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And now, with no further ado, let's have a look. There was a time when Afghanistan was a modern state. Faith was a private matter. Burqas were optional. Women and men could travel together. Yeah, this is an absolutely amazing start. Of course, she talks about that faith was a private matter as if that is a good thing. But at the same time, she has a dot on her forehead. So this is of course absolute hypocrisy that she is in religious attire. But at the same time, she tells you that religion should be something that you do behind closed doors. Moreover, she speaks about the Burqa being optional. Yet again, an extension, of course, of religion behind closed doors. She automatically implies here that being more naked, wearing less clothes, automatically is better. And this is why she ends her rant here with modernity. It used to be a modern country. Yet again, implying that modernity equals better. Those are things that people take for granted nowadays through pop culture. But there is no argument for them. It is simply said, modernity better, technocracy better, liberalism better. Why is the question? Why is this better? She will of course give you no answer. She will sit there in her Hindu attire, regragerating Western values. Right next door, Iran was not far behind. It was at par with the Western world. Women could step out without a wheel. Even meet men at public places. It was absolutely amazing to see that when she speaks about on par with the Western world, she shows you women in skirts. Then she proceeds to tell you that it was common for men and women to mingle in public, as if that's a good thing. Yet again, why is it better to wear skirts and mingle with men? Why that is? Because it is on par with the Western world. Understood? But the Iran and Afghanistan of today are a lot different. Today, Hijab is mandatory. Western clothing is frowned upon. Clerics dictate societal norms. Religious police patrols the streets. Civil rights are all but non-existent. Alright, she measures everything into one bucket there. Of course, she tells you that now you have religious law and therefore civil rights are non-existent. Civil rights are all but non-existent. It is so empty. Yet again, dear woman, you're sitting there in a Hindu attire. Does your religion mean anything to you? If so, then you could understand, of course, why a society would choose to imply religious law. But of course, that does not work if you take the Western world as your standard as your God. Within the Western world, we have secularism. Why? Because the Western world does not believe in God, let alone in their churches. They do not believe in the church and the laws of the churches and hence they fell into secularism. This is the liberty that you're speaking about. Not following God's laws. And I cannot blame the West because Christianity did not come with a strict law. However, within Islam, yes, we do have the Sharia. We have God's law. And if you believe in Islam and you believe it is God's law for humanity, why would you then abandon it? Why would you then listen to any other man-made law instead of God's law? It doesn't make sense. So therefore, everything that she talks about here makes only sense from a Western worldview or from a liberal secularist worldview. And therefore, it does not matter that she sits there with a dot on her head. She does not believe in God anyways. What happened in these countries? They came under the Sharia law. Hello and welcome to Gravitas Plus. Thank you for having me. I come to you with arguably the most controversial concept in the world, the concept of Sharia. It's back in the... This is absolutely amazing. It is true, really. Sharia law nowadays is among the most controversial concepts in the world. But see how ridiculous this is. You have religious law and somehow this is controversial. It is not controversial to have a change operation when you're three years old. It is not controversial to choose your gender freely when you're four. It is not controversial to drink alcohol when you're 16 years old in Europe. It is not controversial at all to have premarital sex and to date. It is not controversial to legalize all kinds of substances in the West and beyond. But if we're talking about religious law, so controversial. News after the Taliban took over Kabul. They plan to rule Afghanistan under the Sharia law, under the Taliban's version of the Sharia law. What does that mean? What will change in Afghanistan? What place does the Sharia have in this day and age? How many people in the world follow it? Why is it so controversial? Yet again, this can only resonate with you if you're a secularist. Which role does Sharia law play in this day and age? Yet again, this is because they take the West as a standard and hence forth progressivism and modernity. It is so ridiculous, man. We believe that the Sharia is a God's law and hence God is eternal and therefore Sharia is eternal as well. There is no specific time and space, but Sharia came for us humans for every single time frame within human history. Why? Because our creator is perfect and therefore the law is perfect. We don't need to change our laws here every couple of weeks like they do in the West. Some substances are illegal, you go to jail for life. Then a couple of years later, out of the sudden, they are legal again. Then they are lowering the age of consent. Then they are making it higher again. What is it based upon? Nothing but opinions, nothing but man-made rules. The Sharia stands in direct opposition to that. Anasan, further back in time, we've spoken to a lot of scholars and experts to put this report together. We'll try to answer all these questions starting with the first question. What is the Sharia? To many, the word conjures horrors of hands being cut off, of adulterers being beaten and women being oppressed. In fact, no religious law has ever had worse press as the Sharia has in recent times. Why is that so? Worse press, that's