Is Islam a Religion of Peace? | 5 Minute Video
Is Islam a religion of peace? Is it compatible with Western liberalism? Or does Islam need a reformation, just as Christianity had the Protestant Reformation? Somali-born author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali explains.
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Script:
I was raised a practicing Muslim and remained one for almost half my life. I attended madrassas, that is, Islamic schools, and memorized large parts of the Quran. As a child, I lived in Mecca for a time and frequently visited the Grand Mosque. As a teenager, I sympathized with the Muslim Brotherhood.
At 22 while my family was living in Kenya, my father arranged my marriage to a member of our family clan, a man that I had never met. I ran away, made my way to Holland, studied there and eventually was elected a member of the Dutch parliament. Now I live in the United States.
In short, I have seen Islam from the inside and the outside.
I believe that a reform of Islam is necessary and possible. And only Muslims can make that reform a reality. But we in the West cannot remain on the sidelines as though the outcome of this struggle has nothing to do with us. If the jihadists win and the hope for a reformed Islam dies, the rest of the world will pay a terrible price. The terror attacks in New York, London, Madrid, Paris and many other places are only a preview for what is to come.
For this reason, I believe that it’s foolish to insist, as Western leaders habitually do, that the violent acts committed in the name of Islam can somehow be divorced from the religion itself. For more than a decade, my message has been simple: Islam is not a religion of peace.
When I assert this, I do not mean that Islamic belief makes all Muslims violent. This is manifestly not the case: There are many millions of peaceful Muslims in the world. What I do say is that the call to violence and the justification for it are explicitly stated in the sacred texts of Islam. Moreover, this theologically sanctioned violence is there to be activated by any number of offenses, including but not limited to adultery, blasphemy, homosexuality and apostasy—that is, to leave Islam.
Those who tolerate this intolerance do so at their peril.
As someone who has known what it is to live without freedom, I watch in amazement as those who call themselves liberals and progressives—people who claim to believe so fervently in individual liberty and minority rights—make common cause with the forces in the world that manifestly pose the greatest threats to that very freedom and those very minorities.
In 2014 I was invited to accept an honorary degree from Brandeis University for the work I have done on behalf of women’s rights in the Muslim world. That invitation was withdrawn after professors and students protested my criticism of Islam. My subsequent “disinvitation,” as it came to be called, was no favor to Muslims—just the opposite. By labeling critical examination of Islam as inherently “racist,” we make the chances of reformation far less likely. There are no limits on criticism of Christianity at American universities…or anywhere else for that matter. Why should there be of Islam?
Instead of contorting Western intellectual traditions so as not to offend our Muslim fellow citizens, we need to defend both those traditions and the Muslim dissidents who take great risks to promote them. We should support these brave men and women in every way possible.
Imagine a platform for Muslim dissidents that communicated their message through YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. These are the Muslims we should be supporting—for our sake as much for the sake of Islam.
