 Bayjons I just want to ask how are they doing tonight but let's switch back to English and say what's going on to everybody and I hope you guys are having a beautiful night if it's nighttime hope you're having a beautiful morning if it's morning time and hope you're having a beautiful day if it's daytime on your end today is Wednesday so that means hashtag Gelenty is on so forget Iran versus Spain game and come watch hashtag Gelenty although it's hard I just heard of my earpiece that they got a penalty shot so you know if they tie up they'll go up but we'll leave that to the side but tonight's episode is about a serious crime that has occurred almost a century ago yet the world has barely any information on that topic and on that serious very serious crime but hashtag Gelenty chose to talk about it tonight what crime are we talking about you'll get to know but after what's trending in a few seconds welcome back dear viewers the guys was the guys were joking with me there's no penalty shot it's still 1-0 for Spain that's for what's trending but no what's trending for tonight very serious now the US Trump administration has pledged to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday because it accused it accused the council of hypocrisy and bias against Israel now the American ambassador to the UN she mentioned for too long the Human Rights Council has been a protector of human rights abusers and cesspool of political bias Nikki Haley ambassador American ambassador to the UN she also mentioned that she also mentioned that the UN community does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights now this is against one or the only organization serving human rights out there in the most prominent one out there and Trump administration is attacking it I don't know what else is who else has it in the the Trump administration attacked but we'll get to see what will go on but whoever's watching the World Cup they're probably watching it right now you know a split screen hashtag and then see on one side the World Cup on the other side Iran versus Spain but if you guys are watching no Arab country is making it into the top 16 you know all of them were disqualified except for Tunisia and it's not looking too promising for them because the next game is against Belgium and you know they lost against England they're probably gonna lose against Belgium although you know they say soccer is a game of miracles as the Japanese coach said when you know before the game with Columbia he said if we win on Columbia if we beat Columbia it's gonna be a small miracle which they did they beat Columbia but you know what that's it for us trying to let's go jump in to see what tonight's topic is all about once again we do welcome everybody for joining us tonight episode 62 of hashtag and T Masha Allah knock on wood 62 episodes of hashtag and T that has come your way tonight we're trying to talk about something very important we can all agree that one of the most essential and respected manners for every denomination of every religion of all religions is heritage I mean heritage is what belongs to the culture of particular society that was created in the past and still has historical importance notice the words or the term I use belongs now what do I mean by that if something belongs to a culture of a particular society then it must be preserved as it's the an exceptional elements that matters the most to that specific group or that defines that group now suppose that respected heritage is destroyed then what happens then the perpetrator has committed a serious and a huge crime a heinous crime against every single follower of that specific group that religion or that denomination that entire group that follows that denomination or religion now today my dear viewers we are trying to commemorate an early commemoration of what's on Friday Friday marks the International Day the 8th of Shawwal marks the demolition of Al Baqia the tragedy the crime that affects every Muslim every year on the 8th of Shawwal however as I mentioned at the beginning of the show the world is yet to know what Baqia is what has actually happened on that day and what's going on and how people are raising awareness not everyone is shedding light on it so that's why we chose tonight to talk about it but the question for you guys that we chose for tonight is Baqia demolition are you raising awareness very simple question how are you raising awareness you can tell us by participating at the number shown right now plus nine six four seven seven four zero six seven eighteen thirty six that's zero zero six nine six four seven seven four zero six seven eighteen thirty six you can call us during the live show via whatsapp you can send us a text message you can send us a voice message we're also live on Facebook so you guys can go check us out there comment and let us know what you guys think and what you guys how are you guys are raising awareness on Baqia demolition or on this specific day 8th of Shawwal what are you guys doing do let us know but we'll take a very quick break and come back to talk more of tonight's topic welcome back dear viewers hope everyone is enjoying their night now tonight as you mentioned we are live in the holy city of Karbala and it's a beautiful Wednesday night here in the blessed city and you know coming to you live Ahmed Ali hashtag and see the late night dog come in your way now we all we all know that people are watching the game right now but hopefully you know they can tune in and learn about international Baqia day and the question for you guys Baqia demolition are you raising awareness the question is right there below and the number is below it so all you got to do is pick up the phone open WhatsApp down the number give us a call shoot us a text message give send us a voice message via WhatsApp let us know what you guys think you can also comment on our live