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00:00:00I have a very short question to ask. In your speech, you talk about the hijab being something that serves to protect a woman.

00:00:05But how is it not extremely patronizing and degrading in not allowing the woman to make that decision herself?

00:00:10Sister posed a very good question that when I say that hijab is required for a woman, isn't it not degrading for the woman to patronize it?

00:00:17Isn't it degrading? If you read the Quran, the Quran and Islam has prescribed hijab.

00:00:22That means the woman should be covered. The only part that can be seen are the face and the hands up to the wrist.

00:00:27This is for the modesty. And it is not only mentioned in the Quran, it is also mentioned in the Bible.

00:00:33If you read the Bible, in the 1st Timothy, chapter number 2, verse number 9, it says that women should be dressed up with shamefacedness.

00:00:41They should be dressed up with sobriety and should not wear braided hair or gold or pearls.

00:00:46It's further mentioned in the 1st Corinthians, chapter number 11, verse number 5, verse 6.

00:00:50The woman that does not cover a head, then she dishonors a head. A head should be shaved off.

00:00:55Anyway, I don't agree with this. I'm just quoting you from the Bible.

00:00:57Same way, if you go to the Vedas, it says that the woman should cover the head.

00:01:01So all the religious scriptures, they talk about the woman covering their head.

00:01:05It is for modesty. It is not to degrade the woman.

00:01:08And if you analyze, there was allegation made against me saying that Dr. Zakir Naik says that if they don't wear hijab,

00:01:15you know, that if you wear Western clothes, there are chances that women will be raped.

00:01:19It is a misquotation again.

00:01:20What I said that if women wear revealing clothes, they have more chances of being raped.

00:01:25What I was doing, the same newspaper, Sunday Times, which spoke against me,

00:01:30one year before, on the March of 9th, 2009, Sunday Times carried an article.

00:01:35In Britain, one out of seven feel that the woman who wear sexy revealing clothes, she should be hit.

00:01:42I'm sorry, I don't agree with it.

00:01:44This is the statistics that was given in the Sunday Times on the 9th of March, 2009,

00:01:49that in Britain, one out of seven Britishers believe that the woman who wear revealing and sexy clothes should be hit.

00:01:55I disagree with this.

00:01:56Furthermore, one more article came in 2005.

00:01:59In the same newspaper, Sunday Times, it said that 26% of the Britishers,

00:02:04they feel that wearing revealing clothes is partially or totally responsible for the rape.

00:02:11So what I say that the more modest you are dressed up, you are respected more.

00:02:15So Islam has prescribed the modest hijab for the woman not to degrade her but to uplift her.

00:02:22I do agree there may be cultural differences.

00:02:25Islam cannot force anyone to adopt it.

00:02:27There are cultural differences.

00:02:28For example, I'll give you an example.

00:02:31That some societies, what they feel, that even looking at a woman is immodest.

00:02:35Some societies feel looking is no problem but touching a woman is immodest.

00:02:39Some of the societies feel shaking hand is no problem.

00:02:41Some societies feel kissing no problem.

00:02:43Some societies feel doing anything as long as both agree is no problem.

00:02:47Different societies and different cultures have got different rules and regulations.

00:02:51When I went to America, while I was giving a talk, one of the Americans told me,

00:02:55You Eastern woman, you're immodest.

00:02:57I was shocked.

00:02:58I said, why do you call the Eastern woman immodest?

00:03:00He told me, you Eastern woman, you expose your belly.

00:03:04So in American Western country, exposing belly is immodesty.

00:03:09In India, exposing belly is not immodesty.

00:03:12Wearing shorts is immodesty.

00:03:13So what do you realize, sister?

00:03:15There's different culture.

00:03:16There's different system.

00:03:17Islam cannot force anyone to adopt.

00:03:19It's clearly mentioned in the Quran in Surah Baqarah, chapter number 2, verse number 256.

00:03:23Like Rafiddeen, there is no compulsion in religion.

00:03:26But if some women want to adopt the hijab because they feel modest and they feel respected,

00:03:31I feel no other woman should disagree.

00:03:33And when I've been to UK, I've seen hundreds and thousands of women who do cover their hair

00:03:38and who feel that they are uplifted because of this modesty.

00:03:41Hope that answers the question.

00:03:42The question I have is you profess to be a man of peace.

00:03:45You've spoken very eloquently about the idea of peace and Islam.

00:03:47Peace is written in front of your microphone as you stand there.

00:03:50And I agree with you in many senses.

00:03:52But my question is, why then is your message still seen as so controversial?

00:03:55Why are there figures within the Islamic world?

00:03:57Why are there fellow Islamic clerics who see your message and still believe that you are wrong?

00:04:01Why?

00:04:01You've claimed that the Home Secretary has banned you from this country because of a sort of media conspiracy.

00:04:07But why is there a broader sense of discontent with your message?

00:04:09The brother asked a very good question that why if I'm a man of peace and I speak about peace,

00:04:15some people are against me, some Muslims, some non-Muslims, the Home Security.

00:04:19Brother, you have to understand that any person who's popular, there are bound to be people who are against him,

00:04:24irrespective whether the popular person is doing good work or bad work.

00:04:27And the best example I can give you that today, according to Michael H. Hart,

00:04:32he wrote a book saying the 100 most influential people in the world history.

00:04:36Though he's a Christian, he put number one most influential human being as Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

00:04:42Today, do you know, though Muslims consider him to be the most important and the most influential person in history,

00:04:46there are many non-Muslims who think the same.

00:04:48But today, if we analyze the maximum books written against any human being on the face of the earth,

00:04:54it is Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

00:04:55The second person he named in his list was Isaac Newton.

00:04:58But because he's not a common man for common human being, he's a scientist.

00:05:01The third person on his list was Jesus, peace be upon him.

00:05:04If we analyze today, the second person in human history who has maximum books written against him,

00:05:10it is Jesus Christ, peace be upon him.

00:05:12Based on this argument, do we have to agree that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,

00:05:17and Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, they were not good?

00:05:19What we have to realize, when a person gets popular, there are bound to be people against him.

00:05:24And according to the Home Department of UK, when I had come in the year 2009,

00:05:29I was informed by reliable sources, that according to the Home Department of UK,

00:05:33the most popular Islamic satellite channel in the world is Peace TV,

00:05:38and the most watched Islamic satellite channel in UK is also Peace TV.

00:05:42Not only is it watched by Muslims, but even watched by non-Muslims.

00:05:45The same report said that the most popular Islamic speaker in the world is Dr. Zakir Naik,

00:05:50and the most popular Islamic speaker in UK is also Dr. Naik.

00:05:53That's the reason the Home Department was requesting me that can I reach out to those Muslims,

00:05:59which the UK government cannot.

00:06:01But not because of the change of government, what I feel, it was more of a political move,

00:06:07rather than a legal move.

00:06:10And as maybe they wanted someone popular, so that they could pass the message that we are tough fucking Muslims,

00:06:15and that's the reason what we feel, that we have more faith in the judiciary system,

00:06:21rather than the political system.

00:06:23I think it was mainly because of popularity, and it was mainly a political move,

00:06:27rather than a legal move.

00:06:29And inshallah, God willing, we feel that this exclusion order would be reversed by the Court of Appeal, hopefully.

00:06:35Dr. Naik, I'm Yasmin, I'm a student at the university,

00:06:39and my question is sort of related to the last question.

00:06:42You talked about you wanted to come to the UK,

00:06:45because you wanted to reach out to Muslims,

00:06:47who you felt that the government were not able to reach out to.

00:06:50And I wondered why, in your opinion,

00:06:53you felt that the government were failing in this way to reach out to Muslims in Britain.

00:06:58Sister has a question that I wanted to come to UK to reach out to those Muslims,

00:07:02who the government could not reach out.

00:07:05Sister, there's a slight confusion.

00:07:06I said, Charles Farr, the Director General of the Office of Security and Counterterrorism,

00:07:12felt that I could reach out to those Muslims who the government could not reach out to.

00:07:17He felt that, not me.

00:07:18And I think, again, because the information which the Home Department has,

00:07:21that Peace TV is the most popular Islamic satellite channel in UK,

00:07:26watched by the Muslims as well as the non-Muslims,

00:07:28and the most popular speaker, according to the Home Department,

00:07:31not according to me, according to the Home Department, is Dr. Zakir Naik.

00:07:33So, I repeated what he thought that I could reach better.

00:07:36Maybe he thinks that my speeches have influenced,

00:07:38and he may have read my speeches in context.

00:07:40That's the reason he was not in favor of the Home Secretary,

00:07:45that she passed the exclusion order.

00:07:47Hope that answers the question.

00:07:48Do you think that he has a point?

00:07:49Do you think that, in some sense,

00:07:52the government are failing to reach out to Muslims in prison, though?

00:07:55If you ask my opinion,

00:07:57that do I agree with the thoughts of Charles Farr,

00:08:00that the government is failing out?

00:08:02Yes, I do agree with him.

00:08:03I do agree because, as I said in my earlier answer,

00:08:06that the government should not think that Muslims are part of the problem.

00:08:10The government should think that Muslims are part of the solution.

00:08:13Because a Muslim,

00:08:15there are many Muslims who are British citizens,

00:08:18and it is the duty of every Muslim

00:08:20to follow all the laws of the country staying in

00:08:23as long as the law does not force him to do something

00:08:27which is prohibited in the religion

00:08:28or prevents him from doing something which is compulsory in the religion.

00:08:31As far as India is concerned,

00:08:32I do not know of any rule or any law in the constitution

00:08:37which forces a Muslim in India

00:08:39to do something which is prohibited.

00:08:41Neither does it prevent me from doing something which is compulsory.

00:08:45So, I am a practicing Muslim

00:08:47and I am proud to be an Indian.

00:08:48So, I am proud to be an Indian Muslim.

00:08:51Similarly, there are many Britishers who I feel

00:08:53may be feeling the same.

00:08:54They may be Muslims

00:08:55and they may be following the laws of the country

00:08:58so they are British Muslims.

00:08:59So, I feel that the government should take in confidence

00:09:02and what they should do

00:09:04that they should see to it

00:09:05that this maligning by the media should stop.

00:09:09And the best example,

00:09:10best example is myself.

00:09:11I mean, there are many,

00:09:12there are 100 million views of Peace TV

00:09:14and there are millions of people

00:09:16who tell that I am the ambassador for peace.

00:09:18They say I am a peaceful person.

00:09:20There are many heads of states

00:09:22of several foreign countries.

00:09:24Many.

00:09:24They have called me as the state guest.

00:09:27So, do you mean to say

00:09:28all these heads of states

00:09:29of several countries,

00:09:31the President,

00:09:31the Prime Minister,

00:09:32the King,

00:09:33the Sheikh,

00:09:33they meet me,

00:09:34they have done a way.

00:09:35Do you mean to say

00:09:35they are meeting a person

00:09:36who is promoting terrorism?

00:09:38A person who spreads hate?

00:09:39So, what I am saying

00:09:40that this is all again

00:09:42manipulated by the media.

00:09:44So, the government

00:09:44should not fall prey to the media

00:09:46and take any decision easily.

00:09:49What they should do?

00:09:50They should give a chance

00:09:51for the person to clarify.

00:09:53And then,

00:09:54I am sure

00:09:54that most of the misconceptions

00:09:56will be removed

00:09:57and I am sure

00:09:59that UK would be

00:10:00a more peaceful country to live in.

00:10:02My name is Dr. Ramsey

00:10:03from Oxford,

00:10:05Ambassador of the Universal Peace Federation

00:10:07and one of the members

00:10:08of the Muslim Council of Britain.

00:10:10Now, my question,

00:10:11Dr. Zakhanai,

00:10:12in your opinion,

00:10:13is Islamophobia

00:10:14a real phenomenon?

00:10:16And if so,

00:10:17how do you suggest

00:10:19it can be tackled?

00:10:20Does the responsibility

00:10:21lie with the Muslim community

00:10:24or should Western society

00:10:26be doing more

00:10:28to breach

00:10:29this barrier of fear?

00:10:31I am talking about the fear.

00:10:32All phobias are fear,

00:10:35fear of unknown.

00:10:36The brother asked a very good question

00:10:37that is Islamophobia

00:10:39a real phenomenon?

