rashid and we have a lot to talk about today our topic is what islam is all about the so many things about islam out in the environment now there's a lot of negative things a few good things and what we like to do is try to give you a clearer picture of the religion of islam properly call out islam so what that we're going to get right into it because we have a lot of ground to cover and covered over specially doing the event to have taken place in the world and a lot of negative things have been said and i we feel islam has been grossly misrepresented  the concept or the correct concept of our religion is really to have peace in our lives and to give peace to the world through submission to the almighty god the creator this is really what islam is all about and really this is what all religions are all about is to give a guide for humanity and that guidance really comes through our demonstrating god's commandments and those commandments were best exemplified in the human form in the form of the prophets of god the province of god they got revelation from god and they demonstrated and those who are models and those who are examples so  the purpose of the human being is really the caretaker of this physical realm so to speak the universe earth vironment all these different things the human being is the caretaker in the province were the ones who demonstrated how to best live their life so we feel that the way the situation is in the world is this people have taken the symbols of religion and created animosity and hatred towards one another and islam demonstrates tells us specifically that we should take these symbols of religion and cooperate and so before i want to pass it on to you brother hasn't but i want to read from the holy qur'an just a few sentences to help substantiate our point in insert number two in verse sixty t us specifically those who believe in the koran and that would be the muslims and those who follow the jewish scriptures that would be the do and the christians and the  is another sect that is not that popular in this there is a law goes on to say any who believe in a law or any who believe in god and the last day and work righteousness shall have their this is verse sixty nine those who believe in the koran those who follow the jewish scriptures and the sabin's and the christians any who believe in allah and the last day let me make sure i make this clear any who believe in the law is the name that muslims have for god we're talking about the same guy we're not talking about a different god not tamada god muslim god as opposed to a jewish god or a christian that says about differences all mankind we created you from a single pair of a male or female and made you into nations and tribes that you may know each other not that you may despise each other verily the most honored of you in the sight of the law is he who is the most righteous of you and the law has full knowledge and is well acquainted with all things now i just want to read those three vers in those three places to point out that this has not been the face that has been put forward about islam you hear all these things about hating christians and hating jews and hatred hatred hate you kill and kill and kill in wars wars wars but those things have been taken out of context when the foundation of the book is based on peace and cooperation image of cooperation with all the different religions all the people who claim that there is a god who believe in god so we just want to put that for that this is what this religion is all about the house i agree i think it's really critical that we understand that the meaning of the word islam comes from the root word which means the peace and the whole purpose of the religion is to give man peace by encouraging man to submit his will to the will of almighty god a law and when we say man we don't mean just min of the male gender we're talking about those thinking human beings both male and female that is what we refer to when we talk about me and so it's very critical that we understand that our religion is based islam we're discussing peace so it's very critical that people understand the origin of this word called the other thing that's also critical is the fact that islam really does concentrate more upon the development of the individual than it does upon the oppression of other people our religion teaches us that there is no oppression in religion tru should stand clear from error and because it teaches us that it's critical that we as human beings practice that in the way that we deal with each other i'm so glad that you pointed out those three scriptures that highlight the fact that we as muslims join our fellow believers and glorifying almighty god of love and it's sort of interesting and lebanon and other countries that speak arabic the word for god even for christians and jews is a law because as it is the one word that reflects the fact that we're talking about the one true god and since we all three worship the one true god it's simply in the language of arabic that that word is a law so how to what or how they glorify the scene i'd also like to point out something else before we get into the details of the religion and this is just something that the prophets it and this is doing the time when muslims are fighting for their lives in battle with nonbelievers who wanted to oppress the muslim community and it was reported a woman was found among the killed in one of the battles of the prophet so the messenger of the law of peace and blessings be upon him for bade the killing of min of women and children in battle now what does that mean that means that the rules of islam are very strict and how we even engage in disagreements with people we are not to even attack people in anger we attack people only when we are attacked we are not to react in anger we react only in justice so it's very critical that people understand that and as we discuss this religion i think it's interesting to note that the most important thing in our religion is submission to god it's not trying to perform for other people it's not trying to fight other people it's simply in that every day act of improving the life of the human being and i think a hot topic now a suicide bomber how that relates to the religion of islam could you give us some in so i don't that wojo did you ever want to get a hot topic in the early part of the religion  one of the things that's unique about islam is that almighty god has blessed us to get some understanding of a lot of different things about how we interact with each other and this is a long way around getting to the point that there are rules that we as muslims submit to as we deal with each other and in with the rest of the world some of those rules are very clear one ias a muslim does not kill him peace and blessings that will all be upon him for bidding the killing of women and children we are not to kill noncombatants in other words people that are not fighting us are not the people that we fight so women and children are not the fighters it is soldiers it is other men and those are the people that are engaged in battle so it's very critical that for two