Asalaamu Alaikum guys, welcome to this week in the Dunya (world)
and what an eventful week it's been.
You've got the coup in Venezuela to talk about,
we have Tommy Robinson running for elections.
You've got the shooting in a synagogue,
anti-semitic cartoons
and of course racism...all the way up to the monarchy
let's just get started yeah
Let's start off with the Philosopher, the great one himself
Tommy Robinson
This...classic guy
is running for European election MEP and he's doing it in Manchester
That's random, why is he running all the way up there? Well he's doing it because over
there it's easier for him to get the votes because 2009 to 2014 the BNP won
some seats there so they're hoping because he's x-BNP as well he's hoping
to do the same thing. As we know Tommy Robinson is a walking
comedy show mate.
#Move over cuz me coming through and this what man we're gonna do
I'm gonna punch you in the head and kick you in the face
cuz I only king of the whole Islam race#
And his electoral campaign
is no different. He's running
in Manchester but his first speech that he was giving, was outside Manchester.
The land that he was actually on, the owners of the land, didn't really give him
permission to use the land. And then on top of that, he starts handing out free
food. Now according to the electoral law
you're not allowed to give
free food because it counts as bribing but that didn't stop Tommy from handing
out free burgers. He's clearly not serious is he? And then what smashes even more,
he's going somewhere, he sees a player from one of these football teams,
he takes a picture, one of his mates puts up-in the caption-oh yeah
this guy supports Tommy as well. Now when this guy actually found out he didn't
know who Tommy was. When he found out who he was
He's like: Who? Na mate I'm disassociating
myself from this guy, I don't know he is
Absolute classic.
This is a few things that I came across literally in the first week of his campaign
Now let's move on to the coup
Not the sound that the pigeons make guys yeah grow up yeah
Coup, is when the people overthrow the government.
There was another coup in Venezuela
the reason I say another coup is because there
was a coup that happened in 2002 of a previous leader called Hugo Chavez.
The guy who was elected by the people his name is Nicolas Maduro.
Elections happened. So the leader of the opposition said "Na mate he's lying,
I'm actually the president"
And America goes "yeah we like him, yeah he's the president"
He wasn't really elected properly but he's got the backing of the US and naturally
because the US has allies around Venezuela as well: you got Brazil, Chile
etc etc they joined in with the US as well. Now this reached to a bubbling
point and then this guy Juan Guido staged a coup with the help of the US
and the surrounding countries as well.
Now why does the US hate Maduro so much?
Well if I tell you the reasons guys then you're probably gonna
think why hasn't the guy had been shot already
This guy has got a very socialist/communist worldview,
he received guidance from Fidel Castro's Communist Party-who the US absolutely hate.
He was close to the ex-president Hugo Chavez
and he's close to Russia and Turkey as well
so what the u.s. did was, they put economic sanctions on Venezuela. Now that doesn't really do
anything to the leaders but it affects the population, to such a degree: Since 2017
forty thousand deaths have occurred because of these sanctions.
And you're not gonna hear about this in the mainstream media
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves on the planet
if their leaders democratically elected, let them handle their business.
Stop interfering, for God's sake.
Since World War 2, the US has tried to overthrow over 50 governments- mostly Democratic
They've attempted to assassinate over 50 foreign leaders
they've interfered in the democratic elections of 30 countries
and they've dropped bombs in 30 countries as well.
All of this is referenced in a book called Killing Hope by William Blum, a
very brilliant book.
Don't get sucked into this sort of stuff guys and start
thinking- yeah you know what maybe it (coup) does need to happen.
No it doesn't need to happen.
All right let's move on to the next bit of news and this is the
shooting that took place in a synagogue.
Ironically the shooter tried to copy
what the New Zealand shooter did, in the mosque. So what he did was he tried to
set up his Facebook, he had a manifesto online, he posted the same nonsense on
the same website as the New Zealand guy. He had that automatic rifle.
He went there he shot one person, injuring 3 and then his gun jammed. Because of
that obviously he didn't want to get caught so he legged it. What do we learn
from this? We learn that: Hate does not discriminate.
Say it with me now: Hate does not discriminate
it needs to be stopped no matter who the victims
you can't just say- yeah it's that group, yeah I'm not
really affiliated with that group... because tomorrow the hate is gonna
spread like a cancer and eventually it's gonna engulf you. In the last 12 years in
the u.s... if you look at all the terror related attacks, 70 percent of them were
done by white supremacists. But Donald Trump just doesn't want to accept this.
Alright guys that moves me on to the next point, Racism
I came across this article, brilliant article, I recommend you guys to read it, I'll put the link in
the description. It says in the 1960s MI5 believed black people were a security
risk. You might think- all right mate whoop-dee-doo that's all in the past.
If you look at the statistics, there's no ethnic person in MI5 or MI6
so is it in the past?
And on top of that the racism in football, still continuing
unfortunately, to such a degree that even a member of the royal family
Megan Markle who is married Prince Harry, even she is receiving racist slurs online as well.
I mean 21st century guys, I thought we moved past this.
And finally, last but not least, there was an anti-semitic cartoon done in the New York Times
I know you guys are thinking- oh let's get ready for the uproar
Jews are taking over!
Its freedom of speech baby!
Semetic law will take over Europe and engulf us.
You'll be glad to know there was none of that. In fact the New York
Times offered an apology. No one said it affected their freedom of
speech and you know what that's brilliant, because it shows the
distinction between freedom of speech and hate speech. Why can't we also apply
this to Islamophobia? Surely we shouldn't be displaying hypocrisy
And all the best for Ramadan guys. Don't forget to remember me in your duas
and stay tuned to- this week in the Dunya
and until next time guys Asalaamualikum