00:10:40How should it be tackled?

00:10:42Is it the responsibility

00:10:43of the Muslim community to do it?

00:10:44Yes,

00:10:45there is Islamophobia,

00:10:46especially in this 21st century.

00:10:48And as I mentioned in my speech,

00:10:50I believe

00:10:51one of the major reasons

00:10:52for this Islamophobia

00:10:54is the media.

00:10:55And I said in my speech

00:10:56that the media spreads

00:10:58several misconceptions

00:10:59about this religion of Islam.

00:11:01I do agree

00:11:02it is the duty

00:11:03of us Muslims

00:11:05that we should spread

00:11:06the true teachings of Islam.

00:11:08I am aware

00:11:08that there are black sheep

00:11:09in the Muslim community.

00:11:10I am not saying

00:11:11all Muslims are 100% pious,

00:11:12all are good.

00:11:13There are black sheep

00:11:13in every community

00:11:14including Muslims.

00:11:15What does the media do?

00:11:16They pick up the black sheep

00:11:17of the Muslim community

00:11:18and they portray on the media

00:11:20as though they are exemplary Muslims.

00:11:22What we have to do

00:11:23is we have to portray

00:11:25the right teachings of Quran

00:11:28and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad

00:11:29peace be upon him.

00:11:31And if any Muslim

00:11:32is involved in doing acts

00:11:33which are against the religion of Islam,

00:11:35which are acts of terrorism,

00:11:36killing of innocent human beings,

00:11:38it is the duty of us Muslims

00:11:39that we should tell such people

00:11:41it is haram.

00:11:42There are some people

00:11:43who are being misguided

00:11:44and they are being brainwashed

00:11:46into saying

00:11:47that killing innocent human beings

00:11:49is part of Islam.

00:11:51You will get reward.

00:11:52It's our duty

00:11:52as the mainstream Muslims

00:11:54to try and convey

00:11:56the right message of Islam

00:11:57and prevent such Muslims

00:11:59from being misguided.

00:12:00That's point number one.

00:12:01Point number two,

00:12:02it's our duty

00:12:02to tell the government

00:12:04of the country

00:12:05where you are living

00:12:05that Islam is a peaceful religion

00:12:08and what I believe

00:12:09that Muslims

00:12:10should be part of the solution.

00:12:12They should not be part of the problem.

00:12:14The government should not think

00:12:15that Muslims

00:12:17are part of the problem.

00:12:18They should think

00:12:19Muslims are part of the solution.

00:12:21And that advice

00:12:22I even give to the police of India

00:12:23and the police of Bombay

00:12:24and I interact with the police force

00:12:26very often.

00:12:26And I tell them

00:12:27that you should take

00:12:28the Muslims in confidence

00:12:29and the best is

00:12:31to have an interaction.

00:12:32I have addressed

00:12:33many police officers

00:12:34from very different countries

00:12:35and we should try

00:12:37and have a question on secession

00:12:38and remove the misconceptions

00:12:40in their minds

00:12:41and prove to them

00:12:42that Islam is one

00:12:44of the most tolerant religions.

00:12:45It's a peaceful religion

00:12:46and if you know

00:12:48the teaching of Islam,

00:12:49surely the least person

00:12:51that you have to fear

00:12:52is a true Muslim.

00:12:54I'm not talking about

00:12:55the black sheep

00:12:55of the Muslim community.

00:12:56You gave a very

00:12:57excellent exposition

00:12:59of the Koran

00:13:01and Islam,

00:13:02but Judaism,

00:13:04Christianity

00:13:04and Islam

00:13:05are all

00:13:07Abrahamic faiths.

00:13:08A Jew

00:13:09could have said

00:13:10the same thing

00:13:11or almost the same things

00:13:12as you said

00:13:13by quoting

00:13:14the Koran.

00:13:15Sorry,

00:13:15it's quoting the Torah

00:13:17and the Talmud.

00:13:18A Christian

00:13:19could have said

00:13:20almost everything

00:13:20you said

00:13:21by quoting

00:13:22both the Old Testament

00:13:23and the New Testament

00:13:24and I do not know

00:13:26whether we should be

00:13:28trying to say

00:13:30one religion

00:13:30is superior

00:13:31or more truthful

00:13:33than another

00:13:34and if we do

00:13:35go down that line,

00:13:36what does that lead to?

00:13:38That's what led

00:13:39to the Crusades,

00:13:40etc.

00:13:40You mentioned

00:13:41about justice

00:13:42and peace.

00:13:42Of course,

00:13:43the Christian Bible

00:13:44mentions more

00:13:45verses about justice

00:13:47and peace

00:13:47than there are

00:13:48about the Holy Spirit

00:13:50and of course,

00:13:51Christians were pacifists

00:13:52until 313.

00:13:55So,

00:13:56what is the difference

00:13:57between what you are saying

00:13:59and Judaism

00:14:00and Christianity

00:14:01and what would that lead to?

00:14:02That's a very good question

00:14:03and I do agree with him

00:14:04that if you read

00:14:06the books of Judaism,

00:14:07the books of Christianity,

00:14:09you will find

00:14:09verses of peace.

00:14:10Never in my lecture

00:14:11ever did I say

00:14:12that any religion

00:14:13is against peace

00:14:14or any religion

00:14:15is in favor of terrorism.

00:14:16I always said

00:14:17all religions

00:14:18are against terrorism.

00:14:19What I made

00:14:20one statement in my speech

00:14:21that the verse

00:14:22of the Quran,

00:14:23chapter 5,

00:14:24verse number 32,

00:14:25this verse

00:14:25which is so emphatic

00:14:27I do not find

00:14:28a similar verse

00:14:29in any of the scripture

00:14:31because

00:14:31I am a student

00:14:32of comparative religion

00:14:33saying that

00:14:34if you kill

00:14:34one innocent human being

00:14:36it is as though

00:14:37you have killed

00:14:38the whole of humanity

00:14:38and

00:14:39if you save

00:14:40one innocent human being

00:14:41it is as though

00:14:42you have saved

00:14:43the whole of humanity.

00:14:44It was only one verse

00:14:45so that generally

00:14:45I do agree

00:14:46that most of the religions

00:14:48almost all

00:14:49they speak about peace

00:14:50that's the reason

00:14:51Jesus Christ

00:14:52peace be upon him.

00:14:53If you read

00:14:53the gospel of Luke

00:14:54chapter number 24

00:14:55verse number 36

00:14:56when he goes to the upper room

00:14:58he says

00:14:59when he wishes apostles

00:15:00Shalom Aleikum

00:15:00which means

00:15:01same

00:15:02peace be upon you

00:15:03in Hebrew

00:15:03so the greetings

00:15:04of Jesus Christ

00:15:05peace be upon him

00:15:06too

00:15:06when he met

00:15:07the people

00:15:08was Shalom Aleikum

00:15:08which meant

00:15:09same in Arabic

00:15:10As-Salaamu Aleikum

00:15:12may peace be on you.

