This was so refreshing and enlightening. For those of you still repeating lgbt and other horrible things, just fear Allah. The man has clarified himself so many times now, apologised when necessary, and continued to benefit people with the message of Islam. I really hope Paul doesn’t let the haters distract him from the silent majority who will benefit greatly from this and appreciate him bringing on Dr Omar.
Agreed. Unfortunately, the one who slandered and lied against him never told his followers the whole story and about Imam Omar's apology. He still continues to lie and slander against anyone who doesn't condone his black and white view of the deen.
@@al.jibran I wish what you said is the truth, sincerely I do, what is better than a muslim coming back to the right path, especially such an influential figure. could you point me to the apology video. hopefully it isn't just him saying that Islam does not support LGBTQ but then muddying the waters on political positions and some weird allyship thing. and their freedoms = our freedoms things. we can talk to the LGBTQ community and all that, but just don't call supporting them politically Sunnah.
Always go to the source m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3URzNtQ3hl8.html Also he was thorough on where he stands in the latest Yaqeen webinar (of which this is just a short snippet ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WDbiV4VqEug.html He gave a khutbah recently supporting Idrissa Gueyye that was strong.
List of books mentioned: 1. Crucifixion or Crucifixion by Ahmed Deedat 2. The Choice by Ahmed Deedat 3. Muhammad in the Bible by Jamal Badawi 4. The Cross and the Crescent by Jerald Dirks 5. The Abrahamic Faiths by Jerald Dirks (highly recommended by OS) 6. The Eighth Scroll by Dr Laurence Brown (highly recommended by OS) 7. Malcolm X by ?? 8. Revolution by the Book by H. Rap Brown (aka Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin) 9. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King 10. Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare by James H Cone 11. The Divine Reality by Hamza Andreas Tzortzis
I love Dr Omar hes the one that made me learn to always stick to my faith no matter what in life and for that i cant thank him enough.Thank you for having him here
OS literally stood by as other Muslims less knowledgeable than him were anointed with crosses by a lgtv priestess, and he did absolutely nothing about it. Do you consider this fit behaviour for a man that is meant to be a leader of Muslms? What faith exactly has he been sticking to?
@@MRshraaf Dr. Omar Suleiman is just a Da'i. Not a scholar. Not a mujadid. He's helped many people Muslim and non Muslim come to Islam. He's made mistakes. He's also Apologized and sought forgiveness. Your point is mute.
@@Fozykeno Not at all. He is the leader of one the biggest Islamic organisations in the U.S and is looked up to by many Muslims in the West as a leader.
Lovely to come across your channel Paul. You may not remember, but we crossed paths about 10 or 11 years ago in London, when we were at Regents Park Mosque. I had been an Anglican priest and Chaplain. I moved to Cairo and taught there for a year. I have now been living and working in Oman for 9 years now, with my wife and family. Alhamdulilah :) Lovely to hear and see you, MashAllah
It's incredible, because whenever you see a well-educated muslim, like brother Paul or Dr. Omar, it's the reading that led those amazing figures to what they're today. It's also incredible because the first word came down to prophet Muhammad PBUH was "read". I've not found yaqeen, tranquility, inner peace, and true knowledge of this life and the hereafter until I actually started reading the holy Quran. Alhmdolellah
May Allah SWT reward brother Paul, Dr Suleiman, all those who work for Dawa (especially discussed in this conversation) and makes us among the sincere.
Ooh wow, what a powerful combination. May Allah bless you both. I become so excited when I hear people speak about Ahmad Deedat. He is my fellow South African. May Allah grant him Jannah. Love from South Africa. #UmarSulaiman, we are waiting for you to visit South Africa. We loved having Dr. Yasir and Ustadth Nouman. I think one of the reason Ahmad Deedat was so successful was due to struggles of South Africans. We were vocal and we spoke English very well. We still do.
Brother Omar is the man who helped me tremendously to strengthen my deen! I will always be grateful to him and he would have right on my good deeds! Jazakallah khairan, brother!💖💖🤲
@@capnanaya4642 It's a very controversial topic. Idk though what happened, would like to know more and was surprised to see Mr.Omar here after those events.
