He's like, "You know what Islam means?
Submission." I think submission to God
is like the whole point of life. But
>> because they're worried about money.
They're worried about dollars.
>> Sharia patrols have begun in Houston,
Texas. I've been warning for 20 years.
>> Listen, if you have the authority, I
would say to them,
>> he says, "I signed laws that ban Sharia
law and Sharia compounds in Texas. No
business and no individual should fear
fools like this.
>> Sharia law is bad, Seth. I don't know if
you've heard that. It's bad. It's worse
than what's happening in New York and
Detroit. It's just bad.
>> Sorry.
>> Work so hard to turn you against Islam.
It's not about faith. It's about
control. A trillion dollar alcohol
industry
>> that would eliminate genocide. That's
not a war.
>> The devil's convinced the world that
Islam is the problem. Not porn, not
drugs.
>> And the number one threat that we face
is people becoming bad.
>> So this is President Obama talking to
you directly.
>> Yes.
This is the danger.
Time for the
>> people. Are you ready for the
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way in the UK.
>> I'll tell you the truth. I was brought
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I didn't. My Christmas kid's a Catholic
for for my mom. My mom's a devout
Catholic. I'm not. which I didn't even
realize that he had some fans
over here like governor of Texas.
>> Governor Abbott should be ashamed of
himself.
>> Senator Ted Cruz jumped in and suddenly
it became a wave of fear-mongering
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>> We've been told that they're out to kill
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>> No. Do you know anything about Islam?
>> No, sadly.
>> Do you know anything about Islam?
>> Uh, not really.
>> Do you know anything about Islam?
>> No. Sorry.
>> Do you know what Islam means?
>> Islam? Uh, no.
>> We've been told that uh they're out to
kill us all.
>> That's what you've been told. That
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>> Well, that's what they say on TV.
anything.
>> I know it's in the Middle East, isn't
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>> Well, that you're going to have four
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How are you
my beloved brother Eddie? How are you?
>> Good. Alhamdulillah.
>> Good. Alhamdulillah. So, uh, did you
know about this, uh, video you made? It
went viral.
>> You know, as a merchant, you have every
legal right to sell whatever you want.
But as a Muslim, I have a responsibility
to tell to educate the people and let
them know.
>> And now you got people all the way in
the UK, this radical extremist talking
about I didn't know he had fans like the
governor of Texas. You got senators, you
got all sorts of people jumping on this
bandwagon that seems like they're
uniting on hate. Uh tell me when when
did you become aware of this? Well, uh,
it was about maybe a month after, um, my
last post because I did several actually
I there was several recordings that we
did, you know, in the neighborhood in
the area in most in the neighborhood
that was surrounded the masid that I
lead, you know, and um, and it was just
really just a reminder. But then after
about a month or so, then I begin to
hear first my first response I was
getting was positive responses from the
UK, you know, that's when I became aware
that they were having the same problem
over there with Muslims who were
contradicting their religion by getting
involved with Haram merchandise, you
know, and they said, "We having the same
problem over here." So I said, "Wow, I
didn't realize that. I thought it was
just in my neighborhood and some of the
inner city neighborhoods in America. I
didn't know that." So then when the
politicians started chiming in, I only
found out about that a couple of weeks
ago.
>> Mhm. Let's go back to the beginning. Why
did you decide to go to the business
owners and try to get them to
>> because because what I was what I was
trying to do to to make them take a good
look at themselves wasn't working. For
the last 40 years or so, uh, I've been
I've been talking to the Muslim store
owners that were selling Haram products
and I would just ask them, "Why are you
doing why you selling this? You don't
have to do this. Allah would take care
of you. You know, if you just have sell,
you know, um, halal products, you don't
have to do this." So, I was saying it
real nice to them. Private
>> 40 years.
>> 40 years, brother. I'm not exaggerating.
you know, in several cities that I lived
in, you know, and and I would go to them
very very privately and I would tell
them, you know, but it wasn't working.
And so I found I started getting fed up
and I and actually at the age that I'm
at now, where I am now, I began to feel
desperate because I wanted to uh to try
to encourage or influence some type of
change before I have to punch my clock
and and check out of this world, you
know. So it wasn't working, you know.
And it was Einstein who said, you know,
insanity is doing the same thing over
and over again expecting a different
result. So I was trying to I was trying
to ask them even recently just as
recently as a couple of months before I
started this campaign, I would go and
ask them. I said they walk into the
store, they they give me salams and I
said, "You must Yeah." I said, "But you
you know, you selling these things here.
Why you do that?" He said, "Well, I have
to make a living."
>> Alcohol and gambling. alcohol, gambling.
>> Let's talk about Let's talk about those.
I mean,
>> you even had and I made a video
regarding this that you had faith-based
protest. This is a part of the the
American fabric that you had Christians
primarily who would protest.
>> Whatever happens on the sidewalk really,
our focus is the women and the children
and their right to choose life.
>> I think abortion is so terribly wrong. I
have a responsibility to be here.
>> Stop abortion now. outside of city hall
in Lewon joined by pastors of local
Baptist and evangelical churches and
leaders of the Lewon Muslim community.
>> We believe born and unborn babies are
gifts of God as well
>> the Christian community.
>> Joel Furrow, the director of the root
seller, a faith-based volunteer
organization, adds while there may be
historic differences between Muslims and
Christians,
>> we stand together united against this uh
this bill. It's uh way too extreme for
our communities. I mean, you even had
the really strong women's group that
helped it was they set off the catalyst
to uh start the prohibition of alcohol
in this country.
>> The Women's Christian Temperance Union.
>> She would start chopping up barrooms,
chopping up the beer barrels. She's a a
striking moral symbol.
>> I don't know about that.
>> Yes.
>> They would protest alcohol. the largest
women's organization in the country, the
WCTU had led the crusade to ban alcohol.
>> Um, and all the evil that it was causing
and that's what's triggered the the um
United States banning alcohol.
>> Prohibition in the United States was the
government's attempt to outlaw the
production, sale, and shipment of
alcohol and intoxicating alcoholic
beverages across the country. Well,
well, here's the
>> But you weren't But you weren't trying
to now change any laws or anything. You
were just trying to get Muslims to live
by Islam, by their religion,
>> actually. Yeah. And the point that you
brought up, I would like to draw a
parallel.
>> Yeah.
>> Um the the the those people who who were
protested the those things before, they
weren't Muslim.
>> No.
>> Right. So, it would seem to me that if
those um um enemies of what I'm saying,
opposing what I'm doing, if they were
really serious about their religion,
because I believe that uh Governor
Abbott, I think he's a Christian, Ted
Cruz, I believe he's Christian, some
others, if they were really serious
about their religion, they should have
been protesting before me to the to the
other stores that are owned and operated
by Christians who are violating their
book Because the Bible in Leviticus the
11th chapter the 7th verse. Do not eat
the flesh of the swine nor even touch
his dead carcass. You know the the and
and the prohibition against fornication
is in the Bible. The prohibition against
defiling your own flesh is in
Corinthians in the Bible. So they should
they should have been protesting. Say
you're going against your book. Why
don't you just respect our book? That's
all I'm doing. I'm going to these
people. I'm going to these merchants and
I'm just telling them. I said, "Look,
you're a Muslim. Why don't you just
respect your book, the book, the
religion that you say that you adhere
to?" Now, the thing about it is to show
the contradiction. I believe and I
really pity the um these politicians
because they're so desperate to find
something wrong with Islam that they are
just trying to find anything. It's bad
enough that they try to demonize Islamic
terminology,
you know, like the Sharia. They try to
demonize it like it's something
horrible, you know, but actually
uh if I was to go and the Sharia is
based on the Quran. If I was to go into
the stores, Brother Eddie, and just say,
"Why don't you make sure that you pray
five times a day? Why don't you go Why
don't you leave your business and go to
pray Juma prayer on Fridays? Why don't
you fast during Ramadan?" These things
are part of the Quran and the and Sharia
is built on that. If I was only saying
that, they wouldn't have said a word.
