00:08:35
			that his sentence was reduced.
		
00:08:36 --> 00:08:38
			Example upon example,
		
00:08:39 --> 00:08:42
			and then when Muslims are attacked.
		
00:08:46 --> 00:08:54
			When Muslims are attacked the judicial system it gives them fever. We have example upon example,
		
00:08:57 --> 00:09:08
			that brother Yousif appearing, who was killed at the hands of prison guards, they were let off until
today, his family is seeking justice.
		
00:09:10 --> 00:09:15
			It was only a few days ago, after the London attacks.
		
00:09:20 --> 00:09:22
			There are Muslim who was killed
		
00:09:24 --> 00:09:25
			his attackers
		
00:09:26 --> 00:09:30
			only a few days ago, his attackers were found not guilty.
		
00:09:31 --> 00:09:35
			This was the case of a young Muslim man
		
00:09:37 --> 00:09:42
			who came to defend an elderly person outside of a Masjid in Hamilton
		
00:09:43 --> 00:09:44
			a few years ago.
		
00:09:46 --> 00:09:54
			And he was shot and when the paramedics arrived, they didn't give him the medical attention that he
needed. And so he passed away.
		
00:09:55 --> 00:09:56
			And so a few days ago,
		
00:09:58 --> 00:09:59
			the criminal who killed him
		
00:10:00 --> 00:10:00
			He was telling
		
00:10:02 --> 00:10:05
			how many examples we have to mention
		
00:10:06 --> 00:10:09
			of how Islamophobia
		
00:10:11 --> 00:10:21
			it runs deep and it is systematic. It runs deep at the government level at the judicial level and
then it is fueled and backed
		
00:10:22 --> 00:10:23
			by the media.
		
00:10:25 --> 00:10:28
			And then we wonder why. We wonder why.
		
00:10:30 --> 00:10:34
			We wonder why the response is so shallow
		
00:10:36 --> 00:10:47
			barakallahu li walakum tilaka and alim. Whenever anyone can be my female it would be a team.
opponent is Sophia, whatever you want to call me, sir Elan synonymic Litem
		
00:10:48 --> 00:10:51
			for Sophia who in who will
		
00:11:07 --> 00:11:13
			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa ala peba to Lima Turkey.
		
00:11:15 --> 00:11:18
			Hello volley mein watershed
		
00:11:19 --> 00:11:22
			ilaha illallah wa shadow shadow
		
00:11:23 --> 00:11:43
			shadow Amina Mohammed Abu Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi. Women Ted young, do
you know your medium? A mother had fucked up a law? The law he helped Gattaca rocky movie see when
Nigeria? Yeah, are you ready and I
		
00:11:44 --> 00:11:45
			will tell
		
00:11:46 --> 00:11:53
			you what, what topple water in the lower half of the room D mat and the room. My dear brothers and
sisters.
		
00:11:56 --> 00:11:57
			As we reflect
		
00:11:59 --> 00:12:03
			over the family that was killed a few days ago,
		
00:12:07 --> 00:12:09
			we come to the realization
		
00:12:12 --> 00:12:13
			that that could have been
		
00:12:15 --> 00:12:16
			any one of us
		
00:12:18 --> 00:12:20
			walking down the street,
		
00:12:21 --> 00:12:24
			being targeted and attacked in the way that they were.
		
00:12:25 --> 00:12:27
			So my dear brothers and sisters,
		
00:12:30 --> 00:12:32
			a message that I want
		
00:12:33 --> 00:12:35
			for us to reflect over
		
00:12:38 --> 00:12:38
			is that
		
00:12:39 --> 00:12:44
			we should not allow such events to deter us
		
00:12:46 --> 00:12:47
			from our
		
00:12:49 --> 00:12:50
			commitment to the dean,
		
00:12:52 --> 00:12:53
			from our
		
00:12:54 --> 00:12:55
			practice of the dean
		
00:12:57 --> 00:13:08
			from showing publicly who we are, because the reality is that such events will make many of us,
especially our young ones.
		
