 الحمد لله والصلاة والسلاة أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين أالمين أب القاسم المصطفى محمد صلى الله عليهك يا رسول الله صلى الله المضلوات الأمة ومؤمنا ومؤمنا نفوزا فوزا عظي كتابه الكري بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وما بأمفوزهم لا يوجد أسلام وفوبيا ومصطفى كأننا نقوم بأمفوزهم على أسلام ونقوم بأمفوزهم أكثر كما يحدث ستواجهات ونقوم بأمفوزهم لا تتواجه المسلمين ونقوم بأمفوزهم على أسلام ونقوم بأمفوزهم أكثر كما يحدث أمفوزهم أكثر كما يحدث ومعت that ايسس مجموعة مجموعة طالبان القاعدة ومعت that these terrorists who are killing people in the name of the Quran and in the name of the religion of Islam بسلام they are the ones who truly represent the religion of Islam and we have seen the result of this type of thinking Islamophobia it's not a myth it's a reality that we are witnessing and especially here in this community with the masjid that it was not allowed they did not give permission for a masjid to be built here in sterling heights now it's not a myth and it's a reality this hatred that we are witnessing it's a reality and it's very visible for anyone who wants to see for anyone who pays attention they will see that there is a growing fear and hatred towards Muslims and unfortunately there is a lot of people who believe that hateful feelings towards Muslims and of course they are armed they go walking places because the constitution says it's okay to carry weapons so the question is what's the difference with these people who have a mentality that everyone else is wrong and they are right and they are armed what's the difference with them in ISIS what's the difference with them in the terrorists and we've seen many incidents were Muslims just because they're Muslims or a woman just because she is a lady just because she is wearing the hijab practicing the modesty of Islam you see that she is attacked and these incidents are growing day after the other now the question is where does this come from where does this Islamophobia come from did it just come out of nowhere is it just incidents that are happening in society that there was nothing to cause these the answer is no there are reasons for this Islamophobia the first reason is no doubtedly and we admit that there are a group of people in the name of the religion of Islam that are carrying out crimes against humanity and crimes against Muslims and non-Muslims alike in the name of the Quran and in the name of the religion of Islam and we see them all over the news ISIS, Taliban and Qaeda and these groups of people they do not represent the religion of Islam and you see it is always the Muslims who are the first to condemn their criminal acts always the Muslims who first condemn these evil acts against humanity against Islam and you see that most of the victims of these terrorists are who they are Muslims themselves so does that make sense that in the name of the religion of Islam and they are killing Muslims most of the victims are Muslims themselves so how does it make sense that they are doing this in the name of the religion of Islam when you go and you look at the reality the reality of these terrorist organizations you will see that they are politicians they are politicians they are trying to achieve power they are trying to gain a seat but sometimes a politician they use one way to gain power and sometimes they use force and these people they are politicians they are after power because if they were truly worried about the religion of Islam they wouldn't bomb and explode mosques they wouldn't explode graves of the companions of the Prophet they wouldn't explode graves of some of the Prophet some of the Prophet they bombed their graves and their shrines is this an act of a true Muslim you see that these graves and these shrines they have been around for over a thousand years suddenly a group of people they came and they're destroying all of the graves and all of these shrines in the Middle East so this group of people does not represent the religion of Islam and the Muslims they are the first to condemn their evil acts second the second reason for this rising Islamophobia is the bigotry that we see in society and unfortunately we live in a very free society we live in a free society however there are a lot of bigots and people that have so much hatred in their hearts in this free society and we see this on a daily basis someone who wants to be a presidential candidate he wants to achieve votes what does he do to get rising poll numbers he comes and he says Islam it's not compatible with the constitution others you see they talk against their religion of Islam on the channels these shows on the channels in order to get publicity in order to get ratings they sit and attack their religion of Islam attacking Muslims and this causes other people to go and attack innocent Muslims and this is bigotry if it's not bigotry then I don't know what it is it's bigotry they're generalizing and accusing all Muslims of being terrorists and this is definitely not true but we see that this is very apparent and this act of bigotry it is what's causing it's causing more violence and more Muslims to be attacked and abused we see that only when a Muslim