But because I uh mentioned something
that impacts their economics,
now they're complaining because they're
worried about money. They're worried
about dollars because anything else
according to Islam that I would try to
remind the Muslims of, they wouldn't
have a problem with it. But because I
mentioned something that impacts the
economics of America, econ impacts the
economics of these capitalists, these
capitalistic politicians. Now they're
whining and complaining. And another
contradiction is they don't even like
Muslims. Now all of the sudden they want
to defend the Muslims. I'm only talking
to the Muslims. And first of all,
brother Eddie, I wasn't even talking to
them.
>> Muslim, right? Mashallah. You know, as a
merchant, you have every legal right to
sell whatever you want. But as a Muslim,
I have a responsibility to tell you, to
educate the people and let them know
that as a Muslim, you shouldn't sell
haram. That the alcohol, the pork, the
gambling, it's all against Islam. Why
are they complaining? I was talking to
the Muslim. That's a family affair. I'm
just letting them know. I said, "Look,
you say you're Muslim? Be serious." And
they're and actually they're complaining
about me trying to correct and influence
and properly and correctly influence
someone who they don't even like. Why
should they even care? If my father was
alive, he'd probably give them a
whooping for buttoning grown folks
conversations because I wasn't talking
to I'm talking to the Muslims. And all
I'm saying is and they're using words.
They're so desperate. They're using
words. They're exaggerating and lying
about my my my approach. They're saying
that I'm encouraging a boycott. I'm not
I'm not encouraging a boycott. I never
said don't don't shop there. Not even to
the non-Muslims. I don't say don't shop
there. I said the only thing I suggested
is in in some of the poor neighborhoods,
the inner city neighborhoods,
predominately black and Hispanic. I said
before you give them your money, ask
them where do they live. That's all. And
then I say to them said, "If you say
you're Muslim, just be Muslim. That's
all." You know, so how they call that a
boycott. And then they got so desperate
that wasn't working. So they started
outright lying, saying that I'm
threatening the life of Muslims that
I'll kill you, you're going to die. I
never said that.
>> It went that it went to that extent.
>> Yeah. You'll see it. It's documented.
Listen, I don't have the right nor even
the authority
to to to punish somebody for disobeying
God.
The the closest I came to having the
authority to disob to punish someone
disobeying God when I was raising my
children in pre- puberty. If they if
they disobeyed God, then that would mean
they were disobeying what I told them to
do. But I don't have a right nor the
authority nor even the desire to punish
somebody for disobeying. All I'm saying,
I'm reminding I'm just a reminder. And
the Quran even commands
that that I just give the clear message.
That's the that's the real issue,
>> you know. Now, now now they want to
demonize Sharia like that's we want to
ban Sharia.
>> Governor Abbott should be ashamed of
himself.
>> The ban on Sharia law in Texas is now
stren
>> the ceremonial signing met with tears in
McKenna. Governor Abbott,
>> he going to that's impossible. the it's
it's it's a ceremonial ban, a ceremonial
executive order. You can't ban the
Sharia
>> that radical Muslims want to bring
Sharia to the United States.
>> Say what you want about Muslims. It's
going to be a Sharia law.
>> Sorry, Sharia law.
>> Know what Sharia law was or whatn't?
Literally, Erin, I'm sure as you know,
it means do the right thing. It's an
ethical code. That is all it means.
People in the Western world have have
domesticated it, fornicated it. It's
just this al alt-right dog whistle uh to
get people upset over things that don't
exist. Sharia law.
>> First of all, let's look at the
definition. Sharia, it means law as
ordained by God. The Sharia, according
to the Sharia, if you want to ban it,
the Sharia orders and commands that the
Muslims respect and protect people of
other religions. That's part of the
Sharia. You don't want no protection.
The Sharia
uh commands that we protect and respect
other people the way they want to pray
and how they want to pray as long as
they don't interrupt our prayer. Right.
Yes. That's a Sharia. The Sharia
commands that Muslims take care of the
wayfair, the needy, the orphans, that we
marry widows if we're able to, that we
show respect to our parents, that we
that we give a portion of our wealth to
help needy people. That's the Sharia.
That's the Sharia. So, you want to ban
the Sharia? Listen, if you have the
authority, I would say to them, to ban
the Sharia, I'm I ban your ban. Your ban
is is illegal. You want to make the
Sharia illegal? I'm saying that your ban
is illegal. First of all, it doesn't
even make sense that you want to shut
down something that actually makes life
comfortable for you. Not only in
America,
but in the Muslim countries
historically, the Sharia is what gave
the non-Muslims protection
and the respect. So, I respect their
religion more than they do, you know.
So, it's a it's an insanity. So my my my
question is what what what else can you
find? You need to find something
legitimately wrong. If you can find
something legitimately wrong with Islam,
I'm ready to listen. Other than that,
don't waste your time because you can't
you can't make me deny the message that
Allah has put me make me responsible to
deliver.
>> So if you make a contrast, you have
Christian Sharia. Sharia law is almost
identical to early Christian law. Sharia
bans interest on loans. Jesus didn't
just oppose it. He flipped tables and
called lenders thieves. Sharia punishes
adultery. So did Christian law for
centuries. And what about modesty?
Sharia says cover up. Christian
tradition. Women were veils in church
for 1900 years.
>> You have Jewish Sharia. So you have many
contrast many if you if you put them
together you have what was given to
Moses. Because I like to make give these
um examples because people make Sharia
like the boogeyman that's coming to get
you. But if you look at the ten
commandments that was given to Moses,
this is the Sharia, right? This is God's
law. And in one time in history, you had
Christians who are actually applying
many of these same laws that are there.
They just abandoned it for liberalism
and they've kind of turned their back.
But you also have Jews who are also they
have their version. And I spoke in the
rabbis themselves and they have Jewish
Sharia.
>> Yes.
>> It's a same thing here.
>> The problem, brother Eddie.
>> And I like what you said. I like what
you said. You have um prayer, being good
to your neighbor, feeding the poor. You
listed a bunch of things that doesn't
come to their mind, which is actually
Sharia, right? Smiling at your brother.
Now they think of the penal code, the 1%
there. They think of the penal code.
They get these all these distorted views
about it. But um when you kind of
explain this in context, I mean I spoke
to one Arab uh Muslim imam and he said
that in the Arabic Bible, Sharia is
mentioned over in the Bible now over 200
times, you know, and today Christians
who are Arabic speaking, they live by
the um their version of Sharia, they
haven't had any issues.
>> The the problem is that they're they're
hung up on language.
>> Yeah. It's a matter of language because
the most effective da'wah when I'm da to
propagate the religion when I'm giving
when I'm explaining to people about
Islam what I do a lot of times I
eliminate the Arabic and just speak
English
>> Muslim means one who has the nature to
submit to God's will that's the fra
you're born with the nature to submit to
God's will right but they don't like the
language you know but if I tell them all
of these these so-called Islam
islamophobia people um do you believe
you have the nature to submit the will
of God. They say, "Yeah." I said, "Well,
that's what Muslim make." They they they
want to demonize the word madrasa. It
only means school. But if I say that you
should go to a madrasa, they will have a
problem with it. Jihad means religious
struggle. It's not limited to talking
about somebody going to war. Everyone is
on a religious struggle, you know. And
even these politicians, the governor and
the senator and other people, they're
engaged in a religious struggle. Jesus
did jihad when he flipped the uh the
money changers in the temple. That was
he was
>> because he was against gambling. He was
against gambling, you know. So So I'm
saying anything anything let me here's
the problem with America and and some
other countries that are influenced by
America. Anything that impacts or
affects
um the the the economics, they're going
to have a problem with it.
