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I’m disappointed by your comments about the drag show and stopped at that point. I’m a 48 year old white woman who has been following your channel for several years now. I appreciated the education you two provided about Muslim culture and was even able to use some of what I learned to educate others in everyday life settings. I get what you were saying that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, but for a channel that I felt was trying to break down biases and stereotypes through education, I was disappointed that you verbalized your bias against another culture that is also struggling to find tolerance and acceptance and who are actively being targeted. I wish you the best of luck in your move, but unfortunately I won’t get to find out where that will be as I’m dropping out.

I wish my politicians in the west had our interests at heart in the same way.

Good for you, I wish you all the best. Personally I left Canada too few years ago and very happy living away from Canada. I share with you all the 5 reasons you have outlined in your video.

Oh ALLAH bless u, u earned my respect. May ALLAH Always guide ur all reasons are totally understandable but the no 1 reason just brought tears to my eyes. Yes I wish all the Muslims take some steps or all humans take some steps towards humanity.

I moved to Canada in 1990 and gave up my Singapore Citizenship most probably the biggest mistake in my life. I am retired now and wishing to retire in Thailand. I can relate to everything you said.

The problem is that the Arabs wish to eradicate the jews. 4 times there has been a two state solution on the tabel. 4 times Israel has said yes. 4 times the arabs said no and started war and terror. I fail to see how this will lead to peace, safety and dignity.

do you not understand what is turning canada into a shthl3? i wish all your compatriots and correligionists would follow your example. i'm sure decent, civilized canadians will not miss you one bit.

I take my hat off to you and admire you for acknowledging your sincere preferences to live in Gaza. \nTo want to live under Shariah law \nTo want to live a singularly Islamic life\nTo live under a rulership that not even it's own leaders live under\nTo prefer not to live in a democratic environment.\nTo live in a place where schools teach children to hate anyone not exactly like themselves rather than accept others in their diversity\nI am not sure the inflation rate in Canada is really higher than Gaza though.\nI wish you and your family well and success in your life in Gaza

Allah bless you guys wish I could move from Canada

I'm not muslim, but i completely understand your view points and your reasons to leave. I wish you all the best in your journey. Inshallah all goes well.

I would also like to leave Canada because I am tired of the hatred towards muslims. I have to decide where to go. I wish you both a lot of luck and happiness and I hope you find your place in the sun, Insha Allah, Ameen.

I am not Muslim or Christian and I fully understand and support your concerns about Canadian society. I wish you well and completely agree with all of your reasons. I am interested as to where you are heading? Your children are so lucky to have you as parents!

You are correct in everything you have said, I am Canadian and I am so totally dissatisfied with our current government and what is happening in Canada … I wish every blessing for you and your family. It’s a downward spiral for sure.

As an atheist, I wish you a good life ❤

We do have a bunch of muslim communities in Australia (the one's I've seen are in Sydney region) and I have heard the call to prayer, but it isn't a widespread thing. We also have schools which have predominantly hijab-wearing students (I think it was a girl's school in Sydney). But racism is unfortunately something that is common here. I wish it wasn't, because everyone deserves the right to respect and living in peace, its the most basic human right. Also as someone who socialises a lot with the lgbt and drag community I so respect your right to parent your kids as you choose. I have things I would teach my kids, and so do you. Hoping you all find the most comfy and safe home in the future.

I wish most presents are like this!!

I am amazed at your kindness and beautiful hearts you both are a credit to this world..I wish you well wherever you may jump to..me I am off to the Philippines next year if 10 UK cops do not jump on me in the meantime

i respect their decision. i wish all muslims in the western countries did that though I realize most cannot afford to. whih is why i believe western governments should initiate programs that finance muslim emigration. that can actually speed up the de-islamization of the western civilization. tbh, it's a win-win.

Be careful what you wish. The grass is always greener on the other side. If you have to choose perhaps you should consider Malaysia. This is a multi-ethnic, multi-religions country which has exist for hundred of years.

