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Race, nation and identity

11 segments in 8 recordings · 2015 to 2021 · 0 verified · 7 checked positions · society/race-and-identity · Feed

Most recent statement · 9 Feb 2021What accent does Mufti Abu Layth have?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 9 Feb 2021

9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestWhat accent does Mufti Abu Layth have? Mufti Abu Layth says he has no set accent, and that in Britain one can usually hear a caller's ethnicity in the texture of their voice. Question from live chatposition checkedthe O.J. Simpson trial (1995) machine3 min 14 s1:38:06on YouTube

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2021 · 2

19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why did Ibn Rushd fall from favour with the caliph? Mufti Abu Layth relates two accounts of Ibn Rushd's fall, a remark on a storm and an insult to the caliph, and finds the first believable though unproven. Lessonposition checkedIbn Rushd (Averroes)Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur [?]Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi machine7 min 38 s2:08:59on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Not just Trump: why he sees the Capitol riot as reflective of the United States Mufti Abu Layth sees the Capitol riot as a symptom of the United States as a whole, not just of Trump, pointing to school shootings, inequality and race relations. Lessonposition checkedDonald TrumpJoe BidenBarack ObamaHurricane Katrina machine8 min 08 s13:29on YouTube

2020 · 4

27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why is Khabib such a hero to Muslims? Mufti Abu Layth calls Khabib a phenomenon and admires him for openly wearing his Islam, while saying he took McGregor's hype too personally. LessonKhabib NurmagomedovConor McGregorAmir KhanSonny Bill Williams machine9 min 34 s1:41:57on YouTube
27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can a non-Muslim descendant of the Prophet claim sharif status? Mufti Abu Layth says sharif status is a political institution rather than something Islam brought, and descendants of the Prophet can be non-Muslims. Question from live chatposition checkedsharifdescendants of the ProphetzakatJuan Cole machine3 min 45 s2:28:40on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are mosques in America at risk from far-right anger? The guest warns that rising white supremacist anger in the US, fed by scapegoating and Fox News, means every mosque now needs security. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochBarack ObamaSouthern Poverty Law CenterAdolf Hitler machine3 min33:13on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why is America so polarised? The guest argues that demographic fear and the hollowing out of the middle class by big corporations are driving American polarisation. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochAdolf HitlerBani Isra'ilWalmart machine5 min 09 s41:19on YouTube

2019 · 1

19 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Why are Indo-Pak Muslims adopting Gulf Arab culture? Mufti Abu Layth dislikes the push to Arabise Indo-Pak Islam, from Gulf dress to saying Allah Hafiz, feeling it is political and that culture should be natural, not imposed. Lessonposition checkedthe Mughal EmpireJalal al-Din Akbarthe Ottomansthe Umayyads machine5 min 34 s0:00on YouTube

2016 · 1

21 Dec 2016video Why do so many young Muslims feel confused or embarrassed about Islam today? Negative media portrayal, extremism, postmodern questions, doubts about rulings, culture and racism all weigh on young Muslims, and Mufti Abu Layth asks what the answer is. LessontalaqSharia machine8 min 07 s12:05on YouTube

2015 · 2

6 Apr 2015video Why is Islamophobia rising? Mufti Abu Layth says it is rising as a reaction to the worldwide awakening of Muslims to their faith, because people fear what they do not understand, and because of scaremongering and a few fools who misportray Islam. Question written questionposition checkedImam Malik machine2 min 38 s44:32on YouTube
6 Apr 2015video How should Muslims respond to Islamophobia? Begin with yourself: learn properly, since much Islamophobia is fed by Muslims saying things they do not understand, keep links with the ulama, and work on communicating the right ideas in the right words. Question written questionposition checkedreport: begin with yourself then those you are responsible for (the principle he cites, as paraphrased)ulama machine2 min 36 s47:10on YouTube