Facebook feed we are live on there as well so you guys go check it out as well now for those who haven't heard of Baqia let's take a step back and go to check out and go to learn and talk about what Baqia is all about and what's the story behind it now Baqia is a cemetery located in Medina and if you don't know where Medina is I don't know what under what rock you live in but it's in it's in Saudi Arabia you guys should all know that by now now it's it's named Baqia the name Baqia means a tree garden now it also has another nickname another title it's called genetic Baqia the the heaven of the tree garden due to its sanctity now since many of Prophet Muhammad's sons grandsons companions and relatives are buried there that's where the sanctity comes from now the first companion ever to be buried in that place in that cemetery was Othman ibn ma'oon who who died on the third of Shaaban in the third year of Hijrah the third year after Hijrah now just a quick info to throw a lot of people question you know it's not a bit more own a lot of people question that ma'am Ali named one of the sons of Usman and they say that you know due to ma'am Ali's love to Othman ibn Afan we're not trying to raise any sectarian information but you know where we're sharing information that needs to be shared it's not due to his love to Othman ibn Afan who actually fought Amir Mu'mineen but he named his son Othman because of this very loyal companion Othman ibn Ma'oon so just to clear up some of the misconceptions revolving on the name of the son of Ma'am Ali ibn al-Pahlim anyways now the Prophet ordered certain trees to be cut down and in the middle to be buried whoever dies from the Muslims be buried in that cemetery placing two stones over Othman ibn Ma'oon's grave now on the following years the Prophet's son Ibrahim if you don't know the Prophet had sons he actually did have sons and several sons one of his sons was Ibrahim who died in infancy he's also buried in that cemetery as well the people of Medina after that began to bury all of their deceased everyone that died from the Muslims in Medina they would go bury them in Baqiyyat and the Prophet mentioned something very important and he gave a very nice dua and a blessings to those to those people who are buried in Baqiyat he said peace be upon you O haven of the faithful God willing we should soon join you O Allah forgive the dwellers of Baqiyat so this is a prayer that Prophet Muhammad used to pray whenever someone is buried in Baqiyyat so the sanctity of Baqiyyat also comes from the dua that Prophet Muhammad or from the prayer that Prophet Muhammad prayed to those individuals now the sites of Baqiyyat the cemetery gradually extended it got a lot bigger people began to bury Muslims when they died in the battle when they died out of your old age out of anything they went and buried their deceased in the in that cemetery but we do remind everyone to call in as we just received a text message from Sajjad from the UK I have participated in several protests thank you very much let's get that back on let's get that back on but until then we'll just all right is there technical issues all right so that it's back on Sajjad from the UK says I've participated in several protests again against Al Saud here in the UK calling for the reconstruction of Jannat Al Baqiyyat we hope that the world listens to us and does something about it thank you very much Sajjad from the UK and I applaud you for what you have been doing to raise awareness to those individuals and to raise awareness for Jannat Al Baqiyyat now going back to what we were saying before now as I mentioned Jannat Al Baqiyyat gradually extended and it got a lot bigger nearly 7,000 companions of Prophet Muhammad were buried in that cemetery no or not so it's not just a specific a specific cemetery for a specific Islamic denomination and according to many historical books whether Sunni or Shi'a and mostly Sunni they focus a lot on companions now if you do focus a lot on companions almost 7,000 companions are buried in that cemetery which will talk about who destroyed it now not to also mention and not to forget to mention at the same time that Imam Al-Hasan was also buried there Imam Zain Al-Abideen the son of Imam Al-Hasan was buried there Imam Al-Baqir was buried there Imam Al-Sadiq was also buried there and let's not forget the mother of the four sons Umm Al-Baneen is also buried in Jannat Al Baqiyyat now this holy land became a heritage for all Muslims not just for Shi'a not because the Imams are buried there 7,000 companions along with the Prophet's relatives and wives are buried in that now the world it's still being it remained as one of the most important heritage within Islamic culture and to the Muslims and everything was going well and until 1806 and the beginning of the 18th century AD now what was going on and what happened during the house of Saudi's 19th century control over Mecca and Medina they demolished mosques they demolished sites they demolished graves they looted areas they demolished a lot of religious buildings and historical landmarks where they took anything precious within that as a decoration for their homes so it's like a spoil for war they took it from mosques landmarks manuscripts were burned and so on and so forth they raised everything to the ground and everything was robbed from from those religious places and then they turned to Jannat Al Baqiyyat because that wasn't an exception they also raised that to the ground and demolished everything that remained or that stood in Jannat Al Baqiyyat now it was later rebuilt by the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Abdul Majeed Abdul Hamid Abdul Majeed I Abdul Hamid II and Mahmood II as well but later on we see a new group we don't want to use foul terminology but just to keep it within Islamic boundaries we'll just say Raad Al-Haram the sons of the unlawful you guys know