>> And that's that's the problem. If I
would have limited like as I said if I
would have limited my approach to these
merchants to saying wait a minute you're
not you wasn't at Juma la last Friday
you should go to Juma prayer that's
where your blessings are said did you do
you stop and pray during the day right
if I mentioned all of those things that
don't impact the the economics of these
people they wouldn't have said a word
>> why why don't they say a word because
you have faith-based protests every day
usually, you know, it's it's a common
thing Christians who are protesting or
what they deem immoral. We also we would
agree these abortion clinics.
>> Yes. You know, and I have I have my own
uh issues with dealing with the the the
abortion issue. I just don't talk about
it publicly. It's controversial, but
that's not I have bigger fish to fry.
>> How about how about the um strip clubs
and uh pornography? You have Christians
are also protesting in front of strip
clubs.
community has lived in our convent
located right behind the strip club for
over 70 years.
>> And this is faith.
>> You know why they don't bother them?
Because be because um they're not
desperate to to to def to vilify
Christianity.
>> Why don't say this is Christian Sharia?
Now the Christians are trying to take
over and
>> Yeah. Because because of the language.
It's just the language. If if Muslims if
we were to stop using the word Sharia
and use God's law and just say that then
it would take the wind out of their
sales.
>> Texas I just heard that they um the
governor they're making it a part of the
classroom to have Bible studies
>> bringing Christ into the classroom and
not everyone sees it as a blessing. The
Texas Board of Education voting in favor
of allowing access to Bible lessons in
school. That vote taking place just a
short bit ago.
>> Sure.
>> Have you heard of this?
>> Yeah, I heard that. You know, and I
remember and I remember when I was still
still the young boy Christian when they
took prayer out of the schools. I
remember all of that.
>> But this is technically Christian
Sharia. It's synonymous. I mean, the
wording you don't maybe agree with, but
this is what it is.
>> Exactly. Exactly. It's it's the
language. I'm telling you,
>> it's it's the language. You know,
>> you see the double standard.
>> If there's Christians right now who say,
"I don't believe in Allah. I believe in
God."
>> That What are you saying?
They're so confused. Actually, I pity
them, brother Eddie. They're just
They're solely confused. And I'm
convinced. I'm thoroughly convinced that
the only people in this world who don't
accept Islam is the people who don't
understand it. I really believe if they
will understand there is only two pe two
type of people. Either you don't
understand Islam or you're a devil. It's
one of the two because the once problem
and once someone really understands
Islam, they're accepting it. That's why
Islam see keeps growing. And the more
negative things the media puts out about
Islam, the faster Islam grows. Allah
even says in the Quran, they think they
could put out the light of Islam with
their tongue, you know, but they but
they can't do it, you know. And I'm not
going to change my they can't frighten
me.
>> What does Islam mean?
>> Islam mean it's a verbal noun means the
the the act of submitting. It's a verbal
noun according to Arabic grammar. It
means the act of submitting to a higher
authority. That is that is Islam.
>> Did you hear the uh once golden boy of
Fox News, Tucker Carlson, when he talked
about this? Did you ever see?
>> I missed that.
>> You you want to see it?
>> Okay.
>> Okay. Cuz it goes into uh what we're
what we're talking about. And this is
somebody who was programmed for a long
time and he talks about how he was
programmed about Sharia and then he
found out what it is and he's like,
"Hey, it's not too bad." And then he
same thing here. Let me in his words.
But I remember um hearing someone on I
worked at CNN at the time and like we
had all these endless experts most of
whom kind of worked for the CIA but
whatever I realized that later but uh I
remember who it was come on and be like
you know Islam is bad and I was like
sounds bad you know whatever I don't
know if I ever met a Muslim but he's
like you know what Islam means
submission
and like let it hang in the air like
that was self-evidently disgusting and I
was like I kind of think submission to
God is like the whole point of life but
I didn't say anything. Like I was like,
I'm I'm I don't think I'm against that
actually.
Anyone who submits to God, like I'm just
for that.
>> Your thoughts?
>> You know who Tucker Carlson is?
>> I don't know much about him. You know,
I've I've seen him a few time, but I
don't know much about him. I'm not
qualified really to commit to to comment
on
>> What do you think about what he just
said?
>> It it makes it goes back to my point,
brother.
>> It does. It connects, right? Big
>> it's just language. You know, if we if
if if we were to take away the Arabic
and replace it with English with some of
the stuff that these people are trying
to put, they want to make sure the
Sharia is coming to America. I told you
Sharia has been in America. Law has been
in America. If if there's anything that
if there's anything they if they want to
ban Sharia, they should ban the
Constitution of the United States.
which I I when I talk to historians and
who who know who also are very well
versed in the um constitution they talk
about you know that some of the Sharia
is deduced some some of the points and
some of the good things that are in the
constitution were taken from the Sharia
>> that's what I heard I heard that as well
from reliable sources as well you know
that um some of the the former leaders
and the help the constructors founding
fathers of the of the constitution
Thomas Jefferson and others who actually
read the Quran. Yeah.
>> You know, they were influ highly
influenced, you know, and they use it as
a as a catalyst as well as a foundation.
>> You heard the same thing, huh? Yes, I
heard it several times, you know, but
but my but my main point of contention
is the the contradiction, you know, and
the ignorance, you know, of of actually
saying that they're going to that and he
and also on and this I saw myself that
at a news conference the the governor of
Texas said that uh if me he said if him
talk about me, Kum Connor, anybody else
tries to bother these Muslims again, he
should be arrested. you know, bother
them. You know, the the the whole
purpose of JumaBBA and and and
taleims and and classes is to remind the
Muslims to obey their their God and
respect their religion. And all I'm
doing is telling respect the religion,
you know, period. And I would tell and
and and if I was if I was to be uh uh
indiscriminate, I would go into the
non-Muslim stores and tell them, "You
should respect your religion." I would
go into HB and and Kroger and Walmart
and Costco and Sam's Club and I would
tell the owners of those stores. I said,
"You should respect your religion." You
know, as a Christian, if I was to say
that, what would they say? Ban the what
say? Ban the Bible. You know, insanity.
All I'm just a reminder. And I don't And
they can't they can't they can't
frighten me into changing or abandoning
my message. Brother Eddie, I and and I
echo the sentiments of Prophet Muhammad,
peace be upon him when he said, "If you
would put the sun in my right hand and
the moon in my left, I will not renounce
my message because I'm very comfortable.
I'm very comfortable." And and my my
great-grandmother told me a long time
ago, she was only in her 60s and I'm a
lot older than that now. I ain't got too
old to bite my tongue, you know. I'm
just telling the truth and and I'm not
threat. If they want to if they saying
that I'm threatening anybody, they're a
liar. If they say that I'm I'm calling
for a boycott, it's a lie. If they say
I'm I'm I'm trying to ban their stores,
it's a lie. I'm only making I'm only
asking them to be accountable for their
religion. And if they continue to do it,
I leave them alone. And they're doing
it. But most of the stores that I've
been going to, in fact, all of none of
the stores that I went into and gave
them a reminder and a warning that we
was just going to demonstrate. None of
them changed their inventory. They're
still doing the same thing. I'm not
going back and forth arguing with them
because I have other things to do. I did
my job on the day of judgment when I
stand before my Lord and he's going to
ask me, "Did you did you warn them?" And
then he's going to ask them, "Did
anybody tell you about this?" You know
that on the day of judgment, Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him said, "What
Allah and his messenger enjoined you to
do, do as much as you can." And that's
what I'm doing. You know, I don't have
the the authority nor the right nor the
desire to stop them physically. And do I
go into their stores if I need to? If I
need to buy some gas, of course, you
know, but I'm still going to remind
them. And not only do I remind the ones
that are doing wrong and and making
money from it, but I also that same
spirit is what I give to Muslims who
don't even own stores who I see doing
something wrong. I said, "Why are you
smoking that weed? Why you even smoking
that cigarette contaminating the lungs
that you don't even own that they that
that that God Almighty Allah entrusted
you to to to use those to praise him?"
