A Palestinian imam's take on Gaza | Omar Suleiman | The Big Picture S312
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- It is impossible not to feel overwhelmed by the ongoing war in Gaza - the death toll, the horrific footage, the world’s inability to bring it to an end.
That is compounded for Palestinians, many with family members directly impacted, who feel they’ve always been seen through a racist and islamophobic lens, and that speaking out is a political act with consequences.
So how do Palestinians and Muslims navigate their feelings of anger with their faith?
This week on The Big Picture, we sit down with Palestinian-American scholar and activist Dr Omar Suleiman, the founder of the Yaqeen Institute in Texas.
Dr Suleiman built a reputation as a religious voice who resonates with the growing Muslim diaspora searching for leaders, and as a millennial often on the frontlines of social issues and protest movements in the US.
He speaks to us about his own anger, his commitment to challenging his government and why this is a turning point for how he sees himself as an American.
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Thank you for the sit down and opportunity!
@@ariesgosserow4060The number one thing when you know when someone has sold there soul is act like it never happened. Hamas and Iran was involved in raping and killing 3 million Sudanese women and children who where not Arab. It reported as the worst genocide in the 21 century.
Thank you for talking and speaking out about palestine 🇵🇸 you have inspired my family for the speeches you have done and the people who see this will really realise the truth
May Allah reward you for all your efforts
I admire how you can stay so calm while explaining and talking about what’s been happening to the Palestinian people now and for over a century. I cannot stay so calm, but I will keep trying because a calm argument is more convincing than an irate one. I will save this link to send to others.
I find it so hard to remain calm when speaking of Israel’s atrocities on Palestinians to others who just don’t want to accept it…I can’t understand how people can be so blindly trusting of western media…even educated, kind people, even people who know they can’t trust media believe it’s more accurate than independent media, as if independence in any way is something to be feared….and as if a genocide of any promotion could ever be acceptable in any circumstance….it makes my mind feel crazy.
How do you do it?
You are a global asset to humanity.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Long Live Palestine🇵🇸
"We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
Your freedom is incomplete without Jesus Christ. John 10:10.
Every Palestinine is a Nelson Mandela, and even more stronger in resistance and resilient than Nelson Mandela. I've lived in the S.A apartheid regime, and it was not even a frCtion what the people of Gaza is going through
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Use no religion to justify your sins. 'Thou shall not kill' is commanded.
We are all Palestine. Free us.
Wish I had such people in my environment.
You’re that person in your environment ❤
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We are with you on this from the UK 👍
What a wonderful interview! Not just dr Suleiman's considered and sincere answers, but also the interviewer's thoughtful questions.
Love from 🇿🇦 who stand with the people of 🇵🇸. We will not stop praying and fighting for the freedom of Palestine.
Nazzis leave around us.
Speaking candidly about Palestine! What a refreshing moment! 😂
Well said " if they can keep going on ,we too can keep going on"
I have never seen dr umar in such state before..... The pain, the anger,.... The resilience.. it geve me goosebumps...
"Don't be consumed by your anger- be driven by it, and make sure the anger has a righteous base. Examine and re-examine your intentions." Righteous anger, yes, and it was wonderful that Dr. Suleiman then elaborated that we need to channel that anger into prayer, into solidarity. " Channel anger into prayer" are the words of a true spiritual leader for all peoples.
OK here’s one question.
Has Hamas disciplined anybody involved in October 7 who murdered, tortured, raped and took women children and the elderly hostage?”
Is Hamas being disciplined for not giving the Red Cross access to hostages?
What about the Hamas charter that clearly defines its goals to be the genocide of Jews ?
With all of these things to consider, why hasn’t South Africa taken Hamas to the international court of Justice ?
And if you’re only focused on Israel, and you don’t seem to be concerned with the more clear violations of human rights by Hamas, then your line of questioning is disingenuous and nefarious .
I would even add evil that this journalist is protecting evil for ratings and for the 1.4 billion Muslim, eyeballs that tune into television . He has sold his soul for ratings not for the truth.