right. Thanks to the misrepresentation, manipulation and misuse of the Sharia, by whom? Islamic regimes, politicians, clerics, radicals, terrorists. They've all used the Sharia to rule in the name of God. So coming back to the question, what is the Sharia? Well, there is no clear definition. Different people understand and apply the Sharia in different ways. But if we put the broad concepts together, this is what a definition would sound like. The Sharia is Islam's legal and spiritual system, both divine and philosophical. Divine because it is said to be God's will for humankind. Yes, indeed. Philosophical because it is based on the human understanding of what that divine will is. In Arabic, the Sharia translates to the clear, well trodden path to water. The human interpretation of Sharia is called the Fiqh, which literally means understanding. Now these terms are used interchangeably, but they're not the same. Sharia is considered divine, permanent, infallible. But it's understanding. I'm really impressed. It's a set of rules put together by Muslim scholars over the centuries. These rules have been drafted and applied to suit those in power. Where do the rules come from? So ultimately, she's reading outward chat GPT, fed her and most of the time she actually was correct with it. However, then she tells you that the barbaric interpretation of the Sharia is of course only due to certain scholars that are just evil ultimately. They're just serving their own interests, right? That's why they're prescribing the burqa for women. Ooh, they're being so oppressed. No, the hijab is found within the Quran and in the hadith as well, of course. Therefore, a modest dress code falls under Sharia no matter what your interpretation might be. And there are different interpretations within Sharia. Sure, but they don't differ that much, dear lady. Three sources. The Quran, which is Islam's holy book. The Sunnah, which is basically the deeds of Prophet Muhammad. And the Hadith, the sayings of the Prophet. There's a range of other sources to work out how God wants Muslims to live. But there is no single law book, no definite statute, no set judicial proceeding to determine what the Sharia is. So let's just liberalize this and change it now. Of different, often conflicting interpretations. Yes. These interpretations gave birth to five schools of thought, five legal schools of Sharia. And you must know this. There are different kinds of Sharia, you would say. Hanbali, Maliki, Shafi, Hanafi. These four belong to Sunni Islam. The fifth is a Shia version of Sharia. It's called Jafri. All five of them are named after theologists and jurists, the men who interpreted Islamic texts. Now, look at this map. Yes, absolutely correct. But if you look into the Hanbali, the Maliki, the Shafi and the Hanafi, sure, yet again, there are certain slight differences, but there are slight differences. She's acting as if they can't agree at all. They have no idea, man. One says one thing, one the other. One says women don't need a hijab at all. The other one says, hey, eating pig is absolutely fine. This is absolutely ridiculous. There are slight differences in interpretation. That's all. The men who interpreted Islamic texts. Now, look at this map. The men. The Hanbali school is the smallest and strictest of them all. Its primary source is the Quran. It is practiced in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It also has significant followers in these countries. The Maliki school of Sharia relies mostly on independent understanding of the Quran. It is predominantly found in African nations, the whole of West Africa, along with Chad, the Sudan and Kuwait. The Shafi school of Sharia relies on consensus over understanding of the Quran, and this is where it's followed. East Africa and Southeast Asia and countries like Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Lower Egypt, Djibouti, the Maldives, Indonesia and small communities in Malaysia. Then we have the Hanafi school, the earliest, the most flexible version of the Sharia. It relies both on consensus and independent reasoning. The Hanafi school has the largest number of followers, approximately one third of Muslims worldwide. They live in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. And then we have the Jafri school of thought, followed only by Shia Muslims. It is enshrined in the constitution of Iran. It also has a lot of followers in Iraq and small pockets of followers the world over. So, we have five different versions of the Sharia. How are they different? Not in the fundamentals of faith, but in their practice. There are differences in how they pray, how they resolve legal matters, how they settle marital disputes, how they deliver punishment for certain crimes. Yeah, how big are the differences. Give an example. Honestly, this is absolutely laughable. When it comes down to punishments within the format haps, within Sunni Islam, the difference is not that there is no punishment of, for example, chopping off the hands. The certainty is, however, it comes down to the threshold. Some people say that you have to steal a certain amount of wealth before you get your hand chopped off. Those are small, minute differences. However, yes, barbaric, barbaric Sharia law. Yes, you can find the chopping off hands. The difference is only the applicants of that law. And this is understandable because no religion is uniform. But the problem begins when religion is mixed with governance. Many Muslims who embrace the Sharia thought of it as a substitute for the law of the land. And that's where the problem lies. Exactly, that's where the problem lies. You evil, evil Muslims, why do you want God's law as the law of the land? Can't you just submit to secularism? Today, please do it as the West does it, as the West dictates you to do. The Western democratic political system is the only acceptable political system. Of course, you evil, evil Muslims, yet again, why do you want Sharia? Just accept secularism. Your lands have to be