He said, "I'm doing the same thing only
it's just not on YouTube. It's just not
on Tik Tok, you know, and and and I'm
telling the same message when I give a
quit on Fridays. I say you should pray
your prayers on time. When Ramadan
comes, respect the Quran. Respect your
wife, respect your children, respect
yourself. I'm I'm giving the same
message. So if I'm if so if they want to
vilify me and demonize me for just
trying to remind the people of faith who
happens to be the same faith that I have
worship the same God that I worship
follow the same prophet peace be upon
him that I follow read the same book
that I read and I'm just trying to
remind them just respect what you say
that you are and they want to call me a
criminal and so they want to say I'm
illegal they're illegal that ban is
illegal I ban the ban ban. I'm saying
ban the ban because it doesn't even make
sense because we we have a
responsibility and I'm not going I'm not
I'm not going to abandon
my my my post. I was taught in the
Nation of Islam uh general rule number
five, do not quit your post until
properly relieved, you know, and I'm
going to keep keep on um preaching this
message whether I do it privately or
publicly. Now, here's a message I have
for the Muslims, though. Some of the
Muslims, they mean well, but here here's
what they come here's what I've been
getting um uh virtually
phone calls, emails, and and in person.
Some say, you know, you're supposed to
hide your brother's faults. You
shouldn't expose them publicly. I said,
if I'm supposed to hide their faults, I
need I need them to help me hide their
faults. If they were selling the pork
and alcohol and gambling out of the back
door in secret, I wouldn't say a word. I
would just talk to them privately like
I've been doing for the last 40ome
years. But they're selling it publicly.
They're flaunting it publicly. They
advertise it publicly. They have
pictures of naked women advertising beer
on the front of their stores. But then
they have a ayat from the Quran over the
cash register. They're doing all that
publicly. So, so Allah even says in the
Quran, he said, "Allah loves not the
public utterance of hurtful speech
except by one who has been wronged." You
know, I'm offended that these people
call theirelves Muslims and continue to
flaunt publicly their disrespect for the
Quran, their disrespect for the Sunnah
of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wasallam. I'm personally offended. But
do I have the physical right to stop
them? No, I don't have the right to stop
them. If I did, I would, but I don't.
So, I'm going to the limit of my of my
rights, the limit of my of my ability,
the limit of of of my consciousness. I'm
going to the limit. I'm just reminding
them. And once I remind them once or
twice, they got two warnings from me.
And I'm leaving them alone. One, I went
and told them ahead of time. I said,
"Look," I said, "you're a Muslim. You
should be using the best example. You
should have better you should change
your inventory." I said, "If you if you
don't change your inventory, then I'm
going to demonstrate." That was the
first warning. The second warning is
when I actually demonstrated. After
that, I got other things to do. Do you
think if a Jewish organization, a Jewish
rabbi saw that there was a Jewish shop
who someone who claims they're Jewish,
but they are working on the Sabbath and
now they protested. They said, "Hey, to
this um Jewishowned shop, they told
them, look, you know, why don't you
observe the Sabbath?" For example, do
you think that the governor and other
people like this like this uh Tommy,
this extremist radical Tommy Robinson
and others would be um talking about uh
the rabbis trying to spread uh Jewish
Sharia?
>> That's a very fair but extremely
hypothetical example because they're not
going to do that. They don't they're not
worried about them because they're bent
on they're desperate to find something
wrong with Islam. M
>> they're desperate and every year
>> it's the same thing, isn't it?
>> Of course, every year they get more and
more. In fact, you don't even have to go
that far, Eddie. If a Orthodox Jew had a
store and they had anything in their
store that wasn't even approved by the
Orthodox Union, if it didn't have the
Circle U on it, they would protest them.
I'm not talking about having pork. I'm
not talking about having alcohol. I'm
not talking about that. I'm talking
about just just um diluting the the the
the high standards of the Orthodox
Jewish faith. They will protest that.
>> Imagine in these high concentration of
Jewish areas in New York or UK where
they have their almost like their own
police ambulance. I was told imagine if
one of these uh shops was selling also
same thing pork for example non-cooser
meat
>> just non-coosher
>> just non-coosher what
>> just non and I'm not talking in fact it
could be kosher but it hadn't been
approved by the orthodox union and
they'll complain that's how strict they
are
>> so now the question is would these
politicians if the Jews the Jewish
people the rabbis start to uh warn these
shop owners about not selling the meat
that's not authorized not kosher or not.
What would what would happen?
>> Well, brother, you asking Kasum, you
need to ask these these these
politicians, you know, cuz I already
know the answer. But but but but I would
invite you and and anybody else to ask
them a question.
>> Ask them ask them a question. You know,
I mean, I'm waiting.
>> So, we ask them. I'm asking them now.
What would you guys do?
>> Yeah. Ask them. Yeah. What would they
do? But but I want them to They said I
should be arrested. Come on. Come to me.
Come on and arrest me. You ready to go
to jail?
>> What? Yes. Yes, sir. At this age, I get
a brow. Take a break from all this work
I got to do anyway. But it was s but it
would make a point incarcerating me over
trying to remind the Muslims to respect
their religion would make a such a valid
point. You think Islam grew by leaps and
bounds after 911? You think Islam keeps
growing now because of the genocide in
Gaza? You think Islam is growing now?
You you tried to incarcerate or punish
or penalize even someone who's only
reminding the people of their own faith
to respect their religion and you watch
and see what happens.
>> Isn't this protected by the
Constitution? Freedom of religion. So
you're doing what your religion is
telling you to do. Invite to good forbid
evil.
>> Yeah. And I'm not going to any extreme.
They just didn't expect that. See it?
They didn't expect it. They didn't
expect Jackie Robinson to hit a home
run. They didn't expect Muhammad Ali to
knock out everybody except in the ring.
They didn't expect that. All of the
sudden it's it's a problem because
people are beginning to think now. Of
course, I I don't have any examples of
any merch, Muslim merchants that changed
their inventory because of this.
>> Mhm.
>> However, my conscience is clear now
because I told him the truth.
>> Let me ask you this. This is this uh uh
very extreme individual, this radical
here in he's been banned from many
countries and he's someone who it's I
mean really ironic that you have even
Elon Musk and others who have become his
fans. I don't know if you heard of this
Tommy Robinson. So he's talking about
you. So Tommy Robinson is he says I want
to get your response. Sharia patrols
have begun in Houston, Texas. I've been
warning for 20 years that what is coming
to America banned at every turn. He's
got your picture here. Alcohol,
gambling, and pork.
>> And uh what are your thoughts on this?
So, this is that dog whistle we talked
about
>> and he's talking about you here. What do
you what do you say? Sharia patrols have
begun in Houston.
>> Uh you know, to be honest with you, um I
wasn't be when I'm when I'm doing this
particular effort, the the the term
Sharia and even the Sharia itself didn't
even cross my mind. It didn't cross my
mind till they started saying it. Yeah.
>> You know, even though that I lived the
Sharia about 5 years ago,
>> Jews lived their Sharia.
>> Yeah. They lived their law. About 5
years ago, I addressed the the state
legislator in Austin, Texas. At that
time, they were trying to ban the Sharia
then.
>> And I told them that that that the that
the Sharia is my life. If you think it's
dangerous, then how come you're not
bleeding?
>> Because the Sharia is here to protect
and defend anybody of other religions,
you know? So this this this video
they're showing of me, I never thought
about Sharia when I was when I was
approaching. I just all I thought about
was the Quran. Even though the Sharia is
based on the Quran, all I'm thinking
about is the Quran and the life example
of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. I
said I said, "You're going against the
Quran. You see on alcohol and pork and
gambling, you know, you and some of you
even have the the the pornography." I
said, "Why are you doing that? That's
against the Quran. you know, you
shouldn't do that, you know, and I'm
just letting everybody know that it's
wrong because I'm trying to tell people
about Islam the right way and you're
contradicting it. So, I just need to let
them know that this is not correct, you
know. And so, I never thought about the
Sharia. So, he said, "Here it comes.
