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Click a year to jump to itLatest answer · 15 May 2021
15 May 2021video
LatestDo protests help Palestine, and was blocking the roads in Birmingham justified?
Protests put slow pressure on politicians who can only request, and blocking Birmingham's roads at rush hour was a disservice to the Palestinian cause: it broke the law, harmed civilians and turned sentiment against Palestine.
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2021 · 5
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
What is Birmingham really like for Muslims?
Mufti Abu Layth defends Birmingham but calls drugs a cancer in its Muslim community, and says cannabis should be legalised and regulated.
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9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Why does Birmingham have so many different Muslim sects?
Mufti Abu Layth says Birmingham's many strong sects cancel each other out, which he thinks is a good thing compared with towns one sect dominates.
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19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Clip: Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals
A clip of Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals, which Mufti Abu Layth calls the unconscionable neglect of this government.
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19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Why are British politicians so bad at interviews?
Mufti Abu Layth says the English are not bad at interviews: Boris Johnson is very intelligent and plays up his clumsiness, and the elite grew richer in the pandemic.
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5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Can we call coronavirus the UK virus?
No: the virus did not originate in the UK, which only has a mutation; he believes it came from the Wuhan lab, though not on purpose.
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2020 · 2
14 Jul 2020live stream
Are there Sharia courts in the UK?
There are no Sharia courts in the UK, only Sharia councils dealing with religious marriages and divorces.
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10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
Can the bank take my whole house if I default near the end of my mortgage?
Mufti Abu Layth says that, in UK practice, mortgage lenders are far more lenient with defaulters than landlords, and asks to discuss riba as a concept.
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2019 · 1
21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari
Does Mufti Abu Layth regard Sufi tariqahs led by pirs as cults?
Mufti Abu Layth says all such tariqahs are in essence cults, though al-Yaqoubi's is a better and less harmful one than the usual exploitative pir. The SKT charity boycott, he says, shows how much power such shaykhs now wield.
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2015 · 5
6 Apr 2015video
Should Muslims engage with the Prevent programme?
No, not at this stage: he says Prevent began with good objectives but has become toxic and lost its purpose, as a former Met Chief Superintendent said, so engagement is now counterproductive. Tackling radicalisation itself remains a duty of Muslims.
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6 Apr 2015video
What did Mufti Abu Layth actually do as a Prevent mentor?
Mufti Abu Layth met, only with their consent, people the council or police had flagged, offered to discuss Islam with them and helped clear up misunderstandings; most were not radicals. There were no covert operations, and he says spying on Muslims would be haram.
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6 Apr 2015video
Is working with the government or Prevent a form of serving false gods?
No: he categorically rejects the view of some political groups that any association with the authorities is serving a false god, calling it unscholarly. He accepts that elements within the programmes, including counter-terrorism officers who he says worked against him, need reviewing.
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6 Apr 2015video
Did Mufti Abu Layth call a Birmingham school the Trojan Horse school?
Mufti Abu Layth says the quote was aimed at the police, not the school: he was asking why counter-terrorism officers shared confidential data about him with a school they themselves were calling a Trojan Horse school. He was not validating the allegations but questioning the officers' sincerity.
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6 Apr 2015video
Why did some Islamophobic journalists defend Mufti Abu Layth?
Mufti Abu Layth says it was mutual interest, not support: those concerned with the school highlighted his criticism of the counter-terrorism officers. Being shared by someone does not make them a friend, and most of them would disagree with most of what he says.
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