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Daughters of Hajar
That was an excellent summation , thank you.
Cliftonbridge?
what is the significance of this handle? only if you want to share.
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 8, 2007 10:17 pm
Re: # 275That was an excellent summation , thank you.
Cliftonbridge?
what is the significance of this handle? only if you want to share.
Daughters of Hajar
Even they believed him whatever he(pbuh) said to the..except when he(pbuh) asked them not to be mushrik.
But Teddy Ahmed is ready to believe, without an iota of questioning, any bay-eeman ( non-ameen) on earth who would talk of any miracle by the his god-fathers because:
1. He saw it on god-fatherTV
2. He read in a book written by god-father
3. His god-father told him
He believes in every version of landing on the moon, 9/11. Hitler, Fundamentalist proud muslims, afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and everthing and anything ..only if a god-father , his mai-baap said it so.
He is the most superficial, goody-two-shoes, ahmaque, and simplistic buDDhha on CHOWK.
`` Decency, politeness, love-thy-neighbor kind of homilies are always the refuge of the ultimate scoundrel & hypocrite``
..and the joke is that the guy thinks he is more honest than arjun2!..what a pathological-specimen this Teddy Ahmed..
and All Data Processor Techies are seldom so stupid either; its not the trade..its the grade!
[ did anybody notice that Teddy Ahmed never writes even the name Muhammad (pbuh) in case he is OUTED. Does anyone remember him ever writing the noble name?...........this was just incidental, not that I really care or it is that important. He always supports those ones who jeer & sneer at ALL (no exceptions!)great & learned muslims, mullas, maulvis, and maulanas and the ones who have an unflinching love-fest with his goraa-master..the hand that feeds him]
He would be OK , even in his stupidity, if he doesn`t act a hole-ier-than-thou. The guy fancies himself, as per his definition, civilised .
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 8, 2007 09:01 pm
Our prophet(pbuh).....was Ameen , the trustworthy, even to his worst diehard and most murderous of his enemies.Even they believed him whatever he(pbuh) said to the..except when he(pbuh) asked them not to be mushrik.
But Teddy Ahmed is ready to believe, without an iota of questioning, any bay-eeman ( non-ameen) on earth who would talk of any miracle by the his god-fathers because:
1. He saw it on god-fatherTV
2. He read in a book written by god-father
3. His god-father told him
He believes in every version of landing on the moon, 9/11. Hitler, Fundamentalist proud muslims, afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and everthing and anything ..only if a god-father , his mai-baap said it so.
He is the most superficial, goody-two-shoes, ahmaque, and simplistic buDDhha on CHOWK.
`` Decency, politeness, love-thy-neighbor kind of homilies are always the refuge of the ultimate scoundrel & hypocrite``
..and the joke is that the guy thinks he is more honest than arjun2!..what a pathological-specimen this Teddy Ahmed..
and All Data Processor Techies are seldom so stupid either; its not the trade..its the grade!
[ did anybody notice that Teddy Ahmed never writes even the name Muhammad (pbuh) in case he is OUTED. Does anyone remember him ever writing the noble name?...........this was just incidental, not that I really care or it is that important. He always supports those ones who jeer & sneer at ALL (no exceptions!)great & learned muslims, mullas, maulvis, and maulanas and the ones who have an unflinching love-fest with his goraa-master..the hand that feeds him]
He would be OK , even in his stupidity, if he doesn`t act a hole-ier-than-thou. The guy fancies himself, as per his definition, civilised .
Daughters of Hajar
It is Madressa time , Munaafiques & westoxicated jaahils especially urged to attend.
Kaafirs, murtids, zindeeques, murtids....may continue spitting & swearing.
Henceforth all opposition would be answered by a praise of the prophet (pbuh) and drood and salaams to him (pbuh)and his progeny (pbut)
Thank you Urstruly. May Allah bless you.
<font color=``#ffffff`` face=``Verdana``>The Last Prophet</font>
Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets
The Prophet as the founder of Islam and the
messenger of God`s revelation to mankind is the interpreter par excellence of the Book of
God; and his Hadith and Sunnah, his sayings and actions are, after the Qur`an, the most
important sources of the Islamic tradition.
The spiritual nature of the Prophet is veiled in his human one
and his purely spiritual function is hidden in his duties as the guide of men and the
leader of a community. It was the function of the Prophet to be not only a spiritual
guide, but also the organizer of a new social order with all that such a function implies.
And it is precisely this aspect of his being that veils his purely spiritual dimension from
foreign eyes.
Outsiders have understood his political genius, his power of oratory, his
great statesmanship, but few have understood how he could be the religious and spiritual
guide of men and how his life could be emulated by those who aspire to sanctity. This is
particularly true in the modern world in which religion is separated from other domains of
life and most modern men can hardly imagine how a spiritual being could also be immersed
in the most intense political and social activity.
The Prophet did participate in social life in its fullest sense.
He married, had a household, was a father and moreover he was ruler and judge and had also
to fight many wars in which he underwent painful ordeals. He had to undergo many hardships
and experience all the difficulties which human life, especially that of the founder of a
new state and society, implies. But within all these activities his heart rested in
contentment with the Divine, and he continued inwardly to repose in the Divine Peace. In
fact his participation in social and political life was precisely to integrate this domain
into a spiritual centre.
The Prophet entertained no political or worldly ambition
whatsoever. He was by nature a contemplative. He often spent long periods in the cave of
Hira` in solitude and meditation. He did not believe himself to be by nature a man of the
world or one who was naturally inclined to seek political power among the Quraysh or
social eminence in Meccan society, although he came from the noblest family. It was in
fact very painful and difficult for him to accept the burden of prophecy which implied the
founding of not only a new religion but also a new social and political order.
The marriages of the Prophet are not at all signs of his
lenience vis-a-vis the flesh. Multiple marriage, for him, as is true of Islam in general,
was not so much enjoyment as responsibility and a means of integration of the newly
founded society. The multiple marriages of the Prophet, far from pointing to his weakness
towards `the flesh`, symbolize his patriarchal nature and his function, not as a saint who
withdraws from the world, but as one who sanctifies the very life of the world by living
in it and accepting it with the aim of integrating it into a higher order of reality.
The Prophet exercises the utmost kindness possible and was harsh
only with traitors. Now, a traitor against a newly founded religious community, which God
has willed and whose existence is a mercy from heaven for mankind, is a traitor against
the Truth itself. The harshness of the Prophet in such cases is an expression of Divine
Justice. As to what concerned his own person, the Prophet was always the epitome of
kindness and generosity.
Also the Prophet was not certainly without love and compassion.
Although the Prophet was in a sense a king or ruler of a community and a judge and had to
deal according to justice in both capacities, he was at the same time one whose being was
anchored in the love for God.
From the Muslim point of view, the Prophet is the symbol of
perfection of both the human person and human society.
The universal characteristics of the Prophet are not the same as
his daily actions and day to day life. They are, rather, characteristics which issue forth
from his personality as a particular spiritual prototype. Seen in this light there are
essentially three qualities that characterize the Prophet.
First of all the Prophet possessed the quality of piety in its
most universal sense, that quality which attaches man to God. The Prophet was in that
sense pious. He had a profound piety which inwardly attached him to God, that made him
place the interest of God before everything else including himself.
Secondly he had a quality of combativeness, of always being
actively engaged in combat against all that negated the Truth and disrupted harmony.
Externally it meant fighting wars, either military, political or social ones, the war
which the Prophet named the `little holy war` [al-jihad al-asghar]. Inwardly this
combativeness meant a continuous war against the carnal soul [nafs], against all that in
man tends towards the negation of God and His Will, the `great holy war` [al-jihad
al-akbar].
If a religion is to be an integral part of life it must try to
establish peace in the most profound sense, namely to establish equilibrium between all
the existing forces that surround man and to overcome all the forces that tend to destroy
this equilibrium. No religion has sought to establish peace in this sense more than Islam.
It is precisely in such a context that war can have a positive meaning as the activity to
establish harmony both inwardly and outwardly and it is in this sense that Islam has
stressed the positive aspect of combativeness.
The Prophet was faced from the beginning of his prophetic
mission with the task of wielding the sword of Truth, of establishing equilibrium and in
this arduous task he had no rest. His rest and repose was in the heart of the holy war
[jihad] itself and he represents this aspect of spirituality in which peace comes not in
passivity but in true activity. Peace belongs to one who is inwardly at peace with the Will of
Heaven and outwardly at war with the forces of disruption and disequilibrium.
Finally, the Prophet possessed the quality of magnanimity in its
fullness. His soul displayed a grandeur which every devout Muslim feels. He is for the
Muslim nobility and magnanimity personified.
To focus more sharply on the personality of the Prophet, the
qualities can be enumerated as strength, nobility and serenity or inner calm.
Strength is outwardly manifested in the little holy war and
inwardly in the great holy war. It is this great jihad which is of
particular spiritual significance as a war against all those tendencies which pull the
soul of man away from the Centre and Origin and bar him from the grace of heaven.
The nobility or generosity of the Prophet shows itself most of
all in charity towards all men and more generally towards all beings.
The aspect of serenity, which also characterizes all true
expressions of Islam, is essentially the love of truth. It is to put the Truth before
everything else. It is to be impartial, to be logical on the level of discourse, not to
let one`s emotions color and prejudice one`s intellectual judgment. It is not to be a
rationalist, but to see the truth of things and to love the Truth above all else. To love
the Truth is to love God who is the Truth, one of His Names being the Truth [al-haqq].
In Islam, when one thinks of the Prophet who is to be emulated,
it is the image of a strong personality that comes to mind, who is severe with himself and
with the false and the unjust, and charitable towards the worlds that surrounds him. On
the basis of these two virtues of strength and sobriety on the one hand and charity and
generosity on the other, he is serene, extinguished in the Truth.
He is that warrior on horseback who halts before the mountain of
Truth, passive towards the Divine Will, active towards the world, hard and sober towards
himself and kind and generous towards the creatures about him.
The second Shahadah, Muhammadun rasul Allah [Muhammad is the Prophet of God] thus implies by its sound the power, generosity and
serenity of reposing in the Truth characteristic of the Prophet. This repose in the Truth
is not based on a flight from the world but on a penetration into it in order to integrate
and organize it. The spiritual castle in Islam is based on the firm foundations of harmony
within human society and in individual human life.
How can the Prophet become a guide for human life, and his life,
deeds and thoughts serve as a guide for the Muslim in this terrestrial journey?
The answer
to this fundamental question, which concerns al the individual and collective life of
Muslims of later generations, lies in the sayings which he left behind and which are known
as Hadith and his daily life and practice known as Sunnah.
When man meets an extraordinary person he carries the impression
of this meeting always. This end is achieved through the fresh interpretation that each
generation makes of his life [siyar], through the litanies and chants repeated in his
priase [mada`ih] and though the celebrations marking his birth [mawlid] or other joyous
occasions.
The Hadith literature, in both Sunni and Shi`ite sources, is a
monumental treasury of wisdom which is at once a commentary upon the Qur`an and a
complement to its teachings. The prophetic sayings concern every domain from pure
metaphysics to table manners. In addition, in this literature many questions pertaining to
metaphysics, cosmology, eschatology and the spiritual life are discussed. Altogether,
after the Qur`an, the Hadith and the prophetic Sunnah which is closely bound to it are the
most precious source of guidance which Islamic society possesses, and along with the
Qur`an they are the fountainhead of all Islamic life and thought.
The Hadith is, after the Qur`an, the most important source of
both the Law, Shari`ah, and the Spiritual way, Tariqah. And it is the vital integrating
factor in Muslim society, for the daily lives of millions of Muslims the world over have
been modelled upon the prophetic Sunnah and Hadith.
Through the Hadith and Sunnah Muslims come to know both the
Prophet and the message of the Qur`an. Without Hadith much of the Qur`an would be a closed
book. We are told in the Qur`an to pray but were it not for prophetic Sunnah we would not
know how to pray. Something as fundamental as the daily prayers which are the central rite
of Islam would be impossible to perform without the guidance of the prophetic practice.
