This slide program explains meaning of bigotry, prejudice and extremism. It explains the history of bigotry, reasons for bigotry. It also tells the Islamic teachings about it. Finally, it guides us how to confront bigotry in the light of Quran and Sunnah of our beloved Prophet Mohammad (SAW). We hope this program will provide beneficial guidelines to face the bigotry.

2. • Bigotry is a state of mind in which one
is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to
his or her own opinions and prejudices;
especially: one who regards or treats
the members of a group (as a racial or
ethnic group) with hatred and
intolerance.
• Bigotry is sometimes developed into an
ideology or world view.

3. • BIGOT: A person who is utterly
intolerant of any differing creed, belief,
or opinion.
• TOLERATE means: To endure without
repugnance; put up with.
• By definition, a bigot is someone who
refuses to put up with any belief that is
different than their own.

4. Disability Dissention Ethnicity
Economic
status
Gender Language Nationality
Political
alignment
Race Religion Sex

6. • Prejudice is when a person negatively pre-judges
another person or group without getting to
know the beliefs, thoughts, and feelings behind
their words and actions. A person of any racial group
can be prejudiced towards a person of any other
racial group. There is no power dynamic involved.
• Bigotry is stronger than prejudice, a more severe
mindset and often accompanied by discriminatory
behavior. It’s arrogant and mean-spirited, but
requires neither systems nor power to engage in.

7. Occurs when a person or group falsely believes:
• “I am or my people are superior to you and your people,
• So I am / we are entitled to more (dignity, power, freedom,
assets, status, opportunity…).
• This is an absolute truth, and is not subject to discussion
or compromise”
• Prejudice ranges from mild to extreme, and narrow to
wide
• Values conflicts become prejudice if one person says the
other person is bad and/or inferior because of their values.
• Religious prejudice is specially provocative because the
accuser avoids personal responsibility by allying with God in
claiming righteous superiority

8. Low self esteem
Defeat/disable
exploit perceived
adversary
False sense of
superiority

9. • It means to give preferential treatment to
someone whether merited or not.
• This can occur because of prejudice.
• All prejudice is discriminatory - but not all
discrimination is prejudice.
• Those who are "discriminated against" may feel
disrespected, misunderstood, resentful,
frustrated, hurt, angry, resigned, combative,
defensive, outraged or all of these.

10. • Racism is the system that allows the dominant
racial group that’s already in power to retain
power.
• It uses its power to create preferential access to
survival resources (housing, education, jobs,
food, health, legal protection, etc.) while
simultaneously impeding people of other racial
groups to these same resources.
• Though "reverse racism" is a term we hear, it has
never existed in America.

11. • "The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the
eye; the more light you pour upon it, the
more it will contract."

12. • This kind of prejudice can lead to physical and
verbal attacks
• Damage to the victims can be psychological as
well as physical.
• At its most basic level, bigotry is a form of
bullying and it can happen in all areas of life.
• Bigotry can occur in school playgrounds to the
highest levels of various employment sectors.
• Bigotry can reach very dangerous levels when it
is officially organized; as seen in the actions and
results of certain racist political parties

13. • The origin of the word bigot and bigoterie (bigotry) in
English dates back to at least 1598, via Middle French,
and started with the sense of "religious hypocrite".
• This meaning still survives in Italian, in the cognate word
bigotto.
• The exact origin of the word is unknown, but it may have
come from the German bei and Gott, or the English by
God.
• It is true, however, that the French used the term bigot
to abuse the Normans
• The twelfth-century Anglo-Norman author Wace claimed
that bigot was an insult which the French used against
the Normans

14. • We Americans flatter ourselves as citizens of
a “land of liberty” where religious freedom is
sacrosanct.
• And we have much to brag about in this
regard, not least a First Amendment that
guarantees religious liberty and the
separation of church and state.
• Yet the United States also has a long history
of religious bigotry.

15. • Mitt Romney courageously outlined not only “our
grand tradition of religious tolerance and liberty”
but also key moments when we traded in that
tradition for hate.
• He spoke of Ann Hutchinson, the Puritan renegade
banished from colonial Massachusetts
• Brigham Young, who led Mormons persecuted in
the East to freedom in the West.
• All too often, Romney observed, “Americans were
unable to accommodate their commitment to their
own faith with an appreciation for the convictions
of others to different faiths.”

16. • Wen need to reacquaint ourselves with our
“grand tradition” of religious liberty, and with an
equally grand tradition of political conciliation -
of putting the common good of our nation above
the special interests of whatever groups we favor.
• When murderers target and kill religious
minorities simply because they are non-white or
non-Christian, something of each of these
traditions dies.
• So we need to redouble our efforts to keep both
vibrant.

17. • Only the blind fail to see the easy availability of guns
as a major problem in American society today.
• But hateful invective is a weapon too, and it can be
heard not only among white supremacist extremists
but also on our mainstream radio and television talk
shows.
• As we try to make sense once again of yet another
attack on our citizens by extremism, I hope we will
choose religious liberty over religious hatred.
• I also hope we will remember from whence hate
comes, and do whatever we can to bar the door.