00:15:13Regarding you

00:15:14saying that

00:15:15one religion

00:15:15superior to the other religion

00:15:17I believe

00:15:18Almighty God

00:15:19sent only one religion

00:15:20He has not

00:15:21sent different religion

00:15:21what the Quran says

00:15:22He has made

00:15:23human beings

00:15:24into different tribes

00:15:25different colors

00:15:26different languages

00:15:27so that they may

00:15:28recognize each other

00:15:29not they may

00:15:30despise each other

00:15:31the only religion

00:15:32that God

00:15:33has sent

00:15:34to all His messengers

00:15:36whether it be

00:15:36Moses

00:15:37whether it be

00:15:38Jesus

00:15:38peace be upon him

00:15:39Moses

00:15:39peace be upon him

00:15:40Muhammad

00:15:40peace be upon him

00:15:41it was

00:15:42to submit

00:15:42their will

00:15:43to Almighty God

00:15:44I believe

00:15:45all these messengers

00:15:47right from

00:15:47Adam

00:15:48Noah

00:15:49Moses

00:15:50Jesus

00:15:50Muhammad

00:15:51peace be upon them all

00:15:52all of them

00:15:53brought the same message

00:15:54that believe in one God

00:15:56and worship Him alone

00:15:57and only Him

00:15:58and submit

00:15:59your will

00:16:00to that Almighty God

00:16:01Islam

00:16:01comes from the root

00:16:03word Salam

00:16:04which means peace

00:16:05it's also derived

00:16:07from the Arabic word

00:16:08Silm

00:16:09which means

00:16:10to submit

00:16:11your will

00:16:12to Almighty God

00:16:12Islam in short means

00:16:14peace acquired

00:16:15by submitting

00:16:16your will to Almighty God

00:16:17and any person

00:16:19who submits

00:16:20his will to Almighty God

00:16:21he is called

00:16:21as a Muslim

00:16:22many people

00:16:25have a misconception

00:16:25that

00:16:27Islam

00:16:27is a new religion

00:16:29which came into existence

00:16:311400 years ago

00:16:32and Prophet Muhammad

00:16:34peace be upon him

00:16:34is the founder

00:16:35of this religion

00:16:36in fact

00:16:38Islam

00:16:39is there

00:16:40since time immemorial

00:16:41since man

00:16:42set foot on this earth

00:16:44and Prophet Muhammad

00:16:45peace be upon him

00:16:46is not the founder

00:16:47of this religion

00:16:48but he is the last

00:16:49and final messenger

00:16:50of Almighty God

00:16:51the religion of Islam

00:16:55is based

00:16:56on the teachings

00:16:57of the glorious Quran

00:16:58which came into existence

00:17:001400 years back

00:17:01is it possible

00:17:05that today

00:17:06the humanity at large

00:17:08in this 21st century

00:17:10can gain guidance

00:17:12how a life should be led

00:17:13from a book

00:17:14which is 1400 years old

00:17:15but natural

00:17:17the answer

00:17:18obviously is no

00:17:19if this book

00:17:20is written by human being

00:17:21but the glorious Quran

00:17:23is the last

00:17:24and final revelation

00:17:25of Almighty God

00:17:27which was revealed

00:17:28to the last

00:17:28and final messenger

00:17:30Prophet Muhammad

00:17:31peace be upon him

00:17:31the glorious Quran

00:17:33is

00:17:34the proclamation

00:17:35to humanity

00:17:36it is

00:17:37the fountain

00:17:38of mercy

00:17:39and wisdom

00:17:39it's a guide

00:17:41to the erring

00:17:41it's a warning

00:17:42to the heedless

00:17:43it's an assurance

00:17:44to those in doubt

00:17:45it's a solace

00:17:46to the suffering

00:17:46and it is

00:17:48an hope

00:17:48to those in despair

00:17:49the glorious Quran

00:17:51is the last

00:17:52and final revelation

00:17:53of Almighty God

00:17:54which was revealed

00:17:55to the last

00:17:56and final messenger

00:17:57Prophet Muhammad

00:17:58peace be upon him

00:17:59for any book

00:18:00to claim

00:18:00that it is

00:18:01a word of God

00:18:02for any book

00:18:03to prove

00:18:04that it is

00:18:04the revelation

00:18:05from Almighty God

00:18:06it should stand

00:18:07the test of time

00:18:08previously

00:18:10in the olden days

00:18:11it was the age

00:18:12of miracles

00:18:13the glorious Quran

00:18:15is the miracle

00:18:16of miracles

00:18:17later on

00:18:18came the age

00:18:19of literature

00:18:20and poetry

00:18:20Muslim

00:18:22and non-Muslim

00:18:23Arabic scholars

00:18:24alike

00:18:24they acclaim

00:18:25the glorious Quran

00:18:26to be the best

00:18:27Arabic literature

00:18:28available on the face

00:18:29of the earth

00:18:29but today

00:18:31if a religious book

00:18:33in a very poetic fashion

00:18:34says

00:18:34the world is flat

00:18:36will a modern man

00:18:38believe in it

00:18:38but naturally

00:18:39the answer is no

00:18:40because today

00:18:41is not

00:18:42the age

00:18:43of literature

00:18:43and poetry

00:18:44today

00:18:45is the age

00:18:46of science

00:18:47and technology

00:18:48so let us analyze

00:18:49whether the glorious Quran

00:18:51is compatible

00:18:52or incompatible

00:18:53with modern science

00:18:54according to Albert Einstein

00:18:57the famous physicist

00:18:58and the Nobel Prize winner

00:19:00who I am told

00:19:01also addressed

00:19:02this historic Oxford Union

00:19:03he said

00:19:05science without religion

00:19:07is lame

00:19:08and religion without science

00:19:11is blind

00:19:11let me remind you

00:19:14the glorious Quran

00:19:15is not a book of science

00:19:17S-C-I-E-N-C-E

00:19:20but it's a book of science

00:19:21S-I-G-N-S

00:19:24it's a book of ayats

00:19:25it's a book of verses

00:19:26and the glorious Quran

00:19:27has more than

00:19:286,000 signs

00:19:296,000 ayats

00:19:316,000 verses

00:19:32out of which

00:19:33more than a thousand

00:19:33speak about science

00:19:34as far as my talk

00:19:37today is concerned

00:19:38I will only be speaking

00:19:40about scientific facts

00:19:41I will not be speaking

00:19:43about scientific

00:19:43hypotheses and theories

00:19:45which all of us

00:19:46know many a time

00:19:46these theories

00:19:48and hypotheses

00:19:48take you turns

00:19:49in the field of astronomy

00:19:52a few decades earlier

00:19:55in the 1970s

00:19:56there were

00:19:57a group of scientists

00:19:58who described

00:19:59how the universe

00:20:01came into existence

00:20:02for which they got

00:20:03the Nobel Prize

00:20:03this they called

00:20:05as the Big Bang

00:20:06and these scientists

00:20:07said that initially

00:20:08our universe

00:20:10was one primary nebula

00:20:11then there was

00:20:13a secondary separation

00:20:14there was a Big Bang

00:20:15which gave rise to galaxies

00:20:16the stars

00:20:18the planets

00:20:19the sun

00:20:20as well as

00:20:21the earth on which we live

00:20:22this they called

00:20:23as the Big Bang

00:20:23this what the scientists

00:20:25discovered about

00:20:2640 years back

00:20:27is mentioned in the Quran

00:20:291400 years ago

00:20:30in Suri Ambiya

00:20:31chapter number 21

00:20:32verse number 30

00:20:33where it says

00:20:33do not the unbelievers see

00:20:36that the heavens

00:20:40and the earth

00:20:41were joined together

00:20:42and we clothed them asunder

00:20:44this Big Bang

00:20:46which the scientists

00:20:47discovered recently

00:20:48is mentioned in the Quran

00:20:491400 years ago

00:20:50previously we human beings

00:20:53we thought

00:20:53that the world was flat

00:20:54it was in 1577

00:20:57when Sir Francis Drake

00:20:59sailed around the earth

00:21:01that he first time

00:21:02proved that

00:21:03the earth on which we live

00:21:05it is spherical in shape

00:21:06the Quran mentions

00:21:081400 years ago

00:21:09in Surah Naziyat

00:21:10chapter number 79

00:21:11verse number 30

00:21:12and thereafter

00:21:15we have made

00:21:16the earth egg shape

00:21:17one of the meaning of

00:21:19Daha is an expanse

00:21:20and the earth is an expanse

00:21:21the other meaning

00:21:22is derived from

00:21:23the Arabic word

00:21:23Dhuya which means

00:21:24an egg

00:21:25and today we know

00:21:26the earth is not

00:21:28completely round like a ball

00:21:29it is starting from the pole

00:21:30it is geospherical in shape

00:21:32and if we analyze

00:21:33the Arabic word Daha

00:21:34doesn't refer to a normal egg

00:21:36it specifically refers

00:21:37to the egg of an ostrich

00:21:39and if we analyze

00:21:40the egg of an ostrich

00:21:41is too

00:21:42geospherical in shape

00:21:44imagine the glorious Quran

00:21:451400 years ago says

00:21:47that the earth

00:21:48is geospherical in shape

00:21:49previously we thought

00:21:51that the light of the moon

00:21:52was its own light

00:21:53recently we have come to know

00:21:55that the light of the moon

00:21:56is not its own light

00:21:57but it is a reflected

00:21:59and borrowed light

00:21:59the Quran says in Surah Furkan

00:22:01chapter number 25

00:22:02verse number 61

00:22:04blessed is he

00:22:05who has placed the constellation

00:22:06in the sky

00:22:07and placed therein

00:22:08sun

00:22:09a lamp

00:22:10having its own light

00:22:11and moon

00:22:12having borrowed

00:22:13or reflected light

00:22:14so the Quran describes

00:22:15the moon light

00:22:16as borrowed

00:22:17or reflected

00:22:17which we came to know

00:22:18recently in science

00:22:19recently in science

00:22:20means 50 years back

00:22:21100 years back

00:22:22200 years back

00:22:23when I was in school

00:22:25I passed my school

00:22:27in 1982

00:22:28or 29 years back

00:22:29there I had learned

00:22:31in science

00:22:32that the sun

00:22:33though it revolves

00:22:34it does not rotate

00:22:35about its own axis

00:22:36but the Quran mentions

00:22:38in Surah Ambiya

00:22:39chapter number 21

00:22:41verse number 33

00:22:42it is he who has created

00:22:46the night and the day

00:22:47the sun and the moon

00:22:50each one traveling in orbit

00:22:53with its own motion

00:22:54the Quran says

00:22:55the sun and the moon

00:22:56besides revolving

00:22:57it also rotates

00:22:58about its own axis

00:22:59and today

00:23:00recently

00:23:01a few decades earlier

00:23:02science has come to know

00:23:04that the sun rotates

00:23:05and takes about 25 days

00:23:06to complete one rotation

00:23:07which has been incorporated

00:23:09in most of the school textbooks

00:23:10throughout the world

00:23:11there may be certain skeptics

00:23:15who will say

00:23:15it's nothing great

00:23:17that the Quran

00:23:18speaks about astronomy

00:23:19since the Arabs

00:23:21were advanced

00:23:22in the field of astronomy

00:23:22I do agree

00:23:24that the Arabs

00:23:25were advanced

00:23:26in the field of astronomy

00:23:27but I'd like to remind them

00:23:28that the Arabs

00:23:30became advanced

00:23:31in the field of astronomy

00:23:32a few hundred years

00:23:34after the Quran

00:23:35was revealed

00:23:36so it is from the Quran

00:23:37that the Arabs learned

00:23:38about astronomy

00:23:39and not the vice versa

00:23:40in the field of hydrology

00:23:44we learn in the school

00:23:46about the water cycle

00:23:47how the water

00:23:50evaporates from the ocean

00:23:51forms into clouds

00:23:52moons into interior

00:23:53falls down as rain

00:23:54and the water is replenished

00:23:56this was first described

00:23:57by Sir Bernard Palissy

00:23:59in the year 1580

00:24:01the Quran too

00:24:03describes the water cycle

00:24:05in great detail

00:24:061400 years ago

00:24:07the Quran says

00:24:08the water evaporates

00:24:09from the ocean

00:24:09forms into clouds

00:24:10the clouds join

00:24:11they move into the interior

00:24:13they fall down as rain

00:24:14and the water table

00:24:15is replenished

00:24:16and the water cycle

00:24:17is completed

00:24:17the Quran

00:24:18speaks about the water cycle

00:24:20in great detail

00:24:21in several places

00:24:22in Surah Az-Zumur

00:24:24chapter number 39

00:24:25verse number 21

00:24:25in Surah Room

00:24:26chapter number 30

00:24:27verse number 24

00:24:28in Surah Mu'minun

00:24:29chapter number 23

00:24:30verse number 18

00:24:31in Surah Hijar

00:24:31chapter number 15

00:24:32verse number 22

00:24:33in Surah Noor

00:24:34chapter number 24

00:24:35verse number 43

00:24:36in Surah Araf

00:24:37chapter number 7

00:24:38verse number 57

00:24:39in Surah Rad

00:24:40chapter number 13

00:24:41verse number 17

00:24:41in Surah Furkan

00:24:42chapter number 25

00:24:43verse number 48 and 49

00:24:44in Surah Fatir

00:24:46chapter 35

00:24:46verse number 9

00:24:47in Surah Yasin

00:24:48chapter number 36

00:24:49verse number 34

00:24:50in Surah Jashya

00:24:51chapter number 45

00:24:52verse number 5

00:24:53in Surah Qaf

00:24:53chapter number 50

00:24:54verse number 8 and 9

00:24:55in Surah Vaqya

00:24:56chapter number 56

00:24:57verse number 68 to 17

00:24:58In Surah Mulk, chapter 6, 7, verse number 30.

00:25:01In Surah Tariq, chapter number 6, verse number 11.

00:25:03I can go on and on giving references only in the Quran of the several verses which speak about the water cycle in great detail.

00:25:12In the field of oceanography, there's a verse in the Quran.

00:25:17In Surah Furkan, chapter number 25, verse number 53, which says that

00:25:21Previously, we human beings knew that there are two types of water, sweet and salty.

00:25:38But the commentator of the Quran could not understand what does God Almighty mean by saying

00:25:43that these two waters, when they meet, they are not mixed and there is a barrier which is forbidden to be trespassed.

00:25:49Today, after science's advance, we have come to know that whenever one type of water flows into the other type of water,

00:25:55it loses its constituents and gets homogenized into the water it flows.

00:25:59This today's science calls as the transitional homogenizing area, which the Quran refers to as Barzakh, as a barrier.

00:26:07And this can be seen in Cape Point, the southernmost tip of South Africa.

00:26:13And when we see even the color of the water between these two types of water differs.

00:26:17And Professor Hay, a very famous oceanologist, he said that this information came to the human knowledge recently.

00:26:25This book, the Quran, is difficult to explain how does it mention 14 years ago.

00:26:32In the field of biology, the Quran says, in Surah Ambiya, chapter number 21, verse number 30,

00:26:38that we have created every living thing from water.

00:26:42Will you not believe?

00:26:43Imagine in the deserts of Arabia, the Quran says,

00:26:47every living thing is made from water.

00:26:48Who could have believed in it?

00:26:50Today, after science's advance, we have come to know

00:26:53that every living being, it contains cells.

00:26:57And the basic substance of cell is the cytoplasm, which contains about 80% water.

00:27:01Today, science tells us that every living creature contains 50 to 90% water.

00:27:09In the field of botany,

00:27:11previously, we did not know that even the plants have got sexes male and female.

00:27:16The Quran says in Surah Atah, chapter number 20, verse number 53,

00:27:20that it is he who sends on water from the sky,

00:27:23and with it brings diverse pairs of plants, each separate from the other.

00:27:26The Arabic word Azwaj, meaning pair, saying that the plants have got sexes male and female.

00:27:35In the field of zoology, the Quran says in Surah Anam, chapter number 6, verse number 38,

00:27:43it is he who has made every animal that walks on the earth,

00:27:47and every bird that flies in the air, to live in communities like the human beings.

00:27:51Today, science agrees that even the animals and the birds live in communities like the human beings,

00:27:58which was not known earlier.

00:28:00The Quran speaks about the lifestyle of the bee.

00:28:03In Surah Nahal, chapter number 16, verse number 68 and 69,

00:28:07the Quran speaks about the lifestyle of the spider.

00:28:11In Surah Anqabud, chapter number 29, verse number 41,

00:28:14the Quran speaks about the lifestyle and the communication of ants.

00:28:18In Surah Anamal, chapter number 27, verse number 17 and 18.

00:28:22In the field of medicine, the Quran says, in Surah Nahal, chapter number 16, verse 68 and 69,

00:28:28that from the belly of the bee, we give you a drink of varying colors,

00:28:33in which there is healing for mankind.

00:28:35It is recently we have come to know that the honey that we have is obtained from the belly of the bee.

00:28:41And today, science agrees that there are mild antiseptic properties in honey

00:28:45and it is even a healing for mankind.

00:28:49In the field of physiology, the Quran describes the blood circulation

00:28:53and the production of milk in a nutshell in Surah Anahal, chapter 16, verse number 66.

00:29:00600 years after the Quran was revealed,

00:29:03Ibn Nafis, he made it known to the world about the production of milk and blood circulation.

00:29:09400 years later, that is, 1000 years after the Quran was revealed,

00:29:13William Harvey, he made it famous to the Western world.

