Islam the Solution not the Problem for Humanity- Zakir Naik

-Nelson Mandela was called a terrorist... given Nobel prize later on

-Whoever is in power... labels people with whatever they want

-There are many strategies use by

e.g quote things about Islam which are not true: Islam is illogical. Also, quote verses in Qur'an out of context,

e.g. "wherever you find a kaafir, kill him" (9:5)

-Verses before this aayah speak about a peace treat broken by Mushriks in Makkah. Therefore, in battlefields, Muslims are told to not be scared and kill the enemy wherever they find them

-After quoting verse 5, they jump to verse 7, but skip verse 6 that talks about 'if they seek sanctuary'

-Even Surah Anfal, 8:16, whenever Qur'an speaks about war, it talks about peace right after it

-Another strategy: pick up the black sheep of community and portray them as examplary Muslims

-If you want to analyze a car, put a lousy driver at front. If the driver is bad, you can't blame the car

-Therefore, in order to know the car, you have to put the best driver behind it. And the best 'driver' of Islam is Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon Him)

-Twist the teachings of Islam, e.g. Muslims are terrorists/fundamentalists

-Qur'an is very different from what the media portrays it to be. For example, if any Muslim kills another human being, it's as though you have killed the whole humanity, and if a Muslim saved another human being, it's as if he saved the entire humanity!

-After 9/11 and 7th of July, we find that many Muslim organizations condemn the actions on both these days. We accept that these acts are wrong, but we have to also condemn the 1000s killed in Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq, etc, killing any human being is wrong.

-The media portrays Islam is intolerant. Yes! we are intolerant towards injustice, corruption and discrimination

-To all evils of society, Islam is intolerant to it

-Islam shows solutions to any problems

-The system of Zakat- if every rich human being gives zakat, there will be no poverty in this world!

-Thief- chop off his/her hands. So, people say Islam is a barbaric religion. Comparing to U.S.A., that has the highest robbery rate, if Islamic Shariah law were to be implemented, the robbery rate would have decreased

-Another example, rape. We all know it's wrong. Laws of most countries say so. But, Islam shows way to achieve the state where women won't be raped. Surah Nur, verse 13 [Men lower gaze]

-Once a boy was looking at a girl, and he kept staring at her. When asked, he said that it's told not to look at them for the second time. What is really meant by the aayah is that if you have unintentionally looked at a woman, do not look at her again to feast on her body

Criteria of Hijab:
1) Men = navel to knee.
Women= all but face and hands
2) Not tight
3) Not transparent4
4) Does not resemble the opposite sex
5) Does not resemble the non-Muslims