18. • Through wars, forced displacement (such as in the Trail of
Tears), and the imposition of treaties, land was taken.
• Ideological expansionist justification (Manifest Destiny)
included stereotyped perceptions of all Native Americans
as "merciless Indian savages" (as described in the United
States Declaration of Independence)
• An egregious attempt occurred with the California gold
rush, the first two years of which saw the deaths of
thousands of Native Americans
• Many Native Americans were moved to reservations—
constituting 4% of U.S. territory.
• While formal equality has been legally recognized,
American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and
Pacific Islanders remain among the most economically
disadvantaged groups in the country

19. • Americans of Latin American ancestry (often
categorized as "Hispanic") come from a wide variety
of racial and ethnic backgrounds
• After the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), the
U.S. annexed much of the current Southwestern
region from Mexico.
• Mexicans residing in that territory found themselves
subject to discrimination.
• It is estimated that at least 597 Mexicans were
lynched between 1848 and 1928 (this is a
conservative estimate due to lack of records in many
reported lynchings).

20. • During The Great Depression, the U.S.
government sponsored a Mexican Repatriation
program which encouraged Mexican immigrants
to voluntarily return to Mexico.
• Many were forcibly removed against their will.
• In total, up to one million persons of Mexican
ancestry were deported, approximately 60
percent of those individuals were actually U.S.
citizens.

21. • Many public institutions, businesses, and
homeowners associations had official policies to
exclude Mexican Americans.
• School children of Mexican American descent were
subject to racial segregation in the public school
system.
• In many counties, Mexican Americans were excluded
from serving as jurors in court cases, especially in
those that involved a Mexican American defendant.
• In many areas across the Southwest, they lived in
separate residential areas, due to laws and real
estate company policies.

22. • Many of the Africans brought to America starting in the 17th
century arrived as slaves,
• They were kidnapped from their homelands in various parts of
Africa.
• They were stripped of their names and identities, forced to
“Christianize”, whipped, beaten, tortured, and in many cases,
lynched or hanged at the whims of their white masters.
• Families were separated through the process of buying and
selling slaves.
• African-Americans who were free, discriminatory laws barred
them from owning property and voting.
• Belief in the intrinsic inferiority of dark-skinned peoples by the
dominant white majority, held them back from full equality.

23. • Slavery was ultimately outlawed and laws prohibiting
discrimination against African-Americans were
passed,
• Racism against this community remains and is
manifested in more subtle ways today.
• Fair Employment Practices Commission has found
that blacks face discrimination in one out of every
five job interviews.
• The American Sociological Association notes that,
“today employers use different phases of the hiring
process to discriminate against minorities.

24. • "During World War I, rumors spread that German-
Americans were poisoning food, and Theodore
Roosevelt warned that ‘Germanized socialists' were
‘more mischievous than bubonic plague.'"
• The public was "warned that Jews were plotting to
destroy the United States. . . .
• A 1940 survey found that 17 percent of Americans
considered Jews to be a ‘menace to America.'"
• "Chinese in America were denounced, persecuted and
lynched.
• Head of a United States government commission
publicly urged in 1945 ‘the extermination of the
Japanese in toto.'"

25. • 888 hate groups are currently operating in the
United States, an increase of 48% since 2000.
Among them:
• 20 Ku Klux Klan chapters in Texas,
• 9 black separatist organizations in Georgia,
• 10 neo-Nazi groups in New Jersey, and
• 21 skinhead groups in California.
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center

26. • John Jay, the first chief justice of the Supreme
Court and co-author of the Federalist Papers, who
famously wrote, "It is the duty, as well as the
privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to
select and prefer Christians for their rulers
• In 1777, Jay proposed that Catholics be denied
the right to own land or to vote, unless, "they
renounce and believe to be false and wicked, the
dangerous and damnable doctrine, that the pope,
or any other earthly authority, have power to
absolve men from sins."

27. • This anti-Catholic bigotry was widely shared.
• The First Continental Congress declared that only
Protestant denomination embody the "true religion," and
warned that Catholics, "dispersed impiety, bigotry,
persecution, murder and rebellion through every part of
the world.“
• America was fortunate, however, because these voices of
intolerance were answered by far-sighted leaders who
vigorously opposed such religious animus.
• Ben Franklin, for example, was so accepting of different
religions that he was able to develop a relationship with
Pope Pius VI, who, on Franklin's recommendation, named
John Carroll America's first Catholic Bishop.

28. • George Washington understood the importance of
respecting all religious faiths.
• As commander-in-chief of the Continental army,
Washington admonished his troops that, "While we are
Contending for our own Liberty, we should be very
cautious of violating the Rights of Conscience in others;
ever considering that God alone is the Judge of the Hearts
of Men and to him only in this Case they are answerable."
• As president, Washington assured Catholics that the
protection of government would be provided to "all
those who conduct themselves as worthy members of
the Community," regardless of religion.

29. • Linking a minority religion to the faith
of the majority, Washington wrote that
• “The same wonder-working Deity,"
who led the Israelites out of Egypt
had, "been conspicuous in establishing
these United States as an independent
nation."

