This is one of the most honest speeches that I heard. It's unfortunate that all if his points are correct. I honestly can relate to the things that he talked about. It's my believe that young Muslims should raise up and lead a intellectual revolution. The divide among the Muslim community is unbelievable. Let's us unite and address these issues. Peace to everyone may Allah guide us to the right path.

Brother Jeffrey, Alhamdulillah you are a true Muslim leader. We need more people like you. May Allah SWT richly reward you for your love and dedication to Him.

My God, I really love this man. He is so intelligent. He must have have been an avid reader since childhood. His use of language is so fluent and rich. I can listen all day to him. I only found his videos this week. I am now listening to the third one. You can hear that he is a mathematician. Love him.

Unfortunately in many communities religion have always been used as tools for some selfish people who want to impose their desires on others. I do appreciate an honest and emotional speech. As a person who was born in Muslim family and later believed in Islam by my own research I sense every world of this speech.

Difference between Muslim by chance and Muslim by choice Is obvious in this video

He makes so much sense. Islam is above culture. and Islam encourages intellectual enquiry - but culturally we don't question, and do not seek answers. I am born muslim, but I find people who convert have more knowledge than people born into the religion.

first time I arrived in Europe, as an Indonesian, I felt lonely. I missed to be in a mosque a lot. I was hungry of Islam knowladge back then, wanted to pray in a mosque and just sitting there for peace but I couldnt. I remember I cried everytime I watched an Indonesian movie where there were people go to a mosque, sit, listen to adhan. I really missed it. My house is next to a turkish mosque but the prayer is only for men. I barely see women coming there for prayer. I am too afraid to go inside.

I agree with brother Jeffery. Very important lecture for all of us Muslims.

I cried really badly how Quran predicted that some Muslims will leave the Islam or it will become irrelevant to them while Allah will bring new reverts instead of them who will practice Islam nicely: Allah says وان تتولوا يستبدل قوما غيركم ثم لا يكونوا امثالكم : سورة محمد and if you turn back He will bring in your place another people, then they will not be like you.

He is a Muslim full of knowledge, true Muslim...Islam is the religion of knowledge...Allahuakbar.

i m a moeslem born and been living in indonesia....i dont know in what year this seminar been delivered....but it indeed hit the mark on todays issue.....especially in my family, neighbourhood, or religious envirionmet....it is so hard to distinguish between islam as religion and islam as a tradition....leave alone islam as the way of life......and what make me sad and angry the most is.....it is like haram to prolong a discussion once an ayah or hadits been spoken....it is what it is.... without any further explanation despite the ayat or hadits seems dont correlate wtih the issue in our discussion....or......i m judged to be not a true believer or doubt the religion.....it is so funny to watch when a person seems so sure that he is a good practicing moeslem when actually he is just taking advantage of religion for their own ego....may Allah forgive us all

MashaAllah JazakiAllahukhaerian He is doing da’wah - worry about future of Islam He is worrying about our generation - we all should thinking about this problem

Sadly he is telling the truth. His speech is almost bringing me to tear I was born and raised a muslim but honestly this problem exist. People forget the message of prophet Mohammad(pbuh), he said he was sent to the universe both humans and jinns. There is actually a racial group of muslims that like to treat every other racial group muslims like trash muslims and look down on the rest of muslims. MY ADVICE: TO all reverts or converts and every other muslims that feels like they're being pushed out; know that Islam cannot be monopolized! and do not let no one discourage you or intimidate you. People of every color and every race became part of Islam during the time of the prophet. Do your own research online libraries find islamic groups online connect with nice muslims groups on social media etc...Stay strong 💪🏻💪🏾 to get to the real paradise with our maker. ❤❤❤

Every parents especially born muslim parents and childrens needs to hear this, at least open a conversation

JazakAllah. The best ever speech I ever heard. Professor Lang's speech is an eye opener for all those who are born Muslims. We must address these issues very seriously otherwise we all will be accountable.

