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Differentiate between slogans and solutions.

All too often, we fall prey to beautiful slogans, to emotional phrases. We start trumpeting the slogan as if it is a solution. Slogans help win elections, not solve problems. Slogans don't solve problems.

Slogans appeal to your emotion. They sound good and many times they're legitimate and true.

But they are useless in providing actual solutions.

So we need to be intelligent enough to differentiate between slogans and solutions.

So for example, we have all heard many of these slogans.

Islam is the answer.

This is a slogan.

Islam is the answer. Well firstly what's the question and then secondly okay what do I do with that?

Kalas okay it is I agree with you. It's a good slogan, but what do I do with that?

How will it answer my problems? How do I battle Islamophobia?

What do I do with this this counterterrorism bill that's coming up in a few weeks in your own parliament?

Okay, Islam is the answer, but what is the answer?

This is a slogan.

It's not an actual solution.

Another very good slogan, it's very good.

I mean, of course Islam is the answer, but what does that mean?

Another very beautiful slogan, it's true, but it's a slogan, not a solution.

We must return to the Quran and Sunna.

I agree, we must.

But then what?

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