This applies to a thousand and one other situations so that it is almost unnecessary to
emphasize the vital connection between the Qur`an and the practice and sayings of the
Prophet whom God chose as its revealer and interpreter to mankind.
Within the vast corpus of prophetic sayings there are forty
which are called `sacred sayings` [Hadith qudsi] which are not a part of the Qur`an
but in
which God speaks in the first person through the Prophet. These sayings, although small in
number, are of extreme importance in that they are, along with certain verses of the
Qur`an, the basis of the spiritual life in Islam. Sufism is based on these sayings and many
a Sufi knows them by heart and lives in constant remembrance of their message. These
sayings all concern the spiritual life rather than social or political matters. They deal
with man`s direct relation with God.
The presence of these sayings indicate how deeply the roots of
Islamic spirituality are sunk in the sources of the revelation itself. Far from being just
a legal and social system devoid of a spiritual dimension, or one upon which a spiritual
dimension was artificially grafted later on, Islam was, from the beginning, both a Law and
a Way. The two dimensions of Islam, the exoteric and the esoteric, are best demonstrated
in the case of the Prophet himself who was both the perfection of human action on the
social and political plane and the prototype of the spiritual life in his inner oneness
with God and in his total realization in which he saw nothing except in God and through
God.
Prophethood is, according to the Islamic view, a state bestowed
upon men whom God has chosen because of certain perfections in them by virtue of which
they become the instrument though whom God reveals His message to the world. Their
inspiration is directly from Heaven. A prophet owes nothing to anyone. he is not a scholar
who discerns through books certain truths, nor one who learns from other human beings and
in turn transmits this learning. His knowledge marks a direct intervention which is not,
from the Islamic point of view, an incarnation but a theophany [tajalli]. This definition
of prophethood holds true for every prophet, not just in the case of the founder of Islam.
Although all prophecy implies a meeting of the Divine and human
planes, there are degrees of prophecy dependent upon the type of message revealed and the
function of the messenger in propagating that message.
There is first of all the nabi, a man who brings news of God`s
message, a man whom God has chosen to speak to. But the message that the nabi receives is
not necessarily universal. He may receive a message which is to remain within him and not
be divulged openly or is meant to be imparted to only a few in the cadre of an already
existing religion. Of the prophets in this sense [anbiya], there are, according to
tradition, one-hundred and twenty-four thousand whom God has sent to every nation and
people.
The universality of prophecy so clearly enunciated in the Qur`an means the universality of tradition, of religion. It means that all orthodox religions
come from heaven and are not man-made. It also implies by its comprehensive formulation
the presence of Divine revelation not only in the Abrahamic tradition but among all
nations.
Among the anbiya there are those who belong to another category
of prophets, or a new level of prophecy, namely those who not only receive a message from
heaven but are also chosen to propagate that message for the segment of humanity
providentially destined for it. The prophet with such a function is called rasul.
Above the rasul stands the prophet who is to bring a major new
religion to the world, the `possessor of firmness and determination` [ulu`l-`azm].
There are then altogether three grades of prophecy, that of the
nabi, the rasul and the ulu`l-`azm. The Prophet was at once a nabi, a rasul and an
ulu`l-`azm and brought the cycle of prophecy to a close. After him there will be no new
Shari`ah or Divine Law brought into the world until the end of time. There are to be no
revelations [wahy] after him, for he marks the termination of the prophetic cycle
[da`irat al-nubuwwah].
It may on the surface appear as a great tragedy that man seems
to be thus left without any possibility of renewing the truths of the revelation through
new contact with the source of truth. But in reality the termination of the prophetic
cycle does not mean that all possibility of contact with the Divine order has ceased.
Whereas revelation [wahy] is no longer possible, inspiration [ilham] remains always as a
latent possibility. Whereas the cycle of prophecy [da`irat al-nubuwwah] has come to an end,
the cycle of wilayat [da`irat al-wildyah], which for want of a better term may be
translated as the `cycle of initiation` and also sanctity, continues.
Actually wilayah means the presence of this inner dimension
within Islam which the Prophet inaugurated along with a new Shari`ah and which will
continue to the end of time. Thanks to its presence, man is able to renew himself
spiritually and gain contact with the Divine although a new revelation is no longer
possible.
Far from there being a need for any new religion, which at this
moment of time can only mean a pseudo-religion, the revelation brought by the Prophet
contains in itself all that is needed to fulfill in every way the religious and spiritual
needs of Muslims, from the common believer to the potential saint.
The Prophet is human equilibrium which has become extinct in the
Divine Truth. He marks the establishment of harmony and equilibrium between all tendencies
present in man, his sensual, social, economic, political tendencies, which cannot be
overcome unless the human state itself is transcended. He displays the integration of
these tendencies and forces with the aim of establishing a basis which naturally leads
towards contemplation and extinction in the Truth. His spiritual way means to accept the
human condition which is normalized and sanctified as the ground for the most lofty
spiritual castle.
The spirituality of Islam of which the Prophet is the prototype
is not the rejection of the world but the transcending of it through its integration into
a Centre and the establishment of a harmony upon which the quest for the Absolute is
based. The Prophet in these qualities that he displayed so eminently is at once the
prototype of human and spiritual perfection and a guide towards its realization.
The Prophet is the perfection of both the human collectivity and
the human individual, the norm for the perfect social life and the prototype and guide for
the spiritual life. He is both the Universal Man and the Primordial Man [al-insan
al-qadim].
The Prophet possessed eminently both the human [nasuf] and
spiritual [lahut] natures, and for this very reason his example makes possible the
presence of a spiritual way in Islam. He was the perfect ruler, judge and leader of men.
He was the creator of the most perfect Muslim society in comparison with which every later
society is a falling away. But he was in addition the prototype of the spiritual life.
That is why it is absolutely necessary to follow in his footsteps if one aspires towards
spiritual realization.
The love of the Prophet is incumbent upon all Muslims and
especially upon those who aspire towards the saintly life. This love must not be
understood in an individualistic sense. Rather, the Prophet is loved because he symbolizes
that harmony and beauty that pervade all things, and displays in their fullness those
virtues, the attainment of which allow man to realize his theomorphic nature.
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 8, 2007 01:25 pm
It is Madressa time , Munaafiques & westoxicated jaahils especially urged to attend.
Kaafirs, murtids, zindeeques, murtids....may continue spitting & swearing.
Henceforth all opposition would be answered by a praise of the prophet (pbuh) and drood and salaams to him (pbuh)and his progeny (pbut)
Thank you Urstruly. May Allah bless you.
Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets
The Prophet as the founder of Islam and the
messenger of God`s revelation to mankind is the interpreter par excellence of the Book of
God; and his Hadith and Sunnah, his sayings and actions are, after the Qur`an, the most
important sources of the Islamic tradition.
Contents
- Spiritual Nature
- Social Nature
- Contemplative Nature
- Marriages
- Harshness, Kindness and Compassion
- Piety, Combativeness and Magnanimity
- Strength, Nobility and Serenity
- Hadith and Sunnah
- Prophetic Tradition and the Cycle of
Prophecy - Universal Man
- Summary
Spiritual Nature
The spiritual nature of the Prophet is veiled in his human one
and his purely spiritual function is hidden in his duties as the guide of men and the
leader of a community. It was the function of the Prophet to be not only a spiritual
guide, but also the organizer of a new social order with all that such a function implies.
And it is precisely this aspect of his being that veils his purely spiritual dimension from
foreign eyes.
Outsiders have understood his political genius, his power of oratory, his
great statesmanship, but few have understood how he could be the religious and spiritual
guide of men and how his life could be emulated by those who aspire to sanctity. This is
particularly true in the modern world in which religion is separated from other domains of
life and most modern men can hardly imagine how a spiritual being could also be immersed
in the most intense political and social activity.
Social Nature
The Prophet did participate in social life in its fullest sense.
He married, had a household, was a father and moreover he was ruler and judge and had also
to fight many wars in which he underwent painful ordeals. He had to undergo many hardships
and experience all the difficulties which human life, especially that of the founder of a
new state and society, implies. But within all these activities his heart rested in
contentment with the Divine, and he continued inwardly to repose in the Divine Peace. In
fact his participation in social and political life was precisely to integrate this domain
into a spiritual centre.
Contemplative Nature
The Prophet entertained no political or worldly ambition
whatsoever. He was by nature a contemplative. He often spent long periods in the cave of
Hira` in solitude and meditation. He did not believe himself to be by nature a man of the
world or one who was naturally inclined to seek political power among the Quraysh or
social eminence in Meccan society, although he came from the noblest family. It was in
fact very painful and difficult for him to accept the burden of prophecy which implied the
founding of not only a new religion but also a new social and political order.
Marriages
The marriages of the Prophet are not at all signs of his
lenience vis-a-vis the flesh. Multiple marriage, for him, as is true of Islam in general,
was not so much enjoyment as responsibility and a means of integration of the newly
founded society. The multiple marriages of the Prophet, far from pointing to his weakness
towards `the flesh`, symbolize his patriarchal nature and his function, not as a saint who
withdraws from the world, but as one who sanctifies the very life of the world by living
in it and accepting it with the aim of integrating it into a higher order of reality.
Harshness, Kindness and Compassion
The Prophet exercises the utmost kindness possible and was harsh
only with traitors. Now, a traitor against a newly founded religious community, which God
has willed and whose existence is a mercy from heaven for mankind, is a traitor against
the Truth itself. The harshness of the Prophet in such cases is an expression of Divine
Justice. As to what concerned his own person, the Prophet was always the epitome of
kindness and generosity.
Also the Prophet was not certainly without love and compassion.
Although the Prophet was in a sense a king or ruler of a community and a judge and had to
deal according to justice in both capacities, he was at the same time one whose being was
anchored in the love for God.
From the Muslim point of view, the Prophet is the symbol of
perfection of both the human person and human society.
Piety, Combativeness, Magnanimity
The universal characteristics of the Prophet are not the same as
his daily actions and day to day life. They are, rather, characteristics which issue forth
from his personality as a particular spiritual prototype. Seen in this light there are
essentially three qualities that characterize the Prophet.
First of all the Prophet possessed the quality of piety in its
most universal sense, that quality which attaches man to God. The Prophet was in that
sense pious. He had a profound piety which inwardly attached him to God, that made him
place the interest of God before everything else including himself.
Secondly he had a quality of combativeness, of always being
actively engaged in combat against all that negated the Truth and disrupted harmony.
Externally it meant fighting wars, either military, political or social ones, the war
which the Prophet named the `little holy war` [al-jihad al-asghar]. Inwardly this
combativeness meant a continuous war against the carnal soul [nafs], against all that in
man tends towards the negation of God and His Will, the `great holy war` [al-jihad
al-akbar].
If a religion is to be an integral part of life it must try to
establish peace in the most profound sense, namely to establish equilibrium between all
the existing forces that surround man and to overcome all the forces that tend to destroy
this equilibrium. No religion has sought to establish peace in this sense more than Islam.
It is precisely in such a context that war can have a positive meaning as the activity to
establish harmony both inwardly and outwardly and it is in this sense that Islam has
stressed the positive aspect of combativeness.
The Prophet was faced from the beginning of his prophetic
mission with the task of wielding the sword of Truth, of establishing equilibrium and in
this arduous task he had no rest. His rest and repose was in the heart of the holy war
[jihad] itself and he represents this aspect of spirituality in which peace comes not in
passivity but in true activity. Peace belongs to one who is inwardly at peace with the Will of
Heaven and outwardly at war with the forces of disruption and disequilibrium.
Finally, the Prophet possessed the quality of magnanimity in its
fullness. His soul displayed a grandeur which every devout Muslim feels. He is for the
Muslim nobility and magnanimity personified.
Strength, Nobility and Serenity
To focus more sharply on the personality of the Prophet, the
qualities can be enumerated as strength, nobility and serenity or inner calm.
