The comments on this video are so civil, and I think I know why: because the people likely to leave terrible comments dont watch unbiased educational videos on Islam lol
I don't condone any cult. I give you: Every time I roll a pencil on a table it falls off the edge even though I have prayed in truth for God to stop the pencil so we can begin a relationship. A relationship with God implies a shared concourse of ideas. It is false.
Ras Ya, why is that? Because none are critical of Islam or because no one has used vulgarities and cuss words? Do you sincerely believe Islam doesn't deserve criticism?
This was an informative video that had few opinions but was more just basically expressing information. If there was something said such as "this is why Islam is true" or "the miracles in the Quran prove it is the word of Allah", then there would be comments challenging that which was said. Unfortunately there would be a number of those that would be more rude and insulting than disputing in a civil manner.
No Abu it's the opposite, the entire world is overcritical towards islam to the point, where people call for the extinction of all Muslim lives. You and your idiots aren't critical,since most of your criticism is unproven and with no context or nuance in order to be considered Criticism.
FCK THESE CRAZY RELIGIOUS NUTS AND THEIR BULLSHT PROPOGANDA. Islam is horribly abusive to women, it deserves NO respect or civility. Christianity as well (read the bible if you dont believe me), but its not nearly as DISGUSTING as Islam.
This is a summary of about 80% -85% of my uni's Religious Studies course on Islam, I'm very impressed. I think you gave a good summary of the variety of Islam and still gave some ways to understand it as a coherent structure. I'll be sure to send this to my prof :)
There's a video on this very channel what "Religious Studies" is about, and that it's not only for followers of a certain religion. ;) I can be Christian, or Hindu, or Muslim, or Atheist, or generally have no idea what I am, and still learn about other religions, or religion in general.
ReformMsia Satanism is actually it's own religion and/or personal philosophy. Though a lot of satanist symbolism looks scary (and for some satanists that's the point), satanism actually holds a nuanced worldview that I think is very interesting. Though not a satanist myself, I would invite you to learn a bit more as to better understand these people's beliefs. After all, that's why I'm here watching this video.
Silver Fang Hi 👋 Thank You for your thought and sharing What puzzles me is people who know about satan would know that satan has a creator Why would you worship a creation rather than The Creator Himself ! And most satanist i know were ex-christians
Thank you for posting! This is the clearest and most illuminating introduction to Islam I've ever seen or read. Most appreciated is the focus on the internal diversity which is so often ignored in discussion of Islam.
9:30 just one thing missing, the Pilgrimage is stated "those who CAN do Pilgrimage are required to do it only ONCE and it's okay to do it more than once" Those who can't do Pilgrimage, are not required. In the Quran there's the most important verse: "God does not burden any soul (person) beyond its (their) scope (capacity)"
I grew up in Utah in the Mormin religion, and now as an adult i love learning about other religions and cultures around the world and how deeply and vastly steeped in history so many of them are. Fascinating. Thank you for taking the time to explain things to us in a way we can understand!
If there is anything I believe in, it's education. This was way educational. Keep it up :) I like your open minded, scholarly approach to these subjects. I'm sure my old professors would have recommended your videos if they existed 20 yrs ago. Any chance you will be doing some vids on new religious movements in the foreseeable future?
@@MultiTatanya yeah but as a kid who knows nothing, I was raised to think that everyone older than me knows better than me. i haven't known better back then.
Not too surprising and probably the same for Christians living in predominantly Christian countries. Especially as this teaches about diversity and your religious community usually just teaches your own variety. I would say I know more about (the) Islam(s) than most of my Muslim students. And I know just a tiny portion of what there is to know.
This is a great intro. I am a Christian and have explored a lot of religious paths before I became Christian. I did not know much about Islam, so this was very helpful. Thank you
You explored a lot of religions before becoming a Christian but chose to skip one of the most popular religions in the world?? Interesting exploration technique.
@@DynamiteProd I didn't base my explorations on how popular a religion was. I was drawn to Buddhism and Taoism mostly until becoming Christian. I still try to learn from all religious teachings, though.
to me as an Muslim Myself, what i learn from my Religion is you must keep and Always Improving yourself to be Better and More then before. From are Iman, Salah, and are Good Deeds plus How you Life you must keep Learning,Evolve, and Changing to go Beyond yourself
My family homeschools, and I’m the older sister to two younger brothers who are still being homeschooled. I do lessons with them about things that I think are important that they don’t learn anywhere else, and I include your videos in a lot of our lessons. We were raised evangelical so I think it’s important for them to get a broader view of other religions. Thank you for making these videos and sharing knowledge ❤️
Thank you for this video. As someone who has taken courses on Islamic studies out of curiosity, especially with all of the attention it has been getting, it makes me so happy to hear you clear up so much of the stuff which people just don't understand or take for granted. This is especially in regards to the discussion on Shariah. I can't even count how many times I've tried to explain that it isn't just a solid, unchanging code of things you have to do. I wish more people would take an interest in finding the truth rather than taking rumour at face value.
Waiting for the next part with excitement. I've receantly moved to Morocco and I'm attempting my first ramadan as a personal experience and as a way to better understand the community I'm now part of. Thank you for this video.
Very cool. I'm living in East Jerusalem currently, so it is cool to see all the locals walking to Al-Aqsa every Friday. The next video in this series will be on the Dome of the Rock.
This video is an important one for Islam. I am Christian and have always felt attracted by Islam, esp. the prayer practice. I don't know whether I will one day technically convert, but I don't think it is even necessary. At the moment, I am receiving my inspiration from quran and bible alike, and I can't see anything wrong with that. One day, all temple will be torn down, and the warm wind of God's eternal grace will blow unobstructedly again over the surface of an earth of dignity, compassion and love, and a creation shall see it an happily move towards its completion. ان الله يبارك فينا بالمساء اليوم و بالمساء الحياة و بالمساء المالم.
Hi Ralph! If you are interested to learn about Islam or the Abrahamic faith (Islam, Judaism, and Christianity), I think you should visit Blogging Theology channel. That channel discussing comparative religion and other stuff by Paul Williams. Since I also love to learn theology, so I recommend you to visit it. It's so interesting!
@@jessica-tv6ep Thank you dear. I am in fact drawn to religion. My intellect tells me there is no God, but I can hear my heart and soul laughing at the same time. The wonder never becomes stale.
@@LivoirienyvoitrienHi! I'm obviously late. But, I think you should learn deeper about both Christianity and Islam. I'm pretty sure, God willing, that you will find the obvious truth. It becomes very clear when you read BOTH the Bible and the Quran. But, most importantly, reading just the translation of the Quran is insufficient. You won't get the context.
Hope to see a video on various schools of theology in Islam. You could talk about Asharis, Maturidis, Atharis and Mutazilites among Sunni theological schools for starters. You could also elaborate on the 4 law schools and talk about the highly important concept of Ijma (consensus).
I feel like that's too high level for non-muslims to be interested tbh. It will also misguide people into thinking that all these splinter groups are still part of the theology of Islam, which they are not. Eg. The Mu'tazila were seen as heretics by majority of the scholar
A lot of science started from Muslim scientists. Unfortunately, a lot of pseudoscience also comes from these same Muslim scientists. Muslim science gave us vision correcting lenses but it also gave us alchemy. (Fortunately, alchemy evolved into chemistry and the old pseudoscience mumbo-jumbo only lives on in legend)
@@banks3388 alot of fundamentalists use religion now as a weapon to keep people ignorant. It’s really sad, there’s alot of discouragement from so called “religious leaders”, where they cultivate herd mentality and unquestioning obedience over the ancient islamic world that encouraged curiosity and knowledge-seeking as a holy and religious task almost. It’s kind of complicated but that’s kind of the atmosphere in certain places as of modern.
I wish you could also talk about when/how Christianity and Islam split apart. They were not completely separate in the beginning. Similar to how Judaism and Christianity were not entirely split at first. This fact is strictly ignored - esp. here in America.
Islam was always it's own distinct religion, different from both judaism and christianity. Sure, it was inspired by those religions, but it was always distinguished from them.
This is the most civilised comment section I've encountered on a video dealing with islam on a channel that discusses religion. Well done guys it's nice to see there's still some hope.
The commentary on diversity in Islam is rather eye opening. Coming from the perspective of someone who grew up catholic (since rejected said religious identity, rather vehemently) and also one half of relatives being Syrian, Pakistani and Lebanese individuals with generationally recent immigration to the USA stating a rather closed minded animosity towards Islamic ideologies and identities. After watching this all I can think of is the diversity among the Christian religions some being equally totalitarian and radical in their beliefs and ideologies, but they are “accepted” or overlooked because they align closer with the western social order or can simply be perceived as inconsequential fanatics with no real influence in society.
Still a long ways to go Andrew, thank you for putting it out there for all to learn some basics of Islamic faith which has such diverse cultures throughout the world!
As a Muslim, I can tell you that all those groups are not different in basic Islamic 5 pillars (Shahada-prayer, Zakat, Fasting and Hajj). Islam is so simple, yet extremely rich through each one relation to Allah. If you want to be Muslim, read Quran even with translation and search for Allah and he will guide you. More than happy to help anyone that needs to know more about Islam.
It's true. The Islam I was raised with is different than the Islam my imam preaches. My mom literally tells me to just go to the mosque, pray, and don't bother listening to the Imam. The Islam I practice is a more mystic form of islam and we're from Ohrid, Macedonia. My imam is a Jordanian... Tbh I thought my version was orthodoxy lol For example, I was raised to believe that everyone who believes in God goes to heaven. My imam preaches that only muslims go to heaven. It varies. Another ones is what happens after you die. In the one I was raised in, there are restless spirits and ghosts. My imam teaches that you sleep in the grave until the final resurrection so there are no ghosts. It's interesting
Gheorghe Kipcak Your Imam ks correct. Sadly, the Balkans, Central Europe, and other lands on the peripheries were deprived of religious education due to occupation.
But if the Islam your practice is different from the Islam of the Sahaba (the first Muslims), wouldn't that mean that Muhammad would have you beheaded for apostacy? And if not, why?
Shawn Masters well something not known to many is that the Islam followed by the sahaba had different interpretations and they would act very differently from one another, to an extent where some of them went to war against the others (mind you they were all sahaba who were alive during Muhammad's life time). after Uthman (the third caliph) was killed, they disagreed vehemently on how to approach the matter, some saying that they should go after those who killed him and some saying to not do that so it won't get bigger. In summary the sahaba had vastly different opinions and different ideologies but were all considered Muslim
Emre... Islam has some good points, but unfortunately the bad ones cover them up. On the grave issue... no, when you are finished with this body, you sleep a little while to rest, then you get another body. If you reach rock bottom, and still prefer to stay there, then thats where you will stay.( This calls for understanding) This process will continue until you are perfected. For Muslims, that means a very long time sorry to say. The sooner you oppose bloodshed, the better it is for you. Your Mom seems to have more spiritual advancement than your Imam or anyone else here. Please send her my best wishes. Listen to her before anyone here friend. May you find the peace you seek.
Thank you for this vid. It is very informative in the proper context. I am a Christian and know (not just believes) that we all, as believers in the one true God, are commanded to love one another because God loves us. The only way to do that is to understand each other better. Thanks again for helping us to do that. Keep up the good work and God bless!
