Milo Yiannopoulos Is Converting to Islam: What You Need to Know

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The video examines Milo Yiannopoulos's recent interest in Islam, cautioning viewers against assuming his conversion is a genuine spiritual transformation guided by Allah. The narrator argues that many people, including famous figures like Andrew Tate or Little Black Rae, are drawn to the modern perception of Islam on social media rather than its core tenets of tawhid. This phenomenon is compared to other lifestyle movements like veganism or gym memberships, which have high dropout rates because participants often lack a deep understanding of the underlying principles. Consequently, the speaker advises Muslims to be very careful not to immediately celebrate such conversions without verifying if the individual has truly submitted to God or if their interest was merely sparked by an Instagram post or a desire for something perceived as extreme. A significant portion of the discussion focuses on Milo's personal history as a self-identified gay man who later adopted conservative, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and even opened conversion therapy clinics. The narrator describes this trajectory as moving from one extreme to another, suggesting that Milo's shift toward Islam may be psychologically driven by his internal struggles rather than divine guidance. While acknowledging that some of Milo's claims about homosexuality being a result of trauma or lack of father figures might contain partial truths, the speaker insists that these do not change the reality that Milo is still gay and likely seeking a "cure" for his identity through religion. The video posits that Milo represents a showman with a large ego who latches onto new ideologies to heal perceived demons, rather than someone who has genuinely found peace in the fold of Islam. The speaker concludes by distinguishing between superficial adherence to religious labels and true submission to Allah, noting that genuine converts stay on the path because they understand the meaning of their faith. He expresses hope that Milo will eventually find real guidance and be able to submit himself sincerely, but currently views him as someone still battling significant personal demons. The video ends with a reminder that while Islam is indeed a balanced path, the modern online version often attracts those looking for extremes, and true conversion requires more than just saying the shahada or posting on social media; it requires a heart that has truly been touched by God's guidance.

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So therefore, this not unique to the religion of Islam, or at least again, the modern perception of what Islam is. Many people get into Islam without truly understanding tawhid, without truly understanding what it actually means. And so therefore, when we see somebody, oh, he's interested in Islam, he's reverting to Islam, we have to be very cautious here and not right away assume that Allah truly guided him to Islam now. It might have been just an Instagram post. And Milo here wouldn't be an exception to that. To this very day, when you hear him talk, you hear a gay man talking. Now, the points that he speaks about, that you're not born this way, that you need a specific amount of traumatization to become gay, maybe you didn't have a strong father figure, etc., etc., etc. That might all be true or hold some truth to it, but the reality is that he's still gay. The Just Pray app is not only tracking your five daily prayers. It goes way and beyond. 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He has been deported for being some sort of far-right extremist, as you can see here in the background, a very flattering shot that they took of him here with his cross preaching and whatnot. What many people nowadays don't really know about this guy is that he was a open homosexual. But then he declared himself as a total reprobate and degenerate and abstained from homosexuality apparently, whatever, and became a staunch Christian, white neo-nationalist, right-winger, conservative, against the LGBTQ agenda. For me personally, it seemed like a self-hating gay, to be totally honest. I don't really believe in this pray the gay away thing. Anyways, I appreciate everybody that is of course battling his own sins and is trying to get better actively, but it seemed very, very fake back in the day. >> I have also been a homosexual my entire life. And I'm very aware of the fact that these homosexual relationships are a sin. And I'm wondering if you have practical advice for overcoming these things. >> Homosexuality in large part is a cluster of symptoms to to early childhood trauma. Whether that trauma is having no real male role model to look up to, whether it's the failure to form platonic attachments with, you know, male authority figures, you know, there's a bunch of things that can happen. Or sexual assault. You're not responsible for what happens to you, but you are responsible for what you do afterwards and what you do with that. >> And but I'm looking for practical advice, day-to-day things. >> Sure. Well, then you should the easiest The first >> men, isn't that like the >> [laughter] >> isn't that like the only thing you can say? I mean, what else can you do? >> Easiest said than done. >> [laughter] >> Yeah, there you have it. Anyways, now good old Milo here is flirting with Islam. Go figure. Here you see him in a kufi and he posted the Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, "The best of you in the time of ignorance, jahiliyyah, are the best of you in Islam if they gain understanding." Matter of fact, he even met up with Hassan Shibly here in a masjid apparently. So, you can clearly see that he is serious about it. May Allah guide him and make it easy for him, of course. The thing is only that he is a very eccentric figure and it is not surprising to me from a psychological level that he would now be interested in Islam. We have to step back here and look at this objectively, of course. I know that many Muslims, they get so excited when some famous person reverts to Islam, supposedly reverts to Islam. We saw that back then with Andrew Tate or with Little Black Rae. I'm never going to