Still
Searching The
Real Islam
By
Abul Kasem
Believe
it or not, a desperate search is going on in the land of the
infidels. Here the
new Mullahs make the search for true Islam.
The religion Islam as being practiced in the Islamic
heavens (like
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Iran) has
damaged the good name of Islam—the religion of peace and
mercy. The Qur’an
and Hadiths, the two guiding books are not followed exactly
note-for-note in these Islamic havens.
At least that is what we gather from the new Mullahs who
have solidly anchored their new roots in the civilized West.
Therefore, the new Mullahs need to tell the world one more time
that true Islam is not what the world sees in those places.
The actions of the Islamic leaders of these countries
have put a shame in the face of Islam. The new Mullahs are,
therefore desperate to erase that shame.
Let
us see what could possibly be the true demeanor of Islam.
November
1997, Luxor, Egypt. The
Islamic fundamentalists belonging to organization Al
Gamaa al Islamiya slaughter 60 tourists, wound 20 others,
and kidnaps all the young women tourists in the city of Luxor.
The only crime of these tourists was that they wanted to visit
the Pyramid. The Islamists claim that they were simply carrying
out the instructions in the Qur’an.
This is not real
Islam.
March
2001, Afghanistan. The Talibans complete the destruction of the
tallest Buddhist statue in defiance of the world protest that
included many Islamic nations. The Talibans have no apology to
seek. They were simply following the injunctions in their Holy
Scriptures. This
is not true Islam.
February
1993, Islamic fundamentalists bomb the World Trade Centre in New
York City. Six people are killed and thousands injured.
This is not true
Islam.
February
1989, Iran. Ayatollah Khomeini declares Salman Rushdie, an
apostate and imposes death sentence on him.
This is not true
Islam.
July
1998. Iran executes Ruhollah Rowhani for apostasy.
He converted to Bahai faith from Islam.
This is not true
Islam.
March
1971. In Bangladesh
(then East Pakistan) Pakistani Islamic army started a worst
genocide in human history by slaughtering 3 million innocent
lives, raping 250,000 women, and commits looting and plunder.
Very few families are left that are not direct or indirect
victims of this massacre. All Islamists support this action
saying that it was necessary to protect Islam.
This is not true
Islam
.
August
1998, Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa.
Islamic fundamentalists bomb the U.S embassy in both
these places. 224
people dies and 4,500 people are injured in Nairobi. 11 killed
and 85 injured in Dar es Salaam.
This is not true
Islam.
September
2000, Jolo Island, the Philippines.
The fundamentalist Islamic Abu Sayaf group kidnaps 36
tourists as hostages and demands ransom in exchange for their
release. The captives suffer inhuman torture for months in the
hands of the terrorists. This
is not true Islam.
January
2001, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Islamic fundamentalists declare
death sentence on two judges on charges of apostasy (Murtad) and
in February 2001 they slaughter a policeman in a mosque.
This is not true
Islam.
Pakistan.
Shia Sunni Islam clash results in slaughter in mosques.
Newspaper reports about 300 Shia mosques are destroyed.
This is not true
Islam.
March
2001. Indonesia. Islamic
extremists give ultimatum to the non-Islamic believers of Kesui
Island to convert to Islam or be killed.
Hundreds of people of other faith convert to Islam just
to save their lives. The male converts are subjected to
unhygienic circumcision and the females are subject unhygienic
clitoridectomy (female genital mutilation).
This is not real
Islam.
We
can go on citing examples after examples of the Islamic
justices, mercy and tolerances that had been carried out
throughout the world. These
steps were taken after the Islamists have consulted their Holy
Scriptures meticulously and were convinced that those actions
were justified for the preservation and propagation of Islam.
They can quote volumes of Qur’anic Ayats and Hadiths to
backup their activities no matter how insane the world thinks of
them. They care
very little for the life and property of the vast majority of
the world population. The
only thing that they have learned is that Islam is the only
religion in the world and all other faiths must be silenced at
any or at all costs. They sincerely believe in their Holy books
and are prepared to cause any amount of bloodshed to achieve
their goals.