Strength is outwardly manifested in the little holy war and
inwardly in the great holy war. It is this great jihad which is of
particular spiritual significance as a war against all those tendencies which pull the
soul of man away from the Centre and Origin and bar him from the grace of heaven.
The nobility or generosity of the Prophet shows itself most of
all in charity towards all men and more generally towards all beings.
The aspect of serenity, which also characterizes all true
expressions of Islam, is essentially the love of truth. It is to put the Truth before
everything else. It is to be impartial, to be logical on the level of discourse, not to
let one`s emotions color and prejudice one`s intellectual judgment. It is not to be a
rationalist, but to see the truth of things and to love the Truth above all else. To love
the Truth is to love God who is the Truth, one of His Names being the Truth [al-haqq].
In Islam, when one thinks of the Prophet who is to be emulated,
it is the image of a strong personality that comes to mind, who is severe with himself and
with the false and the unjust, and charitable towards the worlds that surrounds him. On
the basis of these two virtues of strength and sobriety on the one hand and charity and
generosity on the other, he is serene, extinguished in the Truth.
He is that warrior on horseback who halts before the mountain of
Truth, passive towards the Divine Will, active towards the world, hard and sober towards
himself and kind and generous towards the creatures about him.
The second Shahadah, Muhammadun rasul Allah [Muhammad is the Prophet of God] thus implies by its sound the power, generosity and
serenity of reposing in the Truth characteristic of the Prophet. This repose in the Truth
is not based on a flight from the world but on a penetration into it in order to integrate
and organize it. The spiritual castle in Islam is based on the firm foundations of harmony
within human society and in individual human life.
Hadith and Sunnah
How can the Prophet become a guide for human life, and his life,
deeds and thoughts serve as a guide for the Muslim in this terrestrial journey?
The answer
to this fundamental question, which concerns al the individual and collective life of
Muslims of later generations, lies in the sayings which he left behind and which are known
as Hadith and his daily life and practice known as Sunnah.
When man meets an extraordinary person he carries the impression
of this meeting always. This end is achieved through the fresh interpretation that each
generation makes of his life [siyar], through the litanies and chants repeated in his
priase [mada`ih] and though the celebrations marking his birth [mawlid] or other joyous
occasions.
The Hadith literature, in both Sunni and Shi`ite sources, is a
monumental treasury of wisdom which is at once a commentary upon the Qur`an and a
complement to its teachings. The prophetic sayings concern every domain from pure
metaphysics to table manners. In addition, in this literature many questions pertaining to
metaphysics, cosmology, eschatology and the spiritual life are discussed. Altogether,
after the Qur`an, the Hadith and the prophetic Sunnah which is closely bound to it are the
most precious source of guidance which Islamic society possesses, and along with the
Qur`an they are the fountainhead of all Islamic life and thought.
The Hadith is, after the Qur`an, the most important source of
both the Law, Shari`ah, and the Spiritual way, Tariqah. And it is the vital integrating
factor in Muslim society, for the daily lives of millions of Muslims the world over have
been modelled upon the prophetic Sunnah and Hadith.
Through the Hadith and Sunnah Muslims come to know both the
Prophet and the message of the Qur`an. Without Hadith much of the Qur`an would be a closed
book. We are told in the Qur`an to pray but were it not for prophetic Sunnah we would not
know how to pray. Something as fundamental as the daily prayers which are the central rite
of Islam would be impossible to perform without the guidance of the prophetic practice.
This applies to a thousand and one other situations so that it is almost unnecessary to
emphasize the vital connection between the Qur`an and the practice and sayings of the
Prophet whom God chose as its revealer and interpreter to mankind.
Within the vast corpus of prophetic sayings there are forty
which are called `sacred sayings` [Hadith qudsi] which are not a part of the Qur`an
but in
which God speaks in the first person through the Prophet. These sayings, although small in
number, are of extreme importance in that they are, along with certain verses of the
Qur`an, the basis of the spiritual life in Islam. Sufism is based on these sayings and many
a Sufi knows them by heart and lives in constant remembrance of their message. These
sayings all concern the spiritual life rather than social or political matters. They deal
with man`s direct relation with God.
The presence of these sayings indicate how deeply the roots of
Islamic spirituality are sunk in the sources of the revelation itself. Far from being just
a legal and social system devoid of a spiritual dimension, or one upon which a spiritual
dimension was artificially grafted later on, Islam was, from the beginning, both a Law and
a Way. The two dimensions of Islam, the exoteric and the esoteric, are best demonstrated
in the case of the Prophet himself who was both the perfection of human action on the
social and political plane and the prototype of the spiritual life in his inner oneness
with God and in his total realization in which he saw nothing except in God and through
God.
Prophetic Tradition and the Cycle of Prophecy
Prophethood is, according to the Islamic view, a state bestowed
upon men whom God has chosen because of certain perfections in them by virtue of which
they become the instrument though whom God reveals His message to the world. Their
inspiration is directly from Heaven. A prophet owes nothing to anyone. he is not a scholar
who discerns through books certain truths, nor one who learns from other human beings and
in turn transmits this learning. His knowledge marks a direct intervention which is not,
from the Islamic point of view, an incarnation but a theophany [tajalli]. This definition
of prophethood holds true for every prophet, not just in the case of the founder of Islam.
Although all prophecy implies a meeting of the Divine and human
planes, there are degrees of prophecy dependent upon the type of message revealed and the
function of the messenger in propagating that message.
There is first of all the nabi, a man who brings news of God`s
message, a man whom God has chosen to speak to. But the message that the nabi receives is
not necessarily universal. He may receive a message which is to remain within him and not
be divulged openly or is meant to be imparted to only a few in the cadre of an already
existing religion. Of the prophets in this sense [anbiya], there are, according to
tradition, one-hundred and twenty-four thousand whom God has sent to every nation and
people.
The universality of prophecy so clearly enunciated in the Qur`an means the universality of tradition, of religion. It means that all orthodox religions
come from heaven and are not man-made. It also implies by its comprehensive formulation
the presence of Divine revelation not only in the Abrahamic tradition but among all
nations.
Among the anbiya there are those who belong to another category
of prophets, or a new level of prophecy, namely those who not only receive a message from
heaven but are also chosen to propagate that message for the segment of humanity
providentially destined for it. The prophet with such a function is called rasul.
Above the rasul stands the prophet who is to bring a major new
religion to the world, the `possessor of firmness and determination` [ulu`l-`azm].
There are then altogether three grades of prophecy, that of the
nabi, the rasul and the ulu`l-`azm. The Prophet was at once a nabi, a rasul and an
ulu`l-`azm and brought the cycle of prophecy to a close. After him there will be no new
Shari`ah or Divine Law brought into the world until the end of time. There are to be no
revelations [wahy] after him, for he marks the termination of the prophetic cycle
[da`irat al-nubuwwah].
It may on the surface appear as a great tragedy that man seems
to be thus left without any possibility of renewing the truths of the revelation through
new contact with the source of truth. But in reality the termination of the prophetic
cycle does not mean that all possibility of contact with the Divine order has ceased.
Whereas revelation [wahy] is no longer possible, inspiration [ilham] remains always as a
latent possibility. Whereas the cycle of prophecy [da`irat al-nubuwwah] has come to an end,
the cycle of wilayat [da`irat al-wildyah], which for want of a better term may be
translated as the `cycle of initiation` and also sanctity, continues.
Actually wilayah means the presence of this inner dimension
within Islam which the Prophet inaugurated along with a new Shari`ah and which will
continue to the end of time. Thanks to its presence, man is able to renew himself
spiritually and gain contact with the Divine although a new revelation is no longer
possible.
Far from there being a need for any new religion, which at this
moment of time can only mean a pseudo-religion, the revelation brought by the Prophet
contains in itself all that is needed to fulfill in every way the religious and spiritual
needs of Muslims, from the common believer to the potential saint.
Universal Man
The Prophet, besides being the leader of men and
the founder of a new civilization, is also the perfection of the human norm and the model
for the spiritual life of Islam. He said `I am a human being like you` [ana basharun
mithlukum], to which Muslim sages over the ages have added, yes, but like a precious gem
among stones [ka`l-yaqut bain al-hajar]. The profound symbolism contained in this saying
is connected with the inner nature of the Prophet. All men in their purely human nature are
like stones, opaque and heavy and a veil to the light that shines upon them.
The Prophet
also possesses this human nature outwardly. But inwardly he has become alchemically
transmuted into a precious stone which, although still a stone, is transparent before the
light and has lost its opacity. The Prophet is outwardly only a human being [bashar], but
inwardly he is the full realization of manhood in its most universal sense. He is the
Universal Man [al-insan al-kamil], the prototype of all of creation, the norm of all
perfection, the first of all beings, the mirror in which God contemplates universal
existence. He is inwardly identified with the Logos and the Divine Intellect.
Islam considers all prophets as an aspect of the
Universal Logos, which in its perspective is identified with the `Reality of Muhammad`
[al-haqiqat al-muhammadiyyah], which was the first of God`s creation and through whom God
sees all things. As the Muhammedan Reality the Prophet came before all the other prophets
at the beginning of the prophetic cycle, an it is to this inner aspect of him as the Logos
to which reference is made in the Hadith `He [Muhammad] was prophet [th Logos] when Adam
was still between water and clay.`
So did the cycle of Prophecy begin with the
Muhammedan Reality, with the inner reality of Muhammad, while it ended with the human
manifestation of him. He thus is inwardly the beginning and outwardly the end of the
prophetic cycle which he synthesizes and unifies in his being. Outwardly he is a human
being and inwardly the Universal Man, the norm of all spiritual perfection.
The Prophet possessed in himself that reality which
later gained the technical name of Universal Man. But the `named` was there long before
this name was given to it.
Summary
The Prophet is human equilibrium which has become extinct in the
Divine Truth. He marks the establishment of harmony and equilibrium between all tendencies
present in man, his sensual, social, economic, political tendencies, which cannot be
overcome unless the human state itself is transcended. He displays the integration of
these tendencies and forces with the aim of establishing a basis which naturally leads
towards contemplation and extinction in the Truth. His spiritual way means to accept the
human condition which is normalized and sanctified as the ground for the most lofty
spiritual castle.
The spirituality of Islam of which the Prophet is the prototype
is not the rejection of the world but the transcending of it through its integration into
a Centre and the establishment of a harmony upon which the quest for the Absolute is
based. The Prophet in these qualities that he displayed so eminently is at once the
prototype of human and spiritual perfection and a guide towards its realization.
The Prophet is the perfection of both the human collectivity and
the human individual, the norm for the perfect social life and the prototype and guide for
the spiritual life. He is both the Universal Man and the Primordial Man [al-insan
al-qadim].
The Prophet possessed eminently both the human [nasuf] and
spiritual [lahut] natures, and for this very reason his example makes possible the
presence of a spiritual way in Islam. He was the perfect ruler, judge and leader of men.
He was the creator of the most perfect Muslim society in comparison with which every later
society is a falling away. But he was in addition the prototype of the spiritual life.
That is why it is absolutely necessary to follow in his footsteps if one aspires towards
spiritual realization.
The love of the Prophet is incumbent upon all Muslims and
especially upon those who aspire towards the saintly life. This love must not be
understood in an individualistic sense. Rather, the Prophet is loved because he symbolizes
that harmony and beauty that pervade all things, and displays in their fullness those
virtues, the attainment of which allow man to realize his theomorphic nature.
Source: Ideals and Realities of Islam by
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Daughters of Hajar
and then there is this muslim lady.
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 5, 2007 07:06 pm
There is Khusra-Nomaniand then there is this muslim lady.
Daughters of Hajar
Bush is only delivering what has been asked of him by the coffin-stealers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt....the Hyenas, The Jackals, and the Swine despots.
Did Bush name any of the honourable & great ones in his speech to ``reform`` them.
Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, lately Russia & so many others are actually in a position to reform
Bushland aka as Amreekaa itself. No wonder the Bushy tail is firmly tucked & planted where the sun never shines.
An enemy of Bush is a friend of muslims.
Would Humped-Dumped2 and his chuhaua meet this criteria?
