{"id":5377,"date":"2021-12-09T19:51:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T19:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=5377"},"modified":"2021-12-09T20:09:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:09:22","slug":"allah-liberty-love-irshad-manji","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=5377","title":{"rendered":"Allah Liberty & Love – Irshad Manji"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0In the name of All\u0101h,<\/span>
\n\u00a0the Beneficent, the Merciful.<\/span>
\n\u00a0Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.<\/span>
\n\u00a0DEDICATED TO<\/span>
\n\u00a0All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,<\/span>
\n\u00a0Lord of the worlds<\/span>
\n\u00a0AND TO<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0Mohammad\u2013who brought the world<\/span>
\n\u00a0to our feet and eternity to our arms.<\/span>
\n\u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n

Response to<\/span>
\nALL\u0100H, LIBERTY& LOVE<\/span>
\nBY<\/span>
\nIRSHAD MANJI
\n<\/span>(See also The Trouble with Islam-Irshad Manji<\/span>)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

On page 294 of Manji\u2019s book, All\u0101h, Liberty & Love<\/em>, it is stated (by the publishers?): \u201cThe New York Times <\/em>has called her (Manji) \u201cOsama bin Laden\u2019s worst nightmare\u201d while the Jakarta Post<\/em> in Indonesia, the world\u2019s largest Muslim country, has identified Irshad Manji as one of three women creating positive change in contemporary Islam.\u201d
\n<\/span>(I shiver to hear who the other two women are). Obviously, the person who penned this piece of praise to Manji knows as much about Islam as Manji does. Perhaps he\/she and Manji can detail what \u201ccontemporary\u201d Islam is. Mercifully, Muslims of Indonesia (and world-wide) will adhere to the injunctions of All\u0101h and seek knowledge and not fall prey to Manji-ism<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 That Manji is \u201cOsama bin Laden\u2019s worst nightmare. This is amusing. How much of Islam Osama bin Laden knew we may never know. But considering Manji\u2019s bumbling in Islamic matters (as we have shown in our responses to her The Trouble With Islam <\/em>and All\u0101h, Liberty & Love<\/em>), Irshad Manji is her own \u201cworst nightmare.\u201d
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 PREAMBLE
\n<\/span><\/em>\u201cCall to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and argue with them in the best manner. Surely thy Lord knows best him who strays from His path, and He knows best those who go aright\u201d\u2013Qur\u2019an 16:125).<\/span>
\n<\/span>Islam \u2013the religion of wisdom, reason, argument and examples\u2013 does not seek to silence voices: Islam seeks to enhance mentality. And the venerable Caliph, \u2018Umar, reminds us: \u201cGod gave us honor and greatness through Islam, and if we seek it now in other ways than those enjoined by Islam, God will again bring us into disgrace.\u201d1<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

While there are practices by Muslims that are to be abolished immediately \u2013such as stoning, honor killing, etc; (shown later)\u2013 Irshad Manji, in her quest to have Muslims conform to her beliefs, tramples all over the injunctions of All\u0101h:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -whereas All\u0101h says the Prophet errs not, Manji says \u201cProphets (are) prone to error\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -whereas All\u0101h enjoins chastity Manji espouses immorality.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0-whereas All\u0101h institutes the khimar<\/em>\/head-covering and jalaba<\/em>\/over-garment as a symbol of identity and distinction Manji reviles them as objects of oppression. \u00a0(Irshad Manji not only rebels against the head-covering she indirectly condemns All\u0101h).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -whereas All\u0101h decrees that male and female guilty of lewdness (which includes homosexuality and lesbianism) are to be punished, Irshad Manji promotes that God made people homosexuals and lesbians.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -whereas All\u0101h designates Muslims the \u201cbest nation,\u201d Irshad Manji regards this as zealotry (implying that All\u0101h is bigoted). (More on this later).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -whereas All\u0101h enjoins five daily prayers and its format which was practiced by Prophet Mohammad, the best interpreter of the Qur\u2019an \u2013and even animals make submission to All\u0101h: Qur\u2019an 22:18\u2013, Manji rejects the five daily prayers and format. (Perhaps Manji also reject Zakaat, Fasting and Hajj). (More on this later)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -whereas All\u0101h has placed restriction on who a Muslim can marry, Manji (using the word of an Imam) encourages Muslims to marry whoever they like (and perhaps have Muslims commit adultery or fornication). (More on this later).<\/span><\/p>\n