stop talking about her, guys. Uh they get super excited and wow, Allah guided him and if Allah guided him to Islam, who are you to say otherwise? The thing is, this is not the time of the Sahabah here. You understand? And nowadays, Islam is very accessible, of course. Or at least what people perceive to be Islam. If somebody has genuinely been guided by Allah, then he will stay a Muslim. But the reality is, of course, that like with any other movement out there, you have many people that come to Islam and then they leave Islam. If you look into dietary niches, for example, veganism, veganism has a dropout rate of 90% I think in the first year or so. And then the second and third and fourth year, there's a dropout rate of 80% so on and so forth. Even with gyms, right? People that do fitness or try to do, 80% dropout rate. So therefore, this is not unique to the religion of Islam or at least again, the modern perception of what Islam is. Many people get into Islam without truly understanding tawhid, without truly understanding what it actually means. And so therefore, when we see somebody, oh, he's interested in Islam, he's reverting to Islam, we have to be very cautious here and not right away assume that Allah truly guided him to Islam now. It might have been just an Instagram post. Do you understand? And therefore, to see Milo, as I said, I personally, and I want to be proven otherwise, but I personally see him as a self-hating gay person because he was not simply a guy that kept it on the low and stopped talking about homosexuality or anything on those lines. No, quite the opposite. He was a super gay back in the day. >> Criticizing me for being conservative would have entitled me wrong. I don't mind. You know, I don't I don't mind anyone for being wrong. Look, I'm only a an oddity as a gay conservative if you've internalized the nonsense of the political left. If you believe that gay people have to believe a certain way, women have to vote a certain way, blacks have to vote a certain way. If you've bought into this stuff, then sure you're going to find me weird and you're going to find the idea of gays conser- gay conservatives strange. But, all I can tell you is the Gays for Trump party I'm hosting tonight sold out within 24 hours. It is the hottest ticket at the convention. It is the most difficult thing to get in to get tickets for this now. >> The hottest ticket, yeah. So, there you see it. He was super gay and then he slipped into conservatism and through conservatism into Christianity and then very very very fast into hardcore neo-nationalist right-winger rhetoric, anti-gay even. He pioneered that you're not born this way, that there is no gay gene, that you can change. And then he end up opening gay conversion clinics, so where they again pray the gay away and whatnot. Why I'm mentioning this is because he's obviously very extreme person, from one extreme to the next. Gay last Tuesday and then super conservative, anti-gay and whatnot. They at some point realize as well that Catholicism, Christianity simply not cutting it. And therefore, they're looking for an even further extreme. Now, again, as Muslims, we of course know that Islam is the balanced path, but I'm talking about what they see nowadays on social media. Think about why Andrew Tate actually was attracted by Islam. Because Andrew Tate, who is extreme as well in his ways, perceived Islam as something extreme. Back to the kitchen. Haram. Haram. Shut up and put on a burqa, right? That was his talking stick. So, he believed that Islam is something very extreme, something very misogynistic, something very manly, and therefore he was attracted to it. But, was he truly be guided by Allah to tawhid? That is the question. And I would make the claim, probably not. So, in this day and age, many people get simply access to Islam or to the idea of Islam online. And Milo here wouldn't be an exception to that. To this very day, when you hear him talk, you hear a gay man talking. Now, the points that he speaks about, that you're not born this way, that you need a specific amount of traumatization to become gay, maybe you didn't have a strong father figure, etc. etc. etc. That might all be true or hold some truth to it, but the reality is that he's still gay. And now I'm not here to advocate, therefore, hey, go to the gay pride parade and live your lifestyle, queen. That's not what I'm saying. But I'm saying that the guy still is gay, and a blind man can see it. Only he somehow cannot see it, apparently, and he believes that if he latches onto something new, then all of a sudden, wow, you know, it will be cured. It will be healed. It simply won't happen. And not because Islam isn't the cure. I really have to distinguish this here. Islam most certainly is. Genuinely, if you find yourself in the fold of Islam, you truly submitted to Allah. This is what it means to be a Muslim. And not only theoretically, not only in terms of, oh, hey, he said the shahada, and therefore he's a Muslim now. I'll never forget this moment. I was in the Emirates, actually, and we heard about a person reverting to Islam. I think that person was Irish or English, something on those lines. And I don't speak Arabic, but I understand a word or two. My friends there, my brother said, "Such and such as lemma." So, let's say, Kevin submitted. They didn't say, "Oh, look at Milo here, he reverted to Islam." Or look at Milo here, he converted to Islam. They simply said, "Hey, look at James, he submitted." And I wish that this is true for Milo as well. I really hope that he has been truly guided to Islam, that he can truly submit himself. But I see a man with a humongous ego. I see a showman here. I see a diva, matter of fact, I see a queen. And therefore, I simply cannot take it at face value and say, "Oh, well, this guy has been guided. He's a Muslim. Welcome to the fold of Islam now." I wish [snorts] him well. I wish him all the best, but I see that this man is still battling a lot of demons. Anyways, guys, this is it for today's video. If you enjoyed it, leave it a thumbs up. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. Check out the links in the description box below to further support my work. And as always, may God bless you all. Much love and peace. >> [singing]