Is there a bias against Israel because people are more concerned with revenues and clicks and eyeballs then the are with the truth?
Why hasn’t anybody talked about the more than 1600 years of of Islam colonialism on Israel land? Why is nobody talking about 1600 years of Islamic attempts to ethnically cleanse the Jewish people culture in history?
@@AdamDorfman82 D oes anybody know? Do you know how many, many Palestinians and other innocent people from other countries have been killed unjustly so by Israel for so many years? You probably don't, because our popular media hides it all the time.
We wouldn't have this problem if after 70 years ago, the UN did not force Israeli's into Israel to make it their home and land, by which was wrong. Try to imagine you being a Palestinian back then and up to now, it has been decade after battle and assault against the Palestinian people, but the world, the USA does not care but only gives the green light to Israel to do whatever they want to do. @@AdamDorfman82
Thoughts form events, men beware lest you manifest along your thought lines .
This is isis propaganda Omar weak
This interview opened my eyes even more than anything else before, it spoke to me at my core. I hear nothing but love and compasion coming through in this interview, there is no hate or calls for revenge only calls for accountability and justice.
I wish I had seen the insurmountable struggles of the Palestinian people long ago and fought harder for the rights of indigenous people in my country and around the world. There is no justification for the continued, long-term ethnic cleansing and oppression of ANY people.
Thank you so much for your perfect articulation of the current struggle of Palestinians and many others around the world. I for one cannot and will never forget, I will never stop speaking out from here on. I will never again believe a colonialist/imperialist power when they claim they are the victims. I will never again listen to the propoganda or fear mongering like what we were exposed to in our youth. I will never stop speaking out against Appartied regimes, oppression and ethnic cleansing of a people, and the Genocide of Palestinians we have witnessed over the last three and a half months.
#EndIsraelsGenocide
#FreePalestine
#CeasefireNowPermanemtly
#StopArmingIsrael
#LandBack
Lovely interview. Thank you for offering Sh. Omar. His calm and principled talk is both comforting and inspiring.
Great discussion! Thank you
Shukran Imaan for this informative interview, I have also grow up in apartheid South Africa and experienced oppression, but what the Palestinian people is going through now is much worst than what we had to endure.
Absolutely well said brother Omar Suleiman
What a wise man!
Incredible interview. I wish more would listen to this.
An amazing interview! Learned a lot, put me to think a lot, encouraged me to keep on believing and not lose hope. Thank you.
Dr. Suielman, softly spoken, very interesting and compassionate. A sincere, an honest Sheik. I have listenedtohis lectures over and over and are very inspiring. .
Total appreciation for all of your sincere work to help our Palestinian brothers and sisters. May Allah reward you with the best!
Beautiful speech, all the way around. I wish that ALL Americans could HEAR this and hear all these important truths which are facts, facts that so many just are so ignorantly not aware of because our country hides it from popular media. It is s frustrating that this is so. Thank you, Imam, I will share.
🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸 The unabashed hypocrisy always floors me. Yes, everyone should stop calling Palestinians “prisoners” and call them hostages, because that is what they are. (I switched my language on that awhile ago.) Right now people are outraged about the alleged rapes on Oct 7-for which there is zero evidence, and good reasons to disbelieve the allegations-but refuse to give a single moment of their attention to the years of sexual abuse by IDF (IOF) against Palestinians, for which there is so much evidence it’s sickening. Even the language of “soldiers” referring to IOF, but calling Al-Qassam and Al-Quds “fighters” is biased, discriminatory, dehumanizing. They deserve to be called soldiers, and frankly I think they are more deserving of that than IOF. I could go on…
I watched the interview with Mia Shem-one that’s over 20 minutes-and it made be both angry and sad the way her indoctrinated perspective of Palestinians so radically skewed her interpretation of her experience and her refusal to allow herself to see them as just human the same as herself.
Please demande Internacional Powers TO FREE THE PALESTIAN CHILDREN FROM ISRAELI PRISONS 🙏😥.