All\u0101h reveals in Qur\u2019an 3:7: \u201cHe it is Who has revealed the Book to thee; some of its verses are decisive \u2014 they are the basis of the Book \u2014 and others are allegorical. Then those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part of it which is allegorical, seeking to mislead, and seeking to give it (their own) interpretation. And none knows its interpretation save All\u00e5h, and those firmly rooted in knowledge. They say: We believe in it, it is all from our Lord. And none mind except men of understanding.\u201d2<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 That part of the Qur\u2019an is \u201callegorical\u201d Manji wrote: \u201cThe verse ends by cautioning us that God alone knows the meaning of His words\u2026The Sodom and Gomorrah story\u2013-Islam\u2019s parable of Lut\u2013-is ambiguous. You\u2019re certain it\u2019s about homosexuals, but\u00a0 it could be about the rape of straight men by other straight men as a display of power and control. God punished Lut\u2019s tribe for cutting off trade routes, hoarding \u00a0wealth and dissing outsiders \u2026.I don\u2019t know that I\u2019m right. According to the Qur\u2019an, though, you can\u2019t be sure that you\u2019re right either.\u201d<\/em> (pp. 112-113).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>\u00a0That Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed because of homosexuality is clear from both the Qur\u2019an and Bible. All\u0101h revealed in His Qur\u2019an:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when Our messengers came to Lot, he was grieved for them,<\/strong> and he was unable to protect them, and said: This is a distressful day! And his people came to him, (as if) driven on towards him, and they were used to the doing of evil deeds before. He said: O my people, these are my daughters \u2015 they are purer for you;<\/strong> so guard against (the punishment of) Allah and disgrace me not about my guests. Is there not among you any right-minded man?<\/strong> They said: Certainly thou knowest that we have no claim on thy daughters, and thou knowest what we desire<\/strong>\u2026.So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them upside down, and rained on them stones, as decreed, one after another\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 11: 77-82; also 15:67-75).<\/span><\/p>\n

Clearly, the Sodomites and Gomorrah-ites did not want to have sex with women regardless of how \u201cpure,\u201d their \u201cdesire\u201d was to have sex with men especially \u201cnew\u201d men who in this case were Lot\u2019s male \u201cguests\u201d and who happened to be Divine messengers sent to take Lot and his family to safety before God destroyed the homosexuals and their cities.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 For the Biblical account see Genesis chapter 19 verses 4-25.<\/span><\/p>\n

Irshad Manji\u2019s \u201cmoral courage\u201d mantra revolves around \u201cI\u201d \u2013that the individual\u2019s choice of what he\/she wants and thinks be dominant in life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 While without doubt the individual has the right to think and choose for himself, that this \u201cI\u201d should be the dominant force in society is good only on paper. Any thinking individual knows that individual right\/interest is superseded by societal and national right\/interest. Thus in these instances \u201cI\u201d is superseded by \u201cus\u201d and \u201cwe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0While one is required to speak out on behalf of truth and justice, in every society \u201cI\u201d is also a part of \u201cwe\u201d and of \u201cus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -let Manji demand from her society\/government \u201cI\u201d have the right to engage in lesbian relation with a girl of thirteen years<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -let Manji demand from her society\/government that people have the right to marry or have sex with anyone of any age (as opposed to restrictions against an adult having sex with someone under eighteen)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -let Manji demand that her society\/government does not have the right to dictate at what age a person can be married<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -let Manji demand that her society\/government has no right to charge its citizens for what they do abroad, such as having sex with girls her government considers under-age.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Significantly, while a person can assert \u201cI\u201d do NOT want to be part of culture; a person also has the right to assert \u201cI\u201d WANT to be part of culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Manji needs to take the \u201cmoral courage\u201d and demand that men not give their brides dowry (or that we abolish this injunction of All\u0101h); after all it is not equality that men give women marriage-gifts, and even though she may have greater wealth that he has.