commits a crime right away it's a Islamic problem it's a Muslim problem however when someone else who practices what happens to practice another religion commits a crime you don't hear anything about it a few weeks ago there were shootings in the Oregon community college I was watching this the police officer what's the name of the one who killed these students he went into the community college and he began to shoot his classmates he refused to say his name why did he refuse to say his name because that terrorist he was not he was not black he was not Muslim he was not from a minority he happened to be a white person he refused to mention this bigotry in the united states in the year 2014 and this is according to the website of the FBI I don't visit it but I had to visit it just to get this statistic it says that during 2014 an estimated of 14,196 murders took place in the united states 14,196 did we hear the religion mentioned did we hear did we hear anyone say which religion these people are from the united states is filled with prisoners criminals that are in there because of murdering but the moment you hear a Muslim killed it's all over the news everyone has to hear about it and it suddenly becomes a Muslim problem the question is what do we have to do to satisfy these people you see the Muslims they are very successful their children are educated they pay their taxes what else do you have to do Muslims do not break the law there are other groups of people that break the law more than the Muslims but you see that there is this hatred towards Islam and towards the Muslims what do you have to do to stop this the third reason for this rising Islamophobia and this rising hatred towards Islam and the Muslims is that there is an agenda there is an agenda that is working against Islam and the Muslims there was a study that said that on an annual basis 57 million dollars is infested just to bring down the name of the religion of Islam just to create fear in the hearts of people in the name of the religion of Islam and you can look this up so much money is invested there is actually companies and people influential people in the government that put money so that people have fear of the religion of Islam and people have fear of Muslims they tell you Muslims they want to take over the world and they will kill anyone who does not believe in their belief system or scaring people with this Shari Allah you hear everyone talking about it but you see if you ask one person if you ask some of them even some of the ones who are candidates to be presidents of the United States you ask them what is Shari Allah they won't know they won't have the details of Shari Allah and the religion of Islam but you hear it constantly mentioned now let's analyze what is Shari Allah what is it we constantly hear it being mentioned even unfortunately you see some Muslims because many Muslims you don't see them attending the Masjid you don't see them coming and learning about their religion and they'll probably take their religion from Fox News and from these media channels so you see many people many Muslims are confused themselves many Muslims they actually think Islam is a religion that was spread by the sword and Islam is against women Islam oppresses and abuses people and this is why we need to educate ourselves what is Shari Allah first of all when you see the religion of Islam you see that contrary to other groups of religions contrary to for example Christianity and other religions of course not all of Christians but a group of them the religion of Islam it does not even view that I have to convert other people to the religion of Islam it's not an obligation for me I don't go knocking on people's doors and telling them convert to the religion of Islam we don't yes it's good to guide people it's good to show people the truth but I don't believe that I have to convert everyone to the religion of Islam and we see that even during the time of Rasul Allah ﷺ there were many people who were non-Muslims they were living in a Muslim community with Rasul Allah ﷺ Allah says لكم دينك وليدين you have your faith and I have my faith there's nothing wrong with that in another verse الله says فمن شاء فاليؤمن ومن شاء فاليكفر فاليكفر he who wants to believe they could believe and he who does not want to believe they're not forced to believe Rasul Allah ﷺ did not force people to join the religion of Islam because the day Rasul Allah ﷺ passed away he had power but there were Christians and there were Jews that were living within the Muslim community and in the other verse الله says اتبيّن الرشد من القي there's no compulsion there's no force in religion now this has two meanings one is that you should not force other people to join your religion this is wrong and the other meaning is that you cannot even if you try you cannot can I force someone to love someone else can I force someone to hate someone else no because this is a feeling in the heart and the religion and faith it's also in the heart you cannot change someone's heart by forcing them through force you cannot change someone's belief system اتبيّن الرشد من القي however when you look at other communities when you look