Sheikh Murad distances himself from the video. He is the man holding a sign, that reads "I'm Happy".This video examines what the debate means about Muslims and society today.
Maybe some of the Muslims in the video were behaving as they always do, others might have acted out of character to some degree. I don't normally skip down the street mouthing the words to a song or sing out loud in public, and probably most Muslims don't do it all the time.
The video doesn't show Muslims as they are day to day, just as the rest of the 24 hrs of video by Pharrell don't probably accurately depict most people as they are normally either. It is an event. It isn't daily life in video.
Are Muslims generally happy? God knows.
They probably are.
But many Muslims are suffering, and they probably have days when it is not possible to smile, even weeks or months when things are unbearably difficult. The reality is that many Muslims, and others too, are not happy. Many peoples' daily lives are filled with anxiety about the future, or about their children, etc. It isn't easy to sing and dance even in Britain if you are standing in the unemployment line, in America, if you just lost your home, or in Pakistan if your family was just killed in a drone attack.
So, the video isn't "real", it is mostly "a show" done for an event. The video shows some people, not all people or even a statistically accurate group. It isn't about stats or accuracy. It is about people dancing and singing in public. Most Muslims, even those who dress less modestly, don't sing in the street and dance down the sidewalk. Am I right?
I find [someone] is very angry while also defending an extreme view, that it is okay for men and women (speaking about Muslims) dancing and singing in public; then, where do we draw the line about public displays by Muslims? If dancing with your husband in public is okay, then holding hands should be okay too, presumably. Then do we say that a simple kiss is also "permissible"? [Revised, April 28th]
Sheikh Murad also has to give some kind of proof that what he says is correct, doesn't he?
[The person criticizing those Muslims or scholars who believe dancing in public or music are forbidden, is not Abdal-Hakim Murad, but a Muslim, Adam Deen (not a scholar, I'm assuming) who also appeared in the video. I apologize for the mistake - revised]
[Sheikh Murad] is known to have a bias against Saudi Arabians, from what I have read [of] some of his statements before. Adam Deen, then acknowledges in this video, that it might be considered "inappropriate" which is a backsliding statement. Not being a sheikh, he can't give a fatawa about this, but who can?
Then [someone] asks "is it so [extremely] harram?" This is "judging" the Sheikh [Hassan], because he doesn't agree with his point of view; to be fair to him, Imam Hassan says it is wrong to verbally attack others in the video. That doesn't sound extreme, but is a correct attitude. E.g. we don't hate the person, but the action.
We can answer if it is "clearcut harram", if there is a verse in the Quran. But if such a verse doesn't exist, doesn't prohibit Islamic scholars from making their own "fatawas" about the issue. If Sheikh Murad is a qualified sheikh, he can also make his own fatawa.
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A woman comments in the video that Sheikh Murad was misunderstood when it was reported that he distanced himself from the video. The person interviewing is very argumentative. It is wrong to imitate "disbelievers" (non-Muslims is meant). the fact that she interacts with them is not the point. He is not listening. People CAN understand, it isn't right that they cannot understand, irregardless of who they are.
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