Muslims, Terrorism & Ramadan! - Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Qazwini || Interfaith Iftar 2017

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[0:00][Music] our respected guests dignitaries my respected brothers and sisters in faith

[0:14]and in humanity I greet you with the salutations of the religion

[0:21]of Islam assalam allum peace be with you 163 years ago in

[0:31]18 54 a young couple James and anas love migrate from Scotland

[0:42]to Canada now there were Muslims before them but they were the

[0:48]first recorded Muslims to have settled in Canada they had several children

[0:53]and their youngest son Alexander was born in 1868 so one year

[0:58]after the confederation so he's been recorded to be the first Muslim

[1:04]to be born in Canada Muslims have a long history in this

[1:11]country a wonderful productive history for example we see that in major

[1:17]Canadian events such as the building of the Canada Pacific Railroad which

[1:24]connected British Columbia to the rest of the country there were actually

[1:28]Muslim laborers who worked day and night to make this happen when

[1:35]you examine Muslims in this wonderful and this amazing country we see

[1:41]that many of them are actually educated 44% of Muslims aged from

[1:50]24 to 64 they have a college degree now when you compare

[1:55]it to the general population it's 26% now no and no way

[2:01]am I claiming that Muslims have smarter jeans I'm not trying to

[2:04]say that but Muslims do appreciate the opportunities presented to them in

[2:10]this wonderful country they don't take it for granted many of them

[2:13]do not take it for granted they take advantage of this wonderful

[2:19]opportunity and you know even 15% of Muslims they actually have a

[2:28]graduate degree more recently we see many Muslims very active politically here

[2:33]in Canada we've had over eight members of parliament so far we've

[2:37]had a couple of senators we've had over 10 provincial mlas so

[2:42]they're quite active and they've been productive they've been loyal to this

[2:47]country they're giving back to this wonderful country now unfortunately in the

[2:59]last year or so we've witnessed a number of terrorist attacks which

[3:04]were perpetrated by so-called Muslims people who only claim to be Muslims

[3:11]but know nothing of Islam last month we had the Manchester bombings

[3:16]which claimed the lives of innocent children the London Bridge incident last

[3:22]week and we were just told tonight that there's been an incident

[3:30]in Quebec somewhere with a stabbing and unfortunately these terrorist attacks have

[3:37]been doing damage to the image of Muslims to the reputation of

[3:42]Muslims across the world they've done a great deal of damage we

[3:49]see this in the media on social media on some major news

[3:53]channels especially in the United States and elsewhere we see that the

[4:00]damage has been done unfortunately now we Muslims whenever such events happen

[4:07]whenever a terrorist attack takes place somewhere you'll see that many Muslims

[4:12]feel cornered and pressured to come out and apologize as if they're

[4:22]somehow responsible so they have to apologize now let me be very

[4:27]clear I un equivocally denounce these terrorist attacks we condemn them in

[4:34]the strongest terms we express our condolences and sympathy for all those

[4:40]grieving families the families of the victims but the point that I

[4:44]would like to State tonight is that I will not apologize for

[4:50]what these terrorists did and I'll tell you why we have nothing

[4:55]in common with these terrorists they do not represent us in any

[4:59]way there's nothing for us to apologize for we condemn them we

[5:03]denounce them we consider an attack on those innocent people and attack

[5:10]on us but I'm not going to apologize because these people do

[5:15]not represent me in any way possible they claim to be worshiping

[5:20]God if the god that they worship teaches them to claim innocent

[5:25]lives that's not a god whom I worship when they commit these

[5:31]Act acts of Terror they invoke the name of Allah you've heard

[5:35]them allahar God is greatest before they blow up themselves or they

[5:40]kill somebody innocently that's not the Allah that I worship someone who

[5:45]tells them to claim innocent lives to blow themselves up the Allah

[5:50]that I worship tells me in the Quran that if you kill

[5:59]one innocent Soul you CLA claim one innocent life it's as if

[6:04]you've killed all of humanity and if you save one life it's

[6:09]as if you saved all of humanity the prophet whom they claim

[6:17]to follow Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him they claim to follow

