And what did he say exactly?
I was explaining to her that the pattern of Muhammad was completely contradictory to the...
What was the core message of prophet Muhammad (PBUH)? What was his core message?
That Jesus Christ was just a prophet when he was far more.
Okay before you go rudely, without even saying bye bye.
So this is what we see about the Christian missionaries, and the hate that they have.
They have so much hate in their hearts, it's unbelievable.
She upset a sister earlier on, just a few seconds ago.
Yeah? As you can see.
These people they think this is the belief they have is about love.
Is this the expression of love?
And a simple question about,
what was the core message of Muhammad (PBUH)?
She doesn't even know.
She's thinking something about what prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said about Christ.
And that's the core message.
So what do you expect from people, who do not even do the basic simple
checks about other people's belief, about what Muslims believe.
And based on this ignorance, they go on demonizing Muslims.
They go on you know jeopardizing Muslim lives because of their...
...things that they say say.
They somehow make Muslims like terrorists.
That's their job. They want to make people believe that Muslims are very bad people.
And no wonder the world is in such a mess, because of these misinformation that people are spreading.
So we wish that you, the public who are listening, and those of you who are watching and listening,
that you know you realize that this is not the way to build bridges between communities.
This is not the way to come in a harmonious relationship between human individuals in any society.
In a society if someone doesn't dress like you, eat like you, talk like you, behave like you,
find out why the difference is.
Rather than assuming what's the difference.
The reasons why Muslims eat with their right hand, fork on the right and a knife on the left,
is not because they don't know the culture. "They are somehow barbaric people, don't even know how to eat and dine."
You assume that.
When you saw Muslims going into corporate meetings in a business and so on, and the Muslim picks up a
fork on the right hand and you think: "How uncultured, uncivilized these people are,
they don't even know how to eat."
Not realizing that in Islam, we eat with our right hands. With our right hands.
So we will have the fork, or the spoon on our right hand when we eat.
Which may go against your traditions.
Our Islam, the practice of our religion, our way of life, comes from following what Allah has described
to us, do's and don'ts, and what his messenger (PBUH) has explained.
So we follow the teaching of our prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
He showed us, taught us how to eat with our right hands.
That is why... This is a mundane example I've given.
So don't assume about people just because you've never bothered to inquire about
why they believe in, what they believe, why they do or behave in such ways?
Because of your assumptions, this blind faith ,that is then built based on these assumptions,
you will create divisions in society.
You will look down upon other people.
And you will think these peoples are somehow inferior, or low and so on and so forth.
You will never think all human beings are the same.
Doesn't matter if they are black or white.
If they are Arab or non-Arab.
You would somehow assume there's some kind of hierarchy there,
you know there are this lower level people,
because you've assumed wrong.
So people, please go and find out about what Muslims believe.
Why they believe in what they believe?
If you are watching speaker's corner videos,
this is one thing that you'll notice, we explain what we believe, and why we believe.
Because our belief is not based on blind faith.
Like many of you have, you believe based on blind faith.
Did you question yourself why you worship a tree?
Yeah, many of you do.
Did you question yourself why you worship a Palestinian man in the name of Jesus Christ?
You did not even question that.
You went along with your traditions, your forefathers, what they taught you. But ask yourself,
is this belief reasonable? Is this belief rational? Is this belief something that gives you tranquility in your heart?
Or you are now saying:
"Actually, why am I going to believe in a God that is killed by human beings?'
That is a belief of millions of people.
God came down on earth, and another group of people killed this God, crucified him on a cross.
Really?
Have you not really pondered upon this? You believe in such beliefs in which, you know in your heart
it doesn't make sense. The creator of the heavens, and the earth, you think can get killed?
And let alone come down on this earth as weak, as ignorant, as powerless human being.
Is it even reasonable to assume or believe such a thing?
When the creator is almighty, all knowledgeable. Always.
He doesn't lose his power or his knowledge.
But that's what you are fed to believe.