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She is there to divide us Muslims that agree with their reformation and those dont. First of all she needs education comparison especially in western economics and islamic economics
France:- christian vs muslim
India-Hindu vs Muslim
Israel:-Jews vs Muslim
Europe and America: Christian vs Muslim
Myanmar: Buddhist vs Muslim
(Rohingya)
Bangladesh:-Hindu vs Muslim
Middle East Country:- shia Muslim vs sunni Muslim
Shree lanka : buddish cristain vs muslim
Nigeria: Christian vs Muslim
Pakistan:- Muslim vs Muslim
Pakistan:-Christian/Hindu vs Muslim
Afghanistan:-Muslim vs Muslim Now
And they say Islam is the most peaceful religion? lol
This was 7 years ago! No change yet. Though the global multicultural fairytale is starting to crumble little by little…
Surat el baqarah (Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period]. Upon the father is the mothers' provision and their clothing according to what is acceptable. No person is charged with more than his capacity. No mother should be harmed through her child, and no father through his child. And upon the [father's] heir is [a duty] like that [of the father]. And if they both desire weaning through mutual consent from both of them and consultation, there is no blame upon either of them. And if you wish to have your children nursed by a substitute, there is no blame upon you as long as you give payment according to what is acceptable. And fear Allah and know that Allah is Seeing of what you do)
Surat el talaq( Lodge them [in a section] of where you dwell out of your means and do not harm them in order to oppress them. And if they should be pregnant, then spend on them until they give birth. And if they breastfeed for you, then give them their payment and confer among yourselves in the acceptable way; but if you are in discord, then there may breastfeed for the father another woman)
In islam mother and children both have rights, the child must be breastfed for two years and if the mother is not capable of breastfeeding she shouldn't be forced to do so and the can bring a wet nurse to him
If the mother was divorced then in case she is pregnant, breast feeding, or in general she must be provided for by her ex as long they have children together because she takes care of his child , he even is responsible to provide a house for her because she has children with him
Also the the father cant take the child away from his mother or harm her in anyway when they are divorced and he shouldn't harm his child and he must spend him money on him until he grows up
Surat el talaq( fear Allah, your Lord. Do not turn them out of their [husbands'] houses, nor should they [themselves] leave )
Husband shouldn't under any case kick his wife out of his home implying that the house belongs to her if he wants to divorce her or incase she wants to divorce if he was abusing her. Or toxic towards her
Islam forbids to mock other people infact its haram and also to inflict harm and bully others is haram because its a bad work that makes you earn bad deeds
Inequity and oppression is haram Surat al-kahf (
(18:87) He said, "We will punish that one of them who will commit iniquity: then he shall be returned to his Lord and He will inflict on him a grievous torment:)
Even to be unfair to yourself is haram ,Surat al-amran (And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins – and who can forgive sins except Allah? – and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.)
So its completly illogical after all of that to say that god encourages the opression of women , the verse that says hit women is falsely understood for arabic is a complicated language and one word can means many things (ضرب) means hit, multiply, boycott, and move far way from and the last meaning is the most logical one because in the following verse god speaks about reconciling between spouses and that believers should help them fix their relationship but it will be weird to say that after you hit your wife to make her obey you must make others help you reconcile with her like dude no one will help you with that ofc ! 🤦♀️
Enjoyment of earthly desires (money,women,..etc) in this temporary life is a sin and its also a test for believers , suart al amran ( Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire – of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return)
So women are a part of the earthly desires of this temporary life so it wont make sense for god to say to men to stay away from the temporary earthly desires of this life time (women) in one verse and will tell them in other verses to go after them in the form of (polygamy, seggs slavery,..etc )
Also money ofc is part of the temporary desires of this life time so it wont make sense for god to forbid men from pursing temporary earthly desires (money) and then will tell these same men you should take more than women in inheritence (earthly temporary desires) beside god hates greediness and unfairness so as a result it wont be logical if god tell men to behave in such manner !
These behaviours( polygamy, seggs slavery, overtaking inheritence and over powering women and the weak )were acts of the infidels and islam came to fix them but those who have disease in their hearts wont change and wont follow god's path correctly and may go to the extent of altering the interpetation of god's words to earn that temporary earthly pleasure ( women,money,..etc )so its people not islam !
Al amran(It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muhammad], the Book; in it are verses [that are] precise – they are the foundation of the Book – and others unspecific. As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]. And no one knows its [true] interpretation except Allah. But those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord." And no one will be reminded except those of understanding.)
Alhamdulillah I'm a Muslim, raised a Muslim, and will die a Muslim by the Will Of Allah. You can go wherever you want but criticizing religion is bad and that includes all faiths you shouldn't criticize Christianity or Islam the same goes for Hinduism when we as Muslims don't criticise your religion why would you do that? Just because you escaped and ran away from your marriage doesn't prove anything, In Islam you have the right to choose who you want to marry and spend your life with If your father was forcing you then he was wrong in Islam and every Muslim agrees on that.