00:29:17We hear about William Harvey, but we hardly hear about the name of Nafis,

00:29:21who 400 years before William Harvey spoke about the blood circulation and the production of milk.

00:29:26In the field of embryology, the Quran describes the various embryological stages

00:29:34of the human development in great detail in Surah Muminun, chapter number 23, verse number 12 to 14.

00:29:40It says that the human, we were nutfa,

00:29:42then we made it into an alaka, ammudga, ezama,

00:29:45that human being is created from a minute quantity of fluid,

00:29:48then it made it into alaka, that is, a leech-like substance,

00:29:51then made it into a chewed-like lump,

00:29:54then made it into bones, then clothed the bones with flesh.

00:29:57When this verse was showed in the early part of the 1980s to Dr. Keith Moore,

00:30:01who at that time happened to be the highest authority in the field of anatomy and embryology,

00:30:06he was the head of the department in the University of Toronto,

00:30:10he said that the description of the Quran is far superior

00:30:13to what modern embryology describes today instead of stage 1, 2, 3,

00:30:18and he said that it's not possible that any human being can mention these things in the Quran.

00:30:23This Quran has to be the word from Almighty God

00:30:27and he has no objection in accepting Prophet Muhammad as the messenger of Almighty God.

00:30:32Time does not permit me to speak a lot about science.

00:30:35I'll just give one more example which is mentioned in the Quran.

00:30:39The Quran mentions in Surah Qayyamah, chapter number 75, verse number 3 and 4,

00:30:43that when the unbelievers say that how will Almighty God be able to reconstruct our bones?

00:30:51After we are dead, we are buried, our bones have got disintegrated.

00:30:55On the day of judgment, how will Almighty God be able to reconstruct our bones?

00:31:00Almighty God replies in the Quran and says,

00:31:02tell them Almighty God can not only reconstruct the bones,

00:31:06He can even reconstruct in perfect order the very tips of the fingers.

00:31:11What does Quran mean by saying God can not only reconstruct the bones,

00:31:16He can even reconstruct in perfect order the very tips of the fingers.

00:31:20It was in 1880 that Sir Francis Gould discovered the fingerprinting method

00:31:24and he said that no two fingerprints even in millions of people are identical.

00:31:29And today, this fingerprinting method is used by the police to identify the criminal,

00:31:34it's used by CIA, by FBI, by the police worldwide.

00:31:38This Quran mentions 1400 years ago.

00:31:41Francis Bacon, a very famous philosopher, he said,

00:31:48little knowledge of science makes a person an atheist,

00:31:52but in-depth knowledge of science makes a person a believer in God.

00:31:56That is the reason today, scientists are not eliminating God,

00:32:01they are eliminating models of God.

00:32:03La ilaha illallah.

00:32:04There is no God, but Allah.

00:32:07I started my talk by quoting a verse from the Surah Al-Quran,

00:32:11from Surah Al-Hujurat, chapter number 49,

00:32:14verse number 13 which says,

00:32:15Ya ayyuhan nasu inna khalaqnaakum min zaqin wa unsa wa ja'alnaakum,

00:32:20shu'uban wa qaba'ila li ta'arafu,

00:32:22innna kramu windu Allah yatkaakum, innna Allah alimun khabeer,

00:32:24which means,

00:32:25O humankind,

00:32:26we have created you from a single pair of male and female,

00:32:30and have divided you into nations and tribes,

00:32:33so that you shall recognize each other,

00:32:35not that you shall despise each other.

00:32:37And the most honored,

00:32:38in the sight of Almighty God,

00:32:40is the person who has taqwa.

00:32:42The criteria for judgment,

00:32:43in the sight of Almighty God,

00:32:45it's not sex,

00:32:46it's not color,

00:32:47it's not wealth,

00:32:48it's not age,

00:32:49but it is taqwa,

00:32:49it is God consciousness,

00:32:51it's piety,

00:32:52it is righteousness.

00:32:52The only way one human being,

00:32:55can be superior to the other human being,

00:32:57is by righteousness,

00:32:58and by piety,

00:32:59and no other criteria.

00:33:03Quran says,

00:33:04in Surah Room,

00:33:05chapter number 30,

00:33:06verse number 22,

00:33:07Amongst his signs,

00:33:09he has created the heavens and the earth,

00:33:11and the variation in your languages and color.

00:33:14These are signs for the people who understand.

00:33:17The Quran says,

00:33:18he has created the different variation in the color,

00:33:20and the languages,

00:33:21so that those who are knowledgeable people,

00:33:23they will know it's a sign from Almighty God.

00:33:25This speaks about the universal brotherhood,

00:33:27that Almighty God has created all the human beings,

00:33:30from a common pair of human beings,

00:33:32Adam and Eve,

00:33:33may peace be upon them.

00:33:35And Almighty God says,

00:33:37in Surah Surah,

00:33:38chapter number 17,

00:33:39verse number 17,

00:33:40And we have honored the children of Adam.

00:33:45Almighty God says in the Quran,

00:33:46that all the children of Adam,

00:33:48irrespective whether they're black or white,

00:33:50male or female,

00:33:51whether they're born in UK or India or USA,

00:33:54whichever part of the world they belong to.

00:33:55Almighty God has honored all the children of Adam,

00:33:58all the human beings.

00:34:01And Islam does not only speak about universal brotherhood,

00:34:05it practically demonstrates,

00:34:07that every Muslim,

00:34:08who follow the religion of Islam,

00:34:10should practically practice it minimum,

00:34:13five times in the day.

00:34:14I'm talking about one of the pillars of Islam,

00:34:17that is Salah,

00:34:18which is the prayer.

00:34:19And a beloved Prophet,

00:34:21Muhammad peace be upon him said,

00:34:22that when you stand for prayer,

00:34:23you should stand shoulder to shoulder.

00:34:25Irrespective whether the person standing next to you,

00:34:27is black or white,

00:34:29rich or poor,

00:34:30king or popper.

00:34:31When you stand for prayer,

00:34:32you have to stand shoulder to shoulder.

00:34:33This demonstrates,

00:34:35the universal brotherhood every day,

00:34:37minimum five times a day.

00:34:38And another example is Hajj,

00:34:42which is one of the pillars of Islam,

00:34:44that every rich person who has the means,

00:34:47and who has the health,

00:34:48to travel to Makkah,

00:34:50for the pilgrimage,

00:34:51should at least do it,

00:34:52once in his lifetime.

00:34:54And Hajj is the biggest annual gathering in the world,

00:34:57where about three to four million people,

00:34:59from different parts of the world,

00:35:01from USA,

00:35:01from Canada,

00:35:02from UK,

00:35:03from India,

00:35:03from Malaysia,

00:35:04from different parts of the world,

00:35:06they gather together in one place,

00:35:07in Makkah and Arafat,

00:35:08and they are dressed in two pieces of unsewn cloth,

00:35:12which is white in color.

00:35:14You cannot identify the person standing next to you,

00:35:16as king or a popper.

00:35:18And all of them come on a common statement,

00:35:21Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik,

00:35:22Here we are,

00:35:23O my Lord,

00:35:23here we are at your service.

00:35:26Islam practically demonstrates universal brotherhood.

00:35:31Many religions believe,

00:35:33that humankind,

00:35:34has been created from a single pair of Adam and Eve.

00:35:37May peace be upon them both.

00:35:38But there are some religions,

00:35:40who put the blame,

00:35:42only on Eve,

00:35:44for the downfall of humanity,

00:35:45for the original sin.

00:35:47But if you read the Quran,

00:35:49the blame,

00:35:50for disobeying almighty God,

00:35:51is equally put on both,

00:35:52Adam and Eve.

00:35:53May peace be upon them.

00:35:54The Quran says,

00:35:56in Surah Araf chapter 7,

00:35:58verse number 19 to 27,

00:35:59Adam and Eve,

00:36:00peace be upon them,

00:36:01they are both addressed,

00:36:03more than a dozen times.

00:36:05Both of them,

00:36:06they disobeyed God,

00:36:07both of them repented,

00:36:08and both were forgiven.

00:36:10The blame is equally put on both of them.

00:36:12There is not a single verse in the Quran,

00:36:15which puts the blame,

00:36:16only on Eve.

00:36:18However,

00:36:18there is one verse in the Quran,

00:36:19in Surah Taha,

00:36:20chapter 20,

00:36:21verse 121,

00:36:22which says,

00:36:22and singles out Adam,

00:36:23peace be upon him,

00:36:24and says,

00:36:24he disobeyed God.

00:36:27But on the whole,

00:36:28if you read the Quran,

00:36:29the blame is equally put on both of them.

00:36:31There are some religions,

00:36:33who because,

00:36:34they say,

00:36:35that woman,

00:36:36is the cause of the downfall of humanity,

00:36:37which Islam doesn't agree.

00:36:39Some religions say,

00:36:40because of that,

00:36:41God punished her.

00:36:42And pregnancy is a curse,

00:36:44and punishment of God,

00:36:45on the woman.

00:36:47But in Islam,

00:36:48pregnancy uplift the woman.

00:36:50The Quran says in Surah Nisa,

00:36:51chapter 4,

00:36:52verse number 1,

00:36:53respect the womb that bore you.

00:36:55The Quran says in Surah Luqman,

00:36:57chapter number 31,

00:36:58verse number 14,

00:36:59we have enjoined on the human beings,

00:37:02to be kind to the parents.

00:37:03In travail upon travail,

00:37:04did the mother bore them,

00:37:05and in years twain,

00:37:06was the weaning.

00:37:08The Quran repeats the message in Surah Aqaf,

00:37:10chapter number 46,

00:37:11verse number 15,

00:37:12we have enjoined on the human beings,

00:37:13to be good to the parents.

00:37:15In pain,

00:37:16did the mother bore them,

00:37:16and in pain,

00:37:17did she give them birth.

00:37:18So pregnancy,

00:37:19uplift the woman,

00:37:20does not degrade her.

00:37:22And a beloved prophet said,

00:37:24it's mentioned in Sayyid Bukhari.

00:37:26Sayyid Bukhari is one of the collections

00:37:27of the authentic sayings

00:37:29of the last and final messenger prophet,

00:37:31Muhammad,

00:37:31peace be upon him.

00:37:32It's mentioned in Sayyid Bukhari,

00:37:33volume number 8,

00:37:34in the book of Manners,

00:37:35chapter number 2,

00:37:36hadith number 2,

00:37:37a man approaches the prophet

00:37:38and asks him,

00:37:40that who deserves the maximum

00:37:41companionship and love in this world?

00:37:44Prophet said,

00:37:45your mother.

00:37:45The man asked after that who?

00:37:47The prophet repeated,

00:37:48your mother.

00:37:50The man asked after that who?

00:37:52Again the prophet said,

00:37:53your mother.

00:37:53The man asked for the fourth time

00:37:55after that who?

00:37:56Then the prophet said,

00:37:57your father.

00:37:58That means,

00:37:5975%,

00:38:00three-fourths of the companionship

00:38:03goes to the mother,

00:38:0525%,

00:38:06one-fourth goes to the father.

00:38:09In short,

00:38:10the mother gets the gold medal,

00:38:11she gets the silver medal,

00:38:12as well as the bronze medal.

00:38:14The father has to be satisfied

00:38:15with a mere consolation prize.

00:38:18These are the teachings of Islam

00:38:19which we have to agree.

00:38:21And if we analyze,

00:38:23Islam

00:38:24gave economic rights to women

00:38:261,300 years before the Western world.

00:38:311,400 years ago,

00:38:32Islam gave right

00:38:34to any adult Muslim woman

00:38:35to own or disown the property

00:38:37without the permission of anyone else.

00:38:39The first time the Western world

00:38:41gave right for a woman

00:38:42to own or disown property,

00:38:44was in 1870s

00:38:46under the Married Woman Property Act

00:38:47which said

00:38:48that a married woman,

00:38:50adult,

00:38:50can own or disown the property

00:38:52without the permission of the husband.

00:38:54And this act was later revised.

00:38:56Islam

00:38:57gave economic rights to women

00:38:591,300 years before the Western world.

00:39:02And in Islam,

00:39:03we did not agree

00:39:04with the word housewife

00:39:06which is used in English language

00:39:08because we don't consider

00:39:09the woman

00:39:10to be married to the house

00:39:11to be called a housewife.