Mia shem is a racist bad human being. You can see that just looking at her face. The face that embrace zi@nist ideology 😂
😂😂😂😂😂@@vieiradosreismariadelurdes9105
It have been proven to be false , and is debunked. IDF lies as soon they open their mouth and people that do not see it needs to clear their mind from the fog inside of it.
Powerful words of wisdom indeed with strong condemnation n infuriation on those complicit with the massacre n atrocities in Palestine!!
Hamas is evil
th-cam.com/users/shortsnShP63OFMIE?si=xBYFop-sU5rYtUXz great video
anger, racism and islam-ic terrorism is NOT wisdopm.
What do you think of those complicit with the massacre n atrocities of octobert the 7th ?
@gracePew-ek3rm so Israeli and zionist terrorism is wisdom? Or is this your another zionist propaganda that this all started on Oct 7th and IDF didn't themselves caused casualties of their own people to build their case to continue their zionist and colonial terrorism project against Palestinians.
Omar Suleiman is a Light of Hope!
Yes ✨💛🌸💫🇵🇸☮️💖
This guy attends gay rights rallies and participates in Christian prayer rituals with weird Christian preachers. You think he’s bringing hope? A oothu billah.
It was a beautiful conversation and so very emotional at the end, it was like I was there too and I wish to myself and all the muslims who are sincerely concerned about the horror and injustice happening for too long to the Palestinians in every part of Palestine to be able to meet them in 'the Gaza Strip in Paradise'. InshaAllah. Amin. Salam Aleykum
Thank you for this very intelligent conversation. I’m going to share this on my social media and hopefully some people will listen Unfortunately it’s been my experience that people will say to me “ I don’t want to hear about the Palestinians. Why do you care about them so much? I have enough of my own problems. “
I find it quite frustrating. I have been accused of being antisemitic yetI know I’m not.
I simply believe that we are one human family and we are all related. I believe that the purpose of life is that we learn how to love one another, and care for each other.
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OK here’s one question.
Has Hamas disciplined anybody involved in October 7 who murdered, tortured, raped and took women children and the elderly hostage?”
Is Hamas being disciplined for not giving the Red Cross access to hostages?
What about the Hamas charter that clearly defines its goals to be the genocide of Jews ?
With all of these things to consider, why hasn’t South Africa taken Hamas to the international court of Justice ?
And if you’re only focused on Israel, and you don’t seem to be concerned with the more clear violations of human rights by Hamas, then your line of questioning is disingenuous and nefarious .
I would even add evil that this journalist is protecting evil for ratings and for the 1.4 billion Muslim, eyeballs that tune into television . He has sold his soul for ratings not for the truth.
Is there a bias against Israel because people are more concerned with revenues and clicks and eyeballs then the are with the truth?
Why hasn’t anybody talked about the more than 1600 years of of Islam colonialism on Israel land? Why is nobody talking about 1600 years of Islamic attempts to ethnically cleanse the Jewish people culture in history?
Adam, most of your questions are based on assumptions that have been proven incorrect.
Because the people are conditioned to think that way by their own governments and newsmedia.
Freedom for Palestine and Gaza 🇵🇸
Palestine for all muslim LGBTQIA ☪️🏳️⚧️⚧️🕋🌈
from palestinians th-cam.com/video/jrWCBcjPDMU/w-d-xo.html
What a sad sorry state of affairs this world is in. Love and freedom to all Palestinians.......
#keep going for #Palestine.
I’m 80 and have learned so much from watching youtubes. I definitely choose what I watch so I can learn mote!
I read a lot before I watched youtubes and have kept the books I learned from.
Beautiful episode. Dont know how many times i cried watching this. May Allah keep people like Dr Suleiman in our midst we need them now more than ever.
Free Palestine😢
from palestinians
Assalamu'alaikum. Free Palestine
Older America is waking up, too!!
Thank you for an awesome interview! I’m re energized. It also helped me write to my government and make sure they know that I’m livid about the support given Is**** with tax dollars, weapons, and diplomatic cover. Their behavior is disgusting and immoral. News and interviews like this one make it possible to be an informed citizen and I’m immensely grateful.