30. • The presidential election of 1800 between John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson raised that issue directly.
• John Mitchell Mason, a Presbyterian minister,
repeatedly urged voters to select the ‘Christian’
Adams over the "infidel," Jefferson.
• Jefferson's victory over Adams was seen as a
repudiation of those who argued that religious voters
should shun candidates who did not share their
religious views.
• Religion was, and is, a central part of the American
landscape. The question now, as it was then, is
whether religion will be a divisive or a unifying force.

31. • The first decade of the 20th century saw a series of
riots against Sikh laborers.
• On September 4, 1907, in Bellingham, Washington,
hundreds of men attacked “Ragheads,” as they called
them, burning their homes, beating them up, looting
their property, and driving them across the border
into Canada.
• Similar riots occurred in that decade elsewhere in
Oregon, Washington, and California.
• Immediately after 9/11, a Sikh named Balbir Singh
Sodhi was killed at a gas station in Mesa, Arizona, by
a bigot who mistook him for a Muslim.

32. • 1995-JUL: Barna Research Ltd.
Negative Positive
• Islam 71% 24%
• Buddhism 76% 22%
• Scientology 81% 30%
• Atheism 92%

33. • 77% had an unfavorable view of Islam; 13% had a
favorable view.
• 72% believe that Islam opposes pluralism (in the
sense of religious diversity) and democracy,
• 72% believe that the Sharia legal systems violate
human freedom.
• 10% agreed with President George W. Bush that Islam
is "a religion of peace."
• 70% believe that Islam is a religion of violence.
• 17% believe that Muslims and Christian pray to the
same God.
• 2% believe that all the world's great religions are
equally true and good

34. • After the attacks on September 11, 2001, the
number of reported hate crimes committed against
Muslims rose drastically from 28 reported crimes in
2000 to 481 in 2001- FBI .
• Anti Muslim assaults now are at the highest level
since 2011
• Recent examples include the stabbing of a new York
City taxi driver and exploding of a pipe bomb at an
Islamic community center in Florida.

39. • There is general lack of understanding about
Islam
• Violent attacks against people just because they
are Muslims or “look” like Muslims;
• Inflammatory rhetoric in our national dialogue
• State legislatures’ unnecessary and
discriminatory proposals to ban the
consideration of Shari'ah, Islamic religious law, in
courts
• Local debates over whether the construction of
mosques should be permitted.

40. • Increased opposition to the building of Islamic
community centers and mosques around the
country is reported
• Increased vandalism and violence
In one of the most high
profile examples,
community members in
Murfreesboro, Tenn. have
tried to derail a proposed
Islamic center,

41. • Argument was given that a building permit
should not be granted because mosques
should not be treated the same as
churches.
• “Not welcome” has been spray-painted
onto signs announcing the center,
• Arsonist set fire to construction equipment
at the building site

42. • In 2010 alone, nearly 800 anti-Muslim
discrimination charges were filed with the
equal employment opportunity Commission.
• Many cases resulted from employers and
schools failing to reasonably accommodate
the needs of employees and students,
• This included the freedom to wear head
coverings and to take time off for religious
observances

43. • In 2010, Florida pastor Terry Jones made worldwide
news when he announced his plan to publicly burn
the Qu’ran.
• While voices of reason succeeded in convincing Jones
to forgo that hateful initiative,
• He went ahead in March 2011, overseeing a “trial” of
the Quran at which the Muslim holy book was found
“guilty” of crimes and then burned.
• Although a legal exercise of free expression, such a
heinous act is offensive to people of all faiths around
the world and undermines the American values of
religious freedom and pluralism.

44. • In March of 2010, Rep. Peter King (R-NY.) Committee on
homeland Security held hearing focusing on the so-called
“radicalization of the American Muslim community,”
misguidedly tarring an entire community with the charges of
radicalization.
• Continued stereotyping of Muslims and questioning of the
Muslim faith will not promote the unity we need to address
security threats.
• It also has the dangerous potential to prejudice toward Muslims
• The second hearing, held by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) focused
on protecting the civil rights of American Muslims.
• Though the tone of this hearing was more positive, it is
unfortunate that such a hearing was necessary in the first place.

45. • Some politicians have claimed that Islam is a political
system, not a religion, and thus not protected by the
First Amendment.
• They have threatened to "arrest every Muslim that
comes across the state line" and pledged to bar
Muslim refugees from the country.
• They have sanctioned spying on mosques without
warrants and the racial profiling of Muslim
communities.
• They have accused Muslims of launching a
"civilizational jihad" and called Islam a "cancer in our
nation that needs to be cut out."

46. • They have shut down schools over lessons on Islam
and called innocuous school materials dangerous
propaganda.
• More than 30 states have considered bills to
"protect" their civil courts from Islamic law, and
nine states (Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Dakota
and Tennessee) enacted the bans.
• They have said Muslims cannot be president of the
United States.
• They have said Muslims should not be here at all.

47. • Ignorance
• Unfounded fears
• Unfounded threat
• Hatred
• Anger
• Animosity
• Those who have exposure to information and
knowledge are silenced by bullies
• Self interest and timidity leads to silence of the
knowledgeable

48. • Islam is against all forms of racism and
bigotry.
• Such beliefs are the characteristic of
pre-Islamic ignorance (jahiliyyah).
• Islam teaches all races are equal before
Allah (SWT) and the only characteristic
that makes someone superior to
another is righteousness (Taqwah).