ruled by secular, godless governments. Please submit to us. Is the Sharia thought of it as a substitute for the law of the land? And that's where the problem lies. The Sharia was just supposed to be a way of living. It was not meant to be associated with political power. So if we look into the time of the Prophet, Salah alayhi wasalam and the first Islamic state was established and after his death, the first caliphate, etc., etc., it was always Islamic rule. But now you can't want that, right? What is wrong with you? This is not what Sharia is meant for. Let me, secular Hindu lady, tell you what it's for. It is for your personal life. Live Islam behind closed doors, please. If you want to fast for Ramadan, that's fine. If you want to pray, that's okay. All right. Go to Juma on Fridays as well. But don't get the idea that you need to imply Sharia law into your own societies. No, absolutely not. Let the West infiltrate your societies and impose Western democracy. Realism began to spread. The crown and the church came together. The church refused to further the interest of the rulers. The same thing happened in Muslim kingdoms. And while European nations later separated from the church from the state, many Islamic countries did not. France, Britain and other European powers had colonized much of West Asia, Africa and Asia. When they left, leaders of the newly formed Muslim majority countries faced a dilemma. Should they govern based on previous Islamic values? Or should they embrace laws inherited from colonial rule? Well, they chose the Sharia as the base... Yeah, well, they chose the Sharia. Man, what is wrong with those guys, right? After being colonized by the West, after being oppressed by the West, finally they get rid of those French. And now they can choose how they want to govern their own societies. They want to return automatically to Sharia. They want to return to Islamic law. Crazy people. They should follow the French. This is of their legal justice system. And this gave birth to all kinds of theocracies. Hardline and audit. Countries like Algeria, Libya, Egypt, the Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Oman, Yemen, Pakistan, they all had the Sharia. Even countries which were not colonized by the West adopted the Sharia. In 1932, Saudi Arabia was formed as a theocratic monarchy. In 1979, Iran witnessed an Islamic revolution. Until then, Iran was a secular monarchy. After the revolution, the clerics took power. The country became an Islamic republic. Then in 1996, the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. They made it a terror regime based on the Sharia. What makes this law acceptable in some countries? So it was not the United States terrorizing Afghanistan for years on end. And previously to that, the Russians terrorizing Afghanistan. No, not at all. It is the Taliban, the freedom fighters that freed their country of those oppressive Western forces. They are the terrorists. Don't you see? And horrific in others. It's understanding and implementation. Some countries enforce the most discriminatory and patriarchal aspects of the Sharia. They selectively pick certain verses from the Quran and legalize draconian practices like polygamy, triple talaq, genital mutation. They also enforce rules that had little or no basis in Islam. Research shows that most of these punishments were not sanctioned in the Quran. They were not practiced by the Prophet. The absolute Western brainwashing yet again is absolutely draconian of course to have multiple lives. Oh, God forbid. But in the same breath. Oh, they were almost on par with the West because they were wearing mini skirts and men and women were meeting in public places. That is good. Men and women have to be degenerate. Men and women have to cheat. Men and women have to have out of wedlock to be fully liberalized. They need a sexual revolution. All of this is good. But when a man decides to have a multiple wives and create pious families with them, pure evil. Yet today they've been made the highlights of the Sharia. They're being used to dictate daily lives of Muslims. You make them the highlights. A lot of the followers do not understand this. They just stubbornly uphold ignorant and unjust practices. The biggest victims of this are Muslim women. Sure. Does God judge differently based on gender? For many clerics it does. Despite the fact that women don't... Ridiculous. Stop babbling. This is absolutely ridiculous. What are you talking about? Within Islam we have spiritual equality but we recognize that men and women are different. Nevertheless, men and women have to dress modestly but the modesty in women looks different. Why is that so? Just look at the human body. I guess you would recognize that a woman's body looks a bit different than a man's body. But nowadays there's already bigotry and misogyny of course. Everybody's equal physically in this world and it doesn't even matter that you are a woman and I'm a man. I might as well choose not to be. It doesn't matter that I have a beard and I'm bold to know today I'm a woman. Of course. This is absolutely ridiculous. This is again liberal western nonsense. Despite the fact that women worked and fought alongside the prophet. They won't tell you this. Oh, thank you very much. I didn't know that Aisha fought. Never heard about it. Thank you for telling me. But men can dress the way they want. Women cannot stand for president but men can govern for it. It's funny. Especially when you look at Afghanistan, do those men dress as they want. Don't you see a specific dress code with an Afghani man as well. They're acting as if the men do not uphold any Islamic standard. They're not wearing any beard. They do not wear any modest clothing. No, of course not. Men can do what they want. Boohoo. Women cannot choose to have an abortion but men are allowed to have four wives. Women cannot travel without a male guardian. Women cannot drive. Women cannot retain custody of their children after divorce. And they receive half of what is