Inventing Reality

We saw a mosque built through donations by a merchant, and the minaret alone cost seven million riyals ­ I have no idea how much the mosque itself cost, but the minaret was seven million! That amount could do a lot of good work in the area of orienting people towards the religion of Allah, towards the noble Quran and in educating them according to it, or in confronting the enemy or providing the means to do so.

We see that even a small contribution in the area in which we are working can go a long way; how would it be if there were a contribution of seven million riyals? This minaret, what will it do? … however, when you build a human being on the basis of the Quran isn’t he someone who is capable of shooting at America? Is it possible for the minaret to some day turn into a rocket that will be launched and destroy a city among the cities of unbelief (al-kufr)? No … you did not build a human being, you did not build ‘minarets’ ­ the true minaret is the human being whom you build on the basis of the Quran and who builds and constructs himself according to the guidance of Allah where his success is on the basis of the Quran.

-Shaheed Hussein Badr al Din al Houthi