49. • ِ‫ف‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬‫َا‬‫ن‬ْ‫ل‬َ‫م‬َ‫ح‬ َ‫و‬ َ‫م‬َ‫د‬‫آ‬ ‫ي‬ِ‫ن‬َ‫ب‬ ‫َا‬‫ن‬ْ‫م‬َّ‫ر‬َ‫ك‬ ْ‫د‬َ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬ َ‫و‬َ‫ن‬ْ‫ق‬َ‫ز‬َ‫ر‬ َ‫و‬ ِ‫ر‬ْ‫ح‬َ‫ب‬ْ‫ال‬ َ‫و‬ ِِّ‫ر‬َ‫ب‬ْ‫ال‬ ‫ي‬َ‫ن‬ِِّ‫م‬ ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬‫ا‬
‫ير‬ِ‫ث‬َ‫ك‬ ٰ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬‫َا‬‫ن‬ْ‫ل‬َّ‫ض‬َ‫ف‬ َ‫و‬ ِ‫ت‬‫ا‬َ‫ب‬ِِّ‫ي‬َّ‫الط‬‫َا‬‫ن‬ْ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬َ‫خ‬ ْ‫ن‬َّ‫م‬ِِّ‫م‬ً‫يل‬ ِ‫ض‬ْ‫ف‬َ‫ت‬
We have certainly honored the children of
Adam and carried them on the land and sea
and provided for them of the good things and
preferred them over much of what We have
created, with definite preference.
Surat Al-Isra 17:70

50. • ‫ر‬َ‫ك‬َ‫ذ‬ ‫ن‬ِِّ‫م‬ ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬‫َا‬‫ن‬ْ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬َ‫خ‬ ‫ا‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ ُ‫اس‬َّ‫ن‬‫ال‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬ُّ‫ي‬َ‫أ‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ي‬‫و‬ُ‫ع‬ُ‫ش‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬‫َا‬‫ن‬ْ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ج‬ َ‫و‬ ٰ‫ى‬َ‫ث‬‫ن‬ُ‫أ‬ َ‫و‬‫ا‬ً‫ب‬
‫ن‬ِ‫ع‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬َ‫م‬َ‫ر‬ْ‫ك‬َ‫أ‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ ‫وا‬ُ‫ف‬َ‫ار‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ت‬ِ‫ل‬ َ‫ل‬ِ‫ئ‬‫ا‬َ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬ َ‫و‬َ‫ع‬ َ َّ‫اَّلل‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬ْ‫ت‬َ‫أ‬ ِ َّ‫اَّلل‬ َ‫د‬‫ير‬ِ‫ب‬َ‫خ‬ ‫يم‬ِ‫ل‬
O people, We have created you male and female
and made you nations and tribes that you may
know one another. Verily, the most noble of you
to Allah is the most righteous of you. Verily, Allah
is knowing and aware.
Surat Al-Hujurat 49:13

51. • َ‫و‬ ِ‫ض‬ ْ‫ر‬َ ْ‫اْل‬ َ‫و‬ ِ‫ت‬‫ا‬ َ‫او‬َ‫م‬َّ‫س‬‫ال‬ ُ‫ق‬ْ‫َل‬‫خ‬ ِ‫ه‬ِ‫ت‬‫ا‬َ‫ي‬‫آ‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ َ‫و‬ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬ِ‫ت‬َ‫ن‬ِ‫س‬ْ‫ل‬َ‫أ‬ ُ‫ف‬ َ‫ل‬ِ‫ت‬ْ‫اخ‬
ْ‫ل‬ِِّ‫ل‬ ‫ات‬َ‫ي‬ َ‫َل‬ َ‫ك‬ِ‫ل‬َٰ‫ذ‬ ‫ي‬ِ‫ف‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ ۚ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬ِ‫ن‬‫ا‬ َ‫و‬ْ‫ل‬َ‫أ‬ َ‫و‬َ‫ين‬ِ‫م‬ِ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ع‬
Among His signs is the creation of the
heavens and the earth and the diversity of
your languages and your colors. Verily, in that
are signs for people of knowledge.
Surat Ar-Rum 30:22

52. • ‫ة‬َ‫ض‬ْ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ َ‫م‬َ‫د‬‫آ‬ َ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬َ‫خ‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ت‬ َ َّ‫اَّلل‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ِ‫ض‬ ْ‫ر‬َ ْ‫اْل‬ ِ‫يع‬ِ‫م‬َ‫ج‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬َ‫ض‬َ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬
َ‫ء‬‫ا‬َ‫ج‬َ‫ف‬ ِ‫ض‬ ْ‫ر‬َ ْ‫اْل‬ ِ‫ر‬ْ‫د‬َ‫ق‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ َ‫م‬َ‫د‬‫آ‬ ‫و‬ُ‫ن‬َ‫ب‬ َ‫ء‬‫ا‬َ‫ج‬َ‫ف‬َ‫ي‬ْ‫ب‬َ ْ‫اْل‬ َ‫و‬ ُ‫ر‬َ‫م‬ْ‫ح‬َ ْ‫اْل‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ُ‫ض‬
َ‫ح‬ْ‫ال‬ َ‫و‬ ُ‫ل‬ْ‫ه‬َّ‫س‬‫ال‬ َ‫و‬ َ‫ك‬ِ‫ل‬َ‫ذ‬ َ‫ْن‬‫ي‬َ‫ب‬ َ‫و‬ ُ‫د‬ َ‫و‬ْ‫س‬َ ْ‫اْل‬ َ‫و‬ُُِِّ‫ي‬َّ‫الط‬ َ‫و‬ ُُ‫ي‬ِ‫ب‬َ‫خ‬ْ‫ال‬ َ‫و‬ ُ‫ن‬ ْ‫ز‬
Verily, Allah the Exalted created Adam from a
handful which He took from the earth, so the
children of Adam come in accordance with the
earth. Some come with red skin, white skin, or
black skin and whatever is in between: thin,
thick, dirty, and clean.
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2955, Sahih

