The Opportunities & Challenges Facing Muslims in the West
Yasir Qadhi
Muslim Central
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This audio is brought to you by muslimscentral.com |
| 0:07.9 | Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh |
| 0:13.4 | Brothers and sisters, I have traveled five thousand miles. I want a stronger response. Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh |
| 0:22.9 | Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillahi wahdahu wa salaatu wa salaamu |
| 0:27.3 | ala mella nebi abada hama bad. It is my distinct pleasure and honor to address all of you today. |
| 0:35.0 | It makes my heart so happy to see this convention, to see muslims in this land. Alhamdulillah |
| 0:43.4 | I am pleasantly surprised by not just the quantity and the quality but also the enthusiasm, |
| 0:50.2 | the diversity of the crowd in front of me. Brothers and sisters, time is limited. I want to jump |
| 0:56.1 | straight to the topic but I want to begin with a question. Firstly an easy question. What year is it right now? |
| 1:05.0 | 2023. I want you to think and imagine. What will Islam look like in Australia in 21-23? |
| 1:16.5 | What will Islam look like 100 years from now? 21-23 and that's not that far away by the way. You know |
| 1:29.4 | these little kids running around here? You know the little children, Mashallah making all the noise? |
| 1:33.2 | 21-23 is the generation of their grandchildren. Three generations, that's it. 100 years is three |
| 1:42.8 | generations. So these little kids running around the babies in the auditorium. Literally their |
| 1:48.6 | grandchildren is 2021-23. So what will our community look like 100 years from now? That is the question |
| 2:00.8 | every one of you needs to think about almost on a daily basis. You need to imagine, envision, |
| 2:09.6 | you need to aspire and dream as somebody who travels the world as somebody who studies history. |
| 2:17.8 | Let me tell you that you Australian Muslims truly have amazing potential. You have potentials that |
| 2:28.5 | in some ways everybody has pros and cons. Every community, we in America have our strengths and |
| 2:33.4 | weaknesses and you and Australia have your strengths and weaknesses. I was pleasantly surprised to |
| 2:39.4 | learn that Muslims in Australia are more than 3.5 percent of this country. Mashallah is about |
| 2:47.7 | Allah. You guys have already beaten us in America. Mashallah, we in America, you know how much we are? |
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