Yasir Qadhi – The Rise Of Islamophobia

Yasir Qadhi
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The segment discusses the rise of Islam and the misrepresentation of Muslims among Western audiences, leading to accusations of hate and misrepresentation. The speakers emphasize the need for empathy and a desire to show empathy to others. The agenda of Islamophobia is social and political, with multiple reasons for achieving it, including political agendas, drama selling, and desire for political control. The importance of educating oneself and finding a way to join a Islamophobic campaign is emphasized, as it is crucial to protect against false accusations and false statements. The shari'ah is also discussed, as it is crucial to deal with difficult situations such as road conditions and poor weather conditions.

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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
		
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			Wa alaykum as-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
		
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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
		
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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
		
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			I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			Come to Prayer.
		
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			Come to Prayer.
		
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			Allah is the greatest.
		
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			Allah is the greatest.
		
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			There is no god but Allah.
		
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			Dear Muslims, my topic today deals with an
		
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			issue that should be of extreme importance and
		
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			relevance to every single one of us.
		
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			And I mean here, the rise of yet
		
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			another wave of Islamophobia.
		
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			We have seen this in the last 20
		
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			years in multiple surges, multiple waves.
		
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			And every time it comes with a new
		
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			unexpected reality, every time we have to brace
		
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			for what's gonna happen, and every time it
		
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			goes away, and then to be followed again
		
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			and again.
		
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			And in the last few weeks, we've seen
		
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			a resurgence of blatant lies, misrepresentations, fear-mongering
		
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			amongst the western masses about our faith and
		
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			about our tradition.
		
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			And subhanAllah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions
		
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			this in the Qur'an.
		
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			Allah mentions it in the Qur'an.
		
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			1,440 years ago, Allah said, وَلَتُبْلَوُنَّ فِي
		
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			أَمْوَادِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ You are gonna be tested in
		
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			your wealth and in your lives and families.
		
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			وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ وَمِنَ
		
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			الَّذِينَ أَشْرَقُوا أَذًا كَثِيرًا And you're gonna hear
		
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			a lot of irritation, a lot of nuisance.
		
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			You're gonna hear painful things from those outside
		
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			of our faith.
		
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			They're gonna say things about you that are
		
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			not true.
		
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			They're gonna lie, they're gonna smear, they're gonna
		
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			stereotype, they're gonna caricature.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, وَإِن
		
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			تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَإِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمٍ أُمُورٍ You
		
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			must be patient and you must have taqwa
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			That is the essence of righteousness.
		
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			So, my dear brothers and sisters, what can
		
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			we do?
		
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			And what are some of the manifestations of
		
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			this reality?
		
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			And what is our role and responsibility?
		
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			These are some of the topics that inshaAllah
		
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			ta'ala we're going to be addressing.
		
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			As for its manifestation, subhanAllah, one of the
		
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			most obvious manifestations is the media representation or
		
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			I should say the misrepresentation of our faith.
		
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			The creating of stereotypes, the creating of caricatures,
		
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			the creating of fear mongering, out of nothing,
		
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			an entire controversy is created.
		
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			Just look at for example, the simple reality
		
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			of one of the leaders of our lands,
		
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			the Muslim prime minister of Syria, when he
		
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			refused to shake hands with a female politician.
		
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			How much the media went into full time
		
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			overdrive, creating, fomenting hatred.
		
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			And yet subhanAllah, they're talking about women's rights,
		
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			they're talking about the fact that this is
		
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			a man who's not shaking hands with a
		
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			woman.
		
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			How about the previous leader whom they themselves
		
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			supported and whose own forces perpetrated the most
		
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			heinous violations against tens of thousands of women?
		
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			All of this is silent.
		
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			Not a single word to that reality.
		
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			But when a Muslim man out of his
		
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			own akhlaq and dignity does not want to
		
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			touch another woman, an entire firestorm is created.
		
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			Look at what is happening right now on
		
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			social media.
		
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			One of the most or maybe even the
		
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			wealthiest person alive today who owns various social
		
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			media platforms.
		
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			That person, the multi-billionaire, is now actively
		
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			engaged in spreading lies about our religion.
		
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			Fear mongering, not just in America, across the
		
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			globe.
		
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			Tweeting and retweeting absolute lies about religion of
		
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			Islam and about Muslims.
		