at other religions you see there was colonialism for many years what was it for was it just for taking and stealing the money and the resources of countries it also had a reason that let's convert these people because these people their religion is worthless their religion is nothing at any cost if we have to kill these people if we have to annihilate whole communities let's do it and we see that under the excuse of the cross and Christianity and of course this is not Christianity this is not the teaching of Jesus this is not what Jesus wanted but you see that under the cross millions were killed millions were annihilated here America it had Native Americans where are they now do you run into Native Americans when you're driving when you're walking around you don't even see them they're extinct because of this hegemonic practice of spreading our belief system was it the Muslims that did this no you look in other countries today in Palestine why are they being killed why are they being kicked out of their homes why are their homes being demolished over their heads the only reason is that they're Muslim but you see that this is not called terrorism here it's only called terrorism when it's committed when the crime is committed by Muslims however when we look at the religion of Islam we see that the religion of Islam is tolerant towards other religions رسول الله صلى الله عليه وعلي وعلي he was tolerant الله how many times in the Quran says oh people of the book يا أهل الكتاب that means Allah acknowledges them that means they have a right to be live in the community and you go and you look in the Muslim communities in the Muslim countries Christians have been living with Muslims and Jews have been living with Muslims and other people of different faiths they have all been living together the religion of Islam did not exterminate and kill anyone who believes in another religion in fact the greatest sin in the religion of Islam is what? it's shirk it's associating a partner with Allah but you see that even a mushrik is accepted even a mushrik someone who associates a partner with Allah this person he is accepted in the Muslim society الله says in the Quran وإن أحد من المشركين استجارك فأجر even if one of the مشركين he came to seek refuge give him refuge give that person refuge and this is what Rasool Allah did isn't this what Rasool Allah did to Abu Sufyan in his family he freed them and he let them go he let them live so the religion of Islam is very tolerant but you see that there is an agenda that's working against the religion of Islam so this is the first point regarding Sharia Allah I don't believe that I have to force my Sharia upon other people the second what exactly is the Sharia what is the code what is the laws of the religion of Islam you see that the religion of Islam it has a legal system just like other religions they have a legal system the Catholics they have a legal system by the name of the Canon law and the Jews they have a legal system by the name of Halak Allah Halak Allah because these are legal systems of other religions why are they allowed why do we not hear Fox News and other networks attacking these other legal systems religious legal systems and why is it only the religion of Islam that's constantly being attacked and then you come and you look at these legal systems you look at Sharia Allah you see that it's divided into two categories there is one set of laws that pertain to an individual for example I choose Allah سبحانه وتعالى orders me to refrain from eating pork Allah سبحانه وتعالى orders me to refrain from alcohol Allah سبحانه وتعالى orders me to practice modesty Allah سبحانه وتعالى orders me to eat halal food meaning that the blood and the germs and all of this leaves the body of the animal that has been slaughtered now what's the problem if I come and I'm practicing this law what's the problem of me practicing modesty what's the problem when a Muslim woman decides to wear the hijab is it wrong is it going against the teachings of the constitution no you see that the constitution the first thing it orders the first thing that it speaks about is religious freedom and people came to the United States to seek religious freedom but why is it that when it comes to a Muslim it becomes a wrong thing and it becomes something wrong in the name of being open minded in the name of western civilization and democracy you see I read this in France right now they're trying to force the Muslim students and the Jewish students to eat pork at schools at schools they bring them pork and they say you have to eat this because this is secularism you have to be secular is this truly freedom or when a woman is not allowed to practice hijab is this truly freedom why is it okay why is it considered freedom when a woman wants to walk around almost naked that's considered freedom you respect that you accept that why do you not respect it when she wants to cover herself why is it why is it then not freedom you see the double standards another issue the second category regarding شريع الله is that there are laws that the religion of Islam and the Quran and the Rasool of Allah brought for the protection of society as a whole