Arabic → English transcript

Religion is not clothing or hijab,

my brother Batoul will answer your questions if you please, If you please,

Batoul will answer your questions, go ahead

If there is an answer to the questions of religion, if you please, religion

With pleasure, but religion is not clothing or turbans or beards or anything,

religion is morals Just a minute, please,

religion is morals just give me a chance to speak,

give me a chance to speak This matter,

people The ones you tell me about,

with pleasure, even if they were unbelievers, Batoul will be held accountable

for this between her and God Glory be to Him and the Exalted,

no bearer bears the burden of another with pleasure,

if she decides to leave her family,

that is her decision She is not dutiful to her family

Sir, please, please, If you want to pray to the Lord of the worlds,

tomorrow if He asks you this question, let her answer if He asks you,

“ You disobeyed your parents, what do you tell Him?” Answer, answer,

go ahead, answer, let her answer, Let her answer, if you please Let her answer,

what business is it of yours between me And my Lord? My relationship with my Lord,

no one interferes in it. All right, sir, today, if you please, If you would,

just let me, today we If only so I can ease the weight of this,

we today are not in a religious legal council,

and we are not in a council to judge people, people’s morals, and people’s affairs.

We today are in a social situation,

which is reassurance about Batoul. Is Batoul kidnapped? Is Batoul a captive?

Has Batoul been harmed?

Was Batoul outside her home of her own free will or not? As for the other matters,

if Batoul left her family’s house,

does not want to be dutiful to her parents, wants to follow a certain religion,

that is her decision. No bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another.

She will be held accountable for that,

she will either earn good deeds or earn bad deeds.

But what matters to me is the discord and rumors that

are spreading now about Batoul.

Today we are all gathered so that we refute this matter.

As for directing Batoul religiously and morally—

whether Batoul is good or not good— that is something that is no one’s business.

That is a private and personal matter for Batoul.

Batoul decided to leave her family’s house,

maybe just like many others from all sects, all religions,

all laws, and all denominations. It happens. The situation,

but there is now privacy around Batoul’s case because of certain exploitation.

Today we are in one situation.

In only one situation do we say to everyone that we are all united with Batoul.

Right now, Batoul is in good health. Batoul is currently with the

dignitaries and everyone.

Anyone who wants to give Batoul moral guidance,

anyone who wants to offer Batoul advice… Batoul might, after a while,

open an account on Facebook.

You might be able to reach her in a certain way, through one of her friends.

Come on, go give her advice, help her. As for Batoul, she is currently safe,

her health is good,

she is fine, and now she will speak to you so that we can close this debate.

We are not in a position of giving moral guidance. Speak, speak.

Just wrap it up, but respond to everything they said. You respond. Express yourself.

Say what is on your mind. They are saying that

they did not let you speak because of the crying and so on, and people are tense,

and the whole country is tense.

For God’s sake, send a message from your heart to everyone.

Just a bit now, just a message from your heart to all people. Reassure them.

Thank God, I am fine, and my family— My

relationship with my family is something that concerns only me and my family.

So a message to reassure your family, and a message to reassure the public too,

who are asking about the case that stirred public opinion The world here does not

hear you, not to hear us, you are the one who should speak You speak to the people,

today you are public opinion

What I want to say is that I am fine

Batoul, is it okay to say what you and I said? To the public, Batoul,

to the public, what do you want to say?

When we were talking about what you are going to do tomorrow,

the day after tomorrow,

what you will do and how you will be? Just as you discussed with me,

I told you what you would do tomorrow morning, let us say, or where you would go?

Will you live your life normally? I asked you and you answered me,

can you answer me again?

Later, God willing, I will have contact with my family,

I did not leave them and disown my family I just left

And God willing, later I will have contact with my family,

I told you why for example you do not think of going tomorrow?

So what did you answer me? You told me… what did you answer me?

I asked, are you sure? Since you are talking about

the issue that you are afraid of something, I mean…

Now you answered Rayan,

saying,“ What guarantees that if I go back to my family,

they will not hurt me or stop me?”

So today, if a guarantor is found,

would you be able to go back to your family? And I will tell you one more idea we…

Today we are not discussing your relationship with your family.

Today your case has turned into a public opinion case, so you cannot say…

I mean, all this discussion is basically about your relationship with your family,

so you cannot say,“ My relationship…

with my family is between me and my family,

and no one has the right to interfere in it,”

because unfortunately it has become a public case. So if…

a guarantee is found that your family will let you live your life normally,

and they will not harass you or hurt you, would you go back… or not? And why?