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			The reality is that Muslims in western majority
		
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			lands are no more or less guilty than
		
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			any other faith of the crimes of the
		
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			most of mankind.
		
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			And yet, the western media portrays Muslims as
		
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			being disproportionately responsible for the crimes against other
		
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			people.
		
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			One of the things happening in Europe, many
		
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			of us in America are not aware, and
		
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			that's good for us we're not aware, but
		
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			in Europe there is this fomenting going on
		
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			of Muslim gangs, of Muslim gangs that are
		
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			taking advantage of other people, that are taking
		
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			vulnerable women and grooming them, the grooming gangs
		
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			of England.
		
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			This is front page news for the last
		
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			three weeks.
		
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			And tweets are being perpetrated, blatant lies that
		
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			Muslims are disproportionately responsible for grooming young underage
		
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			women.
		
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			And the fact to the matter is that
		
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			this is a blatant lie.
		
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			There's not a shred of truth.
		
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			Statistics say that Muslims are just as much
		
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			guilty as their percentages in the broader society.
		
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			No more, maybe even a little bit less.
		
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			Yes, there are bad Muslims out there.
		
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			We are not disproportionate doing crimes against the
		
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			rest of mankind.
		
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			But what is being portrayed, Muslims exclusively are
		
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			at the forefront.
		
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			So often blatant news is created where there's
		
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			not a shred of evidence.
		
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			For example, two weeks ago, a person who
		
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			was born in a Muslim family, of a
		
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			Muslim heritage, created or did an act in
		
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			Germany, and he drove into a crowd and
		
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			killed many people.
		
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			Without any verification, without any background, the fact
		
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			that that person had a Muslim name, immediately
		
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			a story was created.
		
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			Terrorist attack, this happens, that happens.
		
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			Turns out, this person, not only was he
		
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			not a Muslim, he was a murtad, he
		
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			was in fact an Islamophobe.
		
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			This person was in fact a Zionist.
		
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			And the reason why he attacked other people
		
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			in Germany, is that he said, you guys
		
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			are too soft against Muslims.
		
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			You guys are not harsh enough against Muslims.
		
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			And as soon as that manifesto came, as
		
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			soon as all of those tweets came, the
		
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			person who owns that social media platform, deleted
		
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			his account, so that you cannot see the
		
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			background of this person.
		
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			And again and again, last week there was
		
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			an attack in New Orleans.
		
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			We still don't understand who the person was,
		
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			what his motivation was.
		
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			Fact to the matter is, there are a
		
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			lot of unanswered questions, because this person is
		
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			unknown in the Muslim community.
		
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			But just because they have a Muslim name,
		
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			all of a sudden a story is created.
		
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			Nobody challenges.
		
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			We have no idea of this reality.
		
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			And all of us have to somehow collectively
		
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			respond, as if we are responsible, even if
		
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			one of our own did a crime.
		
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			Why is it that when mass shootings take
		
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			place, and invariably mass shooters are always, always
		
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			coming from the larger demographics of white Caucasian
		
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			males.
		
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			Why is it when a mass shooting takes
		
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			place, the rest of the male Caucasians don't
		
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			have to make a disclaimer, oh we have
		
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			nothing to do with that person.
		
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			And yet when it is a Muslim, all
		
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			of a sudden we are collectively made guilty.
		
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			And it goes on and on.
		
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			So without a doubt, we are facing yet
		
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			another wave of Islamophobia.
		
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			And Allah knows what's gonna happen with the
		
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			current presidency, and what is gonna happen in
		
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			the next few years.
		
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			And all of this leads to actual hate
		
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			crimes.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, in this last year, not as many
		
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			violent crimes has happened in the previous years.
		
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			However, multiple agencies have reported that minor crimes,
		
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			nuisances, irritations, or pushing or shoving, have increased
		
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			against Muslims in over 700%.
		
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			And as for violent, only a few cases
		
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			across this country.
		
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			In Canada, multiple incidents have happened.
		
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			Across Europe, this is happening as well.
		
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			And this is leading to legislation.
		
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			Multiple countries, not our country because we do
		
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			have a constitution that makes that difficult.
		
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			But other countries are getting involved in actually
		
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			legislating specific acts that are meant to make
		
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			it difficult for Muslims to live their lives
		
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			in western lands.
		
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			So with all of this, brothers and sisters,
		
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			what must we do?
		
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			First thing, and this is the most difficult,
		
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			and this is a very awkward topic.
		