00:13:10 --> 00:13:12
			to want to take a walk to want to take off their hijab,
		
00:13:14 --> 00:13:28
			the brothers to shave their beards, not to show that they are Muslims, but rather to fit in, to want
to fit into the society and not to stand out. Why because no one wants to be targeted.
		
00:13:30 --> 00:13:31
			No one wants
		
00:13:33 --> 00:13:34
			to feel
		
00:13:35 --> 00:13:36
			like they are being targeted.
		
00:13:39 --> 00:13:40
			And they are being hated on
		
00:13:42 --> 00:13:45
			and so let us not to allow such events
		
00:13:47 --> 00:13:50
			to take away our pride
		
00:13:51 --> 00:13:57
			of this Islam that was handed over to Allah has given to us whereas remember
		
00:13:58 --> 00:14:00
			that the agenda of the enemies of Islam
		
00:14:02 --> 00:14:08
			is exactly that. what to look for Runa Khanna cafaro fetter Kuhn as
		
00:14:10 --> 00:14:21
			they wish that you will disbelieved, just like they disbelieved. So that what, so that you all
become equal so that you all become the same.
		
00:14:22 --> 00:14:32
			Allah has distinguished me and you with this Islam, we should take pride in it and not give it up.
Go in the public.
		
00:14:33 --> 00:14:47
			Take pride in your commitment, and your practice of Islam with confidence with courage, while at the
same time taking your guard and being vigilant
		
00:14:49 --> 00:14:59
			while at the same time, not becoming paranoid, not becoming a free. Why because no one can harm you
as long
		
00:15:00 --> 00:15:06
			As Allah subhanho wa Taala is with you. And when is Allah with you,
		
00:15:07 --> 00:15:09
			as long as you are with a wasp hunter who will
		
00:15:10 --> 00:15:14
			remember Allah and Allah will remember you.
		
00:15:15 --> 00:15:16
			Remember,
		
00:15:17 --> 00:15:44
			remember, to constantly keep Allah subhanho wa Taala in your hearts and on your tongue at all times,
when you leave home, when you are outside, has buena la who are near Milwaukee, these words, Allah
is sufficient for us. And he is our guardian. These were the words that were uttered by each and
every single Prophet and Messenger of Allah Subhana, who went to Allah,
		
00:15:45 --> 00:15:53
			Allah subhana wa tada is with us, he is sufficient for us, we don't need anyone else, as long as he
is our guardian.
		
00:15:55 --> 00:15:57
			My dear brothers and sisters, finally,
		
00:16:00 --> 00:16:03
			we need to keep the pressure up.
		
00:16:04 --> 00:16:06
			And so after these attacks,
		
00:16:08 --> 00:16:12
			we found that the Muslim community took steps
		
00:16:13 --> 00:16:14
			to call
		
00:16:16 --> 00:16:18
			on all government bodies,
		
00:16:20 --> 00:16:29
			to take active steps to address the issue of Islamophobia. And so we need to keep that pressure up
		
00:16:30 --> 00:16:36
			and stand with the Muslim organizations who are taking a leading effort in this regard
		
00:16:38 --> 00:16:52
			for the government to take responsibility to address this issue, and to take the responsibility to
safeguard the Muslims and our Islamic institutions. And so
		
00:16:54 --> 00:17:06
			enough with the words and the lip service, we need them to take action. Why is it that these events,
they repeat one after the other?
		
00:17:07 --> 00:17:11
			We would have thought that after the attack in Quebec City A few years ago,
		
00:17:13 --> 00:17:32
			that that would have been the last. But why is it that these events are constantly repeating
themselves, it's because the root cause has not been addressed. And it's because the system it
protects these criminals they know
		
00:17:34 --> 00:17:38
			they know that they will be let off easily.
		
00:17:40 --> 00:17:47
			And so long as they are let off easily. Then they dear commit these acts. On the other hand,
		
00:17:49 --> 00:17:50
			just one example.
		