They here come the Sharia, you know, I
told you the Sharia patrol." It's not a
Sharia patrol, you know. It's an effort
to remind the Muslims to to respect
their book and it should be a hint a
hint of advice to the non-Muslims the
Christians and other faiths who have a
book that they're not they're not loyal
to you know so it's a hint I say okay so
if I was a Christian preacher and I used
to be one and I was going to to the to
the HB or or Sam's Club or somewhere and
I was telling them obey your book obey
your Bible you know follow your Bible,
you're being contradictory. If I was
saying that, what would they say? But
again, they're just so desperate to find
something wrong with Islam. They're
trying to use this and it's not working
because my people ask me, "When are you
going to do another patrol, do another
demonstration?" I said, "When I find the
time, I have other things to do." This
is my whole world doesn't revolve around
making demonstrations. My world revolve
around revolves around inviting people
to the good and and and and encouraging
them to to to forbid the bad. That's all
that's all my world revolves around.
Now, how I do it, I may re readjust how
I do it, but right now all I'm doing is
making the point that people, no matter
what your faith is, whether it's the
Quran or whether it's Islam, whether
it's Christianity, no matter what it is,
that if you say you're something, then
you should respect what you say that you
are. And this way I'm talking to the
Muslim. It's a family affair. I'm
talking to the Muslims. I was not
talking to the governor. I wasn't
talking to the senator. I wasn't talking
to these these Islam is Islamophobia
acts. I was not talking to them. I'm
talking to the Muslims who say that
you're Muslim. Either be a Muslim or
not. You know, that's that's my message.
I'm not going to change the message. And
the only way the only way I'll make if I
find the time, then I'll make another
demonstration. Right now, I got work to
do because I'm trying to feed the
hungry. I'm trying to clothe the naked.
I'm trying to give people hope and
people and and let people see the best
side of Islam. And that's my job. That's
my duty. And I'm going to die giving
that message. And they can't frighten me
with this with these fake bands and all
of that stuff. No way.
>> And this is coming from someone who used
to be, you were a former Christian
yourself, so you know the Bible very
well. And you know that many of these
things you're talking about. This is
real important point. if you're calling
them out also saying look you Christians
live by your book do what you're
supposed to do because also in the Bible
alcohol is uh forbidden uh you also have
pork's forbidden gambling all these
things fornication fornication all these
things and it's interesting when when
when Christians go to these strip clubs
or they go to the abortion clinics or
they go to any of these other places a
lot of these times these are secular
institutions that are not representing
Christianity and they're trying to call
them away from this to stop and impose
>> this on them. But you're, this is an
important point. You're going to
Muslims, Muslim owned businesses, and
you're just telling them, you know,
pretty much calling them out. Don't be
don't uh be hypocrites, you know, live
by uh what you say you represent.
>> Yeah. Yeah. It's it's so obvious. The
the the contradiction is so obvious.
>> Is there is there have you spoken to any
attorney? Is there any laws that are
being broken?
>> I have two attorneys on our board at
Master Ted. two of the best attorneys in
the whole state of Texas on my board,
you know, and I'm sure if I was saying
anything wrong, they would stop me, you
know, and I and I asked them, I said,
"What am I doing?" They said, "If
anybody bothers you, let us know, you
know, because there's nothing I would if
it would be easy.
>> It would be I would be easy target if I
was to say something illegal or even
threaten to do anything illegal. But
they have to lie about me to make me
look bad." See, they can't tell the
truth about me to make me look bad. They
have to lie. Of course, I made the I'm
not going to deny. Yeah, that was me
telling the Muslim. And if you listen to
exactly what I said, you know that they
would have to lie about me to try to
make me look bad. But the only people
that will that will buy into that is the
people who are also desperate for
negativity. People desperate for for
negative sensationalism, you know. And
that's the reason why I'm even more
motivated because I'm very, very sure.
Listen, there were people way better
than me that were lied on. Way better
than me. Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon
him, was lied on. Jesus, peace be upon
him, continues to be lied on to this
day. While we sit here right now, he
continues to be lied. They're both
They're way way better than me. MSA was
lied on way better than me. So there's
so I'm I'm just a an insignificant peeon
in the scheme of this whole thing.
>> Would you uh ever consider meeting with
this u Governor Greg Abbott? He said, "I
signed," this is uh him referring to
you. And he has a picture of you here in
his tweet. He says, "I signed laws that
ban Sharia law and Sharia compounds in
Texas. No business and no individual
should fear fools like this. If this
person or anyone attempts to impose
Sharia compliance, report it to law,
local law enforcement or the Texas
Department of Public Safety, this is
referring to you.
>> What do you say to this? And would you
uh ever meet with him if he said, "Let's
meet."
>> If he wants to meet with me, let him
come to me.
>> Let him play in my backyard.
>> Yeah.
>> You know, I'm not going to spend my
energy, my time, or my money to go look
for him, you know, and impose myself on
him or anybody else. If they want to
talk to me, just come to me.
>> What do you think what uh he's talking
about? compounds and um no businesses
fools like this and trying to impose
Sharia compliance. What do you think of
this?
>> It's a contradiction.
>> Uhhuh.
>> I repeated this several times already.
It's a contradiction.
>> Everything you said already.
>> If I would have just if I would if I
would have limited my reminders
>> to praying five times a day, giving the
zakat to help the needy, taking care of
orphans, marrying widows. If I would
have if I would have limited my
>> That's part of the God's law.
>> That's all part of the Sharia. If id
have limited to that, if id have said
make sure that you resp all you Muslims,
make sure you respect people of other
religions and give them their rights and
give them their space. If id have just
said all of that, there wouldn't have
been no no controversy, no threats, no
empty bands, none of those uh crazy
executive order. There have been none of
that. But because I mentioned something
that impacts the economics
of their pocketbook,
now they're upset. Now all of the sudden
they want to defend the Muslim. They
don't even like Muslim. Now they want
all of a sudden they want to defend the
Muslim, you know, and and now he wants
to call me a fool. Okay, I'll take that.
I've been called worse names by people
better than that, you know. So I pray to
almighty Allah that Allah gives me the
strength and the stamina to keep working
and the health and long enough life. And
I pray that all people of good
conscience will understand the
importance of reminding each other and
and and and imam Shafi Rahim Allah one
of the great scholars of Islam is
reported that he taught his students he
said if only one surah had been revealed
on the Quran a would have been
sufficient to guide humanity and in that
one surah there's a very short ayah
that's a very short only three verses
what was bilhak remind influence
encourage each other to the to the
reality
And that's what I'm doing. That's the
Quran. I'm reminding you. So now I'm I'm
reminded if I had the time, I would go
down to the steps of the governor's
mansion and said I said, "Listen, you
know, listen, you you're going against
your own book. You should respect your
religion. I'm here to remind you." So So
the the Quran says I'm supposed to
remind each other. That's what I'm
doing. I'm following the Quran. I'm
doing what the Quran says. That's the
that's and that is the foundation. That
is the nucleus. And that is what the
Sharia revolves around the Quran. And so
I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do.
So if you think I should be arrested,
arrest me. Don't just talk it. If, like
I said in in that movie, the good, the
bad, and the ugly, if you going to
shoot, shoot. Don't talk. Don't just
threaten to arrest. Arrest me. If you
got something, bring it. But come and
play in my backyard. I'm not going down.
I'm not traveling around trying to
trying to meet with you or call you on
the phone or email or text you say,
"Please come. Let's talk." You want to
talk to me, you come talk to me. And by
and while you playing, walk the streets
of the hood with me. Walk the streets of
the fifth ward with me. Look into the
eyes of the people who rely on the
Muslims that give them hope. Look into
the eyes of the people who were given
groceries to every month. The people on
the street were given warm meals to,
prepared meals. People were given free
groceries and clothing and backpacks and
disaster items. I want you to walk the
streets of my neighborhood around my
master with me. Look into the eyes of
the people and you try to tell them that
Islam is bad. You try to tell them that
something wrong with the Islamic law.
