Omar Suleiman – If Trayvon Came to the Masjid

About this lecture

In this powerful Jumu'ah khutbah, Sheikh Omar Suleiman uses the killing of Trayvon Martin as a mirror held up to the Muslim community, asking: if Trayvon had been Muslim, how would we have treated him? The lecture delivers a frank and deeply rooted critique of racism, ethnic discrimination, and tribalism within Muslim communities, drawing on Quranic verses, hadith, and the example of the Sahabah to show that prejudice based on race contradicts the fundamentals of Islamic theology and justice. Listeners are challenged to examine their own hearts and communities before condemning the racism they face from the outside world.