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			Before we seek to try to push back,
		
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			understand why this is happening.
		
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			Understand, because without understanding, without having the context,
		
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			without at least putting yourselves in the shoes
		
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			of the other, no matter how awkward that
		
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			is, you will not effectively be able to
		
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			counter the rise of misinformation.
		
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			So there are multiple motivations why Islamophobia finds
		
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			such large traction in the western world.
		
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			There are multiple psychological realities.
		
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			And when I state them, I'm not justifying.
		
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			I'm simply asking us to understand why.
		
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			Please understand I'm not defending.
		
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			I'm trying to make us understand some of
		
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			the fear, some of the unknown, some of
		
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			the stereotypes that find traction, they actually have
		
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			human emotions that we can empathize with.
		
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			This is not to justify, but you're not
		
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			gonna defend.
		
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			And you're not gonna be able to make
		
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			yourself somebody that is fully human in their
		
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			eyes until you know why they feel this
		
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			way.
		
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			Some of their motives are totally understandable.
		
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			And of those motives is the fear of
		
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			the unknown.
		
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			This is a logical and rational fear.
		
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			They don't know us.
		
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			We haven't interacted with them.
		
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			And so they believe the lies that they
		
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			are fed.
		
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			Not everybody who says something Islamophobic actually has
		
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			genuine hatred in their heart.
		
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			It could be misunderstanding.
		
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			It could be fear.
		
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			It could be that they wanna protect their
		
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			own families and their own societies.
		
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			And they have been told the lie.
		
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			And if you come and you act arrogant,
		
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			if you come and you act harshly, if
		
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			you come and you don't have an ounce
		
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			of empathy that they might actually have a
		
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			legitimate misunderstanding, you will only validate their stereotype.
		
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			You will only affirm what their misunderstanding is.
		
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			So understand that misrepresentation of Islam and limited
		
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			interactions that many non-Muslims have with us,
		
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			it allows them to feel this type of
		
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			misunderstanding against us.
		
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			And you know before I came to the
		
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			state of Texas, I lived in Tennessee which
		
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			is a very different state.
		
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			I lived there for a decade.
		
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			I was a professor at an institute where
		
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			many of the students had never met a
		
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			Muslim.
		
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			And my classes, many of them intro to
		
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			Islam, people would come, they had never met
		
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			a Muslim.
		
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			I taught 10 years there, hundreds of students.
		
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			I will tell you firsthand, this was again
		
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			15 years ago when America was going through
		
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			a wave of Islamophobia.
		
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			When legislation was being passed to ban Sharia
		
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			in 22 states, that's when I was teaching
		
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			in Tennessee.
		
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			It was a very different world frame.
		
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			Right after 9-11 by a few years,
		
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			I was there in Tennessee.
		
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			I'm telling you from firsthand experience, I taught
		
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			hundreds if not thousands of students.
		
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			And many of them, the majority of them,
		
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			they were genuinely believing that Islam and Muslims
		
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			are evil people because they never met somebody
		
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			that was a Muslim.
		
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			Because of Fox News, because of stereotypes, because
		
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			their families and friends had fed them these
		
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			lies.
		
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			And when they took my class, I had
		
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			people that were genuinely scared to sign up
		
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			intro to Islam.
		
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			They were scared because they didn't know what
		
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			would happen and I had to walk them
		
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			through.
		
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			But alhamdulillah, by the end of my semester,
		
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			alhamdulillah, every single person I taught without exception
		
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			had a positive attitude of Islam.
		
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			In fact, a number of them alhamdulillah converted
		
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			during those 10 years.
		
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			But the point is education, calmness, dedication, patience.
		
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			You're not going to allay their fears if
		
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			you are coming to them with arrogance, with
		
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			hatred.
		
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			You must empathize.
		
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			This is a person, he's never met a
		
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			Muslim, never heard of Islam.
		
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			And for 10, 15, 20 years, they have
		
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			been spoon fed a version of Islam that
		
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			is distance from reality.
		
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			When you come into the picture, rather than
		
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			diminish, rather than hate, rather than anger, show
		
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			empathy.
		
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			Understand this is a person, he doesn't know
		
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			any better.
		
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			Another reason why Islamophobia finds such large traction
		
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			in the people is more sinister.
		
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			And this is the more evil one.
		
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			There are people who know full well the
		
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			truth and yet they have an agenda.
		
