Today's lecture will be in shawlma informative and useful. I have just returned from a tour to Germany first time I was visiting Germany as a tour and so I wanted to explain to you the reality of

Islam and Muslims in Germany.

As you know I do these types of series.

We talked about Islam in Nordic countries, Islam in Australia, Islam in multiple places. The purpose is so that we

broaden our horizons and benefit from their experiences, they benefit from us. We realize

the problems and the positives and the negatives and we feel a connection with our

uma across the globe.

So a brief summary of this journey that I had and also the reality of Islam in Germany.

Germany, out of all of the superpowers of the 18th century,

actually has a unique history.

It was the only major superpower that did not colonize a Muslim land. It's only colonize a Muslim land. Italy colonize a Muslim land. France

colonize England colonize. Germany did not colonize any Muslim land. In fact

Germany generally speaking was far more sympathetic to Islamic Muslims in the 17, 18, 19th century

than the other superpowers. In fact, they were the ones who invented the term the Orient

in order to kind of romanticize the orient meaning us Muslims and to put us on a pedestal.

Their most famous intellectual philosopher of the 17th century Gata he actually has a book if you know

your Persian history the Devon of Hafiz right so Gata who is the most famous

German poet philosopher, wrote a book similar to the

Divan of Hafiz, and he called it the East-West Divan.

And in it he praised Islam, and he mentioned that Islam out of all of the religions is the most

global religion. So in the 17th century one of the most greatest minds from this region is actually praising Islam when England

and other countries had nothing but disdain for Islam.

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