Why
are the new Mullahs so upset over those activities of the
Islamists? After
all, they (the Islamists) are just carrying out what the founder
of their faith did in dealing with the non-Muslims 1400 years
ago. The Islamists
are simply following the footsteps of their founder in every
inch of their way. Why
should the new Mullahs not support their actions?
Well, this is exactly what puzzles ordinary people like
you and me. Let us
look at some clues to this enigma.
The
new Mullahs really admire the Western style of secularism that
gives them the absolute freedom of expression for their beliefs
and thoughts. The
constitutions of these infidel countries guarantee this right.
When the press reports the uncivilised, inhuman and
savage activities of the Islamic fundamentalists they simply
feel ashamed and guilty about the innocent people massacred by
their compatriots. They
just run for cover to hide their Islamic faces.
They just cannot believe that these actions of the
fundamentalists are indeed the pure and straight interpretations
of their dear faith. They
(the new Mullahs) know rather well that the neighborhood and the
country in which they live may soon start to look at them in the
eyes of contempt. Therefore,
they start the damage control actions.
They start preaching to any one who questions the inane
activities of the fundamentalists.
They will quote from the ambiguous Qur’an and Hadiths
those nice and sweet verses.
This makes the gullible and ignorant (about Islam) people
with the idea that Islam is not what the fundamentalists are
doing and are satisfied that everything is fine and dandy with
Islam. One reason
why the new Mullahs have difficulty in understanding the madness
of the Islamic fundamentalists is that most of them have never
seen any Islamic paradise like Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
Islamic Republic Of Iran, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,
Islamic Sudan. It
is simply beyond their comprehension what an Islamic paradise
looks like. This is
similar to a politician's false promise to his voters.
The voters have illusive ideas of the promises.
They fall for the promises and vote the politician.
Only after the politician assumes office, the truth
starts to emerge. If
ever these new Mullahs have an opportunity to experience what
these Islamic countries practice and how happy are the citizen
of these Allah's land, then only, will they realize how real
Islam works. For my
part, I had had enough of Islamic paradises in some of the
Islamic countries where I lived and worked previously.
Another
ploy by these new Mullahs to raise the savage image of Islam to
a civilised status is to declare that Islam is very scientific.
Oh my! What
a cruel joke! I
think if this piece of information can find it's way to the
graves of all the scientists who were once persecuted by
religion for their scientific discoveries, they may jump out of
their graves! Why
should the new Mullahs portray to the world that Islam is very
scientific? Here is the answer.
Nowadays, there are two words in the world that people
love to hate. These two words are ‘fundamentalist Islam.’
The new Mullahs by living in the infidel countries have
discovered that one of the most respected words in the West is
the word ‘scientific.’
If anything is proven to be scientific, then people give
credible recognition to that thing or idea.
That's it! The
new Mullahs have found the solution to the derogatory term
(fundamentalist) associated with their faith.
They just need to add the word 'scientific' with the word
Islam (that is, scientific Islam) and that's it.
All the bad connotation about Islamic fundamentalism will
simply vanish in the thin air.
What a novel idea! What
a great pretender!
The
idea that Islam (or any other religion for that matter) is
scientific is simply laughable. Any sensible person can see that
this (Islamic science) is a very hollow and capricious idea
propagated by none other than the new Mullahs. This idea had
never been mooted by the fundamentalists at any time.
They (the fundamentalists) are quite happy with whatever
they have in their hands. In
fact, they are too busy to implement what they have learned from
their existing religious rules.
However, the new Mullahs want to create an impression
that because Islam is scientific, therefore whatever the
fundamentalists are implementing are unscientific and so not
Islamic. This is
the trick the new Mullahs want to play with the educated and
knowledgeable people of the West and the infidel countries.
Let
us now briefly elucidate what science has to say on this matter.
The
foundation of scientific knowledge is the absence of blind
faith. Science
questions anything everything even the religious dogma.
What is the foundation of Islam (or any other religion)?