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			And the reason I say this, not everybody
		
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			has an agenda.
		
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			Category 1 are good people, they just don't
		
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			know the truth.
		
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			Category 1 are innocent people, but they have
		
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			been fed lies.
		
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			Category 2 are not innocent people, they have
		
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			an agenda.
		
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			Our problem, we don't differentiate between category 1
		
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			and category 2.
		
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			And we treat everybody as if they have
		
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			an agenda.
		
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			And that's not the way forward.
		
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			Category 2 people are different than category 1.
		
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			The people who have an agenda, they are
		
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			far more nefarious.
		
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			They are genuinely evil people.
		
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			They know the truth.
		
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			They know Islam is like every other faith,
		
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			has a few bad apples, but the bulk
		
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			of Muslims are just like everybody else.
		
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			In fact, they're better than other religious faith.
		
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			They know this, but they misrepresent intentionally.
		
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			Why would anybody do this?
		
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			Multiple reasons.
		
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			So under category 2, you have multiple reasons.
		
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			The worst of them, and this is the
		
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			one we have to deal with at the
		
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			broader scale, the upper echelons of society, the
		
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			movers and shakers that are doing this.
		
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			They do it for political agenda.
		
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			They have political agenda.
		
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			And the classic example that we all understand
		
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			right now, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
		
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			By intentionally misrepresenting Muslims as being violent, they
		
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			know Muslims are not violent.
		
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			They know that the Palestinians are being persecuted.
		
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			They know that the religion of Islam is
		
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			a peaceful religion.
		
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			They know this, but they have a propaganda
		
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			war they have to fight.
		
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			They have a propaganda war, and they have
		
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			to sell to their own peoples that their
		
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			country which is Israel is the positive country.
		
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			How can they do that?
		
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			One of the ways is by exaggerating these
		
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			statistics.
		
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			Oh, Muslims are all grooming gangs, Muslims are
		
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			this, Muslims are violent.
		
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			One of the ways is by constantly creating
		
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			these stereotypes, caricatures, and spoon-feeding people so
		
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			that the presumption comes, Oh, okay, Islam is
		
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			a terrorist religion.
		
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			This is an agenda, and we cannot treat
		
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			these types of people the same as we
		
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			treat category 1.
		
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			There are also agendas that are a little
		
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			bit less sinister, but there are agendas nonetheless.
		
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			Of the agendas is just blatant sensationalism, i
		
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			.e., drama sells.
		
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			And if you have a newspaper, it's not
		
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			that you hate Muslims or hate others.
		
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			Having a sensationalist title will sell more copies
		
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			of the newspaper.
		
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			And so to say, Oh, ISIS attack, or
		
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			Muslim attack, or terrorist attack.
		
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			It's not a matter of they necessarily hate
		
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			us, it's just it's gonna sell more papers.
		
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			So they're gonna put something like that.
		
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			That's why it's called clickbait.
		
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			You're gonna click on the...
		
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			It's like a bait for you, like a
		
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			fish being attracted bait.
		
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			It's clickbait.
		
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			Understand there's agendas that are monetary, that when
		
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			you have a story that's gonna bring people
		
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			to your website, it's gonna sell news, it's
		
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			gonna create more money for you.
		
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			So understand these are also different...
		
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			different, if you like, motivations.
		
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			Of course, there's another motivation as well.
		
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			And this is common amongst politicians.
		
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			And politicians in particular, there's so much going
		
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			on that is negative for them.
		
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			So they like to create another negative story.
		
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			So that the attention goes to that story
		
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			rather than them.
		
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			This is called scapegoating, right?
		
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			The politician is a disaster.
		
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			The politician has so many issues.
		
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			The politician has personal scandals.
		
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			Well, what's the easiest way to get rid
		
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			of all of that attention?
		
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			Just create a story about something that is
		
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			nothing to do with the politician and make
		
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			that story up and center.
		
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			And then the politician might even come and
		
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			pretend that he's the one saving society from
		
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			this scapegoat that they have created.
		
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			So understand there are sinister agendas.
		
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			Some of them are political, some of them
		
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			are monetary, and some of them are simply
		
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			just wanting to scapegoat to get off the
		
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			attention.
		
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			My point is we as Muslims have to
		
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			separate between the two.
		
