Understanding Allahu Akbar in Islam | Sandra Akkad | TEDxABQWomen
Sandra Akkad remembers the day when Muslims became the "other". It was her daughter's fourth birthday: September 11, 2001. From that time on, Sanda and her family have observed and experienced a rise in anti-Muslim sentiment that has reached an all time high today. Now more than ever, Sandra believes we must fight the tendency to retreat in fear from those who seem different than us out. Instead, we must proactively seek out ways to connect, listen, and embrace each other as humans.
Sandra Akkad is a Muslim Palestinian American woman and a Native New Mexican educator and entrepreneur. Education has always been her passion and she has always been a fervent believer that education leads to empowerment. She is the founder and director of “Tutor-Me”, a learning and enrichment center where she teaches, motivates, and reinforces students in all subjects from K-12. Additionally, she has had the privilege of being an adjunct instructor at UNM where she teaches “Children in Genocide”, a Peace Studies department course. Her time as an educator has brought her to the fore of issues pertaining to cultural identity, relevancy, and diversity. She co-founded “The Red Hearted” initiative which was designed to provide youth of all backgrounds a platform that encourages and engages them in frank discussion aimed at building connections, dismantling stereotypes, and promoting tolerance.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
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I was lucky enough to take a class from Sandra at The University of New Mexico! She changed my life, and my outlook on life, and has inspired me to make a difference.
@user-mv5vk2bq7r
5 жыл бұрын
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@freedomelectro4604
5 жыл бұрын
Congratulations sisters
@thehonesttruth415
4 жыл бұрын
shes well spoken. but i advice you all to read the quran itself. dont judge islam negatively or positively based on her sweet words. i would leave you with this quran verse. Quran 4:34 . Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.
@fayaqun0
4 жыл бұрын
@@thehonesttruth415 You are a dishonest lie In modern terms you are nothing but a vile TROLL who is copy pasting a comment everywhere without any understanding.
@Hassansin
4 жыл бұрын
@@thehonesttruth415 "Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand." (An-Nisaa 4: Verse 34) "And if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people. If they both desire reconciliation, Allah will cause it between them. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Acquainted [with all things]." (An-Nisaa 4: Verse 35)
Sandra is so amazing!! She practices what she preaches!! This lady is going to make it big!!! So proud of you Sandra! Watching this video has taught and shown me what Islam truly is!!! So proud of you!!
@LaLaTheRockstar
5 жыл бұрын
You wanna learn Islam, learn from Apostate Prophet. He is on KZread
@thehonesttruth415
4 жыл бұрын
Quran 4:34. Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.
@fayaqun0
4 жыл бұрын
The honest truth You are a dishonest lie In modern terms you are nothing but a vile TROLL who is copy pasting a comment everywhere without any understanding.
@RedVelvetBlackleather
4 жыл бұрын
Afjal Hossen If copying and pasting the Quran paints Islam in a negative light perhaps it isn’t his fault. Praise Christ
@youtube4c563
4 жыл бұрын
quran is terrorism (surah 5:51, surah 60:8-9) Read this proof of terrorism (I can give more proof from quran)
I'm so proud to say I know this wonderful lady, I'm proud to be a Muslim. God bless you Sandra, I love you.
@theislamophobicprophet5718
5 жыл бұрын
Btw do you know who Hafs is? Hafs is the person according to who one of the 31 Arabic Qurans is recited - that Quran (that the majority of Muslims use) is called Hafs Quran. According to Muslim scholars Hafs was Lair and a Fraud - but they still accept his Quran 😆
@mohamedkhadar2644
5 жыл бұрын
God bles you mom Sandra
@caliphalifpietyhaya6046
4 жыл бұрын
@Goorpijp Wessel never understand the hypocrisy and the double standard of the followers of Liberalism. Surprisingly, liberals seem hellbent to get ISLAM liberalised and that's why they would often tell you 'why Muslims can't be liberals'? I ask them Why Muslims can't be Muslims? Do you have any problem with it? Why you can't allow us to be what we are? You have your ideology, I have my own. t why do you often thrust your ideology upon me when I never try to Islamise your Liberalism.
@LaLaTheRockstar
4 жыл бұрын
What was needed to be abolished? Slavery. What Muhammad actually abolished? Adoption. Because he wanted to marry his adopted son's wife... Just amazing. Isn't it?
@mohammadeqbalpopal3974
3 жыл бұрын
@@theislamophobicprophet5718 i pity u, for this kind of idea, recitation is not same with text.
