 Asalaamu alaikum brothers and sisters welcome to another episode of the open minded thinker show a very sad news and also a hot bit news here this lovely day obviously yesterday I was scrolling on the internet and I saw a video of a young man he drove to a place where Muslims were actually doing their dower on the street so there's a signpost there called the subway I'm going to be showing you the video pretty soon for you to see things yourself I know most of you may have seen it but I intend to shut this video because this guy that did this was taught a bitter lesson because obviously majority of these guys that live in the United States although say in Canada are often very much aware of the reactions of some Muslims in Muslim majority countries to people who supposedly desecrate the Quran or insult Islam or prophet Muhammad peace be upon him I am not trying to say or defend anyone who don't say like insult the prophet it's really wrong it's despicable it's against you know the principles of faith whether you'll be cruel whether you are christian or you're an atheist you've got to respect people's identity respect people's wear of life respect what they hold dear and avoid anything that would create tension that's my own stand but some of the ways some of these Muslims in Muslim majority countries react obviously to some of these problems are apparently very very sad oftentimes you see people get people burnt in a jungle justice like what happened in Nigeria where a lady who said people should start posting pictures or videos or religious things in the school what some group she was guarded and was burnt alive I think that is really a bad you know example all over the world the news went all around the world and there's no way Muslims can defend that it was it was barbaric it was against you know modernism I believe that if somebody commits a crime he or she should be subjected to a particular trial if he or she is found guilty of committing an offence then appropriate punishment should be meted out to the person but in a situation where a group of guys you know come together get someone burnt a lady for that matter you know start questioning their rationality and start questioning how smart they are and really what they call the religion so I think that's what makes some of these guys living in Canada not a part of the world you know let's try these with these Muslims living with us here and see really what is going to happen you know at the end what happened surprised me at the beginning of this video his problem wasn't about them preaching anything that's completely against the law the faith or his conviction his problem is prophet Muhammad and does really suck why is it that some of these guys hate prophet Muhammad for crying out loud but for Muhammad wasn't against anybody he he he lived alive that was fueled with grace it was the Muslims obviously that preserved some of the books or some of the civilization we're enjoying today in the west if not for the Muslims preserving classical you know christian and greek you know roman writings i don't think most of the things we have today would have been you know there because there took over turkey a place that was called Constantinople at that time unlike the christian invaders that invaded that areas earlier nothing was destroyed everything that made up the civilization today were preserved so i do not know why these guys taking on prophet Muhammad peace be upon him but let's see how it ended he was obviously talking to them and they were no they were not interested in replying him so what did he do next he desecrated the books and i think that's the Quran why he was standing very far from them there was something that happened that was coping they drink away from the holy Quran while i discourage behaviors like this i do encourage and you know congratulate some of these guys on the way they reacted he wasn't confronted they didn't fight with them they didn't exchange insult what do you think this guy that did this would be thinking now but are you sure i'm not wrong why didn't they react it might be the beginning of his own conversion it might be the beginning of his own rethink about his life because what might cause this is maybe excess drugs frustrations desperation or a combination of all of them so it's really a very good example set by these muslims they never confronted him they just cut the wine didn't drink away and then stayed really encouraged it yeah sometimes the the best way to respond is is not by you know directly confronting confronting the people who are doing this you know sometimes you have to use more subtle means of getting your message across and and bringing about change in society if if you know an incident like that happens if you handle it the wrong way it just blows out of proportion and the people become more the conversation changes people become now more interested in like the reaction than than the original action itself and then people because that's that's why that's why they do it right like that's why they burn the crime it's usually far right groups or individuals who are doing it and they have an agenda right they want you to react in a certain way yes and then the muslims comply yeah and then whatever they have done just whatever whatever message they were trying to draw attention to just becomes more overblown and and their goals are met they achieve their purpose that way so we have to be wise as muslims and recognize this to be happening so one one thing that will help us to be wise is to recognize that it is the way of God that he has created such a world in which there will be positive messages and there will be its contrary the Quran says for example in the sixth chapter referring to what was happening with the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him the opposition that he was facing and so on the Quran says thus we have placed for every prophet an enemy that comes in the form of satans from among humans and jinn kind they will inspire each other with with speeches of like decorated speeches so the the Quran is already acknowledging that god knows this is happening and he's allowing it to happen this way and it will continue to happen in this way let's live it right there ladies and gentlemen until next time assalamu alaikum