Dilly Hussain’s powerful and important talk on the core concept Justice in Islam during Imperial College Islamic Society’s Discover Islam Week. Timestamps below:
0:48 - Why are we discussing the topic of justice and Islam?
2:33 - How the concept of justice fits into Islam
3:32 - Quran Verses and Ahadith regarding justice
7:00 - Dimensions and types of justice in Islam
8:36 - Examples of Justice in Islamic History/Civilisation
9:04 - Example 1: Treatment of captives of the Battle of Badr
9:48 - Example 2: The Prophet SAW’s return to Makkah after exile and persecution
11:42 - Example 3: Umar Ibn Al-Khattab’s (RA) Conquest and Treaty of Jerusalem
12:50 - Example 4: Justice within the rules of warfare in Islam
15:07 - Example 5: Ali (RA) dispute with a local Christian man
16:28 - Example 6: Salahuddin Al-Ayubbi’s Liberation of Jerusalem
18:06 - Example 7: Ottoman intervention in Spain
19:29 - Example 8: Ottoman intervention during the 1850s Irish Famine
20:38 - How to correctly present Islamic History
21:20 - The difference between Islamic Civilisation and European Colonialism/Conventional understanding of empires
25:04 - Why compare Islamic History to European Colonialism/Conventional understanding of empires?
26:23 - Conclusion