BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Zaid Shakir | PBS

[TheProphetMo]

In the beautiful garden of wisdom, Islam is nothing but a troublesome, invasive weed.

Rather than offering up ten thousand prayers for peace and harmony in the world, it would be better simply to outlaw the one evil of Islam.

[aguteempasil]

it would be a shame for any type of theism to prevail over culture.

[hamadijuma]

Atheistjeremy doesn't even know what the universe is expanding into.........tstststs

[Atheistjeremy]

We don't want an "American-Muslim" culture. Islam is a filthy, violent religion and must be criticized and resisted.

[anddudewaslike]

typical ignorant atheist

[samjones747]

thats rich froming from Atheist jeremy.. lol

[Demi12345Lovato]

you should be more open, muslims dont call atheists filthy and violent now do they?

[rumi1207]

Fabulous scholar, may Allah bless him.

[muslim4life12]

wheres he from?

[maktech]

hes an american, ex US airforce.

[JC23333]

he so skinny now

[kareemabdullah]

grow your damned beard

[mohamedsmansour]

He has a beard; just about the fullest his beard can get at that. Not all people can grow massive Yusuf Estes (may Allah be pleased with him) beards. Amongst many people, and some ethnicities in particular, some can't even grow an facial hair at all.

[1FUNDAMENTALIST1]

yeah, most people of west african descent don't grow massive beards............ever..

[DevilConFed]

SHakir is awesome i like his style of adressing his audience about issues..etc

[abstractintelligence]

بسي أند مسه لفي ويأ brotha Zaid. The interview was enlightening and praise-worthy.

[tyruler]

Its happening at 9 pm. Can't wait for this interview to be "YouTubed."

[deej87]

when is this happening?

[Gunnar00]

We all love you Imam Zaid, subhanallah, I can't wait to see this special.

[jam1productions]

Looking forward to this interview. Imam Zaid is a great scholar of Islam, Alhamdullilah!

[LawrenceErnie]

Islam turns individual cultures into Borg collectives. It strips everyone of their uniqueness. Islam is ethnoculturally genocidal.

[Gunnar00]

That's so far from the truth & cursory empirical analysis reveals that. Just look at the South African Muslim and the one from Pakistan; completely different dress, skin color and language, but they are united by a belief in God. They will stand shoulder to shoulder and pray together. Haven't you read the Autobiography of Malcolm X? It was precisely this beautiful diversity united through God which was his epiphanous moment in Mecca.

[Gunnar00]

Please do not oversimplify a religion of 1.4 billion to "Borg Collectives"; I respect you but your approach to this topic is just intellectually lazy.

[deej87]

um thats why the 1.4 billion Muslims all come from different cultures and backgrounds, women from saudi wear all black women from africa wear orange and yello, indian and pakistani women wear completely different clothes, likewise us american women wear ameerican clothes, you can still be muslim and retain your individual culture, that statement is completely wrong

[Muslimgirl92]

Salaam Alaikom,

Yes all over the World People Dress in Different Clothing, BUT Allah created Us all.....I mean We will not be judged by Allah by what color Clothes We wear ....

BUT ALL MUSLIM WOMEN SHOULD AT LEAST WEAR HIJAB.... The Niqab is something that We as women have the choice to wear but with Hijab We have not choice....

Sister Khadija

[deej87]

Thanks, but I was not talking about hijab at all.

I was talking about culture and dress. I was referring to how Muslim women all wear hijab differently all over the world and they all still have different cultures.

[taimourC]

I disagree, even the hijab is a choice for a woman to wear, the qu'ran itself never specifically states that women must cover their heads, in fact it states that women as well as men must act in a modest manner. Hijab is a symbol of that modesty after the Prophet (S) wives and daughters adorned the hijab. (Jewish and Christian women have been wearing similar head-dresses) It is a sunnah to wear the hijab, but not in anyways a forced compulsion.

[AverageWhiteMuslima]

taimur, hijab IS wajib, despite what people say, because it covers the nakedness and it is of course haram to go naked. we just have different definitions of nakedness than others do. Many young people are going around saying its a choice, actually its wajib, but I think people focus too much on it as if dress is the main target of Islam regarding guidance for women

[veronesedissident]

ALL muslims should be have their throats CUT

[deej87]

And I love you too veronese dissident.

Don't have so much hate in your heart. We haven't done anything to you so don't let us get to you.

peace

:)

[veronesedissident]

Well, I don't want to pass on the chance to give you guys some credit. Islam has given me inspiration. I think that I can outdue them in the violence and hate department. I don't listen to all the propaganda at all. I can now truly see what you are as clear as day. You need to be destroyed. They take out a long razor sharp knife and decapitate someone while they're still alive, I take out a chain saw and saw off a muslim's face while they are still alive. It's the only thing they understand.

[deej87]

Veronese, I don't think anyone can outdue you in the hate and violence department. You're saying we need to be destroyed but if you live in USA, we are your next door neighbors. Our numbers are growing and we're not going anywhere. :)

here to stay. If you want to put us all in a monolith and say that we would all decapitate someone alive then go ahead. Violence can be done by people of nay creed and race. It's not dependent on that.

[deej87]

You know someone with knowledge just said "If all the Muslim doctors and dentists and engineers just packed up and left, USA would be in shambles!" lol

people need to realize how much we contribute to this country.

I feel bad. So much hate in your heart is not good for you.

love you veronesedissident :)

peace

[taimourC]

That is an incorrect analysis, because Islam creates a culture that is unique in all of the 6 continents it is present in. Your argument stems from the Western perception of Islam, they perceive actions of muslim populations as a collection representation of Islam. It is like perceiving the actions of the nazi germans as representative of all christians; however, i am aware of the flaw in that perception.