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 5, 2007 01:49 pm
Well Urstruly:30Bush is only delivering what has been asked of him by the coffin-stealers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt....the Hyenas, The Jackals, and the Swine despots.
Did Bush name any of the honourable & great ones in his speech to ``reform`` them.
Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, lately Russia & so many others are actually in a position to reform
Bushland aka as Amreekaa itself. No wonder the Bushy tail is firmly tucked & planted where the sun never shines.
An enemy of Bush is a friend of muslims.
Would Humped-Dumped2 and his chuhaua meet this criteria?
Pakistan – The Threat From Within
a former muslim..now in the lap of Zionists & a member the anti-Islam/anti-muslim terrorists known as Al-Faedaa (The USERS)
They teach us more because they do a very diligent research
& ironically what they consider black Islam considers white
So in reality they might teach muslims & non-muslims alike better than some muslims themselves...simply because they are
NON-BIASED in a contrarian sort of way.
``MusalmaaN ko MusalmaaN kr diyaa toofaaN-i maghrib neiN
talaatuuk haa-e daryaa say hee hai Gauhar kee sairaabee``
......................................................ALLAMA Iqbal
Hurricane-West made the muslim even a better muslim
Indeed! the churning ocean lends lustre to & polishes the pearl
Taheri said: “To say that Islam is incompatible with democracy should not be seen as a disparagement of Islam. On the contrary, many Muslims would see it as a compliment because they sincerely believe that their idea of rule by God is superior to that of rule by men which is democracy.”
One Islamic site explains: “In Western democracy, the people are sovereign; in Islam sovereignty is vested in Allah and the people are His caliphs or representatives. The laws given by Allah through His Prophet (Shari ‘ah) are to be regarded as constitutional principles that should not be violated.”
Taheri quoted several Muslim thinkers who expressed their disdain and disapproval of democracy.
“Ayatollah Khomeini called democracy ``a form of prostitution`` because he who gets the most votes wins the power that belongs only to Allah.
Sayyed Qutb, the Egyptian who is credited to be the ideological mentor of Safalists, spent a year in the United States in the 1950s and wrote: `` America is a nation that has forgotten God and been forsaken by Him; an arrogant nation that wants to rule itself.``
Yussuf al-Ayyeri, one of the leading theoreticians of today`s Islamist movement, published a book ( available on the Internet) in which he warned that the real danger to Islam did not come from American tanks and helicopter gunships in Iraq but from the idea of democracy and rule by the people.
Maudoodi, another of the Islamist theoreticians now fashionable, dreamed of a political system in which human beings would act as automatons in accordance with rules set by God.
He said that God has arranged man`s biological functions in such a way that their operation is beyond human control. For our non-biological functions, notably our politics, God has set rules that we have to discover and apply once and for all so that our societies can be on auto-pilot so to speak.
The late Saudi theologian, Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Jubair, a man I respected though seldom agreed with, sincerely believed that the root cause of all of our contemporary ills was the spread of democracy. “Only one ambition is worthy of Islam,” he liked to say, “the ambition to save the world from the curse of democracy: to teach men that they cannot rule themselves on the basis of manmade laws. Mankind has strayed from the path of God, we must return to that path or face certain annihilation.””
So what kind of government Islam is proposing?
Democracy means the rule of people. This is unacceptable in Islam. The Quran is empathic that “to Allah belong all Dominion and power” (2.165, 35:10, 35:13, 64:1). The words “No judgment but God’s” (la hukm illa li-llah) is based on several Quranic verses (esp. 6.57; 12.40, 67 etc.) This power is vested on His regent known as Khalifat al-Allah.
The Khalifa cannot legislate. He can only interpret the Law given in the Quran and the sunnah and apply it. Naturally, since the Quran is not a clear book, this allows for a wide range of interpretations and this explains why there are so many Islamic schools of thoughts and sects. “But the bottom line is” says Taheri, “that no Islamic government can be democratic in the sense of allowing the common people equal shares in legislation.”
Common people are called awwam, and as the saying goes: al-awwam kal anaam! (People are like animals).
It is up to the “experts” of the Law to interpret the Sharia and let the awwam know how they should live their lives. This endows the “expert” ruler, all the power and allows him to act as the deputy of God on Earth. There can be no opposition to the ruler. You can’t oppose God by opposing his representative.
In democracies people’s beliefs are irrelevant. They can belong to any religion or no religion and still manage to govern themselves in a secular state. This is not the case in monotheistic societies where God is the lawgiver. Christians and Jews have managed to separate the Church from the State. This evolution in Islam is not possible. The concept of Church (with capital C) as understood in Christianity does not exist in Islam. There is no authority like the Vatican or the Church of England in Islam. The Mullahs and Imams are average Muslims who through their knowledge of the Quran and Sharia gain reputation among the ummah and their own peers. You can`t separate the Islamic ``Church`` from politics, because there is no such thing as the Islamic ``Church``. Every Mullah can interpret the Sharia in his own way. But he can`t redefine the explicit teachings of Islam.
Presently Muslims do not have a khalifa. But even if they had, the khalifa would not have been able to deviate from the Quran and announce the separate Islam from politics.
Islam’s main goal is to give the dominion of this world to its ``rightful`` owner, Allah. No authority on Earth can change that. Impeding Islam to achieve this goal is denying its raison d`être and it is tantamount to blasphemy. Islam by definition is imperialistic.
It must advance, conquer and reclaim the dominion of all Earth or there is no reason for it to exist.
Democracies are pluralistic. People have different faiths and are free to criticize, not only each other’s religions but also their own. Islam does not tolerate that. Anyone who dares to criticize Islam faces severe punishment including execution or assassination. Islam is regarded as The Truth, the Only Truth and the Absolute Truth. Defying this truth is the same as defying God and that cannot be tolerated. Challenging the authority of the representative of God is like challenging God himself.
On May 27, 1999 Rafsanjani, one of the ruling Mullahs of Iran said: ``If the Islamic nature and fundamental pillar of the state and the velayat-e faqih (Shiite version of khalifa) are undermined, nothing would be left around.`` The same day, Khatami, the so called “reformist” president of the Islamic Republic said in the city of Qom: ``Society`s parting with religion and the clergy is the beginning of our fall.`` Khatami in July 5, 1998 said: “velayat-e faqih is the axis and pillar of the state,`` he reiterated, ``velayat-e faqih is the raison d`être of our state. As such, opposing it... is to oppose the fundamentals and pillar of the state….No state would tolerate assaults on its principles and pillars,`` he said. [Iran Zamin News Agency]
In a commentary, iran-bulletin.org defines the concept of velayat-e faqis which is not distinct from that of khilafat: “In the theory of velayate faqih none of us can tell the difference between good and bad and, indeed, the whole edifice of the clerical rulership has been constructed to cope with our “ignorance”. The supreme clerical leader is our custodian (qayyem), and we are like sheep that if separated from our shepherd would surely be lost. The velayate faqih embodies every rights and the rest of us are only to carry duties. At its most pithy definition, the system of velayate faqih is the expression of this ignorance and absence of rights on our part in contrast with the all knowing, all powerful, clerical ruler.``
Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader explained the concept of velaya-e faqih, the position that he himself is occupying, with an uncanny frankness when he said: “the leadership means that point where the insoluble problems of government are solved at his hands. His person lights up the truth for the people and exposes the conspiracies of the enemy.” [ibid]
In the Islamic state religion is preeminent and God serves as the only legitimate source of legislation. Temporal rulers merely implement the laws of Islam as dictated by God.
The following article titled “Essential Features of the Islamic Political System” explains the concept of khilafat as understood by Muslims.
“The political system of Islam is based on three principles: Tawhid (unity of Allah), Risalat (Prophethood) and Khilafat (vicegerency).
Tawhid means that only Allah is the Creator, Sustainer and Master of the universe and of all that exists in it organic or inorganic. The sovereignty of this kingdom is vested only in Him. He alone has the right to command or forbid. Worship and obedience are due to Him alone, no one and nothing else shares it in any way. Life, in all its forms, our physical organs and faculties, the apparent control which we have over nearly everything in our lives and the things themselves, none of them has been created or acquired by us in our own right. They have been bestowed on us entirely by Allah. Hence, it is not for us to decide the aim and purpose of our existence or to set the limits of our authority; nor is anyone else entitled to make these decisions for us. This right rests only with Allah, who has created us, endowed us with mental and physical faculties, and provided material things for our use.
This principle of the unity of Allah totally negates the concept of the legal and political independence of human beings, individually or collectively. No individual, family, class or race can set themselves above Allah. Allah alone is the Ruler and His commandments are the Law.
The medium through which we receive the law of Allah is known as Risalat. We have received two things from this source: the Book in which Allah has set out His law, and the authoritative interpretation and exemplification of the Book by the Prophet, blessings and peace be on him through word and deed, in his capacity as the representative of Allah. The Prophet, blessings and peace be on him, has also, in accordance with the intention of the Divine Book, given us a model for the Islamic way of life by himself implementing the law and providing necessary details where required. The combination of these two elements is called the Shari ‘ah.
Now consider Khilafat. According to the Arabic lexicon, it means ‘representation’. Man, according to Islam, is the representative of Allah on earth, His vicegerent. That is to say, by virtue of the powers delegated to him by Allah, he is required to exercise his Allah-given authority in this world within the limits prescribed by Allah.
A state that is established in accordance with this political theory will in fact be a human caliphate under the sovereignty of Allah and will do Allah’s will by working within the limits prescribed by Him and in accordance with His instructions and injunctions.”
This definition makes clear that the rule of Islamic system of government is not limited to Muslims but to every “organic or inorganic” thing that exists in this universe. This of course includes the non-Muslims. In an Islamic state everyone must live according to the dictates of Islam.
What we learned so far is that khilafat or the velayat-e faqih are not dissimilar to fascism.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, defines fascism as: “A totalitarian philosophy of government that glorifies the state and nation and assigns to the state control over every aspect of national life.”
Characteristics of Fascist Philosophy:
“Fascism, especially in its early stages, is obliged to be antitheoretical and frankly opportunistic in order to appeal to many diverse groups. Nevertheless, a few key concepts are basic to it. First and most important is the glorification of the state and the total subordination of the individual to it. The state is defined as an organic whole into which individuals must be absorbed for their own and the state’s benefit. This “total state” is absolute in its methods and unlimited by law in its control and direction of its citizens.
A second ruling concept of fascism is embodied in the theory of social Darwinism. The doctrine of survival of the fittest and the necessity of struggle for life is applied by fascists to the life of a nation-state. Peaceful, complacent nations are seen as doomed to fall before more dynamic ones, making struggle and aggressive militarism a leading characteristic of the fascist state. Imperialism is the logical outcome of this dogma. Another element of fascism is its elitism. Salvation from rule by the mob and the destruction of the existing social order can be effected only by an authoritarian leader who embodies the highest ideals of the nation. This concept of the leader as hero or superman, borrowed in part from the romanticism of Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Carlyle, and Richard Wagner, is closely linked with fascism’s rejection of reason and intelligence and its emphasis on vision, creativeness, and the will.”
Let us compare that to Islam. Islam is opportunistic par excellence. It is extremely deceptive and despite being a doctrine of war it portrays itself as the religion of peace. It wants to have a universal appeal. It subjugates women and Muhammad was a misogynist of the worst kind but its apologists present him as the champion of women’s rights. The Quran is an asinine book of nonsense, yet its defenders claim that it is a miracle which contains scientific facts. It opposes knowledge and technology, yet it is presented as the religion that encourages learning. Muslims are fond of reminding others that Muhammad said “seek knowledge even if it is China” But the fact is that any knowledge that is perceived as contradicting the Quran is regarded satanic and is to be destroyed.
The Royal Library of Alexandria in Egypt was once the largest in the world. It was founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BC during the reign of Ptolemy II of Egypt . It stored at its peak 400,000 to 700,000 scrolls. In 640 AD Muslims took the city and upon learning of ``a great library containing all the knowledge of the world`` the conquering general asked Khalifa Omar for instructions. Omar has been quoted as saying of the Library`s holdings, ``they will either contradict the Quran, in which case they are heresy, or they will agree with it, so they are superfluous.`` And to be on the safe side he ordered the library to be destroyed and the books burnt.