and these are the penal laws sometimes and these are the penal laws that the religion of Islam because the religion of Islam came in a society where there was no government Rasool of Allah he formed his own government there was no civilization in Arabia before the religion of Islam he came and he brought that civilization people were there was no law at night time there was no safety there was no security the murders they were walking around they steal the women from that tribe the religion of Islam it came and it brought a justice system it brought laws so that people can live safely with one another so that people can feel protected and yes some of these laws for example the religion of Islam one of the laws of the religion of Islam is the laws of أصاص when someone kills this person is killed if there are witnesses now someone might come and say this is unjust and the religion of Islam just wants to kill and the religion of Islam wants to seek revenge but Allah سبحانه وتعالى says with قصاص you will find you will find peace you will actually be able to live and when we look at the society that that was practiced it's not the way it's practiced right now by ISIS and these thugs in the name of the religion of Islam when it was practiced by رسول الله and by the imams and during the short period where there was actually real Islam being practiced during the time of Amir al-Mu'mineen you see that Muslims were safe Muslims were safe to walk they say that a female can walk from one city to another city and this was the safety that the religion of Islam brought and of course these laws these laws they're applied now we're not coming and saying that religion because these laws have to be applied to the United States because even Muslim scholars even Muslim scholars they say that these laws they're applied in a Muslim majority community a Muslim majority society and the people they vote to live by that law and doesn't this make sense is this a democratic country where you're allowed to vote for a law that you wish to live by some people they wish they wish to vote for some laws this is what democracy calls for and we see that this is not only happened in the religion of Islam it's not the religion of Islam that's to blame because of these laws there were Muslims before the revolution and there are Muslims after the revolution before the revolution they chose not to practice these laws after the revolution the whole government the whole community the whole nation they stood they decided to live by some laws that they voted for their parliament voted for what's wrong with them if they decide to live by laws the whole community the whole society why is it wrong and you see this is not only where Muslims are living you see that this happens in a Christian country you see that this happens for example in India a few days ago there was a man a few days after Aidan Atha in a city in India who was killed why because they thought that he had eight meat they thought that he had beef in his house and they killed him in a very bad way because there is a law in that city that you're not allowed to eat beef the whole community the whole government at that time they voted for that law now do we see anyone coming and saying these people are cruel and they're forcing people not to eat beef we don't see anyone mentioning these laws but when it comes to the religion of Islam you see the Muslims are attacked and other places many other places this is very common in a democratic society people they vote to live and practice a law that they feel that is befitting for them and you see also some Muslim countries they don't practice some of these religious laws some of these laws that the Quran speaks about they don't practice it they voted not to practice it so why is it Islam that's to blame and then you come and you see that these laws that you're coming and attacking the religion of Islam for example you hear some people go on TV and they say Islam advocate stoning well guess what stoning is not even mentioned in the Quran you know where it's mentioned it's mentioned in the Old Testament go and read your own book before you come and attack the religion of Islam but the problem is today many people they don't even know what the Quran is they just hear Islam and they're coming and attacking the Muslims and creating fear without even reading without even reading the history and the actual rulings of the religion of Islam so Islam is not to blame and these laws they are there to protect society if you choose to live with them you live with them if you don't choose to live with them a community chooses not to live with them and many of these our scholars they say that they are practiced only when the Imam Al-Adil is around only when the true rightful just leader when there is a just government these laws are allowed to be implemented for example scholars they say that the religion of Islam says the thief of course there are conditions there are hundreds of conditions many conditions not anyone who is a thief they come and they cut off his hand for example someone has to break a lock someone has to not be hungry they cannot many conditions they have to be met