[6:20]him they claim to have dinner with him later that day if

[6:23]they kill themselves a prophet who teaches you to kill others to

[6:29]kill children to kill innocent people that's not a prophet whom I

[6:33]follow that's not the Muhammad that I know the Muhammad that I

[6:39]know used to teach that if a Muslim if someone who considers

[6:44]himself a Believer if he spills a drop of blood unjustly he's

[6:50]not a Muslim there is no faith in his heart the Muhammad

[6:55]that I that I know once there was a battle it was

[7:00]a defensive battle there were pagans in Mecca who waged a war

[7:04]on Prophet Muhammad and those early Muslims that small Muslim Community in

[7:10]Medina those pagans waged the war so the prophet and the Muslims

[7:14]were simply defending themselves now in the midst of the battle they

[7:18]captured a man from the other side from the enemy who had

[7:23]come to kill them and they took him as a prisoner of

[7:25]war now that night they tied his hand that prisoner of war

[7:30]War because his hands were tied that man he was in discomfort

[7:36]so he was groaning all night you know expressing that he's not

[7:43]happy with this situation the prophet that night would hear him several

[7:49]hours later the Muhammad that I know he could no longer take

[7:53]it he came to his companions and he told them I have

[7:59]not slept for a single moment because I'm hearing this man in

[8:02]discomfort Please Release him free him the man had come to kill

[8:10]the prophet with the enemies to wage war and this is how

[8:12]Muhammad used to treat people like that this is the Muhammad that

[8:18]I know dinner with the prophet is there anything more ridiculous than

[8:22]that many of them do believe that by the way they really

[8:25]believe if they blow themselves up they're having dinner with the prophet

[8:30]now let's be fair to them there is going to be a

[8:35]dinner I won't disagree with them but not with the prophet they

[8:39]themselves are the are going to be the dinner for the snakes

[8:43]of Hellfire that's more that's a more likely scenario in fact these

[8:49]terrorists they themselves are snakes you know Jesus in the Bible in

[8:53]Matthew has an interesting statement he says oh you serpents you Generation

[8:58]of Vipers you think think you can escape the damnation of jna

[9:03]by the way jna is the name for hell in Arabic it's

[9:07]similar it's Janam these people they think they can escape the damnation

[9:16]of Hell the punishment of the almighty God for claiming innocent lives

[9:21]these people do not represent us in any way they do not

[9:24]Worship the Lord that we worship they do not follow the holy

[9:28]strips scripture that we follow they don't follow the prophet that we

[9:35]follow we have nothing in common with these people for us to

[9:38]apologize we condemn their acts but peaceloving Muslims are not responsible for

[9:48]these Thugs and what they do would it be fair to give

[9:52]you a few examples would it be fair to hold 36 million

[9:57]peaceloving Canadians responsible for some terrorist acts that have happened here recently

[10:04]you all remember back in January in Quebec City where Alexander Bonet

[10:10]he claimed six innocent lives in a mosque peaceloving Canadians should they

[10:17]come out and apologize yes they condemned the ACT they poured their

[10:25]sympathy and love for the Muslim Community but this man does not

[10:28]represent Canada he does not represent Canadians he does not represent the

[10:33]Prime Minister for him to come out and apologize he does not

[10:39]represent the premier in the United States just last month there was

[10:45]an incident in Portland many of you have heard about the incident

[10:48]where you had Jeremy Joseph Christian he stabbed two innocent men young

[10:56]men brave men who simply stood up to him because he was

[11:02]harassing two innocent Muslim females and he stabed them to death should

[11:07]we hold 330 million Americans responsible for this should we hold president

[11:15]Trump responsible for this now this one's a little bit tricky I

[11:19]don't know how to answer this one with all the hateful comments

[11:29]he's been saying attacking minorities having no respect for other religions I'm

