Islam, Democracy and Syria | George Galloway | Oxford Union 

***** George Galloway said he'd live the complete destruction of the US? Really? Do you have a quote of his that says that or is that you pulling this out of your ass because you disagree with his politics? Sounds like the latter.

RuleofFive Hes sounds good and make good points. But quite honestly im completely done with foreign policy in general when it comes to "muslim countries". Countries which are apparantly muslim and revolutions dont mix.

Ben Broomhead Take heart....the countries with the two largest Muslim populations are Indonesia and India. Problems in the Middle East are a combination of religion, petrol state wealth inequality and bad US and UK foreign policy over the last 100 years.

I really respect Mr George 🥰

@@benbroomhead296 what else would you say all the instability in the Middle East , is the wests fault . And especially the Americans , which I presume you are from based on you idiotic comment.

Not to mention his funking stupidity

@@sidstevens9035 yeah 58 Islamic states and they're all shitholes, no exception but yeah it could work 😂

@@nextlevelrelaxed615 oh really, were they that, let’s say, maybe 50 years ago. I’m being generous here. Iraq had the highest literacy rate and education performance in the region prior to the US invasion. Colonialism didn’t completely subside up until the 60s. If it wasn’t for the west’s deliberate milking of resources, purposeful and strategic divnisioning of the people of the east and racist and oriental attitudes maybe they would be living decent lives. Take your ignorance and stupidity some place else. There’s no room for fallacious, idiotic people here. Let us also remind you that Europe was a, how did you want to describe it… oh yes, a crap hole 77 years ago. Don’t get it twisted, westerners are still as barbaric as they were before, they just moved their playing field abroad. Enough with your hypocrisy and ignorance.

M.Dawod Sharifi Salaam Alaikum ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rxj41M-xwa0.html

Inshallah..

with all due respect @JPR you seriously expect us to listen to david wood a man who thought the word thoub (ثوب) ment dress as if it was a female dress. went on to steam cross dressing in the most embaressing video utube ever seen. there are better Islam critics than David wood. more educated at least. look them up if your case is that of criticizing.

@@radwanrhmani7057 there is no fuckn Allah ya knob...just our Lord Jesus christ!

None is better than the other.....at least the Christian prophet didn’t spread the word by sword and married a child.

You better listen to George again

We can’t rise while following leaders placed down to exploit us and treat us like sheep. Just look at Kuwait, their highest population are not even given the same rights and opportunities as Kuwaiti citizens

My brother Allah choose u for your bravery and for the mission of Islam on which u were but when u left the mission Allah takes the caliphate from u and give it to the Turks but when they left the mission Allah take the caliphate from them now Allah is gonna choose the last army of Islam imam Mehdi and he is gonna give the caliphate to them

Correction: we Muslims will rise because we are one Ummah.

@@umaryusuf537 Rise again for what? To colonize the Berbers and Kurds?

Yeah sure, when you leave the "satan"

We have in South Africa Eff

That's why George was kicked from the parliament, because they don't like people with functional brains

Darraaz Shahbaaz we should be humble, we shouldn’t make people to hate us or our religion.

Darraaz Shahbaaz There are much more people in the West that can think with their own heads than you think. But George Galloway is one of the rare politicians who defends his truth in public, no matter what. In Germany, there was a very well known reporter and writer, Peter Scholl-Latour, who through his entire life has tried to educate the West about the world and people in the Islamic world. You have to live in a country and speak its people`s language to be able to know at least a little bit more about their culture and ways of thinking. And since there are so many Islamic countries that don`t even try to understand each other, it is nearly impossible for the West to understand their world. But one thing is true for every people on this planet: When we are sad, we cry, when we are happy, we laugh, all mothers love their children and we don`t want our loved ones to suffer. No normal human being wants war and when we get cut, we bleed red blood. What else do we need to have in common in order to live together in peace?

How could u like a fairytale like Islam?

@@mdahmed3780 if you look at history what ottoman Muslim do in name of religion for 500 years on Balkan and East Europe should be ashamed but this Galloway talk shit and what is command to talk

Stefan Falx I cant understand anything you are saying.

May Allah grant George Galloway hidayah to become a Muslim, Aamiin Ya Mujiib..

@@Harith5 beshaqq Aaamin

Marcus Glutensis Not quite sir. He did get the support of the majority of parties to gain full power. See this link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler#Day_of_Potsdam_and_the_Enabling_Act The majority of Iranians also supported Humeini at first. Mao who has killed about 40 to 70 million Chinese - would win elections today if he ran... The majority can make mistakes - and can be tempted to make ethical transgressions. Democracy without checks and balances would only tell you what the majority thinks - which does not turn them into liberal or kind people.

