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Auto-generated transcript:As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
And we care for others in fundamental ways by enjoining good and forbidding evil.
We don't care for them by pretending to be popular or doing whatever is trendy.
We do solid work.
In that context,
what I want to say to you
that one of the things that is happening in America
is for various reasons.
I don't want to go into all the reasons.
But for various reasons,
what is happening in America is the alienation of immigrants
or the children of immigrants.
They are being...
They are being alienated.
They are being seen as different.
They are being seen as people who don't contribute,
who don't count.
And therefore,
people who are at best a nuisance
and at worst,
they should find a way of getting rid of them.
Now,
that is not a good situation to be in.
So we are talking right now about
how we can smiling the House,
but at worst,
we should be able to say,
Oh brother,
I don't have money.
A lot of them are well not that many.
tests are going to be sleeping out there.
This whole time schedule is coming to a difficult situation because of that.
And also,
there are limitations.
In
something happens protesting and that protesting also is usually for something which has happened
or happening in some foreign country like currently what's going on with regard to paris
then how's that by all means do that nothing wrong with that should do it
but how many muslims took part in the black lives matter protests
why not how many muslims are protesting because the majority of population in the prisons
are the african-american people of this country majority by a big margin he's asked uh brother
salahuddin he's he's part of the of the of the system of uh where he gives a whole lot
of khutbas and so on in the prisons vast majority
there are many such indicators which i can tell you but i don't think it's necessary let me
ask you to think about it yourself i mentioned this in my khutba several times for example i
mentioned to you and i said to you and i think i said to you at least two years ago
all of the people who are protesting in the prisons are the people who are protesting
all of the people who are protesting in the prisons are the people who are protesting in the prisons
all of you here have children who go to the public schools
how many of you are on those public school boards
this masjid has been here for 40 years in 40 years how many people from this masjid
were on the public school boards of west springfield
40 years is two generations at least maybe
three generations of children who have passed to those schools
how many muslims from this budget have been on the school boards
how many of you have volunteered for and stood for and applied for positions in the town council
in the city council there are many positions available in the city council how many of
you have volunteered for that
how many of you have volunteered for that
and been rejected
i sometimes tell people show me a rejection letter
you cannot show me a rejection letter because you never applied
but you are living in this town think about that you are living in this town
your children are going to these schools and large numbers we are not talking here about small
large numbers we are not talking here about small large numbers we are not talking here about small
numbers large numbers but all the decisions that are taken concerning your children
numbers large numbers but all the decisions that are taken concerning your children
somebody else is taking them not you and not because there is discrimination not because
nobody let us come there not because they don't like muslims none of that
it's just because you don't care
it's your children who are going to live in this town not mine
My Raj still with Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala
So when do you want to change this?
Biggie comes here
There is a council which
Determines what happens there
How many of you guys are on that council?