00:39:12We prefer calling her

00:39:14as homemaker,

00:39:15the person who makes the home,

00:39:16the person who builds the home.

00:39:19Though we see

00:39:20that there are many misconceptions

00:39:21and many people think

00:39:24that men and women

00:39:25in Islam are not equal.

00:39:26In fact,

00:39:28in Islam,

00:39:29men and women are equal.

00:39:31But equality

00:39:31does not mean identicality.

00:39:33They are equal

00:39:34but they are not identical.

00:39:36Depending upon

00:39:36their physiological makeup,

00:39:38their psychological makeup,

00:39:39their biological makeup,

00:39:41they have different roles.

00:39:42Overall,

00:39:43men and women are equal

00:39:44in some aspects.

00:39:46The woman,

00:39:47she may have a degree of advantage.

00:39:48In some aspects,

00:39:49the men may have a degree of advantage.

00:39:51Let me give you an example.

00:39:53If there are two students

00:39:54in a class,

00:39:55student A and B,

00:39:56both of them,

00:39:58they come out first

00:39:58in examination.

00:40:00Both get 80 out of 100.

00:40:02When we analyze the answer sheet,

00:40:04the 10 questions

00:40:05which have 10 answers,

00:40:07each carrying 10 marks.

00:40:09In answer to question number 1,

00:40:12student A gets 9 out of 10.

00:40:14Student B gets 10 out of 10.

00:40:17In answer to question number 2,

00:40:19student B gets 9 out of 10.

00:40:20And student A,

00:40:21he gets 10 out of 10.

00:40:23In all the remaining 8 answers,

00:40:26both get 8 out of 10.

00:40:27If we add up,

00:40:28both get 80 out of 100.

00:40:29they are equal.

00:40:30But in answer number 1,

00:40:32the student A has a degree of advantage.

00:40:34In answer number 2,

00:40:35student B has a degree of advantage.

00:40:37In the other aspects,

00:40:38both are equal.

00:40:39And overall also they are equal.

00:40:40In the same way,

00:40:42men and women in Islam are equal,

00:40:44in some aspects,

00:40:45the men have a degree of advantage.

00:40:47In some aspects,

00:40:48the women have a degree of advantage.

00:40:49For example,

00:40:50if a robber,

00:40:52if a thief

00:40:53enters my house,

00:40:54I will not say

00:40:55I believe in woman liberalization.

00:40:57I will not ask my wife

00:40:58or my daughter to go and fight.

00:41:00Since God has given me more strength,

00:41:02it is my duty to fight.

00:41:03As the Quran says

00:41:04in Surah Nisa 4,

00:41:05verse 34,

00:41:06that God has given more strength to men.

00:41:08It is his duty to protect the woman.

00:41:10So in strength,

00:41:11the men have a degree of advantage.

00:41:14And the other example I gave earlier,

00:41:15that where companionship

00:41:17of the children is concerned

00:41:18for the parents,

00:41:19the women

00:41:20have three times

00:41:22more companionship

00:41:23as compared to men.

00:41:25The mother

00:41:25has three times more companionship

00:41:27as compared to father.

00:41:28So here,

00:41:29the women have a degree of advantage.

00:41:30So as I said earlier,

00:41:32men and women in Islam

00:41:33are equal.

00:41:34In some aspects,

00:41:36the women have a degree of advantage.

00:41:37In some aspect,

00:41:38the men have a degree of advantage.

00:41:39The foundation of the religion of Islam

00:41:46is the belief

00:41:48in one and only

00:41:51sole creator and sustainer.

00:41:54And this creator and sustainer,

00:41:56almighty God,

00:41:57is the same for all the human beings.

00:41:59Only if you agree

00:42:00that our creator,

00:42:01sustainer,

00:42:02and cherisher,

00:42:02one God,

00:42:04is the same,

00:42:05then only can brotherhood

00:42:06be maintained in all religions.

00:42:08And this is the basis

00:42:10of all the religions.

00:42:12Religion,

00:42:13according to Oxford Dictionary,

00:42:14means

00:42:15a belief

00:42:16in a superhuman controlling power,

00:42:18a personal God

00:42:19or gods

00:42:20that deserve

00:42:21worship and obedience.

00:42:23So according to Oxford Dictionary,

00:42:24religion means

00:42:25belief in God.

00:42:26If you understand God,

00:42:27you understand that religion

00:42:29in the right perspective.

00:42:31Quran says in

00:42:32Suley al-Imran

00:42:32chapter 3,

00:42:33verse number 64,

00:42:34come to common terms

00:42:38as between us and you.

00:42:40Which is the first term?

00:42:42Allah naabada illallah.

00:42:43That you worship

00:42:44none

00:42:44but one almighty God.

00:42:46So the Quran says,

00:42:47let the people

00:42:48of different religions

00:42:49come to common terms.

00:42:51What is different,

00:42:52we can discuss tomorrow.

00:42:54Let us agree

00:42:54to follow what is common.

00:42:56And one thing common

00:42:57in all the religion is

00:42:58to believe

00:42:59and worship

00:42:59only one God.

00:43:01To understand

00:43:03any religion

00:43:03or to understand

00:43:05the concept of God

00:43:06in a religion,

00:43:07it is not appropriate

00:43:07to try and observe

00:43:09the followers

00:43:10of that religion.

00:43:12Because many a time

00:43:13the followers

00:43:13themselves may not be aware

00:43:15about the religion

00:43:16or the concept

00:43:17of their God and religion.

00:43:18The best

00:43:19and the most authentic way

00:43:21of understanding

00:43:22a religion

00:43:23or understanding

00:43:24the concept of God

00:43:25in a religion

00:43:26is to try and understand

00:43:28what the authentic scriptures

00:43:30of that religion

00:43:31have to speak about God.

00:43:34Let us try and understand

00:43:36the concept of God

00:43:38in the major religions

00:43:39in a nutshell.

00:43:40First, we will try to understand

00:43:41the concept of God

00:43:42in Hinduism.

00:43:44The two major

00:43:45and most authentic scriptures

00:43:47in the religion of Hinduism

00:43:48are the Vedas

00:43:50and the Upanishad.

00:43:51It is mentioned

00:43:52in the Chandogya Upanishad

00:43:53chapter number 6

00:43:54section number 2

00:43:55verse number 1

00:43:56God is only one

00:43:58without a second.

00:44:00This is the Sanskrit quotation.

00:44:02It is mentioned

00:44:02in the Svita Sitaru Upanishad

00:44:03chapter number 6

00:44:04verse number 9

00:44:05of that God

00:44:09He has got no parents

00:44:10He has got no Lord

00:44:11He has got no father

00:44:13He has got no mother

00:44:13He has got no superior.

00:44:15It is mentioned

00:44:16in the Svita Sitaru Upanishad

00:44:17chapter number 4

00:44:18verse number 19

00:44:19as well as Yajurved

00:44:20chapter number 32

00:44:21verse number 3

00:44:22of that God

00:44:25there is no Pratima.

00:44:26Pratima is a Sanskrit word

00:44:28which means

00:44:28an image,

00:44:30a photograph,

00:44:31a painting,

00:44:31a picture,

00:44:32a sculpture,

00:44:33a statue,

00:44:34an idol.

00:44:35It says

00:44:36of that God

00:44:37there is no image,

00:44:38there is no picture,

00:44:39there is no painting,

00:44:40there is no portrait,

00:44:41there is no statue,

00:44:42there is no idol,

00:44:43there is no sculpture.

00:44:44And the Brahma Sutra

00:44:46of Hinduism,

00:44:47the fundamental creed

00:44:48of Hinduism is

00:44:49Ekka Braham

00:44:50Deotya Naste

00:44:51Nena Naste Kinchan

00:44:53Bhagawan ekhi hai,

00:44:54dousra nahi hai,

00:44:55nahi hai, nahi hai,

00:44:55zara bhi nahi hai.

00:44:56There is only one God,

00:44:57not a second one.

00:44:59Not at all,

00:44:59not at all,

00:45:00not in the least bit.

00:45:02So if you read

00:45:03the Hindu scriptures,

00:45:04you shall understand

00:45:04the concept of God

00:45:06in Hinduism

00:45:06and understand

00:45:07Hinduism in the right

00:45:08perspective.

00:45:10Let's discuss

00:45:11the concept

00:45:12of God

00:45:13in Hinduism.

00:45:15It's mentioned

00:45:15in the Old Testament

00:45:16in the book of Deuteronomy,

00:45:17chapter number 6,

00:45:18verse number 4.

00:45:19Moses,

00:45:20peace be upon him,

00:45:20says,

00:45:21Shema Israel,

00:45:22adnahain radna ikat.

00:45:23Yoro Israel,

00:45:24the Lord,

00:45:25our God,

00:45:26is one Lord.

00:45:27It's mentioned

00:45:28in the book of Isaiah,

00:45:29chapter number 43,

00:45:30verse number 11.

00:45:31I,

00:45:31I am Lord

00:45:34and there is no

00:45:35saviour besides me.

00:45:36It's mentioned

00:45:36in the book of Isaiah,

00:45:38chapter number 45,

00:45:39verse number 5.

00:45:40I am Lord

00:45:41and there is none else,

00:45:42there is no God

00:45:43besides me.

00:45:44It's mentioned

00:45:44in the book of Isaiah,

00:45:45chapter number 46,

00:45:46verse number 9.

00:45:47I am God

00:45:48and there is none else.

00:45:49I am God

00:45:50and there is none like me.

00:45:52It's further mentioned

00:45:53in the book of Exodus,

00:45:53chapter number 20,

00:45:55verse number 3 to 5,

00:45:56as well as

00:45:57in the book of Deuteronomy,

00:45:58chapter number 5,

00:45:59verse number 79.

00:46:02Almighty God says,

00:46:02So if you read the Old Testament, you should understand the concept of God in Judaism

00:46:23and understand Judaism in the right perspective.

00:46:27Before we discuss the concept of God in Christianity, I would like to clarify a few points.

00:46:32Islam is the only non-Christian faith which makes it an article of faith to believe in Jesus Christ, peace be upon him.

00:46:39No Muslim is a Muslim if he does not believe in Jesus Christ, peace be upon him.

00:46:44We believe that he was one of the mightiest messengers of Almighty God.

00:46:48We believe he was the Messiah that ascended Christ.

00:46:51We believe that he was born miraculously without any male intervention, which many modern day Christians today did not believe.

00:46:57We believe that he gave life to the dead with God's permission.

00:47:00We believe he healed those born blind and lepers with God's permission.

00:47:05The Christians and the Muslims, we are going together.

00:47:08One may ask, then where is the parting of ways?

00:47:11The parting of ways is that many Christians believe, or most of the Christians believe,

00:47:16that Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, he claimed divinity.

00:47:19They believe that he was Almighty God.

00:47:21In fact, if you read the Bible, there is not a single unequivocal statement.

00:47:27There is not a single unambiguous statement.

00:47:30In the complete Bible, where Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, himself says that I am God, always his worship me.

00:47:36In fact, if you read the Bible, it's mentioned in the Gospel of John, chapter number 14, verse number 28.

00:47:42Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, said, my father is greater than I.

00:47:45Gospel of John, chapter number 10, verse number 29, my father is greater than all.

00:47:49Gospel of Matthew, chapter number 12, verse number 28.

00:47:52I cast out devils with the spirit of God.

00:47:54Gospel of Luke, chapter number 11, verse number 20.

00:47:57I, with the finger of God, cast out devils.

00:47:59Gospel of John, chapter number 5, verse number 30.

00:48:01Anyone who says, I seek not my will, but the will of Almighty God, he's a Muslim.

00:48:11As I mentioned, Muslim means a person who submits a will to God.

00:48:15And Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, said, not my will, but the will of Almighty God.

00:48:20So in Arabic, we say he's Muslim.

00:48:22Therefore, we say Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, was one of the mightiest messengers of Almighty God.

00:48:26And he further clarified, in the gospel of John, chapter number 14, verse number 24, he said,

00:48:32That the words that you hear are not mine, but my father's who has sent me.