@@shurikkleevert8884 It is controversial, but according to whom? mainly only towards liberals. We as Muslims do not believe that to be controversial at all, and we stand against such immorality. Such individuals, despite have done great work, should still be held accountable for the bid'ah they have committed. Due to such people, there are plenty of Muslims in the west who now identify as the opposite gender, and hence directly supporting the people of Lut
@@capnanaya4642 do you know if Sh Omar publicly responded to your allegations? Or if he made sincere tawbah? perhaps you continue to spew misrepresentations for something Allah already has forgiven him for
@@wlr_knickstape I have been researching regarding this matter, and despite pointing out to some controveries in the webinar yaqeen institute has done 3 months ago, they still commit the same bid'ah of condemning any type of mistreatment agaisnt the lgbtq movement, which is contrary to what all madhabs and islamic societies have acted towards this matter. If you can indeed demonstrate that it is the Prophetic narration to respect such individuals to the extent of supporting them politically "since they would also support Muslims as an exchange - inferiority complex" then I'll take back what I have stated.
Don't forget add this too The Dharmic Faith - Zakir Naik Liberalism and Secularism - Daniel Haqiqatjou LGBT and Homosexuality - Saajid Lipham Islamophobia - Farid Respond
The Autobiography of Malcolm X has been incredibly influential in America. I know a number of people, both Black and white, who came to Islam through that book. One thing I really respect about Sh. Omar is that he looks to the experience of African Americans for what Muslims can learn from that history and experience. And he is modeling this in a time when so many first- and even second-generation American Muslims still would rather distance themselves from Black people in the hopes of integrating with the white majority, or choose to see their struggles as a minority as entirely new and unique, or would even align with the elites and leave other minorities and the poor and oppressed behind (which was not the way of the prophets).
Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. Muslims don't look to the "civil rights movement" as a guide for dawah. We have a nearly 1500 year tradition. If the Qur'an and Sunnah are not enough to guide and benefit one in regards to dawah, then surely he is the one who is mistaken. As an example, to prove the ignorance of those looking to these "civil activists" as role models: What are the ettiquettes of giving dawah? Likely, none of them know. Moreover, I would like to point out the aggressive nature of those who support "civil activists" when their understanding of Islam is questioned. Quite often, the message from them is "leave me alone," or "as long as it's not haraam, I can take lessons from whoever I like." The problem is, of course, the admirers of "civil activism" do not know what they're doing is haraam very often. We have the best examples to learn from, and the clearest guidance to follow, so what is stopping these people from learning their deen properly and implementing it? May Allah ta'ala grant us understanding. Ameen.
Regardless of your opinion of Dr. Omar Suleiman, you can't deny Paul has made it into the major leagues now, having him as a guest. You're doing good work Paul Masha'Allah 👏
Having someone like omar suleiman doesn’t mean anything since his fame is through pleasing the masses with his false belief on lgbt and other core issues … definitely not a person a Muslim should take knowledge from since he waters down the religion.
For all the people commenting their outrage about brother Paul giving Omar Suleiman a platform, you guys should know by now that this channel is a non-partisan channel and that brother Paul is most likely aware of all the things you guys are pointing out in the comments. But the difference is this is an academic channel where people with varied views are invited, if you oppose that, this isn't the place for you and you are probably not the target audience for this type of content. This isn't the first 'controversial' speaker to be on this channel as a matter of fact, so quit the nagging and enjoy the video, you might benefit from it who knows.
@@mylamyla6444 OS literally stood by as other Muslims less knowledgeable than him were anointed with crosses by a lgtv priestess, and he did absolutely nothing about it. Do you consider this fit behaviour for a man that is meant to be a leader of Muslms?
@@mylamyla6444 No where did I claim that, nice assumption on your part. I am far far far from perfect. It is the fact of OS's knowledge of Islam that makes what he did so problematic.
My two favourite people on RU-vid together in conversation, priceless. May Allah reward you both for the wonderful work you do. You're a true inspiration. It saddens me to read so many negative comments; it makes me wonder how do people see themselves when they're ready to judge others based on some (supposed) actions completely blind to all the good they do every day.
Its really chilling to see Dr Omar sulaiman on this channel....thank you so much Dr Paul Williams for Blogging theology its an amaizing channel beacon of knowledge on youtube.