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Manji needs to take the \u201cmoral courage\u201d and demand that men not be the sole maintainer of women (and family) (or that we abolish this injunction of All\u0101h); after all it is not equality that men do this and women (who has wealth or work) get to keep all their wealth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Manji needs to take the \u201cmoral courage\u201d and demand that women (including Manji) be circumcised (or that we abolish this everlasting covenant with All\u0101h made through Ibrahim\/Abraham to the Resurrection); after all it is not equality that men lose a piece and women not.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0All\u0101h does not require Muslims to follow leaders blindly: \u201cThey take their doctors of law and their monks for lords besides All\u00e5h, and (also) the Messiah, son of Mary. And they were enjoined that they should serve one God only \u2014 there is no god but He. Be He glorified from what they set up (with Him)!\u201d And Muhammad Ali notes, \u201cIt is related in a hadith that, when this verse was revealed, \u2018Adi ibn H\u00e5tim, a convert from Christianity, asked the Holy Prophet as to the significance of this verse, for, he said, we did not worship our doctors of law and monks. The Holy Prophet\u2019s reply was: Was it not that the people considered lawful what their priests declared to be lawful, though it was forbidden by God<\/em>. H\u00e5tim replied in the affirmative. That, the Prophet said, was what the verse meant (Tr. 44:9; IJ). Muslims who accord a similar position to their pirs <\/em>or saints are guilty of the same error.\u201d (Muslims can only know if we are being mislead if we have knowledge).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, not even All\u0101h requires us to have blind faith in Him, this is why He calls us in several places in the Qur\u2019an to exercise reason, and to call to belief through wisdom, reason, argument and examples\u2013(Qur\u2019an 16:125).<\/span><\/p>\n

All\u0101h and His magnanimous Messenger have given us physical, moral, intellectual, and spiritual \u201ccourage\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 –physical courage:<\/em> help from Allah in jihad against oppression and on behalf of non-Muslims\u2013(Qur\u2019an 22:39-40); a small party will defeat a large party\u2013(Qur\u2019an 8:65-66); whether one is slain or victorious he will receive Jannah\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:154; 3:168-170; 4:74); not to be weak-hearted in battle: Muslims hope from All\u0101h what the enemy hope not\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:104).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 This physical courage was aptly illustrated by Abu Bakr Siddiqi, the first Caliph of Islam. Said the venerable Caliph: \u201cIf I do well in my job, help me. If I do wrong, redress me. truthfulness is fidelity, and lying is treason\u2026.Obey me as long as I obey God and His Prophet. But if I disobey God\u2019s command or His Prophet\u2019s, then no obedience is incumbent upon you.\u201d (The question is, how can Muslims know when their leaders are not obeying All\u0101h and His Prophet if they do not have knowledge?).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 –moral courage:<\/em> stand up for justice\/truth, give justice even if it be against one\u2019s self or parents\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:135; 5:8); The Prophet is reported to have said: Whoever amongst you sees an evil, let him change it with his hands; and if he is not able, then with his tongue (i.e. speak out against it); and if he is not able, then let him hate it in his heart; and that is the weakest of faith\u2013Muslim Vol. 1, #79).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The Prophet said to help your brother whether he is oppressed or the oppressor; the people said that they know how to help if their brother is oppressed, but how could they help if he is the oppressor? The Prophet replied, \u201cBy preventing him from oppressing others\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 3, #624; Vol. 9, #84).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Prophet said that previous nations were destroyed because they would not apply All\u0101h\u2019s legal punishment against the noble, but only against the poor; that even if his beloved daughter, Fatima, should steal he would cut off her hand\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 5, #597).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 So strong was the Prophet against favoritism that he sought the permission of a boy. It is reported that a tumbler of drink was given to the Prophet \u201cwho drank from it, while on his right side there was sitting a boy who was the youngest of those who were present, and on his left side there were old men. The Prophet (peace and blessings of All\u0101h be upon him) asked, O boy! Do you allow me to give (the drink) to the elder people (first)? The boy said, \u201cI will not prefer anybody to have my share from you, O All\u0101h\u2019s Apostle!