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On Sunday August 22nd, I was the guest on the God Show at KTAR 92.3 FM in Phoenix, AZ. Discussion started with the meaning of Ramadan and the rules of fasting and prayer. Soon enough, and not unexpectedly, the discussion moved to the hotter issues of violence in Islam, conversion, ground zero mosque, and much more!! As usual, feedback is always welcome!
Thanks so much for this!
As a recent convert, many of the questions brought up by the host are asked to me by my non-muslim family and friends. Because I’m continuing to learn everything that Islam entails, I don’t always have the best info to back up my answers. I will share this link with them and insh’Allah they will understand better.
Assalamu alaikum
Jazak Allah khair Imam Anas. I think you did a splendid job of shining a light on our deen in a lucid manner. I will be emailing this link to my convert friends who are seeking to educate their clueless families. I want to especially commend your response to the host’s question, about whether you will be friendly to a former congregant of your masjid who apostates – that you will be friendly and you that you will try to bring him back to Islam. I am sure that rung true for a lot of listeners – Muslim and non-Muslim alike.
I have a question for you (and others, especially brother Amad), do you think it is ever appropriate to bring up America’s foreign policy when it comes to responding to the question of Muslims killing Muslims (that groups fighting each other are both armed by the US, etc.), or for that matter, America’s role in fomenting terrorist groups ? By not doing so, you are perpetuating the state of ignorance of the questioner; by doing so, the questioner just might put up a wall and be unwilling to listen to anything else you may have to say – after all, non-Muslims, who say anything to the effect of America bringing on herself much of what ails her, are portrayed as loons. I believe that this is a question, that our PR experts who are more familiar with the media need to answer with some consensus so that the brothers and sisters who wear their deen on their sleeve can answer the ever-increasing questions that are asked of them.
I think you did a wonderful job Imam Anas, jazaakum Allahu khayran.