Thank you Paul for this interview. Been listening to Dr Omar Suleiman for many years. Glad to listen to his talks on his favorite books. May Allah bless both you and Dr Omar Suleiman always for your great works. Salam from Singapore.
@@haamida1694 same Logic applies too (Don't speak for the masses you can only speak for yourself) .. i don't consider deviants who commit kufr like eating cake imams .. let alone muslims ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ULRo341yYkY.html
Nobody's perfect, that includes Dr. Omar Suleiman. But I learn a lot about the religion from him, especially on the subject of humility and akhlaq (manners), may Allah reward him for this. Never judge people - leave this to Allah - anything good from a person, I take it, any bad thing (after being confirmed) just leaves it, as simple as that. Great video as always, brother Paul. Salam...
@H S take it easy with the insults man, you are correct about his deviance and how he is misguiding people but to say that about him to somebody who clearly admires him won't help much, you need to calmly explain thing and take it little by little and pray that God guides everybody.
@H S yes umar slmn is misguided, people of fitnah, but to takfiri be careful, takfiri is soooo soooo big claim. if he repents, and you still takfiri him, that will bounch back to you. be careful.... just call him misguided is more save
@H S i agree I just disagree about the method you are employing; I think talking to people about the dangers of his position and exposing him on that position is much more effective than mudslinging.
Wow so happy to see omar suleiman on blogging theology, he is my favourite sheikh to listen to and I don't miss a single lecture of his. Thank u Paul for calling him to ur channel, Hope next time u could do sheikh hamza yusuf or sheikh yasir qadhi
Yes he do some good work for Muslims but the harm that he do is much higher than his good work. Please look at Daniel Haquiqatjou summary of those kind of Imams. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-APEAU5kuYgk.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YIySWut5uhk.html
Thanks for inviting Dr. Omar, Paul. I love his series " The First". I know he has faced a lot of criticism. But let Allah be the mighty judge of us all and lead us back to the right path if we ever astray. I love your Blogging Theology that brings scholars from various backgrounds. Keep the good work, Paul! Have a wonderful day 🌹
Dr. Suleiman it was a delightful and enlightening conversation. Your speech commands peaceful feelings, at least that was what I felt. Many thanks. Just to comment, totally agreeing with your views, Ahmed Deedat, may Allah have him in His Glory and have mercy upon his soul, has been one of my pillars for growth. What a passionate gentleman. Thanks both for sharing all this with us. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 👍🏽😘
1. The Abrahamic Faiths by Dr. Jerald F. Dirks 2. The Eighth Scroll by Laurence Brown 3. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Malcolm X 4. The Divine Reality: God, Islam and The Mirage of Atheism by Hamza Andreas Tzortzis 5. Crucifixion or Crucifixion by Ahmed Deedat 6. The Choice by Ahmed Deedat 7. Muhammad in the Bible by Jamal Badawi 8. The Cross and the Crescent by Jerald Dirks 9. Revolution by the Book by H. Rap Brown (aka Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin) 10. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King 11. Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare by James H Cone
Parsing through this is a reminder for all of us to read, and read widely. It is not without divine purpose that the first verse of Allah’s message to all humanity through his noble prophet (SAW) was to read. Glad you I interviewed this younger generation of scholars even my nephew Imran Mulla..
AlhamdulilLaah. Thank you guys so much for this. May Allah SWT continue to bless you with good health to continue doing this for us. We appreciate you both.
BarakAllahou fikoum Dr Paul. Inviting Dr Soleiman is a beautiful gesture. It is meant to counter the hate and fitna and make him known to a wider audience. Those that want to keep the hate in their hearts are the losers. May Allah bless you both.
List of the books mentioned. 1. Crucifixion or Crusifiction; Ahmad Deedat. 2. Bible, King James and New International versions. 3. Muhammad in the Bible; Jamal Badawi. 4. Life of the Prophet Muhammad; in English and Arabic. 5. Dhalail Nubuwat; Jamal Badawi. 6. The Cross and the Crescent; Jerald F Dirks. 7. The Abrahmic Faiths; Jerald F Dirks. 8. The Eighth Scroll; Dr Lawrence B Brown. 9. Autobiography of Malcolm X 11. Revolution by the Book; Imam Jamil Al-Amin 12. A Stride towards Freedom; Martin Luther King Jr. 13. Malcolm & Martin, a dream or a nightmare; James H Cone. 14. Sahi ul Bukhari; Imam Bukhari. 16. Sacred Reality; Hamza Tzortzis (A few others were mentioned, in Arabic primarily.)
