Changing the Perception of Islam | Moaaz Elbarbry | TEDxYouth@LincolnStreet

Around 60% of Americans say they have either rarely or have never talked to a Muslim before. That’s more than 190 million Americans -- and in his talk, Moaaz sheds some light on what Islam really is to these people, and how we can change the negative perceptions surrounding it. Moaaz Elbarbry is a senior at Liberty High School. He is very involved in his local Muslim community, and is the co-manager of a religious non-profit organization called Sons of Adam, which provides safe spaces for Muslim boys in Oregon to thrive physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Moaaz is on the Hillsboro Youth Advisory Council, where he works with a group of youth leaders to mold Hillsboro into a better city for all of its citizens. In his free time, Moaaz loves to do anything related to soccer: watching, playing, analyzing, practicing and debating the sport are all enjoyable for him. His experiences at school and in his community have motivated him to be an advocate for Muslims, and he hopes to shed a positive light in a time of misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding Muslims. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@elbarbryf]

Proud of you son...

[@zarak1018]

Fawzy Elbarbry you are very blessed to have such a good son. He made not only you but all Muslims proud

[@ahmedshehata4548]

You definitely should be proud brother! Masha2Allah rabena yebarek fih!

[@muhammadyusufsaibniyazov7153]

Mashaallah! May Allah bless you all.

[@Bazila132]

I'm proud of him too...He is my inspiration....you are lucky that you have a great son....🖤

[@user-vq9rh6ru5o]

بارك الله لك وفيك وجعله ذخرا لهذه الأمة

[@briannatuy4179]

I’m so proud of you Moaaz!! I have so much respect for you! I value the passion I see in this tedtalk and I hope you keep thriving while spreading love to everyone!!!

[@youssef5652]

brianna tuy well said:)

[@anonymous-yo4qs]

Ma Shaa Allah he's awesome little man with so much authenticity, clarity, leadership and proper as well as soft spoken.... I am so proud of you little brother...

[@Bazila132]

Whenever I want to feel inspired I recheck one of his videos....He is really amazing person....May Allah reward you ❤️

[@iftikharomar5513]

This is one of the best speech I have experienced provided that this portrays the whole picture in a simple yet elegant manner.

[@2passportsandpostcards]

I hope one day, if God blesses me with a son, he'll be as well spoken and intelligent as he is.

[@builder481]

You deserve a son like this

[@cadesmandela1935]

@@CrackedConker lollll

[@basara1135]

At-Tawbah [verse 29] - Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

[@ayashkantadash2857]

@@builder481😂

[@tahashah6117]

This guy is my favourite youtuber.

[@Abzman73]

Great work Moaz. Very proud of you being a part of our community. We need more like you.

[@nan-wl6ps]

It so peaceful to see youth standing up for our religion ربنا يرضي عليك

[@fariskhalifa7904]

Mashallah. Great speech.

[@firmbeliever1353]

If anyone understands ISLAM rationally, Tbh he/she will get to know the reality of every tiny part of the life. Jazak Allah for disclosing the true meaning of Islam. Moaz, May Allah bless you brother ✨🤲. Ameen summa ameen 🤲✨

[@ahmadbensouleymanebassoum]

A very powerful speech Moaaz you have a brilliant future Allah bless you.

[@nabila_tanzim]

This video needs to spread.... May Allah grant you a long life...

[@AM-on7ib]

I love this. He said it all👏🏽💜💜

[@annameneely2515]

Amazing! Inspiring! Brilliant!

[@bohemiennespirit3181]

Amazing talk- THANK YOU

[@jaynsilentboom]

Ameen brother. May you be blessed. The brothers and sisters of Islam are blessed. For he makes those who are perceived to be weak, as the strong. And he lifts up those who are humble. To Allah be all praise and glory and honor. - Michael-Adam

[@The-Negative-Commentator]

He is a child this is impressive and amazing

[@stopstalkingmebruh6021]

Well said, this was great!