Thank you! That's a great attitude to have. We need to find ways to live together despite our differences. I think education is one step toward that goal.
BadSportsLobby Tv but the thing about God is you cannot blame him for natural violence we are animals after all it’s easy to blame God for everything but it’s honestly our fault for justifying our horrible actions in the name of God. I’m not a religious person by any means but person with common sense and tolerance for people’s religious beliefs that’s all.
Please expand series like this one. In the era of increasing globalisation, unprecendented amount of contact between cultures and rapidly developing communication technology, people need to be educated in religious literacy in order to avoid conflict.
Just a little clarification: for the vast majority of everyday Muslims, the only significant/relevant divide is between Sunni(85%), Shia(15%). (think of it as Protestant vs catholic). so, most do classify themselves as either Sunni or shia, but if you ask an ordinary Muslim :"what type of sunni/shia are you?" he might not even have an answer for that.
I would say, even for those who claim sunni/shia identity, the details of their belief may be personally unique. For example, from my personal experience, some Sunni Muslims (the ones who I know, as a South Asian Muslim) don't pay much attention to the Hadiths, even though they would never actually call themselves pure Quranists, or deny their identity as Sunni Muslims, despite ignoring some of the more detailed teachings of Sunni scholarship. I personally make no judgement to those people, considering I make videos where I play an instrument, lol
and for a sunni we actually take from each of the 4 scholars acc. to their ideas because they are just "scholars" that help us with their science nothing more
It would have been nice to see more distinctions made between fiqh and shariah, seeing as this is where many misunderstandings arise. Nonetheless, an important contribution given all of the misinformation regarding Islam, and horrendous polemics, that can be found on youtube.
What are some "distinctions made between fiqh and shariah, seeing as this is where many misunderstandings arise." you would hope people understood? Thanks!
Shariah, broadly speaking, is considered to be the immutable decrees (aḥkām) given by God. But these cannot be applied directly, since we live under so many different circumstances in this world. For example, one can't just take the command to pray and begin praying, one needs to know everything necessary to fulfill the practice. There are many discussions of how to pray and these have been handed down from one generation to another. Fiqh, is the process of deriving rulings that are applicable in the real world from the aḥkām. So when we speak of "schools of law" in Islam, what we mean are the schools of fiqh.
As they said in the video, Sharia means “a path to water”. It’s a means not an end... The closest modern contextual reference I have found is the similarity between the word Sharia and the word “Constitutional”. Constitutional law is similar to Sharia. Constitutional law is not a thing, but a process, just like Sharia is not a thing, but s process. In constitutional law, a scholar studies the constitution to derive laws from the original text that can apply to modern life (cars, the internet, crypto-currency, abortion, discrimination, etc). The laws that come out of this study are an interpretation that are subject to change. We incorporate these interpretations into our US Code of Law but we never alter the constitution. Sharia is the same process where a scholar studies the Quran and Hadith to derive laws from the original texts that can apply to modern life (the internet, crypto-currency, cars, planes, etc). The laws that come out of this are subject to change. The codifying and writing down of these interpretations becomes a book of Fiqh. So as the video states, there is no “book of sharia laws” just like there is no “book of constitutional laws”. Things that we consider constitutional laws like Roe v Wade are not set in stone laws but were interpretations of the constitution as applied to modern life and can be overturned in the future. Same with Fiqh... and that is why there are so many sects or “madhabs” within Islam. I think there are over 70 “versions” of Islam, each with its own Figh that has been derived using Sharia. So it’s best to think of the word Sharia as a verb instead of noun, and that will help someone new to Islam better understand what it really is.
Oh, also about sharia that differs from constitutional law... in constitutional law it is mainly only studied by scholars of law and the constitution (we call them lawyers and judges). While sharia is studied by scholars of the Quran and Hadith (Mufti is the equivalent to an Islamic lawyer, Qadi is an Islamic judge, and Fuqaha are like theoretical law experts and are the ones who usually have written a Fiqh and have a Madhab named after them). But in Islam everyone is encouraged to study the Quran so they can also have their own informed opinion on most matters. A fatwa, or legal opinion, issued by a Mufti is to be judged by the people and then either disregarded or accepted on an individual, person by person basis... no different than a lawyer giving you legal advice. You can say the lawyer is a quack and you can seek a second opinion or you can accept the advice and act on it. It’s not as cut and dry as non Muslims tend to think it is. It’s much more fluid, hence the name “a path to water” or Sharia
Thank you. I'm a Christian and I have shared this to my Facebook account in hopes that more Americans take the time to learn more of this peaceful religion and to quit pre-judging people within the Muslim faith. 9/11 has really twisted this country into a frayed knot of hatred and ignorance.
God will defend the believers; God does not love the unfaithful or the ungrateful. Those who have been attacked are permitted to take up arms because they have been wronged- God has the power to help them- those who have been driven unjustly from their homes only for saying, ‘Our Lord is God.’ If God did not repel some people by means of others, many monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, where God’s name is much invoked, would have been destroyed. God is sure to help those who help His cause- God is strong and mighty- -Sura Al-Hajj, Ayah 38- 40
It would be great to see something more in-depth on the Bahai Faith, other than the video you have about the gardens in Israel. More in-depth about its history as well as the current state of the Bahai Faith. Of the Abrahamic religions, it is the youngest, so there is very little info on the internet that is not biased. Your platform is great and I don't think anyone else could break it down, explain the different sects and the time line. Thanks! Always looking forward to new videos!
The Nation of Islam is a political black supremacist group. Its absolutely disgusting and I don't know why Religion4Breakfast called them social justice advocates. Whats very telling about the organisation is that Malcolm X used to be a follower and a prominent figure in the organisation. But when he went to Mecca for the pilgrimage (hajj) his views on black supremacy changed. He went from thinking they were the supreme race to believing that all races are equal which is what Islam truly teaches. I'm still a bit disgusted by the way this channel referred to this organisation which is just as bad as white supremacist organisations.
@@aaanawaleh Farrakhan went off the rails when he took charge and got super antisemitic, threw in some UFO mysticism, linked up with the Church of Scientology to some degree, has started claiming that Elijah Muhammed is alive and physically present in his life, and that we can/should exhume his body and compare it with his dental records to prove that he's not dead. He also basically admitted to having Malcolm X killed for leaving the organization.
It is more important than ever to see Islam as a true religion and a true path to righteousness and holiness. This chat helps dispel the ignorance and prejudice that frequently accompanies any discussion of Muslims. We are all children of God. Let's start with that!
This is my understanding of the Islamic religion: Islam, in Arabic, literally means to surrender. All Quranic teachings and rituals aim for one goal - surrendering to God only and accepting destiny, embracing both good and bad. What is God? God is the manifestation of reality, not identical to nature but manifesting in it. God is everything, not a literal figure in the sky. The verse "There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing" (42:11) portrays God as beyond comparison yet attributes Him with creature-like qualities, emphasizing manifestation in nature. To know God is to know what is, and surrendering to God means surrendering to reality, the truth, one of God's names. Surrendering is letting go of distorted views, destroying mental idols that warp reality, central to combating shirk (associating partners with God). The greater jihad, the struggle with the self, involves daily intellectual battles against these idols. It's crucial to recognize that idolatry extends beyond physical objects to ideas, concepts, people, like treating scholars' interpretations as divine words, a hidden form of idolatry, or letting celebrities, scientists, and journalists shape your opinions. Surrendering to God means not letting anyone shape your view of reality, even if they're Islamic scholars - respect them, but treat them like people. This understanding of the creed is followed by rituals, a mental-spiritual training akin to a gym workout - stopping, and your mind and soul become weaker. All these rituals are continuous reminders of what I explained before, the reality of God and that we don't exist without Him, prompting gratitude. This is why prayer is performed five times a day at specific times - a reminder to not lose ourselves in the distracted world and become vulnerable to delusions.
First of all, I'd I appreciate how unbiased and civilized you are, I just found out after watching quite a few of your videos, that you know a great deal about Shia but your knowledge of sunni is more or less in the name "sunni" I do enjoy your work, it's great and amazing, but for a topic like this, I believe it's a little unbalanced to portray one side and vaguely mention the other, Also, just a little correction, Shia are not "the first community to come together historically" in fact after the prophet passed away, although some people favored Ali ra to be the first caliph, Ali ra himself gave the position up to Abu Bakr, and therefore there were still one community, a short time after that, a group broke out known as "khawarij" but that's beside the point, the Shia only became separated after the death of Ali, and the community they separated from are what we now call "the sunni" Basically what I'm saying is that even though they were people against Abubakr, Umar and Uthman being caliphs, they weren't separated from the main body of Muslims and as such there weren't any "Shia" at the time
Islam is the one and only true religion it breaks down to different sect but the only true Muslim is the one who follows the teachings of prophet which is called Sunnah and believes That God is only one and has no partners
It is interesting to point out though some Muslims actually believe the Quran was eternal and is part of god by being property of his existence so in a sense it has always existed.
Mohid Syed No all of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah consider the Quran to be eternal and only the Mutazilites (Rationalist) which are almost extinct today consider it to be transient
Hani S Yes it is a stupid debate but it was started by the mutazilites and ahlus sunna had to respond because of the doubts they were spreading as the companions never asked a question of the nature of the Quran. I never knew the muslim in the video was a shia but he made some disappointing claims
Particularly appreciated the part about Shariah, and wish you would do a longer video exploring just Shariah in more depth. The timeliness of that subject and the paucity of info on it elsewhere on RUclips could get your channel much more (well-deserved) attention.
I was actually talking to my dad the other day and we both agreed that we have no problem with going to majority Muslim countries as long as they are countries that are like, "Yeah, you may not be Muslim, but we will leave you alone." That is why I probably will never go to Saudi Arabia. I don't like it when religious beliefs are imposed upon me. This is a problem I have with certain groups of Christians in the U.S. as well.
Ah, you really have to go to Saudi Arabia, especially Madina/Mecca. Th people there are very good even with non-Muslims. You can also watch documentaries from Western who went there. It always feels scary until you experience it.
@@jessica-tv6ep I'm still not comfortable because I'm an atheist. Irreligion in Saudi Arabia is difficult to measure as it is illegal to leave the Islamic faith in the country.[1][2][3] Most atheists in Saudi Arabia communicate with each other via the internet.[4][5] According to a 2012 poll by WIN-Gallup International, 19% of 502 Saudi Arabians surveyed stated they were "not religious", and 5% that they were "convinced atheists".[6][7][8] In March 2014, the Saudi interior ministry issued a royal decree branding all atheists as terrorists, which defines terrorism as "calling for atheist thought in any form, or calling into question the fundamentals of the Islamic religion on which this country is based."[9] Apostasy is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.[10]
Islam doesn't "evolve", Quran 5:3 "Today, I have perfected your religion for you, and have completed My blessing upon you, and chosen Islam as Dīn (religion and a way of life) for you"
I love the channel and i enjoyed the educational part of the video, but Dr. Rashid sounds biased from time to time. He talks about how important it is, not to generalize Islam, and then goes on to talk about how "the majority of Muslims..." I also find it problematic to use feminist and somewhat less misogynistic groups of Islam as "the vast majority", since it is just not true. Yes, they existed and it is a terrific thing, but religiously rooted misogyny is a big problem in many countries besides Saudi Arabia, even if in less obvious ways. I truly understand that they felt the need to be very sensitive about the topic since it is so politically charged, but I wish they were more objective and more honest about it. Dismissing very problematic religious practices saying that not everyone follows them is dangerous and can be damaging for future discourse, as well as it can deeply hurt those who have suffered in one way on another because of them. I know that in today's climate one can easily be called an Islamophobe, but I wish the public was thinking more critically and logically, so we would not have to tiptoe around certain religions.