I regularly watch both DH and Imam OS and benefit from both greatly. Imam OS has made some mistakes, sure. However, the effect of those mistakes has been overblown imo. I live where he teaches and I still haven't met a single practicing person that attends the masajid regularly and listens to local Shuyookh regularly who also agree with the liberal agenda. The folks that follow the liberal agenda consider these imaams and shuyookh salafi. Let that sink in. They consider them SALAFI and extremists. I recently came across several videos of folks on youtube "refuting" DH from the salafi side and casting aspersions and doubts on his "manhaj" and I thought to myself, subhanAllah what world are we creating here? Paul, thank you as always for your great work. This video was another amazing effort by you.
Yes Daniel there might be some element of takfeerism in DH. I'm not sure if he's cleared anything. That's what made people doubt his salafism. Also he collaborated with many deobandis. So salafis weren't sure of him. As for OS, it's not his liberalism bit that's the only problem. It's a lot more. At Yaqeen institute there's barely any segregation between genders. A friend of mine works for them as a volunteer and he posts many videos where I can see this is the case. Also why does it look like he trims his beard? He has it equal from all sides rather than a scruffy beard which is usually what happens when you let it grow as the Prophet PBUH told us to
I am happy to share that I have seen many V Logs of Yaqeen Institute at RU-vid particularly about Hazarat Umer Farooq RA, Waraqa Bin Noufal, and some more. The level of research behid these first series of lectures is remarkable and pray and wish the blessings of Allah may shower on Dr. Omar his team and family. Good to see him here at Blooging Tehology!
I love this channel it’s really an educational , Inspirational and faith Hub and I really like to visit this channel daily watching the old videos checking if there’s a new video and also the short reminder videos of Paul . Thank you very brother paul and May Allah guide and protect you and us as well . ❤
I really enjoyed the opening with the background stories, it adds a depth to the stream so it's not just mentioning names of books out of nowhere! Although I don't agree with some of the things Dr. Suleiman has said and done, I still appreciate his work and love for the Deen. A great steam as always Paul!
It's good when people tell their story, they are not so different from what we all go through. They strengthen us on the course we have decided to take.
Beautiful and inspirational chat. Shukran so much for this. We need to kerp talking about inspirational people from our Era, people that our youth can relate to.
• Still has not condemned Lgtvhd activity • Performed Libations with other priests. • Very knowledgeable about Islam • Knelt down and sang with LGBT priestess. • Well mannered and a true gentleman. • Attended Baptism ceremony of other yaqeen institute minions. • Published 10 part clarification. • Still has not condemned LGBT activities.
Brother Paul Williams is a true and authentic english gentleman and excellent muslim at the same time. One doesn't exclude the other, on the contrary he shows how compatible those two things are.
@@nadeematif1993 I'm not on a fake high ground, akhi. Omar Suleiman has promoted Qawm-e-Lut rights, partook in shirky rituals, etc... He needs guidance, akhi.
we don't judge people by intentions, only God is capable of that. we judge by what is apparent, and we leave the intent to God. with that being said, what is apparent form Dr Suleiman is not very good thus we judge based on that, in that sense it is the duty of every Muslim to warn others about people like Dr Suleiman, who might look like they hold Islamic opinions but what they actually preach is Liberal Ideology and try to pass it as Islam.
Lol can't justify!! Are you sure about that?! Being ally with his best friends lgtv cult! Going to Pagan parade! Spreading feminism! Preaching liberalism! Let me ask this, can you justify to support those?!
Bro Paul i recomend you that next time you interview him on the phenomen of conversions to islam in America(30-50k per year) which outstrips that of Europe, what is it in americans that makes them more receptive to islam and religion as whole? ask him how many people convert in his mosque every month, and about some of the converts which he thought where remarkable people(socially, politically, economically or agewise)
Maa shaa Allah, May Allah bless Imam Omar Suleiman and his family, May Allah protect you and help you in your work. Thank you so much for this interview, I would love to see Sir Nouman Ali Khan too. Salam.