This is how Muslims try to portray a false image of Islam so it can have a broad appeal.
However, the most important feature of Islamic polity is the glorification of Islamic state and the total subordination of the individual to it.
Just like in fascism, the Islamic state is defined as an organic whole to which individuals must submit. In Islam “freedom” is in submission to Allah and his messenger. The very word Islam, which Muslims deceptively translate as peace, means submission. What is good for Islam and the Islamic state is good for Muslims and what is bad for Islam and the Islamic state is to be spurned and regarded as bad for the Muslims too. Islam and the establishment of Islam’s dominion is the greater good and the ultimate goal that every Muslim must strive for.
The Islamic site muslim-canada.org writes: “The highest organization in society is the state. Islam has given to the world the practical form and ideals of statehood. Therefore, the question of how religion should inspire, inform and discipline life, is naturally related to the question of how should it be related to the highest organization of society (i.e. the state).”
The other ruling of Islam is the concept of Jihad and the necessity to struggle in order to advance the Islamic dominance. The motto that “Islam is a religion of peace” is a preposterous slogan that is part of the strategy of the Islamic “Game of Deception”. Islam does not mean peace, it does not preach peace, it has never been peaceful and it will never be. Islam has advanced through aggressive militarism and regards Jihad and martyrdom as the most meritorious acts. Islam is militant and imperialistic by its very nature.
Fascism is elitist. Islam is also elitist. The Khalifa or the velayat-e faqih is the ultimate authority on Earth. He is the one who can read the scriptures and the only one who can understand them properly. His word is the ultimate undisputable decree. However theoretically, just as in communism, anyone can aspire to become Khalifa. The Khalifa in Sunni sect is elected by the populace while the velayate-e faqih in Shiism is nominated by a body of the ruling Mullahs called: “The Assembly of Experts”. Whether this ruler is elected or nominated, just like in other totalitarian regimes, he occupies his seat for life and responds to no human authority.
Another similarity of Islam and fascism is the disdain of reason and intelligence in both ideologies. In Islam, the emphasis is on faith and unquestioning obedience to the mandates of God. Reason is rejected as a fallacy. Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, (1058 - 1111 CE) is arguably the greatest Islamic scholar ever. In his book ``Incoherence of the Philosophers`` he bitterly denounced Aristotle, Plato, Socrates and other Greek thinkers as non-believers and labeled those who employed their methods and ideas as corrupters of the Islamic faith. He took aim at Avicenna for being a rationalist who drew intellectually upon the Ancient Greeks. By emphasizing on the incompatibility of faith and reason, and by asserting the futility of making faith subordinate to reason, Ghazali gave validity to unreasoned faith and thus glorified stupidity.
Watt says: “The early period of Islamic thought is dominated by the conception of the unchangeability of true religion and the special Arab and Islamic conception of the nature of knowledge. Knowledge that is important for the conduct of life – and this is knowledge in the fullest sense – is obtained in the revealed words of God and in the sayings of prophets and other specially gifted men. From this conception of knowledge it follows that the work of the scholar is to transmit accurately the revealed text and other wise sayings”. [The Formative Period of Islamic Thought, p.63]
It is important to note that when Muslims talk about knowledge, they are talking about the ``revealed`` knowledge and not the secular scientific knowledge that has given birth to our civilization. The word science in Arabic is Ilm. The people, who possess this Ilm, are called Ulama. But Ulama does not mean scientists. It means religious scholars. Ilm is religious science. Islam does not encourage the learning of science. Islamic languages don`t have even a proper word for it. Islam encourages religious learning. This is what Muhammad meant when he said ``seek knowledge``. Seeking knowledge in Islam, means memorizing the Quran and the hadith.
Inspired by the Quran various Muslim groups have employed sectarian violence to achieve political ends. The first group was Kharijiyya. The Kharijiyya insisted on two things. First, that the Islamic community must be based on the Quran. The second point emphasized the ascendancy of the Islamic state over the individual rights. Motivated by many verses of the Quran (32.13, 76:29-31, 3:39, 3:159, 16:93, 2:6-7, 4:88, etc.), they maintained that God’s will, must supersede men’s will and claimed the community is the bearer of the values that constitutes meaningfulness, in other words men’s life has meaning only if he belongs to Muslim community. This is how fascism defines the position of the individual vis-à-vis the state. These ideas were based on the Quran and were eventually adopted by the rest of the Muslims.
The Islamic rationalists such as Mutazilis placed reason above revelation. But their school was vehemently opposed by more fervent Islamists and became extinct. They were attacked by a group called Ashariyya to which al-Ghazali and the celebrated poet Rumi belonged. Rumi mocked the rationalists and in a catchy verse that left its mark on the psyche of the gullible masses said the rationalists stand on ``wooden legs``.
The Ashariyya glorified irrationality and remained faithful to the Quran. They rejected the rationalists whom, in their view, had forsaken religion and had detracted from God and his revelation. Thus rational objectivism was quashed with mockery and violence, the books of rationalists such as Zakaria Razi were destroyed and they themselves had to hide for their safety. The Ashariyya won because they had the backing of the Quran, the rationalists did not.
With Ashariyyah’s unconditional embrace of the authority of revelation, and their glorification of irrationality, rationalism was nipped in the bud and most likely the Renascence that was about to be born 1000 years ago, did not. We shall never know the extent of the harm that these celebrated religious zealots caused to mankind’s civilization.
In an article titled: Is Rumi What We Think He Is? Massoume Price quotes Dr. Shaffiee Kadkani who wrote: “unfortunately the emergence of geniuses such as Rumi and other Urafa (religious mystics) who unconditionally supported Ashariyya did not give freedom of thought a chance”. He concludes, “If it wasn’t because of Ashariyya our history might have evolved differently”. [Creation and History, (Afarinesh va Tarikh, p.50)]
Price contends: “It is not a coincidence that in Mathnavi, Rumi attacks all thinkers including atheists, naturalists and philosophers etc…. When Ibn Khadon [Khaldun] troduction (Mogadameh) [Muqaddimah] t Africans are black because of geographical and environmental conditions, it was the Ashariyya who ended such scientific observations by declaring people are black because God created them as such. When Physicians tried to find the connection between the brain and hand’s movements, it was Imam Muhammad Ghazali who mocked scientific inquiry and stated “hands move because God wants them to move” (Alchemy of Happiness, Kimiyaya Saadat). It was Ashariyya who imposed inquisition culture that still exists today and haunts us even in North America.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, (Third Edition. 2002) says: “As a rule, fascist governments are dominated by a dictator, who usually possesses a magnetic personality, wears a showy uniform, and rallies his followers by mass parades; appeals to strident nationalism; and promotes suspicion or hatred of both foreigners and “impure” people within his own nation, such as the Jews in Germany.”
In Islam, the Khalifa does not wear a showy uniform. On the contrary, in accordance to Muhammad’s sunnah, he exerts himself to make a public “display of modesty”. Modesty is just a show and a hallmark of Islam. The more modest you dress, the more pious you look. But the Friday prayers and the hajj are the Islamic version of mass parades that are designed to impress the believer, give him a sense of pride and belonging and make him firm in his belief that Islam is strong.
This parade to Muhammad was so important that in one hadith he is quoted saying:
“I thought that I should order the prayer to be commenced and command a person to lead people in prayer, and I should then go along with some persons having a fagot of fuel with them to the people who have not attended the prayer (in congregation) and would burn their houses with fire. [Muslim4,1370; Bukhari1,11,626]
Islam also promoted suspicion and hatred of the unbelievers. Muhammad said that the unbelievers are impure (najis) 9:28 and instilled in them the hatred of the Jews, saying God transformed them into apes and swine. 2.65, 5.60, 7.166
Clearly Islamic system of government is fascistic.
• It is marked by centralization of authority under a supreme leader vested with divine clout.
• It has stringent socioeconomic control over all aspects of all its subjects irrespective of their faith.
• It suppresses its opposition through terror and censorship.
• It has a policy of belligerence towards non-believers.
• It practices religious apartheid.
• It disdains reason.
• It is imperialistic.
• It is oppressive.
• It is dictatorial and
• It is controlling.
Islam, like fascism, appeals to people with low self esteem and low intelligence. Both these ideologies are irrational. They disdain reason, and hail devotion and submission to a higher authority. Like fascists, Muslims are triumphalists. They seek power, domination and control. They pride themselves in their strength of number, in their mindless heroism, in their disdain for life and in their willingness to kill and die for their cause.
Islam is political and political Islam is fascism
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 4, 2007 11:16 am
Amir Taheri:a former muslim..now in the lap of Zionists & a member the anti-Islam/anti-muslim terrorists known as Al-Faedaa (The USERS)
They teach us more because they do a very diligent research
& ironically what they consider black Islam considers white
So in reality they might teach muslims & non-muslims alike better than some muslims themselves...simply because they are
NON-BIASED in a contrarian sort of way.
``MusalmaaN ko MusalmaaN kr diyaa toofaaN-i maghrib neiN
talaatuuk haa-e daryaa say hee hai Gauhar kee sairaabee``
......................................................ALLAMA Iqbal
Hurricane-West made the muslim even a better muslim
Indeed! the churning ocean lends lustre to & polishes the pearl
Taheri said: “To say that Islam is incompatible with democracy should not be seen as a disparagement of Islam. On the contrary, many Muslims would see it as a compliment because they sincerely believe that their idea of rule by God is superior to that of rule by men which is democracy.”
One Islamic site explains: “In Western democracy, the people are sovereign; in Islam sovereignty is vested in Allah and the people are His caliphs or representatives. The laws given by Allah through His Prophet (Shari ‘ah) are to be regarded as constitutional principles that should not be violated.”
Taheri quoted several Muslim thinkers who expressed their disdain and disapproval of democracy.
“Ayatollah Khomeini called democracy ``a form of prostitution`` because he who gets the most votes wins the power that belongs only to Allah.
Sayyed Qutb, the Egyptian who is credited to be the ideological mentor of Safalists, spent a year in the United States in the 1950s and wrote: `` America is a nation that has forgotten God and been forsaken by Him; an arrogant nation that wants to rule itself.``
Yussuf al-Ayyeri, one of the leading theoreticians of today`s Islamist movement, published a book ( available on the Internet) in which he warned that the real danger to Islam did not come from American tanks and helicopter gunships in Iraq but from the idea of democracy and rule by the people.
Maudoodi, another of the Islamist theoreticians now fashionable, dreamed of a political system in which human beings would act as automatons in accordance with rules set by God.
He said that God has arranged man`s biological functions in such a way that their operation is beyond human control. For our non-biological functions, notably our politics, God has set rules that we have to discover and apply once and for all so that our societies can be on auto-pilot so to speak.
The late Saudi theologian, Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Jubair, a man I respected though seldom agreed with, sincerely believed that the root cause of all of our contemporary ills was the spread of democracy. “Only one ambition is worthy of Islam,” he liked to say, “the ambition to save the world from the curse of democracy: to teach men that they cannot rule themselves on the basis of manmade laws. Mankind has strayed from the path of God, we must return to that path or face certain annihilation.””
So what kind of government Islam is proposing?
Democracy means the rule of people. This is unacceptable in Islam. The Quran is empathic that “to Allah belong all Dominion and power” (2.165, 35:10, 35:13, 64:1). The words “No judgment but God’s” (la hukm illa li-llah) is based on several Quranic verses (esp. 6.57; 12.40, 67 etc.) This power is vested on His regent known as Khalifat al-Allah.
The Khalifa cannot legislate. He can only interpret the Law given in the Quran and the sunnah and apply it. Naturally, since the Quran is not a clear book, this allows for a wide range of interpretations and this explains why there are so many Islamic schools of thoughts and sects. “But the bottom line is” says Taheri, “that no Islamic government can be democratic in the sense of allowing the common people equal shares in legislation.”
