Mohammed Hijab – Richard Dawkins Final Dash At Fame
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The speaker discusses the negative comments made by a man named Richard Dawkins on Islam, stating that it is hostile towards women and towards men and animals. He also talks about the religious values of Islam and how it is not a monolithic approach. The speaker also mentions a debate offer and the need for a testicular fortitude in Norway.AI: Transcript ©
The prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam told us,
whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will
build for him a similar house in Jannah.
And we know the great reward that will
not only be gained but rather
will fill your grave after your death.
Whenever someone prays there, whenever someone gives shahada
in the masjid, whenever someone learns something in
the masjid,
yes,
that will be something that you'll have on
your scale.
Retired zoologist,
Richard Dawkins,
has made an attempt to become relevant again
in the last moments of his life by
speaking about Islam. Let's take a look at
the video and come back and respond in
kind. The the way women retreat. I mean,
Christianity is not great about that.
It's had its problems with female vicars and
female bishops and things.
But there's an active hostility to women, which
is promoted, I think, by the holy books
of Islam.
I'm not talking about individual Muslims who, of
course,
are quite quite different.
But the but the doctrines of Islam, the
Hadith and the and the Quran,
fundamentally,
hostile to women, hostile to gays.
And,
I
find
that I
like to live in a culturally Christian country,
although I do not believe
a single word of the Christian faith.
Let's really assess what this man is saying
because he's made a few assertions, hasn't he?
And this is, typical of Richard Dawkins to
make assertions and not back them with evidence.
He mentioned the Quran. He mentioned the sunnah.
He mentioned the hadith.
However,
he didn't actually provide any evidence of what
he is saying. Now, we all know Islam
has a diametrically
opposed in many ways
view on say homosexuality or the morality thereof
than let's say liberal,
societies and so on. That's something which is
taken for granted. We all know that. We
also know that there is some level of,
if you like, a managerial hierarchy in the
family setting and otherwise
between men and women in Islam. But to
go further than this and to say that
Islam is hostile towards women, hostile towards gays,
and then to compare it with Christianity.
Well, actually, the same kind
of criticism from a liberal paradigm can be
made about Christianity
in its literal and orthodox
formats both Catholicism and Protestantism
and Judaism. In fact,
regarding the two very issues that he mentioned
from a liberal and feminist paradigm. So one
could say that on a liberal atheist
secular analysis,
for example, the verse in Timothy which talks
about the man being the head of the
household
or that man shall not lie with other
man and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Those are things that you'll find in the
bible. So
to compare Islam and Christianity and then to
use those liberal talking points as they are.
Liberal talking points with a small l
against them
is actually a weak argument to say the
least. And Richard Dawkins is a coward because
he has not been able to argue his
position as a zoologist because that's what he
is. I mean, why is a zoologist talking
about religion anyway? Why is he talking about
theology? Why is he talking about philosophy? Why
is he talking about all those things in
the first place? But let's say he does
wanna engage in those discussions. Instead of being
brave and gallant
and having
the intellectual
courage of standing forth in front of someone
who could oppose his views and challenge them,
He just makes a few sneaky remarks
on the radio.
Well, as I say, we'll see what happens
when you die because that moment is coming
soon. We could all die soon. I could
die, you could die but you're more likely
to die much quicker than I because of
your age and so you should be thinking
about really what's gonna happen after your death.
But one thing I will say is this,
in one of your books, The Blind Watchmaker,
Richard,
you mentioned that that there is no such
thing as morality. There is no such thing
as good or evil.
There is only
pitless indifference.
So really and truly, if you read the
God Delusion which is your seminal work, which
is interesting because why is a zoologist writing
a seminal work on issues nothing to do
with zoology or science? And when you spoke
to Dennis Noble, who is seen as one
of the esteemed
esteemed biologists in the United Kingdom, in fact,
in the world.
And he rubbished
your ideas and criticized you and put you
in your spot
and humiliated you intellectually
and he in fact is the one who
invented this labelled science journalist vis a vis
you and your efforts,
you really couldn't
withstand that kind of criticism. But if you
read your book, The God Delusion, most of
it is actually attacks
based on morality. But if you do not
believe in an objective morality and that everything
is pitless and different. So whether
one is hostile to gays, one is hostile
to women, one is hostile to men or
children or animals or anyone else.
That is according to pitless indifference. It doesn't
matter if they are,
you know, hostile or not hostile. Peaceful or
hostile. It doesn't matter.
Finally, I will say this. The entitlement in
your speech is quite clear.
For you to speak in this way and
just think of the United Kingdom as kind
of like your garden or your backyard.
I wouldn't wanna see this there and I
wouldn't see that there. It shows you that
you don't actually have respect for the democratic
process. She kept asking you what if, you
know, Britain became a Muslim majority country, so
on and so forth. I mean, if you
cared about the principles of democracy
and so on and so forth, then you
would you would actually answer in a in
a way which would be commensurate
with that. You'd say, well, if that's the
will of the majority of this or that,
which shows you that you cannot avoid the
in group out group tribal
dynamics. In your last
days on this planet
probably
or weeks
if you're lucky months
you know, maybe.
In those last moments of your
withering life,
you've decided
to attach yourself culturally
with the religion that you've spent a long
time trying to oppose which is Christianity.
Which shows a lot about
you. Finally, I will say the debate offer
has always been put on the table to
you, Richard.
We've always said if you really wanna speak
about Islam, the Muslim community is willing to
have that conversation.
And before you die,
maybe you'd want to summon
the testicular fortitude
although maybe that has withered her as well
to do so.
Hey you, are you wasting your time on
social media again? Your brothers and sisters in
Islam Net from Norway are establishing a Masjid,
a dawah center. Establishing a Masjid to convey
the message of Islam is one of the
best deeds a Muslim can do. There's a
huge need for it in Norway. You know
this and I know this. So that makes
the reward
even greater.
So give generously and Allah
give you even more.
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