\u201d So, he gave it to the boy\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 3, #554. Here we have the Mighty Messenger of All\u0101h and King\/Sultan of Arabia seeking permission from a boy. What magnanimity and integrity of character. Whereas these days we have those who profess to stand in the shadow of the Prophet trampling left, right, and centre upon the rights of others.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 –intellectual courage:<\/em> \u201cRead in the name of thy Lord who creates\u2026Who taught by the pen<\/em>, Taught man what he knew not;\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI, All\u0101h, am the Seer. A Book which We have revealed to thee that thou mayest bring forth men, by their Lord\u2019s permission, from darkness into light<\/em>,<\/strong> to the way of the Mighty, the Praised One\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 96:1-5; 14:1). \u201cAllah has made subservient to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 31:20; 45:13. One could not make subservient \u201cwhatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth\u201d without knowledge). The Prophet Mohammad charged Muslims to \u2018seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave,\u2019 to go to China (to any distant place) if need be\u2013(Baihaqi) Mishkat Misabih, Vol. 1, p. 361, #111 W); and that \u2018the superiority of the learned scholar over the pious worshipper is like the superiority of the (full) moon over the stars\u2019\u2013(Abu Dawud Vol. 3, p.1034, # 3634).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -spiritual courage: <\/em>\u201cYou are the best nation raised up for men: you enjoin good and forbid evil and you believe in All\u00e5h\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:109. Since All\u0101h, the Creator, designates Muslims the best nation there is none that can say otherwise. More on this later)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cNow surely the friends of All\u00e5h, they have no fear nor do they grieve\u2026. Those who believe and keep their duty. For them is good news in this world\u2019s life and in the Hereafter. There is no changing the words of All\u00e5h. That is the mighty achievement\u201d \u2013Qur\u2019an 10:62-64; 2:278)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cAnd those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong their souls, remember All\u00e5h and ask forgiveness for their sins. And who forgives sins but All\u00e5h? And they persist not knowingly in what they do. Their reward is protection from their Lord, and Gardens wherein flow rivers, to abide in them. And excellent is the reward of the workers!\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:134-135)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cSay: To whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth? Say: To All\u00e5h. He has ordained mercy on Himself. He will certainly gather you on the Resurrection day \u2014 there is no doubt about it. Those who have lost their souls will not believe\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 6:12)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cyour Lord has ordained mercy on Himself, (so) that if anyone of you does evil in ignorance, then turns after that and acts aright, then He is Forgiving, Merciful\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 6:54)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cI afflict with My chastisement whom I please, and My mercy encompasses all things. So I ordain it for those who keep their duty and pay the poor-rate, and those who believe in Our messages\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 7:156).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cAnd your Lord says: Pray to Me, I will answer you. Those who disdain My service will surely enter hell, abased\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 40:60).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 All\u0101h is so merciful He implores us in loving compassionate terms to forgive us our sins; He instructs the Prophet Mohammad to convey to us: \u201cSay, O My servants who have sinned against their souls, despair not of the mercy of All\u0101h; surely All\u0101h forgives all sins. Verily, He is Most Forgiving, Ever Merciful\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 39:53. Imagine All\u0101h, the Creator and Who needs nothing from us, imagine the expanse of His love, mercy, and compassion to address us in such noble terms. And He forgives \u201call\u201d sins without having anyone killed).