for that law to be applied and also one of the conditions is that for example there has to be no poverty in society another condition is that the Imam Al-Adil has to be around why because the Imam Al-Adil he is the only one who is able to make sure that all the laws are being applied equally so right now scholars they say that's not applied but of course you see some governments they are competing with ISIS the Saudi government competing with ISIS how many beheadings they can have in a year ISIS wants and this government is beheading people they are bombing innocent people and then a few days ago in the united nations they want to vote for laws against humanity criminal laws that criminal acts of war that have been taken place by the Saudi government who was the first government that came and protected them it was America it was Britain they protected Saudi Arabia and then the religion of Islam is abused of being a terrorist religion a violent religion go solve the problem with your friend the one that the president is dancing with their king go and solve that problem and then you will stop these terrorists because who's financing these terrorists you look at every single terrorist organization who's starting them who's feeding them you see it's coming from the countries but then it becomes a muslim problem fourth reason for the spread of Islamophobia is the lack of activism within the muslims we muslims we are also to blame because we don't do anything we see our soul of Allah being attacked we see our values being attacked we don't do anything about it and there are two groups of muslims we have two choices is that we sit around and we complain the religion of Islam is being attacked and then we get excited when an actor or when someone goes and says something beautiful about the muslims we get very excited we see how these people are defending the religion of Islam and then we also have another option and that is to do something to actually stand and defend our faith to defend our belief system and this is what's expected of us if we are true muslims because Allah says in the Qur'an let me sit and complain for years and months and days if I'm just complaining and I'm not doing anything nothing is going to change and the beauty of the society that we are living in is that there is an opportunity for change there is an opportunity to change the situation in society unlike the middle east where one fourth of the population is killed off and half of the population they are kicked out of the country and they have to go become refugees and you see the dictators and the tyrants all there for 30 years here there is actually room for change there is a way to change it just requires work it just requires participation it just requires him just yesterday there was an election in Canada and the prime minister who was very conservative and his whole agenda during his campaign was against the hijab as if there is nothing else to talk about his whole agenda was against the hijab you see that the Muslims they came out and they voted and today he lost his seat this is this is work and this is what is required of us this is what we have to do we have to have the willpower to change we have to believe that we can change and we are able to change there are many good things in the United States and in the West we should not only focus on the negative things and how the religion of Islam is being attacked we actually have freedom here we can actually go to a court and seek our right here because it is our right to practice our religion freely and you see many good things have happened for example last aid in New York which is probably one of the most important cities America and in the West the day of Eid is a day where all of the schools are on holiday because of the Muslim kids who are a minority all of the schools the whole public school system in New York City they took a holiday closed isn't this something good this is because of few people they actually voiced their opinion they actually said we are Muslims we also deserve rights so we have to actually work but unfortunately you see some people as soon as you tell them come and change come and do something right away they start bringing conspiracy theories no you cannot do anything it's the Zionist yes how did they have power how did they take power they got power because they actually used the process we also have to use the process my dear brothers and sisters when there is an election go out and vote because the congressmen and the officials they only listen to the one who votes they are not going to listen to someone who does not vote no matter how much you cry no matter how much you say if you are not going to vote you don't even exist but the day you begin to vote that's the day that they will listen to you so actually participate and second use the resources available there is a lot of resources that we have available but we see that we are busy wasting our time with other things use the resources that you have available for you be active take the initiative to defend your faith and defend your religion because if I don't defend my religion and my faith right now how can I guarantee