In this episode I talk about the importance of freedom of speech and why the ultra right focus on freedom of hate speech is so disproportionate to the focus on Islam and the anti-Islam ultra right, and why I am against it.
00:00:00.000that I'm kind of disappointed that Ali Dawa couldn't be up here I don't yeah I
00:00:06.760don't agree with what he stands for but I agree with his right to say it
00:00:21.560they've actually got Ali Dawa it's happening it's happening this is
00:00:26.400fantastic here's the yeah the running artist it's Raheem at three three ten
00:00:33.240Richard Inman speaks Liam Tufts Ali Dawa Shazia Hobscher and Marie I love that
00:00:39.240they're next to each other like I was a bit because um there's a whole kind of
00:00:43.200thing going around weren't there about Ali Dawa speaking I've literally just been
00:00:48.240I've been over there and they've got like a running order and he's on a 310 oh no
00:00:52.740what do you think of that well I'm a bit you know I'm a bit off about Ali I must
00:00:58.800say you know it's a bit it's a bit of a sod really so guys as you saw there Sargon
00:01:04.560of Akkad who's a big youtuber I mean a million subscribers was there and he
00:01:08.520defended my right to speech and I thank him for that even though I disagree with
00:01:12.720him the same girls with Lucy Kaelin and George I thank you guys especially Lucy
00:01:17.640for trying to protect me as a woman on her own and move me away from danger and
00:01:22.620the whole team and and the rest I just want to thank you guys the speech that I
00:01:28.200was going to give on that day is the following I just want to get straight to
00:01:31.020the point and say this a philosopher called Volta said I despise what you say
00:01:36.540but will defend to the death your right to say it I defend the right of anyone to
00:01:42.540question and criticize my religion on any or any other way of life and that is
00:01:47.700the reason why we give dawah to call people to Islam so people can criticize
00:01:52.440and educate themselves in the process of doing so but we need to know the
00:01:56.200difference of freedom of speech and hate speech was it not the freedom of hate
00:02:00.660speech that eventually led to the Holocaust Holocaust was it not the freedom of
00:02:06.120hate speech that led to the killing of innocent people non-muslims in London
00:02:11.140bridge and Manchester attacks was it not the freedom of hate speech that led to
00:02:18.200Thomas Mertic who MP Joe Cox was it not the freedom of hate speech of Tommy
00:02:22.080Robinson and Britain first that caused Darren Osborne to run over innocent
00:02:26.540Muslims and the list goes on so if you are here to defend the freedom to
00:02:30.740criticize and question ideologies I am with you but if you want the freedom to
00:02:35.420spew hate which comes at the cost of innocent lives then I am against that with
00:02:40.240all my might and power why is it that the main focus of freedom of hate speech
00:02:45.300defended just to attack Islam by the ultra right let me ask you all a question
00:02:49.900which I was going to ask the audience to ponder upon the difference between me and
00:02:54.700most of the speakers today is not that I'm the only one that eat halal meat I had a bit of sense of humor there I hate terrorism whoever it's done by I hate child exploitation
00:03:04.180not because it's done by majority of white middle-aged men or advocated by Tommy's
00:03:09.240friend or buddy Milo I hate grooming gangs not because majority are Asian men who have used vulnerable white girls I hate human traffickers who are selling young ethnic kids from country to country
00:03:22.240however Milo Tommy Robinson Britain first hate terrorism only when it's done by Muslims
00:03:30.300they hate grooming gangs only when it's done by Muslims and this to me is sickening I hate the act not because of who who's done it but because of what he or she has done to destroy innocent lives
00:03:45.300we have had these discussions on my youtube channel which you can find by searching Ali Dawah and hear it from a Muslim would I go to Hitler to learn about Judaism of course not so why go to the people who hate Islam
00:03:58.300every civilized society which believes in free speech has also recognized that such free speech has limitations free speech should not be confused with a license to abuse most democracies forbid slander defamation misleading advertisement
00:04:12.300and freedom to review state secrets the argument many right wing ultra right proponents are making is one which is specially focused on the freedom to offend minority groups
00:04:22.300the argument is that Islam has become a protected minority group and that free speech should allow us to attack Islam as a religion to counter this one could talk internationally about Muslims being burnt in Burma
00:04:32.300one million killed in Iraq and Afghanistan or tortured in Guantanamo Bay while the West looks on however today I will not talk about that
00:04:41.300or use this argument I just wonder why the ultra right is disproportionately focused on Islam when laws in this country have in fact aimed to protect other religious groups
00:04:50.300it was only 10 years ago where actual Christian blasphemy laws were amended from common law Jews are protected in many European countries from the free speech of someone
00:04:59.300however unjustifiably denying the Holocaust for example the far right has said nothing about Jews special rights it would be interesting to know if any of today's speakers will want to defend someone's rights to defend
00:05:10.300the Holocaust denial the poppy burning or burning the English flag English flag why is that whatever the reason I don't care as a voice of the Muslim community I want you to know that we don't need added rights as minorities in this country but we do demand equal treatment
00:05:26.300the same philosopher who champion freedom of speech like JS mill JS mill also champion protecting minorities they were particularly concerned with the with what is referred to as tyranny of the majority if we are to be consistent we must be concerned with the same thing today I could have as others have accused the other speakers as being neo-fascist or neo-nazis I haven't done that and I don't intend to do that that's not productive there are parallels between the ultra right and interwar Germany and Italy which you should be aware of
00:05:54.300the ultra right is also ultra-nationalist assimilationist and white separatist one of the first thing Hitler did after putting through the enabling act was pass restrictions of Jewish people who he as you know thought was the germ that was infecting society something you know Tom Robinson says about Muslims similar words anyways the ultra right stress anti Muslim immigration the stoppage of building of mosques and restriction of so-called Islamification
00:06:23.300Hitler told his people the Jews and the communists were the ultimate problem and today the ultra right is saying the same thing about Muslims and I'm going to finish off with this today I want to offer a personal invitation to everyone listening here to share your grievances with us the Muslim community and we will do the same with you if you want to come to speaker's corner next week or join us for breaking our fast in Ramadan two weeks from now and we can explain what Islam is from our perspective we will listen to your perspective and allow you to air concerns about our community it is in this
00:06:53.280restorative justice restorative justice restorative justice type setup where we can move forward as respectful communities I thank you for listening that was my talk my freedom of speech was stopped we was attacked but we still got YouTube and I've conveyed that message hope you guys have benefited goodbye
00:07:12.280what we have benefited from it I thank you for listening to my time