[@karemsky]

well done brother.....Salamu walaikum....from Bangladesh.

[@burakturhan381]

I liked it so much.May Allah give all the people iman who do not have 💙

[@MonkeyDRuffy-gy7bz]

it was two years ago but i have to comment, cuz his speech was soooooooo excellent MashAllah, such a smart young man

[@dijah969]

Ma syaa Allah. I am Proud of you Moaaz from Indonesia

[@youssef5652]

Nice job Moaaz! Loved listening to this. You did such a great job making it simple yet brilliant. You made it so any Muslim could relate to it. Amazing! (youssef raslan)

[@yasserrasheed]

Well done!

[@shekibnastoh3478]

Excellent

[@serhatozcelik1225]

Esselamu Aleykum brother,Nice talk. Peace be upon you and all your family :)

[@syubiased6854]

This was amazing.

[@syubiased6854]

The 4% statistic... wow

[@mahakhurshid48]

beautiful!

[@arsisten]

Good job bro.. Barakallah..

[@MrAj3230]

Maashaa-allah! May the almighty accept all your efforts and make you a beacon of guidance for mankind. Aameen

[@dumper926]

BRAVO

[@salomatboynazarova6427]

Alhamdulillah,in my country Muslims are not discriminated againts

[@sheikhsahreena6669]

Great big talks.

[@fillah01akhwat91]

Nice, baarokallah fiikum brother

[@abdullatif.q6067]

gorgeous , I would bee like that guy one day "INSHALLAH"

[@emad9703]

MashaAllah

[@Chrisbang-xh7jv]

👍Ma Shaa Allah

[@MikoCore_]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@faftunaxudoyberdiyev550]

Well guy ongoing to spread it and we will be true

[@steveclark4018]

well said

[@modarisz]

MY MANNNN

[@naderzaal6209]

Mashallah.

[@umairlasania3737]

Sooo cuteeee moazzzzzz

[@Just.Quran26]

❤

[@hayato3m146]

I started to watch his KZbin in the beginning of this year but I feel that I am a fan or a follower of him from a long iam so proud of you moaaz you inspired and inspiring a lot of young boys and girls to be better Muslim and iam one of them, love him for the sake of Allah 👏🥰🤍

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❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Emymohammed5]

My idol❤

[@khairurrohman2856]

Hopefully, my son will be a speaker at ted talk. Share about islam

[@CAC4]

King

[@SaintPablo27]

Sus?

[@Mak2Grim]

Saint Pablo respect??

[@internetmail3888]

The central teaching of Islam is the definition of the word "Mono"theism. To set the example of unity to others by not splitting Gods divinity. Man creates religion and sects by splitting this divinity and idolising parts of God's creation.

[@mjvarghes]

Thanks to internet, real face of Islam and it's prophet is coming to light.

[@ramy131]

Like what?

[@RealHufflepuff]

This guy and Sam Harris should have a discussion

[@Suhana_HM]

So random but i saw him yesterday at an amusement park....and now this appears

[@datwolfmanyouknow4109]

مشء الله!

[@user-ek7em6xf3e]

Allahuma Bareek

[@halalomar1]

That's true

[@asooomy9125]

You can tell what youtube wants you to see and what not to see a page with 20 mil subs and only 7k views? Yea ok

[@basara1135]

we have the reason to scare At-Tawbah [verse 29] - Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

[@bingein189]

He just literally said that whenever u pick a verse of Quran find context behind it. This was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (saws) during battle when the non Muslims were oppressing them and broke treaty

[@osbeast7710]

Hey this guy can talk! He should start a youtube channel or something...

[@AsliiMah]

He have ...search his name

[@officialshxr]

he has one, search up moaz

[@irneaa]

I follow him on both Instagram and KZbin

[@beenish.qadir......]