OMG! Brother Jeff it is so true our kids are facing a lot of problem to voice.Each and every word you are saying it true.

Does Dr. Jeffrey Lang have a KZfaq channel? He has disappeared I can't find him. I hope he is in great health

Thank you. You’re speaking the truth. May Allah help us in America

Love to buy more of his books. Hope he write more and more. ما شا الله

Now is 2021 and in my country Alhamdulillah woman hv place in mosque and even our President is muslim women., i believed and hope tht now this issue hv been corrected as we can see many and many women converted to islam grow in western contry...thank you to you Sir🙏

From the day I read his book “struggling to surrender “. I knew that I had a blessed Islamic teacher in the making.

It is never too late to save our children. I liked your suggestions. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU. U HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB SO FAR.

What a great lecturer! Masha Allah he is so right 💚💚💚💚 May Allah grants us understanding.

Alhamdulillah! Good to hear from someone who has keenly observed and pinpointed many of the problems facing the present day Muslim world. We fully agree with Dr. Lang's analysis of the concurrent situation with our children. The practical suggestions he is making to overcome the situation is definitely worth trying. May Allah bless Dr. Lang, increase his knowledge and wisdom, and be his Guide all along. Aameen.

Nevermind 53, I'm 67 and finally understanding , perhaps why the door was shut upon the mother and daughter etc. Shaytaan is ever present when it comes to the nafs . We have to keep our hearts pure of distractions- as far as possible,lest the door of fitna be opened. As for the academicians, and I'm one myself (South African female), you do us proud alhamdullilah, however it is a side issue compared to our purpose and destination

You Said The Truth Sir, And The Words you Say Is From Your Heart. I Am With You, Go Ahead Sir. Allah May Help Us.

I just found this page and read this important lecture, although it was made before five years ago, but it's really helpful, thanks to all.

Agreed 1 million time with professor

Jeffery is Someone I always love to listen to ……. His logic , his criticism is fully justified. We should heed his advice seriously……..

He sounds so clearly frustrated to have to argue about the culture that's encompassed the common muslims when we could be doing more important things, like researching the interpretations and ideologies of Islam. I relate to these people he is speaking up for. Islam is blessed to have a credible man like him to stand up there and talk about the things no one else wants to talk about. Indeed the converts have shamed us when we fail to practice the true teachings of Allah, and they become the more knowledgeable, more curious and more embracing of "our" religion.

Brother Jeff that was excellent, may Allah Bless you and your family, may He enhance you with further wisdom and strength to serve mankind .. JazakAllah

👍🏻! Yes let’s be tolerant and kind to our children as they have to strive between two cultures & learn to exist … and grow as Muslims in real Islam which is a Universal Religion. 💫

May Allah SWT forgive those men who chase the women away from the Masjid SubhaanAllah. May Allah SWT guide those revert women back to Islam Allahu Akbar

This touched me. I'm a Canadian white European convert/revert. We exist, Islam is for us too! Please, think of us.

38:05 Islam gives the most freedom of speech. You have to question everything with logic. And the answers are there if you look deep enough. I agree 100% with brother Jeffery, May Allah SWT reward him and wake up our community towards the problems he is discussing here. Z Jazak Allah khairan.

Love from India jeffrey because of your videos my knowledge increases for Islam ❤

26:15 good comeback my dear sister. Salute from Saudi Arabia raised in Madinah

Go on brother ... this best lecture on arrogant muslim so call "ameer/leader" who are misusing .... Till now. I wish this video played on the before jummah-prayer often in every mosque...we need to remind each other that no-one own Islam... it is for everyone....

Мне нравится наш брат ,он говорит истину

I would like to say that treatment of women as 2nd or 3rd person is there in our Arabic countries,but has nothing to do with Islam but by the male nature of understanding in our communities.

I love the voice and the passion of the speaker. May God increase you.

