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Yasir Qadhi’s GPU 2008 Speech

19. November, 2008 by Yasir Qadhi Islamophobia 41 comments

This is the speech referred to in the earlier post: Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism at GPU 2008

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Yasir Qadhi

Yasir Qadhi is someone that believes that one's life should be judged by more than just academic degrees and scholastic accomplishments. Friends and foe alike acknowledge that one of his main weaknesses is ice-cream, which he seems to enjoy with a rather sinister passion. The highlight of his day is twirling his little girl (a.k.a. "my little princess") round and round in the air and watching her squeal with joy. A few tid-bits from his mundane life: Sh. Yasir has a Bachelors in Hadith and a Masters in Theology from Islamic University of Madinah. He is presently working on his PhD in Islamic Studies at Yale University. He is an instructor and Dean of Academic Affairs at AlMaghrib, and has appeared on a number of Islamic channels including Huda, Islam Channel and Al-Fajr. He has written several books in English including Introduction to the Sciences of Qur'an, Riyaa: Hidden Shirk, Dua: the Weapon of the Believer, and many more.

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http://muslimmatters.org/author/ibnabeeomar/ ibnabeeomar

that’s it. im bringing a light-saber to all your talks at texas dawah
http://www.muslimmatters.org AnonyMouse

What’s up with the introductory music? :/

Sheikh YQ, am loving your style here masha’Allah… now how soon before they start accusing you of provoking radicalism in your audience? :)
http://muslimmatters.org Yasir Qadhi

Light saber?! That bad…!!

BTW I had no idea about the music, in fact I didn’t even hear it since I was backstage and then walking on while it was dying down.

I lost my voice somewhere after the first ten minutes…plus now that I see it myself (for the first time) I spot quite a few mistakes. When you’re speaking onstage in front of such a large audience you have other things to concentrate on then like, say, delivering a lecture…
http://muslimmatters.org/author/ibnabeeomar/ ibnabeeomar

i was referencing all the ppl in the audience waving light sabers during the talk
http://www.mujahideenryder.net MR

LOL @ the light sabers.

See you soon Sh. YQ!
Sahaba_Soldier

great speech sheikh,
I was sad when I saw some of the audiences are not taking the speech seriously,
But I hope that the majority does in sha’ Allah.

Jazak Allah Khair
Nihal Khan

“France! And France! And what will make you realize what France is?”

Wa maa adraaka mal France :P
Ipswichian by Name…

SalaamAlaykum

Shaykh Yasir, may I just say… MashaaAllah, looking very dapper ! ! :)
Was-Salaam – o and great speech!
Faiez

Indeed the heart speaks a different language
http://www.maniacmuslim.com AsimG

When I clicked on the video I was thinking this can’t be right.
Seemed like it was a concert entrance or something.

And yes, insha’Allah I’m coming to Tennesse with light sabers.

YESSS ZABIHA YESSS!!!!! WOOOOOOOTTT

Ok i’m done, masha’Allah good job on the lecture shaykh.
Hidaya

^^ MashaAllah at your very productive and intellectual comment.

The lecture was just off the hook but u can clearly telll that Sheikh lost his voice.
AbuZakariyya

nice Sherwani Yasir Bhai mashaAllah! Shaadi ki hai? :)
http://haytham.wordpress.com haytham

awesome man…. awesome…mashaAllah :)

Love it
OsmanK

mashallah great speech. Hypocrisy is indeed taken over the west when it comes to Islam. If a Muslim says something offensive, the whole Ummah has to apologize for it and it is publicly criticized. If a non-Muslim says something equally offensive, he is probably congratulated for “freedom of speech”.
http://ibnalhyderabadee.wordpress.com aboo saleem pheku

amazing sherwani
http://www.muslimmatters.org Amad

Seriously, that was quite awesome.
http://muslimmatters.org/author/ibnabeeomar/ ibnabeeomar

this was really an inspiring speech mashallah, i enjoyed listening to it. i think it touches upon some excellent strategies of combating islamophobia, especially in terms of how to draw comparison to other “faith based” groups.
http://muslimmatters.org/author/ibnabeeomar/ ibnabeeomar

btw the sherwani was nice – but the beard looks like it was professionally done ;)
http://prayinjamat.com abu abdAllah, the Houstonian

innalhamdolillah.

:) “give it up for Shaykh Yasir Qadhi!!!!” :)
and the crowd goes wild!

yup, the shaykh has left the building… man if we could have showed that clip at the end of class on Sunday… alhamdolillah :P
Ron Ibn Abi Paul Al-Anti-Illuminati

Ma shaa’ Allah, excellent speech Sheikh. Totally owned the media. I call this speech: حكم الإعدام في الرد على وسائل الإعلام
Gohar

It was a good speech. Unfortunately, the hall is so big that without the big screen showing the face and emotions of the speaker, people are always going to get distracted.
fulanah1

I am so inspired/overjoyed/eman-filled after hearing this speech, subhanAllah.

may Allah SWT protect dear Yasir Qadhi and raise his rank. ameen
Rabiya

Amazing speech masha’Allaah.