Common people are called awwam, and as the saying goes: al-awwam kal anaam! (People are like animals).
It is up to the “experts” of the Law to interpret the Sharia and let the awwam know how they should live their lives. This endows the “expert” ruler, all the power and allows him to act as the deputy of God on Earth. There can be no opposition to the ruler. You can’t oppose God by opposing his representative.
In democracies people’s beliefs are irrelevant. They can belong to any religion or no religion and still manage to govern themselves in a secular state. This is not the case in monotheistic societies where God is the lawgiver. Christians and Jews have managed to separate the Church from the State. This evolution in Islam is not possible. The concept of Church (with capital C) as understood in Christianity does not exist in Islam. There is no authority like the Vatican or the Church of England in Islam. The Mullahs and Imams are average Muslims who through their knowledge of the Quran and Sharia gain reputation among the ummah and their own peers. You can`t separate the Islamic ``Church`` from politics, because there is no such thing as the Islamic ``Church``. Every Mullah can interpret the Sharia in his own way. But he can`t redefine the explicit teachings of Islam.
Presently Muslims do not have a khalifa. But even if they had, the khalifa would not have been able to deviate from the Quran and announce the separate Islam from politics.
Islam’s main goal is to give the dominion of this world to its ``rightful`` owner, Allah. No authority on Earth can change that. Impeding Islam to achieve this goal is denying its raison d`être and it is tantamount to blasphemy. Islam by definition is imperialistic.
It must advance, conquer and reclaim the dominion of all Earth or there is no reason for it to exist.
Democracies are pluralistic. People have different faiths and are free to criticize, not only each other’s religions but also their own. Islam does not tolerate that. Anyone who dares to criticize Islam faces severe punishment including execution or assassination. Islam is regarded as The Truth, the Only Truth and the Absolute Truth. Defying this truth is the same as defying God and that cannot be tolerated. Challenging the authority of the representative of God is like challenging God himself.
On May 27, 1999 Rafsanjani, one of the ruling Mullahs of Iran said: ``If the Islamic nature and fundamental pillar of the state and the velayat-e faqih (Shiite version of khalifa) are undermined, nothing would be left around.`` The same day, Khatami, the so called “reformist” president of the Islamic Republic said in the city of Qom: ``Society`s parting with religion and the clergy is the beginning of our fall.`` Khatami in July 5, 1998 said: “velayat-e faqih is the axis and pillar of the state,`` he reiterated, ``velayat-e faqih is the raison d`être of our state. As such, opposing it... is to oppose the fundamentals and pillar of the state….No state would tolerate assaults on its principles and pillars,`` he said. [Iran Zamin News Agency]
In a commentary, iran-bulletin.org defines the concept of velayat-e faqis which is not distinct from that of khilafat: “In the theory of velayate faqih none of us can tell the difference between good and bad and, indeed, the whole edifice of the clerical rulership has been constructed to cope with our “ignorance”. The supreme clerical leader is our custodian (qayyem), and we are like sheep that if separated from our shepherd would surely be lost. The velayate faqih embodies every rights and the rest of us are only to carry duties. At its most pithy definition, the system of velayate faqih is the expression of this ignorance and absence of rights on our part in contrast with the all knowing, all powerful, clerical ruler.``
Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader explained the concept of velaya-e faqih, the position that he himself is occupying, with an uncanny frankness when he said: “the leadership means that point where the insoluble problems of government are solved at his hands. His person lights up the truth for the people and exposes the conspiracies of the enemy.” [ibid]
In the Islamic state religion is preeminent and God serves as the only legitimate source of legislation. Temporal rulers merely implement the laws of Islam as dictated by God.
The following article titled “Essential Features of the Islamic Political System” explains the concept of khilafat as understood by Muslims.
“The political system of Islam is based on three principles: Tawhid (unity of Allah), Risalat (Prophethood) and Khilafat (vicegerency).
Tawhid means that only Allah is the Creator, Sustainer and Master of the universe and of all that exists in it organic or inorganic. The sovereignty of this kingdom is vested only in Him. He alone has the right to command or forbid. Worship and obedience are due to Him alone, no one and nothing else shares it in any way. Life, in all its forms, our physical organs and faculties, the apparent control which we have over nearly everything in our lives and the things themselves, none of them has been created or acquired by us in our own right. They have been bestowed on us entirely by Allah. Hence, it is not for us to decide the aim and purpose of our existence or to set the limits of our authority; nor is anyone else entitled to make these decisions for us. This right rests only with Allah, who has created us, endowed us with mental and physical faculties, and provided material things for our use.
This principle of the unity of Allah totally negates the concept of the legal and political independence of human beings, individually or collectively. No individual, family, class or race can set themselves above Allah. Allah alone is the Ruler and His commandments are the Law.
The medium through which we receive the law of Allah is known as Risalat. We have received two things from this source: the Book in which Allah has set out His law, and the authoritative interpretation and exemplification of the Book by the Prophet, blessings and peace be on him through word and deed, in his capacity as the representative of Allah. The Prophet, blessings and peace be on him, has also, in accordance with the intention of the Divine Book, given us a model for the Islamic way of life by himself implementing the law and providing necessary details where required. The combination of these two elements is called the Shari ‘ah.
Now consider Khilafat. According to the Arabic lexicon, it means ‘representation’. Man, according to Islam, is the representative of Allah on earth, His vicegerent. That is to say, by virtue of the powers delegated to him by Allah, he is required to exercise his Allah-given authority in this world within the limits prescribed by Allah.
A state that is established in accordance with this political theory will in fact be a human caliphate under the sovereignty of Allah and will do Allah’s will by working within the limits prescribed by Him and in accordance with His instructions and injunctions.”
This definition makes clear that the rule of Islamic system of government is not limited to Muslims but to every “organic or inorganic” thing that exists in this universe. This of course includes the non-Muslims. In an Islamic state everyone must live according to the dictates of Islam.
What we learned so far is that khilafat or the velayat-e faqih are not dissimilar to fascism.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, defines fascism as: “A totalitarian philosophy of government that glorifies the state and nation and assigns to the state control over every aspect of national life.”
Characteristics of Fascist Philosophy:
“Fascism, especially in its early stages, is obliged to be antitheoretical and frankly opportunistic in order to appeal to many diverse groups. Nevertheless, a few key concepts are basic to it. First and most important is the glorification of the state and the total subordination of the individual to it. The state is defined as an organic whole into which individuals must be absorbed for their own and the state’s benefit. This “total state” is absolute in its methods and unlimited by law in its control and direction of its citizens.
A second ruling concept of fascism is embodied in the theory of social Darwinism. The doctrine of survival of the fittest and the necessity of struggle for life is applied by fascists to the life of a nation-state. Peaceful, complacent nations are seen as doomed to fall before more dynamic ones, making struggle and aggressive militarism a leading characteristic of the fascist state. Imperialism is the logical outcome of this dogma. Another element of fascism is its elitism. Salvation from rule by the mob and the destruction of the existing social order can be effected only by an authoritarian leader who embodies the highest ideals of the nation. This concept of the leader as hero or superman, borrowed in part from the romanticism of Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Carlyle, and Richard Wagner, is closely linked with fascism’s rejection of reason and intelligence and its emphasis on vision, creativeness, and the will.”
Let us compare that to Islam. Islam is opportunistic par excellence. It is extremely deceptive and despite being a doctrine of war it portrays itself as the religion of peace. It wants to have a universal appeal. It subjugates women and Muhammad was a misogynist of the worst kind but its apologists present him as the champion of women’s rights. The Quran is an asinine book of nonsense, yet its defenders claim that it is a miracle which contains scientific facts. It opposes knowledge and technology, yet it is presented as the religion that encourages learning. Muslims are fond of reminding others that Muhammad said “seek knowledge even if it is China” But the fact is that any knowledge that is perceived as contradicting the Quran is regarded satanic and is to be destroyed.
The Royal Library of Alexandria in Egypt was once the largest in the world. It was founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BC during the reign of Ptolemy II of Egypt . It stored at its peak 400,000 to 700,000 scrolls. In 640 AD Muslims took the city and upon learning of ``a great library containing all the knowledge of the world`` the conquering general asked Khalifa Omar for instructions. Omar has been quoted as saying of the Library`s holdings, ``they will either contradict the Quran, in which case they are heresy, or they will agree with it, so they are superfluous.`` And to be on the safe side he ordered the library to be destroyed and the books burnt.
This is how Muslims try to portray a false image of Islam so it can have a broad appeal.
However, the most important feature of Islamic polity is the glorification of Islamic state and the total subordination of the individual to it.
Just like in fascism, the Islamic state is defined as an organic whole to which individuals must submit. In Islam “freedom” is in submission to Allah and his messenger. The very word Islam, which Muslims deceptively translate as peace, means submission. What is good for Islam and the Islamic state is good for Muslims and what is bad for Islam and the Islamic state is to be spurned and regarded as bad for the Muslims too. Islam and the establishment of Islam’s dominion is the greater good and the ultimate goal that every Muslim must strive for.
The Islamic site muslim-canada.org writes: “The highest organization in society is the state. Islam has given to the world the practical form and ideals of statehood. Therefore, the question of how religion should inspire, inform and discipline life, is naturally related to the question of how should it be related to the highest organization of society (i.e. the state).”
The other ruling of Islam is the concept of Jihad and the necessity to struggle in order to advance the Islamic dominance. The motto that “Islam is a religion of peace” is a preposterous slogan that is part of the strategy of the Islamic “Game of Deception”. Islam does not mean peace, it does not preach peace, it has never been peaceful and it will never be. Islam has advanced through aggressive militarism and regards Jihad and martyrdom as the most meritorious acts. Islam is militant and imperialistic by its very nature.
Fascism is elitist. Islam is also elitist. The Khalifa or the velayat-e faqih is the ultimate authority on Earth. He is the one who can read the scriptures and the only one who can understand them properly. His word is the ultimate undisputable decree. However theoretically, just as in communism, anyone can aspire to become Khalifa. The Khalifa in Sunni sect is elected by the populace while the velayate-e faqih in Shiism is nominated by a body of the ruling Mullahs called: “The Assembly of Experts”. Whether this ruler is elected or nominated, just like in other totalitarian regimes, he occupies his seat for life and responds to no human authority.
Another similarity of Islam and fascism is the disdain of reason and intelligence in both ideologies. In Islam, the emphasis is on faith and unquestioning obedience to the mandates of God. Reason is rejected as a fallacy. Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, (1058 - 1111 CE) is arguably the greatest Islamic scholar ever. In his book ``Incoherence of the Philosophers`` he bitterly denounced Aristotle, Plato, Socrates and other Greek thinkers as non-believers and labeled those who employed their methods and ideas as corrupters of the Islamic faith. He took aim at Avicenna for being a rationalist who drew intellectually upon the Ancient Greeks. By emphasizing on the incompatibility of faith and reason, and by asserting the futility of making faith subordinate to reason, Ghazali gave validity to unreasoned faith and thus glorified stupidity.
Watt says: “The early period of Islamic thought is dominated by the conception of the unchangeability of true religion and the special Arab and Islamic conception of the nature of knowledge. Knowledge that is important for the conduct of life – and this is knowledge in the fullest sense – is obtained in the revealed words of God and in the sayings of prophets and other specially gifted men. From this conception of knowledge it follows that the work of the scholar is to transmit accurately the revealed text and other wise sayings”. [The Formative Period of Islamic Thought, p.63]
It is important to note that when Muslims talk about knowledge, they are talking about the ``revealed`` knowledge and not the secular scientific knowledge that has given birth to our civilization. The word science in Arabic is Ilm. The people, who possess this Ilm, are called Ulama. But Ulama does not mean scientists. It means religious scholars. Ilm is religious science. Islam does not encourage the learning of science. Islamic languages don`t have even a proper word for it. Islam encourages religious learning. This is what Muhammad meant when he said ``seek knowledge``. Seeking knowledge in Islam, means memorizing the Quran and the hadith.
