# Instructions to moderators: block haters, not provocative questions

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z__38zt8flq/s/1/
- Date: 2020-04-07 · Kind: announcement · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Misrepresenting Mufti | Mufti Abu Layth (0:00–1:19)
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z__38zt8FlQ&t=0s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z__38zt8flq/

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth asks moderators to block only haters and trolls, since anyone may ask him anything about Islam.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth tells his moderators to block only people who are hating, swearing or trolling, not those asking genuine questions even if they seem provocative. He says his policy is that anyone can ask him anything about Islam, that many viewers are non-Muslim, ex-Muslim or agnostic, and that he does not expect them to behave like Muslims towards Islamic symbols. He then says he wants to give an important message that he would like shared.

## Transcript (machine tier, 0:00–1:19)

[0:00] go on then people if anybody's hating black um but only people who are hating not genuine questions even if the questions even if the questions appear provocative but if they're not route like if they're not swearing then me um or they're not just trolling then don't block them okay so because I do have a very outright but they I do have an outright policy that you can ask me anything about Islam and there's many people on my show who are not Muslim and there's many people who are ex-muslim

[0:38] there's many people who are agnostic that watch my show and they ask me questions and I and I don't expect you to be behave like Muslims towards Islamic you know sentiments and Islamic symbols so I don't expect you to you know you can ask questions now somebody somebody objected to me they said I was asked a question and actually I won't you know what I actually I want to mention something here I wanna say a few words and people this is an important message I'd like you to actually pay attention and this inshallah this message especially when it's set out as

[1:18] a separate clip I would like you to share this forum why to two people okay I'd like to say something being serious in this topic you see I had a very interesting encounter just just the other day I bumped into someone and he had a chat with me and he was deeply offended or he felt he was offended by what I'd said now he was also I could tell that he felt hurt he felt his I think he said his name was Yaseen but

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment z__38zt8FlQ/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z__38zt8flq/s/1/

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