Iyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي - The Arab Spring Manifesto

[@prrcpor]

This was the best speech I've heard from a person in a long time

[@evaistheway]

What an eloquent, well-read speaker. Arab solidarity till the end!

[@gracesanny]

A beautiful man with a beautiful mind. When I hear him speak, I know that the Arab Spring is still alive. And *yes* these online friendships are very real, and they are forever

[@millennia]

"Arab Spring, or no Arabs." Beautiful, powerful and frightening talk.

[@mohamedjehadbaeth4097]

Great speech, motivating and inspiring. Thank you for sharing

[@RainbowWorrior121]

Revolution :- Those feeling shocked and horrified at the butchery of innocent souls, become the butchers. You have a beautiful lively son Kindred, I had to flee my country to one not known to me, with my wife who was pregnant (2 months) and two other young kids. We survived, but it was hard, when I realised victims make victim's, much changed and Loving the self opens the eyes and heart. True solutions are only found in Love, nothing else in any circumstance. I wish you well as you are a very articulate soul, with much upset within you, this you seem to wish to teach your son, I would favor for his sake, that he does not grow up with a desire to kick ass, they normally grow into the butchers. May your Love continue to light our path to the wisdom we all deserve, Much Love to you & yours

[@QueensBey]

The Arab Spring has been saved thanks to him

[@JunaidSalehHayat]

Greatest speech I've ever heard!! Very inspiring and passionate!! The Arab Spring hasn't ended yet, it will end with all the dictators down and being replaced by democratic institutions and values!! I have so much respect for this man and all the activists striving to liberate their nations from tyrants!

[@ayesharawat8507]

Thought provoking excellent advice to your son my heart ached when I heard you May Allah protect url and guide url. Ameen

[@mafazpx]

This was inspiring to the core...! Spot on speech..!

[@roroahmed]

Oh wow! This was beautiful! Thank You! Sobbing now!!

[@prrcpor]

Speeches buy guys like this man here should be heard more across western media outlets. It would make things much more transparent. Why is it not?

[@music60223]

Brought tears to my eyes.. Your son is absolutely beautiful. Will be buying your book, send me a link when it comes out.

[@suleymankaratas3214]

2014 Oslo Özgürlük Forumu'nda İyad el-Bağdat'taki konuşması.

[@RadioSangambirmingham]

10 Islamic Rules of War Before engaging in battle, the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) instructed his soldiers: 1. “Do not kill any child, any woman, or any elder or sick person.” (Sunan Abu Dawud) 2. “Do not practice treachery or mutilation.(Al-Muwatta) 3. Do not uproot or burn palms or cut down fruitful trees.(Al-Muwatta) 4. Do not slaughter a sheep or a cow or a camel, except for food.” (Al-Muwatta) 5. “If one fights his brother, [he must] avoid striking the face, for God created him in the image of Adam.” (Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim) 6. “Do not kill the monks in monasteries, and do not kill those sitting in places of worship. (Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal) 7. “Do not destroy the villages and towns, do not spoil the cultivated fields and gardens, and do not slaughter the cattle.” (Sahih Bukhari; Sunan Abu Dawud) 8. “Do not wish for an encounter with the enemy; pray to God to grant you security; but when you [are forced to] encounter them, exercise patience.” (Sahih Muslim) 9. “No one may punish with fire except the Lord of Fire.” (Sunan Abu Dawud). 10. “Accustom yourselves to do good if people do good, and to not do wrong even if they commit evil.” (Al-Tirmidhi)

[@RadioSangambirmingham]

if some one doesn't follow rules why blame islam

[@getrealmanplz]

Do you know of any muslim state in the world with an army that follow this? if not are they muslim? or is it that time change and innsted of sword spear and arrows now you have tanks guns bombs airstriks, Islam was for that time when wars was man against man but now many times they dont even see the man they are killing, or the house thats getting blown up or the pepole in the street. Nice rules but impossible to follow for any army muslim or not!

[@RadioSangambirmingham]

getrealmanplz bro simple answer all muslims government are controlled by american

[@getrealmanplz]

TRUTHY ALI There are tons of groups thats on jihad and are not under US control and you know they dont follow Islam. where is the mercy, the if one kill an innocent its like he kill the hole human race,treat war prisoners good, +++ ? 1500 years ago,maybe in sword and spear battel but , this rules where also for slaves ,rape and choping of hands and feet, its a mix of carrot and stick. And thanks to the separation of church and state we can live better lives ,(im from Norway), we remember well the time when catholics and protestants was killing one another like shia sunni ,all in the name of what God, we are so happy thats all over and i hope the muslims will get there one day to.