Which deeply religious practices are problematic? Are you talking about FGM? That was a practice that predated islam, even if islam never existed fgm would still be going on. I would appreciate it if you could elaborate on what you are talking about. Some of the problematic things you may see are not issues within the religion, if they were, they would be practiced by the majority of people. Thats the whole point that you are not getting.
@@icya1798 I would say it's because there's too much homogeneity in terms of ideas (a bubble essentially). But yes, also because they can't see themselves in the others shoes.
Wow, this is a great basic education! I want to know more!!!! Please do more!!!! Perhaps you already have ...I will look immediately after the video finishes!!
I would like a more critical stand on Islamic history instead of just taking for granted the Muslim tradition. I mean, if we take a critical stand on Christianity, why the double standard of being non-critical to the Islamic tradition and just take it as a given?!
13:17 "Interpretation requires interpreters" ...and those will always, always be the Imams. They will 100% of the time make the decision on what is right and wrong when it comes to Sharia "law" in public "rulings". Muslims put great value in the authorities of their religious scholars, and will always leave the "hard answers" to them. Or am I wrong here?
What if your feelings go against the strict commandments of Allah? What if your emotions tell you that it's ok to be eat pork and be homosexual? Are you sanctioned by Islam to make those choices yourself, and still come to heaven?
@M Y This is not a blanket approval to ignore fatwas! It's simply stating not to follow imams blindly. They are not omnipotent infallible beings and can make mistakes.
@@burningphoneix sometimes judges are condemned or even attacked in the US for ridiculous rulings, or at least the courthouse is. The whole race issue currently brings this to mind. They can also be voted out democratically.
burningphoneix Maybe the intention was to follow Mohammed or Allah above the fatwa of an Imam? Makes sense to me, Imams are priests. Obviously the phrase is lacking of context, so I cannot say much without reading the source.
Asalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatulahi Wa Barakaatu, FYI The famous poet "Mevlana Jalaludin Rumi" is NOT from Turkey but from Afghanistan. He was born in Balkh Afghanistan. We call him Mevlana Jalaludin Rumi Balkhi.
I have to say that this is excellent. Less than twenty minutes and I'm coming out of this experience more informed about Islam and more hungry for more insight into it's complex and varied worldviews than I have ever been. I'm definitely looking forward to more entries on this topic and more collaboration with Dr. Rashid.
Oh yeah, with that notions we would learn more about Indonesian muslim, especially the Javanese which known for mysticism practice (kejawen), and lesser known Sundanese spirituality and its ancestor religion (Sunda Wiwitan) that have been believed to shared similarities with traditional Islamic doctrin.
@@Ahadun_ahd This is what the hadiths say, needless to say that most of them are just legalistic and moralist texts made up by caliphs and temporal authorities to control lower social classes through fear of punishment in the afterlife and to maintain the social status quo. There is physically impossible for someone to remember more than 15.000 phrases that the prophet (saws) said 200 years after his death and whitout even know him in the first place. Just think about it, use your rationality and logic, most of the hadith just tell about punishment if you defy authorities or social constructs for a reason.
Not so much in practice. Among Orthodox Jews there are no modern schools that reject Kabbalah; all treat it as a valid part of the religion. The main arguments are over who can study it, and how much it should impact the wider religious practices of its students.Many of my Coreligionists insist that only a married man over 40 can be a student, and then only with a Rabbi's permission. Note that one of the last major Rabbis opposed to Kabbalah as a whole actually saw Sufiism as leading to a positive development in Muslim-Jewish relations. It In theory, that is, belief of how the system is tied with the wider theological system, however, they are very similar.
@@joshuahall7677 I'm talking about from the view of Orthodox Judaism, which has more of a common base that all of Islams that was talked about in the video, when compared to other Jewish movements. Note that this isn't a no true Scotsman argument, I'm not saying that Conservatives or Reforms aren't Jewish, but rather only Orthodox Judaism can fit into the paradigm Dr. Rashid talked about.
Great video overall, other than Dr. Rashid bringing up Nation of Islam in the same breath as other legitimate schools of Islamic thought and Islamic outreach groups (9:58).
Thank you for this. I consider myself a "Liberal" Catholic (from the Old Catholic tradition, not the current political schism in American Catholicism). Its really valuable to see the diversity of belief, especially that there are Muslims who visit tombs etc. One irrational human fear I still have is the zealous destruction of ancient religious artifacts.
God will defend the believers; God does not love the unfaithful or the ungrateful. Those who have been attacked are permitted to take up arms because they have been wronged- God has the power to help them- those who have been driven unjustly from their homes only for saying, ‘Our Lord is God.’ If God did not repel some people by means of others, many monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, where God’s name is much invoked, would have been destroyed. God is sure to help those who help His cause- God is strong and mighty- -Sura Al-Hajj, Ayah 38- 40
basically what he means at 2:09 is that the quran is translated but never ever changed out of its language as it will be changed like many other books of god which makes the quran the only book of god that has never been changed. ps. im muslim so i know this stuff
What you just said is manipulative. By saying this you have established for yourself the idea (for people who see your comment) that you are correct and everybody who disagrees with you is wrong or unreasonable. And like else where in America there are two extreme ideas about Islam with very few in the center. Nevertheless I am one of them and no I am not a Christian or republican and I didn't vote for Trump. This video was done well because it stuck to the basics of Islam from a secular perspective. But like many others it whitewashed the problems of extremism as if it were so rare in Islam it is barely worth mentioning. I remember in one of my religion classes I had on Islam, my professor brought in a man to talk to us who was his close friend. He was supposed to represent a rational modern Muslim who would show us that we didn't have to fear Islamic people as if they were all extreme. He said he would answer any question to dispell any fear we had about Muslims. At that time, (it was a few decades ago) a horrible honor killing happened in St Louis, I think. It disturbed me so much I had to ask this man if he believed there was any situation that would justify murdering your own daughter in cold blood. He hum hauled around and avoided the subject. SO I asked him in a different way. Instead of saying murder I said honor killing. He still wouldn't answer. So I said "Before Allah" please answer the question. So he said yes there were situations that would justify honor killings. So much for the modern reasonable Muslim. Those of you open minded enough should read: In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom. It's by Qanta Ahmed. If you are open minded enough. She gives her own Islamic experience of the many sides of Islam. Some beautiful some not so beautiful. None of it white-washed.
Cheryl hutchinson Honor killing is not allowed in Islam. But I agree it’s well known to have happened in Islamic world and the media is more concentrated on to Islam. From what I gather it’s more a human tendency who live in a uniform culture so as not to be an outcast they stoop to honor killings.
hmm.. focusing on setting Saudi Arabia as a bad example of an Islamic country and Iran as not as bad as you think!! let me guess before i google his name.. he's a Shia?
surprise!! i was right. sorry but i don't think this video is a good and fair source to know about Islam. and the reason i mentioned above is the most obvious but not at all the only one.
This was a fantastic video! As a Christian, of course I have my disagreements with Islamic theology, but I always had an interest in the culture, theology, and people. I wish there were interfaith groups that didn't force members to subscribe to some wonky theology to join.
The explanation of sharia was so helpful! It will be more constructive for me to think of it as a set of guidelines that institutions interpret as well as individuals
Even though I am pagan myself. If It weren't for Islam the west would have never have had the Renaissance to begin with!!! They preserves Greek and Roman culture in their libraries. And obviously once Marco Polo got back from China. Things really started kicking off!!!! So thanks Islam for preserving some our western culture so we could rediscover it centuries later!!!!
A fun and interesting presentation and kudos to the Muslim guy, (or so I assume although it doesn't necessarily matter,) for participating. I though the way that he tip-toed around the practice as opposed to the theory of Sharia Law was a wee bit slippery but OK at least he was encouraging people to at least give it some thought which can d no harm. A tricky topic in some ways; but one done some justice, nice one.
Excellent overview, thx! Would also be curious to know what Muhammad's 'pre-Gabriel' religion was like, since the Angel Gabriel is really a basic invention of Judaeo-Christian mythology to begin with.
Mekkans were polytheists before Islam but it was reported that Muhammed never prayed to any of their gods technically he was athiest but we like to say he was natively Muslim
i don't know about *borrowing* but as muslims we believe the angel Gabriel (or Jibreel in arabic) appeared before him in his dreams teaching him about the word of God
@@mrbilter83 Yes, I saw the video. But why did an 'atheist' and presumably non-Jew receive his vision via a Hebrew figure like Gabriel/JIbreel? Also don't muslims and jews share a lot of the same Old Testament 'mythology'
@@matonmongo basically in Islam both Christianity and Judaism are believed to be the words of God as well but they were corrupted so God had to make Islam to rectify what humans did so saying that Gabriel is a Judeo-Christian figure is to us the same as saying he's an Islamic figure
"The record of the Naqshbandiya, combining inner spirituality with an outward, political, posture ranging from acquiescence to militancy, according to circumstances, should warn us against characterizing Sufism as a purely mystical or quietist dimension of Islam." - Islam in the World, pg 280, Malise Ruthven What I take away from this video, is that in the society which has been formed through centuries by Islam, ie Arabia, Islam does exactly as it pleases. In countries where it could dominate, like historical India, it ruled with an iron hand, until it lost its hold on power. In countries like the US, which is not only culturally and politically strong, but which has not exactly had a large influx of Saudi muslims, Islam is on its very best behaviour.
I think when people say that’s cultural or that’s religious, they are referring to whether or not the behavior in context is directly mentioned in the Quran or Hadith / or if the behavior is a remnant of a pre-Islamic tradition that continued to be practiced after Islam using religious rationalization.
SUGGESTION: I am struggling to find the words to explain my suggestion. In this excellent video (I sent the link to a friend studying at Harvard Divinity) you talk about confusing cultural religion with practice and belief. Most Christians in the Western World fail to see how deeply the "Chrisianities" (to borrow a term from your video) have shaped what they see as a totally secular culture. (Being a secularly educated American Jew with a string interest in history and comparative religion, I have developed that outsider perspective) These are the people who appear to be threatened the most by the idea of "Sharia Law being forced on us", while often ignoring or even advocating a fundamentalist Christian version of Sharia. American culture is so steeped in the Protestant culture that they often cannot realize this. These are the people who cannot understand that the laws they want on issues like abortion, LGBTI rights, civil rights and immigration are all based on a particularly 20th Century American twist on Puritan Protestant theocracy. These are the people who see "a war on Christmas" in acknowledging cultural diversity; who cannot understand the anger of many at the programming of a cable channel run by a corporation which chooses to run "Holiday Programs" from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve which only show Protestant celebrations of Christmas masked as "cultural" , usually by 95% white casts. They are totally unaware that their assumption that everyone in the world thinks and acts just like them hurts them, world peace and the democracy we live in. I guess I'm A: asking if you've covered this, since I just found your channel this morning. B: wondering how this idea can be introduced.