what I'm saying because as what we're going to talk about later on you'll get to know how much amnesty and how much hatred they have towards animosity towards such a religious heritage within Islam really affect every Muslim as I mentioned later on but the Wahhabis when they came in and they brought Asoud to power they did one thing they also they brought back the demolition of religious sites after the Ottoman Empire raised Jannat Al Baqiyyat when the Wahhabis came in they went back and they demolished Jannat Al Baqiyyat when the house of Al-Soud got or regained their power in Mecca and Medina in 1925 Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal Al Saud aka Ibn Saud this guy right there this what should we call him this you know just make it full so the guys can get scared whoever's watching us can get scared this devil actually looks like he has two horns coming out of his head subhanAllah and subhanAllah if you realize every person coming from Asoud is either you're blind or his eyes are going the long way like they're not balanced properly we're not trying to make fun of you know God's creation but that's not God's creation bro that's a devil's creation but anyways now when when they got empowered when they regain power in April 21st or they got they regain power before but on April 21st 1925 they went back to Baqiyyat and they demolished it to the ground they broke it down and now no one is there to rebuild it we'll get to talk about it later but let's take this text message we just got from Fatima of Sweden she says I think we should contact the United Nations directly a delegation has to go straight to their headquarters in New York and tell them everything while showing them the evidences very nice idea very beautiful idea Fatima from Sweden thank you very much for joining us tonight yes that was your idea thank you very much for joining us tonight now the demolition included destroying even the simplest this is the translation even the simplest of the gravestones so even a small grave that indicated and I repeat again almost 7,000 companions if you guys are worrying about you know what I'm coming from a Shia perspective which I should but let's put shares onto the site for a sec and let's bring it from a Islamic perspective where everyone respects their companions right or do we respect some of the companions I don't know but coming from a general Islamic perspective almost 7,000 companions are buried in that cemetery and they destroyed every single small stone sitting on a grave they took it out they dug it they they demolished everything now let's see a before and after picture of what look like and what does it look like today so this is what it looked like before let's full screen that so they can see what it actually looked like before see that's gentle but right there where the imams are buried the big shrine but look at the graves look how many graves are in gentle but yeah or were in gentle but yeah it's huge just 7,000 companions not including the relatives the wives the sons the the grandsons of Prophet Muhammad and the Muslims that were buried there let's look at it now this is not this is but that's me but that's what it looks like right now let's full screen up let's full screen up empty piece of land empty piece of land nothing desert desert that's it is that what Muslim heritage should look like is that what 7,000 companions of Prophet Muhammad should look like now that's embarrassing for all Muslims not to talk about it and not to raise awareness on the 8th of shawwal because it really it discusses me that individuals like the government of al-saud are you know demolishing Muslim heritage while Muslims are not following up with it and not really you know understanding what happened and not knowing what happened you're Muslim you should know what happened to your heritage but let's ask the expert about tonight's topic and what he has to say joining us Mustafa Aqwan from Mustafa Aqwan founder and head of the Shi'a rights watch joining us tonight thank you very much for the amount of for covering such a huge topic first of all I apologize for my clothes because I don't have a proper clothes that I've been on the road for covering different topics but because the topic of Bapi is very important to me and my organization we are trying to raise the awareness and working with the different groups in regard in that Shi'a rights watch is working with the Bapi Foundation which is internationally working on this subject of rebuilding the Bapi and raising the awareness and creating such an important such a documentation that can be presented to different countries there are so many things that the people can know and can understand and can work on one is that the topic of the Bapi need a lot of awareness to the Shi'a Muslims and the people of other faith unfortunately there are many Shi'as who don't know exactly where is Bapi who is buried there and what they can do and the International Committee is the same thing so we are working on that regard with the Shi'a rights watch with the Bapi Foundation at the same time there are a lot of campaign is going on there are a lot of things that the people can do is not only about participating the restrictions participating in front of the Saudi embassy there are if they are writers they can write about it if everyone is using the social media they can follow the hashtag that is going on for the rebuilding the Bapi and working on that regard there are people who are can either financially or educationally work and that regard they can do research they can do articles alhamdulillah we have very educated people in our communities that they have this awareness they have this knowledge they can put that knowledge in the good use for us is very important to know that the Bapi and the rebuilding Bapi is not only for that place is not for you only only for that Bapi is for the