[11:37]not sure about that one he makes it seem as if 1.5

[11:40]billion Muslims are responsible every time something happens he's got a problem

[11:46]with 20% of the world's population one fifth of the world are

[11:50]Muslims and every time he wants to hold all of them responsible

[11:58]for these attacks and this is absurd this is unfair to a

[12:03]fifth of the world's population now while he does that it's okay

[12:07]for him last month he went and he took the sword in

[12:12]his hand and he was dancing with evil dictators that's okay because

[12:15]he was milking $400 billion out of them he can get away

[12:20]with that it's fine but this is unfair this is absolutely unfair

[12:27]to hold 1.6 peaceful billion peace ful Muslims responsible for the acts

[12:33]of a few people who are not religious as has been mentioned

[12:36]by previous respected speakers because terrorism has no religion terrorism is antih

[12:43]Humanity it's anti-religion we really I think the world would would be

[12:50]a much better place if the president of the US acted a

[12:56]lot more like prime minister Trudeau having respect for minorities for people

[13:00]of other religions keeping away from hateful remarks I think the world

[13:05]would be a much better place welcoming immigrants who are fleeing war

[13:11]and persecution God has blessed us on this continent let's be generous

[13:16]and share these blessings because God has promised not only in the

[13:21]Holy Quran but in all scriptures that if you take my bounties

[13:25]and blessings and you share them with others with other fellow human

[13:31]beings I will increase my bounties and blessings on you but if

[13:35]we deny others the bounties and blessings that God has endowed us

[13:40]with then we'll have an issue God will consider us as ungrateful

[13:44]people as an ungrateful Nation but for the most part what you

[13:50]see in this wonderful Society in many other societies in Canada in

[13:54]the US and elsewhere I would say most people are grateful you

[13:58]see that spirit of mercy of compassion yes there are radicals there

[14:04]are extremists everywhere but I think the vast majority of the wonderful

[14:09]citizens of this country and neighboring countries they do have the spirit

[14:17]of generosity and this is what the month of Ramadan is all

[14:21]about respected guests Ramadan is special for a number of reasons but

[14:26]one very important reason why Ramadan is special is because it provides

[14:34]us a unique opportunity to break free from our routine from our

[14:39]daily schedule our daily program that for many people becomes simply a

[14:46]routine Ramadan offers you a break from that it gives you a

[14:54]spiritual an educational a social vacation even a healthy vacation and the

[15:00]month of Ramadan we cut back on food we say no to

[15:02]our desires and temptations we resist our desires and temptations why to

[15:07]strengthen our willpower if you can say no to your own desires

[15:13]to your selfish desires then you can say no to Injustice you

[15:17]can say no to oppression you can say no to bigotry and

[15:22]hatred in the holy month of Ramadan we gather together as one

[15:29]Community we strengthen our bonds our family bonds our community bonds we

[15:35]empathize with the poor and those who are hungry you can hear

[15:41]about Hunger all you want yes it does have an effect on

[15:44]you but the effect is limited once you yourself taste hunger you

[15:50]start to think about all those people in society who are underprivileged

[15:53]people around the world who suffer from poverty there's over a billion

[15:58]people on earth today who live on less than $1 a day

[16:03]we go months and years without even thinking about that doesn't even

[16:11]impact Us in any way Ramadan is an opportunity for us to

[16:14]reflect and think what can we do to protect our societies and

[16:20]to save these other people Ramadan gives us this beautiful opportunity to

[16:25]break from our routine schedule and focus on ourselves on our creator

[16:32]and on people because Islam teaches us that the best way to

[16:36]worship the Creator is to help the created because the created are

[16:42]the family of God he's the one who created us he's the

[16:48]one who has sustained us Ramadan teaches us that Spirit of generosity

[16:52]you know we have an Islamic narration that says prophet Abraham peace

[16:58]be upon him According to Islamic Traditions God instructed him to build

[17:04]the Kaaba now the Caba is that cubic shaped building in Mecca

[17:10]in the Grand Mosque it symbolizes the house of God it's symbolic

[17:14]and Muslims when they're praying five times a day they take the

[17:19]Kaaba as their Direction because it symbolizes the house of God so

[17:25]this Islamic narration tells us that when God instructed Abraham to build

[17:31]his house Abraham felt honored and proud when he finished the construction