I have a friend who is the Muslim living in Israel and others live in Palestine It's not that we all should be love and respect we are going to get hated but we must speak out with it.
Surat el rad (But those who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and spread corruption on earth – for them is the curse, and they will have the worst home)
Infidels are hypocrities if say you make a peace treaty with them or a truce they will pretend they are okay with it and then will kill those who made the treaty with them if they lowered down their defense infront of them and became unware of them beside that also their cause of corruption in the land and unaliving of the innocents , if god was saying to unalive them thats because they were doing that first, caused corruption, and in case of peace treaty or truce they will break the oath and harm and unalive the same people who made the treaty/truce with them !!
In islam there is no racism in fact its haram and and to god a poor believer is better than a rich disbeliver , so if a poor person is kind and does good deeds then he is better than a rich one who does nothing so its not only about believer vs non believer because their is no class racisim in islam and god always leans to favor poor people especially if they were struggling or were oppressed in their life time and he will grant them jannah in the after life inshallah for what they endured and will punish those who made them suffer !
I'm amazed this is more relevant than ever. Nothing has changed, almost a decade.
The Cold War Ended in 1989, contrary to what PragerU Claimed.
Answer: No
No. Nor is any other major religion and even atheism is not peaceful.
She is right.
There is an saying which goes: "Know Islam No Peace, No Islam Know Peace."
Surat el-Mumtahanah (allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity. It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out, that Allah forbids you to befriend them. And whosoever will befriend them, then such are the Zalimun (wrong-doers those who disobey Allah).
God doesnt prevent muslims from being friends with those who are kind to us , dont attack us , dont attack our religion ,and dont prevent us from practicing our religion
Fighting is only for those who invade us first, prohibit us from practicing our religion, and force us not to be muslims ..
Bravo to Ayaan Hirsi Ali for speaking out.
You are making hadiths a part of islam and a source of legislation while thats not true if you use common sense , hadiths were written after prophet muhammed died by two hundred years so by this revelation if you think they are authentic then you have problems, also you generalize salfi muslims making them the face of islam while normal muslims dont like them and they dont like us too ! Any way going back to the hadiths topic, you should only depend on quran only if you want to know islam because , prophet muhamed (saw) is only a messaner of god thats his duty in the quran and us believers, prophet muhamed(saw),other prophets should only follow god because god is only one to make provisions and his prophets are only messangers of him and his laws surat al maaida (
The Messenger's duty is but to proclaim (the message). But Allah knoweth all that ye reveal and ye conceal.)
Surat el anaam
([Say], "Then is it other than Allah I should seek as judge while it is He who has revealed to you the Book explained in detail?" And those to whom We [previously] gave the Scripture know that it is sent down from your Lord in truth, so never be among the doubters.)
So if you want to attack sth know it well first , hadiths are not a part of islam by "god's words "..
Bukhari hadiths , which were written after the prophet's death by two hundred years ,are full of narcissism , sociopathy, encourage immoral behaviours like pedophilia, women , children , and animals abuse and mistreatment ,..etc this guy's agenda is very clear he wants to make his immoral messed up psyche moral so he weaponized religion and claim that these are the words of the prophet while its his own words and used the peoples' ignorance and lack of education back then to pass his agenda in society !
Ppl back then like our parents and their parents dont have the same level of education and technology we have now and imagine how its easy for them to be brainwashed by messed up ppl who misuse religion for their own agenda like bukhari and his likes !!v
Islam supports the freedom of individuals but in a way thats different from the west where the common freedom is to do anything whether its right or wrong , in quran god says to take gudiance to the right ftom him only not from others like: society, parents, religious figures,..etc surat al anaam (And if you obey most of those on earth, they will mislead you far away from Allah's Path. They follow nothing but conjectures, and they do nothing but lie.)