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			And generally speaking, most of the people in
		
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			your offices, your colleagues, your co-workers, people
		
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			in society, they're not in category 2, they're
		
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			category 1.
		
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			And because they're category 1, you cannot treat
		
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			them the way you might want to treat
		
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			somebody in category 2.
		
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			You cannot have hatred and fear and arrogance.
		
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			You need to empathize, put yourself in their
		
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			shoes.
		
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			Imagine if for 15-20 years, the only
		
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			news you got about another ethnicity, another religion
		
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			was negative.
		
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			How would you view that religion?
		
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			You are also human, you would also misunderstand.
		
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			In fact, I have to be honest with
		
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			you as a person who has explored and
		
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			gone to the world, I myself have realized
		
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			that so many things I didn't understand until
		
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			I go there myself and see the reality.
		
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			The way that our media portrays, for example,
		
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			other countries.
		
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			The way that our media portrays other societies.
		
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			Until you travel there, and you see, oh,
		
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			it's not like that.
		
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			Even I myself have gone to multiple lands.
		
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			The way that our news media portrays them,
		
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			it's very different than how they actually are
		
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			when you go there.
		
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			So my point is we are also human,
		
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			and we can also fall prey to misunderstanding.
		
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			So now that we understand some of the
		
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			psychological realities of why Islamophobia exists, let us
		
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			now get to the crux of the matter.
		
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			What should we as Muslims do to respond
		
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			to Islamophobia?
		
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			And again, much can be said.
		
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			First and foremost, understand the way to respond
		
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			is not by moaning and groaning and whining
		
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			and complaining and calling out people.
		
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			No, this is not dignified.
		
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			This khutbah is meant for education.
		
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			It's meant for us to be aware.
		
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			The Prophet shallallahu alaihi wasallam never once complained
		
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			to other people about Islamophobia.
		
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			The Prophet shallallahu alaihi wasallam never once whined,
		
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			astaghfirullah, and begged and pleaded.
		
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			That goes against who we are as Muslims.
		
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			We understand Islamophobia is a fact.
		
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			We understand it is historic.
		
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			Dear Muslims, if they lied about our Nabi
		
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			shallallahu alaihi wasallam, you don't think they're gonna
		
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			lie about me and you?
		
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			If they created a caricature of the best
		
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			human being, you think they're not gonna create
		
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			a caricature of me and you?
		
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			So understand this is a reality you have
		
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			to deal with.
		
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			And it will come over and over again.
		
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			I already explained, every one of us who's
		
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			above the age of 35, you have seen
		
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			two or three waves of Islamophobia in the
		
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			last 15 years.
		
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			It's never gonna stop.
		
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			So be dignified.
		
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			Don't become complaining and whining and be a
		
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			little child and throw a tantrum.
		
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			No.
		
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			Dignity will bring you much more credibility in
		
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			the long run and it is the prophetic
		
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			way.
		
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			Number two, respond with patience and wisdom.
		
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			I just quoted you the verse, literally the
		
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			verse about Islamophobia.
		
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			You're gonna hear lies and things that are
		
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			gonna hurt you.
		
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			Allah is saying it's gonna hurt you.
		
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			How painful is it when they say lies
		
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			about our Prophet shallallahu alaihi wasallam?
		
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			How painful is it when they caricature the
		
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			Quran?
		
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			How painful is it they take a verse
		
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			and they misinterpret it?
		
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			It hurts us.
		
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			Allah says, وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَإِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ
		
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			عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ Show patience and be conscious of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			That is the right way forward.
		
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			Patience and wisdom and therefore respond with dignity.
		
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			Allah says in the Quran, اِدْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ
		
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			أَحْسَنُ السَيِّئَةِ Respond to siya with the best
		
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			of manners.
		
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			Respond to evil with the best of manners.
		
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			And if you do so, فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ
		
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			وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ The one who
		
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			was your enemy will become your best friend.
		
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			Dear Muslim, you are the Muslim when a
		
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			non-Muslim is full of anger of Islam.
		
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			Don't treat him the way he's treating you
		
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			or else you are exactly the same in
		
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			this treatment.
		
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			You are the Muslim, exemplify Islam.
		
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			Show them Islam.
		
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			Not through speech, but through action.
		
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			Not through words, but through character.
		
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			The strongest way, listen to me carefully, to
		
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			defend Islam against the charges of the Islamophobes,
		
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			it is not via lectures.
		
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			It is not via khutbas.
		