Inspired by the Quran various Muslim groups have employed sectarian violence to achieve political ends. The first group was Kharijiyya. The Kharijiyya insisted on two things. First, that the Islamic community must be based on the Quran. The second point emphasized the ascendancy of the Islamic state over the individual rights. Motivated by many verses of the Quran (32.13, 76:29-31, 3:39, 3:159, 16:93, 2:6-7, 4:88, etc.), they maintained that God’s will, must supersede men’s will and claimed the community is the bearer of the values that constitutes meaningfulness, in other words men’s life has meaning only if he belongs to Muslim community. This is how fascism defines the position of the individual vis-à-vis the state. These ideas were based on the Quran and were eventually adopted by the rest of the Muslims.
The Islamic rationalists such as Mutazilis placed reason above revelation. But their school was vehemently opposed by more fervent Islamists and became extinct. They were attacked by a group called Ashariyya to which al-Ghazali and the celebrated poet Rumi belonged. Rumi mocked the rationalists and in a catchy verse that left its mark on the psyche of the gullible masses said the rationalists stand on ``wooden legs``.
The Ashariyya glorified irrationality and remained faithful to the Quran. They rejected the rationalists whom, in their view, had forsaken religion and had detracted from God and his revelation. Thus rational objectivism was quashed with mockery and violence, the books of rationalists such as Zakaria Razi were destroyed and they themselves had to hide for their safety. The Ashariyya won because they had the backing of the Quran, the rationalists did not.
With Ashariyyah’s unconditional embrace of the authority of revelation, and their glorification of irrationality, rationalism was nipped in the bud and most likely the Renascence that was about to be born 1000 years ago, did not. We shall never know the extent of the harm that these celebrated religious zealots caused to mankind’s civilization.
In an article titled: Is Rumi What We Think He Is? Massoume Price quotes Dr. Shaffiee Kadkani who wrote: “unfortunately the emergence of geniuses such as Rumi and other Urafa (religious mystics) who unconditionally supported Ashariyya did not give freedom of thought a chance”. He concludes, “If it wasn’t because of Ashariyya our history might have evolved differently”. [Creation and History, (Afarinesh va Tarikh, p.50)]
Price contends: “It is not a coincidence that in Mathnavi, Rumi attacks all thinkers including atheists, naturalists and philosophers etc…. When Ibn Khadon [Khaldun] troduction (Mogadameh) [Muqaddimah] t Africans are black because of geographical and environmental conditions, it was the Ashariyya who ended such scientific observations by declaring people are black because God created them as such. When Physicians tried to find the connection between the brain and hand’s movements, it was Imam Muhammad Ghazali who mocked scientific inquiry and stated “hands move because God wants them to move” (Alchemy of Happiness, Kimiyaya Saadat). It was Ashariyya who imposed inquisition culture that still exists today and haunts us even in North America.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, (Third Edition. 2002) says: “As a rule, fascist governments are dominated by a dictator, who usually possesses a magnetic personality, wears a showy uniform, and rallies his followers by mass parades; appeals to strident nationalism; and promotes suspicion or hatred of both foreigners and “impure” people within his own nation, such as the Jews in Germany.”
In Islam, the Khalifa does not wear a showy uniform. On the contrary, in accordance to Muhammad’s sunnah, he exerts himself to make a public “display of modesty”. Modesty is just a show and a hallmark of Islam. The more modest you dress, the more pious you look. But the Friday prayers and the hajj are the Islamic version of mass parades that are designed to impress the believer, give him a sense of pride and belonging and make him firm in his belief that Islam is strong.
This parade to Muhammad was so important that in one hadith he is quoted saying:
“I thought that I should order the prayer to be commenced and command a person to lead people in prayer, and I should then go along with some persons having a fagot of fuel with them to the people who have not attended the prayer (in congregation) and would burn their houses with fire. [Muslim4,1370; Bukhari1,11,626]
Islam also promoted suspicion and hatred of the unbelievers. Muhammad said that the unbelievers are impure (najis) 9:28 and instilled in them the hatred of the Jews, saying God transformed them into apes and swine. 2.65, 5.60, 7.166
Clearly Islamic system of government is fascistic.
• It is marked by centralization of authority under a supreme leader vested with divine clout.
• It has stringent socioeconomic control over all aspects of all its subjects irrespective of their faith.
• It suppresses its opposition through terror and censorship.
• It has a policy of belligerence towards non-believers.
• It practices religious apartheid.
• It disdains reason.
• It is imperialistic.
• It is oppressive.
• It is dictatorial and
• It is controlling.
Islam, like fascism, appeals to people with low self esteem and low intelligence. Both these ideologies are irrational. They disdain reason, and hail devotion and submission to a higher authority. Like fascists, Muslims are triumphalists. They seek power, domination and control. They pride themselves in their strength of number, in their mindless heroism, in their disdain for life and in their willingness to kill and die for their cause.
Islam is political and political Islam is fascism
Pakistan – The Threat From Within
well here is one of the best satirical pieces about His hole-iness, the ghulaam-i-Saudia.
Pervez Muaavia seems to have gone bonkers.
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 4, 2007 07:00 am
Zeemax:309well here is one of the best satirical pieces about His hole-iness, the ghulaam-i-Saudia.
Pervez Muaavia seems to have gone bonkers.
Pakistan – The Threat From Within
``too ney kyaa daikhhaa naheeN maghrib ka jamhoori nizaam?
Chehraa raushan! androoN Changez sey taareek tar!``
.........................................................................ALLAMA Iqbal
tr:
Seen you not, the Democratic system of the West?
On surface all glitter! Within darker & diabolical than ChanGez khan
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 3, 2007 10:57 pm
The chimera of ``democracy````too ney kyaa daikhhaa naheeN maghrib ka jamhoori nizaam?
Chehraa raushan! androoN Changez sey taareek tar!``
.........................................................................ALLAMA Iqbal
tr:
Seen you not, the Democratic system of the West?
On surface all glitter! Within darker & diabolical than ChanGez khan
Pakistan – The Threat From Within
But their is a dilemma now.
Those who are born free , never heard of Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi & wear the star & stripes....are thoroughly amused at the pale/brown/black
but never red...Indians ( South Asians? OK OK)
Lets Eavesdrop:
Hasn`t US` Congress, much like USMail, become a passé anachronism?
Do we citizens, as individuals, need Congress` corruption, their massively excessive perquisites, their pandering and pimping of us to lobbyists?
Do we need their profound eidetic ineptnesses?
Do we need their unsolicited troglodytic mail bearing only more lies and hubris?
Do we need their self-maltuited bogus `catholic` sovereignty over us? McCaine to Federici, ``I am about to hold you in contempt of Congress.`` Yeah, wrong! We, individual
citizens of US, hold you, Congress, in contempt! And that Irenaeun anti Christ administration too.
Do we need their calling US government a `democracy` when our Constitution says we are a ``Federated Republic`` and nowhere even uses a word, `democracy?`
`Democracy` is innately insecure! `Democracy` is unsurvivable. `Democracy` is social `intelligent design` by idiocy.
Federated Republic is modular, thus more secure.Federated Republic is redundant, thus more survivable. Federated Republic is naturally quantum~emerscence.
Democracy is a lowest common denominator, tragedy of commons sense, OSFA
scum floats to pond`s top bureaucracy. (Isn`t it clear that is where USA is today? Scum on top. Quality on bottom.)
Federated Republic is a many sizes fit many capitalistic individual free will approaches, extraordinary talent rises and wins via multiplicity. Democracy`s OSFA scum sinks to bottom
Democracy begs more terror. (Compare M$-virus magnet, and Apple-virus free.)
Federated Republic nips terror prior its instantiation.
Our founding fathers were geniuses! Don`t see a hell of a lot of that around any more.
Democracy is about One `society`. Federated Republic is innately about Many individuals.
Many survive[s]. One intrinsically self-extincts. One is an easy terrorist target. Many are innately problematic as individual targets.
There`s a new FOX cable network! Have you noticed?MSNBC during September, 2006 changed! They now sound just like FOX. That`s sad. Very sad. We just won`t listen to unilateral Right Wing evangelical OSFA monistic-monastic either-or goshpel
from any news network, regardless. MSNBC`s bosses and owners must be Right Wing twidlos similar Bu()sh().
US News networks are practicing classical either-or partisan politics, and it is transparent as we go into mid terms.
Say good-by MSNBC! We stopped viewing those FOX
News Ockhamistic [in a] Nutshells years ago and you were
our alternative...you had our respect, but no more!
Contemptible ne`er-do-wells...
Financial Times needs a world cable news network, similar BBC! Gladly subscribe to that...a world view of USA is much more valuable than national incestuous network and cable TV. Owners of TV networks need to keep their personal politics far away from networks` talking heads.
Classically, Christianity and Islam are dialectical
OSFA `opposites.`
Quantumly Christianity and Islam are rhetorical
complements.
Classically Christianity is `not` in Islam and
Islam is `not` in Christianity.
Quantumly Christianity is in Islam and
Islam is in Christianity.
But OSFA classically, ``Allah says, when you encounter those who deny Islam, strike [their] necks.``
from the Koran [Quran], sura 47, verse 4
And OSFA classically anti-gnostic (Irenaeus-approved Roman) Jesus: ``I bring not peace, but a sword.``
from Matthew 10,34: NIV Study
Bible.
Learn to be more like Rosa Parks, Josephine Baker,
and Martin Luther King...real Gn¤stic Jesuits all...
Compare Mel Gibson`s anti gnostic dialectically
oppositional, inquisitional, crusading `catholicism.`
(If you haven`t seen that fab movie about Josephine
Baker, you should.)
Politics: An art of lying to achieve and maintain social celebrity.
Celebrity is social approval of individuals` works which society cannot understand: celebrity is societal `approval` by social inepts: social hypocrisy. A kind of social-intellectual gang rape.
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 3, 2007 06:52 pm
Now because the Madressas of Cambridge and Harvard are still considered great by the enslaved minds of those who get their juices flowing from every orifice of their hypothecated hearts & minds. They get EMPLOYED! get jobs..and as long as jobs are associated with such education it would always be held in high estemm by the Humped-Dumped2s & their Chihuauas of this world.But their is a dilemma now.
Those who are born free , never heard of Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi & wear the star & stripes....are thoroughly amused at the pale/brown/black
but never red...Indians ( South Asians? OK OK)
Lets Eavesdrop:
Hasn`t US` Congress, much like USMail, become a passé anachronism?
Do we citizens, as individuals, need Congress` corruption, their massively excessive perquisites, their pandering and pimping of us to lobbyists?
Do we need their profound eidetic ineptnesses?
Do we need their unsolicited troglodytic mail bearing only more lies and hubris?
Do we need their self-maltuited bogus `catholic` sovereignty over us? McCaine to Federici, ``I am about to hold you in contempt of Congress.`` Yeah, wrong! We, individual
citizens of US, hold you, Congress, in contempt! And that Irenaeun anti Christ administration too.
Do we need their calling US government a `democracy` when our Constitution says we are a ``Federated Republic`` and nowhere even uses a word, `democracy?`
`Democracy` is innately insecure! `Democracy` is unsurvivable. `Democracy` is social `intelligent design` by idiocy.
Federated Republic is modular, thus more secure.Federated Republic is redundant, thus more survivable. Federated Republic is naturally quantum~emerscence.
Democracy is a lowest common denominator, tragedy of commons sense, OSFA
scum floats to pond`s top bureaucracy. (Isn`t it clear that is where USA is today? Scum on top. Quality on bottom.)
Federated Republic is a many sizes fit many capitalistic individual free will approaches, extraordinary talent rises and wins via multiplicity. Democracy`s OSFA scum sinks to bottom
Democracy begs more terror. (Compare M$-virus magnet, and Apple-virus free.)
Federated Republic nips terror prior its instantiation.
Our founding fathers were geniuses! Don`t see a hell of a lot of that around any more.
Democracy is about One `society`. Federated Republic is innately about Many individuals.