[@al-imammalik3644]

11. As many women and girls you catch as many servants you will have for your comfort and sex..

[@yuvalginbar6054]

Generally great. and very inspiring. Comments - I'd (1) tone down on the self-congratulation at the beginning; (2) delete the "I'd rather see you die young" remark - sound really bad coming from a father, whatever follows it. As a libertarian surely your job is to allow your son to make his own choices, which also means choices you wouldn't approve of.

[@OlavStenerud]

+Mia Oh yea, the muslim gene. I heard about that one

[@OlavStenerud]

Spotting sarcasm isn't your strong side is it?

[@DeborahAnneWeber]

+Mia George HW Bush isn't a Muslim, nor is Antonin Scalia nor Col Michael Aquino..... you must be confused, dear.

[@DeborahAnneWeber]

That's just for the creepy inbred weirdos of US penal colonies and serial killers like Henry the 8th et al.... But psychopathy? Yes, that really is genetic.... whether it crops up or not seems to be in the hands of Monsanto sociopaths.

[@DeborahAnneWeber]

I plan to, but CA criminals are holding my son hostage. They've been holding him hostage under heavy mind-control. We were planning to leave late 90s then in 2000, then in 2003. They kidnapped my son, tortured us both barbarically, they've been killing off our witnesses, friends, colleagues, etc non stop. It has to do with money we are connected to but could never have with the greedy fascists ext family stealing everything ....

[@fallingwithfractals6699]

Woah. "if you do not make all my radical demands you will be bombed". So peaceful.

[@prrcpor]

He reminds me of George Washington. His fight for freedom and liberty is the same.

[@prabhaashashi]

Well meaning & sincere. Would fundamentals of Islam (Wahhabi) ever allow what you wish to achieve? Muslim Brotherhood alive & kicking? Hope against hope. Wish you well.

[@tarekmuneer]

Excuse me Iyad, but i asked the same question around the similar time you asked it and kept on doing so for 15 months following the time, yes, we did have a constitution back then before Mubarak stepped down and it was the only key to avoid the military from hijacking the January 25th revolution by forcing Mubarak to resign in order to please the masses in Tahrir Square and drive them to return back home without taking out any real changes to the solid pillars of Mubarak's state/their deep state

[@ui2p0]

1) Democracy cannot be implemented in tribal societies. It's a contradiction. 2) The 'Arab spring' is a very dark winter for several years now. 3) Sadly, it seems the deposed tyrants of the Arab world were right in saying: "It's me or chaos". 4) The a high rate of illiteracy in most Arab countries would prevent any progress towards better governance. 5) "A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else". Take responsibility for your mistakes. Stop blaming others for the miserable state all Arab countries are in

[@إبراهيمإبراهيم-ص2ص4ح]

انت فلسطين اهتم قضيتك حقيقيه حسبي ألله والنعم الوكيل فيك يافلسطين مشغول بالمملكه

[@harryb4123]

51 people clearly prefer the Arab Winter...sad really...

[@ericbeaupre1]

You don’t like Kuala Lumpur??

[@r.b.4611]

Where were the USA and Europe during the Arab Spring? Why weren't they finding a way to prop them up? (incoming oil comment)

[@sepasgozar.]

even not a word about the Palestinian massacre by the Zionists.

[@nawafnk]

كلام جميل ولكن لا اصدقه اياد البغدادي يظهر بشكل مستمر على قناة الجزيرة بشكل مستمر واختصاصه في اغلب السعوديه ومصر اتفهم كلامه انها دول قميعه لا شك في هذا ولكن النظام القطري ليس قمعي ولا يوجد انتخابات وقبيله تهجرت لم يهتم لهم ولا يذكرهم لماذا ؟؟؟ لو انهم مواطنين دول عربيه اخرى للكان الامر مختلف . وفي اخير هو فلسطيني مادخله يبحث عن الدميقراطية في مصر والسعوديه هذا شان السعوديين والمصريين لو المتحدث مصري ولا سعودي ويحارب الاستبداد لكان الامر مفهوما ومقبولاٍ ويطلب من العالم مساعده او حتى نقل رسالة . هل معقول فلسطيني مشغول ان يطالب بالديمقراطية في دول عربيه وبلده تحتل الاحتلال ولماذا هذا هو اهتمامه ليس فلسطين دوله عربيه وهي بلده أولى لماذا ينشر بالديمقراطية فيها !!! امثال اياد البغدادي اشك في توجهاتهم ولا اثق بهم