53. • َ‫و‬ ‫د‬ ِ‫اح‬ َ‫و‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬َّ‫ب‬َ‫ر‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ َ‫َل‬َ‫أ‬ ُ‫اس‬َّ‫ن‬‫ال‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬ُّ‫ي‬َ‫أ‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ي‬َ‫ف‬ َ‫َل‬ َ‫َل‬َ‫أ‬ ‫د‬ ِ‫اح‬ َ‫و‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬‫ا‬َ‫ب‬َ‫أ‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬َ‫ل‬ْ‫ض‬
ِّ‫ي‬ِ‫م‬َ‫ج‬َ‫ع‬ِ‫ل‬ َ‫َل‬ َ‫و‬ ِّ‫ي‬ِ‫م‬َ‫ج‬ْ‫ع‬َ‫أ‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ ِّ‫ي‬ِ‫ب‬َ‫ر‬َ‫ع‬ِ‫ل‬َ‫ر‬َ‫م‬ْ‫ح‬َ ِ‫ْل‬ َ‫َل‬ َ‫و‬ ِّ‫ي‬ِ‫ب‬َ‫ر‬َ‫ع‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬
َّ‫ت‬‫ال‬ِ‫ب‬ َّ‫َل‬ِ‫إ‬ َ‫ر‬َ‫م‬ْ‫ح‬َ‫أ‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ َ‫د‬ َ‫و‬ْ‫س‬َ‫أ‬ َ‫َل‬ َ‫و‬ َ‫د‬ َ‫و‬ْ‫س‬َ‫أ‬ُ‫ت‬ْ‫ت‬َّ‫ل‬َ‫ب‬َ‫أ‬ ‫أ‬ َ‫و‬ْ‫ق‬
Abu Nadrah reported: I heard the farewell sermon of the
Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and
he said:
O people, your Lord is one and your father Adam is one.
There is no virtue of an Arab over a foreigner nor a
foreigner over an Arab, and neither white skin over black
skin nor black skin over white skin, except by
righteousness. Have I not delivered the message?
Source: Musnad Ahmad 22978

54. • ‫ي‬ِِّ‫د‬‫ال‬ِ‫ب‬ ‫َل‬ِ‫إ‬ ‫ْل‬‫ض‬َ‫ف‬ ‫د‬َ‫ح‬َ‫أ‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ ‫د‬َ‫ح‬َ‫ْل‬ َ‫ْس‬‫ي‬َ‫ل‬ُُْ‫س‬َ‫ح‬ ‫ح‬ِ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ص‬ ‫ل‬َ‫م‬َ‫ع‬ ْ‫و‬َ‫أ‬ ِ‫ن‬
‫يل‬ ِ‫خ‬َ‫ب‬ ‫ًّا‬‫ي‬ِ‫ذ‬َ‫ب‬ ‫ا‬ً‫ش‬ ِ‫اح‬َ‫ف‬ َ‫ون‬ُ‫ك‬َ‫ي‬ ْ‫ن‬َ‫أ‬ ِ‫ل‬ُ‫ج‬َّ‫الر‬‫ا‬ً‫ن‬‫ا‬َ‫ب‬َ‫ج‬
Uqbah ibn Amir reported: The Messenger of
Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
No one is better than anyone else except by
religion or good deeds. It is sufficient evil for a
man to be profane, vulgar, greedy, or cowardly.

55. • َ‫ر‬َ‫م‬ْ‫ح‬َ‫أ‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ‫ْر‬‫ي‬َ‫خ‬ِ‫ب‬ َ‫ْس‬‫ي‬َ‫ل‬ َ‫ك‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬َ‫ف‬ ْ‫ر‬ُ‫ظ‬ْ‫ن‬‫ا‬َ‫ل‬ُ‫ض‬ْ‫ف‬َ‫ت‬ ْ‫ن‬َ‫أ‬ َّ‫َل‬ِ‫إ‬ َ‫د‬ َ‫و‬ْ‫س‬َ‫أ‬ َ‫َل‬ َ‫و‬ُ‫ه‬
‫أ‬ َ‫و‬ْ‫ق‬َ‫ت‬ِ‫ب‬
Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace
and blessings be upon him, said:
Behold! Verily, there is no good in red skin or black
skin, but rather only by virtue of righteousness.
Source: Musnad Ahmad 20885

56. • Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him,
said:
• ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ُ‫م‬َ‫ر‬ْ‫ك‬َ‫أ‬ ‫َا‬‫ن‬َ‫أ‬ ِ‫ل‬ُ‫ج‬َّ‫لر‬ِ‫ل‬ ُ‫ل‬ُ‫ج‬َّ‫الر‬ ُ‫ل‬‫و‬ُ‫ق‬َ‫ي‬َ‫ف‬ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ َ‫م‬َ‫ر‬ْ‫ك‬َ‫أ‬ ‫د‬َ‫ح‬َ‫أ‬ َ‫ْس‬‫ي‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ف‬ ، َ‫ك‬‫د‬َ‫ح‬َ‫أ‬
ِ َّ‫اَّلل‬ ‫أ‬ َ‫و‬ْ‫ق‬َ‫ت‬ِ‫ب‬ ‫َل‬ِ‫إ‬
• A man might say to another man that I am
more noble than you, yet no one is made
noble except by the fear of Allah.
• Source: al-Adab al-Mufrad 898, Grade

57. • Abu Umamah reported: Abu Dharr reproached Bilal about
his mother, saying, “O son of a black woman!” Bilal went to
the Messenger of Allah (SAW), and he told him what he
said. The Prophet became angry and then Abu Dharr came,
although he was unaware of what Bilal told him. The
Prophet turned away from him and Abu Dharr asked, “O
Messenger of Allah, have you turned away because of
something you have been told?” The Prophet said:
• ْ‫ال‬ َ‫ل‬َ‫ز‬ْ‫ن‬َ‫أ‬ ‫ي‬ِ‫ذ‬َّ‫ال‬ َ‫و‬ ِ‫ه‬ِِّ‫م‬ُ‫أ‬ِ‫ب‬ ‫لَل‬ِ‫ب‬ ُ‫ِّر‬ِ‫ي‬َ‫ع‬ُ‫ت‬ ‫ي‬ِ‫ذ‬َّ‫ال‬ َ‫ت‬ْ‫ن‬َ‫أ‬َ‫ف‬ َّ‫ي‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ ‫د‬َ‫ح‬َ‫ْل‬ ‫ا‬َ‫م‬ ‫د‬َّ‫م‬َ‫ح‬ُ‫م‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ َُ‫ا‬َ‫ت‬ِ‫ك‬‫ْل‬‫ض‬
ِ‫اع‬َّ‫ص‬‫ال‬ ِِّ‫ف‬َ‫ط‬َ‫ك‬ ‫َل‬ِ‫إ‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ت‬ْ‫ن‬َ‫أ‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ ‫ل‬َ‫م‬َ‫ع‬ِ‫ب‬ ‫َل‬ِ‫إ‬
• Have you reproached Bilal about his mother? By the one
who revealed the Book to Muhammad, none is more
virtuous over another except by righteous deeds. You
have none but an insignificant amount.
Source: Shu’b al-Iman 4760

58. • Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah,
peace and blessings be upon him, said:
• َ‫ج‬ْ‫ال‬ َ‫ة‬َّ‫ي‬ِِّ‫ب‬ُ‫ع‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬ْ‫ن‬َ‫ع‬ ََُ‫ه‬ْ‫ذ‬َ‫أ‬ ْ‫د‬َ‫ق‬ َ َّ‫اَّلل‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ ِ‫اء‬َ‫ب‬ ْ‫اَل‬ِ‫ب‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬َ‫ر‬ْ‫خ‬َ‫ف‬ َ‫و‬ ِ‫ة‬َّ‫ي‬ِ‫ل‬ِ‫ه‬‫ا‬َ‫و‬ُ‫ه‬ ‫ا‬َ‫م‬
ُّ‫ل‬ُ‫ك‬ ُ‫اس‬َّ‫ن‬‫ال‬ ٌّ‫ي‬ِ‫ق‬َ‫ش‬ ‫ر‬ ِ‫اج‬َ‫ف‬ َ‫و‬ ٌّ‫ي‬ِ‫ق‬َ‫ت‬ ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ْ‫ؤ‬ُ‫م‬َ‫ر‬ُ‫ت‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ َ‫ق‬ِ‫ل‬ُ‫خ‬ ُ‫م‬َ‫د‬‫آ‬ َ‫و‬ َ‫م‬َ‫د‬‫آ‬ ‫و‬ُ‫ن‬َ‫ب‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬ُ‫ا‬
• Verily, Allah has removed from you the pride of
the time of ignorance with its boasting of
ancestors. Verily, one is only a righteous believer
or a miserable sinner. All of the people are the
children of Adam, and Adam was created from
dust.
• Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 3955