This made me cry. She’s such a beautiful woman from the soul of her being.
@pappycool
2 жыл бұрын
It was devised to appeal to your emotions so she could shut down reason. Truth is simple: Islam is the enemy of the free world and thats is that. Stop let tour emotions override your better judgment.
Love this. Im not muslin, but I ended up in a majority slamic country. My first contac with this sentence was on the news- since in my country less then 1% is muslin. I remember one meme video that was Allahu Akbar and a explosion on vine. That's what I knew, those where the connections that I had with the sentence. Since I step my feet here - in the city with thousands mosques - I can hear that every single prayer time. And that made me learn about it. I learned how much love and peace people actually find in that - And after all, the meaning of this sentence - is indeed worship - love - peace. Thank you for your TED.
@shafeequekottakkal5273
5 жыл бұрын
ധell said...
@LaLaTheRockstar
5 жыл бұрын
Do you want to learn Islam? Learn from Apostate Prophet, Sherif Gaber, Ayan Hirsi Ali, Brigitte Gabriel, Mufassil Islam, tasleema Nasreen... Search them on KZread...
@redlightspellsdanger7177
4 жыл бұрын
LaLa why are you signposting people to the Devil’s offspring?
@wasimoooo
4 жыл бұрын
Hello. Next time you hear the call to prayer, just repeat what is being said if you want to go to paradise. Try to be more open, don't shy away from asking, and don't shy away from insisting on receiving an answer that satisfies you. I don't see why you shouldn't be Muslim.
@AhmedMohamed-oe8cv
3 жыл бұрын
Please study about isalm Islam is a religion of peace You can follow Daud kim
Appreciate your courage to rightfully standup for yourself.
Kabir means great, akbar means greater or greatest.
@LaLaTheRockstar
5 жыл бұрын
Learn everything about Islam from Apostate Prophet. He is on KZread.
@nmkzf
4 жыл бұрын
Akbar cannot mean the greatest it is GRATER . It is a call to Humans to always learn more about ALLAH, human Knowledge of whom is always incomplete and calls for more human Knowledge. beside our individual different knowledge of HIM i.e. Allah Akbar is a call of tolerance to each other. and a mercy to those who know less
@wasimoooo
4 жыл бұрын
@@LaLaTheRockstar learn everything about Islam from a real scholar of Islam. Has apostate prophet not secluded himself in a room, symbolizing his knowledge about Islam is complete, he might have become one himself. We only call to the true Creator, his Messenger and the scholars who represent him. You are calling to someone whom you don't even know. Next thing missing is for you to say, that you are free and we are imprisoned by our backwards minds.
@wasimoooo
4 жыл бұрын
@@nmkzf two words, so much meaning. In the spirit of what you just wrote... Akbar is written upon the pattern which is both comparative and superlative. It means greater and it means greatest. Allahu akbar 😊
@caliphalifpietyhaya6046
4 жыл бұрын
@@wasimoooo spits out venom against Muslims. We will live Muslims.
I am at a loss of words and have tears. Allahu Akbar.
I request all our brother and sisters to pray for Our father has passed away, may Allah Almighty forgive him, and may all Muslim brothers whose parents or one or both of them passed away, may Allah Almighty forgive them all and grant them a high position in Paradise.
@nameless5053
3 жыл бұрын
Ameen Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un
@alwaysrahaf
3 жыл бұрын
رحمة الله عليه
@ayazakhtar7792
3 жыл бұрын
Ameen
@theworldwideweb101mystery2
2 жыл бұрын
Amen
@aaliyahakak9694
2 жыл бұрын
Ameen
What a beautiful and meaningful conversation this has been. I felt each word of you. I am Hispanic and I have been looked at differently since I came here in 1996. I have never stopped feeling immigrant, an outsider. Because that is the way it is for us too. I am working my way to convert into Islam. I do have my little doubts of the possibility of not only feeling outsider for the Americans but now outsider for Muslims. I don't know what life will bring but I live in the country, I work, I study, I raise my son and I felt in love with a Muslim Egyptian. I made the decision to come to this country. I am working my path into Islam. I love what I have done and what I have accomplished. Proud from beginning to end.
@BroJo676
Жыл бұрын
Muslims have the right to bear their wives and a woman can't inherit the same share of her parents' Inheritance as her brothers. What's good about it?