Brother Jeffrey I loved your way of presentation and how deep and informative it is . May Allah Bless you and your collueges Jenna Amiin

His ikhlas should be appreciated... Allah help

Great lecture. The gentleman in the panel and the questions, on the other hand, speak volumes about the sad state of the immigrant-based Muslim institutions and mosques. Very hard to change. I recommend looking at modern enlightened scholars such as the late Dr. Mohamed Shahrour (RIP).

he is making a statement here ….. a deep and important one

With great respect to the speaker, and speaking as a revert of these past few years, I can share an answer of sorts. The conflict of a developing Islam is that between understanding what the individual cultivates in his Heart versus what that individual is advised Islam is by the people around them. Since professing Shahada I have sought out numerous sources and resources seeking camaraderie and community. As a result I get regular solicitations for goods and services. Further, presentations such as this one are riddled with Have-to-s, Got-to-s and judgements. Experts in Islam are very long on the Whats and very limited on the Hows. Start pressing about the singular nature of the individual's daily struggle within their own heart and conversation sorta dries up. Should Islam degrade-- may God determine otherwise--- it will proceed from men who approach the Word of God seeking for what they can Get rather than what they can Contribute.

I’m a born Muslim and what Dr Lang says resonates with me far more than what I hear from many religious leaders who to me are trying to apply their small minded thinking and create artificial limits and constraints. Islam was never meant to be difficult or a burden. Doing the right thing should be easy. If it isn’t, it’s worth questioning why we are having trouble.

Love and respect for dr Lang for drawing attention to the pertinent issue of winning children back to their faith to spread the message of Allah the Lord of all

As a Malaysian student living in Melbourne for 14 years, a lot of these is so true concerning our migrant brothers & sisters, too insular, too much cultural baggage. Is is their fault? Maybe partly, let's face it a lot of economic migrants & not the most enlightened intellectually. When mosques are identified by the "nation" that builds it , you can see how welcome the sisters feel.

I totally agree with professor Jeffry proposal to master the modern research techniques before entering into any field in Islamic studies that can be in higher educational

Unfortunate reality everywhere not only in America! It's incredible how he included himself in the community despite everything! Yes we should go back to the source. Extremism has no place in Islam! The prophet saw was so tolerant and wise. Beautiful event... thanks for sharing!!

I see in Sheikh Yasir Qadhi the same sentiment and notion Mister Lang experienced all these years prior, truly his lessons and speech have taken root in the hearts of (some) of our scholars, Elhamdulilah. May Allah never leave shame us by taking away critical reasoning and sound guidance from our minds, truly intelligence and critical thinking was favoured and encouraged in the early days of Islam. Our mother Aisha RA would ask striking, blunt questions at times when the Prophet Muhammad SAW narrated something regarding Islam, always willing to communicate and answer the questions that came forth. The only reason they weren't afraid to ask these blunt, probing but critical questions is BECAUSE the Prophet Muhammad SAW had a demeanor of calm and trust, welcoming these questions to further educate this Ummah. Ya Allah, thank you for all that you've given us!

I live in Cape Town and we face the same issue where dinosaurs are more focused on tradition and culture rather than focus on the tawgheed of the religion. Today we are a laughing stock with kur separate days and arguing about the days of Eid. Our leaders have taken us backwards and our community are happy to engage in this backwardness. The small things become big things. May Allah bless this speaker amd spread the message. Ameen

Wow...a very interesting explanation, professor. I can feel his concern about the fading quality of the next generation of Islam in America. On the other hand, I understand how hard the struggle of the Islamic missionaries in the midst of the massive onslaught of a hedonistic and liberal lifestyles there. I pray for the professors and Islamic missionaries there, may they always be given fortitude and patience in carrying out their sacred duties there. Greetings from Indonesia 🙏

Alhamdulillah... Big fan of Professor Jeffrey Lang

Thank God in 30yrs I haven't seen this happen to Women in Canada

Thanks for this wonderful lecture.

What a wonderfull anylasis of our lazy community which has stopped to struggle hard.please wake up other wise get trampled over.even jannat is not free. May Allah bless us all.