Super proud of you for this decision. Wishing you the very best of luck in this Sunnah ❤

So courageous❤wishing you all the luck

I am not muslim but do understand your concerns. These are all fair points that you've discussed here. I wish you well wherever you settle down and hope that you inspire many more people/families that they have similar beliefs.

I am a Christian Canadian Palestinian. I fully sympathize with you and wish you success in finding the right country for you. Canada is a superb country but needs retooling urgently as otherwise it will go down the drain ?

I am Mennonite (a pacifist denomination of anabaptist Christianity) Canadian, and our government’s support for the wars and human rights violations of the Military Industrial Complex and the American Financial System deeply sadden and anger me. What is happening in Palestine is heartbreaking.\n\nCanada is not a democracy, and too many Canadians do not see how easily they are manipulated by government funded propaganda.\n\nI wish you nothing but the best in finding a new country to call home. ?

Consider Turkey for hijra. Best wishes. JizakAllah

I agree with much of your reasons for leaving and I wish you well.

You're such a lovely family and I only just started following you, but I wish you the best.

I agree 100% as an Australian your doing the right thing because even here I am seeing these things which are morally wrong and you cant speak out because your made as the bad person. So I hope you find your paradise on Earth that is what you want..My parents after second world war came to Australia now gone and I am old I wish I could leave here and go somewhere else but its safe where we are and in Tasmania so its cold we have a good state its small but very cold hehe so good luck..

Thank you for this story. I can feel all the words and feelings. Best wishes for future. ❤

Mashallah, I wish to find a wife like her, very beautifullll

We left Canada 3 years ago, for similar reasons, and although we are not Muslims, Canada treats Christians no better, we were just as outraged by what we saw, and this Canada of today is nothing like what it was. As an Eastern European I was also excluded, the only people who stood by me in college were my Muslim classmates. I wish you a best!

I wish I could move to another country too for example moving to Canada

I just stumbled upon you guy's channel by accident, because we are looking to move out of our country as well and Canada was actually a possible option. (not likely now) \n\nI am not muslim, I am just a regular western white girl, with priveleges I never knew I had until a few years ago, and looking at the world with increasing disgust and sadness. \nI completely understand why you'd want to move away from there, and even though I am not muslim, some of the points mentioned here are also reasons we want to leave where we are now (Netherlands). \nSociety is falling apart, people pointing fingers, our government is a ****show and puts the entire world's needs before taking care of our own problems. I don't feel safe and welcome anymore in the country that I once called home. I can't imagine how hard it must be for you two, raising kids, in the world how it is today, where people are using Islam in ways it was not intended and how it has played out to put the western population to turn against an entire group of people that also ultimately like everyone else, want to live their life in peace and safety. \n\nI wish you both the very best, stick to what you think is right! Your children couldn't have asked for better parents :)

This saddens me - Fellow Canadians are wanting to leave their home land because politicians have made it impossible for us to live here. \n\nI very much agree with you and with most of the reasons why you're leaving. I wish you the best in finding your new home and hope you know you will always be welcomed back to Canada with open arms.

You are in an overall Christian country... What did you expect? If you want to live in an Islamic country... Wish you well on your travels.

Wow! What a beautiful Canadian couple, we need more people like this in the world. I wish you and your family the very best.

I wish all Muslims would do the same rather than expect their host country to bend to their beliefs which sadly is happening in Europe.

Best Wishes To This Beautiful Couple - May Allah (SWT) Protect You And Make You Successful

Assalam w Alaikum! Dear Saleh family... It is an inspiration to see your vlogs and the good work you have been doing .. May Allah be pleased with you... i am glad that you have taken this decision and it is never too late... The reasons you have mentioned, do make sense and I wish you all the best and pray for your next steps that you find a good place to settle soon... I suggest you to consider UAE as your next destination, specifically Abu Dhabi as a city where you and your kids will find it much comfortable to live and practice a good healthy life... you may hear that it is expensive, but trust me it is worth it, especially when it comes to Health, Safety and Environment friendly ... The leadership here are young and have good vision for the development and prosperity of the people. Any support required i'll be more than happy to help in my capacity... inshaAllah ... Peace!