Don't compare others life and don't judge them, haven't any idea what their journey is all about.
Masha`Allah 3alayki. I`m proud of you, cousin. It`s me, Im Adam (Mona).
Mashalla Islam is diverse as nature itself in all corners of the earth, may it flourish forever ameen..Allah huackbarr..
Alhamdulillah I'm converted to islam few months ago 😢 . Islam is amazing . Islam change my bad life . Islam is peaceful religion. Allah is God he is one alone . He has no partners. Jesus is messenger of Allah prophet
@TheHamoody100
4 жыл бұрын
@Gunther Vincent search, ask, you won't get ready answers
@muhammedkottol4367
4 жыл бұрын
Good decision, may allah bless you
@johncole4882
4 жыл бұрын
@Gunther Vincent it's called faith
@astroaeronaut3569
4 жыл бұрын
@Gunther Vincent not all people have they're notifications on. If you want ready answers go ask a muslim leader, he will prove you wrong and tell you the truth. There is no need to fight, and not all muslims are ready to have a long argument. Muslim scholars are always ready for answers. Watch debates, learn about religions. You might be smart enough to figure out the truth.
@astroaeronaut3569
4 жыл бұрын
@Gunther Vincent By truth I meant by proving their claims and evidence to which religion is actually the truth. In which I belive Islam is.
What a great message. Please keep up the great work Ms. Akkad.
My favorite verse in Qu'ran !
Sandra you lead the Muslim American people. hamdullah we have such a beautiful educated women. inshallah we teach our neighbors and peers about Islam and what true Islam stands for.
What a great TED talk! Thank you!
@LaLaTheRockstar
5 жыл бұрын
Do you know the meaning of "Allah Hu Akbar"? Learn it from Apostate Prophet.
@meriemzidane3057
3 жыл бұрын
@@LaLaTheRockstar uh? what
What a beautiful and meaningful message. May Allah keep you and your family safe. Warm greetings from Malaysia.
Great job Sandra, God Bless you and your family ameen. It will be my pleasure to orginaze some event togather.thanks again Sandra
You are wonderful, sister. Great speech. Thank you for sharing
Great job, Very informative and inspiring thank very much for Sharing this video.
This video made me convert to Islam Alhamdulila :)
@ahmedmalad1605
5 жыл бұрын
Every video makes you convert to islam ? how many times have you converted bro ?
@AllaahuAkbar60
5 жыл бұрын
There are loads of videos which inspired me to embrace Islam ALHAMDULILA
@withlovenadiah6274
4 жыл бұрын
ALLAHU AKBAR MEANS GOD IS THE GREATEST mashAllah
@pakhoo
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂allah is NOT God.. remember shahadah.. No GOD but Allah.. Allah is name Arabic Moon gods pre Islamic..😀better learning than falling 😀👌
@RedVelvetBlackleather
4 жыл бұрын
ALLAHU AKBAR MEANS GOD IS THE GREATEST Your a very gullible individual; desperate for attention and glory. Your name is meant to vindicate your lack of character and to earn likes to feed your feeble ego. Praise Jesus of Nazareth who said “if I testify in myself I would not be true.” For Mohammed testified in himself and because of it has lead the world astray.
Thank you for this! Powerful!
Lot's of love from India 💐💐 May my ALLAH give us hidayah Ameen🤲
Sandra is amazing!!!
So amazing... thank you for this talk sandra
Excellent talk, thanks for the info.
Allah Akkad, I said it all the time. cause I like it. God is Greater the ever.
@shekotechie
4 жыл бұрын
Akbar* not akkad
Salam Alaykum Sister, Alhamdullahi Rabbi Alamin, thanks do much for sharing your experience and challenges and oppression you and family faced due to express your love for the sake of Allah SWT and our beloved Prophet Muhammed SAW. May Allah SWT make it easy for you and other reverts propagating and imparting knowledge on humanity about our beautiful Deen Al Islam in a positive way. Jazakallahu Khairan.
MachAllah.... Great speech
One of the best videos i came across KZread ❤️
Heartwarming. She's really cool and BRAVE
Sandra is the best!!!
Good job 👏👏👏 Allaha reward you for your great work.
Allahu Akbar!!!!! May Allah be with us all Inshallah!!❤️❤️
Great speech! I genuinely love the verse you quoted, and it fits the message perfectly.
I am a child of God -- and so are you -- and so is each soul around us. We need to seel/love each one how God sees/loves each one.
