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Hey everyone
I wanted to make a video about criticizing

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religion
Somebody mentioned to me when I made a comment

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"Why do you want to criticize Islam?"

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Do you have an ego problem?

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Do you think you're better than everybody
else?

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Do you think you are so smart?

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Now you left Islam you must think you are
better than everyone else, smarter than 1

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billion Muslims in the world, right?

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And I wanted to reply and make a short video
about this.

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No, I don't think so.

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I don't think I'm smarter than anybody else!

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Infact I think that I just came to my own
conclusions.

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Why should we speak about Islam and why should
we speak about other religions in the world

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today?

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Why should we criticize it, why do we have
a right to criticize it?

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Don't Muslim preachers, mullahs, sheikhs and
scholars spend day and night promoting Islam?

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Isn't Hizbut Tahrir working to reestablish
the Islamic state?

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We live in a world where Islam is trying to
come back in a very big way, and not just

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spiritually but politically as well.

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The Quran itself says

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" لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ
"li yudhirahu ala deeni kulli"

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It says in multiple verses in the Quran, I
think three or four times, that Islam will

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dominate itself over all other religions.

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We're talking about a religion that wants
to become the power of the world.

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Why is it that Muslims can spread their religion,
do "dawah" on street corners, give out flyers,

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make videos, criticize and debate, but when
someone wants to speak against Islam Muslims

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get offended (not all Muslims of course) and
say you shouldn't criticize Islam.

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This is my way of life, this is my religion.

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But the thing is, if you want to live in a
world where everyone is free to practice their

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own religion you should give people the right
to criticize.

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If you want to promote your way of life, then
you should let others promote their way of

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life too, right?

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Isn't it true that the Quran itself criticizes
other religions?

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The Quran says that some people are deaf,
dumb, and blind - People that don't believe

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in Islam.

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That sound's like a pretty harsh criticism.

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The Quran says that the mushrikeen (the polytheists)
that worship more than one God they are "nujus"

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(filth).

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The Quran also says that certain religious
followers are cursed by Allah.

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And others are misguided.

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So these are pretty strong words to be throwing
about.

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And if you want to live in a world where you
are free to promote your religion just realize

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that people should be free to criticize.

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I mean you are on the religion of truth from
God Almighty.What's there to be scared of?

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What can a person like me or anybody else
say?

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The fact is you're on the truth from God so
if someone comes and says "There's a mistake

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in the Quran" or "Your religion has problems"
you don't need to be scared, you don't need

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to be offended, you don't need to be defensive.

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Just respond to those points.

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The truth will become the truth and it will
become clear at the end of the day, right?

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The truth will become clear, so there's nothing
to be scared of.

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The Quran says "truth has become clear from
falsehood" right, and the right way will make

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itself known.

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The other thing is that if the Islamic State
ever comes back there is going to be two classes

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of people.

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There's going to be "dhimmis" (like non-Muslims)
and there's going to be Muslims.

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I don't want to live in a world where there's
a two tier system - believers and non-believers.

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I don't think that's right, I think everybody
should be treated equally and this is why

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I think secularism is the best way.

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That way you never have the Christians or
Muslims or Jews or anybody having the upper

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hand over anybody else.

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It's a fair system and everybody has their
own choice, you know?

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I will actually support you and anybody else
who wants to practice their religion as long

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as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others.

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You're free to practice your religion.

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I will support anybody that wants to wear
hijab, pray five times a day, fast, go to

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the mosque, I'm all for freedom of religion.

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But at the same time I would stop and say
that your rights end where someone else's

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rights start.

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"It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance
and the religion of truth to manifest it over

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all religion, although those who associate
others with Allah dislike it."

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(61:9)
Also in 48:28, 9:33.

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I feel like if this is a religion that wants
to dominate itself over the entire world and

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this is according to the Quran itself.

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I think we have a right to say something against
it and at the same time that doesn't mean

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that people should be treating Muslims bad.

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I don't think Muslims should be treated unfairly,
should be treated badly.

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I think Muslims should be treated fairly like
everybody else should be.

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Everybody has a right to live, everybody has
a right to choose their own religion and at

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the end of the day everybody has a right to
say what they think is good and true and fair.

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And at the same time try to converse with
people with respect with dignity and you will

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find that you will reach more people that
way.

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Thanks for watching, take care, bye!