Be on the side of truth

Look. I'm a westerner. My ancestors were Irish and German. But I don't feel any conflict, in acknowledging the reality that the West has always been and still is barbaric. You know, there was a Sahabi named Abu Dharr al Ghafari, and his whole tribe, before Islam, they were highway robbers.

They were bandits, thieves, murderers, and they were renowned for that. When they embraced Islam, they didn't pretend that they didn't have that history. In fact, having that history just demonstrated how much Islam changed them. They were no more, defined by what they were before Islam nor did they identify or defend what they were before Islam any more than I am defined by or identify with or defend the history of the West. You have to tell the truth.