Powerful wisdom, indeed.
Omar Suleiman is beautiful maşallah he is one of best teacher's for islam, absolutely true 💯 well explained brother Omar inşallah soon Palestine will be free ❤
Amin
You are very well spoken and your feelings heartfelt and genuine.
Your narrative is compassionate and heartfelt and sincere, but biased and one sided. There is much blame to go around for the problems and conflicts in this region. However, to be fair and really objective, an orator, a
commentator,a scholar etc. must be willing to present the whole picture, the whole truth, not a portion of a picture or a narrative that may be convenient but lacks facts. Peacemakers must be willing to work for a lasting peace in the region so that everyone can be safe and secure in the region.
Fantastic - Jzk khair for the wise words from the Sheikh
You speak for all of us, thank you.
Powerful solid and full of substance
I am half Palestinian living in Germany. It saddens me that this Genocide is not reported here. As if it is not happening. I try to tell people, show people what is happening, but people either do not believe it or do not care. That makes me very sad and very angry.
You're not the only one brother
germany is in a self-guilt state since ww2 and are too afraid to even mention anything even remotely inconvenient to the chosen genocidal maniacs
if you're brave enough, i can help provide some materials for evidences, BUT only if it does not endanger you in any way wherever you live habibi
find "4chan" "pol" "chip" "tkd"
from there look for something with rentry org
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and to youtube,
STOP DELETING MY COMMENTS
TELLING THE TRUTH IS NOT ANTISEMITIC
Eles apenas não querem vêr. Estou a viver em um país Africano e na área onde vivo, para aceder a Internet é muito difícil , no início as pessoas não acrediravam, mas agora que investigam pelas redes sociais já não acreditam nas mentiras da imprensa manipulada.
@@usmaniqbal836não fiques triste nem com raiva. Esse número de pessoas que insistem em não enxergar a verdade do genocidio, é uma minoria comparada com os demais que são a favor da causa palestina. Somos muitos de diferentes raças, sou católica cristã, diferentes religiões e nacionalidades. Eu vivo em África 🌍 um país chamado Angola 🇦🇴, onde vivemos uma ditadura, mas conhecemos a causa palestina .
@stefanysilva7031
I can't understand you Sorry stefan
Such a powerful conversation. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for this great discussion. Love listening to Omar Suleiman. So much Wisdom & Integrity
Blessings on his words an life 🙏
Mister Suleiman you have a incredible human soul 🙏
Barak Allahu Feeki, Dr. Omar P. Suleiman 🤲🫶
"Accountable for the input & not the outcome"
One of the best interviews
What an eloquent, educated, humble scholar and activist of Islam.
Such a great interview ❤
Hurts too much every day 💔😭
I could listen to this shaikh all day. His peaceful aura is oozing out of the screen. SubhanaAllah
Inspiring wisdom. Thank you for these opportunities to listen and learn.
A good insight. Brother please also check those judges in the ICJ as how many of them are zi on is ts.
A Wonderful speech 👏💖 BRAVO 🌸💫🇵🇸✨💛
free Palestine
Palestina libre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You not alone Sheikh Omar Sulaiman many ..billions of muslims feel the way you do....
Who cares about my outrage? What can we do against powerful lobbies, against UNSC veto rights, against armies, against police force, against all the injustice? Wish we had much more power, we ordinary people.
What can I do? said 8 billion people
@@foreveravatar5874 The question is justified. First of all, children and elderly people cannot be considered as driving force. So let's talk of three billion. They all have different conditions and speak different languages.
Don't you think there needs to be a strategie and a path to follow? Some orientation? A compass? What are you doing? Do you have a concept how to meet power structures?
NOTHING can justify this cruel genocide ! I've been a Palestinian activist for many years & made many enemies! I'm not Muslim just a Lebanese/South African!
جزاكم الله خيرا كثيرا طيبا مباركا فيه على كل حال 😢 it was a heart wrenching 💔 talk.