You try to tell them something's wrong
with the Quran. And you see what they
say to you. Don't take my word for it.
You walk the streets if you have the
courage. Walk the streets of the hood of
with me where the where the gang bangers
are, the drug dealers are, the
prostitutes and ex-prostitutes are. You
walk and look into their eyes and you
try to convince them Islam is bad. Even
the ones that have not accepted Islam,
you try to tell them Islam is bad. And
let's see what they say to you. Don't
take my word for it. I'm done.
That's very powerful. So you see Islam
in action is cleaning up neighborhoods.
It's actually um faith in action and
you're seeing a positive results
obviously because if the community is
going to be defending many I haven't
even accepted Islam but these
politicians are the ones who are corrupt
and who are um bringing upon disaster
>> you know I say to them brother Eddie if
you can't lick them join them
>> if you you can't defeat Islam you can't
shut me down you can't silence me you
might as well join the party when in
Rome do as the Romans Do you might as
well give up. Surrender to Allah, not to
me. Surrender. Go ahead and come on and
accept Islam because you what you have
is not working. It's not working. The
world is falling apart. The world is
diseased. The world is having serious
problems. The world is crippled. And the
only solution. Islam is not the problem.
Islam is the solution. And what I want
you to do is quit fighting it. Quit
struggling with it. And do whatever you
can to assist it. and maybe you might
have some hope on the day of judgment.
>> I want to get your reaction to uh again
this is for people that don't know about
him. He was the the star of Fox News at
one time, Tucker Carlson, and he was
somebody who was in the past he was
always talking negatively about Islam,
about Sharia, God's law. And maybe we
can see some before clips of Tucker
Carlson.
And now I want to get your reaction to
what he actually we had him give um you
a reaction on what he said about Islam.
But let's this term cuz we're using this
term Sharia. He's going to say
something. He's going to comment on
Sharia also. I want to get your reaction
to that. How's that?
>> Okay.
>> Sharia law is bad, Seth. I don't know if
you've heard that. It's bad. It's worse
than what's happening in New York and
Detroit. It's just bad.
>> I don't know why. Just like years of
brainwashing. I just like Sharia law.
Well in
>> sorry Sharia law
>> what are your thoughts
>> it it's it's a another contradiction
>> Sharia law is like saying law
>> uhhuh
>> you know Sharia law when you say Allah
God like saying God God you know it's
it's a translation of a very pure and
comprehensive
Islamic term that makes the people think
and understand the importance of our
obligation. See when we say Sharia when
we just say law as a Muslim then but but
it makes us okay we got to respect the
law but to a Muslim when you say Sharia
that that puts a type of context on it
that that that raise raise a level of
responsibility
because it means something special when
you say Sharia Muslim thinking okay I
got to obey God it's not just law you
know that's just like prayer and salat
prayer okay you could do that anytime
anywhere any direction, any language.
But salat is specific. It's a specific
method organized, structured method of
worship. That's salat just like nikah.
Nikah and wedding is two it it's is same
but it's but it's not the same. wedding.
Okay, that could be anybody, anything.
Say anything. But but but nikah means
that you are using the name of Allah and
his messenger, peace be upon him, to put
two families together, you know, and we
could go on and on. Bowing or ruku and
bowing is not the same, you know. It's
so it's similar, but bowing, you can do
that anywhere. You can show respect for
your for your martial arts teacher in
the Orient. They they bow a slight
courtesy bow. But ru you only do that
only for God. And so when we think
Sharia, that means that I'm raising my
level of responsibility and my
acknowledgement for the law to to
whatever pleases God because some laws
don't please God. That's why we have to
say have Sharia. God is not pleased by
fornication, but there's laws to protect
it. God is not pleased with alcohol, but
there's laws to protect it. God is not
pleased even with s homosexuality
but there are laws to protect it. God is
not pleased with gambling but there are
laws to protect it. So when we say
sharia that means that that is a law
that that shows the respect and
obedience to almighty God. If they have
a problem with with obeying God then
that's a boat they're going to have to
row and that's something they're going
to good luck explaining that to God on
the day of judgment.
>> Yeah. So uh in Christianity it's often
called canon law and in Judaism you have
uh laaka or if I'm pronounced h a l a k
ha which is basically sharia. So it's I
like how you this is very important. And
this is I would do over the years always
explaining what these terms mean because
the language barrier and people not
understanding and then it's people been
programmed to to um just like when you
um define the word Islam Muslim uh one
who submits his will to the will of God
people like yeah that's a good thing
like Tucker was saying. What's wrong
with that? I think that's that's what
everybody should be doing. You should be
living your life by that. But then you
throw the word Islam and people you know
they freak out. Same thing with Sharia
and we give those examples. But, uh, I
want to I want to show you this. Uh,
when you were talking about if you would
have been just calling people to prayer
and charity, but now that you're hitting
into the economics, this kind of goes
with that. Let's see what you think.
>> Work so hard to turn you against Islam.
It's not about faith. It's about
control. A trillion dollar alcohol
industry gone. $500 billion gambling
empire collapsed. Billions in adult
content profits erased. The entire
interestbased banking system shattered.
Think about it. If everyone embraced
Islamic principles, modesty, discipline,
financial ethics, their entire system
crashes. Look around you. A generation
drowning in desires. No self-control, no
boundaries. Exactly how they want you.
Because a disciplined Muslim can't be
manipulated through desires. A
disciplined Muslim can't be controlled
through temptation. A disciplined Muslim
stands strong against their system. This
is why Islam remains the ultimate
resistance against corruption. Stand
firm on your path.
>> That's exactly he's a man after my own
heart. Whoever that is, you know, but
realistically realistically
the overwhelming majority of the
problems that are infecting
and becoming contagious throughout this
world.
It would be solved if the whole world
would embrace Islamic principles. Yes,
we that's the shar.
How many millionaires, billionaires,
trillionaires, trillionaires, there's
some trillionaires that became
trillionaires because of the pandemic.
Imagine if if if all of those people,
just those alone, would embrace Islamic
principle of zakat. two and a half% of
what's left over after they pay their
bills. It would totally erase hunger,
totally erase famine, totally erase it.
How about the in the Sharia? We're not
supposed to and the the rules of
warfare. We're not allowed to fight
someone who's not fighting. That would
eliminate genocide. That's not a war in
Gaza. That's a route. That's not a war.
War is when there's two people fighting
or two entities fighting. If there's a
newborn baby, a pregnant woman, a old
man or somebody laying on an operating
table in a hospital, a doctor trying to
fix somebody, they're not fighting.
They're just doing they're just doing
what they do as humans. And but yet they
get killed. And so so if the entire
world would embrace the Islamic
principles, how about the modesty of
women? There's if if the if the women of
the world just the women would embrace
the Islamic princ Islamic principle of
modest dress style loose- fitting
clothes you can't see through subhan
Allah the imagine how how much the the
the moral crime would decrease if the
women of the world just the women would
embrace the Islamic principle of Islamic
dress h how about taking care of the
elderly there are there are senior
citizens in nursing homes where old
people are getting neglected and just
thrown off to the side. That would be
eliminated because we're obligated to
take care of them. How about all of the
women who lose their husbands for
through for for whatever reason and and
no one to take care of them, the Islamic
principles, the Sharia would take care
of them. And so I would argue that
instead of trying to get rid of or or
biting the hand that feeds you, instead
of trying to contradict the very thing
that that that the very hope that would
bring together and galvanize the fabric
the fabric of the moral fabric of this
world, instead of trying to vilify that
and demonize that, why not join the
party and and and encourage everybody
the same energy governor and senator,
the same energy you you other so-called
theologians are using to vilify Islam.