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			It is not via durus.
		
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			It is not via coming to the masjid
		
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			and listening to me.
		
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			The ones full of Islamophobic hatred are not
		
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			sitting here.
		
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			The strongest way to respond to Islamophobia is
		
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			that every one of you interacts with other
		
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			people with the prophetic akhlaaq.
		
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			That is the best way.
		
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			Every one of you interacts with your friends,
		
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			your colleagues, your neighbors, your co-workers.
		
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			You are the ambassadors, not me.
		
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			I'm the one giving the khutba in the
		
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			masjid.
		
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			This is not where Islamophobia is.
		
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			This is a role where you will be
		
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			at the vanguard, not me.
		
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			You have a role to play, not your
		
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			shuyukh and scholars.
		
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			I'm just incentivizing you.
		
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			I'm just asking you to do.
		
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			But you are the real people who will
		
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			demonstrate what it means to be a Muslim.
		
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			And so, number two, the primary mechanism to
		
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			respond to Islamophobia is via your actions and
		
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			akhlaaq.
		
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			Number three, you must be educated as well
		
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			with regards to what is going on.
		
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			You must read, you must study, you must
		
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			know your own statistics.
		
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			When they come and say, oh, the majority
		
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			of violence is caused by Muslims.
		
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			When they say, oh, there's grooming gangs in
		
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			England.
		
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			When they say, most of the people killed
		
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			in America comes because of jihadist attacks.
		
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			This is blatant lies, complete lies.
		
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			And if you don't know any better, you
		
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			will not know what to say.
		
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			So, study, educate yourself, understand what is going
		
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			on.
		
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			And there are so many lectures and khutbas
		
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			and durus that can help you in this
		
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			regard.
		
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			But you will have to educate and know.
		
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			When they quote you something wrong, you must
		
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			respond with wisdom.
		
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			No, that's not true.
		
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			And quote the statistic, the grooming gangs you
		
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			mentioned, you can quote, oh, the home office
		
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			in England actually released a study.
		
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			And they demonstrated that actually statistically, the number
		
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			of Muslims or Asians that are perpetrating this
		
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			is less than their ethnic makeup in the
		
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			society.
		
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			i.e., they're not even represented equally, they're
		
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			less Muslims.
		
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			And the majority of the people that are
		
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			doing this are actually from other demographics.
		
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			If you don't know that statistic, how will
		
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			you defend against it?
		
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			And the final point, oh Muslims, and much
		
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			can be said here.
		
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			The final point in this regard is understand
		
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			that we as Muslims must unite together for
		
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			the greater good.
		
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			There is strength in unity.
		
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			And demographics plays a role here.
		
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			I have been saying this for years, and
		
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			I will continue to say this.
		
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			One of our biggest problems, we are dividing
		
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			amongst ourselves over the most petty of issues.
		
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			We're having refutations and hatred because of our
		
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			ethnic backgrounds, even because of our trivial ideological
		
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			backgrounds.
		
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			We pray differently, we have slightly different understandings
		
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			of aqeedah and fiqh and whatnot.
		
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			Even if that is the case, for the
		
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			greater good of the country we live in,
		
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			in order to battle Islamophobia, we have to
		
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			find a mechanism of coming together for the
		
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			greater good.
		
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			وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى Come together and help
		
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			one another in birri and taqwa.
		
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			وَتَوَاصُوا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصُوا بِالصَّبْرِ They're advising each other
		
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			with the truth, and advising each other in
		
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			patience.
		
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			Come together as one ummah.
		
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			We do have strength in numbers, in every
		
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			single land we live in, in the western
		
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			world.
		
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			If we can only be united in one
		
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			vision, of preaching Islam in the best of
		
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			manners, wallahi it would have a trickle down
		
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			effect to the rest of the globe.
		
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			And of course, before I finish the first
		
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			khutbah, there must also be a final point
		
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			of the spiritual level.
		
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			And that is, how can we possibly forget
		
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			that in order to succeed, we must have
		
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			a relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			We must have that ikhlas, that taqwa.
		
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			We must have sabr and dua.
		
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			We must have a personal ibadah and tawakkul.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reminds us in
		
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			the Qur'an to constantly turn to Him.
		
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			And He tells us that, when the Prophet
		
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			ﷺ was hurt by what the people are
		
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			saying, He says to the Prophet ﷺ, وَاعْبُدْ
		
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			رَبَّكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينَ Continue to worship Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala until the certainty of
		
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			death comes to you.
		