awarded to their brothers in inheritance. Yes, women can't have an abortion and now I am supposed to believe that that is a bad thing. What are you talking about? Thank God they cannot have abortions because it is repulsive. Should they have out of wedlock like in the West and then get abortion after abortion? My buddy, my choice. And then she of course has to mention that a woman inherits less than the men. Yeah, guess what? Within Islam, the man has to provide. The woman doesn't need to work. The husband has to provide for his wife. And therefore the son would get more than the daughter because the daughter automatically will get provided for. And the son on the other hand would need to provide for his future wife. This is why you get more. I know it's very hard to understand. The list of restrictions on women in the name of God is appalling. And the Sharia's misuse does not end there. It is cited to justify what they call the conquest mindset. To wage wars in the name of Islam, especially by terror outfits who portray themselves as more faithful than other Muslims. They use religious scholars in their ranks to make finely crafted arguments. To use religion as a pretext to perpetrate violence. They exploit people who have little understanding of Islam. Yet again, how backwards can this video be? We are talking about Afghanistan, a country that has been oppressed by two major forces, the Americans and the Russians. And now those guys are the terrorists because they use weapons to liberate their country. They recruit them as foot soldiers to fight their politically motivated wars. Some join them in the name of faith, some in the name of their land, some for a good paycheck and some because they're just murderous. But this is not the Sharia. A lot of damage has been done in the name of religion by people from all faiths, by people from all cultures. That's true for the Sharia too. Yet for me it's a way of life for 1.8 billion followers of Islam in more than 57 countries. Does that make it acceptable? No, of course not. Who decides? And in which form? It's all subjective. Here's what I think. Tell me, please. All things including religion must evolve with time. If some practices are outdated, they must... Then remove the dot please. Religious law may not have a place in modern nation states governed by a constitution. If the Sharia's interpretation and practice clashes with today's way of life and social structures, then perhaps it's time for revision and reflection rather than resentment. Alright, that's it for today's video. Thank God, the sheikh has spoken absolutely amazing. Thank you very much for the fatwa. I learned a lot today. Ultimately, we learned that religion, no matter which religion actually, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, it is all old stuff that has no place in this modern world. Haven't you seen the West? It's secularized and this is what led the West to an absolute peak civilization. They're better than ever. So far, grades are rising. Lifestyle-related disease is rising. People cannot tell you what a woman is any longer. Marriages are falling apart. Men and women find themselves in absolute mental health crisis. But hey, let's just ignore all of this and let's say that the West is leading the example and we should adapt exactly like them. And this is the discrimination that nobody talks about, of course. This is the liberal West. They tell you that they are inclusive of everybody, right? Equality for everyone, diversity, hey, come to the West. But the reality is, of course, they will only accept you if you adhere to their liberal values. Liberalism swallows up every religion and creates a religion light, if you will. As I said, if you want to fast, if you want to go to mosque, yeah, well, that's fine. But never get the idea that God's law is superior than our secular rules. And this is how they want to destroy Islam, of course. They're not telling you that they want to get rid of Islam, even though they want to, of course. They're telling you about reform, they're telling you about revision, about reflection. Now is the time, the times have changed. By saying such a thing, you're implying yet again that the religion is not perfect. However, it does not work on Islam because in the Quran we find that our religion has been perfected for us. Once the Quran was revealed, our religion has been perfected. That's it, you cannot change it, no matter how much you try. No matter how much you hate your own God or goddesses and your own religion. Just because it did not work for you, you cannot imply that it does not work for us Muslims. Muslims imply the Sharia in their daily lives, even if they're living in the West. Why? Because we believe that it is God's law. And we want to adhere and we want to submit our will to God, no matter where we are. And therefore we welcome the Sharia, of course. If the Sharia gets fully implied, we are the happiest, obviously. The only people that are against it and they're calling oppression are the degenerates. That's really what it is. If you really look into it, it is the liberals. It is the atheists that are rebelling against God's will that do not want to submit to the Sharia. How could they? They do not want to be marriages anymore. They want to have abortions. They want to have promiscuous. And therefore anything that would restrict their freedoms is a thorn in their eye. Don't you see, the Sharia is God's will. If you submit yourself to God's will, you find peace. You find happiness. Otherwise you will stay in rebellion. And this rebellion is seen in the world nowadays. Because we see a world in disbelief. A world that hates God and i.e. hates Islam. Alright guys, this is it for today's video. Absolutely interesting insight here for me personally as well. If you liked it, leave it a thumbs up. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. And check out the links in the description box below to further support. And now, as always, may God bless you all. Much love and peace.