00:48:37It's mentioned in the gospel of John, chapter number 17, verse number 3, Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, said,

00:48:41This is life eternal, so that you may know one true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

00:48:46It's clearly mentioned in the book of Acts, chapter number 2, verse number 22, it says,

00:48:50E men of Israel, listen to this,

00:48:53Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God amongst you,

00:48:57by wonders and miracles and signs, which God did by him and you have witnessed to it.

00:49:01A man approved of God amongst you,

00:49:03by wonders and miracles and signs, which God did by him and you have witnessed to it.

00:49:07And when Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, was asked,

00:49:09that which is the first of the commandments,

00:49:11he repeated verbatim what was said by Moses, peace be upon him, earlier.

00:49:14It's mentioned in the gospel of Mark, chapter number 12, verse number 29,

00:49:18Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, said,

00:49:19Which means, here O Israel, the Lord, our God, is one Lord.

00:49:25So if you read the Bible, you should understand the concept of God in Christianity

00:49:29and understand Christianity in the right perspective.

00:49:33Let's discuss the concept of God in Islam.

00:49:37The best reply that any Muslim can give you regarding the concept of God in Islam

00:49:41is quote to you, surah class, that is chapter number 112, verse number 1 to 4, which says,

00:49:46Say he is Allah one and only.

00:49:49Allah is Samad, Allah, the absolute and eternal.

00:49:52He begets not no, he is begotten.

00:49:56There is nothing like him.

00:49:57This is a four-line definition of Almighty God.

00:50:00Any person says so and so candidate is God,

00:50:02if he passes these four tests,

00:50:04we Muslims have got no objection in accepting as God.

00:50:07The first is, say he is one and only.

00:50:09The second is, he should be absolute and eternal.

00:50:12The third, he begets not no, he is begotten.

00:50:14And fourth, there is nothing like unto him anything in this world.

00:50:18This is a four-line definition of Almighty God,

00:50:20which we call as the litmus test for theology.

00:50:24It is the touchstone of theology.

00:50:25And further, the Quran says in Surah Anam, chapter number 6, verse number 108,

00:50:30that revile not, abuse not,

00:50:33those gods who they worship besides Allah,

00:50:36lest in their ignorance, they will revile,

00:50:38they will abuse Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:50:40Quran prohibits any Muslim

00:50:42from speaking bad, from reviling, from abusing

00:50:46those who other people worship as God besides Allah,

00:50:50lest in their ignorance, they will abuse Allah.

00:50:52So to understand the concept of God

00:50:55in Islam, you have to read the Quran.

00:50:59Today, unfortunately,

00:51:02Islam is the most misunderstood religion in the world.

00:51:06The religion which has the maximum misconception in the world today,

00:51:10it is Islam.

00:51:12And one of the reasons for these misconceptions

00:51:14about this religion,

00:51:16I would say, it is the media.

00:51:19Today, we find in the international media,

00:51:23there is virulent propaganda regarding Islam.

00:51:26We find in the international newspapers,

00:51:28in the international magazine,

00:51:29on the radio broadcast stations,

00:51:31on the international satellite channels,

00:51:32on the internet,

00:51:33there is virulent propaganda regarding Islam.

00:51:37And the most misunderstood word regarding Islam,

00:51:41it is the word jihad.

00:51:42It is not only misunderstood by the Muslims,

00:51:46because of the media,

00:51:47it is also misunderstood by the non-Muslims.

00:51:50Today, most of the people,

00:51:51whether they are Muslims or non-Muslims,

00:51:53they think that any war fought by any Muslim,

00:51:57for any reason,

00:51:58whether it be for personal gain,

00:51:59whether it be for name,

00:52:00whether it be for fame,

00:52:02whether it be for honour,

00:52:03whether it be for land,

00:52:04any war fought by any Muslim is called as jihad.

00:52:07Jihad does not mean any war fought by any Muslim,

00:52:11for any reason.

00:52:12Jihad comes from the Arabic word jihadah,

00:52:15which means to strive,

00:52:17which means to struggle.

00:52:18In the Islamic context,

00:52:20jihad means to strive and struggle

00:52:23against one's own evil inclination.

00:52:26Jihad also means to strive and struggle

00:52:29to make the society better.

00:52:31Jihad also means to strive and struggle against oppression.

00:52:34Jihad also means to strive and struggle in self-defense.

00:52:37So, jihad basically means to strive and struggle.

00:52:41For example,

00:52:41if a student is striving and struggling

00:52:43to pass in the examination,

00:52:45in Arabic, we will say he is doing jihad.

00:52:49So, jihad basically means to strive and struggle.

00:52:52Today, most of the Orientalists,

00:52:55they translate the word jihad as holy war.

00:52:59If you translate holy war into Arabic,

00:53:01it is harbu muqaddasa.

00:53:02And this word harbu muqaddasa appears nowhere in the Quran,

00:53:06nowhere in anything of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

00:53:10This word holy war,

00:53:11if you go back into history,

00:53:12was first used for the Crusades.

00:53:16In the Crusaders,

00:53:17they forced people to accept

00:53:18the religion of Christianity by force.

00:53:20And unfortunately today,

00:53:22it is used for the Muslims and Islam.

00:53:23Quran mentions explicitly,

00:53:29in Surah Maidah,

00:53:30chapter number 5,

00:53:31verse number 32,

00:53:33if anyone

00:53:33kills any other human being,

00:53:37unless it be for murder,

00:53:38or for spreading corruption in the land,

00:53:40it is as though

00:53:41he has killed the whole of humanity.

00:53:43The Quran says,

00:53:44if any human being

00:53:46kills any other innocent human being,

00:53:48whether Muslim or non-Muslim,

00:53:49it is as though

00:53:50he has killed the whole of humanity.

00:53:52And the verse continues,

00:53:53if anyone saves any human being,

00:53:55whether Muslim or non-Muslim,

00:53:56it is as though

00:53:57he has saved the whole of humanity.

00:54:00I, being a student of comparative religion,

00:54:03I have not come across

00:54:04any verse in any scripture

00:54:05besides the Quran,

00:54:06which is so explicit against terrorism,

00:54:09against killing innocent human beings.

00:54:10It says that

00:54:11if any human being

00:54:12kills any other human being

00:54:14who is innocent,

00:54:15whether Muslim or non-Muslim,

00:54:16it is as though

00:54:17he has killed the whole of humanity.

00:54:18And I have not come across

00:54:19any verse in any other scripture,

00:54:21any other religious scripture

00:54:22besides the Quran,

00:54:23which promotes

00:54:25the prevention of terrorism.

00:54:26And it says,

00:54:27if any human being

00:54:28saves any human life,

00:54:30whether Muslim or non-Muslim,

00:54:31it is as though

00:54:32he has saved the whole of humankind.

00:54:35Islam condemns

00:54:37all forms of terrorism.

00:54:39Islam condemns

00:54:40the killing of any innocent human being,

00:54:42irrespective of caste,

00:54:43colour, creed,

00:54:44irrespective of which

00:54:45nationality belongs to,

00:54:46irrespective of which

00:54:47religion he belongs to.

00:54:49Islam

00:54:50and

00:54:51I too

00:54:52condemn

00:54:53all forms of terrorism.

00:54:55I also condemn

00:54:57the 9-11

00:54:58which took place on

00:55:0011th of September 2001,

00:55:02the Twin Tower

00:55:03bombing in New York

00:55:04where

00:55:05few thousand innocent people

00:55:06were killed.

00:55:07I condemn

00:55:08the 7-7

00:55:097th of July

00:55:102005,

00:55:12London bombing

00:55:13where more than

00:55:1450 innocent people

00:55:14were killed.

00:55:15I also condemn

00:55:16the serial

00:55:17train bomb blasts

00:55:19that took place in Bombay

00:55:20on the 11th of July 2006

00:55:22where more than

00:55:23180 innocent people

00:55:25were killed.

00:55:25I also condemn

00:55:26the Gujarat massacre,

00:55:28the riots which were

00:55:29plea-planned,

00:55:30which took place

00:55:30in Gujarat,

00:55:31in India,

00:55:32where

00:55:32innocent few thousand

00:55:34Muslims were killed.

00:55:35I condemn

00:55:35all sorts of terrorism

00:55:37where innocent human beings

00:55:39are killed,

00:55:40irrespective of

00:55:41whether Muslim or non-Muslim.

00:55:42and whatever

00:55:43acts of terrorism

00:55:45which takes the life

00:55:47of innocent human beings

00:55:48is to be condemned,

00:55:50including suicide bombing.

00:55:52Now we have

00:55:52recently in the past

00:55:54few decades

00:55:54that a person goes,

00:55:57he puts up a bomb,

00:55:58goes in a marketplace,

00:56:00goes in a

00:56:01tube station

00:56:02on the road

00:56:03and he blows himself up

00:56:05and with him

00:56:06takes several

00:56:07other human lives.

00:56:08this act

00:56:09is not tolerable

00:56:10in any religion,

00:56:11especially Islam.

00:56:13Suicide bombing

00:56:14where innocent human beings

00:56:15are killed

00:56:16is totally prohibited

00:56:17in Islam.

00:56:20Unfortunately,

00:56:22though Islam

00:56:23is a religion

00:56:23which condemns

00:56:24all sorts of terrorism,

00:56:27all acts of terrorism

00:56:28that took place

00:56:28in the past,

00:56:29which is even taking place

00:56:30in the 21st century,

00:56:32even though it condemns,

00:56:34unfortunately,

00:56:35today,

00:56:35the media portrays

00:56:37Islam as a religion,

00:56:38which promotes terrorism.

00:56:41Every community

00:56:42has its black sheep

00:56:44and I am also aware

00:56:45that there are black sheep

00:56:48in the Muslim community.

00:56:51What does the media do?

00:56:53The media picks up

00:56:54the black sheep

00:56:55of the Muslim community

00:56:57and they portray

00:56:58as though they are

00:56:59exemplary Muslims.

00:57:02Because of this,

00:57:03today,

00:57:04we find

00:57:04that

00:57:05most of the people

00:57:08think

00:57:08that Islam promotes terrorism.

00:57:10If you read the Quran,

00:57:11if you read the sayings

00:57:12of the Prophet,

00:57:13Islam,

00:57:14amongst all the religions,

00:57:15is at the foremost

00:57:16in condemning

00:57:17the killing

00:57:18of innocent human beings.

00:57:19And

00:57:20one such prey

00:57:21of the media,

00:57:22of these media tactics

00:57:25was myself.

00:57:29Eight months back,

00:57:31in the fourth week

00:57:33of June 2010,

00:57:34I was supposed

00:57:35to give a series

00:57:36of talk in UK.

00:57:37I was supposed

00:57:39to give a talk

00:57:40in the Wembley Arena,

00:57:42in Wembley London,

00:57:44in LG Arena,

00:57:45NEC Birmingham,

00:57:46as well as

00:57:46Sheffield Arena

00:57:47in Sheffield.

00:57:48All these venues

00:57:49had a capacity

00:57:49of 10 to 15,000

00:57:51people.

00:57:52And these are

00:57:53prestigious venues.

00:57:55Just three weeks

00:57:56before my lecture tour,

00:57:58there was an article

00:57:59which came in one

00:58:00of the leading newspapers

00:58:01that is Sunday Times.

00:58:03Sunday Times,

00:58:04it gave an article,

00:58:05Muslim preacher of hate

00:58:07let into Britain.

00:58:09And this article,

00:58:10it gave portions

00:58:11of my speeches

00:58:12which were either

00:58:13quoted out of context

00:58:14or they were misquoted.

00:58:15And it portrayed me

00:58:16as a preacher of hate,

00:58:18a person who promotes terrorism.

00:58:21And the next couple of days,

00:58:23the same article

00:58:24was picked up,

00:58:26rehashed

00:58:27and reprinted

00:58:28in many of the newspapers

00:58:30of UK.

00:58:31Not only newspapers of UK,

00:58:33but newspapers internationally,

00:58:34including the newspapers

00:58:35of India.

00:58:38Unfortunately,

00:58:39these articles

00:58:40inspired

00:58:42the Home Secretary

00:58:44of UK,

00:58:45Theresa May

00:58:45to pass

00:58:47an exclusion order

00:58:48on the 16th of June,

00:58:492010.

