Exactly. It's not even close.

"What have the Muslims ever given us?" Well, apart from algebra, hospitals, universities, paper manufacturing, modern optics, surgical instruments, astronomical tables, navigational advances, Arabic numerals, public libraries, pharmacology, coffee, family morality, prophetic theology, and of course the preservation and development of Greek philosophy that sparked the Renaissance... ...what have the Muslims ever given us?

John Cleese was undoubtedly one of the most brilliant and original comedians of his generation, and would have been remembered as a legend of intelligent wit and original script had he simply not devolved to be so full of hate recently. Sadly, as he reaches his ninth decade and hence in what is most likely the last years of his life (and perhaps his age is an excuse...), he has become a bitter xenophobe spouting the most crass anti-Muslim stereotypes and regurgitating the worst caricatures of our faith that the Far Right can come up with. For the last few months, he has been on a literal crusade against Islam, and seems to refuse any sensible engagement with Muslims online or in person. But Cleese is (or was) too intelligent to believe such lies; a simple dialogue or search would clear up these misconceptions. It's obvious his emotions have gotten the better of his intelligence. To answer this simple garbling of facts: No one is saying that the early Islamic empires expanded through friendly persuasion alone; they politically expanded through military conquest, just as virtually every major empire in history did. The more relevant question is whether people were converted by force. On that point, the historical evidence is quite clear. Egypt, Persia, and other regions remained largely non-Muslim for centuries after conquest, while the world's largest Muslim populations today—such as Indonesia—became Muslim without invading armies. So the historical record points to a distinction between the spread of Muslim political rule and the spread of the Islamic faith itself. Any fair assessment should recognize both. More importantly, are you willing to apply your critique to your own civilization? Have you forgotten Britain's colonial history, and its boast of having an empire on which the sun never set, controlling over a quarter of the earth's population, subjugating hundreds of millions of peoples and fleecing the economies of many civilizations by force? Not to mention the entire mess of the modern Middle East...of which the lion's share is the direct fault of Britain with its Sykes-Picot agreement and Balfour Declaration? All civilizations acted with a level of political force to protect their interests, but some left greater and more noble legacies than others.

Whoever prays 2 sunnah rakah before fajr is richer

The Ummah if we never had to spend 1,000 years dealing with these pointless arguments:

Ironically, their only escape from this dilemma is for them to conclude that it was only made to appear Jesus died (Qur'an 4:157). They will have to retreat to the Qur'anic assertion.

May Allah accept the Hajj from all our pilgrims, grant those of us who haven’t been a chance to go, and accept our ‘ibaadah in these 10 blessed days of Dhul Hijjah! 🧵

Many people don't have a problem with rules & discipline. But they're only satisfied as long as it's done for lesser than Allah SWT. But if it's done for Allah SWT, then they are frustrated 👇

Imagine thinking that Muslims would abandon Islam for a tax cut.

There is absolutely no chance that Dana White would have allowed any of the fighters to get away with such vile bigotry & racism against Jewish people. Khamzat is a Chechen Muslim so Dana White is not bothered.

It's even worse because he always conceded that the universe has the "appearance of design". It's just that his arrogance couldn't get him over the line.

Would FIFA invite Russian & Ukrainian officials on the same stage and try to get them to shake hands? Never. Not even close. The fact that they even attempted this stunt is callous.

We surrender ourselves to the One whom Christ surrendered to.

Absolutely disgusting. But that's expected from a genocidal apartheid regime.

That's how we know it was an American strike on that school. If Israel did it, they would have quickly said that the "Iranians were using the school girls as human shields" or that the "Ayatollah's headquarters were beneath the school".

WOW! It looks like the US defense department has evidence of the existence of the Jinn & Demons (shayateen) and they are afraid of this evidence being released. ibtimes.co.uk/trump-ufo-disc…

The Sun will rise from the West before that happens

Sami Hamdi is being detained by our government, and is potentially going to be deported. Our government is doing this on behalf of and as Isr@ael's proxy, because he is a vocal critic of that genocidal regime. Our country is heading towards a fascist dictatorship in which any speech that goes against the official narrative is going to be criminalized. This is happening within the context of the most hate-filled, blatant, anti-Muslim bigotry we've seen in our lifetimes (in light of the NY mayor's election). Disagree with Sami's message all you want, but do so with facts and evidence, not by banning and deporting. Unless they come back to their senses, these same people who are being whipped up into such hysteria will happily and willingly become the very embodiments of evil that they claim to fight, and that inhumane evil will be directed against multiple minorities, not just Muslims. And history will judge in this world, and God will judge in the next. God help us in the days and years to come.