[17:35]with his son ishmail so he was laughing he looked at the

[17:40]Kaa and he was smiling he was so happy imagine God gives

[17:45]you a task and you complete it wouldn't you be happy God

[17:49]revealed to him he told him oh Abraham I see that you're

[17:55]smiling you're happy he says of course God I'm happy I've completed

[17:58]this amazing task why would I not be happy God told him

[18:03]Abraham but do you want me to be happy as well do

[18:06]you want to make me happy he says yes God I just

[18:13]finished this task what do you want me to do God told

[18:14]him what really makes me happy is for you to go out

[18:19]in society and see if there's anyone poor help him if there's

[18:22]anyone distressed help him anyone who's sick or ill help him that's

[18:30]how you really make me happy and God was teaching Abraham that

[18:33]this is the essence of worship yes on the outside you've got

[18:37]this Kaa this cubic shaped building you pray but the core of

[18:45]prayer the essence of prayer is for you to share what you

[18:47]have with other fellow human beings and this is what Ramadan is

[18:53]all about this Spirit of generosity and I conclude by sharing with

[19:03]you one beautiful incident that inspires us Muslims today was the 15th

[19:10]of the month of Ramadan so we're halfway through this holy month

[19:15]and today many Muslims celebrated an important event which was the birth

[19:21]of Imam Hassan the grandson of prophet Muhammad peace be upon Him

[19:26]Imam Al Hassan peace be upon him whenever I examine his life

[19:34]and his contributions he is truly the symbol of generosity the symbol

[19:39]of Tolerance history tells us that one day a man came from

[19:46]Syria from Damascus now at the time there was an evil Dictator

[19:50]by the name of muawiya he was ruling over that region muawiya

[19:55]had waged a number of wars on Imam Hass and on his

[20:01]father IM Ali as well he had this hatred towards the family

[20:04]of the prophet he waged many wars a man came from Syria

[20:10]and he was brainwashed he had heard all of this propaganda against

[20:14]the prophet's family so he came his heart was full of hatred

[20:18]towards Imam alassan when he saw the IM in Medina in the

[20:23]street in the presence of everyone he started attacking Al IM alassan

[20:28]denouncing him slandering him even cussing at him using very derogatory language

[20:36]profane language what did IM Hassan peace be upon him do with

[20:39]this man although he had the power he could have just instructed

[20:42]the guards to take care of this man the Imam came he

[20:50]embraced him he told him oh man I see that you are

[20:54]a stranger you've come from a different place if you have no

[20:58]place I'll give you a place place if you have no refuge

[21:03]I'll give you a refuge if you have no money I'll give

[21:06]you money and the Imam peace be upon Him kept showing him

[21:09]that compassion the man was utterly shocked I just cussed at you

[21:15]and this is how you treat me history tells us that the

[21:18]man he broke into tears and he fell at the feet of

[21:24]Ali Hassan and he says forgive me oh Imam for God truly

[21:29]knows whom to choose as leaders for Humanity and you are one

[21:33]of those leaders this is the spirit of generosity that we learn

[21:36]from our religion and we spread the spirit of generosity in our

[21:45]society thank you so much my respected brothers and sisters our distinguished

[21:49]guests may God bless you it's been an honor to host you

[21:51]this evening I thank every one of you for making this occasion

[21:58]a special one by your attendance and your participation I will keep

[22:04]you all in my prayers and may God bless you all salamu

[22:08][Applause] [Music]

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