reasons suicide bombing is not something that the religion encourages now we as muslims have to remember these two things as we look at this kind behavior because something else can take people over in these instances and it is emotion and the prophet warned us about letting emotion rule our lives because it's very difficult for the human being to separate what is right and wrong when one becomes emotionally charged when we look at the people that are committing these heinous acts they are committing these acts not audible belief and religion but out of frustration and anger about a particular situation on the day of judgment what we say is that every human being will be judged by whatever deed that they have committed and have to defend that before almighty god because of that how will these people be able to face god what he has specifically said two of the things that they have done violate him and that is that is the all the way that i can respond to that issue ok i want to bring it up then because you were you know you were in area and we want to touch on there right now we want to go to the measures of concern and we will be right back churches throughout the world for centuries with the image of an african american man as the savior of the world before them what with this due to the mind of the world's children what would happen to the world's children but under a figure of a particular race presented pitiful and in pain the savior of all men the holy koran sore or  we associate no partner with him that we recognize from among ourselves lords and patrons other than if then they turn back say you bear witness that we at least are muslims to god's will end of quote civilized nations should want that their religions be also civilized false worship is the worst form of in your area thank you condone yes brother we would discuss you know a little break here in terms of what the man was saying about the message of concern i know when you listen to the t v or radio you hear a lot of debates about the palestinian and about the israelis about case mere about the pakistanis exciter etc and almost put you in the position of taking sides ok well i'm a muslim so i should take this ok well i'm a christian i should take this automatically it's not any type of thought process into who's right who's wrong or how can we resolve this situation is i'm making to know what side what can't buy me and then there's like the blame game is being played and while this game is being played people are still getting killed and right you know innocent lives are still being laws on both sides of the of the situation here so what we're try do is let people know that that the religion of islam does not justify and there's not condone some of the things that these people are saying not only about us but what some of the people they claim to be with us are dealing and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice be just that is next to piety and fear god for go this will and i think that that's a message for both sides in these conflicts yes we have the suicide bombers who on the day of judgment have to face god with the fact that they violated two of his command have situations where we have women and children facing tanks with stones and being killed we have injustice on many sides here and we as muslims are enjoying to stand up for justice not proper side or the other side but for god's sake so it's critical that as we get into these very human and emotional situations we remember the admonition that we are to be just no matter who or what is involved and i think that's the hardest thing for the human being to do because if we see the blood of one of our brother in shed we have an immediate reaction anger but we have to control that because god does not want us to react in anger god wants us to react in justice for his sake ok let's describe what the religion means let's describe what here's what does it mean our audience well i guess the best way to describe it is the way that the prophet described it and it was interesting when he was asked he was asked one time what is islam and when he was asked what is islam he said islam is to believe in god and his messenger it is to pray it is to give in charity it is to fast and it is to make the pilgrimage or hods at least once in your life are those other things that make up the religion of islam and it's sort of interesting one of the other quotes that the prophet said religion is easy and no one exerts him selfe too much in religion but it over powers him so act the right and keep to the middle and be a good cheer and ask for god's help at morning and evening and during a part of the night and so what we want to do is try as much has been tainted it has been compromised and it has been put in a category two where the average onlooker would just look in general and say ok you have your middle eastern people there muslims  investigation you know everything is in case categorize natural simple easy for me to understand but the truth of the matter is that islam is a religion for all humanity and that's why when you travel and you go to africa you see muslim when you go to european countries you see muslims caucasian muslims are ok you see when you go to asian countries you see muslims i mean asian muslim the enemies muslims japanese muslims chinese  strive to live an upright life of cleanliness you know on a spiritual level on a material level right and on all these levels but the thing is compassion and tolerance and mercy  you see in these threads run through all religions and so i just want to say this because you know listening to some of these radio talk shows there's just so insightful you know this is this us against them attitude right right they have all these quotes that they come up with that are not connected to anything of any foundation so what i want to say is that listening audience if you're really serious about trying to get to the bottom of all this gives you some good reading  that you have one that has the arabic on one side in english on the other side now you say i want to understand every why should i get that because this arabic really is your check and balance point even though the read may to understand arabic he can always have the arabic to go to somebody that understands epping he said now is this what this really says i don't care if you did want to just as in the senate then you're subject to the translators translation of it and it may be faulty in a lot of cases they are faulty maybe about thirty seconds go one thing i was going to say is remember most people learn about islam in this country from two ways from what they hear on t v and from there remember and so malcolm x and the nation of islam both of those are false impressions of islam we should remember that because the true islam is a religion that has cultivated learning and knowledge over the centuries was one of the reasons for the end of the dark ages in europe and has given the light to man throughout all time with that we're going to wrap up we think our audience we're difficult to do a part two so hang on with this and we'll have a part to come in that you're real soon