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			Remember you will never succeed unless you have
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So turn to Allah, make dua to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala to allow you to
		
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			be an ambassador on behalf of His faith.
		
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			Make dua to Allah that you can be
		
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			a role model for your friends and colleagues
		
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			and the people around you so that inshaAllah
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala put together every
		
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			single one of us will make a dent
		
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			in this new Islamophobic campaign.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless me
		
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			and you with the Qur'an.
		
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			And may He make us of those who
		
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			His verses they understand and applies halal and
		
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			haram throughout our lifespan.
		
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			Ask Allah's forgiveness, you as well ask Him
		
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			for His forgiveness and the Rahman.
		
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			Alhamdulillah al-wahid al-ahad, al-samad alladhi
		
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			lam yalid walam yulad, walam yakun law kufwan
		
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			ahad wa ba'du.
		
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			Dear Muslims, given the weather circumstances that we
		
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			find ourselves in, some practical points for us
		
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			to benefit from.
		
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			First and foremost, we thank Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala who has blessed us that in
		
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			spite of all that is happening, alhamdulillah we
		
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			are safe and sound over here.
		
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			Can you imagine what is happening around the
		
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			world?
		
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			There are places where fires are rampaging, against
		
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			so many innocent people.
		
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			There are places in the world where bombs
		
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			are falling.
		
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			There are places in the world where this
		
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			cold weather, they don't have the mechanism to
		
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			protect themselves.
		
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			Our own Muslim brothers and sisters around the
		
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			world, in Palestine we have read that, a
		
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			'udhu billah, babies have frozen to death because
		
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			they don't have the mechanism to protect themselves.
		
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			And so as we are slightly inconvenienced because
		
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			that's all that it is.
		
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			As we are slightly inconvenienced by the weather
		
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			we find ourselves in.
		
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			Remember, there are so many others around the
		
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			globe who do not have the mechanism, the
		
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			wherewithal in order to protect themselves.
		
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			Every time we see a small calamity in
		
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			our lives, we should thank Allah that it
		
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			is not a bigger calamity.
		
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			We should thank Allah that He has given
		
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			us the means and the mechanisms to deal
		
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			with this calamity and make dua for those
		
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			that are suffering much more than us.
		
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			As well, we thank Allah for the beauty
		
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			of this religion and shari'ah.
		
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			Even though we made these announcements, we'll make
		
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			them again.
		
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			That of the beauty of our shari'ah,
		
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			as one of the principles of fiqh states,
		
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			when the situation becomes difficult, the shari'ah
		
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			becomes easy.
		
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			This is a rule of fiqh.
		
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			When the situation becomes difficult, the shari'ah
		
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			becomes easy.
		
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			This is one of the golden rules.
		
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			The fiqh has multiple golden rules or five
		
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			major rules.
		
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			One of these major rules is, the more
		
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			difficult situation is, the easier the shari'ah
		
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			becomes.
		
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			And of course, this is manifested in so
		
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			many different ways.
		
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			When there's no water, we do tayammum.
		
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			When it is freezing cold and we cannot
		
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			do ghusl, we are allowed to do tayammum,
		
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			even if there's water.
		
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			And even right now, when the roads are
		
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			full of slush, when you cannot drive safely,
		
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			we all make a judgment call here.
		
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			And if we feel that it is not
		
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			safe for us to drive, if we feel
		
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			there is a possibility of an accident, then
		
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			the shari'ah has allowed that we remain
		
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			at home.
		
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			And instead of jum'ah, we can pray
		
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			dhuhr.
		
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			This is something confirmed in the Qur'an,
		
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			in the sunnah, in multiple times in the
		
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			seerah, it would rain severely.
		
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			And when it would rain in Medina, it's
		
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			not life-threatening, you're not gonna die if
		
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			you walk in the rain, but it is
		
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			a very major inconvenience.
		
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			The roads will be full of mud, it's
		
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			not easy to go.
		
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			And in that inconvenience, the Prophet shallallahu alaihi
		
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			wasallam told Bilal, when you give the adhan,
		
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			then instead of saying, hayya alas-salah, change
		
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			it.
		
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			Instead of come to prayer, change it.
		
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			And say, pray in your houses, or when
		
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			they were traveling, pray in your tents.
		