You're fed to believe in this, because you're taught that God loves you.
Well, well, well. Just because someone says they love you, it doesn't make it right.
There are many other religions based on love.
Perhaps, if you think about it,
Their concept of love is perhaps, even more than your Christians concept of love.
You eat burgers and steaks, pork ribs, and so on.
But as an animal, where was the love in sacrificing and killing that animal.?
If it was all love, you should have become vegetarians.
And not eating all these things. If that is what you thought love was.
Not to harm anything else, not to harm another life.
Islam has a perspective of why we consume meat, and why we don't have to be a vegetarian.
But you never thought about it this way. You never even questioned this belief that you have.
So there are people among them, who somehow believe God is a mystery.
Did God tell you that? He created you and then he tells you:
"By the way, I'm a mystery, so don't think about me."
This is a belief in which people are brainwashed by their religious concepts.
Not to question the core foundation of their belief system.
Not to think about what they believe, just believe as your learned elders of your particular institution tells you.
But ask yourself, would God communicate something to you,
which you will not be able to understand?
That will be a failure and communication, wouldn't it?
Doesn't God know how much you're able to comprehend?
And yet he tells you, and you don't understand it.
You believe in a God who knows how much you're capable of comprehending,
but he tells you some things that you will never be able to comprehend.
That's a failure of communication.
Why is that?
Isn't that something that's common sense?
Would God tell you that I am something
X, Y and Z, and then you have no way of knowing what that means.
No even understanding what it means. You suppress your intellect and you just say:
"It's a mystery."
Imagine God tells you: "I am a tripod, I became a tripod."
And you're trying to understand,
"How did you become a tripod?" You know, "Why did you become a tripod?
Is it even possible for you to become a tripod?
Does it even make sense to become a tripod?"
And then you are told: "It's a mystery."
That doesn't make sense, does it?
So this is why we say people, if you reflect on Islam,
when you reflect on Islam, it tells you
"Know with certainty that there is none worthy of worship, except Allah. Besides whom there is no God."
So... I'm not speaking to you my friend.
So...
I'm just asking.
I'm not speaking to you, I'm speaking to my friends here.
You can ask, but I'm not speaking to you. And the reason why is quite obvious.
Because you insult our God, calling God the elephant in the room, God is like an elephant.
Right. You insult... I'm not interested in someone who mocks my religion.
You can speak. So someone who mocks Allah, calling him "Like an elephant."
Right?
These people, we do not give any opportunity to speak to.
So now,
when people consider...
When people consider about Islam, Islam is a way of life in which... You will realize brother.
In which your heart and your mind will surrender willingly, voluntarily and humbly. Why?
Because it makes sense to you.
You would know there's nothing in this universe, who is worthy of worship.
Not a Palestinian man called Jesus, not a black man called Krishna, no one.
Man, woman, anything.
So the only being worthy of worship, is the one who created all of that.
That is a belief your heart and your mind will comprehend, without a shadow of doubt.
The people who worship... The people who worship other than this one creator, of course, they will have issues.
They will have issues, because they know that their belief in the heart is preventing from even opening
their hearts to common sense. Even in opening their hearts. So let me talk to you again on this issue.
You've been debunked on this subject, why asking the same question again?
You've been debunked many times on that.
You want to take him to a side?
Take him to a side.
So when we talk about about the concept of God...
About the concept of God,
look around and understand the concepts that are all around.
Which one makes sense to you, appeals to you, to your heart, to your mind, to your soul?
It will only be Islam. Because Islam is from your creator.
Islam is the religion, the way of life from your creator, that's why there will be no contradictions.
That's why there will be no mystery between you and your lord.
It's a direct relationship.
You don't need someone to come in between you.
You don't need someone to die for you and say:
"I can only reach God through that individual."
You go to God directly. You go to your creator directly. And that is Islam.
So I leave you with this thought, please please people, open up your minds and your heart, and ask yourself,
Why are you not a Muslim?
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu.