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Cute & AWKWARD moments we found on TikTok · After Maghrib 🌙

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Smila Rahmad, Rahim Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters,
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wherever you are tuning in from around the world and welcome
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back to another episode here on your favorite Muslim podcast
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after Maghrib Inshallah. You've been tuning in week in,
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week out over the last few weeks and benefiting from the
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conversations we've had here solo, myself and Ahmed, and of
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course with our respected guests who every combo has been
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amazing. And I say that because this is
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possibly, well, I think it definitely is the final episode
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of the season here after Maghrib for the podcast, Season 5 of
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Mandela has been, I'll save that to the end, actually.
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But today, let's focus on Charlotte reacting to a number
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of clips that have gone viral that have been shared across
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WhatsApp, across Instagram, social media, and of course, to
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WhatsApp also after Maghrib with, if I'm not mistaken,
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people think react to these clips.
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So Charlotte, we're going to get to that soon, but I'm actually
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treading this. Why?
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That means I'm not here next week to record.
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But yeah, I'll say I'll save. That you're not here for a
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different reason, say. Don't expose.
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No comments. How's it going?
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You good, bro? Yeah, I'm good.
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I'm excited for today. Yeah, we are, of course, now
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approaching. We're a day or two away from the
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date, the day of. So in advance, congratulations
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to you all. Congratulations to the amount of
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our time, Mum. So I have a loss of Azaman on
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this day of joy, this period of happiness and joy.
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I said joy already, but joy again because we rejoice.
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The moments of joy for the utter debate are moments of joy for
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us, and in the same way, moments of grief for them are moments of
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grief for us. And I think today we're going to
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go through a mixture of emotions, some happy, some sad,
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some hilarious. I'm expecting, we don't know
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what's coming up, so we'll leave that.
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Can I guess? Go on bro, I'll.
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Have a guess. I don't know if it's true.
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I don't know the exact content that's going to be shared here
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on the podcast, but I have a feeling definitely something
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against you or. Classic.
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Definitely something got to do with inshallah the Quran.
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I hope so. And maybe one or two funny
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viral. We have something contemporary.
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Something. Let's go, Let's go, St.
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Mudge, let's up. Never been to a Shia mask and
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today my friend has will be showing us the Shia mask this.
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Happened. This is my first time so the guy
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here is happy. Empowered because he's
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publicizing it that he has Shia friends and he's going to their
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mosque and doing their rituals in their religion.
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See, dear brothers and sisters, you have to understand one
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thing. We can coexist with anyone with
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an atheist, with a Christian, with a Jew, the Shia, with any
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other sect in Islam and even other religions and all that.
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OK, OK. But it is a problem when these
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sects are aggressive towards you and they want to harm you, OK.
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And they conspire against you? Yeah.
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Yeah, cut off. We don't want to hear.
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Nonsense. Rabbi Faris on the Aftermarket
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podcast. No thank you.
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No thank you. He's known in the streets as
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Rabbi Faris. You know this guy has the
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audacity to call Shia marriages prostitution.
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No way. I came across the cloud.
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Anyway, that's a separate conversation, but he has this
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Mashallah public confidence and he's comfortable in speaking
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like this against the Shia. By the way, back to the original
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clip, this was Brother Hassan. Yeah, shout out to him, but he's
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doing good. Workman I.
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Saw he recently released content where he went to the ziad of
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Arbayan. Beautiful content and I think he
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shared his genuine experience of spirituality and seeing these
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holy shrines, etcetera. So that was very nice of him.
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Yeah, do you know what as well? I, I, I respect the fact that he
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he took his friends to the Masjid and he showed them first
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hand. Of course it's fun.
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Like he showed the fun side of our faith, the locked me yards
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and then obviously the spiritual side of it as well.
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The first thing we saw before the the guy cut us off was him
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holding a turtle bar and teaching them.
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What I thought about is I've seen the full video.
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It's really nice. And if I'm not mistaken, in that
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video, there's a there's a guy who teaches them for Alvan or
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recites the Alvan or something like that for them.
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It's nice. Like it's a really nice video.
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It's just a shame that you've got these like neo Salafi
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Wahhabi preachers and and these Instagram chefs who these guys
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are so loud when it comes to matters to do with the Shia.
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But when it comes to matters to do with geopolitics, they are
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quiet as a mouse. And unfortunately that's just
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the way it is or they're extremely hypocritical.
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And in his case, unfortunately, it's both.
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But shout out to him, man. And I think a lot of us should
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should feel confident in bringing our non Shia friends to
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our Majalis, to our Hussein yacht, our events, because it's
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a place of spirituality and talk.
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You know, we should normalize, go on.
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I think every Muharram we should normalize bring.
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Bring a friend. To much more slim friend to the
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Husseinian. Yeah, 100%, a hundred percent,
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100. Percent.
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And bro, more than that, like in all seriousness, know how in my
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humble opinion, and I'm still learning, we all are, how to
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pitch Shah Islam, you know? Have you heard of the concept of
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an elevator pitch? So if, if you're standing in an
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elevator with, with a millionaire, he says to me, sell
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me your business or your idea. You pitch it in 30 seconds.
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What's your elevator pitch for the Shiite school of thought or
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for example, one step further for Majoris or Mohammed Hussein
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Ali Salam, How would you pitch that in 30 seconds?
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It's a hard question and the answers will always vary.
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Ultimately, you bring it back to what you're doing, why you're
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doing it, who it's for and how you practice it.
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That's that's what I would do if I, I would try and answer like
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these four questions. I think all of us, as young
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Muslims in the West, young Shia, we have that responsibility to
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try and practice that skill. Beautiful, So beautiful.
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Yeah, Next clip. Next go.
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Let's go. Next clip.
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Thank you. Today over 260 million people
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stopped to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein.
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Peace be upon him. 1300 years since the tragedy on the plains
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of Karbala in Iraq. People from Holsworthy and all
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over the world. Still stop to commemorate and
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contemplate the lessons learned on that day and how they still
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apply regardless of our. Station in life, Imam Hussein
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and his companions could not pledge allegiance to a tyrant
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and compromise the principles. That were passed down onto them
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from Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad.
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Peace be upon them all. Outnumbered, they were cut off
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from water in the scorching desert, with the army trying to
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force their submission. Imam Hussein, the child who sat
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on the Prophet. Muhammad's lap near 50.
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Years before was slaughtered. His.
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Family was chained and paraded through the streets to Damascus,
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where the tyrant sought to humiliate Imam Hussein and his
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family. Rather, it was the other way
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around. The beautiful words of Lady
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Zainab and Imam Hussein shook the world then and still do
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today. From us be dishonor.
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Hey, thank you. I think that that sister is
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probably of Lebanese origin in Australia because I have a lot
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of Lebanese. Because she was able to
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pronounce Kabala, I think, in the way that we usually hear it,
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not in a Western accent. So maybe you're right on that
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point. But that's beautiful to hear.
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Yeah, Beautiful, beautiful government.
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When I say about elevator pitch, that's that's elevator pitch,
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yeah. 30 seconds. Smashed it, smashed it, smashed
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it was obviously like very text heavy, like there's a lot of
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information in their short time. But she did an incredible job
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and with these kind of statements like, and I've been
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in that position where I've had to condense this kind of
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information. I've done it once at the UK
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Parliament and once at the UA, couple of times in the UN.
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And in those things you get like a minute or two minutes to
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condense information and make it powerful and deliver it well.
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And that's exactly what this elected official has done.
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So credit to her. And also there's definitely a
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team of Shia, whoever it is, who are behind her who helped her
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draft that statement or gave her a statement.
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Credit to them. This is exactly what we need to
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see more of morality, justice and concepts of of goodliness
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and godliness which are shown in kind of mainstream politics.
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It's beautiful to listen to and to watch and to witness.
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I I would say to witness this happening in a non-muslim
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environment is powerful because as this was happening, you know,
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I was thinking, well, what a shame.
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What a shame that we can't have even 30 seconds like this.
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And Sunni mosques about the Ehlund beats.
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Subhan Allahu. And you are right.
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It's very sad. Sad.
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Say that Affairs. Yeah, OK, You don't want to,
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let's say, perhaps persuade people to watch Shia Islam.
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That's not what we're asking you to do.
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But at least mention Al Muhammad.
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It's OK. Reference.
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Honestly, I think I've got an. Over this, do you?
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Know, I think I've got over this.
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Obviously it's upsetting, but at the end of the day, social media
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allows us to be able to reach these people without having to
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enter their spaces and that's the beauty of it because Islam
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is for all. All Muslims engaged with Islamic
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content online. I was in a cafe the other day
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with a couple of friends and like 2 tables behind us was a
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Shia brother. It was crazy.
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Said you would have loved mud. You were with me, right?
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No, you were there. You would we there.
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Yeah, he was there much more. So much was with me and we were
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in a cafe. We're having our coffee or
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whatever 2 tables behind us was. There was a heated polemical
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conversation happening. It was 1 Shia brother and two
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Sunni brothers and they were it was like 2 on one.
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They were both facing him, bro. He was holding it down.
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He was he. You could tell that this brother
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had done his research, was historically aware and educated,
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was bringing up hadith, was bringing up key arguments,
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theological arguments that we use and proofs.
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Not even arguments, proofs that we use.
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And ultimately, it just goes to show Hamdullah Ashoka that the
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standard of foundational knowledge for Shia in the UK is
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extremely high. As with a scholar last week who
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told me that by a mile, the found that the basic level of
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knowledge for Shia and the UK is, in his experience, higher
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than other countries. Because we can articulate our
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arguments, I'd hope better and be able to present our points in
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a more kind of like, coherent fashion.
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So I think we, like I said, the sister's done it here.
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We've got to learn how to do it. In my take away, Yeah, No.
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Sounds nice. Nice, Charlotte, we continue.
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Yeah, Ali. Next clip see.
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This is the story of a Jew and a Palestinian.
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What's up, folks? This is the Israelite Shia.
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And I'm here to tell you that Palestinians and the Israelites
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can be won in Shia Islam. I thought my story was crazy.
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This one's even crazier. Wait till you see us pray
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together. I'm not kidding, it's the best
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thing in the world. No, but for real guys, on a
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serious note. So I'm a Palestinian Shia Reaver
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and brother Andrew is a Jewish Shia.
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Reaver. You want to say it?
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Yeah, I'm an Israelite, Shia. And what else can you?
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What else do you need to know? I mean, it's like I've seen it
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all. I've been to unfortunately the
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Zionist state and I have seen where the direction is going and
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I can see the genocide that that's been taking place and it
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is just it is unfortunate that not enough Jews are speaking out
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and not enough Jews are coming home to the religion of Abraham,
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Isaac, Jacob, Ishmael, Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and
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Alibait Brother Andrew is a Shia river as well.
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His story is amazing, very interesting.
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I think it's beautiful to see Rivas, who joined the school of
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Shia Islam, and of course, particularly those who are
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standing in solidarity with the oppressed.
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Here we have a Palestinian and we have someone of Israeli or
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Jewish background. Of course, you know, they are
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both treating it like a mature pair of adults should.
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And I don't feel like, you know, as much as a lot of us inside
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may have reservations when you hear about someone who is, who
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has come from a like a background like that, for
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example, who's said, I've been to the Zion estate and so on.
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And we may have reservations. And I've seen the Instagram
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comments on that video. It's a 5050 split.
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Half of the people are like fully supportive and half the
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people are extremely reserved to say the minimum concern and so
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on. Ultimately, if there is
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sincerity, and it seems like there is from that clip, then we
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give benefit of the doubt and we wish them all the best.
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We're an ummah. We're brothers.
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Brothers in in belief. We're mamanin.
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Our responsibility is to support one another.
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That's what we've been taught. Like the brothers said by the
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Ambiya. And a little bit.
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I'm slightly with Salaam. Yeah.
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One one thing I loved about that clip is where he referenced the
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previous prophets before us all, Allah, Allah, Alihu Ali was
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Salaam, and that was very important.
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Yeah, of course he ended it with the little beta Alihu Salaam,
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but it's nice to see. Yeah, man, I.
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Don't think I've come across someone who said he used to be,
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you know, ex Zionist Israeli as now Shia.
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That's a huge journey to take. Yeah, of course, of course.
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Yeah, it's definitely very interesting.
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And you know, inshallah there's good vibes and their sincerity
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and like I said, it sounds like there is.
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So we give them all the best luck inshallah.
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And inshallah, we also see a free Palestine.
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Inshallah. Well, the one thing is we have
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jihadists being elected all over the place.
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We have this, whether it's communism, jihadism, it's a lot
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of friend of mine called up, you said, you know, really you
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should use the word. Jihadist because that's what's
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happening and I'm not sure that anybody if you take a look at
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what happens in other. Countries, I think that's not
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going to be necessarily the way we want to live.
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Yeah, What do you think about this?
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He's obviously talking about Abdullah Al Sayed, who shout out
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to him. Abdullah Al Sayed, for those who
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don't know, has just just one the Democratic primary to become
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the Senator of Michigan. And he took down Hayley Stevens,
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who was one of the most APAC funded Democrat primary
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candidates in history of the US, who received 10 times more
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funding than him, who completely had institutional backing and
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media backing. And Dr. Abdul Rahman El Sayed
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came in and completely wiped the floor with her.
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And even the most powerful man in political terms in the world
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is personally offended by his existence and it's so funny to
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see him melt and cry and moan and complain about him on what
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feels like now and their daily basis.
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Just shout out to Abdullah saying and inshallah we see his
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victory in the the the race in November against Mike Rogers.
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And Charlo, I know it's always nice to see Muslims
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representing. The thing is, I'm going to say
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they represent Islam. I think we give them that label
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unfairly. I think they just try to be good
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politicians, good people who happen to be Muslim.
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But I, I, I do want to say something which was, I read the
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other day, this was literally 4-5 days ago that his opponent
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received in terms of marketing campaign funding from APEC 60
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million. 70. 70 Yeah I read that 6017 million U.S. dollars.
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Yeah, it's crazy. And they lost.
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And what was the first thing that Trump did when he lost
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before this clip came on? Everything.
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He went on Twitter and the first thing he wrote was Abdullah
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Sayed is an anti Jew Israeli hater.
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Crazy. As if that's what life is all
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about these days. Not American healthcare, not
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American citizens, not, you know, better education, better
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economy. But no, if Israel is unhappy,
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the US politicians are unhappy. Why?
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Yeah, look, there's two other things as well, as Trump also
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said in a quote. He said Abdullah say doesn't
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love Israel and he doesn't love Jewish people.
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Bro who cares who cares if anything is he as well has gone
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out and he said I am brothers and my my brothers and my
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sisters are Jews and Christians. And he said that we are against
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anti-Semitism as we are all out as Muslims.
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And this is a core part of our belief discrimination any shape
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or form is UN Islamic is, is is against human rights.
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And we accept that. But what I also find hilarious
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is that Trump has repeatedly talked about him not being
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representative of American values.
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So there's a post they put out on Truth Social or Trump Social,
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which is him and his wife, Melania next to him, Abdul
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Rahman say Abdul Sayed and his wife in hijab, in hijab.
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And they're like, it's a nice picture of them smiling and
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they're sitting next to each other.
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And he puts there are two Americas and he puts there's my
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America and there's his America. Basically.
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I find it hilarious just that comparison.
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And lastly, just coming back to the point, you mentioned as well
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about AIPAC running and so on. Bro, we if someone had told us
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10 years ago that in the US at one point in time in the near
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future there will be more Americans who are anti Israel
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than pro Israel, I would be shocked, surprised, right?
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But of course the system that the US employs in terms of and
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to be honest, most democracies in the West use is such where
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the views of the people aren't always represented in government
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or in parliament, right? So it's crazy man, is what it
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is. But shout out under the
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statement. He's incredible.
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He's such a powerful speaker. It reminds me of when Ram
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Mandani became the the mayor of New York.
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He was going through a similar thing where they were attacking
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the religion, attacking his beliefs and whatnot, and then
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eventually all the questions came back down to Israel.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where would your first, you
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know, international visit be? He said.
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I'll stay in New York. They were shocked.
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So you're not going to go to Israel like Babo?
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Leave me alone. And what's Israel got to do with
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everything while that there is more to life than the genocidal
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state. Yeah, yeah, yeah, man, Yeah,
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bro. Focus on homelessness in your
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own area and poverty in your area.
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Next clip. What happened to you?
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I don't know the full Shia. What Shia?
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Shia. You know, Shia got Muslim,
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Muslim got Sunnah Muslim. Shia like people from Iran.
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Iraq. Where is this?
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This is the this. Is.
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I believe not the one that took place on Sunday the 9th or
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Saturday. What is this?
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Nationality. This is most of, most of them is
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from. Iraq, yes, but the AL Shia?
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No, she has, you know, Muslim got Muslim, Muslim got different
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Muslim. Like, you know what Muslim.
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Yeah, it's not only one yet, but this one is that she's doing
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something unusual. Is it dangerous?
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It was not dangerous, but they they do what they believe.
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No, they're not fighting. They they just like.
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What is this long one? It has name.
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Imagine how long it is. What are?
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They shouting? What are they shouting?
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Sometimes they they hitting. Themselves was the rifle was
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yeah, they keep hitting themselves the passenger what's
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this Palestine Iranian yeah, the the Iran Iranian Hussein is on
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look Hussein is like. Hussain Hussain is the son of
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the tutor of Muhammad Al Asalam. The Shia loves the Shia loves
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Shia loves Ali, which is the husband of the tutor of Muhammad
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Al Asalam, more than anyone, and that they loves their kids.
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And. They love their kids, he said.
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And they love their kids. I feel like, I feel like the
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taxi driver didn't initially say anything wrong.
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He said they're not dangerous. They just have their own thing.
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OK, bro, is what it isn't like, OK, bro.
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But then we start saying like, they hit themselves with Blade.
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Whoa, chill out, man. Like, you know, that might be
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said. I leave, but you know I'm
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joking. Elevator pitch.
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Oh man. There's so many things to say.
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There's not really both, of course.
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There is because firstly, I can definitely tell hand and heart
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the driver of this taxi driver probably working for Uber as a
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Muslim. Oh yeah, of course.
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By the way, he's answering. By the way, he says Azan.
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Yeah, I think he's a tourist visiting the UK who got stuck in
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traffic during the procession of the Arbine here in London,
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Central Azur Rd. And what's remarkable is that
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she's asking him what's going on and he's saying, are these are
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the people, the Shia of the Iran?
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Well, he's not even explaining it, probably.
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So what's shocking is that as a Muslim, you don't even know it
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is the arbane of Imam Al Hussein, the Muslims.
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Say it like I know you're going to say it.
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No, no, I know you're going to say they should know.
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You don't know is the grandstand of prophet.
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Yeah, Yeah, we know all that. But I'm saying is like, let's
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flip the conversation slightly. Yeah, let's talk about Julius
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and let's talk about possessions, OK?
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I didn't get to go this year. I was tied up with something
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else. You got to go and I had four
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more. I wished I was there, primarily
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because you have a gathering of more meaning and believers and
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you want to show your support. However, my personal opinion.
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And last year I went and I was talking to a friend about this,
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and one of the volunteers, there was a sister who was there, and
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then a few of them kind of gathered around me and I was
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just sharing my feedback. And they took it really
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negatively and confrontationally volunteers the procession.
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Nonetheless, they do great work. My own humble suggestion and
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opinion, my own. I speak on my own behalf.
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I feel like the processions we're doing in 2026, when the
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world is at the peak level of volatility has to evolve and it
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has to match the tone of the society you're in.
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How do you do that? It doesn't mean you stop wearing
23:40
black. I buy a black.
23:41
Just dash. No, you wear your black.
23:42
Black is our cultural symbol and it's our symbol of mourning, but
23:46
it means that you change the way you pitch what you're doing
23:50
through a few things. For example, you put in a lot
23:53
more funding towards things like signage.
23:56
And I know there are English signs and people have placards
23:58
and humanity and this and that, but messaging, framing,
24:01
marketing, videos, graphics, all of these things need to be fully
24:06
coordinated. They need to be in tandem.
24:09
They need to be consistent. The messaging needs to be clear.
24:12
The best Julius or procession we saw was in the year, I think
24:16
2016. You know, I was going to say I
24:20
don't remember the Quran thing, but I remember there was a lot
24:24
of there was a lot of positive media on the Marble Arch
24:28
procession and the media and mainstream media that it was
24:33
anti ISIS March in central London by Shia Muslims.
24:37
Great. That's great because it shows
24:39
that there are Muslims standing up against so-called Islamic
24:42
terrorism. In the same way, if the framing
24:45
of this procession was something along the lines of Anti Terror
24:49
March or XY and Z, and it has to be framed like that, you're
24:53
taking the lessons from Mama Hussein and you're applying
24:55
those lessons of resistance and standing up against oppression
24:59
and applying it to what we see today around us.
25:01
Like, I don't know, that's just my two cents.
25:04
You know, they do great work. Like I said, the volunteers are
25:06
very good. Generally speaking.
25:08
A lot of them have question marks on their back to say come
25:10
and ask me if you don't know what's going on.
25:12
Obviously they probably need way more volunteers.
25:15
Like every. If you're looking at this
25:17
procession, you should see as many volunteers, not as many,
25:20
but you need to see like hundreds if not thousands of
25:23
volunteers if you've got 10s of thousands of people coming.
25:26
So yeah. So interesting opinion to have.
25:30
Well, I think I'm half, half there with you.
25:33
What would you disagree with you?
25:34
Like obviously no one's saying be less hosseini.
25:37
I'm just saying, I'm saying be more relatable, right?
25:41
We talked last year on the podcast Imam Hussein.
25:43
We can't be selfish with him. So a minute ago we saw two
25:48
reavers who joined the school of their debate.
25:50
Bro, don't deny that gift of wilaya to people who could
25:54
potentially have joined had they read one more card or being
25:58
given one more leaflet or watch one more video.
26:01
Do you know what I mean? Like if we have the potential to
26:03
do that but we're hindering that, then that's on us, bro.
26:05
God will tell us in Yomo Kayama. Well, you are Ahmed, and there's
26:09
this guy Martin or Michael Martin Lawrence.
26:13
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, there's a guy there.
26:18
He was going to become Shia, but you didn't do what you were
26:21
meant to do, so he never found out.
26:23
You know, I mean, can I give you my, my take?
26:24
Hold on. But I'll be very simple and
26:27
quick because if we talk about this now, it's going to take it
26:30
that way. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:31
I say don't change anything. Stay the way you are.
26:35
OK, black beat your chest, use the chains on your back, speak
26:40
in your own languages. But alongside all of that, have
26:44
everything you're recommending. Yes, you are doing something and
26:47
leave the other. But that's what I'm saying no
26:49
one saying be less hosseini, don't be less hosseini, just be
26:53
more relatable make because bro it's like Karbala is not is not
27:01
an Arab centric tradition. It feels like it.
27:04
In many ways it is, but it's not right and the messaging is not
27:08
messaging is for everyone. You know what's interesting
27:09
actually, just just on this point, this I was, I was there
27:12
in the, the Julius the Arabian procession on Sunday, the 9th of
27:15
August. And there were people who came
27:18
that I spoke with and they said they walked, someone walks from.
27:24
Like Luton or something like that.
27:26
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And when you calculate like,
27:27
they walked hours to get to this point.
27:30
Yeah. And it makes you realize that.
27:33
And sometimes I wish I'd done that from my home.
27:36
Yeah. Because the main reason I was
27:38
there is because I wasn't there for arba in this year in yoga,
27:41
and I really had proper Zia or lose money.
27:44
It was really about like, how much times I was telling you,
27:47
Ahmed, why are we not there? But anyway, I guess there's an
27:50
invitation that's we make the intention to be there every
27:53
single year and shot a lot. Save much?
27:56
Can I get on mate? Can I get on stage?
27:58
No. Paul Chowdhury.
28:02
Tommy follows me on on next. Maybe if you ain't got pass.
28:05
Ain't got a pass, mate. The last minute I want to go on
28:07
stage and say what must. Stand up mate, everyone wants to
28:10
get I've sold. That at the O2?
28:11
Yeah, I'll get that, mate. I've sold that Wembley, mate,
28:13
I'll get that. These people need me, mate.
28:16
Mate, you make phone calls, you get someone comes to the gate,
28:18
Who should I call? I know you know.
28:21
You know everyone, not you call whatever you need to know.
28:23
I can't get my country back. I.
28:25
Need to try it. I need to try it, yeah.
28:27
And it's a try to get my country back.
28:28
Gonna get him on stage we're. Gonna get him on stage.
28:30
I've been cancelled by them. The right hate me.
28:33
The left hate me. Can't get on my man.
28:35
You're doing good. What's happening, mate?
28:37
What are you gonna? What are you gonna mean by our
28:39
country? Back.
28:41
Brilliant. He's not letting me on.
28:43
I know. I don't know.
28:44
He thinks I'm a Shiite Muslim, don't he?
28:50
So Nah, he's funny, man. Poor child is funny.
28:52
He's not taking a dig at shit. I know you're going to take it
28:54
first inside Paul Chaudhary, from what I know, sound guy like
29:00
he, he's a Sikh comedian, mainstream, very, very famous.
29:04
He said himself there like the size of what he's done.
29:07
But he always advocates for integration and diversity and
29:11
inclusion and supporting one another, multiculturalism.
29:15
And he's generally like, left-leaning, but he's funny.
29:19
So you can tell through his satirical tone, he's mocking it.
29:22
He's like, oh, mate, I want to get on stage, mate.
29:24
Make a call, mate. Time you followed you know, I
29:27
think say I beg you, give me your the like your best EDL
29:30
impression. Oh have you seen that clip by
29:34
Press TV in many years bro Give. Me that give me your impression
29:38
say. Was Lamic ray gone?
29:40
But I can't, I'm not going to do that.
29:41
No no no, sorry bro off mic. Off, Mic said.
29:46
Off. Mic on it.
29:50
Yeah, let's give me one next Cliff.
29:52
Yellow Cliff. So you're such a coward.
30:15
Call me an enemy. You call me an enemy, that's my
30:19
view. Yes, we're.
30:22
Seeing some high levels of intellect from this place.
30:25
Real. Real.
30:27
I'll tell you. How are you doing?
30:31
Bye, guys. The wives.
30:36
That's the guy we just saw in the last video.
30:39
Who's this guy? Yeah, yeah, yeah, immediate.
30:47
Yeah, yeah, Yeah, you are. OK.
30:49
So context, the guy in the last video we saw, Paul Chowdhury, he
30:52
was here on the day of the Aruba in procession in Mabaluch.
30:57
Now 20 seconds before Paul Chowdhury comes, MO Ali Jumais,
31:01
part of the team obviously shouted to him, is also there.
31:05
And he was walking. Yeah, he told us off, obviously
31:07
off camera. He was walking through Hyde Park
31:10
to get to the procession and he got followed.
31:14
He told me on the phone today, he goes, I got followed by this
31:16
guy. This guy, I think his name is
31:19
like Arrol or something like that.
31:21
He's like, I think he's Sri Lankan or South Indian
31:25
Christian, but he's like aggressive.
31:28
He's confrontational. He talks about Islam being a
31:31
cancer, Muslims desire to harm people and so on and so forth.
31:36
Like he's not not a good guy or Ali does not engage with him and
31:42
he walks away and the guy chases him saying you're a coward and
31:44
this and that. And the guy says you insulted
31:47
the prophet and more Ali said to said to him, you insult the
31:49
prophet. I can't talk to you.
31:51
You know, I'm not going to talk to you.
31:52
And the guy like tries to push him down.
31:54
And then ironically, Paul Chowdhury comes out of nowhere.
31:57
He jumps on the thing and he uses the same tactics, uses
32:00
satire to humiliate the guy talking to him.
32:04
And the guy talking to him gets so frustrated, he walks away
32:06
sick. So sometimes comedy is the best
32:09
response in it. You know, Mama Ali says, what
32:11
does he say? He says silence is the best
32:14
response to a fool. I think that's what you saw
32:18
Muhammad do. He didn't engage with him.
32:20
He walked off. And then sometimes, you know,
32:23
sarcasm has its place as well. Bahlul once.
32:26
Bahlul, there you go. Yeah, yeah.
32:28
Yeah, gotta be done, Speakers Corner.
32:31
What next clip? My Mrs. gave me permission to
32:36
tell the story. She made me food.
32:38
I was eating the food she made me.
32:38
So we're talking, having a lovely conversation.
32:41
I mean, we're both happy. We love each other.
32:42
Great day. She went to a place called
32:44
Detroit Pizza and she brought it and she was like, oh, look what
32:46
I bought you for for, for dinner.
32:48
And I was like, oh, Detroit Pizza, I've been there.
32:50
And she was like, you always go to places without me.
32:53
She slaps it down, turns around, doesn't look at me.
32:56
Stay silent for, like, a minute. I'm like, baby, all right.
32:58
She was like, see her close to tears.
32:59
Yeah, and close to tears. And I'm like, baby, all right.
33:01
She was just like, no, I don't want to talk about it anymore.
33:03
She is your food. I don't talk about it.
33:05
And I'm like, are you? I'm like, you don't even know
33:07
when and where? Where.
33:09
Like when I went, I just told you, I've been there before.
33:11
Do you mean you don't know when I went or who I was with or
33:13
nothing like that? And then she was just like,
33:15
like, she's sniffling. Like she's close to tears.
33:17
Yeah, unless she stays quiet. And I'm just like.
33:19
Bitching. Well, lying not.
33:20
Even 10 minutes. She turns around and starts
33:22
smiling, and she was like, oh, sorry, I was just feeling very
33:24
hormonal and I just want to get upset.
33:26
And I was just like, listen, first of all, you got upset.
33:28
That and I've been to Detroit. Peace of life.
33:30
You went today without me. Yeah, no, she brought back.
33:36
But you still went there without me.
33:37
Yeah, no, no, but no. But she brought back.
33:39
Yeah, so literally it was that, you know, a lot of guys would
33:41
witness that and be like, you're not making sense.
33:43
I can't live with this anymore. Like all of that me.
33:45
You have to be able to find the human things because I know it's
33:47
not her. It's still goblins in her head.
33:49
But. It's just.
33:52
It's just how some women are and I love it, bro.
33:54
I absolutely, because I cheer like a game.
33:56
Yeah, I know what he's saying. I'm scared to answer this, bro.
34:02
I might get in trouble. Go easy.
34:04
Like honestly, this is advice to brothers at home.
34:07
Yeah, sometimes when you're put in this position where you know,
34:11
of course, your your wife is may maybe perhaps not her usual
34:15
self. You know, like he's saying in
34:18
that video, basically, it's OK, the best thing we can do is just
34:22
take a breather. Like it's good where he said the
34:24
good example. He goes, I didn't like he goes,
34:27
I stepped back and I took a break. 10 minutes later she came
34:30
back to him. Sometimes you just got to do
34:32
that as a guy and even as a go in it like don't lose your
34:34
temper, stay cool, give your spouse the benefit of the doubt.
34:38
These things happen in marriage. Do you know what I mean?
34:41
There's a million. We haven't done a marriage
34:43
podcast in a while. The thing is, if we change, I
34:47
don't think why he said it was abnormal.
34:49
I think it's something that can happen at any point in your
34:51
marriage, whether it was daily, weekly, monthly or yearly,
34:54
whatever. Yeah, but change the pizza
34:56
scenario to something else. What change it to?
35:02
Anything I could I crying. The only reason why I got a
35:04
smile because I'm trying to think these are the little
35:06
argument of a pizza. It was just just a bit funny.
35:09
But in reality is that I think as a guy, when it comes to
35:13
anything, when you're speaking to, it's not just your wife,
35:16
man, your daughters, your sister, whoever, maybe your.
35:19
Mother. Your mother as well.
35:21
Do you have to speak in a specific tone, man, You know,
35:23
it's not like you're talking to your boy or your brother.
35:25
Yeah. You're.
35:26
Right. Or you know.
35:27
No, I said. Mushtaba behind the scenes.
35:29
No, I mean me myself to. Speak.
35:32
Yeah, I I'm still. Hot on how it's.
35:34
Hard, yeah, it's hard as well like I think, but I think we all
35:38
need to learn that. I myself, I'm still learning it
35:40
and I think ultimately you it's, it's a sign of masculinity when
35:45
you can show softness and affection to the women of your
35:48
household, your mother, your sisters, your daughters, and of
35:52
course your spouse as well. Who's closest with you on that
35:55
journey. Showing love to them, compassion
35:58
to their, mercy to them. Hard at times, especially when
36:01
you feel like as a man, maybe you've got the short straw or
36:06
you've been treated unfairly. There'll be moments where they
36:08
feel like that as well. The best thing either the
36:11
husband or the wife can do is have Sabah.
36:14
Be forgiving, be merciful, remember the good things.
36:17
Remember that it will pass as well.
36:21
A lot of the time in marriage, like you might have small
36:24
moments of tension, like literally in a conversation.
36:28
And then if you don't let it escalate further, it will blow
36:31
over and you will think about it and you'll be like, I should
36:34
have dealt with that. I did this 2-3 days ago but
36:37
honestly I was driving with my wife and like I replied
36:43
sarcastically to something she said because I was irritated
36:47
about something else in my mind so I was because I was on edge
36:50
already. I lost my my like not my
36:53
composure but I kind of like wasn't 100% myself and I said
36:56
something a bit sarcastically and not in the best tone and she
37:02
didn't appreciate it and I fully get it and credit to her she
37:05
could have reacted a lot worse. I would have if I was in her
37:07
shoes, but I think we both kind of didn't let it escalate and
37:11
Hamdullah, things worked out. But this, that's what marriage
37:13
is. And I think when you grow into
37:15
marriage, you learn these things.
37:16
Isn't it so? No, it's very true.
37:18
The you know, you sometimes you come across people who are in
37:23
the first beginning days of Zawaj like you usually got
37:26
married first few weeks, maybe a month or two.
37:30
And sometimes they, you know, they have a question like, I
37:33
don't think I'm married the right person.
37:35
It's. Hard as well, man, because yeah,
37:36
it's. I think there's no training
37:38
prior to getting married on how to solve problems like problem
37:42
solving. Yeah, yeah, I think is the key
37:44
to you're. Living with a whole nother human
37:46
being, bro. Like there's people imagine,
37:48
like, imagine you've not been in a relationship.
37:51
Yeah, some people have not even got siblings.
37:53
So for example, your only child, you get married, suddenly the
37:56
only two people you've ever lived with who are 30 years
37:59
older than you aren't there anymore and you're living with
38:02
someone else your age. So you're meant to like share,
38:05
share a house with share like your all your stuff with pay
38:10
bills together. This like, yo, OK, fine, you're
38:13
trying to build a relationship. It's hard man, but that's why it
38:16
completes half of your deal because you're learning so much
38:18
in it. You're learning the sub art and
38:20
the patience and the maturity and the intelligence and all of
38:22
these things that come with are godly things.
38:24
You know, I really believe that marriage and how you deal with
38:29
the affairs at home. And of course not everything is
38:32
discussed outside the four walls in your house, but the way you
38:35
deal your dealings with your spouse shows who you truly are.
38:40
Because how brother, there's been so much times like we hear
38:43
these mad stories, Ahmed, like we know there's this brother,
38:46
for example, he's he's the first in line and Juma or he's the
38:51
best Hadam out there in the world.
38:53
And of course he is. And of course it's Salah's on
38:56
point. It's a halacha's on point.
38:58
But then at home, he's like a monster.
39:00
He's a monster. Maybe not just to his wife, to
39:02
his children as well. Like, we hear stories like this
39:05
and it's sad. It's sad.
39:07
I don't think this is something they do intentionally.
39:10
I just think they some people just see marriage very
39:13
differently. They don't see it as coexisting.
39:16
It's a partnership. It's a lifetime commitment.
39:19
We say in Arabic, Sharika, tell Hayat your lifetime partner and
39:26
as partners for a lifetime, Charlotte, what you do, you
39:29
learn bad to live with each other.
39:31
You learn to forgive their flaws.
39:33
You show Moet there, you show Rahmer, you show mercy.
39:40
Is that? Is that what I think?
39:41
And forgiveness. You have to be easy.
39:43
You can't. And imagine, imagine you get
39:45
married and something annoys you, OK.
39:50
And then something else annoys you, then something else annoys
39:52
you. Your alternative as well.
39:54
OK, for me to reach peace, I'm going to get divorced.
39:57
There's people who think like that.
39:59
They say if I get married then I don't.
40:00
Yeah, it's a result of the society we live in.
40:03
But no, it's a very beautiful family is to.
40:07
Persevere and obviously if it ever steps out of hand and take
40:11
action and speak to the right people.
40:13
But yeah, should crack on. Is there any more clips?
40:15
Are we finished? We'll do one more clip and then
40:18
I've got a question for you. Oh, no.
40:20
So if you're watching and listening until now, do not
40:23
leave this episode. I've.
40:24
Been a hijabi for a month and. What on earth?
40:27
Strangers would come up to me, cashier's, waitresses, people
40:29
would always tell me that I was so beautiful.
40:31
And since putting on the hijab, everything's become quiet.
40:34
I don't want to see this girl get any hate on WhatsApp because
40:36
what she described is what a lot of girls experience when they
40:39
put the hijab on and realize that they don't get as much
40:40
attention anymore. And to miss that is completely
40:43
100% normal and fine. Because are we not told that
40:46
perhaps we like something that is bad for us?
40:47
And the fact that our NAFS is one of our biggest trials in
40:50
this dunya is meant to be hard. And of course, we to crave that
40:53
because that's what we were used to.
40:54
That's also what the West has accustomed us to wanting as
40:57
women, there is so much emphasis and value put on our appearance
41:00
that when we don't get that external validation, it really
41:03
just takes some time to adjust. And it's one of the hardest
41:05
things about wearing the hijab. And I know a lot of people will
41:07
be like, you're not. I have a lot of thoughts on
41:11
this. It's hard because these are
41:13
these, this is one of those conversations which you need to
41:15
think about, maybe watch two or three times to understand
41:18
properly. The first thing that would come
41:20
to my mind is of course, as men, we will never fully understand
41:25
the, the, the journey of hijab and we can only respect and
41:29
admire the sisters who wear hijab and those sisters who wear
41:35
perfectly, you know, those are shining examples in our
41:38
communities. The second thing I'd say is I
41:41
once heard, in fact, I heard about a month ago, a Sheikh
41:46
mentioned to me and a sister mentioned to me separate on
41:49
separate occasions. Both of them said the same
41:51
thing. They both said that the best way
41:54
to teach hijab to your daughters is to teach them the the
41:59
principle and the concept of modesty before you teach them
42:02
about the physical veil. And then by understanding
42:05
modesty, wearing the hijab becomes easy for them.
42:09
This is not something you or I have personally experienced.
42:12
And one day this will be something perhaps I will
42:14
experience. And of course, you're in the
42:16
process of experiencing yourself as a father, but I feel like for
42:21
the sisters who aspire to wear hijab, may Allah bless you and
42:24
reward you. Allah says Mahani Quran, good
42:27
people are for good people, bad people are for bad people.
42:29
And if you are on that process and part of your journey of you
42:33
know, the adult life is to aspire to wear hijab and to
42:36
settle down and get married. And Allah will assign you to
42:39
someone who is equally as determined as you are to find
42:43
your place in faith. However, understanding the hijab
42:48
and understanding modesty, harira and haya and all of these
42:52
things are essential. It's like reading the parrot,
42:59
reading the Quran like a parrot, praying Salah like a robot.
43:02
These things are ritualistic and they are tangible, visible,
43:07
symbolic rituals that we perform.
43:10
If there's no heart or understanding or matter of those
43:12
actions, then it becomes to some degree futile.
43:15
Doesn't mean it's pointless, but there's to some degree like an
43:19
element of like a why am I doing this or how sustainable is it
43:22
for me long term? That's my thought.
43:25
Yeah, lost a beautiful thought, man.
43:27
And I can't recall exactly what the sister first said at the
43:31
beginning. She.
43:33
Says she doesn't get. Things that people are not
43:35
giving her attention. People people don't comment that
43:38
she's beautiful in public like they used to.
43:40
First of all, that's the whole point of hijab outside of Yanan
43:44
Muharram's, your father, your husband, your brother, your
43:47
uncle, your son. Yeah.
43:51
Any, any, anyone Beyond that, commenting on your beauty is a
43:54
bit problematic. You said hijab is a journey.
43:58
It is for many. But I think we also need to
44:00
understand it's not just a journey.
44:02
It's a command from a loss. Of course.
44:04
Yeah, of course. And.
44:05
And. And I think this is where it
44:06
becomes difficult with people because the more we see it as a
44:09
journey, which it is in many ways, the more we feel like when
44:13
I'm ready and I want to do it this way, it's my personal
44:17
connection with of course, everyone's faith and belief and
44:20
anything that happens behind close doors between you and
44:22
Allah. Baltimore is a command, just
44:25
like Salah's command. Fasting is a command, Zakat is a
44:28
command, Hajj is a command. Hijab is one of those commands
44:30
by Allah. But the whole purpose behind
44:34
hijab, if there was any advice I can give, because I have a grown
44:37
daughter as well was recently born, the hijab as well is that
44:41
it's more than just the physical appearance.
44:44
It's the higher. It's the conversations you have
44:48
when you're alone. It's the conversations you have
44:51
if you enter a presence with other males will not come to
44:54
you. And it's not just the presence,
44:56
it's how you talk, how you walk, how you not just how you dress,
45:00
how you, the tone of voice that you use.
45:03
Yeah, how, how you wear. There's 101 million things when
45:08
it comes to hijab. Sadly, we've limited it to only
45:10
just the headscarf. Yeah, yeah.
45:12
That's more than and and and of those types of 1.
45:14
Thing. Well, in many ways.
45:15
Yeah, I was going to say, of those 101 things, probably 100
45:18
of them apply to males. Yeah.
45:20
The only thing that doesn't is the headscarf, the physical,
45:22
everything else the same. How you carry yourself, how you
45:24
speak, how you are with the non Maharam.
45:26
And ironically, our as men, our challenges are harder in some
45:32
areas and in some areas are easier.
45:35
And we see this scenario called an alas, Pantala says himself
45:38
that the, the challenge of the men is to lower their gaze.
45:41
And the challenge of the women is to cover their hair and of
45:44
course their neck area and so on.
45:46
So these are the things which, you know, we, we have to think
45:48
about. Was that the last clip?
45:50
Cool. OK, guys, the last few minutes
45:53
of the podcast said Ali. And I just want to reflect on a
45:56
couple of things, the journey we've been on in Season 5.
46:01
And then we will wrap up and shut Allah.
46:03
But if we can have your attention for like maybe 5-7
46:06
minutes, we'll try and keep it quick.
46:08
Firstly, for myself, I just want to thank everyone at home for
46:12
tuning in with us for the last, I don't know how many episodes
46:15
in this season. It's been a journey, it's been
46:18
fun. We started this season in our
46:20
new studio, in our new home, which you guys have helped us
46:23
bring to life. And it'll handle.
46:24
It's more than a studio to us now.
46:27
As I said, it's a home and it's your home, so you know this is
46:31
where we are growing together and we're so honoured to be with
46:34
you. Thank you for all the comments,
46:36
the feedback, the suggestions, the ideas, the constructive
46:39
criticism. All of these have made the
46:41
podcast what it is from myself. I also again for another
46:45
incredible season, want to thank the team behind the scenes who
46:49
work so hard, especially Save Mustaba, Sister Mariam and the
46:54
other core members of the team, Brother Haider, brother Jawad
46:58
frames, the frames and some of the other members of the team
47:03
who have worked incredibly hard to put kind of a lot of it
47:08
together, brother, Brother Muhammad Zahidi, sister Nora, a
47:11
lot of the team who have worked on different things.
47:13
Finally said Ali, my beloved, thank you to you.
47:17
You are the heart and soul of After Maghrib.
47:21
I really mean it. You are the grandson of the Holy
47:23
Prophet, and you carry Noor with you everywhere you go.
47:29
And I love your dress code. I love your striped shirt.
47:34
I don't know what I'd do without you.
47:36
And I also want to shout out Hossein and Kazim because
47:39
they've done a few episodes on this season as well, and they
47:42
are real, jeez. And we love them.
47:44
We can't wait to see them soon. That's that from me.
47:47
Wow, wow, very kind of you Ahmed.
47:50
God bless all sense and I just want to chat for me.
47:52
First of all, say the same back to you.
47:53
God bless. And I echo everything you said
47:56
at the beginning in terms of the viewers as listeners, the
47:58
support we've got, the volunteers behind the scenes,
48:02
It's all been amazing. It's the whole collective work
48:05
of it to bring out these episodes, to have these
48:07
conversations and to prepare other shows and have events and
48:11
Inshallah in many ways inspire people towards adhering to the
48:14
teachings of Rasul Allah and bringing people towards Shia
48:19
Islam. The method of this is all things
48:21
that I'm grateful for and to be a part of Wallah.
48:25
And the other day I was, I mentioned to you, I met a lot of
48:28
both men in just last week where I had the human level
48:33
interaction with them. And they were discussing of how
48:36
after Maghrib has really been a part of their journey, whether
48:40
it's coming towards accepting Shia Islam, which was very
48:44
humbling. Where where one brother, so I
48:47
won't mention his name because he said his parents still don't
48:49
know. But this brother said, oh, this
48:52
brother was from Birmingham. He came from Birmingham and he
48:54
came to London to attend the Toulouse on Sunday the 9th of
48:59
August. And he said he's recently been
49:03
looking into Shia Islam recently been over many months and he had
49:08
a lot of questions and he didn't know who to ask.
49:13
You know, his parents are not really pro Shia and stuff like
49:16
that. But one of the means he used to
49:20
accept Shia Islam and to take the willai of Amir Al Mahmani
49:24
and Ali Ali Ali Salaam was the aftermath of podcast.
49:29
I didn't understand what that meant because the conversation
49:31
was like 4-5 minutes. I wish I knew more and I wish he
49:36
shared more. But he did say aftermath of pray
49:39
that he played a huge role to him accepting the slum being the
49:43
method. And it's beautiful when you hear
49:45
these stories. There was another, another
49:48
mother came to me, Ahmed, And first of all, of course, what
49:52
everyone does and we're grateful to it.
49:53
They say thank you for the work that you do and everything I
49:58
said, you know, we're grateful, Chakrin, we can continue with
50:01
your, to ours and with your support.
50:02
And she said something that I still think about today.
50:04
She said, I have two daughters and both of them are of adult
50:09
age, late teens, approaching early 20 years old.
50:13
But they don't have a father figure out.
50:15
They don't have a spiritual guide.
50:16
They don't have like a leader or anyone.
50:18
So it's just a mother and her two daughters.
50:20
And she said she's always prayed for many years.
50:24
They gave me a tear when she said she's prayed for many
50:26
years. But her daughters find Hedaya
50:29
because she thought they were lost wherever she spoke to them
50:32
about a they didn't care. They didn't care about the
50:34
religion. They didn't care about, you
50:36
know, sticking to halal. They were far away from anything
50:41
got to do with Islam, for example.
50:42
But she was one day I told them I send them like a link on the
50:47
group chat and the family group chat of Off the Motor podcast.
50:50
And ever since they've been listening in every single week.
50:53
And now they've come towards the slum bro, like they've become
50:56
proper. Practically bless them.
50:58
Menards bro that touched. Yeah.
51:01
Really touched me. God bless them and my Allah
51:04
protect them, preserve them, protect them and Charlotte their
51:07
mother. Allow them to have offsprings of
51:09
Mummani and Almanata Charlotte. If they're listening right now.
51:12
Well, God bless. You, God bless you guys man,
51:14
your mum as well, your whole family.
51:16
Reach out to us dear Mas, please.
51:18
We'd want to learn from you as well, because A.
51:21
Lot of people. Ask suggestions.
51:23
Why do you do what you do? Every year I said we're getting
51:26
older. My birthday is in two days, you
51:27
know that. I should not right I?
51:29
Should have known that, but technically my birthday is in 24
51:32
hours. Anyway, Long story short, we're
51:35
getting older every year. So as we get older, we're less
51:38
and less relatable to a younger audience.
51:40
Do you know what I mean? I, I recognize that there are
51:42
those who have been on the journey with us.
51:44
So there were people who started listening to the podcast when
51:46
they're 1415. Now they're like in university,
51:50
some started when they're a bit older and now graduated or
51:52
parents or fathers or married or mothers or whatever.
51:56
So as it's been a journey for us, it's been a journey for a
51:58
lot of people at home. So yeah, it's.
52:00
A collective journey. And next year, I mean, next
52:02
season or not next year, hopefully sooner than that.
52:05
A couple of updates from us guys on aftermarket.
52:08
Firstly, we're going to come back on Season 6.
52:10
We want to make the set look gangster shot Allah really nice.
52:14
So your suggestions, please, even furniture or artwork or
52:18
props or tables or anything like that you'd want to see, please
52:22
send us links. Please, please send us links.
52:25
Because some people in the team, especially myself, have really
52:29
bad taste in furniture. So we'd want to know how to make
52:32
it, make it look better. Remember that table.
52:34
Secondly, guys, terms of topics, guests, speakers, suggestions,
52:39
all of that, Keep it coming. We've done 180 something
52:41
podcasts. We're running out of ideas.