:)
http://ibnalhyderabadee.wordpress.com ibn alHyderabadee

cool…yo omar……

if u get a light saber…..i’ll get one too…..

maybe they know Yasir’s a Star Wars fan…..
http://ibnalhyderabadee.wordpress.com ibn alHyderabadee

thats some nasty entrance music….lool
Abu Rumaysah

Masha`Allah TabarakAllah..this speech reminded me of the sahaba’s speech to the persian king…this is how guidance, knowledge and faith of Islaam illuminates its adherents and distinguishes the truth from ambiguity, freedom from oppression, justice from bigotry/hatred…barak Allahu feek akhoonal faadhil..
http://muslimmatters.org Siraaj

Dude, that entrance music was hilarious. I thought it was like a WWE wrestler intro, and then what followed was, in pitch and tone, was the equivalent of cutting a promo. If only Shaykh Yasir had ended with…

“WHATCHA GONNA DO BROTHER, WHATCHA GONNA DO?!!!!! WHEN YASIRMANIA RUNS WILD! ON! YOUUUU!!!!!”
http://www.islamicawakening.com Abu Umar

A very excellent presentation by Yasir Qadhi. I hope in the future he is able to be more outspoken on political issues, insha’Allah.
Komal

Assalamu Alaikum,

Does anyone have the video of Shaykh Yasir giving shahadah to the sister at GPU…it was really an amazing moment. Im going to try and upload it to youtube soon iA.

Great story at the beginning…it was pretty cool how there were rabbis at the conference…Anti zionism Rabbis…they had their own booth at the conference…really neat.
Komal

Yeah, the light sabers were everywhere. I didnt really get it but oh well. It must be another weird London thing…
Ibrahim

MashaAllah, very well said. May Allah give us the courage to follow the advice given by Yasir Qadhi.
http://myspace.com/jakattakonthetrack Jawaad A. Khan

“There’s a word in the English language for this, and it’s called HYPOCRISY!” MashaAllah brother, I had a smile throughout…and now I’m hyped up to do some Da’wah and I’d like to make an intention of giving Da’wah to my high school class of what Islam really teaches…
Lailaha Illallah (There’s a word for that in English, it’s called monotheism and is shared by many religions!)

Alhamdulillah Wa Salaamu Alaikum

(p.s. just a side note, bring Al-Maghrib to Banu Noor! (Miami/South FL))!!!!
http://circleofikhlas.wordpress.com usman

shaykh yasir just tore it down…excellent speech
http://www.maniacmuslim.com AsimG

My only fear is that our shaykhs will spend too much time on politics.

Every speech Shaykh Hamza Yusuf makes at ISNA’s final speech is about politics….it’s get old.

I want an imaan rush when I listen to Islamic speakers or at least some knowledge.

If I’m not getting either then why did I come?
http://www.islamicawakening.com Abu Umar

My only fear is that our shaykhs will spend too much time on politics.

On the contrary, they need to speak more time on politics. They are the ones that should be setting an example on the political front.

Every speech Shaykh Hamza Yusuf makes at ISNA’s final speech is about politics….it’s get old.

I think that is the best time for a figure of Hamza Yusuf’s stature to make political comments.
http://MuslimahBloggerer.wordpress.com MBloggerer

SubhanAllah, That was an amazing (and rather fiery/passionate) speech Sh. Yasir! A very dignified response in itself to islamophobia …<>.

We have no reason to ever feel ashamed to practice our religion peacefully in public!

Subhan Allah, an excellent reminder (& so many gems!!). Jazak Allahu khayran Sh. Yasir!
http://muslimmatters.org/author/ibnabeeomar/ ibnabeeomar

http://www.muzzlewatch.com/?p=418
Al Madrasi Al Hindee

Subhanallah.

‘We are a people who do not fear men because we put our trust in the creator of men’.

Mashallah a brilliant talk.
http://fastaqim.blogspot.com fastaqim.blogspot.com

Here the video on youtube without the music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0kqmaxWQ_8
Shibli Zaman

as-salamu `alaykum,

The “Khalifa” (Engl. “Caliph”) in Alp Arsalan’s time was al-Qa’im. Alp Arsalan never took the title of “Khalifa” in his life. There were periods in Seljuq history where they removed the `Abbasi Khalifa’s name from their mints and khutub. In their later history, the `Abbasids were relegated to mere titular rulers. This was extremely important in order to counter the Shi`ite propaganda of the Fatimids who actively pursued titular and liturgical authority over the Muslim world. Yet, at no time did the `Abbasi Khalifa cease to represent the Sunni Khilafa until their demise at the hands of Hulagu, the grandson of Tumejin (Genghis Khan). No Sunni ruler or conqueror would have empowered the Fatimids by completely invalidating the `Abbasi Khalifa. It would have been strategically damaging. Allah knows best.

Shakh Yasir, I’ve read the dialog between Alp Arsalan and Diogenes several times, but never read any quoting of Jesus. Where can this be found?

Jazakumullahu khayran, was-salam.
Shibli Zaman

In our times, I would consider it Fard upon the `Ulama’ to make “political statements” to enjoin the good and forbid the evil. If the scholars sit and talk only about Tahara and Asma’ wa-Siffat all the time we’ll be rendered very clean and tidy theologians who are inept to remedy and rectify our present condition.

Shaykh Yasir’s “political statements” probably fall just below the rank of Ibn Taymiyyah’s (rahimahullah) chiding of Mahmud Ghazan which was an act of the best Jihad as designated in the Prophet’s (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) famous Hadith of speaking truth to a tyrant ruler. Allah knows best.

May Allah reward Shaykh Yasir for his important speech. Amin.

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