Very powerful message. Allāhu Akbar!
Most growing religion is Islam because they see the truth..
Subhanallah loved it
Thank you Allah so much all the days and all the night and today and tomorrow Allah love us Allah bless all
My beloved sister
subhanaalah.. you are amazing in practicing Q 3:28 taqiyah and not telling all of us Q 9:29. mash allah!!!!!
This made me cry
absolutely wonderful! may God bless her and her message. if only the ignorant could understand.
@sophiem3794
5 жыл бұрын
Hussein Saab please look at “Dorre love”
جزاك الله خير يا أختى، الله أكبر
God bless you laddy. And thanks TEDx for the good content.
Allah Akbar ❤️ beautiful story sister. Thank you 😊
May allah grant you Jenna Sister. Allah huakbar
Amazing
Shall I Tell You Our Secret Shall I tell you our secret? We are charming thieves who steal hearts and never fail because we are the friends of the One. The time for old preaching is over we aim straight at the heart. If the mind tries to sneak in and take over we will string it up without delay. We turn poison into medicine and our sorrows into blessings. All that was familiar, our loved ones and ourselves, we had to leave behind. Blessed is the poem that comes through me but not of me because the sound of my own music will drown the song of Love. From Rumi: Hidden Music
Masha allah amazing explanation
Talk by Sandra is full of love and patriotic sentiments. Terrorism has no religion. Islam is a religion of peace and true Muslim spread peace too as Sandra did so
God Bless This Lady!🙏
TAKBIR!
Maaasha ALLAH ❤️.. ALHAMDULILLAH ALLAHU AKBAR ❤️
Dr ZAKIR NAIK beautifully explains that Prophet Jesus PBUH did not die for your sins........
@nejiskafir8198
4 жыл бұрын
The Apostle Paul beautifully explains that Jesus did die for your sins and you are set free because of it if you accept his sacrifice. Paul met and spoke to those who witnessed Jesus when he walked and talked on earth. Muhammad met some cave demon who choked him.
@Hassansin
4 жыл бұрын
@@nejiskafir8198 so what's Paul's surname?
@Hassansin
4 жыл бұрын
@@nejiskafir8198 *Jesus:* Matthew 5:19 King James Version 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. *Paul:* Galatians 3:10-14 New International Version 10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”[a]11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”[b] 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[c] 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”[d]
@nejiskafir8198
4 жыл бұрын
@@Hassansin Are you afraid to come back and debate? I would be afraid too, if I followed Muhammad.
No Churches, No Temples, No space to celebrate our cultural festivals in public places. That's what one encounters visiting an Islamic country & that's the message you convey to the global community about your 'religion of peace'🙏
@octavioust.talium9110
3 жыл бұрын
Saudi Arabia isn't representative of Islam, it represents Wahabism. Go just one nation to the north and and you will find religious diversity, go one nation east from there and there will be just as much religious diversity. From there, to the eas by one more nation, you will find a lot more diversity of all kinds.
@hexa1905
3 жыл бұрын
that's true why and we even allowing mosque here ?
Mashallah ❤️
MashaAllah ,Allah bless you
Being Muslim is a great blessing from Allah
Isn't she the person in one of Milo Yanapolous's hall lectures that became very vocally offended at him?
@palibeast5937
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, she is!!!! She’s amazing!!!
Very true, the whole attention is on islamic radicalism and totally ignoring christian radicalism in the US, jewish radicalism in Israel and occupied Palestinian territories, budist radicalism in Myanmar, all other radicalism! This is such a sad story!!
Innalaaha wa ma laa ikatahu yusaluna Alan Nabi ya ayuhalazina aamanu salu Alaihi wasalimu tasleema
In the name of Allah
@alicia-2345
4 жыл бұрын
Is Allah the personal name of God?
@caliphalifpietyhaya6046
4 жыл бұрын
I love Muslims. They are really great and good
@Yoshi-wx8sx
4 жыл бұрын
@@alicia-2345 Allah is the arabic word for God (The god of abraham) but is different because it can only be said in singular and has no gender. Even arab Christian and Jews use the word Allah
@meriemzidane3057
3 жыл бұрын
@@alicia-2345 not really lmao. its arabic for lord/god. every arab says it regardless of religion (if they believe in god) so we practically all belive in the same god lmao
MaaShaaAllah 🌹Allohu Akbar ☝️
Alhamdulillah sister)
Allahu akbar
Bismillah Masya Alloh laa ilaa ha illalloh Subhanalloh Alhamdulillah Allohu Akbar she is good Muslim true amin with be sure
Bismillah Hir rahman nir raheem Yaaa ayyuhan naasu innaa khalaqnaakum min zakarinw wa unsaa wa ja'alnaakum shu'oobanw wa qabaaa'ila lita'aarafoo inna akramakum 'indal laahi atqaakum innal laaha 'Aleemun khabeer
Dr Abdullah Hakim Quick beautifully explains the pagan origin of Christianity and Christmas
@maulinux1
4 жыл бұрын
What does this have to do with the content of this video?
