Tamara Gray – Muslim Youth & Entertainment

			The concept of being entertained.
Do a little reflection on that,
		

			and think about that. Why do we
need to be entertained? Why do we
		

			need to be entertained? What is
wrong with our lives that we feel
		

			bored? So we need to be
entertained? I prefer to think
		

			that you're really involved with
your communities, studying hard,
		

			filling your lives as beautiful,
wonderful things, and so you need
		

			a break to rest and come back with
energy to all of those activities.
		

			But we need to think about
		

			the pervasive idea in our cultures
that we need to be entertained,
		

			and we need to ask ourselves if
that's who we want to be, and ask
		

			ourselves if really
		

			that was the way of the companions
of the prophet sent him, and we
		

			already know the answer to that is
no, it was not. So then we need to
		

			ask ourselves, How can we then
imitate them in a better way? And
		

			the companions of the prophet sent
him included plenty of teenagers.
		

			It included plenty of teenagers,
and the teenagers around the
		

			prophesy Salam were some of the
closest companions, hardest
		

			workers and most important
		

			people that began this ummah. So
be those that will begin this
		

			ummah Anu today, because we need
you. We need every single one of
		

			you, and we need to be rid of the
silliness and the shallowness and
		

			the pain and the loneliness, and
we need you to join hands together
		

			and find a way to reach out to one
another and the joy of faith and
		

			raise one another and help one
another and help our Ummah heal
		

			from the great tragedies that are
occurring today.