Many survive[s]. One intrinsically self-extincts. One is an easy terrorist target. Many are innately problematic as individual targets.
There`s a new FOX cable network! Have you noticed?MSNBC during September, 2006 changed! They now sound just like FOX. That`s sad. Very sad. We just won`t listen to unilateral Right Wing evangelical OSFA monistic-monastic either-or goshpel
from any news network, regardless. MSNBC`s bosses and owners must be Right Wing twidlos similar Bu()sh().
US News networks are practicing classical either-or partisan politics, and it is transparent as we go into mid terms.
Say good-by MSNBC! We stopped viewing those FOX
News Ockhamistic [in a] Nutshells years ago and you were
our alternative...you had our respect, but no more!
Contemptible ne`er-do-wells...
Financial Times needs a world cable news network, similar BBC! Gladly subscribe to that...a world view of USA is much more valuable than national incestuous network and cable TV. Owners of TV networks need to keep their personal politics far away from networks` talking heads.
Classically, Christianity and Islam are dialectical
OSFA `opposites.`
Quantumly Christianity and Islam are rhetorical
complements.
Classically Christianity is `not` in Islam and
Islam is `not` in Christianity.
Quantumly Christianity is in Islam and
Islam is in Christianity.
But OSFA classically, ``Allah says, when you encounter those who deny Islam, strike [their] necks.``
from the Koran [Quran], sura 47, verse 4
And OSFA classically anti-gnostic (Irenaeus-approved Roman) Jesus: ``I bring not peace, but a sword.``
from Matthew 10,34: NIV Study
Bible.
Learn to be more like Rosa Parks, Josephine Baker,
and Martin Luther King...real Gn¤stic Jesuits all...
Compare Mel Gibson`s anti gnostic dialectically
oppositional, inquisitional, crusading `catholicism.`
(If you haven`t seen that fab movie about Josephine
Baker, you should.)
Politics: An art of lying to achieve and maintain social celebrity.
Celebrity is social approval of individuals` works which society cannot understand: celebrity is societal `approval` by social inepts: social hypocrisy. A kind of social-intellectual gang rape.
Pakistan – The Threat From Within
May I humbly request you to tighten the screws of the grotto a bit more on Humped-Dumped2 & his Chihuaua32.
There are others in the shadows lurking as well, the ones who are itching to out themselves & dropping hints about their love for their khusraa/HeejrRaa companions...simply to spite Islam and chopping off heir noses in the process.
Oh to what depths they would not stoop to shopw their hated from Islam & Muslims.
Please tighten the screws a bit more gentlemen!
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 3, 2007 11:35 am
Dear Muslims and especially Messrs Masadi, Falfee, Urstruly Zeemax.May I humbly request you to tighten the screws of the grotto a bit more on Humped-Dumped2 & his Chihuaua32.
There are others in the shadows lurking as well, the ones who are itching to out themselves & dropping hints about their love for their khusraa/HeejrRaa companions...simply to spite Islam and chopping off heir noses in the process.
Oh to what depths they would not stoop to shopw their hated from Islam & Muslims.
Please tighten the screws a bit more gentlemen!
Pakistan – The Threat From Within
Humped-Dumped2 & his chihuaua must be pursued relentlessly. The first one is genuinely funny when he talks of his family & relatives but makes CHOWK staff queasy when he utters blasphemies..but then CHOWK staff perhaps have a dorment desire to an Ayan Hearsay Ali or a Salman Rushdic .
`` NanGay naa agar honGay , toa kyaa naam naa ho Gaa``?
But the Chihuaua is a Skimmer. I have never come across with anyone with more shallow or superficial undertanding of issues than this one , who once said that all ``education`` one ever need is KinderGarten
Please keep at it.
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 2, 2007 09:16 pm
Fellow Muslims:Humped-Dumped2 & his chihuaua must be pursued relentlessly. The first one is genuinely funny when he talks of his family & relatives but makes CHOWK staff queasy when he utters blasphemies..but then CHOWK staff perhaps have a dorment desire to an Ayan Hearsay Ali or a Salman Rushdic .
`` NanGay naa agar honGay , toa kyaa naam naa ho Gaa``?
But the Chihuaua is a Skimmer. I have never come across with anyone with more shallow or superficial undertanding of issues than this one , who once said that all ``education`` one ever need is KinderGarten
Please keep at it.
Pakistan – The Threat From Within
Hima Khanum kay naam:
Chaudhry Mohammed Ali Rudoolvi`s delightful letters to his daughter Hima KhanUm.
`` Just as in early childhood one suffers from measles & whooping cough..so do some catch Tthe tuberculosis of the western thought in their prime youth....``
Read on!
Enjoy!
Rahul Capri & a lot of Urdu-adab afficiondos would really enjoy these. Hamidm2 would be able to gaze at his future and a lot of Liberaloonies would mutter `` There is still hope; we will, inshallah, get redeemed``
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 2, 2007 09:20 am
Hima Khanum kay naam:
Chaudhry Mohammed Ali Rudoolvi`s delightful letters to his daughter Hima KhanUm.
`` Just as in early childhood one suffers from measles & whooping cough..so do some catch Tthe tuberculosis of the western thought in their prime youth....``
Read on!
Enjoy!
Rahul Capri & a lot of Urdu-adab afficiondos would really enjoy these. Hamidm2 would be able to gaze at his future and a lot of Liberaloonies would mutter `` There is still hope; we will, inshallah, get redeemed``
Pakistan – The Threat From Within
#103
If the lord were found by bathing and washing, He would be found
By frogs and fish.
If the lord were found by having long hair, He would be found
By sheep and goats.
If the lord were found by staying awake all night, He would be found
By the cuckoo.
If the Lord were found by being celibate, he would be found
By gelded oxen.
The Lord is only found by those, Bahu, whose intentions
Are good.
( Death before Dying – Sultan Bahu)
Sultan Bahu..a true Muslim saint or Sant ( Sanskrit origin..lets call him that instead of Sufi: a tainted term already, like peer sanyaasi faqueer).
He is talkin about if one could be nearer to God ONLY BY those four criteria.
These siants were giving refuge & asylum to the downtrodden who were being persecuted by tyrants & their cohorts ( Quazis & Mullas..enforcing Shariat Guatanama bay ishtyle). The current CJ affair in Pakistan is a case in point. Quazi Noor-ullh-Shastri, the Chief Justice when Jehangir was the emperor, suffered a most diabolical death for his upstanding dispensing of justice.
The use of Masjid-Mulla nexus ( or for that matter church or the tabernacle) for political expediancy is not the sole domain of Muslim emperors.
If you pay attention:
He ridicules the rituals-only Muslim Mulla, the Sikh Sant, the ascetic hindu pundit, and the Christain priest.
But some liberaloons are in the habit of doing a michael-angelo with every art:
They asked him : `` How do you make such fine scultures``
He said: `` The idols are always there in the marble, I just chiselle away the extra marble``
The ``thought`` already in the mind of the liberaloons is made subservient to any art or idea.
what a waste of some beautiful minds!
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 1, 2007 04:41 pm
On Sultan Bahu#103
If the lord were found by bathing and washing, He would be found
By frogs and fish.
If the lord were found by having long hair, He would be found
By sheep and goats.
If the lord were found by staying awake all night, He would be found
By the cuckoo.
If the Lord were found by being celibate, he would be found
By gelded oxen.
The Lord is only found by those, Bahu, whose intentions
Are good.
( Death before Dying – Sultan Bahu)
Sultan Bahu..a true Muslim saint or Sant ( Sanskrit origin..lets call him that instead of Sufi: a tainted term already, like peer sanyaasi faqueer).
He is talkin about if one could be nearer to God ONLY BY those four criteria.
These siants were giving refuge & asylum to the downtrodden who were being persecuted by tyrants & their cohorts ( Quazis & Mullas..enforcing Shariat Guatanama bay ishtyle). The current CJ affair in Pakistan is a case in point. Quazi Noor-ullh-Shastri, the Chief Justice when Jehangir was the emperor, suffered a most diabolical death for his upstanding dispensing of justice.
The use of Masjid-Mulla nexus ( or for that matter church or the tabernacle) for political expediancy is not the sole domain of Muslim emperors.
If you pay attention:
He ridicules the rituals-only Muslim Mulla, the Sikh Sant, the ascetic hindu pundit, and the Christain priest.
But some liberaloons are in the habit of doing a michael-angelo with every art:
They asked him : `` How do you make such fine scultures``
He said: `` The idols are always there in the marble, I just chiselle away the extra marble``
The ``thought`` already in the mind of the liberaloons is made subservient to any art or idea.
what a waste of some beautiful minds!
Pakistan – The Threat From Within
``Kinaar-i-daryaa, Khizar neiN mujhh sey kaha, b`andaaz-i mehramanaa
Sikandari ho, Qualandari ho, yeh subb tareequay haiN sahiranaa``
..............................................ALLAMA Iqbal
By the river bank, Khizr* confided unto me this secret
The conquest-driven, the Mystic-driven..both are charlataans.
Shariat & Tareequat both are the bedrock of Islami Ethos. Even Naqsh would not deny that.
Every respectable sage identified as a sufi in the annals of human history, including the ones mentioned by Naqsh never shifted from this bedrock.
There was no need of any sufi, if some of the monarchs ( labelled as Khalifas) were themselves not secular, albiet muslim in name.
Hazrat Ali , to which each & every sufi anywhere anytime is the one to whom they all converge to..both in ancestory & in spirituality. Everone here would agree that he was not the kind to play dead in the either the spiritual or the secular realm...and it was our Nabi(pbuh) who
excelled, as a leader of his people, in every field of human endeavour. he alone was the source for Hazrat Ali as well.
P.S: Your shararti tickling, though amusing, would be ignored.
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 1, 2007 03:52 pm
Kal:``Kinaar-i-daryaa, Khizar neiN mujhh sey kaha, b`andaaz-i mehramanaa
Sikandari ho, Qualandari ho, yeh subb tareequay haiN sahiranaa``
..............................................ALLAMA Iqbal
By the river bank, Khizr* confided unto me this secret
The conquest-driven, the Mystic-driven..both are charlataans.
Shariat & Tareequat both are the bedrock of Islami Ethos. Even Naqsh would not deny that.
Every respectable sage identified as a sufi in the annals of human history, including the ones mentioned by Naqsh never shifted from this bedrock.
There was no need of any sufi, if some of the monarchs ( labelled as Khalifas) were themselves not secular, albiet muslim in name.
Hazrat Ali , to which each & every sufi anywhere anytime is the one to whom they all converge to..both in ancestory & in spirituality. Everone here would agree that he was not the kind to play dead in the either the spiritual or the secular realm...and it was our Nabi(pbuh) who
excelled, as a leader of his people, in every field of human endeavour. he alone was the source for Hazrat Ali as well.
P.S: Your shararti tickling, though amusing, would be ignored.
Pakistan – The Threat From Within
The kind of peeri-mureedi & dabba peeri with circuses heejrRaa & bhang charas or Hippiedom was never the intent & Mr. Naqshbandi most likely is not advocating such kind of phoosi-sufism.
Such ``sufism`` is akin to th Homeopathis system of medicine. Keep diluting religion & it becomes mor potent and adding some sugar granules finishes off the acceptance even to the diabetics.
More later..
have to rush
Posted by
echoboom
Jun 1, 2007 01:09 pm
Well , with all due respects, Sufism is not a sect and in that regard Bareilvi is only a School of learning which has become an arch-rival of another school DEobandi...and since various monarchs/rulers patronised one school over the other to appoint religious officials, this rivalry, healthy at one point & to a point, too sometimes an ugly turn.The kind of peeri-mureedi & dabba peeri with circuses heejrRaa & bhang charas or Hippiedom was never the intent & Mr. Naqshbandi most likely is not advocating such kind of phoosi-sufism.
Such ``sufism`` is akin to th Homeopathis system of medicine. Keep diluting religion & it becomes mor potent and adding some sugar granules finishes off the acceptance even to the diabetics.
More later..
have to rush
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