00:58:51After reading these articles

00:58:53and hearing some clips

00:58:54from the YouTube,

00:58:55which were again

00:58:56either out of context

00:58:57and there were portions

00:59:00which were manipulated,

00:59:03based on these YouTube clips

00:59:05and the media report,

00:59:07the Home Secretary of UK

00:59:08on 16th of June,

00:59:092010,

00:59:11she passed

00:59:11an exclusion order

00:59:12against me.

00:59:13And the next day,

00:59:1470th of June,

00:59:15the Deputy

00:59:16High Commissioner

00:59:17of Britain

00:59:18in Bombay,

00:59:20on the 70th of June,

00:59:22they revoked

00:59:23and cancelled my visa.

00:59:24I had a valid

00:59:255 years multiple entry

00:59:27visa to UK

00:59:27which was issued

00:59:28on the 15th of July,

00:59:312008,

00:59:32valid till 15th of July,

00:59:352013.

00:59:36I have been coming to UK

00:59:37since the past 20 years.

00:59:38I have come several times

00:59:39and for lecture

00:59:40two other several times.

00:59:41I had a valid

00:59:42multiple entry

00:59:435 years visa

00:59:44which had come twice before

00:59:45in 2008,

00:59:462009,

00:59:47which was cancelled

00:59:49without giving me

00:59:49a fair hearing.

00:59:50I think

00:59:51this is an attack

00:59:52on freedom of expression

00:59:53as well as

00:59:54on human rights.

00:59:57Charles Farr,

00:59:59who is

01:00:00the Director General

01:00:01of the Office

01:00:02of Security

01:00:03and Counterterrorism,

01:00:04he was not

01:00:05in favour

01:00:06of this exclusion order

01:00:06and he wanted me

01:00:08to reach

01:00:09to those Muslims

01:00:11who he felt

01:00:12the government

01:00:13could not reach.

01:00:15But the Home Secretary,

01:00:16ignoring the advice

01:00:17of her senior

01:00:18most security advisor,

01:00:20she went ahead

01:00:21with the exclusion order

01:00:22and later on,

01:00:23a few weeks later,

01:00:24she even suspended

01:00:25one of the advisors

01:00:26under Charles Farr

01:00:27who supported me.

01:00:30I personally

01:00:31have more faith

01:00:33in the judiciary system

01:00:34rather than

01:00:35the political system

01:00:36of my country,

01:00:37India,

01:00:37as well as

01:00:38the country of UK.

01:00:40We did a judicial review

01:00:43and took it

01:00:45to the High Court.

01:00:47Though the Home Secretary

01:00:47said I have no right

01:00:48to file under human rights

01:00:50because I am

01:00:50a non-UK citizen,

01:00:53Justice Cranston said

01:00:54and he reviewed it

01:00:55and he said

01:00:56that he can file a case

01:00:58and he passed a judgment

01:01:00and said

01:01:01that the first three decisions

01:01:03of the Home Secretary

01:01:04on 16th of June,

01:01:0517th of June

01:01:06and the 27th of June

01:01:07all three were unlawful.

01:01:10But however,

01:01:11later on

01:01:12in the month of August 2010,

01:01:14when they gave

01:01:15additional information,

01:01:18he said

01:01:18that this is lawful

01:01:19which is not logical.

01:01:22I have faith

01:01:23in the judiciary system.

01:01:25We have filed

01:01:25for an appeal

01:01:26against

01:01:27the last judgment

01:01:28of the High Court

01:01:28and I have full faith

01:01:30that inshallah,

01:01:32very shortly,

01:01:33this exclusion order

01:01:34would be reversed

01:01:34by the Court of Appeal.

01:01:36I hope in future

01:01:40I may have the chance

01:01:41to meet the Home Secretary

01:01:43Theresa May

01:01:43personally

01:01:45and explain to her

01:01:46the peaceful message

01:01:47of Islam

01:01:48and remove

01:01:49any misconception

01:01:50about Islam

01:01:51or any of my lecture

01:01:52that she may have.

01:01:54I would have personally

01:01:54preferred

01:01:55to come personally

01:01:56in the Oxford Union

01:01:57and give this talk

01:01:58and have a lively

01:01:59questionnaire session

01:02:00rather than the satellite.

01:02:02Last month

01:02:03I had gone to France.

01:02:05I was in Paris.

01:02:07We had a board meeting

01:02:08of our trust

01:02:10Islamist Foundation International

01:02:11which is based in UK

01:02:12as well as

01:02:13Universal Broadcast Limited.

01:02:16Because I could not

01:02:17come to UK

01:02:17I called the board members

01:02:18to Paris

01:02:19and I was shocked.

01:02:21Normally

01:02:21the world feels

01:02:23that France

01:02:25is more strict

01:02:26against Islam

01:02:27than UK

01:02:27but when I applied

01:02:28for visa

01:02:29I got it within one hour

01:02:30and we had

01:02:32the board meeting there

01:02:33I would prefer

01:02:34having it in UK

01:02:34but because of the exclusion order

01:02:36which I feel

01:02:36the court of appeal

01:02:37very shortly will reverse it

01:02:39and

01:02:39though the world

01:02:41may think

01:02:42that

01:02:44because of the exclusion order

01:02:45it is an attack

01:02:47on freedom of expression

01:02:48but I would like to

01:02:49thank the Oxford Union

01:02:50that

01:02:51even though

01:02:52an exclusion order

01:02:53has been passed on me

01:02:54yet

01:02:54they permitted

01:02:55this debate

01:02:57or this lecture

01:02:58for the question and answer session.

01:02:59I would like to

01:03:00thank the Oxford Union

01:03:01especially the president

01:03:02Mr. James Langman

01:03:03for being bold

01:03:04and agreeing

01:03:06to have this lecture.

01:03:09The Oxford Union

01:03:10may or may not

01:03:11agree with my speech.

01:03:14They may like my talk

01:03:15or may not like my talk.

01:03:16What I appreciate is

01:03:17that they

01:03:18are really people

01:03:19who promote

01:03:21freedom of expression.

01:03:23I would like to conclude

01:03:24my speech

01:03:24by giving a message.

01:03:27Peace

01:03:27is the only solution

01:03:29for the problems

01:03:30of humanity.

01:03:32Many nations

01:03:33many countries

01:03:35have armies.

01:03:37They have got military

01:03:38they have got navy

01:03:39they have got air force

01:03:40some countries

01:03:41have weapons

01:03:42of mass destruction

01:03:43some have nuclear weapons.

01:03:46Believe me

01:03:46all these

01:03:47are not the solution

01:03:49for the problems

01:03:50of humanity.

01:03:51The only solution

01:03:52according to me

01:03:53for the problems

01:03:54of humanity

01:03:54is peace.

01:03:56There may be differences.

01:03:59There are differences

01:04:00in culture

01:04:00there are differences

01:04:01in languages

01:04:02there are differences

01:04:03in color

01:04:04there is difference

01:04:04of society

01:04:05irrespective of

01:04:06the differences

01:04:07one common factor

01:04:08amongst all human

01:04:10means of the world

01:04:10is that all

01:04:12want peace.

01:04:13According to me

01:04:14peace is the only

01:04:15solution

01:04:16for the problems

01:04:17of humanity.

01:04:18I said at the

01:04:19starting of my talk

01:04:20Islam is derived

01:04:22from the Arabic word

01:04:23salaam

01:04:24which means peace.

01:04:26And this word

01:04:27salaam

01:04:28is mentioned

01:04:29in the Quran

01:04:29no less than

01:04:3043 times

01:04:31and along with

01:04:32its derivatives

01:04:32it's mentioned

01:04:34no less than

01:04:35143 times.

01:04:37Salaam

01:04:37peace

01:04:38is mentioned

01:04:39in the Quran

01:04:39no less than

01:04:40143 times.

01:04:42And

01:04:42I started my talk

01:04:43by greeting

01:04:45all of you

01:04:45assalamualaikum

01:04:46which means

01:04:47peace be

01:04:47on all of you.

01:04:49The Quran

01:04:49says in

01:04:50Surah Yasin

01:04:50chapter 36

01:04:51verse 58

01:04:53that peace

01:04:54is a salutation

01:04:55from the

01:04:56Lord

01:04:56who is the

01:04:57most merciful.

01:04:59One of the

01:05:00attributes of

01:05:00Almighty God

01:05:01is assalam

01:05:02the source

01:05:03of peace.

01:05:04Quran says

01:05:04in Surah

01:05:04Al-Hashar

01:05:05chapter 59

01:05:06verse 23

01:05:07it refers to

01:05:08Allah

01:05:09Almighty God

01:05:10as assalam

01:05:10the source

01:05:11of peace.

01:05:13Quran says

01:05:13in Surah

01:05:14Maida

01:05:14chapter 5

01:05:14verse 16

01:05:15that

01:05:16Almighty God

01:05:17guides those

01:05:18people who

01:05:18come towards

01:05:19Him

01:05:19towards peace

01:05:20and safety

01:05:21and takes them

01:05:22out of darkness

01:05:23into light.

01:05:25That's the reason

01:05:25every chapter of

01:05:27the glorious Quran

01:05:28there are 114 chapters

01:05:29in the Quran

01:05:29every chapter except

01:05:319

01:05:31starts with the

01:05:32beautiful formula

01:05:33Bismillah

01:05:34Ar-Rahman

01:05:34Ar-Rahim

01:05:34in the name

01:05:35of Allah

01:05:36Almighty God

01:05:37the most merciful

01:05:38the most gracious.

