The Pulpit of Truth and the Battle over Women's Hair, Usuli Institute Khutbah, 23 September 2022

Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl delivers the Friday khutbah and jumu'a prayer at The Usuli Institute (www.usuli.org). Recorded on 23 September 2022.
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[@obaidulhaque7687]

No scholar talks, contemporary or really matter things now a days .... excellent presentation ( khutba).

[@ohidakhanom254]

Everyone should listen to this

[@dianainman2977]

Beautiful call to prayer Grace!!

[@afia9641]

Yes, especially the one in the female voice

[@safwalatheef1075]

So very moved.. May Allah protect him and his courage to speak out so powerfully and the needed clarity against centuries of oppression and mindlessness against a gender, against a practice...against reduction of an entire religion to a mere piece of clothing... by men and women alike.

[@ahshanjanishadhon3115]

Love you Sheikh ❤️❤️❤️

[@TwinofIcarus]

May Allah reward u

[@stephenconnolly1830]

HIGHLIGHTS Bismillah al-Rahman al-Raheem [Video suitable for viewing at increased Playback speed. English language transcript available in video Description. Sermon \ Khutbah in English commences @7:40] 12:05 Dua' \ supplication related to the Qur'anic passage (Surah #60, Ayah #5): "rabbana la taj'alna fit'natan lilladheena kafaroo..." (Our Lord, do not make us a target for those who disbelieve...). 18:09 reference to Mahsa Amini killed in Iran over her head covering... 24:48 ...France's ideology toward Islam exposed... 25:25 ...MBS's ideology similarly exposed... 28:30 ...the chosen battlefield to fight Islam - the covering of women... 30:52 ...delving deeper, the reality of life in Medina during the time of the Prophet... 32:53 ...the protest against the Ummayyads by the family of the Prophet \ Ahl al-Bayt - pious women uncovering their heads. 37:40 the danger of giving the state patriarchal power. 38:15 the enemies of Islam using patriarchal abuses to deter Muslims (& non-Muslims) from their religion. 45:20 MBS's tyranny over the people refusing to leave their ancestral home to make way for his depraved city project ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neom ) etc. 49:32 the interlinked contemporary world. 50:51 [second sermon \ Khutbah commences] 51:35 Israel responsible for the murder of a Palestinian children every 3 days over the past 21 years... 52:05 ...Liz Truss, UK PM, thinking about transferring the British Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. 52:31 rich westerners (executives) having paid Serbian forces to allow them to assassinate Muslims during the Bosnian war. 55:42 a report on European Islamophobia documenting a sharp increase over past few years - FB and other social media grossly anti-Islamic/anti-Palestinian... 56:45 ...study of Twitter and Instagram shows that the US, UK and India are responsible for 86% of the anti-Muslim content over past 3 years... 58:20 ...Hindu nationalists funded by millionaire Hindu businessmen rampaging in Leicester, UK, against Muslims. 1:03:36 [supplication \ Dua'] Ameen

[@reyhanehkianifar1948]

In the name of God, peace and respect. I am an Iranian woman and I thank you very much for this beautiful sermon. God bless you

[@mellewillems]

Very interesting! Well-spoken and great to see your point of view.

[@afia9641]

The Azaan in female voice is sooooooooo beautiful

[@anamericanmuslim6399]

❤️

[@LeanOnPlants]

Such an incredible sermon. 😢

[@renereyna9874]

I've been Muslim for 20 yrs and I could say I've received more conflict and criticism from other Muslims than those of other religions.

[@LeanOnPlants]

Thank you for speaking out for the Shia minority.

[@niktoram9367]

👌

[@dearrationals]

Waiting for the day Muslims speak about male modesty, and wanting to enforce jubbah and turbans on men. But I won't hold my breath. Both sides are so obsessed with women's clothing. The strict ways in which women are judged on their faith and how they choose to practice it. It's not hard to understand why some no longer which to be Muslim. The hatred is deep.

[@loidaj9045]

Thank you so much... and it is interesting to add that in Europe, the case of Iranian women are instrumentalized by a lot of racists who do not know nothing about Iran, but they say "you should not wear hijab because poor iranian women are forced to wear it so how could you want to wear it ? you should want to be free !! ". It is so mediocre... and they infantilize us...