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			Don't come to the masjid, pray in your
		
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			houses.
		
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			This is something the shari'ah came with,
		
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			when the situation was not life and death,
		
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			it was simply a major inconvenience to come.
		
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			So imagine now when, it is not safe
		
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			for everybody to drive right now, you make
		
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			a judgment call.
		
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			And this is completely between you and Allah.
		
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			People have different cars, people have different driving
		
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			skills, people have different levels of risk tolerance.
		
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			You make an honest assessment, and then between
		
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			you and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, you
		
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			have a clear conscious that, oh Allah, I'm
		
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			not feeling comfortable driving right now, I'm gonna
		
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			pray in my house, and that is completely
		
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			acceptable.
		
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			And all of this to manifest the wisdom,
		
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			and the perfection, and the mercy of Allah.
		
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			As Allah says, وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ
		
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			مِنْ حَرَجٍ Allah has not made this religion
		
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			difficult.
		
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			The religion is not difficult, the religion is
		
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			easy, and we thank Allah for the ease
		
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			in this religion.
		
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			وَجَعَلْ تَدْمِيرَهُ فِي تَدْبِيرِهِ يَا قَوِيُّ وَيَا عَزِيزُ
		
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			عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَمْرَكُمْ بِأَمْرٍ بَدَى
		
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			بِهِ بِنَفْسِهِ وَثَنَّى بِمَلَايْكَةِ قُدُسِهِ وَثَلَّثَ بِكُمْ أَيُّهَا
		
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			الْمُؤْنُنَ مِنْ جِنِّهِ وَإِنْسِهِ فَقَالَ عَزَّ مِنْ قَالٍ
		
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			عَلِيمًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكُهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا
		
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			أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا اللهم
		
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			صلِّ وسلِّم وبارِك وأنعم على عبدك ورسولك محمد
		
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			وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين عباد الله إن الله
		
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			تعالى يأمر بالعدل والإحسان ويتأهد القربى ويانع الفحشاء
		
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			والمنكر والبغي أكبر
		
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			الله أكبر أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله
		
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			أشهد أن محمد رسول الله حيا على الصلاة
		
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			حيا على الفلاح قد قامت الصلاة قد قامت
		
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			الصلاة لا إله إلا الله استووا اعتدلوا الله
		
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			أكبر الحمد لله
		
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			رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم
		
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			مالك يوم الدين إياك
		
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			نعبد وإياك نستعين اهدنا الصراط
		
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			المستقيم صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم غير
		
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			المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين
		
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			آمين لله ما في السماوات وما
		
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			في الأرض وإن تبدوا ما في أنفسكم أو
		
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			تخفوه يحاسبكم به الله فيغفر لمن يشاء
		
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			ويعذب من يشاء والله على كل
		
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			شيء قدير آمن الرسول بما
		
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			أنزل إليه من ربه والمؤمنون كل آمن
		
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			بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسوله لا
		
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			نفرق بين أحد من رسوله وقالوا سمعنا وأطعنا
		
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			غفرانك ربنا وإليك المصير لا
		
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			يكلف الله نفسا إلا وسعها لها ما كسبت
		
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			وعليها ما اكتسبت ربنا لا تآخذنا إن
		
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			نسينا أو أخطأنا ربنا ولا تحمل علينا إصرا
		
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			كما حملته على الذين من قبلنا ربنا ولا
		
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			تحملنا ما لا طاقت لنا به واعف عنا
		
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			واغفر لنا وارحمنا أنت مولانا فانصرنا على
		
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			القوم الكافرين الله أكبر سمع
		
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			الله لمن حمده الله أكبر
		
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			الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم مالك يوم
		
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			الدين إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين إهدنا الصراط
		
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			المستقيم صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم غير المغضوب
		
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			عليهم ولا الضالين
		
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			آمين والتين والزيتون وطور سنين
		
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			وهذا البلد الأمين لقد خلقنا الإنسان في
		
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			أحسن تقويم ثم رددناه
		
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			أسفل سافلين إلا الذين آمنوا وعاملوا الصالحات فلهم
		
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			أجر غير ممنون فما يكذبك بعد بالدين
		
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			أليس الله بأحكم
		
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			الحاكمين الله أكبر سمع
		
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			الله لمن حمده الله
		
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			أكبر الله
		
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			أكبر