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11 answers in 8 recordings, 2015 to 2021. 7 with a checked position in his own words.
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Mufti Abu Layth says the rise in Islamophobia is a reaction to the collective awakening of Muslims to their faith, fed by fear of what people do not understand, by scaremongering and misrepresentation, and marginally by fools who misportray Islam.
“I feel that the part of that rise in islamophobia is associated with the collective Awakening of Islam and the Muslims as a as a as a type of social phenomenon”
44:52TranscriptCite 2015-04-06-S12corrected
· How should Muslims respond to Islamophobia?
Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims should respond to Islamophobia by beginning with themselves: learning so as not to misstate Islam, keeping links with the ulama as the community's lifeline, and improving how they communicate.
“we need to correct our own understanding I feel that we do need to all Muslims need to be proactively engaged in learning”
47:24TranscriptCite 2015-04-06-S13corrected
· 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
· Can a non-Muslim descendant of the Prophet claim sharif status?
Mufti Abu Layth says sharif status is more a political thing and not really something Islam inherently brings with it.
“this sharif status is more a political thing. It's not really something that Islam inherently brings with it.”
2:28:39TranscriptCite 2020-10-27-S22corrected
· Not just Trump: why he sees the Capitol riot as reflective of the United States
Mufti Abu Layth says he does not think the Capitol riot is just Trump, but that it is in many ways reflective of the United States.
“this is not in my understanding just a trumpian issue i think that's like that's naive thinking that this is just trump”
18:25TranscriptCite 2021-01-12-S03corrected
· Why did Ibn Rushd fall from favour with the caliph?
Mufti Abu Layth says he is not sure the report that Ibn Rushd doubted the reality of a Quranic story is true, but that it is believable he said such things because his views were very philosophical.
“I'm not sure whether that's true but it's believable that he could have said things because his views were kind of very philosophical”
2:10:51TranscriptCite 2021-01-19-S28corrected
· What accent does Mufti Abu Layth have?
Mufti Abu Layth says that in the UK, with British English, one can usually tell a person's ethnicity over the phone from the texture of their voice.
“but definitely over the phone you can tell you see in the uk with british english we can tell over the phone usually your ethnicity by listening to”
1:39:24TranscriptCite 2021-02-09-S20corrected
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