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· Why are Indo-Pak Muslims adopting Gulf Arab culture?
Mufti Abu Layth says he personally does not like the Arabisation of Indo-Pak Muslims, feeling that things should be natural and not imposed.
“I feel that there's a lot of politics at play that's all I personally don't like that kind I think that things should be natural you shouldn't try to impose things”
4:59TranscriptCite 2019-12-19-S01corrected
· If Turkey can reconvert the Hagia Sophia, can Israel or India reconvert mosques too?
Mufti Abu Layth says that if Muslims justify the reconversion by the principle that might is right, they cannot complain when, by the same logic, Israel converts al-Aqsa back into the Temple of Solomon or India's Hindu majority converts mosques into temples.
“if you want to abide by this fair enough but don't come crying tomorrow when Masjid al-aqsa because it's under Israeli control is then converted back to the Temple of Solomon”
1:33:19TranscriptCite 2020-07-14-S24corrected
· If Muslims can reconvert the Hagia Sophia, can Israel or India reconvert mosques too?
Mufti Abu Layth says justifying the reconversion by the Muslim majority's legal power is the principle of Thrasymachus that might is right, and that by the same logic Israel could convert al-Aqsa into the Temple of Solomon and India's Hindu majority could convert mosques into temples, so Muslims cannot then complain.
“if you want to abide by this fair enough but don't come crying tomorrow when masjid al-aqsa because it's under israeli control is then converted back to the temple of solomon”
19:01TranscriptCite 2020-07-16-S07corrected
· What is the solution to the Kashmir conflict?
Mufti Abu Layth says that ideally Kashmir could just become independent, part of neither Pakistan nor India.
“this is what i ideally opt for is that kashmir could just become independent um so as in not part of pakistan not part of india”
2:04:51TranscriptCite 2020-08-24-S29corrected
· What does Mufti Abu Layth think the solution for Kashmir is?
Mufti Abu Layth says that Kashmir, unlike Gaza, is a heavily militarised zone, that India would not pay to relocate its people, and that the ideal solution would be independence for part of Kashmir, such as the valley, with buffers kept so that Pakistan is not left vulnerable, though he expects none of it to happen.
“ideally for the kashmir issue i would see this is what i ideally opt for is that kashmir could just become independent”
23:12TranscriptCite 2021-05-17-S07corrected
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