Great lecture about the concerns of our younger generation and converts from different backgrounds. Need a Mecca 🕋 plan as brother Jeffrey said. Allah bless you

Dr Jeff and the other speakers, may Allah increase you in your imaan, knowledge, health and all type of khair..ameen

So sad...may Allah guide us all

I,am impressed baraka Allahou fik brother

what a man...may Allah bless u Jeff u...thanks for talking straight truth

And of His signs is the creation of the heaven and the earth 🌍 and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed, in that are signs for those of knowledge. Quran C30 v22

Alhumdulilah, this is also what Sheik Imran Hosein has been saying. We must investigate and research for ourselves what we have been told about Islam and other ppl's interpretation of Islam.

Unfortunately it’s true... but no one seems to talk about it openly...

سبحان الله ..يدخل النًاس في الإسلام في بلاد الغرب أفواجا ... الحمد لله

Aslm lecture so true and was recorded in 1980s and now the year 2021...the system we live in really take God out of equation esp in schools..Allah protect our umma

You are so right. I made the same observations." God hasn't given you this book so that you will be miserable". There are too many unhappy Muslims who are working night & day just to stay out of hell. People have not grasped that Allah is Al Rahman Al Rachiem. and that God isn't sitting around waiting for us to make a mistake so he can punish us.

an eye opener thought, great... Let the ulamas hear...how can we deny the rights of women, while lslam is grown by support of our mother khadeeja(RA).... thank you brother,... from lndia

What a great teacher. Huge respect for jeff

Deer lovely brother professor jeffrey, first of all we wanna to thank you about your wonderful lecture, we totally agree about your speech, brother May allah plese you all. 🌱🌹🌵🌵🌺💐

Masha Allah..... Alhamdulillah

His point: that we are now in the Mecca phase, startled me that-in a micro scale of a community- as a mom I take the wrong approach in educating my kids about Islam..

Jeff has hit the core issue that has put our younger generation at a very high risk. Islamic Center is Iconic for 2 decades where women and men pray together with a divider for physical separation. He is right, that Muslim community is in need to weed out the culture out of the religion. May Allah help Jeff’s voice take traction in the communities to save the future of our next generation to come.

Friday prayers (khuthuba)important parts (rukn) can be arabic...the advice part should comprise the beauty of deen as a message to the world,to remove the prejudice ....it should be prepared before Friday and discussed in a body to avoid personal views and keep in harmony with local rules... even can be presented to the official department...a humble view from India...

This brother speaks the truth

That is the problem of many born muslims today. They remain following ancient or outdated paradigms. But we know in Islam, women have the right to go to the mosques. They have space alloted for them to worship, to talk and mingle with other women believers.

True if Muslims read Quran and understand, all will be united into one group of Muslims, no sectarian groups, just one Islam. Very good presentation. God Bless him. Amen. Regards, Nosho.

What a great observation, Jeffrey keep up the good work may Allah reward you Amin thumma Amin

this brother is always excellent in his speeches and speaks from the heart ma Allah be pleased :)

Very informative and touches the basic problem at an intellectual level.. Simply impressive.

fantastic Speech Allah Blesshim.. Aameen

Dr IYAYA sir You’re such a delightful person and a dedicated doctor, you truly are an inspiration. doctor IYAYA on KZfaq are always busy and in a hurry, but whenever I visit your clinic you give your sincere and undivided attention. Having an appointment is always worth the visit. You have no idea how much of a blessing you are to us. Thanks for being such an amazing doctor IYAYA on KZfaq you are giving treatment for free to many of poor which really appreciable..

