I think speaker pinpoints very key issues that our young generation is facing in west . One thing he talks about is that our youngsters in western world don’t learn urdu , which creates a communication gap between Islamic scholars and the person . Do watch it and see if you agrees with him or not .
It's funny, I generally prefer to listen to a khutba or majalis in Urdu because I enjoy the cadence of the language. But, if you listen to some of the ulema, some of them speak such complex Urdu that even the people who are proficient in the language have trouble understanding what they're saying.
One of the best topics that was covered by one of the zakirs was the topic of what language the khutbas should be delivered in. He made the point that it is more important that the audience/jamaat understand the message than to preserve the Urdu language and went on to draw a parallel between Arabic being the original language and Urdu a more recent dialect that South Asians have adopted. So if we can replace Arabic, there should be no problem with the ulema and zakirs learning English to replace Urdu and delivering their sermons in English. Therefore, I don't think not knowing Urdu is the cause of the new generation becoming bay-raah.
But, all of his other points, namely, 1) the time parents spent earning money and not spending time with their children, 2) relying on masjids to provide religious education to their children instead of taking responsibility for their religious education, 3) hypocrisy in parent's actions versus their expectations of their children and 4) the dirty politics in the masjids are definitely reasons for the younger folks not being as closely connected to Islam - but of course these are not the only reasons and the younger generation shares responsibility as well for their actions and choices.
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^ Just the continuation of your thought , if I may . I have also seen uleema delivering khotba in English and as a community I think its best when you have people from different cultural background . But there are very few books in English that can translate our Pakistani traditions to the reader . At least for me , I learned a lot about religion and Pakistani culture from Urdu books . So I think its not only learning religion but a more sensible culture that we carry which is full of values , that we need our younger generation to learn .
Most of my American born friends knows how to speak Punjabi , but when it comes to Urdu they are very clueless , and especially reading and writing is close to none . I think they are missing out on all the philosophical readings that is available in Urdu literature .
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Though this man is a joker and known liar, I agree with him here on the point that the parents are to blame for not giving the rights of their children. One of those rights is the right to receive deeni taleem.
His point of forgetting urdu is right to an extent but that is not the main issue. There are tons and tons of scholars who speak English and other languages, children can learn from them. I think he’s only concerned that the future generation will not fall to his feet hehe.
Not say that our Urdu speaking scholars are not gems of this ummah. They should be listened to with as much enthusiasm as we listen to our own language speaking scholars.
Btw anyone notice at the end of clip his advertisement for MINHAJUL QURAN. 
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I don't speak Punjabi, but as an Urdu speaker, I always took it for granted that if you could speak Punjabi, you could understand Urdu.
As for books being written in Urdu, the books can be translated to English.
I'm not dismissing the need to teach our children Urdu and Pubjabi lanuguage in order to preserve our culture. But, it's really important to distinguish between teaching religion and teaching culture. Religion can be taught in English and children of the West may likely understand it better if it's taught in English rather than salees Urdu. So, if I had to choose between the two (culture and religion), I would obviously choose religion, even at the risk of losing elements of my culture.
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^ Makes sense .
I had to add a footnote to the thread.
I attended a majalis today and the maulana raised the issue of speaking in Urdu or English. He gave a specific example where he was requested by the administration of a masjid to encourage the younger generation to learn and understand Urdu. Instead, when he delivered his speech, he encouraged the masjid's administration to invite English-speaking orators to speak and teach the younger generation about Islam.
But for someone who on one hand understands that the younger generation is not proficient in Urdu, here are some of the verbal Urdu highlights from today's speech:
muntashir, insaan-e-nataqiyat, ahle-fehem, infiraadiyat, miraas, kamaal-e-ikhlas, makfoom/misdaak, bila-daleel, guzashta takareer, muraatib and darajaat, jahaalat aur daanishwar, munazzam, aadatan/iraadatan.
I am quite proficient in Urdu and I understood most of what he said (including most of the words above). But in all fairness to those individuals for whom Urdu is their second language, a speech like this is too complex for them to understand. The aalims need to use simpler Urdu in order to make their message accessible to the greatest number of people.
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mujhy yeh batao hamarey babey kab rah-e-rast per they???
ghair ikhlaqi taluqaat ker key kehty hain Islam phyla rahy hain
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babey kahin ke awain nujwan nasal ke peechey pery rehty hain:bummer:
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From somebody who named his institution 'Minhaj International University' :-)
IMO, Urdu has nothing to do with stability in life or staying on the 'right path'. Except for the language part, I agree with him.
I think he has got it right after 5:45. Applies to people (religious or not) no matter if resident in Pakistan or abroad.
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To the people in west, please don't stop the urdu speaking aalims from coming to your community and giving a talk in urdu. Your fathers and mothers, elders of the community need the talk more than the youth. The parents and the older generation is to blame for the misguidance of the youth. Nothing more.
I don't speak Punjabi, but as an Urdu speaker, I always took it for granted that if you could speak Punjabi, you could understand Urdu.
As for books being written in Urdu, the books can be translated to English.
I'm not dismissing the need to teach our children Urdu and Pubjabi lanuguage in order to preserve our culture. But, it's really important to distinguish between teaching religion and teaching culture. Religion can be taught in English and children of the West may likely understand it better if it's taught in English rather than salees Urdu. So, if I had to choose between the two (culture and religion), I would obviously choose religion, even at the risk of losing elements of my culture.
many non-pakistani see israel and pakistan as made up counties. Made up countries who became kick a@@ just because of the will of their ppl.
No as a start up counties israel picked hibrow as there language. I mean we could have done that by choosing arabic. After all in both cases it was religion who played the part in creation and development of nations.
And sahrish, you would be surprised to know how much farsi we use in urdu. with urdu accents.