If you are following the advice or copying the ways of a man or woman who is ANGRY... your doing it wrong. If you follow the opinions of someone who expresses hatred in their teachings you are going to end up like that person, angry. There is no reason to be angry. Anger is a sign of not being sure about something. Anger is a sign of frustration or confusion. Our goal on this planet is to smile, to be fair, equal, kind and ultimately happy. So dont allow yourself to follow a path that will lead you to a life of anger and disconnection to others in any way because there are teachers who will lead you down a path that will bring you to happiness and to a life full of love and understanding!!!! Bring your teachers with because where the love is felt, everyone is accepted. Everyone is welcome here.
I never ever mean to dis respect but If I had one wish it would be to speak to the rulers of earth to speak to the ones who people fear punishment from....I have gifts of wisdom for everyone and it sucks so much to know that some of the world "isn't allowed" to recieve any outside wisdom because sometimes I listen to Yaqueen institute and when they tell stories about Jannah I feel like some of the things that they describe describe my world.....musk.....😅 Ummm the book where it reads everything you've ever done....ummm .....there is no more divorce (because of the wisdom of the book) Jannah reminds me of my home .....I am hopeful that the things I wrote here....will not offend anyone I promise you this is never ever my intention in fact I happen to find Muslim people very good looking and charming and just.....breathtaking the way they love their God. Their music is absolutely beautiful the women are beautiful even if we can not see them they are somehow stunning! The language sounds so cool! And most of all....the teachings about Jannah....I feel a personal connection and some strange force bringing me close to the Muslims.....I am afraid of offending and hope not to end up in a bad place but I want to let everyone know.....I'm not some scary crazy lady coming to confuse everyone and take them away from their religion....not at all I am here to point out similarities that I keep hearing when I listen to Muslim teachers and how I might be of service to help bring joy and happiness where all are loved the same and even sinners get the same love as saints and every religion is treated with love and respect because i have this body odor and everyone treats me badly so I am just trying to show the world how to understand our differences and why we are all unique, why some people fight and others domt.....and most importantly WHERE ONE CAN FIND THEIR PERFECT LOVE no divorces only truely powefful forces of love for evedy person there is perfect individials that will not bring failure into your mairrage this is paradise in my life
I do not dislike Dr Omar Suleiman, I actually like many of his lectures, but I'm still unsetteled with his indeciveness when it comes to assuming positions in regard of certain issues that were raised against him, I wouldnt say he is evil, but he still comes up as weak.
Omar tabyaoul instead of reeling out such things without any references what so ever, if you are open minded and not prejudiced and influenced by slighted people cite credible concrete references to your claims heard from others.
Omar tabyaoul when people become famous it is human to throw allegations out of obvious reasons which behavior is part of genetic make up of the humans starting from Adam and eve.
@@mohammednazrulla1126 I think that haqiqatjou made plenty of video explaining with evidence the issues risen by omar suleiman and yasser qadhi and even videos rebuking their supposed responses to those allegations, just type in youtube Haqiqatjou (a harvard doctorate muslim convert) followed by the name of any of them and you will get those videos
Dr. Soleiman’s Hadith narrative videos are wonderful, like that on the birth and death of Jibreel (A.S). Powerful and moving. A beautiful Zhikra always for the Believers. May Allah bless him always.
Brother Paul, it would be great to dedicate an episode to those privately taking shahada (or submarine Muslims as sheikh Murad called them). What is their count? How do they live their lives? What are their reasons? How to meet them if one wants to be of help to them? Etc.
Amazing how many of these muslim people policing other muslim. I just want to say that our shahada brought unbelievers and kaafir to islam and became muslims, our brothers and sisters in islam. So please be mindful to our brothers and sisters in islam that reciting shahada every single day. If the quran suggest us to invite non muslims with wisdom and good instructions. Then shouldn't we be kinder to our fellow muslim in the way we give reminders? And also a reminder to myself that takfir could easily leads to kaafir and the sayings of our prophet pbuh "speak a good word or remain silent".....
Some of you need to learn not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Learn to take the good and leave the bad. Separate the message from the messenger. If the message is useful, then it does not matter who says it.
@Hidetaka Miyazaki You are wrong. You need to learn how to approach arguments. With your mindset, you will never learn anything. I bet you listen to non-Muslims, though, and learn from them.