that my children will be able to practice freely maybe right now I say it's not a big deal it's not a problem but we see that my children and my grandchildren will be able to actually practice here the religion we have to defend our faith we have to stand we have to voice our opinion and when we gather during محرم we teach ourselves we take lessons on how to defend our faith how to stand for our belief system this is what the whole محرم is why are we gathered here because Imam al-Hussain he voiced his opinion it just started with a word he voiced his opinion he said I cannot vote for Yazid that was it Imam al-Hussain he chose not to vote for Yazid and the companions of Imam al-Hussain they chose to for legitimacy to that corrupt government because that government it was trying to corrupt the religion of Islam and tonight we remember one of the loyal one of the brave warriors of Ashura who was the brother of Imam al-Hussain the son of the Amir al-Mu'mineen this brother of Imam al-Hussain he had such a high position he is so honored the imams that came after him they used to remember there were many Shahadaa but al-Habbas he has a special position in the eyes of the imams the imam says in the اشهد انك لم تهن ولم تنكل وعلى بصيرة من أمرك مقتدين بالصالحين ومتبعا للنبيين انك لم تتنكل في الوقتين where people break كانت الوقت that al-Habbas did not break that brave soldier that loyal brother to Imam al-Hussain you know al-Habbas he was able to drink the water after three days of not drinking the water he actually went and he penetrated through the army and he was in the ferat he places his hands in the water he brings it close and his lips are dry he's thirsty it's been such a long time he hasn't drank water as he brings the water close to him that moment is what defined about al-Fadr al-Habbas that moment he was able to drink the water but he said how can i drink the water when the son of fatimah is thirsty how can i drink the water when the children of Imam al-Hussain are yelling when the children are thirsty how can i drink water and he drops the water in the river he fills the canteen this was al-Habbas after seeing that Imam al-Hussain عليه السلام was left all alone it was only al-Abbas al-Abbas and the one who died after him was Ali al-Azhar all of the companions he gave his brothers he told his brothers to go one after the other and defend Imam al-Hussain these are the sons of Um al-Baniin Um al-Baniin he married Um al-Baniin so that they can protect Imam al-Hussain on the day of ashura al-Abbas his life it revolved around protecting Imam al-Hussain عليه السلام and he made sure that he protected the Imam of his time and the family of his Imam until his last breath the children they're crying he tells Imam al-Hussain عليه السلام he tells him oh my master he used to never call him my brother until one moment until when he was about to die he tells him oh my master please allow me to go and bring water please allow me to fight Imam al-Hussain tells him if you have to fight then bring water but the Imam he could not let go of al-Abbas he tells him oh brother he was the last one but Imam al-Hussain tells him you are my army if you die who is going to protect us who will protect the daughters of father after you by al-Abbas he was on a mission to quench the thirst of the children of Abdullah he was on a mission to quench the thirst of the children of Abdullah there's a poem it says Imam al-Hussain عليه السلام he sent abal fad and abal fad he goes out calling his name and telling them to stand in front of him whoever they are he's going to go when he's dead until he's seen the signs in the money for himself and for al-Tahr because I'm al-Abbas I'm going to drink and I'm not afraid of the evil on the day of the meeting he goes and he penetrates through the army until he reaches the farad he fills the canteen of water and then he brings the water then he remembers the thirst of Imam al-Hussain عليه السلام he begins reciting يا نفسه من بعد al-Hussain هوني وبعده لا كنت أو تكوني وتجربين the canteen of water and he begins to go be killed they surround him from all he says was the first moment he said places his head in the lap of Imam al-Hussain in his lap and then he begins to wipe the bird in the blood from the face Imam al-Hussain tells him oh my dear brother let me take you back to the camp Imam al-Hussain and al-Abbas he tells Imam al-Hussain on and walking back to the tents you can't forget for the more hours with wiping his tears with his sleeve the woman Imam al-Hussain let us raise our hands and by the love of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas this great man Al-Abbas he has a position in the eyes of Allah anyone who is sick do tawassal turn to Allah through the love and the position of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas he is loyal he was loyal to Imam al-Hussain he will also be loyal with us نسألك الله هما وندع باسمك العظيم الله جل للأكرمياء الله خلب القلوب الله أم أحفر للمؤمنين والمؤمنات الأحياء منهم والأم كمجيب الدعوة يجب أن نرسل ثلاثة مرحبا هناك أخي يجب أن نرسل tomorrow ويجب أن نرسل دعوة بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والحمد لله رب العالمين وصل الله وعلى محمد وعلى