May Allah reward both of you aameen.
Sheikh Omar, the Gaza Strip in Paradise are the kings and queens. Those beautiful children…. They are with الله سبحانه و تعالى and we ask our Rabb to raise t8 them t9 the highest rank and may they be chosen to view the countenance of الله سبحانه و تعالى
Thanks both of you brothers God bless and protect you and your family love 💗
Great words of wisdom as always by my beloved shaikh.
“We’re not interested in your symbolic apologies after the fact-we don’t care if you name a street after our great grandfather, if you’re going to wipe out all remnants of his legacy.”
Thank you for sharing
La hawla wa la quwatta illa biLlah
Dios no salvo a nadie. Y no hace nada....... Si hubiera un Dios esto no pasaria. Ni derechos humanos tampoco. Morir luchando es la solucion. Ni mi Vida ni la tuya. Ya que piensan que unas vidas valen mas que otras. Mejor ninguna.....
Brilliant informative conversation. Dr Sulieman is a true hero in Islam
Omar suleiman is a real muslim character.We may disagree with him on certain deen terms but we respect and love our BRO.
Thank you for your tireless work
World had woken up to the horrific injustice that Palestinians are enduring in the hands of Israel for 75 years, there's no going back now
World solidarity with Palestine
From the river to the sea Palestine will be free 🇵🇸🇵🇸
Thank you for so eloquently explaining a horrific situation. I 🙏 the world comes to their senses.
Bless you for this ❤
Assalamu alaykoum this brother is really walking in Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him straigth path Allah Akbar
جزاک اللہ خیرا
This interview should be heard on ALL stations AND media ALL OVER the World!
This Man is very wise, well spoken, speaks the truth.
May God Bless him. 🙏👍♥️
Allah SWT bless Dr Omar Sulaiman for sharing light on the matter and also never giving up on our Muslim brothers and sisters in Palestinian. Allah SWT help all of us to never give up on this course and be persistent in achieving justice for our Palestinians. ALLAH SWT grant us stead fastness, victory and justice. Inshallah Ameen
Anger is a valid emotion❤
Such a good and relevant interview. Thank you!
Ya Rabb, grant us Sabr in understanding your plans. We can plan and talk , we raise our hands and make dua for an end to all the suffering, Ya Rabb, we can ask but we know we can plan but ultimately you Ya Rabb is the best of planners. Ameen 🤲 🤲 🤲
Wise words and never more truth then he spoke..
Beautiful discussion n i enjoyed listening to every second of it. Kiaora from aotearoa nz.
The atrocities in Israel are not justified. Righteous?! Nope. Evil?! yes.
I enjoyed this informative discussion.
Thank you for this inspirational interview.
Very nice thankyou.👍
Nice interview. Always insightful
Shukran dear Dr Omar. We are with you and each and every Palestinian. You are in our hearts, our prayers. And, we will never let go of solidarity and love for our Palestinian sisters and brothers.
Free Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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Trust is the only important thing to establish with everyone ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you.
Brother I have been listening carefully to what you have to say and 100% I feel very insignificant for all that has happened may all people wise from this and not walk wounded.😢
With you
Worth listening
It's an honor to share the same last name with Sheik Omar Suleiman. May Allah SWT protect him
We have influence & a voice, use it not only to serve yourself , but also the society & the Ummah at large.
May Allah Accept your works, and make it a means of acceptance and Guidance for the Ummah!
Thank you Omar for your words
Mashallah 🙏🏻Brilliant interview. Love you Omar! You are an awesome person!
I appreciate the heart-felt testimony of this Imam, however I would argue that the resilience of the Palestinians has nothing to do with religion . The compassion you feel for the injustices perpetrated on innocents has nothing to do with any religious mind set. It is despite religion that our humanity perseveres. When these toxic ideas are put aside, humanity will be able to progress. Until then, I'm afraid it is more of the same.
Great talk.! Shekh Omar Suleiman must come on Piers morgans show.