If you use that same energy to embrace
the Islamic principles and you don't
have to call it Islam, I don't have to
call myself Muslim to act like a Muslim
and to be and be righteous. I don't have
to say it my religion is. I don't have
to say it. I just have to do it. And if
you and if you're willing to just put
that down that use that same energy to
invite people to righteousness, we could
fix this broken world. But no, you don't
want it fixed. You rather have the
money. Okay, keep it. Keep it. It's your
party. You play it. I just But I
wouldn't want to be you on the day of
judgment. You know, I'll take my chances
with whatever you want to do to me
because I only fear my Lord Allah
because Allah will protect me in this
life or the afterlife or both. Do
whatever you think you can do. If you
think for one minute that you are more
powerful than God, then go ahead and
shoot your best shot cuz this brother is
not playing.
>> Imam Kim, I I recently uh tweeted
something. They've also convinced people
that somehow and and this is what I what
I elaborate to and then I see someone
like Tucker pretty much saying the same
thing. So, I'm going to read the tweet
and the tweet goes like this. It says,
"The devil's convinced the world that
Islam is the problem. Not porn, not
drugs, not gambling, not alcohol, not
only fans, not corruption, not wars, not
racism, not broken families, not greed.
These are what destroy the world. Yet
Islam solves all these things. So it's
kind of like not even focusing on
working together to solve these issues,
you know, and they ignore them, indulge
in them, but then somehow Islam is the
the problem. If we just get rid of
Islam, all of these problems, we'd have
peace on earth. And then this is
interesting from the same individual uh
who discusses. I I just want to play
this real quick.
>> Like if you live in a world where people
in your high school class are on only
fans, I'm not attacking those poor
people who feel they have to do that or
have been misled into doing it, but the
people profiting from it are more
dangerous and evil than Iran and they're
certainly more of an imminent threat to
your country. Are you joking? It's not
even close. So let's just reorient
around honesty and truth and try to
create a meaningful hierarchy of concern
and threat. And the number one threat
that we face is people becoming bad.
That's that's the worst thing. You can't
have a good country with bad people. And
all of us have participated in that
battle, including me.
>> And by the way,
>> and we should say that.
>> What are your thoughts on that?
>> AB: Absolutely. You know, he he's making
some points. He almost tempts me to try
to contact him, but he's making some
points that actually uh if we were to if
if if if these people really want a good
country, you know, I mean, they're
taking oaths on on their Bible and all
that stuff to get in office and they
when they're in their campaign, they're
making all of these promises and stuff
and they say they love America and and
they put their hand over their heart and
and and sing with emotion the Star
Spangle Banner and all of that stuff. if
they really love the country, really
want the country to improve. They really
want safe neighborhoods because it
sounds so politically correct that when
you're running for office say, "I want
to reduce the crime. I want to get more
jobs. I want," you know, you're not
going to do anything until the morals
become intact. Nothing that is going to
happen because you got to get to the
root of it. You cannot nourish a tree by
putting water on a leaf. You cannot kill
a tree by cutting off a branch. You have
to get to the root of it. The root of
the problem is the disrespect for the
presence of Almighty God. And that's all
I'm inviting the people to do. If they
really want to clean up the country, if
they really want to clean up the state,
clean up their district, clean up their
area, clean up clean up the country,
clean up the world, if they really want
to do it, go to the root of it. It
changed the way that people think. One
of my late teachers, I imb Muhammad, may
Allah forgive my sins and give him
paradise. He said, if you don't like the
way you feel, change the way you think.
you know, and so the if they don't like
the way the the the the crime that's in
the country, change the way it thinks.
Listen, uh in 2014,
2013,
I got a telephone call from u the White
House from President Barack Obama's uh
staff a um uh his name was Paul Paul um
Monttero. They called me on my on my
cell phone cuz I had just left the White
House. I gave a address at the White
House on gun control.
>> President Obama uh
>> called my house. Called you. President
Obama.
>> Well, he was the president.
>> Wow. Okay. I had just left the White
House the week before cuz I gave an
address on
>> You've been to the White House yourself?
>> Yeah. I I gave an address about gun
control. I was invited there with other
some other religious leaders of from
different religions from around the
country. And so Paul told me he said,
"We want to give you a call, you know,
um later." So I didn't think much about
it. So my cell phone rangs on the car
and the president was on the line. He
said, "Just be honest. What do you think
I could do about gun control?" I said,
"You want to know the truth? You want me
just say something to make you feel?"
>> Was President Obama talking to you
directly?
>> Yes. But with him him and Paul Monter
was on the on the telephone. I said,
"Well, can I can I tell you the truth or
you just want me to say something to
make you feel good?" He said, "I always
wanted." I said, "Man up." I said,
"There's laws. You can you can make
laws."
>> Who are you telling to man up?
>> The president. You were telling
President Obama to man up.
>> Yeah. They they I'm sure it was
recorded. They record everything else
negative. Report that. I said, "There's
countries I've been that I've been to
where guns are illegal." And South
Korea, there's there's countries that
I've been to where you can't even own a
gun. I said, "This country has the power
to make to to to really control it, but
there's too much money to be made off a
crime. This you you make money off of
prison inmates. You're you're you're
warehousing inmates. You're making laws
easy to break. You you're you say laws
guns are illegal, but you keep
manufacturing guns, handguns, and zip
guns and machine guns and all of that
stuff. Just just ch just a do what you
have the power to do. If you want to if
you want to change your but you first
before you do that have to change the
way people think because it's not the
guns that kills people. It's that it's
that finger that that forefinger behind
that trigger, you know.
Thank you for your advice. We'll take it
under under advisement, you know, and
that was it. But everything's still the
more things change, the more they stay
the same. I do I doubt very seriously if
these politicians really want to clean
up America because a clean America will
reduce their their paycheck. A a safe
America will reduce their paycheck. And
and and I was in Tokyo, Japan. And in
Tokyo, Japan, the people of a tok of of
Japan, they respect the laws so much
that in the middle of the night, if the
light is red, they won't walk across the
street until the light is green. The
police department in Tokyo, this was
back in in in
2016
or something like that. The the police
department was was was putting on
demonstrations in front of the chief of
police house because they were bored.
They didn't have anything to do. They
were bored because no one was breaking
the law. So they started creating some
laws that give them something to do.
They made smoking outside on the street
illegal so they could have something to
do. If you walk too slow and they will
call it loitering, you know. So, so this
world can be corrected if the people who
are in power, the powers to be would own
up to the fact and just admit that it
takes morality. It takes it takes
religious stamina because any government
that does that's not religiously
motivated does not is is has no
government at all
>> because because you have to have some
type of moral consciousness in order to
affect the safety and the security of
any community.
>> I think we covered a lot. Uh is there
anything else you want to you want to
say? I think um anybody who's sincere
and looks at this and sees what your
intentions, what your mission was all
about, they can if their their um their
minds are open, they can relate. You're
trying to invite people to uh to not be
hypocrites, to live by the way of life
that you profess that you
>> you uh live by Islam. If you're Muslim
and uh this is how it kicked off with
that viral video, is there anything else
you want to add to it before we
conclude? I I think the best I think the
best way to conclude will be to echo the
sentiments of prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam when he said
uh two things one he said if you see a
wrong correct it with your hands if
you're prevented from correcting with
your hands then speak out against it if
you're not able to speak out against
least hate it in your heart and of
course we said that's that's the weakest
of faith now I'd like to connect that
with with his taps or his explanation of
the Quran when he said with Allah this
messenger uh uh forbids you to do stay
away from it. That's what I'm telling
the merchants and what Allah and his
messenger enjoins you to do do as much
as you can. That's a message to me and
others who understand the first part is
what Allah his messenger forbids you to
do stay away from it. Allah forbids you
to enjoin or or or to sell, buy traffic
or use alcohol or or or pork or anything
haram. He said forbids it. So he says
stay away from it. The second message
for me and those who who who believe and
understand what I'm doing, do he said uh
do as much as you can what he enjoins
you to do. I'm doing much as I can. I'm
speaking out against it. I don't have
the the authority to stop them, but I do
have a responsibility to do go to the
very threshold of my ability and my
rights. And I just to just to remind
them do as much as you can. So I remind
them. So I'm telling all the Muslims and
all the non-Muslims who understand the
importance of a religious struggle for
morality in this country and throughout
the world, do as much as you can.