demolition of the other religious sites that the terrorist groups are aiming or have done in the past we have the demolitions in the religious sites in Syria in Iraq that need awareness these are the steps that we are taking to to introduce that to the International Committee and working with that it is our job to work and not as a longer organization as a as a people with the faith faith to raise this awareness work with this different organization work with a different TV station work with a different media to raise this awareness and create a such environment that the people agree and be able to understand us because there are a lot of things that a lot of issues that there is no lack of understanding lack of why people are trying to rebuild the Bapi why they are having more and on the situation like a religious sites a lot of people they don't understand that they don't know the subject they don't know why we are doing this so for us to be able to introduce that for us to be able to work in that subject is very important and TV station like I'm often saying that is doing very good job and regarding that awareness and the other awareness is the platform that they can use or the shia rice watch or buggy foundation they can use and and work with those organization and there are so many other organization as well so many organization who are working that subject but the specifically and the shia situation shia rice watch is taking the lead buggy foundation taking the lead on the rebuilding the buggy these are the organization where that this is their specialty they are working on that they can contact us and see what they can do in that regard at the same time work with the different social media work within media work with the news agencies to raise this awareness every single thing that we do can be helpful for promoting our faith promoting our religion and at the same time making other people to understand we are oppressed and we need to be our issue would need to be highlighted and they have to work on that once again we do thank Mustafa Mustafa for joining us tonight and bro you look amazing you don't need to apologize for you were wearing you look fresh but thank you very much once again for joining us tonight from New York we did receive a text message from Matt from the US Matt says this is the first time all right okay malfunction malfunction all right this is the first time I've heard of such a right are you guys playing a game or what now we're good this is the first time that I've heard of such a crime against humanity this is also this also affects us non-muslims because if terrorists destroy the heritage of Muslims then they can target the heritage of non-muslims as well very much true Matt from the US thank you very much for joining us tonight and it's unfortunate it's unfortunate that you know they shouldn't be called Muslims because a Muslim is the one that protects their heritage just like a Christian they wouldn't be called a Christian if they did not protect their heritage so exactly so they are terrorists they're not Muslims and that's what we need to keep in mind even if they do think that they're Muslims they're not but so now what are the ways that you can raise awareness on this a few individuals did messages and let us know what they thought but how would someone raise awareness now people around the world gather every year and protest against the demolition of Baqia as we can see right there in the United States and of course all of them are in front of the Saudi Embassy we have Mohammed Halley who is standing in front of the Saudi Embassy in the United States and protesting on this day there are also petitions being signed worldwide and then they are handed to the UN so they can raise awareness and let the UN understand what has happened to Al Baqia thousands of members are signing this petition every year there are organizations like Al Baqia organization an NGO that has really worked hard to raise awareness under the slogan preservation oh sorry preservation of heritage and a safeguarding of identity committed to raising awareness and letting everyone know what actually happened in Baqia another one another way that people are you know sharing or raising awareness is hashtag galantee creating a platform and letting everyone highlighting and highlighting everything that needs to be highlighted on this specific day regarding this specific crime we are receiving some Facebook comments from Yusuf Sadiq he says Wahhabis consider the tombs of al Saud a holy shrine and respected and respect their graves more than the holy shrines of all prophets very true Maryam done Don Fleming says oh my how could these devils do such a thing trust me devils would do anything but thank you very much and that's it that's it for tonight everyone should raise awareness whether it's a Facebook post whether it's an Instagram picture whether it's a tweet whether it's a Snapchat a small snap a short snap a picture anything that you can do on this day would raise awareness and would spread the message that this heinous crime was committed a century ago which still exists today you know a crime might exist and might pass through history but this still exists today where thousands of Muslims millions of Muslims go to Medina and are not allowed to visit these graves over 7,000 individuals 7,000 Muslims buried in that cemetery where millions of Muslims are not allowed to recite the simple fatah near their graves let's get together and raise awareness and call for the rebuild of jinnat al-baqiyyah the heaven of al-baqiyyah thank you very much everyone for joining us tonight do stay tuned for the upcoming episodes at 10 30 a.m. sorry 10 30 p.m. Karbala time every Monday Wednesday and Saturday 10 30 p.m. Karbala times Ahmad Ali coming to you live once again thank you very much waslamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wabarakatuh