Khalid Latif - Fake Friends: Performative Allyship

About this lecture

In this khutbah delivered one week after the Christchurch mosque attacks, Imam Khalid Latif uses the story of Abu Bakr and Ibn Ad-Daghina to explore what genuine allyship looks like — and what it doesn't. Drawing on the concept of the shuhada, the resilience of the New Zealand Muslim community, and the importance of strategic community building, he calls on Muslims to stop accepting performative support and to build real relationships rooted in shared values, without compromising their identity or deen.