Hey we muslims proud of u moaz

[@minniefontein1665]

Unfortunately in Europe, like Belgium, the Netherlands and France for example the Moroccans and other Muslim immigrants don't have such good reputation in every day life. So it's kind of hard for others to take them seriously let alone believing they are spreading anything good about islam. They should be aware of themselves as being the ambassador of their own faith. Well said, good conduct is everything. Unfortunately there had never been any public demonstrations nor condemnation of Isis in those communities either. How come?

[@sonofliberty4832]

The speaker advises non-Muslims to meet Muslims. I have met an imam, and conversed for for about 20 minutes with him. At some point, I also have read Bill Warner's book, An Abridged Koran. (In it, Warner presents verses from the Koran put into the context of the Sunna -- that is, the life of Muhammad.) My understanding of Islam does not come from my discussion with an imam, but from Warner's book (and other documented sources).

[@user-kk2pc7ik7t]

Theres a lot of things I dont like about islam, but bullying discrimination, etc, is just wrong. Most muslims are just peaceful and they want to live in peace

[@BroJo676]

Muslims value peace only when they're a minority. When they are the majority, peace is over and whether you submit to Islam, or you're dead.

[@UsmanSheikh-vk2kr]

@@BroJo676Its not like tht, again, a misconception

[@SaintPablo27]

🐐

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Saint Pablo I’m a young dakotaz on the come up sub to my channel

[@ammarahmed8268]

Islam means "SUBMISSION" to the one and only creator Allah subhanah wa ta'ala. The root word of islam is the word "silm" which means submission. Or another definition is "PEACE" acquired through submission to Allah.

[@kseke25]

He doesn’t want the media to report the news?

[@syubiased6854]

Are you thick? Yes you are

[@holyhven6329]

He doesn’t want the media to report FAKE NEWS

[@zachseabass7414]

As true as it may be, but we as Muslims have also to acknowledge the fact that there lots of uneducated, bigoted and fanatically agressive people among us. I mean those guys who maintain ideology of "us vs them" or "do not befriend a non-Muslim" and also harass any ex-Muslim or non-Muslim person. And don't forget those who ban music, arts (and I mean drawing creatures), science, dances and always love to threaten with hellfire for any smallest reason. Or those nutjobs who executed a guitar, or that wierdo who screamed after seeing Michaelangelo's Creation of Adam in a text book. There's gotta be a reformation if not in religion but definitely in mindset. We have to critically analize our religion and decide what stuff is outdated and is not applicable in this day and age. Remeber Islamic Golden Age was maintained by freethinkers and philosophers not clerics or orthodoxy. Right now Islamic World is going through the same Dark Age as Europe did before Age of Enlightenment with witch-hunts and obscurantism.

[@fanosumi8603]

🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧🏧

[@axelscharf2415]

He should go and try to modernize islam where its necessary . In Saudi Arabia , Iran , Pakistan etc .... . Personally I'm kinda annoyed by Muslims trying to lecture us in europe or the us about how to treat minorities, tolerance etc . All while minority rights in almost all Islamic nations are laughable and even standard human rights get violated in the name of Islam.

[@valtontony826]

There is nothing to really modernize, it's just make it more literal

[@qntnotes9427]

a lot of Islamic Fragility in this video

[@rgap3944]

Dear brother we non Muslims worried about Isis sleeper cells ... how I know you are not a sleeper cell ? this is big big problem ...

[@sppecials606]

Another Muslim that "cry" about the consequences only and skip the roots of the problem in the first place.

[@valtontony826]

What?

[@dbmajed7093]

The roots of the problem are people who only see differences and make generalizations to show their hate. Not muslims

[@marilyncoyne4034]

Why do you push your religion onto people! Why are you here?

[@Ispeakfacts2005]

Why are you pushing your useless self onto media? Why are YOU here?

[@bingein189]

He ain't pushing anything. You're the one pulling yourself away from understanding

[@Sergioantoniox]

America loves you Moaaz

[@Sy-ok7pt]

This is one of the best speech I have experienced provided that this portrays the whole picture in a simple yet elegant manner.