I'd like to offer my two cents: The blonde hair thing is only an inadvertent reaction from a person who is of a community that is taught by the west that they are inferior to them. So when a person with blonde hair and blue eyes, a person of "superior race" converts to Islam, (revert is the correct term here but I digress) it validates their religion and they are overjoyed. Brown men need to be taught that Allah created them equal to all the men he created and this is, unfortunately, easier said than done. I am a Turkish man and it pains me to see people showing so much pathetic affection to westerners -"expats"- when they speak broken Turkish for the very same reason but they are quick to dismiss any middle eastern trying to communicate with them. This is called inferiority complex. Generally speaking, reverts appreciate the religion of Allah better than the ones that are born into Muslim societies, that's what I observe anyway. Mr. Lang here is trying to give something back to the Muslim community, not just the Muslim community in the US, we as all the Muslims are one nation after all, as he appreciates how Allah has blessed him with Islam better than your average Muslim who is born into a Muslim family. May Allah be pleased with him and all the reverts and the rest of the Muslims. There is also the "pride" of born-into-Muslim-family Muslims that has no basis in the actual religion. The lady gave the perfect answer to the man who tried to dismiss him as "just" a convert by saying the companions were all converts and if that man had a heart the would have broken down in tears in that instant and asked forgiveness and guidance from Allah as well as asking the lady's forgiveness. I have been trying to initiate some thinking into the minds of my family and friends who are also Muslims but so far they would not relinquish the defence of what they had seen from the ones before them and start actually reading what Allah has revealed for us all. Change is difficult. It is also easier for people to take what has been preached to them by people whom they see as authorities at face value, rather than actually opening the Qur'an and trying to find what those people were preaching to them. The primary source of the religion is the Qur'an and not some guy unless the guy is not some guy but he is the prophet Muhammad PBUH. After saying all these there is the fact that women have a more domestic role in the society of Islam compared to men and this is a take it or leave it situation and it is not easy for people who had been raised by modern western values to accept. But things like slamming doors on women's faces are pure misogyny and Islam has no place for that. Arabs need to understand that the religion of Islam is not theirs and theirs alone. What some of them are doing is awfully similar to what jews have been doing and that cannot ever be good. Allah knows the best.

I love Brother Jeffrey Lang i hope he reached he's goal to change the mentality of those who mingled culture and Islam to create distance All Muslims are equal and the reverts are in my opinion better than who born in a muslimhouseholds

Excellent speech and the final question and answer was very good too…

manshaa Allah tabaarakallah we need a people like him and may Allah protect him bithmillaah

In my thinking all problems started in one place whereby we have taken the first priority in the secular education than religious education for our childrens. Only way to win in this we have to change that....

First change to begin is to start reading quran as though you dont know what it says then you start to have critical thinking .most dont know what Quran is saying

Very eye opening speech. Very honest and objective.

thank you sir,i will try my best to carry the pride of Islam....,rain or shine even high and low....,😓😢

He is so right

The most and best tribute to pay to Pr. Jeffrey Lang is to take his words to deep thinking and put it into practice ... if we care about our children and their destiny. What's more important than our children ?

It is the duty of immigrant muslim to interact with converts and dont let them feel that they are left out.on the other hand converts should make it their duty that they should attend prayers no matter if someone don't intermingle with them culturally.Dr Lang is right that culture play an important role in it.

Yoy are all very intelligent and enlightened may Allah reward you with the best reward

Many confused between culture and religion 😔

I think you're missing the point of what he's saying. It's basically that some things are not allowed to be questioned sometimes, while the whole purpose of previous islamic law interpreters would go back and forth finding answers to questions and on whether some hadiths and interpretations were right. Back 200 years ago our ancestors practiced the Sufi way and it's not the same as today. Back in the prophet's time, the deen was very different, as the prophet was the kindest to everyone with no discrimination, yet people wanna discriminate in the prophet's name or in God's name. So this is why muslims like myself, like to question and do things much more tolerantly and nicely. In the end nobody gets anything right, that's why we say "الله اعلم"

maashallah,, jazakallah,, u r really a great sir ! u r doing the duty of Prophets !

The Messenger's Language [14:4] We did not send any messenger except (to preach) in the tongue of his people, in order to clarify things for them. GOD then sends astray whomever He wills, and guides whomever He wills.