In this episode, I talk about Jordan Peterson's recent video and how it made me feel about the way he handled the topic of Christians and Jews in the Muslim world. I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, but it was disappointing in my opinion.
00:00:52.980And then maybe reach out tentatively to a Christian or even, heaven forbid, a Jew.
00:01:02.700Let's see if we can unite as people of the book and negotiate our way toward the paradise that we might truly and jointly attain.
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00:01:24.500When I was watching this video, I was actually very excited because I look forward to watching Jordan Peterson's video after his discussion with Mohammed Hijab and other Muslims.
00:01:33.640You know, it just showed that, you know, he seems sincere, he seems open to dialogue and he opens to, it seems he's open to learning.
00:01:40.740But, I was a bit taken back when I watched the video because I found it a bit condescending.
00:01:48.740Now, yes, okay, like, okay, you know, maybe Jordan Peterson's watching this and be like, oh, here we go, you know, we're living in a culture where everyone gets offended.
00:01:56.440I found it a little bit disappointed and I don't believe it's coming from a malicious place, but maybe from a place of, and I mean it with all due respect, I do not mean it in a rude way,
00:02:05.620but maybe from a place of not knowing, you know, I'm not going to use the word ignorance because it has those negative connotations with it, but from a place that he doesn't know.
00:02:13.000Because, when I was watching the video, it just felt as if, like, I understand he was passionate, he had a message of, you know, there's a greater devil that we all need to fight, etc.
00:02:21.560And I know exactly what he's talking about, but when he was, keep repeatedly saying, you know, he was making this Sunni Shia thing as if, like, we are in each other's necks, like, we are looking, like, when I see a Shia on the road, I do a drive-by, like, I'm like, I'm ready to kill people or Muslims at large.
00:02:36.100That's not the reality. Genuinely, that's not the reality. That's not what's happening, you know, and so it's this, you know, colonial mindset of, like, you know, I'm not talking about himself, but, you know, like, the white man talking to us as, like, you barbarians, you know, stop killing each other and stop doing this and stop hating everyone and focus on, that's how it came across.
00:02:57.220I'm just being honest. Once again, I don't believe it was malicious, but it was disappointing because, and one thing that was repeatedly being said in a condescending way was that, you know, instead of hating, you know, the Shias and the Christians and the Jews, like, there was this kind of, like, the way he was saying it, the demeanour he was using, you know, he was emphasising on the Jews.
00:03:18.400I mean, if we look at history, Jordan Peterson, Jews were being persecuted by Christians, left, right, centre. And why? Because of the killing of the God of Christianity, which is Jesus.
00:03:29.260Yes, that's why Christianity and the Crusaders, and in history, you would know that they were under persecution severely, and they would most times run to Muslim lands for, you know, to not to be killed, you know.
00:03:43.860So, to use this over and over again, I find it very bizarre, you know, it's like we need to know our history. And as a Christian man yourself, Jordan Peterson, you know, when you spoke to Mohammed, his friend, I was right there in that room.
00:03:55.600It was a beautiful discussion. We saw you, you know, tearing up when you were listening to him. I genuinely believe you're sincere, but this really was not needed.
00:04:03.580And I understand your call to coming together and united, like Allah says in the Qur'an, in Surah Maidah,
00:04:11.020Come together towards righteousness. And we are told to do that. So much so that the Mufassireen say that in the Battle of Badr, the first war, that the companions, the Prophet Muhammad and the companions were fighting against the pagan Arabs
00:04:24.820who were persecuting them. We know that in history, that when the Christians, Byzantine, the Roman army, defeated the Persians, the Muslims were also rejoicing at the same time of that double victory
00:04:36.940because they won the war against the pagans. Also at the same time, they got the news that the Christians, the Romans, defeated the Persians.
00:04:44.900So this was a rejoicing moment. Why? Because the Ahlul Kitab, the people of the book like yourself, are close to us. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the Qur'an,