I think there is an Alan Watts lecture on how the WASP culture is a direct result of the bourgeoisie Protestantism. I think you can find it on RUclips.
It is the case that some Americans don't realize that our culture is a Protestant one (many of these arguments you bring up are argued using religion, and as such demonstrates that these people are aware that they are not being secular), and perhaps the history of Protestantism's shaping of the West would be interesting, but seeing as how you put it in a political tone I'll say this: Coming from a Protestant culture does not detract from culturally conservative arguments. The people you are talking about are cultural purists, to put it aggressively. Virtually none of these people have any interest in preventing Sharia in Muslim countries, and admit that if they were to voluntarily move to a different cultural region they ought to integrate into that new society. All that can be said on the political note is that conservatives want to conserve their own culture. I speak of Americans, but this likely would apply to the rest of the western world as well.
I always find it weird when people say that, I mean, it's okay to have an opinion, it's one thing to say "I'm skeptical about God's existence" and another to say "I know for a fact that God doesn't exist" I mean in almost 100 years of research, humanity can barely say anything about dark matter, but "growing up" you found out that God doesn't exist? I'm not trying to persuade you into anything just saying.
@@albashirmasud3808 I mean in almost 100 years of research, humanity can barely say anything about dark matter, but "growing up" you found out that God does exist? I'm not trying to persuade you into anything just saying.
Thank you for trying a good approach, but Mr. Hussein Rashid has A very weird understanding of Islam, I think may be his approach is superficial as its best, one small example is when he says “wahhabi Islam”, there is no books on wahhabi jurisprudence, there is no wahhabi jurisprudence school, that is only a name which is nonsensical, if he fails explaining that, there is no difference in listening to this “doctor” and asking Wikipedia. Other small thing is that there is no basis in shari’ah to ban women from driving (I asked), that is a particular situation of a particular country, for its particular security problems, but as far as I know, no one in Saudi Arabia says that law is from Qur’an and Hadith i.e. shari’ah.
"There are state and non-state actors that try to craft a Sharia that serves their ends. We have to ask what does it achieve for them?" This is a legitimate question, but it ignores another, namely: what is it about Islam that enables these groups to use Sharia for their own ends? Asking only the first question suggests that the nature of Islam has nothing to do with Islamic extremism, and yet, terrorism inspired / defended by a religion is much more common in Islam than in other religions. This is the debate that Muslims want to ignore: a critical examination of their religion and why it is so susceptible to abuse by extremists.
Every religion is susceptible to abuse by extremists. It just depends on social, political, and economic factors if this abuse is possible, and to what extent. In the Middle-Ages it was very possible for groups to use christianity for their own ends, just look at the way the Borgia and Medici families in Italy used their combined political and religious power to further their aims. In most majority christian nations there is right now a seperation of church and state. That entire concept came about in the aftermath of many revolutions in both Europe and America. These kinds of revolutions haven't happened (yet) within most majority islamic nations, religion and politics are way more intermingled. This is one of the things that makes it easier to use islam to further political aims at this moment in time. The nature of islam is the same as the nature of any monotheistic authoritarian religion. Christianity being the obvious example as the biggest religion on earth, and also belonging to the same Abrahamic tradition as islam. The question is how is this nature (mis)used and manipulated by people, and to what extent can states prevent this (mis)use and manipulation. As this video said, religions should be viewed within their cultural and political context. When asking the question "what is it about Islam that enables these groups to use Sharia for their own ends?" I think it is unwise to ignore this context.
@@PGraveDigger1 I agree that the context exists and should be taken into account when discussing Islam motivated terrorism. So yes, do have a look at the thing from different angles and from a multidisciplinary perspective: history, sociology, psychology, theology, etc. I welcome all kinds of scientific research, as long as that science is as objective as possible and isn't aimed to explain away unpleasant facts. So, at the same time, we should ask what kind of behavior and attitude is consistent with the religious dogmas. Christianity and Islam are not identical. The apostle Paul wrote "investigate everything and keep what is good". Nowhere in the Bible is it said that the Bible contains eternally true ideas and a complete basis for personal behavior. This allows for a liberal perspective that sees the contents of the Bible in a historical context. The Quran does make such a claim of eternal truth about itself.This makes it harder (not impossible!) to take such a liberal perspective. I was brought up Christian and it definitely has its flaws and it produces a great many madcaps, like all those who want to take Biblical history literally. That's an interesting topic all by itself. I'm not an expert of religion but there are probably better ones than Christianity, although I'd like to add that the modern scientific method is the product of a Christian culture. And look at how many lives that saved. I simple suggest that we should accept that some religious views and dogmas are more susceptible to abuse than others. I believe that Islam, with its claim to absolute and eternal truth, makes it very susceptible to people playing judge jury and executioner. We can then discuss this in the context of culture and society, but at the same time, Islam in part created that same culture in Muslim countries. So please, yes, do all the research. More science and a willingness to debate things openly are exactly what we need in any discussion about religion. The more and the more varied, the better. I'm just saying that that includes the open discussion of taboo subjects and add the suggestion that some religions are more susceptible to certain kinds of abuse than others. I may actually be wrong, but I think that it's an idea worthy of an honest debate.
@@diedertspijkerboer a muslim, ibn al haytham is considered the father of the scientific method and there have been many more muslim scientists that broke many molds for their time and established principles for scientific work that we respect to this day and age... so no, I wouldn't say that it was particularly the christianity of european culture that birthed the thirst for science and knowledge. Rather the pursuit of domination (which is something very human), mixed with an abundance of ressources and wealth. Something that islamic civilization had too in its peak. I get what you are trying to say about claiming truthfulness, but I don't think that the islamic claim of eternal truth of the quran is the problem. I think it's in the nature of religion as we understand it (in the western world including todays muslim world). Because an uncertain religion that doesn't claim truthfulness loses its right of existence. In my opinion the problem with islamic doctrin is that with time as more and more people in the heartland became muslim, islam lost it's belief in the necessity of justifying and discussing the views inside of the religion. I remember reading that until the 1200s, christians were still the majority in the muslim dominion. And in that time muslim doctrin still had to prove itself if it wanted to stay. Muslims to this day rely mostly on interpretations of the quran and hadiths that are hundreds of years old and from that time. The people in power saw and see no necessity in supporting the formation of new ideas and interpretations as they could lose their grip on power on the region. This in turn allowed muslims to be comfy in their understanding of their religion without furthering and developing it on a grand scale. By the time the ottomans came around the damage was already done by years of internal wars and mongol annihilation and the europeans were stepping up their game. Instead of developing their realm the ottomans focused on seeking glory in endless wars of conquest, which in the end motivated the arabs to seceding. So in conclusion I think that it were many historical and political factors that formed islam in the way it is today, not the inherent ideas of islam.
We know poverty drives crime. Instability drives extremism. Western nations have spent the last century destabilizing regions with Muslims. Of course you see this trend.
The comments on this video are so civil, and I think I know why:
because the people likely to leave terrible comments dont watch unbiased educational videos on Islam lol
I don't condone any cult. I give you: Every time I roll a pencil on a table it falls off the edge even though I have prayed in truth for God to stop the pencil so we can begin a relationship. A relationship with God implies a shared concourse of ideas. It is false.
Big facts
They're probably too busy ranting on other religions.
@darkwing dook cry
@@kevinmunger1842 the true relationship with god is not a shared concourse, but like a gacha gamer relationship with thei waifu, it,... Hurts
I am proud that majority of the comments are civilized and intellectual responses
Ras Ya, why is that? Because none are critical of Islam or because no one has used vulgarities and cuss words? Do you sincerely believe Islam doesn't deserve criticism?
This was an informative video that had few opinions but was more just basically expressing information. If there was something said such as "this is why Islam is true" or "the miracles in the Quran prove it is the word of Allah", then there would be comments challenging that which was said. Unfortunately there would be a number of those that would be more rude and insulting than disputing in a civil manner.
No Abu it's the opposite, the entire world is overcritical towards islam to the point, where people call for the extinction of all Muslim lives. You and your idiots aren't critical,since most of your criticism is unproven and with no context or nuance in order to be considered Criticism.
FCK THESE CRAZY RELIGIOUS NUTS AND THEIR BULLSHT PROPOGANDA. Islam is horribly abusive to women, it deserves NO respect or civility. Christianity as well (read the bible if you dont believe me), but its not nearly as DISGUSTING as Islam.
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This is a summary of about 80% -85% of my uni's Religious Studies course on Islam, I'm very impressed. I think you gave a good summary of the variety of Islam and still gave some ways to understand it as a coherent structure. I'll be sure to send this to my prof :)
Solace The Satanist Girl i am guessing you are into jinns
Solace The Satanist Girl
You study religion but you uses satanist nick name...
Puzzle here
There's a video on this very channel what "Religious Studies" is about, and that it's not only for followers of a certain religion. ;)
I can be Christian, or Hindu, or Muslim, or Atheist, or generally have no idea what I am, and still learn about other religions, or religion in general.
ReformMsia Satanism is actually it's own religion and/or personal philosophy. Though a lot of satanist symbolism looks scary (and for some satanists that's the point), satanism actually holds a nuanced worldview that I think is very interesting. Though not a satanist myself, I would invite you to learn a bit more as to better understand these people's beliefs. After all, that's why I'm here watching this video.
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Hi 👋
Thank You for your thought and sharing
What puzzles me is people who know about satan would know that satan has a creator
Why would you worship a creation rather than The Creator Himself !
And most satanist i know were ex-christians
Thank you for posting! This is the clearest and most illuminating introduction to Islam I've ever seen or read. Most appreciated is the focus on the internal diversity which is so often ignored in discussion of Islam.
9:30 just one thing missing, the Pilgrimage is stated "those who CAN do Pilgrimage are required to do it only ONCE and it's okay to do it more than once"
Those who can't do Pilgrimage, are not required.
In the Quran there's the most important verse: "God does not burden any soul (person) beyond its (their) scope (capacity)"
I always wondered that as a non Muslim person, thank you for the explanation
I grew up in Utah in the Mormin religion, and now as an adult i love learning about other religions and cultures around the world and how deeply and vastly steeped in history so many of them are. Fascinating. Thank you for taking the time to explain things to us in a way we can understand!
If there is anything I believe in, it's education. This was way educational. Keep it up :) I like your open minded, scholarly approach to these subjects. I'm sure my old professors would have recommended your videos if they existed 20 yrs ago. Any chance you will be doing some vids on new religious movements in the foreseeable future?
Islam is a Satanic moon God cult for simple, unquestioning people who want to move backwards in mental and spiritual evolution.
I learned more in this video than my 21 years living as a Muslim in a Muslim-majority country.
Westerners are the best teachers
@@MultiTatanya yeah but as a kid who knows nothing, I was raised to think that everyone older than me knows better than me. i haven't known better back then.
The best way to learn is on your own😅
Also the story of me in school
Isn’t it that bit of a problem? That presumably a lot of people in Muslim majority countries don’t actually know about their religion.
