Discussion on Reforming Islam

We need to review Islam from beginning to end.

Uncle, I'm Muslim. I've stopped feeling reassured by you.

Uncle, what am I supposed to tell you? This is the truth.

Should I hide it from you, and hide it from

each other?

Why?

Because you have turned religion into

trivial worldly projects that have demeaned humanity.

Human beings no longer have any value to you.

Human beings no longer have any value in this religion to you.

You have distorted the image of true Islam. You made us

feel that Islam is just rifles, missiles, killing and crime.

This is no longer acceptable.

There has to be, there has to be a movement. A corrective movement

in the Islamic world. Honestly, I don't know, I really don't know, I

no longer understand the silence of one and a half billion Muslims on Earth

staying silent about all this

dysfunction. Silent about massacres. Silent about killing in the name of

God, for every crime committed in this universe, the latest of which

was here in Washington.

“God is greatest.” “In the name of God.” Man, isn't anyone ashamed anymore of

He said it was no longer acceptable for us to keep leaving

Islam as a playground for these pseudo-Muslims,

criminal, terrorist, extremist fanatics from all sides.

No one should think I'm addressing one group over another.

حديثي إلى فريق دون أخر.

I'm speaking to all parties that use

violence as a means to achieve their

political gains. We can no longer tolerate it.

The whole world has come to hate Islam and Muslims.

Hate campaigns against Muslims

and Islam are escalating because of Muslims' actions,

and because of the actions of Islamic leaders who remain silent

about the perpetration of crimes and justify them,

who remain silent about the perpetration of massacres under

sectarian and doctrinal banners. All this is piling up on

Muslims. Let's look today at America

and Europe, at how the far-right

Christian movement is rising. Why? Because they're afraid of you as a Muslim.

Because they have a phobia of you as a Muslim. What are you doing

to break this stereotype? What are you doing to tell him that no,

to break this stereotype? What are you doing to tell him that no,

شو عم تقدم لتجي تقول له إنه لا

it's not true? Sir Fadi,

I'm going to say something, and I take responsibility for it.

Personally, to this day, I have not found

any peace in Islam.

A serious admission.

However they want to take it.

I'm Muslim, I want to feel peace. I don't have it.

I don't feel at peace.

I don't feel at peace. All our prayers are calls for violence.

I don't feel at peace. All our prayers are calls for violence.

All our prayers are calls for, for killing.

All our prayers call for exclusion and ostracism. Where is the peace?

Someone come give it to me, tell me this is the peace that exists

Someone come give it to me, tell me this is the peace that exists

in Islam. We should follow it. Come on, show us.

That's why I'm saying we need to correct the message from

its foundation and follow it. We really need it.

But it's beautiful. Who am I telling? You who categorize people.

But it's beautiful. Who am I telling? You who categorize people.

Yes, you have the right to speak for Islam,

yet you don't speak for Islam.

Because you've lost Islam. You've lost it.

I want the Islam that came and opened, opened this

message with "In the name of God, the Most Merciful,

the Most Compassionate." God is my witness. One day, I'll say to God

On Judgment Day, I’m telling Him now, in this world.

But perhaps now He isn’t—

He isn’t hearing me because perhaps I’m among the disobedient.

And on Judgment Day, He will hear me. I’ll say to Him, “Lord of the Worlds,

in my dealings with this community, I found neither mercy nor anyone merciful.

الأمة لم أجد رحمة ولا رحيم.

We can’t go on.

At the very least, let’s save our children and future generations.

We’ve endured our misery,

and our lives are over. At the very least, for, for the generations

to come,

let’s make them feel that this Islam

truly has some mercy in it. It has some peace, for

real.

I don’t know about you, but I, as a Muslim. And this is for all

Muslims. I’m speaking now to real Muslims, not

هلأ للمسلمين الحقيقيين ولا

those who cheer on takfir or criminal gangs.

Just seeing how Muslims rush, these days,

during the celebrations of Christ the Savior’s birth,

to see how they rush to these Christmas gatherings,

means one thing. They have

a longing.

They yearn to live

moments filled with love,

reassurance, and peace. Why?

Because you left no room for them.

Because you didn't let us live. You don't let us live in Ramadan

in peace, or during any holiday, or even

in our fatwas or our Friday sermons.

But when we want to address Muslims,

You feel the planet has been destroyed. You'd think, "My God, isn't there

any screaming, wailing, and crying in this world,

or threats and fearmongering?"

This is Islam, brother. This is Islam.