Isn't it the blind faith in the Qur’an, Hadiths and the
Prophet (pbuh)? How do the Islamists prove that it is possible
to practice Islam without blind faith?
Another
basis of science is the meticulous observation of a natural
phenomena, critical analysis (based on mathematical, statistical
and logical principles) and infer from the analysis the possible
cause/s of the phenomena. As
our knowledge of mathematics, statistics and logic progresses,
so is the knowledge of science. That means scientific principles
are not immutable. They
may change as our understanding of nature and it's intricate
working mechanism advances.
I do not understand how this cardinal principle of
science can be applied to Islamic faith where every word in the
Holy Scripture is considered immutable and cannot be questioned.
To conform to a scientific law any experiment or
observation must be repeatable.
This is similar to a formula.
Every time certain things happen then the natural outcome
will always be the same. This
is the premise of a scientific law.
And because of this principle, it is possible to send a
man to moon and bring him back. This principle assures the safe
return of a space shuttle....etc. If any law fails to comply
with the repeatability principle than that is not a scientific
law. Straight and simple. Let
the Islamists prove that their faith complies with all these
strict rules of science.
It
is simply a fun to observe that some new Mullahs try to trick
the scientific community with their absurd ideas and whims.
I remember that at one time in 1960s Monem Khan, the then
Governor of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) asked the local
intellectuals to write Rabindra Sangeet (Tagore songs) that
conformed to Islamic principles (that is, Islamic Rabindra
Sangeet)! He used
to say that 'we (the Pakistanis) do not want Indian Rabindra
Sangeet. We shall
make Pakistani Rabindra Sangeet'!!
I shall not be surprised that very soon the new Mullahs
will cry for Islamic Civil Engineering, Islamic Mechanics,
Islamic Thermodynamics, Islamic Electronics, Islamic Medicine,
Islamic Geology, Islamic Statistics, Islamic Calculus, Islamic
Gynaecology, Islamic Neurology, Islamic Genetics, Islamic
Physics, Islamic Chemistry, Islamic Gravity, Islamic Newton's
Law, Islamic Theory of Relativity, Islamic Evolution (which they
already have, remember genesis?) and so on.
How amusing! The
new Mullahs assert that science has become too Westernised, so
they want to make it more Islamised.
What an absurd idea it is!
How about the Hindu science, the Buddhist science?
How about the Jewish science? How about the Sikh science
and how about the Falun Gang science.
All these religions too have the rights (?) to call their
faith scientific too. There
is a newspaper called 'The Christian Science Monitor,’
published from, U.S. Shall
we very soon see 'The Real Islamic Science Gazette', 'The Falun
Gang Science Herald', 'The Hindu Science Tribune ……….and
so on?
The
notion that science is 'Western,’ 'Eastern,’ 'Indian,’
'Arabic,’ etc., is totally wrong and illogical.
The purpose of science is to study the natural phenomena
and discover the laws governing these phenomena.
Simply speaking, this means the logical and rational
explanation of natural phenomena. It is absolutely not dependent
at any place or time. Why the Islamists call science 'Western'?
It is because they are very very jealous and angry that
the West has advanced so far due to the science.
They are simply frustrated that even with the enormous
petro-dollar in their hands the oil rich Islamic countries could
not produce is a single scientist of international repute. All
that the petro-dollar has contributed is in the creation of more
and more fundamentalists (read close mind) and more killing,
more tyranny and frightening terrorism around the globe.
These Islamists have forgotten that the development of
science and technology does not depend on money and wealth but
more so on nurturing open mind. It is the freedom of expression
and innovative mindset of the entire population of a society.
Innovative thinking and ideas cannot be fostered in
religious blindness, bigotry and intolerance.
In the Western society, the advancement in science and
technology skyrocketed only when they became
secular/freethinking and threw the blind faith in religion out
of their lives. Is
that possible in Islamic societies?
The new Mullahs simplistic notion that adding the word
'Science' after the word 'Islamic' will make it real Islam is
just as good as going to the barber for brain surgery!
The barber also works on your head but that does not make
him a brain surgeon.