Not too surprising and probably the same for Christians living in predominantly Christian countries. Especially as this teaches about diversity and your religious community usually just teaches your own variety. I would say I know more about (the) Islam(s) than most of my Muslim students. And I know just a tiny portion of what there is to know.
This is a great intro. I am a Christian and have explored a lot of religious paths before I became Christian. I did not know much about Islam, so this was very helpful. Thank you
You explored a lot of religions before becoming a Christian but chose to skip one of the most popular religions in the world?? Interesting exploration technique.
@@DynamiteProd I didn't base my explorations on how popular a religion was. I was drawn to Buddhism and Taoism mostly until becoming Christian. I still try to learn from all religious teachings, though.
it just somehow agrees with Christianity in some ways apart from Jesus divinity and the trinity in other words we worship only the father
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This account is extremely whitewashed
to me as an Muslim Myself, what i learn from my Religion is you must keep and Always Improving yourself to be Better and More then before. From are Iman, Salah, and are Good Deeds plus How you Life you must keep Learning,Evolve, and Changing to go Beyond yourself
Thank you for being open minded, educating and not spreading hate... THAT is godly.
My family homeschools, and I’m the older sister to two younger brothers who are still being homeschooled. I do lessons with them about things that I think are important that they don’t learn anywhere else, and I include your videos in a lot of our lessons. We were raised evangelical so I think it’s important for them to get a broader view of other religions. Thank you for making these videos and sharing knowledge ❤️
Love this!
That's absolutely wonderful, you're a legend my friend :)
Thank you for this video. As someone who has taken courses on Islamic studies out of curiosity, especially with all of the attention it has been getting, it makes me so happy to hear you clear up so much of the stuff which people just don't understand or take for granted. This is especially in regards to the discussion on Shariah. I can't even count how many times I've tried to explain that it isn't just a solid, unchanging code of things you have to do. I wish more people would take an interest in finding the truth rather than taking rumour at face value.
Waiting for the next part with excitement. I've receantly moved to Morocco and I'm attempting my first ramadan as a personal experience and as a way to better understand the community I'm now part of. Thank you for this video.
Very cool. I'm living in East Jerusalem currently, so it is cool to see all the locals walking to Al-Aqsa every Friday. The next video in this series will be on the Dome of the Rock.
I can’t get enough of this stuff. Love this channel.
This is fascinating. I never knew how interesting religion could be looking into it from the perspective of just wanting to learn.
Islam is a Satanic moon God cult for simple, unquestioning people who want to move backwards in mental and spiritual evolution.
This video is an important one for Islam. I am Christian and have always felt attracted by Islam, esp. the prayer practice. I don't know whether I will one day technically convert, but I don't think it is even necessary. At the moment, I am receiving my inspiration from quran and bible alike, and I can't see anything wrong with that. One day, all temple will be torn down, and the warm wind of God's eternal grace will blow unobstructedly again over the surface of an earth of dignity, compassion and love, and a creation shall see it an happily move towards its completion.
ان الله يبارك فينا بالمساء اليوم و بالمساء الحياة و بالمساء المالم.
Hi Ralph! If you are interested to learn about Islam or the Abrahamic faith (Islam, Judaism, and Christianity), I think you should visit Blogging Theology channel. That channel discussing comparative religion and other stuff by Paul Williams. Since I also love to learn theology, so I recommend you to visit it. It's so interesting!
@@jessica-tv6ep Thank you dear. I am in fact drawn to religion. My intellect tells me there is no God, but I can hear my heart and soul laughing at the same time. The wonder never becomes stale.
Thank you Jessica. Likewise in all regards💓
@@Livoirienyvoitrien i suggest you watch Christian Prince on YT. You ll learn everything you need to know about Islam.
@@LivoirienyvoitrienHi! I'm obviously late. But, I think you should learn deeper about both Christianity and Islam. I'm pretty sure, God willing, that you will find the obvious truth. It becomes very clear when you read BOTH the Bible and the Quran. But, most importantly, reading just the translation of the Quran is insufficient. You won't get the context.
Hope to see a video on various schools of theology in Islam. You could talk about Asharis, Maturidis, Atharis and Mutazilites among Sunni theological schools for starters. You could also elaborate on the 4 law schools and talk about the highly important concept of Ijma (consensus).
4 school of laws are almost exactly the same with a very few and minor differences.
I feel like that's too high level for non-muslims to be interested tbh. It will also misguide people into thinking that all these splinter groups are still part of the theology of Islam, which they are not. Eg. The Mu'tazila were seen as heretics by majority of the scholar
People forget that the middle east used to be the intellectual center of the world. Algebra is an arabic word.
A lot of science started from Muslim scientists. Unfortunately, a lot of pseudoscience also comes from these same Muslim scientists.
Muslim science gave us vision correcting lenses but it also gave us alchemy.
(Fortunately, alchemy evolved into chemistry and the old pseudoscience mumbo-jumbo only lives on in legend)
@@QlueDuPlessis Pseudeoscience exists in all cultures - it arises from a folk traditions and folk medicine. I would say it's just Muslim scientists.
I wonder why that is no longer the case today?
@@banks3388 alot of fundamentalists use religion now as a weapon to keep people ignorant. It’s really sad, there’s alot of discouragement from so called “religious leaders”, where they cultivate herd mentality and unquestioning obedience over the ancient islamic world that encouraged curiosity and knowledge-seeking as a holy and religious task almost. It’s kind of complicated but that’s kind of the atmosphere in certain places as of modern.
I wish you could also talk about when/how Christianity and Islam split apart. They were not completely separate in the beginning. Similar to how Judaism and Christianity were not entirely split at first. This fact is strictly ignored - esp. here in America.
search "trinity" and you'd know where they split ways
There aren't sources which state that Islam was partly Christian. Most of the earliest Muslims were Pagan.
Islam was always it's own distinct religion, different from both judaism and christianity. Sure, it was inspired by those religions, but it was always distinguished from them.
@@adrianblake8876 ....living in a fool paradise...ha ha ha...
@@2dayb4u87 Educate me, then...
Wow I learnt so much from this video. Plus, the formality in the presentation is marvelous. Keep it up. 👏🏻
Thanks so much for the encouragement!
Non-Muslim Muslim lover here :o)
Just want Muslim folks to know that there is love for them in the Western world.
Thank you so much! Lot of us appreciate it.
This is the most civilised comment section I've encountered on a video dealing with islam on a channel that discusses religion. Well done guys it's nice to see there's still some hope.
The commentary on diversity in Islam is rather eye opening. Coming from the perspective of someone who grew up catholic (since rejected said religious identity, rather vehemently) and also one half of relatives being Syrian, Pakistani and Lebanese individuals with generationally recent immigration to the USA stating a rather closed minded animosity towards Islamic ideologies and identities. After watching this all I can think of is the diversity among the Christian religions some being equally totalitarian and radical in their beliefs and ideologies, but they are “accepted” or overlooked because they align closer with the western social order or can simply be perceived as inconsequential fanatics with no real influence in society.
Still a long ways to go Andrew, thank you for putting it out there for all to learn some basics of Islamic faith which has such diverse cultures throughout the world!
As a Muslim, I can tell you that all those groups are not different in basic Islamic 5 pillars (Shahada-prayer, Zakat, Fasting and Hajj). Islam is so simple, yet extremely rich through each one relation to Allah. If you want to be Muslim, read Quran even with translation and search for Allah and he will guide you. More than happy to help anyone that needs to know more about Islam.
It's true. The Islam I was raised with is different than the Islam my imam preaches. My mom literally tells me to just go to the mosque, pray, and don't bother listening to the Imam. The Islam I practice is a more mystic form of islam and we're from Ohrid, Macedonia.
My imam is a Jordanian...
Tbh I thought my version was orthodoxy lol
For example, I was raised to believe that everyone who believes in God goes to heaven. My imam preaches that only muslims go to heaven. It varies.
Another ones is what happens after you die. In the one I was raised in, there are restless spirits and ghosts. My imam teaches that you sleep in the grave until the final resurrection so there are no ghosts.
It's interesting
Gheorghe Kipcak Your Imam ks correct. Sadly, the Balkans, Central Europe, and other lands on the peripheries were deprived of religious education due to occupation.
But if the Islam your practice is different from the Islam of the Sahaba (the first Muslims), wouldn't that mean that Muhammad would have you beheaded for apostacy? And if not, why?
Shawn Masters well something not known to many is that the Islam followed by the sahaba had different interpretations and they would act very differently from one another, to an extent where some of them went to war against the others (mind you they were all sahaba who were alive during Muhammad's life time). after Uthman (the third caliph) was killed, they disagreed vehemently on how to approach the matter, some saying that they should go after those who killed him and some saying to not do that so it won't get bigger. In summary the sahaba had vastly different opinions and different ideologies but were all considered Muslim
Emre Yavuzoğlu I know I’m a bit late but I think that ghosts were mentioned in the Quran. Just a fact. 😉
Emre... Islam has some good points, but unfortunately the bad ones cover them up. On the grave issue... no, when you are finished with this body, you sleep a little while to rest, then you get another body. If you reach rock bottom, and still prefer to stay there, then thats where you will stay.( This calls for understanding) This process will continue until you are perfected. For Muslims, that means a very long time sorry to say. The sooner you oppose bloodshed, the better it is for you. Your Mom seems to have more spiritual advancement than your Imam or anyone else here. Please send her my best wishes. Listen to her before anyone here friend. May you find the peace you seek.
very good Video, Thank you Dr Rashid & Andrew! Not enough of this kind of information out there.
Thank you for this vid. It is very informative in the proper context. I am a Christian and know (not just believes) that we all, as believers in the one true God, are commanded to love one another because God loves us. The only way to do that is to understand each other better. Thanks again for helping us to do that. Keep up the good work and God bless!
Thank you! That's a great attitude to have. We need to find ways to live together despite our differences. I think education is one step toward that goal.
If there is a good loving God He will save ALL people. This is why we love our enemies, because God will not make them as enemies forever.
BadSportsLobby Tv but the thing about God is you cannot blame him for natural violence we are animals after all it’s easy to blame God for everything but it’s honestly our fault for justifying our horrible actions in the name of God. I’m not a religious person by any means but person with common sense and tolerance for people’s religious beliefs that’s all.
I have the exact same feelings, but from a Muslim perspective. This channel has helped me learn a lot about Christianity and its history.
This is by far the best explanation of Islam that I have ever seen. Thank you so much Andrew and Dr. Hashid!
This video is painfully well done. Thank you for your hard work.
Please expand series like this one. In the era of increasing globalisation, unprecendented amount of contact between cultures and rapidly developing communication technology, people need to be educated in religious literacy in order to avoid conflict.
Just a little clarification: for the vast majority of everyday Muslims, the only significant/relevant divide is between Sunni(85%), Shia(15%). (think of it as Protestant vs catholic).
so, most do classify themselves as either Sunni or shia, but if you ask an ordinary Muslim :"what type of sunni/shia are you?" he might not even have an answer for that.
Correct. The four Madhabs all recognize each other as legitimate as well.