52:44
I say we are, but then we've got, you know, a whole catalog
52:47
of ideas we haven't done, but still we want to know what you
52:50
guys want to hear on the podcast, especially now that
52:53
we've finished the Muharram season.
52:54
So we've got more that we want to do.
52:56
So let us know. And lastly, in terms of other
52:59
things, exciting things to keep an eye out for returning shows,
53:03
maybe no further hints on that, but maybe some shows coming back
53:07
after Muharram and maybe even the launch of some new
53:10
production as well, which is very exciting.
53:13
And merchandise go on the pod, go on the website, get some
53:18
merch, support the the the progress, be part of it, said
53:22
anything to wrap up. Yeah, I've got a question for
53:25
you and then we can wrap up. Yeah, yeah.
53:28
Say much Taba. Why are you?
53:31
Sure, I would love to ask that question, but I already lost.
53:34
I already watched some box in every single season and I think
53:38
today's question. Oh, I'm I'm leaning forward now.
53:43
I'm worried. No, I'm joking and I I this
53:49
question is probably mad, probably thinking why is rather
53:55
be asking me this. But what if I told you this is
54:04
my final episode? The aftermath.
54:10
Every year you do. Every season he does this.
54:16
Every season, every season. Say that Ali's like Ahmed.
54:22
Ahmed, I have something really important to tell you.
54:24
I'm never coming back. What would you do if I don't
54:27
come back? Whoa, You want the attention?
54:29
Won't let you have my attention. I love you.
54:31
You just told me, you know, what's the guys you know before
54:34
we start filming this. So Ali told me he's like, I love
54:37
hearing these stories about the podcast.
54:40
It makes me realize how much I love it and how much I want to
54:43
keep doing it. I I knew it.
54:45
I knew you were going to say it to me.
54:48
What would you say if it was my last episode?
54:50
No. But that was leading to my
54:51
actual question, sorry. So that wasn't your question.
54:53
No, no, no. OK.
54:54
You just sort of wind me up. I'm winding you up, but the
54:56
question is in 10 years time in Sharla you've.
55:01
Charla. Sharla was still somehow
55:02
involved with after but in 10 years time.
55:07
What would you say to yourself today?
55:10
What depends what my what I look like in 10 years, right?
55:12
Know how you look bro? No.
55:14
No, bro. In 10 years time.
55:16
But. What would you tell yourself?
55:18
How would I know? It all depends on where I am in
55:20
10 years, right? Yeah.
55:22
So I know what I would tell myself 10 years ago.
55:25
OK, let's say God forbid you're. Based on what happens in those.
55:29
Let's say, God forbid, you're in a bad place.
55:33
I would but say that's the premise of the question of the
55:36
states, Say let me just let me no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
55:39
It doesn't make. Sense to avoid it?
55:40
No, no. It doesn't make sense.
55:42
If you asked me what would I tell myself 10 years ago, Yeah,
55:45
with context of what happened in the last 10 years, I'd be able
55:48
to tell yourself, do this differently.
55:49
Do this. I need to imagine.
55:51
Because how you answer it with imagine the way you see yourself
55:53
in 10 years. What would I tell myself?
55:55
I'd remind myself of the core principles I believe at this
55:58
point in time are correct. Which is very simple to say, I
56:00
can say that. So what, what else could I say?
56:02
I can't say. Make sure you don't buy this
56:04
house in four years. Do you know what I mean?
56:06
I can't I don't know, just to understand my point, right.
56:10
So all I can tell myself, all I can ask 40 year old myself to
56:14
ask 30 year old myself is just do your best in it.
56:18
Like am I am I, am I like tweaking?
56:22
No, it's. A simple question, but you've
56:23
overcomplicated. Just ask it again, what would
56:26
the 40 year old myself tell myself?
56:28
Tell the 30 year old myself. Sharla, long life, yeah, Sharla,
56:31
God willing, a good, healthy long life, one that's spent in
56:36
headman and obedience to Allah and service to Imam and Hussein.
56:40
And every footstep is towards the Powaf of the Kaaba, towards
56:44
the shrine of Imam and all of this and Sharla.
56:47
OK, but in 10 years time, what would you tell yourself 10 years
56:52
ago switches today? That entirely depends on what
56:58
happens in the next two years. Do you understand?
57:01
So for example, let me give you an example.
57:03
Yeah, hold on. If, if I'm starting my GCS ES,
57:08
if hold on, hold on. If I'm starting my my GCS ES now
57:13
and then I fail it and then you say what would you tell yourself
57:16
before the exams? I'd say bro study harder on this
57:20
topic. You should have known that
57:21
studied. Do you get me?
57:22
Because I know with context what happened.
57:24
Are you? Happy with what you're doing
57:28
now? Do you think you'll be happy?
57:31
With it, I'll tell you, if you're asking like, where do I
57:33
want my next 10 years to go? That's not what I'm asking.
57:36
See, if you asked me what would I tell myself 10 years ago, I
57:39
can answer that. So I say focus more on this, do
57:43
less of that, do more of this. So I'll simplify it.
57:45
Yeah, OK, let's say. Let me.
57:46
Ask you what would the 50 years, 10 years?
57:48
Hang on, in 10 years you are the same.
57:51
OK, nothing. I'd be disappointed.
57:54
Yeah. So what would you tell yourself
57:55
then? If, if what would I tell myself?
57:58
Today that's. I'd I'd if I'm the same, I'd say
58:02
the same thing now that I would in 10 years time.
58:04
Which is what? Which is your disappointment?
58:07
Why? Because if I have not progressed
58:08
or grown in 10 years, then I'm slacking.
58:11
What's progress to you? What's growing up to you?
58:16
What does slacking mean? Progress is holistic.
58:21
So that means spiritually, emotionally, intellectually,
58:27
physically, all of these things have got to improve.
58:30
Yeah, yeah. And slacking is not performing
58:39
in every facet of life to the best of my abilities.
58:42
So that means working as hard as I can, making as much money as I
58:45
can close, getting closer to God in in my relationship with him,
58:51
with the Holy Quran, with stories of the other debate,
58:53
preparing for the Holy Imam, all of these things.
58:56
Ultimately just raising my kids. So if I can raise my kids well,
59:01
I'm happy gets, you know, you get to a stage in life,
59:04
especially when you start having growing children, I think, where
59:07
you realize that everything around you is nonsense.
59:10
The only thing that you'll leave behind after you most likely is
59:13
your children, Sharla, they outlive you.
59:16
But that's the most important thing, so.
59:18
That is a beautiful reflection of.
59:21
It, yeah, but you longed out. I didn't know that.
59:22
You don't know if. I said to you, yes, 2026, what
59:27
would you tell 2016 version of yours?
59:28
That would be very easy. Exactly.
59:30
Yeah, I can't say to you what would you tell yourself in 2036?
59:35
Do you get me? No, you can.
59:37
But how you don't know what guys, please back me up in the
59:40
comments. I don't know.
59:41
But this is like when I said what did I say?
59:43
I said that statement like what hill would you die on or
59:45
something My. God, that's why I said.
59:49
Oh, this guy, man. Yellow guys, as always, it's
59:52
been a pleasure. Please help us get to 20 K Subs.
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59:58
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