[@harryb4123]

This World is a shit place...it's always been a shit place. Why? Because we all have an opinion and we either think our opinion is the only right one or we think a prophet or some other leader's opinion is the only right one. The truth is...all our opinions count but they are usually flawed...particularly when they're one-sided...even tyrants like Saddam or Assad must have done some good things at some time. Will things get better? personally, I doubt it...because there will always be inequality, prejudice, bigotry (etc etc). I'm secular Buddhist and even that has problems. If we die, then revert to pure awareness, then reincarnate where's the learning curve? IMO life only has meaning if we somehow progress elsewhere based on our accumulated wisdom. (and I don't mean "heaven" or "paradise" Some of the rewards promised in places like that are positively obscene) So we're currently still monkeys down here but I personally will still be working hard to progress because "stop the World I wanna get off at the next bus stop."

[@MM-bw3ej]

A person who was born and brought up in UAE with out any recriminations and have never been deprived of any rights infact just because of his father's position he was treated extra special at the hospital free of cost with a VVIP treatment, have earned all what he wished to and enjoyed all the bounties and blessing of life living in UAE.now trying to get a sympathy from the whole world through a social media campaign for no reason but to show it to others that how poor he is just because he is a Palestinian he can't do anything in his life just because he is a Palestinian?! yes you could have been a better human being and work for the betterment of the society in large by just sitting in UAE with the freedom, until you started to promote an arab spring which turned out to be an arab disaster then the government has no choice to but to throw you out of the country for misleading the youth, what agenda you follow is a dangerous one and God knows where do you get all the money and financial assistance to travel around the world and spit your bitterness against your own muslim fellow country. while you were just a failure in your business in UAE. I FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHO ARE FOLLOWING YOU BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN YOU ENJOYING YOUR AMAZING WONDERFULL LIFE IN THE UAE until you turned 33 yrs old and you decided to start this evil agent of yours>>>>> REAL TALK!

[@SyrianVodo]

+MM Thank you for validating everything he was talking about, and confirm that there is no solution to the Middle East other than ending all tyranny in the Arab region, you can not keep the status quo, this is not the sixties not the seventies, if UAE authority did not get this reality quickly, I'm afraid the time will come when all its wealth will be spent to sustain tyranny of its state and other Arab states. BTW, your definition of a wonderful life is the same as the life of a goat or a sheep, eat and drink, but do not ever think about speaking your mind.

[@kbasem48]

سيدنا يوسف عاش عند فرعون مصر ولكنهواجه طغيانه وكفره يا فصيح

[@abdullahalsalat311]

MM just because he got "vip" treatment does not mean that he can't speak out against them because other people in the Middle East have suffered because of that regime and the proof to that is as soon as he spoke out against them he was kicked out. there is no freedom of speech in the UAE that's one reason enough to fight and speak out against it.

[@joliesenior1]

Poor Man........ On voit la suite de ces mensonges

[@MrMazda-vk9hy]

إياد فلسطيني تحدث عن كل شئ إلا إسرائيل !!!!!!!!!! لماذا يا إياد !!!!! حتى أنت تنافق من تخطب أمامهم لن تعود الأمة لأمجادها بأمثالك من الجبناء والمتزلفين

[@SyrianVodo]

+ameen khreef ربما لم يذكر إسرائيل لأنه لا خلاص من الإحتلال بوجود عقليات من أمثالك .... ربما لأنه جربنا وصفتك السحرية ولم تعود الأمة لأمجادها بأمثال مجرمي الحرب رؤساء عصابات الأسد والولي السفيه وحسني والسيسي وغيره وغيره من الخونة الجبناء ومن يتبعهم من الصعاليك الذين جمعوا كل أنواع الأسلحة لضرب العرب والمسلمين وليس لتحرير العرب ... ربما لأنه يريد تحرير نفسه من العبودية والقضاء على من حمى الكيان الصهيوني لعدة قرون وعلى من يتبعهم من الحمقى والمستفيدين والفاسدين الذين لعنوا الكيان الصهيوني بالكلام لستين عام ولكنهم ضربوا العرب بالكيماوي لأنه طالب ببعض أمواله المنهوبة