59. • ‫ا‬َ‫ي‬َ‫ع‬ ََُ‫ه‬ْ‫ذ‬َ‫أ‬ ْ‫د‬َ‫ق‬ َ َّ‫اَّلل‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ ُ‫اس‬َّ‫ن‬‫ال‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬ُّ‫ي‬َ‫أ‬َّ‫ي‬ِ‫ل‬ِ‫ه‬‫ا‬َ‫ج‬ْ‫ال‬ َ‫ة‬َّ‫ي‬ِِّ‫ب‬ُ‫ع‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬ْ‫ن‬ِ‫ة‬
‫ا‬َ‫ه‬ِ‫ئ‬‫ا‬َ‫ب‬‫آ‬ِ‫ب‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬َ‫م‬ُ‫ظ‬‫ا‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ت‬ َ‫و‬ُ‫اس‬َّ‫ن‬‫ال‬َ‫ف‬ِ‫ن‬ َ‫ل‬ُ‫ج‬َ‫ر‬ِ َّ‫اَّلل‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ ‫يم‬ ِ‫ر‬َ‫ك‬ ٌّ‫ي‬ِ‫ق‬َ‫ت‬ ٌّ‫ر‬َ‫ب‬
َّ‫ن‬‫ال‬ َ‫و‬ ِ َّ‫اَّلل‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ ‫ن‬ِِّ‫ي‬َ‫ه‬ ٌّ‫ي‬ِ‫ق‬َ‫ش‬ ‫ر‬ ِ‫اج‬َ‫ف‬ َ‫و‬ُ َّ‫اَّلل‬ َ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬َ‫خ‬ َ‫و‬ َ‫م‬َ‫د‬‫آ‬ ‫و‬ُ‫ن‬َ‫ب‬ ُ‫اس‬َ‫م‬َ‫د‬‫آ‬
ِ‫إ‬ ُ‫اس‬َّ‫ن‬‫ال‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬ُّ‫ي‬َ‫أ‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ي‬ ُ َّ‫اَّلل‬ َ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬ ُ‫ا‬َ‫ر‬ُ‫ت‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬َ‫و‬ ‫ر‬َ‫ك‬َ‫ذ‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬‫َا‬‫ن‬ْ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬َ‫خ‬ ‫ا‬َّ‫ن‬‫ى‬َ‫ث‬ْ‫ن‬ُ‫أ‬
‫ا‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ت‬ِ‫ل‬ َ‫ل‬ِ‫ئ‬‫ا‬َ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬ َ‫و‬ ‫ا‬ً‫ب‬‫و‬ُ‫ع‬ُ‫ش‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬‫َا‬‫ن‬ْ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ج‬ َ‫و‬ِ َّ‫اَّلل‬ َ‫د‬ْ‫ن‬ِ‫ع‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬َ‫م‬َ‫ر‬ْ‫ك‬َ‫أ‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ ‫وا‬ُ‫ف‬َ‫ر‬ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬ْ‫ت‬َ‫أ‬
O people, Allah has removed the slogans of ignorance from you and
the exaltation of its forefathers. The people are only two kinds:
either a righteous, God-fearing believer dignified to Allah, or a
wicked, miserable sinner insignificant to Allah. The people are all
the children of Adam and Adam was created from dust. Allah said:
O people, We have created you male and female and made you into
nations and tribes that you may know one another. Verily, the most
noble to Allah is the most righteous of you. (49:13)
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 3270

60. • Jubair ibn Mut’im reported: The Messenger of
Allah, peace and blessings be upon him,
said:
• َ‫ْس‬‫ي‬َ‫ل‬ َ‫و‬ ‫َّة‬‫ي‬ِ‫ب‬َ‫ص‬َ‫ع‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬ِ‫إ‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ع‬َ‫د‬ ْ‫ن‬َ‫م‬ ‫ا‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ َ‫ْس‬‫ي‬َ‫ل‬َّ‫ي‬ِ‫ب‬َ‫ص‬َ‫ع‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ َ‫ل‬َ‫ت‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬ ْ‫ن‬َ‫م‬ ‫ا‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬‫ة‬
‫َّة‬‫ي‬ِ‫ب‬َ‫ص‬َ‫ع‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ َ‫ات‬َ‫م‬ ْ‫ن‬َ‫م‬ ‫ا‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ َ‫ْس‬‫ي‬َ‫ل‬ َ‫و‬
• He is not one of us who calls to tribalism.
He is not one of us who fights for the sake
of tribalism. He is not one of us who dies
following the way of tribalism.
• Source: Sunan Abu Dawud 5102

61. • America needs to understand Islam, because this
is the one religion that erases from its society the
race problem.
• Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I
have met, talked to, and even eaten with people
who in America would have been considered
white, but the white attitude was removed from
their minds by the religion of Islam.
• I have never before seen sincere and true
brotherhood practiced by all colors together,
irrespective of their color.

62. • You honor your integrity - i.e. you respond in a way
that earns your self respect; and...
• You view the prejudiced person as "wounded and
ignorant,": rather than "bad;" "stupid," "egotistical,"
"arrogant," "evil," and/or "inferior"; and...
• Your response does not knowingly provoke aggression
and reciprocal blaming and slandering; and...
• You avoid trying (useless) logical explanations and
defenses to "correct" the prejudiced person or to
prove they're "wrong"; and...
• You don't seek to embarrass, punish, or demean the
prejudiced person or group; and you respect their
human rights as equally-worthy people despite their
disrespectful attitude and actions.

63. • Think clearly, listen empathically, assert
respectfully, and problem-solve where possible.
• Identify, validate, and assert your personal
boundaries. They specify what behaviors you will
tolerate without taking some specific action
• Seek to adopt an attitude of compassionate
detachment from those who disparage you or
your group.
• Understand with compassion and empathy why
some shame-based, unaware people need to
judge others as inferior.

