Shadee Elmasry – Islam in USA Before 911

28 November 2023

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The speaker discusses how Islam became important during the late 90s and the rise of Islam in the media. They explain that Islam was not a simple message, but rather a series of small segments at different points, including at Hajj, a local mosque, fastingale, and a local mosque. The segment was not news heavy, but rather a meaningless segment.

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I'm a convert to Islam. I converted in

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2,001. I would say 6 months before 9:11.

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I just thank Allah that I went through

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all of that before. Before. So I didn't

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have the pressure and the tension that came

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into the media. It's not the same anybody

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who has not seen before and after 9:11

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will not understand the difference, the difference

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in in really between

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where the discourse was at. Islam was just

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another kind of another religion.

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Just to give context to people,

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before 911,

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it's very likely, highly likely, a person lived

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their whole life just hearing the word Islam

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and not actually not hearing anything else. Anytime

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that Islam was in the news, everyone knew

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about it. And usually, it was a small

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segment at Hajj, a small segment about the

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local mosque, fasting Ramadan.

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It was like a meaningless segment, essentially. There

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was non news right after 911.

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Thrust in, you're the villain,

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and and civilizational at the civilizational level. Your

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people are the villain.

"I really think this is one of the greatest causes one could support"

Mufti Ismail Menk