00:17:52 --> 00:17:55
			If something is said, against the Jews,
		
00:17:56 --> 00:17:58
			we have laws protecting them.
		
00:18:01 --> 00:18:03
			And so even valid criticism
		
00:18:05 --> 00:18:07
			of the State of Israel, for example,
		
00:18:09 --> 00:18:13
			is looked at as being anti semitic.
		
00:18:14 --> 00:18:16
			And valid criticism of Jews, if
		
00:18:18 --> 00:18:31
			if they commit wrong is looked at as being anti semitic, and you have laws protecting them. Why is
it that we don't have equal treatment for us Muslims?
		
00:18:33 --> 00:18:35
			It's all the pressure needs to be kept up.
		
00:18:36 --> 00:18:49
			And let us remember. Finally, in conclusion, let us remember that although we will stand up for our
rights, and we need to prove we need to push the government to take action.
		
00:18:50 --> 00:18:56
			We need to remember that our response and our calls for justice.
		
00:18:57 --> 00:19:06
			They need to be in line with Islamic teachings. And so one of the problems that we find
		
00:19:09 --> 00:19:13
			our Muslim community in one of the problems that we suffer from is
		
00:19:16 --> 00:19:17
			that we look at others.
		
00:19:21 --> 00:19:24
			And living here in the West, we have adopted many of their wings.
		
00:19:27 --> 00:19:28
			And so we need to be mindful
		
00:19:29 --> 00:19:33
			that we don't adopt certain ways
		
00:19:34 --> 00:19:42
			that are on Islamic. Why Because Allah subhanho wa Taala has given us a complete way of life, our
Deen
		
00:19:43 --> 00:19:55
			that addresses each and every single problem and Allah subhanahu wa tada and His Messenger so along
with how to send them have outlined how to address each and every single issue and each and every
single problem
		
00:19:56 --> 00:19:57
			and so
		
00:19:58 --> 00:19:59
			can do what you need.
		
00:20:00 --> 00:20:03
			drills are not from our waves
		
00:20:05 --> 00:20:07
			demonstrating
		
00:20:08 --> 00:20:10
			in the way hooligans demonstrate,
		
00:20:11 --> 00:20:19
			yelling and shouting, this is not from our waves and so on and so forth. We ask a lesson kind of
went to China
		
00:20:21 --> 00:20:22
			to have mercy
		
00:20:23 --> 00:20:24
			upon that family
		
00:20:26 --> 00:20:35
			that was killed. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to show where his mercy upon them to forgive their
sins. We ask a loss of China who went to China
		
00:20:36 --> 00:20:42
			to have mercy upon the son that was injured. We asked a loss of Turner who had to hide
		
00:20:44 --> 00:21:05
			to be with him in this life and in the next hour There was some loser lemo Rafa Nakula I don't know
the you call Mohammed Abraham dilla amo rock, Buddha Ricardo bukem gel if you Rhoda for katakolon,
Karima in the water woman eco Luna halaby yeah you already know Salva he was a Lima
		
00:21:06 --> 00:21:11
			Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barik ala nabina Muhammad Allah Allahu anhu to
		
00:21:12 --> 00:21:29
			be Latino Morocco manner it will answer it has to have at the edge of it will be automatic chromium,
chromium, chromium along eisele Islam all muslimeen whereas the shilka one machine came along I'm
feeling Muslim in almost the mat when you know me not
		
00:21:30 --> 00:21:36
			even one month in the case of Iran, Korea, boo boo boo along
		
00:21:39 --> 00:21:42
			with Xena where Riba was alleged was
		
00:21:43 --> 00:21:45
			was Sue and Phaeton Muhammad
		
00:21:47 --> 00:22:07
			wa ala Muslim enough equally McCann de Janeiro in Morocco in the movie, it will represent what he
taught you the Portobello and how you will look at your belly. Yeah, look into the cone first guru
law Hello highwayman. gelila Coco, mush guru who help me is it Kumar Nicola.
		
00:22:08 --> 00:22:09
			We are I am an artist.