Tom Facchine – What Does Trumps Second Term Mean for Muslims

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The speaker discusses the importance of not trying to avoid history and the need to be patient in order to achieve success in this world. They also mention the importance of promoting Islam in the United States and bringing people together to achieve their goals. The speaker emphasizes the need to be patient and not hesitate to make difficult decisions.

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			The golden age of America begins right now.
		
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			From this day forward, our country will flourish
		
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			and be respected again all over the world.
		
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			With a second Trump presidency coming towards us,
		
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			a lot of Muslims in the United States
		
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			are concerned and fearful for what is sure
		
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			to be an attempt to target our institutions,
		
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			target us individually with hate crimes and things
		
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			of that nature.
		
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			A lot of people are looking for guidance
		
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			for how they should meet this.
		
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			Now, I want to set the stage by
		
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			going back to what Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala told us in the Qur'an about
		
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			setting our expectations, that this is life, that
		
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			this is a part of history.
		
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			We are told directly from the creator of
		
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			all the worlds, the entire universe, that we
		
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			need to expect this type of thing.
		
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			There's no running away from it.
		
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			He says in verse 186 of Surah Al
		
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			-Imran, that you're certainly going to be tested
		
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			when it comes to your wealth and your
		
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			personhood or your lives, and you're going to
		
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			hear from other people that are not Muslims,
		
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			whether it's people from the book, meaning Christians
		
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			and Jews, or whether it's other people who
		
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			are outside of that.
		
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			You're going to hear nasty words, you're going
		
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			to hear harsh comments, you're going to hear
		
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			a lot of things.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling
		
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			us that this is part of reality.
		
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			I believe we should not necessarily try to
		
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			create a reality in which those types of
		
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			things are regulated out of existence.
		
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			What I mean by that is, imagine if
		
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			we were to construct a government policy where
		
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			you couldn't say anything negative about Islam, anything
		
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			that you said about Islam that's negative is
		
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			hate speech and you're going to jail.
		
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			Would we want that as Muslims?
		
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			I don't think that we would, because Allah
		
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			told us that we have to expect this,
		
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			and this is part of our challenge, and
		
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			this is also part of honest dialogue, that
		
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			we don't want to criminalize, necessarily, a healthy
		
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			amount of opposition.
		
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			Now, obviously we don't want anyone to get
		
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			hurt, but we do have to also understand
		
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			that just how history works, people are going
		
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			to get hurt.
		
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			We are going to get hurt.
		
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			We will be targeted.
		
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			What's the orientation that Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala wants us to have to it?
		
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			Is it one of fear?
		
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			Is it one of hide in your homes?
		
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			Is it one of don't go outside?
		
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			Is it one of change your names, and
		
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			take off your hijabs, and shave all your
		
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			beards, and try to just blend in?
		
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			That's not what Allah says.
		
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			That's not what the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam explained to us, that we're people of
		
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			dawah.
		
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			And when you're in a place where you're
		
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			doing dawah, you're trying to represent Islam, you're
		
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			trying to spread Islam, you're trying to clarify
		
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			for people what Islam is about, both when
		
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			it comes to explaining it with words, or
		
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			demonstrating it in your actions, then you're going
		
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			to have to expect to be treated like
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was treated.
		
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			And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was
		
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			beat up, and he was pelted with stones,
		
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			and he had trash thrown at him, and
		
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			he had thorns thrown at his feet, and
		
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			he had all of these things.
		
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			So what reality are we trying to construct
		
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			where we want to live comfortably, and not
		
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			experience some of the things that the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam experienced?
		
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			We want to sanitize these things, so we
		
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			can be comfortable, so we can live in
		
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			luxury, so that we can benefit from the
		
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			fruits of this land, and the opportunities, and
		
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			the freedoms that are afforded to us, and
		
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			not talk to anybody, and not be afraid
		
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			of anyone saying an uncomfortable word to us?
		
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			I don't feel like that's really where it's
		
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			at.
		
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			I feel like we have to prepare for
		
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			these types of confrontations, and to meet them
		
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			with dignity, and to meet them with an
		
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			attitude of sacrifice.
		
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			That if you want to spread Islam in
		
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			the United States, you want other people to
		
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			see Islam in a positive light.
		
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			You want Islam to grow.
		
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			You want people to accept Islam.
		
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			You want your own children to stay on
		
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			Islam.
		
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			Are you ready to sacrifice for that?
		
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			Are you ready to suffer for that?
		
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			Are you ready to make the unpopular decisions,
		
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			put your foot down when you're pushed to
		
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			do something that's against your principles?
		
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			Are you ready to bear what the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam bore?
		
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			When it comes to this thing that we
		
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			call dawah.
		
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			I think that personally, and I could be
		
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			wrong, that this is the attitude that we
		
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			have to have.
		
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			That this is nothing new.
		
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			It might wax and wane.
		
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			It might be better or worse from administration
		
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			to administration, from period to period, but we
		
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			have to know that that's what we're here
		
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			for.
		
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			Allah subhana wa ta'ala told us that
		
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			that's what we're here for.
		
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			That that's what we can expect.
		
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			And towards the end of the ayah, he
		
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			says, he doesn't say about trying to regulate
		
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			it out of existence or trying to criminalize
		
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			every uncomfortable word that anybody says against you.
		
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			He says, and whoever is able to be
		
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			patient and fear Allah, then that is min
		
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			azm al-umur.
		
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			Then that is truly, that is truly an
		
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			impressive feat.