@RedVelvetBlackleather
4 жыл бұрын
maurizio minni Nothing, but OP wishes to spread discreet and lies to vilify Christianity in the hopes of solidifying Islam; which he/she knows is a hatful bigoted philosophy and so instead of putting effort to judge their scriptures must instead spread hate to others.
Sukran Sister. Allahu Akbar!!!!
Allahu Akbar; Thank you Sandra; you inspired us! Thank You and Allahu Akbar.
Mashallah 🇧🇩
Allah 'akbar✌🏾🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Listen, O dearly beloved! I am the reality of the world, the centre of the circumference, I am the parts and the whole. I am the will established between Heaven and Earth, I have created perception in you only in order to be the object of my perception. If then you perceive me, you perceive yourself. But you cannot perceive me through yourself, It is through my eyes that you see me and see yourself, Through your eyes you cannot see me. Dearly beloved! I have called you so often and you have not heard me I have shown myself to you so often and you have not seen me. I have made myself fragrance so often, and you have not smelled me. Savorous food, and you have not tasted me. Why can you not reach me through the object you touch Or breathe me through sweet perfumes? Why do you not see me? Why do you not hear me? Why? Why? Why? by Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
ALLAHU AKBAR.. ALLAHU AKBAR.. ALLAHU AKBAR.. ALLAHU AKBAR..
Great..
wow amazing 😭😭😭💕☪️
Great
Beautiful!
allahu akbar
@syamilzainuri2510
4 жыл бұрын
@Roosje Keizer lol what are you preaching here?
Weird. Nothing exploded after she said Allahu Akbar
Great speach
That's why my user name is Allahu Akbar....
Has many meaning, Allah Akbar mean that your knowledge of God is incomplete, it means too that your knowledge of GOD, as a muslim, are not the same i.e. saying Allah a Akbar means I respect the difference with the other.
Rabbana wa laa tuhamil naa ma laa ta qata lana bihi wa fu anna wa agfir lana warhamnaa anta mawlana fansurna alal qawmil kaafireen
❤️ 🌷 👌
Allahu-akber!
Allahu akbah =God is greater . Greater than what? Greater than anything that's on your mind. ❤️🥰
Excellent!!!!!
With those shoes..and outfit she could be in dragonball z. Which is a good thing! Ok..now i will listen to the talk
Allahu Akbar means God is most Great" surely not God is Great?
Beautiful Allahu akbar
ALLAHU AKBAR❤️
Lots of Arabic linguistic and Pagan Arabian experts in the comments.
❤️
🥰🥰🥰🥰
When we understand that the Supreme God created not just our world, not just a segment of our world population but the entire Universe consisting of a Trillion Trillion solar systems/planets and billions of worlds, then that God becomes Universal and cannot be appropriated by any Faith. If the religious teachers understand this Truth, then they will preach that all Faiths, all Paths lead to that One God just as all the rivers, what ever may be their origin, their curves, their sizes, finally reach the ocean. Names given to God by humans are but just for calling out to Him who is in fact nameless and formless. Then there is no scope for extremism, no scope for hatred against other Faiths. As Hindu Vedic verse says: 'The Truth is One but the Sages say it in different ways'.
@hexa1905
3 жыл бұрын
why would allah create Trillions and Trillions of solar systems ? they are useless. now the scientists think we were lucky and manage to evolve into a random one.
@venkatkv7925
3 жыл бұрын
@@hexa1905 It is scientific hypothesis that from Big Bang, a trillion galaxies have formed each having a trillion solar systems. This view is agreed to by the scientific community at large. Presently astronomers are looking at about 300,000 exoplanets (which are similar to earth having possibility of life) in our galaxy. So why would God create so much of unnecessary Universe? Is it not self-limiting orthodox view that God created this world for a pair of human beings?