Born in Lebanon and 3 yrs old when we came to Canada. Wishing you and your family the best wherever you end up moving to ❤

I'm no longer a religious person, don't believe in any. What shocked me about the west is the insanity to support the genocide in Gaza, it is so much in your face and one side that on principle alone, it is digusting. It is one of the reason, as well as the economic collapse that is taking place that has me questioning if I want to support any of this. Wish you all the best in your move! I just not sure where I want to go, but it will be some place I never have to deal with the West, supporting is financially and deal with winter for that matter.

Yes. I wish I was that polite.

MASHA ALLAAH....WHAT A VERY GOOD COMMUNICATIVE AND UNDERSTANDING FAMILY, MASHA ALLAH! MAY YOUR DECISION BE A GREAT ONE. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

I am not a Muslim and was born and raised in America but I see many of the same problems here that you listed. The indoctrination of children, the drag queen story hours, the drugs, the inflation, the downfall of society. I don’t know where it’s better b/c these seem to be world wide problems. I wish your family the best in finding your new home.

Wish you all the very best for your move to a new country. And may Allah SWT bless you and provides you with everything best for you and family.

No country is perfect and Canada is not either, but when compared, it's doing pretty well. If everybody would change country because they disagree with the government on some points, everybody would leave their country. Wherever you live, you have to embrace the way of life of this country. If I lived in Morocco, I wouldn't heve the idea to criticize the call for prayer 5 times a day. The same way you can not expect to have it here because this country is still mainly catholic and protestant. I wish you find you perfect place in the world.

As an atheist I wish you all the best, it's true the political games destroying the West from within. Though I'm on the side of LGBT and i believe that they should have rights like everyone else, at the same time I understand that some extreme ideologies can go and push so far and I agree that let kids be kids. My only concern is that Islamic countries do not have any rights for LGBT people at all, in fact, they are being prosecuted based on religion since religion is basically the law. I guess only time will tell if you made the right choice, I can not recommend any country this is something that you need to research deeply and make a decision for yourself.\nI'm in British Columbia, and my child had never experienced any drug queen library stories or anything like that, nor did teachers teach them anything without our consent, there is full transparency between teachers and parents.\nAt the same time, I'm just like you disproving collective punishment of Palestinian citizens, the atrocities are sickening and I couldn't believe that the United Nations is tiptoeing and not being proactive in defending Palestinian children, it's just unthinkable to me that it's happening in the 21st Century.

Wish these people brought the struggle of Rohingyas and Uyghurs to light as well.....

This is such an eye opener. Thanks for this video. We are from South Africa and although the crime rate is probably one of the highest in the world, we are fortunate to have masaajids in majority of the areas . Alhamdulilah.\n\nWith all the corruption going on, our government has a strong stance supporting Palestine. ?? ?? \n\nSometimes we think life is brighter on the other end. \n\nI wish you all the best and may Allah facilitate ease with your move. Ameen

I’m originally from Kazakhstan but have lived all my adult life in California (21-41) and now considering moving out of state or even country. I do have still another 10 years I need to live here to accomplish a few of my career goals to live more comfortably afterwards, but in a long run this is not a place to live anymore. Even in the past 20 years I’ve lived in California I’ve witnessed economy and the whole family values goes down the drain, more homelessness, less opportunities, people are more selfish, etc. I know it is happening all around the world too but as in this video it was stated, it is much harder for me to be a practicing Muslim in an environment surrounded by non Muslims (no offense) - just the lack of mosques in my vicinity, an Islamic environment for my child, halal foods, etc. There are mosques and halal food, but I have to drive for it. I have wonderful friends, coworkers and neighbors that are non Muslim and super nice and we have great relationships. But there are oftentimes situations when I wish they understood me better like with this situation about Palestine. I think Palestine is the last drop we needed to firmly make the decision to move.