01:05:41According to me

01:05:42peace is the only

01:05:44solution for humanity

01:05:45and I am a person

01:05:47who spreads peace

01:05:48my mission is to

01:05:49spread peace

01:05:50and as many may be

01:05:51aware

01:05:52that I

01:05:54started

01:05:55a global

01:05:56peace TV network

01:05:57about 5 years before

01:05:58in January 2006

01:06:00in January 2006

01:06:02I launched

01:06:04the peace TV

01:06:06in English

01:06:07two and a half years

01:06:08later in 2008

01:06:09peace TV Urdu

01:06:10and inshallah

01:06:11in the next couple

01:06:12of months

01:06:12in April 2011

01:06:14we will launch

01:06:15the peace TV

01:06:16Bangla

01:06:16today

01:06:17peace TV English

01:06:19is the largest

01:06:20washed

01:06:21Islamic satellite

01:06:22channel in the world

01:06:23it has a viewership

01:06:24of more than

01:06:25100 million

01:06:26out of which

01:06:27more than 25%

01:06:28are non-Muslim

01:06:29even if I am able

01:06:30to convince

01:06:31one human being

01:06:33irrespective

01:06:34whether he is a Muslim

01:06:34or non-Muslim

01:06:35and prevent him

01:06:36from killing

01:06:37one innocent

01:06:38human being

01:06:38I feel

01:06:40I would have saved

01:06:41the whole of humankind

01:06:42peace is the only

01:06:45solution

01:06:45my message

01:06:46is only of peace

01:06:47my mission

01:06:48is to spread peace

01:06:49I would like to end

01:06:50my talk

01:06:50with the quotation

01:06:51of Dr. Adam Pearson

01:06:52Dr. Adam Pearson

01:06:54said

01:06:54people worry

01:06:56that one day

01:06:57nuclear weaponry

01:06:58will fall

01:06:59in the hands

01:06:59of the Arabs

01:07:00they fail to realize

01:07:01that the Islamic bomb

01:07:03the bomb of peace

01:07:04has already been dropped

01:07:06it fell

01:07:06the day

01:07:07Prophet Muhammad

01:07:08peace be upon him

01:07:09was born

01:07:10welcome back friends

01:07:11I hope you enjoy

01:07:11the video

01:07:12till the last minute

01:07:13my dear mother

01:07:14and sister

01:07:14before Islam

01:07:15men were

01:07:17that kind of

01:07:18cruel

01:07:18that when they

01:07:20see

01:07:20when they

01:07:22had a daughter

01:07:23so they buried

01:07:24them alive

01:07:25why because

01:07:27they were so cruel

01:07:27the community

01:07:29before Islam

01:07:30they were so cruel

01:07:32that they cannot

01:07:33be happy

01:07:34for the daughter

01:07:35because they think

01:07:36that one day

01:07:37the daughter

01:07:38will be

01:07:38adult

01:07:39and then she

01:07:41will be married

01:07:41to someone

01:07:42and then she

01:07:43will be

01:07:43they will asking

01:07:45and they will

01:07:45targeting

01:07:46different things

01:07:47and different

01:07:48idealistic things

01:07:49plus

01:07:50people

01:07:51will have

01:07:53their enemies

01:07:53for hundred

01:07:54hundred years

01:07:55just for

01:07:56small words

01:07:57just for

01:07:58the small thinking

01:07:59so my dear

01:08:01brother and sister

01:08:01almighty Allah

01:08:02has revealed

01:08:03the beautiful

01:08:04religion of Islam

01:08:05it means that

01:08:06the religion of Islam

01:08:08is selected

01:08:09for us

01:08:10my dear brother

01:08:11and sister

01:08:12almighty Allah

01:08:12has revealed

01:08:13this religion

01:08:14this is the

01:08:18final religion

01:08:19without Islam

01:08:22it will not

01:08:23be accepted

01:08:24anymore

01:08:24if you follow

01:08:25Christianity

01:08:26if you follow

01:08:27Buddhism

01:08:27if you follow

01:08:28Hinduism

01:08:29it will not

01:08:29be accepted

01:08:30my dear

01:08:31brother and sister

01:08:32almighty Allah

01:08:32has revealed

01:08:33the glorious

01:08:34Quran for us

01:08:35the holy Quran

01:08:36the book

01:08:37which is complete

01:08:38from every side

01:08:39from every aspect

01:08:41almighty Allah

01:08:42clearly mentioned

01:08:43in the holy Quran

01:08:44that

01:08:46you know

01:08:54almighty Allah

01:08:55has revealed

01:08:56the holy Quran

01:08:57and almighty Allah

01:08:58has taken

01:08:58the responsibility

01:08:59of this holy Quran

01:09:01till the day

01:09:02of qiyamah

01:09:03this holy Quran

01:09:04will be safe

01:09:05it will be safe

01:09:07from replacing

01:09:08from rewriting

01:09:10or from anything

01:09:11fake

01:09:11it will be safe

01:09:13nobody

01:09:14could be

01:09:15changed

01:09:15or will be able

01:09:16to change

01:09:17the holy Quran

01:09:17so my dear

01:09:19brother and sister

01:09:20in the holy Quran

01:09:22almighty Allah

01:09:22clearly mentioned

01:09:23that O prophet

01:09:26talk to the women

01:09:27so every of my

01:09:30viewers kindly listen

01:09:31it kill free

01:09:32it's the words

01:09:33of holy Quran

01:09:34that O woman

01:09:36that cool down

01:09:41your eyes

01:09:41like do not

01:09:42say directly

01:09:43to non-mahram people

01:09:45whenever you

01:09:46accidentally

01:09:47someone

01:09:48you just

01:09:49put down

01:09:50hold down

01:09:51your eyes

01:09:52to the earth

01:09:52why almighty

01:09:54Allah

01:09:54has said

01:09:55this

01:09:55because

01:09:55the first

01:09:56thing

01:09:57the first

01:09:58thing

01:09:58that

01:09:58completely

01:09:59change

01:10:00the condition

01:10:00of the heart

01:10:01so my dear

01:10:02brother and sister

01:10:03why almighty

01:10:04Allah

01:10:05has ordered

01:10:05the woman

01:10:06that they

01:10:06just

01:10:07get down

01:10:07their lenses

01:10:08because

01:10:08the first

01:10:09thing

01:10:09is eyesight

01:10:10whenever

01:10:10you look

01:10:11someone stranger

01:10:12with your eyes

01:10:13so these eyes

01:10:14like cameras

01:10:15when it sees

01:10:16woman

01:10:16beauty

01:10:17each and everything

01:10:17it directly

01:10:19change

01:10:19your point

01:10:20of you

01:10:20of your heart

01:10:21and your mind

01:10:22then you will

01:10:23start thinking

01:10:24of each and

01:10:24everything

01:10:25and this

01:10:26thing will

01:10:27be go

01:10:27lasting

01:10:27for you

01:10:28until

01:10:28you put

01:10:30something wrong

01:10:31in your mind

01:10:32and in your heart

01:10:33that's why

01:10:34almighty Allah

01:10:34says

01:10:35plural

01:10:43mean that

01:10:44women should

01:10:45take care

01:10:46of their

01:10:46private parts

01:10:47not only

01:10:48women

01:10:49but men

01:10:49as well

01:10:50after this

01:10:51words

01:10:52almighty

01:10:52Allah

01:10:52also

01:10:53talked

01:10:53to

01:10:53women

01:10:53the same

01:10:59order

01:10:59for man

01:11:00as well

01:11:01but it's

01:11:02time for

01:11:02women

01:11:02that's why

01:11:03I am

01:11:03reciting

01:11:04this

01:11:04words

01:11:04almighty

01:11:05Allah

01:11:06says

01:11:06to the

01:11:07woman

01:11:07that

01:11:07you

01:11:08should

01:11:08completely

01:11:10control

01:11:11over your

01:11:12private

01:11:12parts

01:11:13do not

01:11:14show your

01:11:15private

01:11:15parts

01:11:16to anyone

01:11:16like

01:11:17this

01:11:18is

01:11:18we can

01:11:19say

01:11:19it's

01:11:20taqwa

01:11:20it's

01:11:21we can

01:11:21say

01:11:21it's

01:11:22haya

01:11:22whenever

01:11:23almighty

01:11:24Allah

01:11:24gives you

01:11:24beauty

01:11:25you have

01:11:26to keep

01:11:27your beauty

01:11:27hidden

01:11:28until you

01:11:29get married

01:11:30to someone

01:11:30because your

01:11:31beauty

01:11:32your each

01:11:32and everything

01:11:33that's for

01:11:34your husband

01:11:34this is

01:11:36this is the

01:11:36beauty

01:11:36of Islam

01:11:37so Islam

01:11:38gives

01:11:39high respect

01:11:40to the

01:11:40women

01:11:40Islam

01:11:42says

01:11:42that

01:11:43women

01:11:44should

01:11:44beget

01:11:45equivalent

01:11:46rights

01:11:46before

01:11:47Islam

01:11:48women

01:11:48did not

01:11:48get

01:11:49anything

01:11:49but

01:11:50after

01:11:50that

01:11:51Islam

01:11:51has

01:11:51done

01:11:52something

01:11:52else

01:11:53that's

01:11:53why

01:11:54women

01:11:54must

01:11:55beget

01:11:55something

01:11:55that

01:11:56is

01:11:56equivalent

01:11:56to

01:11:57them

01:11:57so

01:11:59my dear

01:11:59brother

01:11:59and sister

01:12:00almighty

01:12:01Allah

01:12:01clearly

01:12:02mentioned

01:12:02in the

01:12:02holy

01:12:02quran

01:12:03so

01:12:08as

01:12:08almighty

01:12:09Allah

01:12:09has

01:12:09ordered

01:12:10to

01:12:10women

01:12:10that

01:12:10they

01:12:11should

01:12:11keep

01:12:12down

01:12:12their

01:12:12eyes

01:12:13same

01:12:14order

01:12:14to

01:12:14the

01:12:14man

01:12:15as

01:12:15well

01:12:15men

01:12:16are

01:12:16not

01:12:17allowed

01:12:17to

01:12:18look

01:12:18any

01:12:18other

01:12:19woman

01:12:19to

01:12:19not

01:12:20with

01:12:20their

01:12:20eyesight

01:12:21if

01:12:21accidentally

01:12:22he

01:12:22sees

01:12:23someone

01:12:24or

01:12:24if

01:12:24he

01:12:24look

01:12:24to

01:12:25someone

01:12:25then

01:12:26he

01:12:26must

01:12:26have

01:12:26to

01:12:27cool

01:12:27down

01:12:27their

01:12:27eyes

01:12:28because

01:12:28after

01:12:29eye

01:12:29contacts

01:12:30there

01:12:30will

01:12:30be

01:12:31something

01:12:31fishy

01:12:32in

01:12:32your

01:12:32heart

01:12:33and

01:12:33your

01:12:33mind

01:12:33and

01:12:34then

01:12:34you

01:12:34will

01:12:34be

01:12:35confused

01:12:35what

01:12:35should

01:12:36I

01:12:36do

01:12:36then

01:12:37you

01:12:37will

01:12:37be

01:12:37say

01:12:37I

01:12:37fell

01:12:38in

01:12:38love

01:12:38and

01:12:38like

01:12:39you

01:12:39know

01:12:39different

01:12:40feelings

01:12:40it

01:12:40must

01:12:41be

01:12:41entering

01:12:41into

01:12:41your

01:12:42heart

01:12:43so

01:12:44my

01:12:44dear

01:12:45brother

01:12:45and

01:12:45sister

01:12:46occasionally

01:12:47the

01:12:48orders

01:12:49are

01:12:49for

01:12:49both

01:12:50and

01:12:50for

01:12:50both

01:12:51Islam

01:12:52says

01:12:52both

01:12:53have

01:12:53to

01:12:56they

01:12:56will

01:12:57be

01:12:57get

01:12:57rid

01:12:58of

01:12:58sin

01:12:58you

01:12:59will

01:12:59never

01:12:59be

01:13:00entered

01:13:00into

01:13:00sin

01:13:00why

01:13:01today

01:13:02the

01:13:02number

01:13:02of

01:13:03sins

01:13:03are

01:13:03increased

01:13:04especially

01:13:04for

01:13:05men

01:13:05and

01:13:05women

01:13:05both

01:13:06men

01:13:06always

01:13:07fell

01:13:07in

01:13:07love

01:13:08with

01:13:08someone

01:13:08women

01:13:09are

01:13:09always

01:13:09fell

01:13:10in

01:13:10love

01:13:10with

01:13:10someone

01:13:11why

01:13:11because

01:13:13they

01:13:14did

01:13:15not

01:13:15we can

01:13:16say

01:13:16they

01:13:17did

01:13:17not

01:13:17we

01:13:18can

01:13:18say

01:13:19use

01:13:20of

01:13:20this

01:13:21verse

01:13:21of

01:13:21holy

01:13:21Quran

01:13:22they

01:13:22did

01:13:23not

01:13:24use

01:13:24it

01:13:24that's

01:13:24why

01:13:25it's

01:13:25not

01:13:25ordering

01:13:26them

01:13:26so

01:13:28my

01:13:28dear

01:13:28brother

01:13:28and

01:13:29sister

01:13:29you

01:13:29have

01:13:30to

01:13:30cool

01:13:30down

01:13:30you

01:13:31have

01:13:31to

01:13:31put

01:13:32down

01:13:32your

01:13:32eyes

01:13:33and

01:13:33also

01:13:33you

01:13:34have

01:13:34to

01:13:34cool

01:13:35down

01:13:35your

01:13:36eyesight

01:13:36as

01:13:37well

01:13:37if

01:13:37you

01:13:37are

01:13:38men

01:13:38or

01:13:38women

01:13:38to

01:13:39keep

01:13:39the

01:13:39society

01:13:40alive

01:13:40so

01:13:41my

01:13:41dear

01:13:41brother

01:13:41and

01:13:41sister

01:13:42eye

01:13:43contacts

01:13:43should

01:13:44not

01:13:44be

01:13:44used

01:13:45for

01:13:45a

01:13:45very

01:13:45long

01:13:46time

01:13:46you

01:13:46have

01:13:46to

01:13:47reduce

01:13:47it

01:13:47plus

01:13:48my

01:13:49dear

01:13:49brother

01:13:49and

01:13:49sister

01:13:49Almighty

01:13:51Allah

01:13:52clearly

01:13:52mentioned

01:13:55I

01:13:56did

01:13:57not

01:13:57create

01:13:57man

01:13:58and

01:13:58human

01:13:58beings

01:13:58just

01:13:58for

01:13:59my

01:13:59worship

01:13:59so

01:14:00we

01:14:00are

01:14:00here

01:14:00to

01:14:00worship

01:14:01the

01:14:01Almighty

01:14:01Allah

01:14:02and

01:14:02we

01:14:02have

01:14:03to

01:14:03fulfill

01:14:03the

01:14:04order

01:14:04by

01:14:04the

01:14:04Holy

01:14:05Quran

01:14:05in

01:14:05get

01:14:06way

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01:14:13Dr. Zakir

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