Readers,
please stop and think for a while. Think about all the modern
appliances that we use at our home every day!
Think of radio. Think
of Television. Think of Microwave Oven, Think of movie pictures.
Think of mobile phone. Think of computers. Think of the
Internet. Think of e-mail.
Think of the rocket that carries a man to moon and brings
him safely back to earth. Think
of the communication satellites.
Think of the robots that goes to Mars and sends back 3-D
pictures of Mars' landscape.
Think of modern medicine.
Think of X-ray, of penicillin and antibiotics.
Think of CT scan and ultrasound that enable us to see an
unborn baby in a mother's womb.
Think. Think.
Think. Can we tell
which of these inventions were possible as a result of Qur’an
and Hadith? Can we
quote a single Islamic name that was involved with any of these
modern scientific and technological achievements that we take
for granted? Nope!
Why? Why? If
real Islam is so scientific, why is it that it has next to
nothing contribution in the storehouse of human knowledge?
A
popular tactic by the new Mullahs for damage control is to
portray that true Islam is a very tolerant religion.
Let us test the tolerance of true Islam.
Let us send this essay to an Islamic web site.
Readers, believe it that this essay will never be
published by any of these Islamic web sites.
I personally have done this.
I wrote small letters to these web sites which questioned
the veracity of some aspects of Islam.
My letters were never published.
If you visit those Islamic sites the only essays and
letters you will see are those that are in praise of Islam and
eulogize the faith. This
is the tolerance of true Islam!
The tolerance is for nothing but praise of Islam.
However, the secularists web site (like NFB, secularism,
etc.), not only respects the new Mullahs religion but also
publishes essays that are critical of secularists/free thinkers.
The new Mullahs take advantage of the liberal attitude of the
secularist/free thinkers and use their web sites to propagate
their age-old brand of faith in a new bottle.
Is this fair?
Let
us not be bewitched. Let
us not be fooled by these hypocrite new Mullahs. The real Islam
is the Islam practiced by the Islamic abodes of Allah (Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Sudan, etc.). These countries follow
the Islamic Scriptures to the letter and whether we like it or
not, they are determined to show to the world the true demeanor
of Islam. They are
not shy or hesitant to carry out the implementation and the
enforcement of the injunctions
of Qur’an Our
new Mullahs simply wished that these verses in Qur’an did not
exist. How sad they feel to learn that there can be no Sahih
Qur’an like the Sahih
Hadiths!
Is
there any one who actually knows or knew about real Islam?
The answer, surprisingly, is yes.
We need to go back around 1400 years behind for this
information. It was
621 AD and after the death of Khadija, the Prophet’s (pbuh)
first wife. God's
angel Gabriel speaks quite frequently to Mohammad and reveals
the messages of Allah. Being
illiterate, the Prophet (pbuh) had a faithful scribe by the name
of Abdullah ibn Saud to write the messages of Allah while the
Prophet (pbuh) dictated this (the message) in his state of
trance. The
occasion was the revelation of Sura 23 ("The
believers"; translation by Pickthall).
As Prophet (pbuh) started to murmur, Abdullah ibn Saud
wrote:
23:12
Verily We created man from a product of wet earth;
23:13
Then placed him as a drop (of seed) in a safe lodging;
23:14
Then fashioned We the drop a clot, then fashioned We the clot a
little lump bones, then clothed the bones with flesh, and then
produced it as another creation.
After
revealing up to this point the Prophet (pbuh) was tired.
He took a breath when Abdullah ibn Saud completed the
verse 14 with "So blessed be Allah, the Best of
creators!" and to his shock Mohammad replied "yes,
that's it" (Source: The life of Muhammad. Ch.2. by Robert
E. Burns)
Abdullah
knew exactly what was going on.
He could not bear the trickery any more.
So, he left the Prophet (pbuh) and became an apostate.
The merciful Prophet (pbuh) wasted no time to finish off
with Abdullah after he conquered Mecca.
I
am sure by this time the intelligent readers should have found
out what the real Islam is!
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Abul
Kasem writes
from Sydney, Australia.
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