***** Maybe the point of democracy is not what it gives - but what it prevents? All other options ("enlightened despotism" - "merit-based aristocracy" - "plutocracy" and so on) - historically do get seriously abusive and even genocidal pretty fast... And even the best-intentioned people often cease to be benevolent when given too much power. They buckle because they can't manage it - because no one is meant to have so much responsibility over others. Even tyrannical CEOs have to obey the democratic vote of their consumers. So democracy is a way to manage public matters in a relatively less harmful way. And mind you - justice requires that those who decide what to do should be those standing to be affected by the results of such actions. And that is the public - smart or dumb. I can agree with you, that to have democracy to bring better results - we need to educate as many people as possible. And let's have each one of us pass a basic relevant exam - so people would have to be better informed, and would realize that voting is not a right, it's a privilege, and an important one. So people would sense the great gift of voting and would be proud to be informed voters. As for the importance of each vote, I differ from you: It doesn't matter what percentage your vote counts for. What matters is that YOU KNOW that you have done and will keep doing your best for what you hold dear. Devotion to true values is much more important than results out there - because where you truly live is not with the polls... You live with your own mind and conscience. The more you do your best for what you hold dear - the more genuine and great your life is - independent of results out there. And the more genuine you are in upholding true values (such as responsibility, justice, caring, compassion, creativity, trust, etc) - the more you may find yourself becoming influential with other people... Each genuine person adds up. Each genuine act adds up. Society is sustained thanks to the great "little people" who answer the call of their conscience and do what is beneficial and right.

MisterBlueSky1000 True, but both of those parties were voted into by a very desperate people, while also making it hard to pick alternatives. And what you've actually described is mob rule. Democracy allows debates between two ideas, information in and can reach a decision by an informed mass. Mob rule is, essentially, what is in America and the situation in the Middle East; my way or the high way.

Reminds me of the BJP party in India

What do you suggest

I hope he gets better XD

@@RandomRU-vidUser69 lmao

@@RandomRU-vidUser69 ah I see you are a man of culture as well

He seems to attend every lecture on RU-vid that is of interest to me, be it politics, self-improvement or home repairs. Every time he's there, in the audience, heaving up a lung.

Lol😂😂 didnt know he was jewish. Especially because he is accused of being anti semetic

@@Markussiemens658 TBH he's not jew,but he talks the truth

The last time a jew said let my people go,dark days coming to Egypt

Six days

Democracy is a flawed system. Nothing besides Sharia is good for humanity.

@@ctrlaltdel4824 no I did not say Sharia, in any of the statement above. If the only tool you have in your hand is a hammer then everything becomes a nail.

hey they are trying not bore audiences and make money take a chill pill

Malcom X ✊

fanboy*

Are you serious about that,please don't embarrass yourself even more,i beg you

@@RandomRU-vidUser69 how so?

@@SudaneseChamp because what you say earlier ain't true,i live in Indonesia and our election day are using america like election style so what you say are straight lie all religion can vote for any political party the choose

@@RandomRU-vidUser69 im not talking about Muslim countries now or western world. How do you think they choose leaders after the prophet Muhammad pbuh. What did they ask every person in the ummah or was it the sahaba who where close to the prophet and knew his teachings really well. Who chose a leader. I follow that not Indonesia who follows the western world. The reasoning for this is because. Why should people who are lay on many of the subjects choose a leader?

@@RandomRU-vidUser69 Why are you trying to show Indonesia as the right way when it became secular state. I follow Quran and sunna not western world.

What's up Ian? A near decade later did you give up on leaders and disappear in a forest somewhere far away from civilization and industry, or did your views maybe evolve somewhat?

@@jonirischx8925 Not quite the forest, but we recently moved to a farming community on a property with a river and off grid power. We have formed solid relationships here, where we share food, resources and expertise and look out for each other. And yes, I still don't want to be lead by people with guns, who are I foisted upon me. Lock downs, mask mandates and coercive medical procedures have only strengthen my resolve.

​@@aussiedon8 Well. Keep on keeping on I guess... As long as people live truly off-grid and not dependent on society they can do what they want, in my opinion. It doesn't seem like you do though, since you obviously have internet, and are "subjected" to medical procedures (vaccines I guess?). If you live off-grid, don't pay taxes and refuse vaccinations you don't have any right to return to society, either though. Once part of society, one has obligations. Good luck!

@Nm Khan I agree. Unfortunately it seems those who speak with the same ideology in the UK and US are being witchhunted now.

in other words, if Al-Sisi rose to power against people's wishes (which I very highly doubt as literally everyone hated the muslim brotherhood after their candidate was rightfully elected president, and if the general population knew a way to get a president out of his position legally before his term was over as instated by democratic laws and orders, they would have definitely taken this measure, but since this didn't happen, not many people actually minded the coup.) EVEN if he rose against people's wishes, if a fair election took place now, I believe Al-Sisi would rightfully win the majority. He proved that he's capable of leading this country for the time being, and I as one of the people who hated him and his regime for the longest time since he came into the picture started changing my mind when I saw progress and a luster of prosperity for my country on the horizon, and for the first time in forever, I feel proud of being Egyptian.

Who do you mean with "we" if you talk about germany for example, then you would be right. If you talk about the US then you would be wrong. Either case shows that you have no knowledge about politics

@Hafiz Farook yes he is right about assad, im from syria i know how he is

Assad is worse than islamists beheading, raping and enforcing strict sharia law???? Fuck off

@@jel1951 i know right assad, that guy is brainwashed as fucl

@Unknown Guy For Assad Christians And Other Minorities Can Celebrate Their Own Festivals. While In The Terrorist Held Areas, They Are Killing Minorities, Destroying Churches etc.

@Unknown Guy That's What You Are Going To Say Because I Presented You The Truth. Such Ignorance These Days!