>> There's just one more thing came because
it's obvious. I mean, if you look at
alcohol and all the destruction that it
causes because there's wisdom, there's
wisdom why certain things are
prohibited. Uh it's very clear. I mean,
we don't have to get into that. alcohol
u the gambling industry how much money
it makes how many homes and societies I
mean just it it destroys homes uh
destroys families but here's one thing
and this is a this is a Christian
speaking and I I want to just play this
real quick because it h it goes into the
other one that maybe maybe people don't
go know about many of the disasters that
happen with uh pork and this is one of
the most famous nutritionists who is a
devout Christian speaking In fact,
according to a CDC study, they said pork
is the primary source of tchinosis
infections in the entire world. It's
also one of the top for tapeworms
according to the World Health
Organization and CDC. It's one of the
top sources of toxopplasmosis.
And from a biblical standpoint, when you
read Leviticus 11:7-8, here's what it
says. And the pig, because it parts the
hoof and is clovenfooted, but does not
chew the cud, it is unclean for you. You
shall not eat any of their flesh and you
shall not touch their carcasses for they
are unclean. So there are so many
reasons not to eat pork. Pork carries
parasites. Pork has poor detox channels.
The Bible recommend you not eat it.
Science supports this. Functional
medicine lens. Pork is also very high in
omega omega-6 fatty acids. It doesn't
have omega-3. So it's inflammatory just
in terms of their tissues themselves.
There are a lot of reasons not to
consume pork.
>> It's interesting that Dr. Acts, he says
the Bible recommends that you don't. But
when he quotes the verse, you don't get
that it re it's saying stay away from
it. It's not recommending. It's saying
stay away. It's haram. It's
>> Yeah,
>> it's uh Anyway, so I just wanted to
bring this uh point because he's one of
the top nutritionists in the world and
he's pretty much cautioning people stay
away from pork.
>> You want me to respond to that?
>> Go ahead. Yeah,
>> I'd love to. All right. And I'm going to
try to do this very briefly. Um when I
was in the Nation of Islam, that was my
journey to pure Islam.
>> All those facts you were taught about
tricknosis and all of that. We were
taught that back then.
>> Yeah.
>> But we were taught that that was the
reason. We were taught in the Nation of
Islam that the reason we eat pork is
because of the tricky worms and all of
that stuff, you know, and and all of
that and and you can't be poisoned, all
that. But it was only when I was
introduced to the to the Quran and the
Sunnah
uh that that I've that I've learned that
it's more important the the best reason
for doing anything or abstaining from
anything is to please God. That that of
course it's it's just like smoking
cigarettes is you know it contaminates
your lungs and it puts it puts cancer
all throughout your blood and all. Of
course that's bad. Of course alcohol
ruins your liver and all that. Of
course, all of that scientific medical
stuff is true. But the number one reason
why a Muslim or any righteous person
avoids those things is because to please
almighty God. That is my motivation.
That should be everyone's motivation.
Even the Christian's motivation. The
Christians try to tell me when I quote
that verse from Leviticus, many of the
Christians tell me that's a old Mosaic
law that Jesus did away with. That that
that's in contrary to what Jesus peace
be upon him is reported to have said in
Matthew 5:17 when he said think not that
I came to destroy the law or the
prophets but I came to fulfill you know
and and when I say assalamu alaykum you
know and he said shalomlaykum you know
that means peace be upon you he said in
the biatitudes and he said he said
blessed are the peacemaker for they
shall be called the children of god and
so so it's the of of course the bible
says it of course the Torah and and the
injil which is the New Testament, of
course, the Psalms and the Quran, the
Quran, all of that. All of that is very
specific about about uh why we should
not do but we're not paying attention to
that. We should avoid those things are
detrimental because God said it. The the
the medical benefits is a windfall.
That's gravy. But the main benefit
because when we when we face God, he's
not going to he's not going to ask us
how many vitamins we took and and all of
that stuff, you know, is that did you
did you obey my laws and if you
disobeyed, did anybody tell you who
stopped you from obeying me? And and
then we'll use the excuse. The Quran
says, "Oh, we we was weak and oppressed
in the land." He said, "Did not Allah
make the earth spacious enough for you
to move yourself away from evil?" You
know, you don't have to do that. You
don't have to do wrong. God will not
allow your family to suffer for obeying
him. Sisters, when you you don't Allah
is not going to let you suffer because
you choose to cover your hair. You
merchants, Allah is not going to let
your family starve because you refuse to
sell pork and alcohol. He's not going
he's going to take care of you. He He's
not that type of God that will punish
someone or allow someone to suffer for
obeying him. And either you'll be
rewarded in this life, rewarded in the
afterlife, and sometimes both. and even
tells in the Quran to make that dua to
him. Make a prayer to him.
Oh, give me good of this life and the
good of the afterlife and save me from
the punishment of the fire. You know, so
all of these people pretending to be
religious, these politicians statewide
and districtwide, and they and and they
shut down their they they go to church
for one hour on Sunday and pray or they
make a short prayer before they eat. But
we have Muslims according to Sharia
based on the Quran. Not only not only do
we pray, you know, once a week at Juma
and five times a day, but every time we
think about God, we praying to him and
we asking him to bless us and protect us
and to help us. That's constant vicar
because Allah says in the Quran, the
remembrance of Allah is the greatest
thing in life. How can you say you
remember God by whatever name you choose
to call him by? If you want to dispute
against someone who's trying to remind
people to think about God, rather than
to waste your breath trying to trying to
vilify me and try to make me illegal,
you should be getting on your knees
praying to whatever God you worship that
I don't decide to run for president. Cuz
if I do, I'll win because I know what
America needs.
>> Yeah, that's a good that's a good point.
I mean, if you're a Christian, you're a
practicing Christian, and then Muslims
are actually calling people also away
from what your Bible, your own Bible
prohibits, you should be uh actually
praising this individual and working
with them. It's just But the hate is
blinding people. The hate is blinding
people. Let's close with this. What's
the main message of Islam? Islam is
Islam a new religion brought by
Muhammad. What's the the main goal of
Islam? We talked about something. What's
the main message that it's built on
>> in a war in a in a quick response? The
main message of Islam is to always uh um
live your life completely submitting to
the presence to your belief in the
importance in the presence of God. That
is called taqua. Taqua actually
literally means the total respect for
the presence of almighty God. You know,
and that's what Islam invites everybody
to do. Everything that we do, say or or
people we associate with, the things we
wear, things that we decide to eat, what
we call entertainment should always be
that we should always consider the
pleasure of almighty God first. That's
what Islam teaches, you know. And if a
person uh is is going to deliberately
deliberately and emphatically deny
that's being arrogant, deny the the
importance of God's rules, you know,
that's what makes him a devil. El God
made El devil because he denied the the
obedience to God. He said it didn't
matter. I know you created me from fire.
You created him from clay, you know, but
I'm better, you know. That was my
reason. I'm not sorry, you know. That's
just the way that's just the way it is.
You know, that's the way they feel now.
You know, I go back if I go back in
those stores now without complaining,
they'll they'll smile and wave at me,
you know, ring me out at the cash
register for the potato chips or
whatever I decide to buy in there or the
milk or whatever. And but but they but
the reality is that they're saying by
their actions, you know, it doesn't
matter what you say, doesn't matter what
God says, doesn't matter what Muhammad
peace be upon him says, I'm going to do
what I want to do, you know, and that's
the arrogance. So we want to we want to
tell everyone the main message of Islam
is to always consider the pleasure of
God. Period.
>> Kalas.
>> Imam Kasam Khan. Thank you. Thank you
for come back on the program to clear up
all of this and help uh give a better
context a full picture on what was going
on.
>> I hope it was helpful.
>> Very helpful. Yes.
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