Actually protestants are more wahabis then all of sunnis(wahabies are a subsect in sunni Islam)
I would say, even for those who claim sunni/shia identity, the details of their belief may be personally unique. For example, from my personal experience, some Sunni Muslims (the ones who I know, as a South Asian Muslim) don't pay much attention to the Hadiths, even though they would never actually call themselves pure Quranists, or deny their identity as Sunni Muslims, despite ignoring some of the more detailed teachings of Sunni scholarship. I personally make no judgement to those people, considering I make videos where I play an instrument, lol
and for a sunni we actually take from each of the 4 scholars acc. to their ideas because they are just "scholars" that help us with their science nothing more
Dr hussein rasheed is biased..he took un equal side towards shia islam against sunni islam..plz choose someone who is unbiased for expertise..
That is an amazing speaker there… Andrew is okay too. Respect from Texas!
It would have been nice to see more distinctions made between fiqh and shariah, seeing as this is where many misunderstandings arise. Nonetheless, an important contribution given all of the misinformation regarding Islam, and horrendous polemics, that can be found on youtube.
What are some "distinctions made between fiqh and shariah, seeing as this is where many misunderstandings arise." you would hope people understood?
Thanks!
Shariah, broadly speaking, is considered to be the immutable decrees (aḥkām) given by God. But these cannot be applied directly, since we live under so many different circumstances in this world. For example, one can't just take the command to pray and begin praying, one needs to know everything necessary to fulfill the practice. There are many discussions of how to pray and these have been handed down from one generation to another. Fiqh, is the process of deriving rulings that are applicable in the real world from the aḥkām. So when we speak of "schools of law" in Islam, what we mean are the schools of fiqh.
I appreciate your sharing!
As they said in the video, Sharia means “a path to water”. It’s a means not an end...
The closest modern contextual reference I have found is the similarity between the word Sharia and the word “Constitutional”.
Constitutional law is similar to Sharia. Constitutional law is not a thing, but a process, just like Sharia is not a thing, but s process.
In constitutional law, a scholar studies the constitution to derive laws from the original text that can apply to modern life (cars, the internet, crypto-currency, abortion, discrimination, etc). The laws that come out of this study are an interpretation that are subject to change. We incorporate these interpretations into our US Code of Law but we never alter the constitution.
Sharia is the same process where a scholar studies the Quran and Hadith to derive laws from the original texts that can apply to modern life (the internet, crypto-currency, cars, planes, etc). The laws that come out of this are subject to change. The codifying and writing down of these interpretations becomes a book of Fiqh.
So as the video states, there is no “book of sharia laws” just like there is no “book of constitutional laws”. Things that we consider constitutional laws like Roe v Wade are not set in stone laws but were interpretations of the constitution as applied to modern life and can be overturned in the future. Same with Fiqh... and that is why there are so many sects or “madhabs” within Islam. I think there are over 70 “versions” of Islam, each with its own Figh that has been derived using Sharia.
So it’s best to think of the word Sharia as a verb instead of noun, and that will help someone new to Islam better understand what it really is.
Oh, also about sharia that differs from constitutional law... in constitutional law it is mainly only studied by scholars of law and the constitution (we call them lawyers and judges).
While sharia is studied by scholars of the Quran and Hadith (Mufti is the equivalent to an Islamic lawyer, Qadi is an Islamic judge, and Fuqaha are like theoretical law experts and are the ones who usually have written a Fiqh and have a Madhab named after them). But in Islam everyone is encouraged to study the Quran so they can also have their own informed opinion on most matters. A fatwa, or legal opinion, issued by a Mufti is to be judged by the people and then either disregarded or accepted on an individual, person by person basis... no different than a lawyer giving you legal advice. You can say the lawyer is a quack and you can seek a second opinion or you can accept the advice and act on it.
It’s not as cut and dry as non Muslims tend to think it is. It’s much more fluid, hence the name “a path to water” or Sharia
Thank you. I'm a Christian and I have shared this to my Facebook account in hopes that more Americans take the time to learn more of this peaceful religion and to quit pre-judging people within the Muslim faith. 9/11 has really twisted this country into a frayed knot of hatred and ignorance.
God will defend the believers; God does not love the unfaithful or the ungrateful.
Those who have been attacked are permitted to take up arms because they have been wronged- God has the power to help them-
those who have been driven unjustly from their homes only for saying, ‘Our Lord is God.’ If God did not repel some people by means of others, many monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, where God’s name is much invoked, would have been destroyed. God is sure to help those who help His cause- God is strong and mighty-
-Sura Al-Hajj, Ayah 38- 40
Warrant Investigator Knight peaceful lol. Allah commands muslims fight you until you are humiliated and subdued or dead.
Ha
Henry and DR. Rashid,
Great job with the video. Very informative.
They actually did it, I'm really glad you made this and what you do is actually more important than what you might thought to be
Islam is a beautiful religion.
It would be great to see something more in-depth on the Bahai Faith, other than the video you have about the gardens in Israel. More in-depth about its history as well as the current state of the Bahai Faith. Of the Abrahamic religions, it is the youngest, so there is very little info on the internet that is not biased. Your platform is great and I don't think anyone else could break it down, explain the different sects and the time line. Thanks! Always looking forward to new videos!
"Or the social justice advocacy of the Nation of Islam"
Uh.
The Nation of Islam is a political black supremacist group. Its absolutely disgusting and I don't know why Religion4Breakfast called them social justice advocates.
Whats very telling about the organisation is that Malcolm X used to be a follower and a prominent figure in the organisation. But when he went to Mecca for the pilgrimage (hajj) his views on black supremacy changed. He went from thinking they were the supreme race to believing that all races are equal which is what Islam truly teaches.
I'm still a bit disgusted by the way this channel referred to this organisation which is just as bad as white supremacist organisations.
@@aaanawaleh You do not understand 4he history and transformation of the nation of Islam do you?
@@aaanawaleh The nation of Islam currently is a very different one from the one Malcolm X was a part of. It changed after the death of Elijah Muhammad
@@eagle3676 How so? How is the current Nation of Islam different to the one of the 60s?
@@aaanawaleh Farrakhan went off the rails when he took charge and got super antisemitic, threw in some UFO mysticism, linked up with the Church of Scientology to some degree, has started claiming that Elijah Muhammed is alive and physically present in his life, and that we can/should exhume his body and compare it with his dental records to prove that he's not dead. He also basically admitted to having Malcolm X killed for leaving the organization.
It is more important than ever to see Islam as a true religion and a true path to righteousness and holiness. This chat helps dispel the ignorance and prejudice that frequently accompanies any discussion of Muslims. We are all children of God. Let's start with that!
Islam is a true religion according to who ? 😊
Excellent - looking forward to the next part.
This is my understanding of the Islamic religion: Islam, in Arabic, literally means to surrender. All Quranic teachings and rituals aim for one goal - surrendering to God only and accepting destiny, embracing both good and bad. What is God? God is the manifestation of reality, not identical to nature but manifesting in it. God is everything, not a literal figure in the sky. The verse "There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing" (42:11) portrays God as beyond comparison yet attributes Him with creature-like qualities, emphasizing manifestation in nature. To know God is to know what is, and surrendering to God means surrendering to reality, the truth, one of God's names. Surrendering is letting go of distorted views, destroying mental idols that warp reality, central to combating shirk (associating partners with God). The greater jihad, the struggle with the self, involves daily intellectual battles against these idols. It's crucial to recognize that idolatry extends beyond physical objects to ideas, concepts, people, like treating scholars' interpretations as divine words, a hidden form of idolatry, or letting celebrities, scientists, and journalists shape your opinions. Surrendering to God means not letting anyone shape your view of reality, even if they're Islamic scholars - respect them, but treat them like people. This understanding of the creed is followed by rituals, a mental-spiritual training akin to a gym workout - stopping, and your mind and soul become weaker. All these rituals are continuous reminders of what I explained before, the reality of God and that we don't exist without Him, prompting gratitude. This is why prayer is performed five times a day at specific times - a reminder to not lose ourselves in the distracted world and become vulnerable to delusions.
Great video! A light in the darkness of misinformation.
Glad to finally see an informative video on Islam.
First of all, I'd I appreciate how unbiased and civilized you are, I just found out after watching quite a few of your videos, that you know a great deal about Shia but your knowledge of sunni is more or less in the name "sunni" I do enjoy your work, it's great and amazing, but for a topic like this, I believe it's a little unbalanced to portray one side and vaguely mention the other,
Also, just a little correction, Shia are not "the first community to come together historically" in fact after the prophet passed away, although some people favored Ali ra to be the first caliph, Ali ra himself gave the position up to Abu Bakr, and therefore there were still one community, a short time after that, a group broke out known as "khawarij" but that's beside the point, the Shia only became separated after the death of Ali, and the community they separated from are what we now call "the sunni"
Basically what I'm saying is that even though they were people against Abubakr, Umar and Uthman being caliphs, they weren't separated from the main body of Muslims and as such there weren't any "Shia" at the time
I've always wondered about the religion of Islam so I really appreciate this great breakdown
Islam is the one and only true religion it breaks down to different sect but the only true Muslim is the one who follows the teachings of prophet which is called Sunnah and believes That God is only one and has no partners
It is interesting to point out though some Muslims actually believe the Quran was eternal and is part of god by being property of his existence so in a sense it has always existed.
Mohid Syed No all of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah consider the Quran to be eternal and only the Mutazilites (Rationalist) which are almost extinct today consider it to be transient
Hani S Yes it is a stupid debate but it was started by the mutazilites and ahlus sunna had to respond because of the doubts they were spreading as the companions never asked a question of the nature of the Quran.
I never knew the muslim in the video was a shia but he made some disappointing claims
Particularly appreciated the part about Shariah, and wish you would do a longer video exploring just Shariah in more depth.
The timeliness of that subject and the paucity of info on it elsewhere on RUclips could get your channel much more (well-deserved) attention.
I was actually talking to my dad the other day and we both agreed that we have no problem with going to majority Muslim countries as long as they are countries that are like, "Yeah, you may not be Muslim, but we will leave you alone." That is why I probably will never go to Saudi Arabia. I don't like it when religious beliefs are imposed upon me. This is a problem I have with certain groups of Christians in the U.S. as well.
that comparison has never been more apt than today.
Ah, you really have to go to Saudi Arabia, especially Madina/Mecca. Th people there are very good even with non-Muslims. You can also watch documentaries from Western who went there. It always feels scary until you experience it.
@@jessica-tv6ep I'm still not comfortable because I'm an atheist.
Irreligion in Saudi Arabia is difficult to measure as it is illegal to leave the Islamic faith in the country.[1][2][3] Most atheists in Saudi Arabia communicate with each other via the internet.[4][5]
According to a 2012 poll by WIN-Gallup International, 19% of 502 Saudi Arabians surveyed stated they were "not religious", and 5% that they were "convinced atheists".[6][7][8]
In March 2014, the Saudi interior ministry issued a royal decree branding all atheists as terrorists, which defines terrorism as "calling for atheist thought in any form, or calling into question the fundamentals of the Islamic religion on which this country is based."[9]
Apostasy is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.[10]
Oh. in that case, I think you'll love Indonesia . Most of us are Muslim but we're usually chill with non-muslims
Islam doesn't "evolve", Quran 5:3 "Today, I have perfected your religion for you, and have completed My blessing upon you, and chosen Islam as Dīn (religion and a way of life) for you"
You are confusing İslaam as Allaah’s religion to humanity < the Qur’aan, with İslaam dictated by humanity’s environment!