64. • "You will certainly hear much abuse from the
followers of previous books and from the idol-
worshipping people. And if you are patient and
keep your duty -- this is surely a matter of great
resolution." (3:186)

65. • "Many of the followers of previous books
wish that they could turn you back into
disbelievers after you have believed, but
you should pardon and forgive." (2:109)

66. "Bear patiently what they say." (20:130 and
50:39)
“
Obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites,
and disregard their hurtful talk." (33:48)

67. • And if you invite them to guidance, they hear
not; and you see them looking towards you, yet
they see not. Hold fast to forgiveness and
enjoin goodness and turn away from the
ignorant." (7:198-199)

68. • When you hear Allah's messages disbelieved
in and mocked at, sit not with them until they
enter into some other discourse." (4:140; see
also 6:68).

69. • Those who spend freely whether in prosperity or
adversity and who restrain anger and pardon (all)
men for Allah loves those who do good."
(Aal-e-Imran,3:134)
• "Let them forgive and overlook, do you not wish
that Allah should forgive you? For Allah is oft-
Forgiving, Most Merciful". (Noor, 24:22)

70. • ‘And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel
[evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon
the one between you and him is enmity [will
become] as though he was a devoted friend.’ [41-34]
• ‘And verily, whosoever shows patience and forgives
that would truly be from the things recommended by
Allah [42:43]

71. • (1) HAVE PATIENCE & SUPPRESS YOUR ANGER
• And bear patiently all that they say; and
withdraw from them in a decent manner.
[AL-MUZZAMMIL 73:11]
• So turn aside from them, and say, ‘Peace;’ and
soon shall they know. [AL-ZUKHRUF 43:90]

72. • Peaceful discourses with those who engage in
intellectual dialogue, both written and oral.
• And argue not with the people of the Book except
with what is best as an argument’
[AL-ANKABOOT 29:47]
• So obey not the disbelievers and strive against
them by means of the Qur’an with a mighty
striving. [AL-FURQAN 25:53]

73. • In arguing with those who use excessive and abusive language
against Islam and the Holy Prophet (SAW), the Muslim scholars
are permitted to reciprocate their harshness using the same tone
and words.
• Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except
on the part of one who is being wronged. Verily, Allah is All-
Hearing, All-Knowing. [AL-NISA 4:149]
Remember that the recompense of an injury is an injury the like
thereof; [AL-SHURA 42:41]

74. • And abuse not those whom they call upon
besides Allah, lest they, out of spite, abuse
Allah in their ignorance.
• [AL-AN’AM 6:109]

75. • "The Muslim who mixes with the people and
bears patiently their hurtful words, is better
than one who does not mix with people and
does not show patience under their abuse."
• (Mishkat, Book: Ethics, ch. 'Gentleness,
modesty and good behavior')
• The Prophet said that: “Whoever suffers an
injury and forgives (the person responsible),
God will raise his status to a higher degree and
remove one of his sins”. (At-Tirmidhi)

76. • “God had ordered me to maintain ties with
those who sever ties with me, and to give to
those who deprive me, and to forgive those
who oppress me.” (Al-Bukhari)

77. The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to Ashja Abdul-Qais ‘You
possess two qualities that Allah loves. These are leniency and
tolerance.’ [Muslim]
• The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said, ‘He who is deprived of
forbearance and leniency is, in fact, deprived of all good.’
[Muslim]

78. • The Prophet [SAW] said, ‘Allah is Forbearer and
He loves forbearance, and rewards for
forbearance while He does not reward severity,
and does not give for any thing besides it
[forbearance].’ [Muslim]

79. • ‘Aisha(RA) narrated that the Prophet [SAW]
said, ‘Whenever forbearance is added to
something, it adorns it; and whenever it is
withdrawn from something, it leaves it
defective.’ [Muslim]

80. • `Aisha(RA) narrated, ‘Whenever the Prophet [SAW] was
given a choice between two matters, he would [always]
choose the easier as long as it was not sinful to do so;
but if it was sinful he was most strict in avoiding it. He
never took revenge upon anybody for his own sake;
but when Allah's Legal Bindings were outraged, he
would take revenge for Allah's sake.[Al-Bukhari and
Muslim]

81. •
• Abu Hurairah A man asked the Prophet [SAW] to
give him advice, and he [SAW] said, ‘Do not get
angry.’ The man repeated that several times and
he [SAW] replied [every time], ‘Do not get angry.’
[Al-Bukhari]

82. • In his advice to Abu Musa and Mu’adh before
dispatching them to Yemen, the Prophet(SAW)
said: ‘Show leniency (to the people]; don't be
hard upon them; give them glad tidings ; and
do not create aversion. Work in collaboration
and don’t be divided.’ (Bukhari)

83. • `Anas (RA) narrates that the Prophet(SAW) said:
‘Give glad tidings [to the people]; do not create
[in their minds] aversion [towards religion]; show
them leniency and do not be hard upon them

84. • Muslims must share the message of Islam to
the people of the earth who still suffer from
racism and tribal bigotry.
• Even among some Muslims, the scourge of
racism exists and causes harm among
communities.
• The only way to completely eradicate racism is
to embrace the oneness of Allah (tawhid) and
to accept its logical conclusion, the oneness of
humanity.