God willing, I will think about it. I cannot give you a decision.

I am saying, if they guaranteed

that you could live your life the way you want without harm, yes,

then, but not… now.

And I would like to send a message to everyone:

this idea is what stirred people up,

that Batoul left a religion and moved to another religion, she is not a Muslim.

There may have been some confusion about this, a lot has been said.

I am an Alawite, and I testify that there is no god but Allah and I testify that

Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,

and nothing can be said about us except that we are Muslims. Differences

in some details do not mean differences in essence. We Alawites are Muslims,

and I testify

that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,

and this is our path,

we follow it every day, and our book is the Quran,

and no one can outbid us on this matter, alright? May Allah grant you all health,

just one request because everyone keeps saying that Batoul has earphones in her

ears and that Batoul is listening to someone. I, I, in front of everyone,

say Batoul has nothing in her ears, alright? Okay, just a minute please,

let her answer freely,

that Batoul does not have any earphone

and has nothing on, she is answering on her own. Brother, let me, now I am with you.

Batoul, do you suffer from anything? Are you upset about anything?

Do you need any clinic in the world? I will take you to it. Of course not.

Forget it, forget everyone in the world.

With the regional manager’s permission,

do you need a doctor or anything? No? Do you feel upset, annoyed, under pressure?

Thank God, no. So what is stopping you from coming back with me,

coming back with me home? To your family’s?

You are forcing me so that I go back home. No, I am not forcing you, uncle,

no one forces you to do anything, no one forces you. No, I am not forcing you.

We just want to listen. I am asking so we can reach an idea, that is all.

To hear from you how you want to proceed.

I will come back, I told you I will come back, so… So right now,

Batoul needs time to think calmly.

But the decision to go back exists and she is thinking about it,

but she needs time to get rid of this pressure surrounding her,

to think calmly and go back home. So we ask everyone, we ask everyone right

now to give Batoul space to live her life logically, to think calmly so she can make

this decision, because right now Go ahead, sir, are you convinced by this?

I am far away from— are you convinced by this talk, Batoul?

I swear to God and His Messenger, I am convinced.

Are you, with this talk you are saying? Please, everyone, excuse me, Excuse me,

please, are you convinced by this talk? Yes, I am convinced.

Okay. Did your father bother you? Did your father hit you?

Did your father annoy you? Did your mother annoy you?

Your mother went down to your feet and started kissing them,

I am repeating her exact words.

She was kissing your feet and you started running away from her, why?

Your mother is like the Quran, the Holy Book that you read,

does it not have anything about honoring parents?

Obey your mother even if they were unbelievers, right, Sheikh? Right, Doctor?

Does anyone disagree with me on this? Even if he were an unbeliever,

you must obey him. Did I tell you that I have disowned my family? Okay, you, you,

why are you running away from them? Why are you putting,

you are putting up something, just one question now,

in every, in all social problems it happens that it is possible for the son to make

a decision to stay away from his parents for some reason,

for a particular family problem.

We have not yet gotten into the depths of the family problem, we…

We are going to delve into the current sedition,

the family problem and her personal decision to return to the care of her family.

This is a topic we will leave to her, sir,

we will leave it to her personal decision.

I only care that I made sure Batoul is well,

I made sure about Batoul that she is here, I made sure about Batoul that…

Everyone saw that she was there, that she was healthy, well, reassured,

and talking with full awareness of the situation,

but things within the family and the household,

we do not want to turn them into a public opinion issue that people are mobilized

over Today, as for Batoul,

I have now decided that I will speak In her voice, naturally,

there were a lot of interventions, and then, Batoul, everyone,

as long as she is far from home,

we have to keep her within the circle of doubt, okay,

we will keep checking on her we will keep checking on her,

but that does not mean that we are in the circle of doubt

that the state is accused that she is kidnapped as long as she is far from home,

she will have to stay like that, okay

let us, for now, say that— Batoul, just answer me yes or no,

in your own conviction, you…

You, do you now want to go back to your parents’ house?

Yes or no? No one forced you not to go back to your parents’ house.

So you, of your own free will and with full possession of your mental faculties,

decided not to go back to your parents’ house?

Yes, but by doing that you are disobeying God and His Messenger, my daughter,

this is an issue, this is an issue, no, please, do not break things up, please