Brilliant presentation. I thank you both.
This is a very well done and informative video. Really love your work as a communicator and as a researcher.
I love the channel and i enjoyed the educational part of the video, but Dr. Rashid sounds biased from time to time. He talks about how important it is, not to generalize Islam, and then goes on to talk about how "the majority of Muslims..."
I also find it problematic to use feminist and somewhat less misogynistic groups of Islam as "the vast majority", since it is just not true.
Yes, they existed and it is a terrific thing, but religiously rooted misogyny is a big problem in many countries besides Saudi Arabia, even if in less obvious ways.
I truly understand that they felt the need to be very sensitive about the topic since it is so politically charged, but I wish they were more objective and more honest about it. Dismissing very problematic religious practices saying that not everyone follows them is dangerous and can be damaging for future discourse, as well as it can deeply hurt those who have suffered in one way on another because of them.
I know that in today's climate one can easily be called an Islamophobe, but I wish the public was thinking more critically and logically, so we would not have to tiptoe around certain religions.
I don't know why but it seems Muslims are only liberal in places where they are a minority.
@@shashwatsinha2704 its because where muslims as a majority population dont know what it feels like to experience hate and bigotry
Which deeply religious practices are problematic? Are you talking about FGM? That was a practice that predated islam, even if islam never existed fgm would still be going on. I would appreciate it if you could elaborate on what you are talking about. Some of the problematic things you may see are not issues within the religion, if they were, they would be practiced by the majority of people. Thats the whole point that you are not getting.
@@icya1798 I would say it's because there's too much homogeneity in terms of ideas (a bubble essentially). But yes, also because they can't see themselves in the others shoes.
Wow, this is a great basic education! I want to know more!!!! Please do more!!!! Perhaps you already have ...I will look immediately after the video finishes!!
I would like a more critical stand on Islamic history instead of just taking for granted the Muslim tradition. I mean, if we take a critical stand on Christianity, why the double standard of being non-critical to the Islamic tradition and just take it as a given?!
Point is that the History just doesn't make sense if that happens.
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"Interpretation requires interpreters"
...and those will always, always be the Imams.
They will 100% of the time make the decision on what is right and wrong when it comes to Sharia "law" in public "rulings".
Muslims put great value in the authorities of their religious scholars, and will always leave the "hard answers" to them.
Or am I wrong here?
What if your feelings go against the strict commandments of Allah?
What if your emotions tell you that it's ok to be eat pork and be homosexual?
Are you sanctioned by Islam to make those choices yourself, and still come to heaven?
How is this different from people putting great value in the authorities of judges and legal experts in secular societies?
@M Y This is not a blanket approval to ignore fatwas! It's simply stating not to follow imams blindly. They are not omnipotent infallible beings and can make mistakes.
@@burningphoneix sometimes judges are condemned or even attacked in the US for ridiculous rulings, or at least the courthouse is. The whole race issue currently brings this to mind. They can also be voted out democratically.
burningphoneix Maybe the intention was to follow Mohammed or Allah above the fatwa of an Imam? Makes sense to me, Imams are priests.
Obviously the phrase is lacking of context, so I cannot say much without reading the source.
Asalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatulahi Wa Barakaatu, FYI The famous poet "Mevlana Jalaludin Rumi" is NOT from Turkey but from Afghanistan. He was born in Balkh Afghanistan. We call him Mevlana Jalaludin Rumi Balkhi.
I think you’re right. Apparently, Rumi died in Turkey, so, maybe that’s the source of the confusion.
Thanks for producing this video. Actually learned quite a bit. Very informative.
I have to say that this is excellent. Less than twenty minutes and I'm coming out of this experience more informed about Islam and more hungry for more insight into it's complex and varied worldviews than I have ever been. I'm definitely looking forward to more entries on this topic and more collaboration with Dr. Rashid.
Very good Intro to Islam.
Dr. Hussein is a Shei and it is obvious, please have another video with a Sunni scholar , Dd. Hussein also tend to politicize things
He was reasonably impartial on the subject
*Do syncretism and mystification
Modernists and Reformers : So you've chosen Ｂｉｄ 'ａｈ
Oh yeah, with that notions we would learn more about Indonesian muslim, especially the Javanese which known for mysticism practice (kejawen), and lesser known Sundanese spirituality and its ancestor religion (Sunda Wiwitan) that have been believed to shared similarities with traditional Islamic doctrin.
anything not done by prophet or sahaba is innovation (bid'ah) in islam, and its told by prophet himself.
@@Ahadun_ahd silence salafi
@@Ahadun_ahd This is what the hadiths say, needless to say that most of them are just legalistic and moralist texts made up by caliphs and temporal authorities to control lower social classes through fear of punishment in the afterlife and to maintain the social status quo. There is physically impossible for someone to remember more than 15.000 phrases that the prophet (saws) said 200 years after his death and whitout even know him in the first place. Just think about it, use your rationality and logic, most of the hadith just tell about punishment if you defy authorities or social constructs for a reason.
Sufism is like a kind of Muslim Kabbalah. Mystical and esoteric.
Not so much in practice. Among Orthodox Jews there are no modern schools that reject Kabbalah; all treat it as a
valid part of the religion. The main arguments are over who can study it, and how much it should impact the
wider religious practices of its students.Many of my Coreligionists insist that only a married man over 40 can be a student, and then only with a Rabbi's permission. Note that one of the last major Rabbis opposed to Kabbalah as a
whole actually saw Sufiism as leading to a positive development in Muslim-Jewish relations. It In theory, that is, belief of how the system is tied with the wider theological system, however, they are very similar.
@@LangThoughts some Jews do reject the legitimacy/divinity of the Zohar and by extension almost all of Qabala
@@joshuahall7677 I'm talking about from the view of Orthodox Judaism, which has more of a common base that all of Islams that was talked about in the video, when compared to other Jewish movements. Note that this isn't a no true Scotsman argument, I'm not saying that Conservatives or Reforms aren't Jewish, but rather only Orthodox Judaism can fit into the paradigm Dr. Rashid talked about.
Kabbalah is more like Hurufi Islam rather than Sufism
@@LangThoughts yemeni Orthodox Jews reject kabbalah if I'm not mistaken
i was born and raised muslim and even went to a islamic school for 12 years and learned so much from this video
Understanding what others believe brings all of us closer together. We are indeed all one.
Thanks for making this video. It was very helpful :)
Really informative and interesting video! Lots of good discussion on the distinctions within the religion.
Great video overall, other than Dr. Rashid bringing up Nation of Islam in the same breath as other legitimate schools of Islamic thought and Islamic outreach groups (9:58).
Thank you for this. I consider myself a "Liberal" Catholic (from the Old Catholic tradition, not the current political schism in American Catholicism). Its really valuable to see the diversity of belief, especially that there are Muslims who visit tombs etc. One irrational human fear I still have is the zealous destruction of ancient religious artifacts.
I don’t feel like it’s irrational to be upset about damage to historical artifacts.
This is awesome! Packed full of info, thank you. I'm going to have to watch it four more times. Wow!
God will defend the believers; God does not love the unfaithful or the ungrateful.
Those who have been attacked are permitted to take up arms because they have been wronged- God has the power to help them-
those who have been driven unjustly from their homes only for saying, ‘Our Lord is God.’ If God did not repel some people by means of others, many monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, where God’s name is much invoked, would have been destroyed. God is sure to help those who help His cause- God is strong and mighty-
-Sura Al-Hajj, Ayah 38- 40
Very informative! Some of the info I knew but also learned some new stuff too. Will you be doing similar videos for other religions? Thanks :)
My interest is peaked this year in islam and the arabic world.... We will see what the Divine guides me to by the end of the year
Thank you, your videos are an invaluable resource here on the Tube
basically what he means at 2:09 is that the quran is translated but never ever changed out of its language as it will be changed like many other books of god which makes the quran the only book of god that has never been changed. ps. im muslim so i know this stuff
Very interesting and informative video. Though I can’t imagine the comments under this one being exceptionally civil.
Yup, not looking forward to that.
What about: comparatively to the rest of youtube?
I am glad the comments section did not turn into the mess that follows every video the NoBullshit/Destiny/Battening RUclips group.
What you just said is manipulative. By saying this you have established for yourself the idea (for people who see your comment) that you are correct and everybody who disagrees with you is wrong or unreasonable. And like else where in America there are two extreme ideas about Islam with very few in the center. Nevertheless I am one of them and no I am not a Christian or republican and I didn't vote for Trump. This video was done well because it stuck to the basics of Islam from a secular perspective. But like many others it whitewashed the problems of extremism as if it were so rare in Islam it is barely worth mentioning. I remember in one of my religion classes I had on Islam, my professor brought in a man to talk to us who was his close friend. He was supposed to represent a rational modern Muslim who would show us that we didn't have to fear Islamic people as if they were all extreme. He said he would answer any question to dispell any fear we had about Muslims. At that time, (it was a few decades ago) a horrible honor killing happened in St Louis, I think. It disturbed me so much I had to ask this man if he believed there was any situation that would justify murdering your own daughter in cold blood. He hum hauled around and avoided the subject. SO I asked him in a different way. Instead of saying murder I said honor killing. He still wouldn't answer. So I said "Before Allah" please answer the question. So he said yes there were situations that would justify honor killings. So much for the modern reasonable Muslim. Those of you open minded enough should read: In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom. It's by Qanta Ahmed. If you are open minded enough. She gives her own Islamic experience of the many sides of Islam. Some beautiful some not so beautiful. None of it white-washed.
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Honor killing is not allowed in Islam. But I agree it’s well known to have happened in Islamic world and the media is more concentrated on to Islam. From what I gather it’s more a human tendency who live in a uniform culture so as not to be an outcast they stoop to honor killings.
Thank you very much and all the best!
hmm.. focusing on setting Saudi Arabia as a bad example of an Islamic country and Iran as not as bad as you think!!
let me guess before i google his name.. he's a Shia?
surprise!! i was right.
sorry but i don't think this video is a good and fair source to know about Islam.
and the reason i mentioned above is the most obvious but not at all the only one.
Thank you. This was amazing
Please cover minority sects in Islam, such as Ibadis or Quranists, which tend to be ignored.
Kuro Azrem or us in the Muslim Reform Movement.
@@Tsalagi978 yes of course
I love this channel.
This and Crash Course are my go to guides for learning about philosophy and religions and how they affect everyday life.
I love hearing points of view that promote understanding. We are all one, our love of God should bring us closer not want us to murder.
Very well done, informative but neutral and with that respectful to all.
This was a fantastic video! As a Christian, of course I have my disagreements with Islamic theology, but I always had an interest in the culture, theology, and people. I wish there were interfaith groups that didn't force members to subscribe to some wonky theology to join.
Josh... if Christians actually believed and followed Yahoshua/Jesus instead of man (Paul) then I would be happy to be called Christian.
Mikey Strikey dumb comment
The explanation of sharia was so helpful! It will be more constructive for me to think of it as a set of guidelines that institutions interpret as well as individuals
Even though I am pagan myself. If It weren't for Islam the west would have never have had the Renaissance to begin with!!! They preserves Greek and Roman culture in their libraries. And obviously once Marco Polo got back from China. Things really started kicking off!!!! So thanks Islam for preserving some our western culture so we could rediscover it centuries later!!!!
