Imam tells citizens to change their ways

Ali also made a call for better role models in the nation. He said the persons calling themselves role models have influenced the majority of the nation’s youth in a negative way.

“People call themselves ‘Muslim’ and ‘Rasta’ because they want to appear to have a certain level of rank where others would look at them and say they want to be like them,” Ali said.

“These people who call themselves Muslims really have no basis behind calling themselves such.” We lack a lot of discipline today.

There is no humility any more, and people are very arrogant. But that does not mean that the persons have to remain arrogant. The companions of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) were known as the worst of people. The background that they had, no one in history could have consumed more alcohol than them. They used to kill their girl children because they thought they were blights. Yet when Islam came to them, they became so pleased with Allah, that even Allah himself became pleased with them.”