Surat al anam (That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whomever He wills of His servants)
The peaceful majority isn't writing History, it's the extremists that control the narratives. Muslim dissidents won't survive the purge.
Islam = violence, destruction, Hatred, Slavery…
Girl you are black,you had to use that against your haters
This woman is just one of hundreds of thousands! Oh but I can not say anything else . X do not change my words you tube !!!!
Simple answer, no. No it is not.
"The spirit of Islam is the spirit of peace. The spirit of Islam is the spirit of tolerance. The spirit of Islam is the spirit of coexistence."
~Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
No
So WHY is that peace found in all those third world sharia FAILED states locked in sectarian violence (Sunni and Shia) civil wars, and Islamic militant insurgencies
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The only people that fear criticism are people that deep down think they are wrong. When in your heart you know you are right you have nothing to fear.
Yes Satan is all about peace.
Reminds me of an Andy Griffith show.
Feuding
Andy: " Why you two fighting".
Cause he's a Carter.
Cause he's a Whatefeild
Andy: "So you don't know why your tighten?
We just told you
I love Prager U but you should know that Ayaan Hirsi Ali was caught in several lies in a documentary that has since been buried. It had several interviews with close family and friends who knew her who all testified that a LOT of her "background" was made up in order to gain Dutch citizenship faster.
Islam is just a joke dont take it serious . Too many materials making this religion look important when in fact is nothing a group of savages worshiping a completly stupid religion and nothing more
NO NO NO NO just read the quran it promotes violence.
Terror Abu Shyyaf Philippines
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Gaza Strip and West Bank
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, Egypt
अल-कायदा, worldwide
Al-Shabaab, Somalia
Ansar al-Islam, Iraq
Ansar al-sharia, Libya
Armed Islamic Group (GIA), Algeria
बोको हराम, Nigeria
Caucasus Emirate (IK), Russia
East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), China
Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Egypt
Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front (IBDA-C), Turkey
हरकत-उल-मुजाहिदीन al-Alami, Pakistan
हरकत-उल-जिहाद-ए-इस्लामी
हिजबुल्लाह, Lebanon
Islamic Movement of Central Asia, Central Asia
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, worldwide
जैश-ए-मोहम्मद, कश्मीर और पाकिस्तान
Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, Iraq
Jemaah Islamiyah, Indonesia
लश्कर-ए-तैयबा, कश्मीर और पाकिस्तान
लश्कर-ए-झंगवी, पाकिस्तान
Maute group, Philippines
Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), Iran, Iraq and Europe
Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Philippines
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, Morocco and Europe
National Thowheeth Jama'ath, Sri Lanka
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Gaza Strip and West Bank
If the revolutionary new i-Slam is a "religion of peace," then logically, Islamic extremists must be… EXTREMELY PEACEFUL, right ?! Well, are they…?
I didn't even know this view existed. Thank you Prager ❤️
There Is no(!) Muslim Country in this World that is Functioning !!!!
Why ???
There Is no(!) Muslim Country in this World where You have Peace,Freedom,Equality,ChildWomenHuman Rights,Acceptance,Tolerance !!!!
Why ???
ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT VIDEO ON YT !!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!
IT MUST BE SPREAD WORLDWIDE AND NEEDS TO BE TRANSLATED IN EVERY LANGUAGE POSSIBLE !!
There is a global plan to spread Islam and whoever criticizes Islam is accused of racism.
Allah is Satan, and Mohammed a psychopath, how do you reform that? Did you study the Sira, Hadith and Koran?
Islam is not religion of pease. It is abig lie.they have took an oat to concord the world to make it islam. They plan to destroy the jews and cristannity totally.once i heard Muhamed didnt spoke to god. But he spoke to the satan . Asked him to give him a religion.
If it was, the Middle East would be the most peaceful part of the world.
Islam process
-kill, consume, multiply, conqure
it means submission.