 It is a future where Islam is going to become not only the predominant faith, but in many ways the solution to humanity. For all my Muslim friends and some of the people that I am very close to, I don't want you to think that this is an endorsement of the Muslim faith. Assalamualaikum brothers and sisters, we are back with another episode of the Open Minded Thinker Show that you watched that video, but you know what's interesting? Throughout history, many keen observers have made predictions about Islam becoming the saviour of civilization. It's not just something that has been said in the West. People all over the world have talked about it severally. Speaking of interesting perspectives, remember when Elon Musk, the world's richest person, gave a lecture in Dubai. He had some wise advice for Muslims in Middle Easterners. He encouraged them to embrace and preserve the unique aspects of their culture. According to him, these diversity is crucial for maintaining the natural homogeneity of our world. I know this is called the World Government Summit, but I think we should be maybe a little bit concerned about actually becoming too much of a single world government, if I may say that we want to avoid creating a civilizational risk by having, frankly, this may sound a little odd, too much cooperation between governments. If you look at history and the rise and fall of civilizations, really all throughout history civilizations have risen and fallen, but it hasn't meant the doom of humanity as a whole because there have been all these separate civilizations that were separated by great distances. And so, you know, say like, while Rome was falling, you know, Islam was rising and so you had like a, you know, the sort of caliphate doing apparently well while Rome was doing. So, you won't believe what I came across recently. You remember that Russian political philosopher, Alexander Dugging. Time, space, technology, international relations. Well, he's been making a pretty serious case for something called multi-polarity. Basically, it's all about promoting cooperation between different civilizations and get this. In 2019, he organized this epic event called the Eurasian Islamic Council. He brought together Muslim scholars, politicians and activists from all over the world to have some deep discussions on Islamic culture, geopolitics and the future of Eurasia. Now, here's where it gets really interesting. This philosopher, Dugging, has this whole geopolitical ideology called Eurasianism. It's all about envisioning a world where different civilizations, including Islamic civilization, can cooperate whilst you're maintaining their unique identities. It's like he's proposing a multi-polar world where everyone worked together for their common goals. And guess what? In today's episode, we've got a special guest, a Catholic guy who has some mind-blowing insight on the whole idea of Islamic domination. What that future looks like is a future where Islam is going to become not only the predominant faith, but in many ways the solution to humanity. For all my Muslim friends and some of the people that I'm very close to, I don't want you to think that this is an endorsement of the Muslim faith. It's just something that appears to be so self-evident, but I think that some of us have to have a conversation in that direction. I think that the way we're tilting right now, the way humanity is developing, from politics to economy to many delicate issues that deals with what it means to be a decent member of society, at some point it's going to require a very strong correction. And it's not going to be the orthodoxy of the Jewish faith. It's not going to be the level of tolerance that comes from Hinduism, Buddhism, or Taoism. And it's definitely not going to be through the sometimes false mercy that comes or incredible acceptance, levels of acceptance that comes from the Christian faith. It's painful to say that, right? It should be a situation where love and kindness should be always the predominant factor to give direction. But that's not necessarily the case. In some cases you need something, a way of doing things that would be strong enough, forceful enough, to the extent of actually forcing the correction. And this is one of those moments that, as people, we are getting to the point where certain levels of correction are needed. And I think that Islam today is positioning itself as a faith that is willing to fight for what they believe. They're going to stand their ground. They're going to go out there and not only make an argument, but they will absolutely go and fight for it. The question of whether I agree with him or not is no, Brenna, because I do agree with him that Islam stands firm on a doctrine that is compared with Christianity and Judaism. The farce are obvious for all to see. After the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church, which until that time was seen as a beacon of traditional Abrahamic continuation, this tradition and embraced modernism, this led to excessive tolerance of modernism, contrary to the teachings of God. In Islam we have not heard of any council organized by Muslims to change our decisions to suit modernism never. And we ask the question, what do you think the future of religion is going to look like? Doesn't appear to be that the strength of the Catholic Church is there. It looks like it's fragmenting more and more by the minute. It doesn't look like the Orthodox side of Christianity is going to have the capability to grow and keep together a message at the level that the Catholic Church has. The difference between one group and the other is overwhelming, even though I have Orthodox friends that believe that they are the largest group. The fact of the matter is that it's a billion point one to a billion point two Catholics and then everybody else. I don't think it's going to be the Protestant Church because there is really no clear centralized position. As much as the Protestant Church has made an effort to bring these things together. And so and even though Islam also has some level of division is nowhere near what many other religions are going through our experiences. So that in one hand historically and based on the reality of both religions and asking the question of what do you think the future is going to look like. I come to that conclusion and I wanted to highlight it from that perspective. The second thing is like I said before, there were reasons even for my Muslim friends who I say this with a great deal of respect. You know, a lot of these relationships or a lot of these imitations were created or were actually done not so much to support what Islam stands for. As a matter of fact, I promise you my Muslim brothers and sisters that what you are going to experience is going to be the same level of dislike and maybe even hate that some people are having against Christianity right now, just because in reality they really don't like religion or embrace anything that would be connected to God. You know, I've been watching videos of this man's hypothesis on the growth of Islam and I can't help but feel that he's missing the point. He seemed to be overly fixated on the numbers game rather than considering the spiritual growth and development of the faith. I mean sure, numbers are important to some extent, but shouldn't we be more concerned about the quality of practice and the eradication of Islamic extremism? We need a focus on nurturing a deep connection with the teachings of Islam and promoting values of peace, love and tolerance. The goal should be fostering a thriving community that embodies the true spirit of Islam rather than merely chasing numbers on a demographic chart. Allah says in Surah Al-Inkabur, chapter 29 verse 45, Recite what has been revealed to you of the bulk and established prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing and the remembrance of Allah is greater. And Allah knows that which you do. I was also fascinated by Surah Al-Baqarah chapter 2 verse 197. Allah says, and take provision, but indeed the best provision is taqwa that is piety. So fear me or you of understanding. So the taqwa is better than the numbers. That was the Sista Salallahu Alayhi Raiha. Until next time, remember to like, share and subscribe. Assalamualaikum.