Mind opening. Thank you
Odd that "god" won't or can't communicate with humans in a more direct and unambiguous way
each human is unique in their own way so having religion be too straightforward is a recipe for failure
Odd that “you” think you know better than God
If you created something in your image would you loudly proclaim to the creation that you did it or would you keep it more mysterious?
@@stylicho God is not like any creation.
@@oneing4206 God doth say He created us in His image
A fun and interesting presentation and kudos to the Muslim guy, (or so I assume although it doesn't necessarily matter,) for participating.
I though the way that he tip-toed around the practice as opposed to the theory of Sharia Law was a wee bit slippery but OK at least he was encouraging people to at least give it some thought which can d no harm.
A tricky topic in some ways; but one done some justice, nice one.
Excellent overview, thx! Would also be curious to know what Muhammad's 'pre-Gabriel' religion was like, since the Angel Gabriel is really a basic invention of Judaeo-Christian mythology to begin with.
Mekkans were polytheists before Islam but it was reported that Muhammed never prayed to any of their gods
technically he was athiest but we like to say he was natively Muslim
@@mrbilter83 @Mr Bilter Interesting, thx. So from where do you think he _borrowed_ 'the Angel Gabriel'?
i don't know about *borrowing* but as muslims we believe the angel Gabriel (or Jibreel in arabic) appeared before him in his dreams teaching him about the word of God
@@mrbilter83 Yes, I saw the video. But why did an 'atheist' and presumably non-Jew receive his vision via a Hebrew figure like Gabriel/JIbreel? Also don't muslims and jews share a lot of the same Old Testament 'mythology'
@@matonmongo basically in Islam both Christianity and Judaism are believed to be the words of God as well but they were corrupted so God had to make Islam to rectify what humans did
so saying that Gabriel is a Judeo-Christian figure is to us the same as saying he's an Islamic figure
Thank you very much. You make it easier to understand many different religions. This was very informative.
"The record of the Naqshbandiya, combining inner spirituality with an outward, political, posture ranging from acquiescence to militancy, according to circumstances, should warn us against characterizing Sufism as a purely mystical or quietist dimension of Islam." - Islam in the World, pg 280, Malise Ruthven
What I take away from this video, is that in the society which has been formed through centuries by Islam, ie Arabia, Islam does exactly as it pleases. In countries where it could dominate, like historical India, it ruled with an iron hand, until it lost its hold on power. In countries like the US, which is not only culturally and politically strong, but which has not exactly had a large influx of Saudi muslims, Islam is on its very best behaviour.
All religions will try to dominate the region they're prevalent in.
@@TheBelovedRose. loool he's so dumb
I think when people say that’s cultural or that’s religious, they are referring to whether or not the behavior in context is directly mentioned in the Quran or Hadith / or if the behavior is a remnant of a pre-Islamic tradition that continued to be practiced after Islam using religious rationalization.
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In this excellent video (I sent the link to a friend studying at Harvard Divinity) you talk about confusing cultural religion with practice and belief.
Most Christians in the Western World fail to see how deeply the "Chrisianities" (to borrow a term from your video) have shaped what they see as a totally secular culture. (Being a secularly educated American Jew with a string interest in history and comparative religion, I have developed that outsider perspective)
These are the people who appear to be threatened the most by the idea of "Sharia Law being forced on us", while often ignoring or even advocating a fundamentalist Christian version of Sharia. American culture is so steeped in the Protestant culture that they often cannot realize this.
These are the people who cannot understand that the laws they want on issues like abortion, LGBTI rights, civil rights and immigration are all based on a particularly 20th Century American twist on Puritan Protestant theocracy.
These are the people who see "a war on Christmas" in acknowledging cultural diversity; who cannot understand the anger of many at the programming of a cable channel run by a corporation which chooses to run "Holiday Programs" from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve which only show Protestant celebrations of Christmas masked as "cultural" , usually by 95% white casts.
They are totally unaware that their assumption that everyone in the world thinks and acts just like them hurts them, world peace and the democracy we live in.
I guess I'm
A: asking if you've covered this, since I just found your channel this morning.
B: wondering how this idea can be introduced.
I think there is an Alan Watts lecture on how the WASP culture is a direct result of the bourgeoisie Protestantism. I think you can find it on RUclips.
It is the case that some Americans don't realize that our culture is a Protestant one (many of these arguments you bring up are argued using religion, and as such demonstrates that these people are aware that they are not being secular), and perhaps the history of Protestantism's shaping of the West would be interesting, but seeing as how you put it in a political tone I'll say this: Coming from a Protestant culture does not detract from culturally conservative arguments. The people you are talking about are cultural purists, to put it aggressively. Virtually none of these people have any interest in preventing Sharia in Muslim countries, and admit that if they were to voluntarily move to a different cultural region they ought to integrate into that new society. All that can be said on the political note is that conservatives want to conserve their own culture. I speak of Americans, but this likely would apply to the rest of the western world as well.
When I grew up I understood that every religion and God is man made
I always find it weird when people say that, I mean, it's okay to have an opinion, it's one thing to say "I'm skeptical about God's existence" and another to say "I know for a fact that God doesn't exist"
I mean in almost 100 years of research, humanity can barely say anything about dark matter, but "growing up" you found out that God doesn't exist? I'm not trying to persuade you into anything just saying.
@@albashirmasud3808 I mean in almost 100 years of research, humanity can barely say anything about dark matter, but "growing up" you found out that God does exist? I'm not trying to persuade you into anything just saying.
Thank you for trying a good approach, but Mr. Hussein Rashid has A very weird understanding of Islam, I think may be his approach is superficial as its best, one small example is when he says “wahhabi Islam”, there is no books on wahhabi jurisprudence, there is no wahhabi jurisprudence school, that is only a name which is nonsensical, if he fails explaining that, there is no difference in listening to this “doctor” and asking Wikipedia. Other small thing is that there is no basis in shari’ah to ban women from driving (I asked), that is a particular situation of a particular country, for its particular security problems, but as far as I know, no one in Saudi Arabia says that law is from Qur’an and Hadith i.e. shari’ah.
@@SonofSethoitae Because @yamiroo "asked" somebody, so he's an expert (obvi).
Dr Kecia Ali's statement is very interesting
"There are state and non-state actors that try to craft a Sharia that serves their ends. We have to ask what does it achieve for them?"
This is a legitimate question, but it ignores another, namely: what is it about Islam that enables these groups to use Sharia for their own ends?
Asking only the first question suggests that the nature of Islam has nothing to do with Islamic extremism, and yet, terrorism inspired / defended by a religion is much more common in Islam than in other religions.
This is the debate that Muslims want to ignore: a critical examination of their religion and why it is so susceptible to abuse by extremists.
Every religion is susceptible to abuse by extremists. It just depends on social, political, and economic factors if this abuse is possible, and to what extent. In the Middle-Ages it was very possible for groups to use christianity for their own ends, just look at the way the Borgia and Medici families in Italy used their combined political and religious power to further their aims.
In most majority christian nations there is right now a seperation of church and state. That entire concept came about in the aftermath of many revolutions in both Europe and America. These kinds of revolutions haven't happened (yet) within most majority islamic nations, religion and politics are way more intermingled. This is one of the things that makes it easier to use islam to further political aims at this moment in time.
The nature of islam is the same as the nature of any monotheistic authoritarian religion. Christianity being the obvious example as the biggest religion on earth, and also belonging to the same Abrahamic tradition as islam. The question is how is this nature (mis)used and manipulated by people, and to what extent can states prevent this (mis)use and manipulation.
As this video said, religions should be viewed within their cultural and political context. When asking the question "what is it about Islam that enables these groups to use Sharia for their own ends?" I think it is unwise to ignore this context.
@@PGraveDigger1 I agree that the context exists and should be taken into account when discussing Islam motivated terrorism.
So yes, do have a look at the thing from different angles and from a multidisciplinary perspective: history, sociology, psychology, theology, etc. I welcome all kinds of scientific research, as long as that science is as objective as possible and isn't aimed to explain away unpleasant facts.
So, at the same time, we should ask what kind of behavior and attitude is consistent with the religious dogmas. Christianity and Islam are not identical. The apostle Paul wrote "investigate everything and keep what is good". Nowhere in the Bible is it said that the Bible contains eternally true ideas and a complete basis for personal behavior. This allows for a liberal perspective that sees the contents of the Bible in a historical context. The Quran does make such a claim of eternal truth about itself.This makes it harder (not impossible!) to take such a liberal perspective.
I was brought up Christian and it definitely has its flaws and it produces a great many madcaps, like all those who want to take Biblical history literally. That's an interesting topic all by itself. I'm not an expert of religion but there are probably better ones than Christianity, although I'd like to add that the modern scientific method is the product of a Christian culture. And look at how many lives that saved.
I simple suggest that we should accept that some religious views and dogmas are more susceptible to abuse than others. I believe that Islam, with its claim to absolute and eternal truth, makes it very susceptible to people playing judge jury and executioner. We can then discuss this in the context of culture and society, but at the same time, Islam in part created that same culture in Muslim countries.
So please, yes, do all the research. More science and a willingness to debate things openly are exactly what we need in any discussion about religion. The more and the more varied, the better. I'm just saying that that includes the open discussion of taboo subjects and add the suggestion that some religions are more susceptible to certain kinds of abuse than others.
I may actually be wrong, but I think that it's an idea worthy of an honest debate.
@@diedertspijkerboer a muslim, ibn al haytham is considered the father of the scientific method and there have been many more muslim scientists that broke many molds for their time and established principles for scientific work that we respect to this day and age... so no, I wouldn't say that it was particularly the christianity of european culture that birthed the thirst for science and knowledge. Rather the pursuit of domination (which is something very human), mixed with an abundance of ressources and wealth. Something that islamic civilization had too in its peak.
I get what you are trying to say about claiming truthfulness, but I don't think that the islamic claim of eternal truth of the quran is the problem. I think it's in the nature of religion as we understand it (in the western world including todays muslim world). Because an uncertain religion that doesn't claim truthfulness loses its right of existence. In my opinion the problem with islamic doctrin is that with time as more and more people in the heartland became muslim, islam lost it's belief in the necessity of justifying and discussing the views inside of the religion. I remember reading that until the 1200s, christians were still the majority in the muslim dominion. And in that time muslim doctrin still had to prove itself if it wanted to stay. Muslims to this day rely mostly on interpretations of the quran and hadiths that are hundreds of years old and from that time. The people in power saw and see no necessity in supporting the formation of new ideas and interpretations as they could lose their grip on power on the region. This in turn allowed muslims to be comfy in their understanding of their religion without furthering and developing it on a grand scale. By the time the ottomans came around the damage was already done by years of internal wars and mongol annihilation and the europeans were stepping up their game. Instead of developing their realm the ottomans focused on seeking glory in endless wars of conquest, which in the end motivated the arabs to seceding. So in conclusion I think that it were many historical and political factors that formed islam in the way it is today, not the inherent ideas of islam.
We know poverty drives crime. Instability drives extremism. Western nations have spent the last century destabilizing regions with Muslims. Of course you see this trend.
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