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 And whereas All\u0101h forgives or requites evil with its like All\u0101h rewards good up to seven hundredfold: \u201cWhoever brings a good deed will have tenfold like it, and whoever brings an evil deed, will be recompensed only with the like of it, and they shall not be wronged\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 6:160); \u201cThe parable of those who spend their wealth in the way of All\u00e5h is as the parable of a grain growing seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. And All\u00e5h multiplies (further) for whom He pleases. And All\u00e5h is Ample-giving, Knowing\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:261). The Prophet is reported as saying that All\u0101h will forgive all the past sins of a\u00a0 person who \u201cembraces Islam sincerely\u201d and rewards each of his good deed from tenfold to seven hundredfold and his \u201cevil deed will be recorded as it is unless All\u0101h forgives;\u201d and that if a Muslim improves his practice of Islam \u201chis good deeds will be rewarded ten times to seven hundred times\u201d and a \u201cbad deed will be recorded as it is\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 1; chap. 32, and #40).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 As Prophet Mohammad said: \u201cReligion (Islam) is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near perfection and receive the good things that you will be rewarded; and gain strength by worshipping in the mornings, the nights\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 1, #38).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 As stated above, there is no stoning and honor killing in Islam. What is to be borne in mind is that the Qur\u2019an was revealed over a period of about twenty-three years. Unless and until he received Divine revelation in a matter the Prophet Mohammad followed the Torah; once the Prophet received guidance on that issue there was no going back to the old practice (this is what the Qur\u2019an refers to when it speaks about ABROGATION<\/a>; not that one verse of the Qur\u2019an abrogates another verse of the Qur\u2019an as is the popular belief. The Qur\u2019an\/Islam abrogates the Jewish and Christian laws of stoning, death for apostasy, blasphemy; honor killing, slavery, and subjugation of women (see Christianity-subjugates women<\/span>).<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Also, verses of the Qur\u2019an are to be understood according to the background to which they were revealed; as well as verses dealing with the same subject are to be interpreted together.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Hadiths \u2013sayings of the Prophet Mohammad\u2013 are to be interpreted as to the time-period in which they were given, if it was before or after Qur\u2019anic revelation on the subject. Whatever contradicts with the Qur\u2019an is to be discarded. The Prophet Mohammad taught only according to the Qur\u2019an\u2013(Qur\u2019an 10:15; 21:45; 46:9; 53:3-4).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The Qur\u2019an supersedes the Hadith. Even during his lifetime sayings were forged in the Prophet\u2019s name.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Hazrat Ali, the fourth Caliph of Islam, is noted as saying: \u201cDuring the very lifetime of the Holy Prophet (AS) many a false tradition was attributed to him. This continued till the Apostle of God got so vexed that he stood up and declared, \u2018Whoever deliberately and purposely tells a lie against me or attributes lies to me shall make a place for himself in the Hell\u2019\u201d\u2013(Nahjul Balagha<\/em>, sermon 215, p. 386. See also Bokhari Vol. 1, # 106-109; Vol. 4, # 667, 712. Perhaps it is for this reason that the Prophet is reported as having said that whatever sayings of his contradict with the Qur\u2019an is to be discarded. As noted, the Prophet taught only according to the Qur\u2019an. Forgeries may also have been made by the opponents of the Prophet to denigrate him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Hazrat Ali also noted that there are those who heard from the Prophet \u201cbut his memory was not good and when he repeated the traditions he could not repeat them correctly;\u201d then there were those who heard from the Prophet and remembered correctly \u201cbut they did not know that that order was later repealed and abrogated. Conversely, some people heard the Prophet forbidding his followers from a certain action, but did not know that the Apostle of God later gave permission for the same;\u201d and highly significant Hazrat Ali explains that:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOrders of our Holy Prophet (AS) are of two kinds. Some are meant for special persons while others are for all Muslims.
\n<\/span>There were many persons who could not fully understand the significance of what the Prophet had said. They could remember all right, but could not grasp the true relevance of these traditions and began interpreting them as they desired. (Hazrat points out that whereas he invariably had the Prophet explained his teachings, the companions of the Prophet did not \u201cdare\u201d themselves to ask questions and often waited till visiting Arabs asked questions, \u201cthey then listened how Hazrat (the Prophet) replied and tried to remember those traditions as much as they could\u201d). And that \u201cThese are various reasons which caused so many spurious and false traditions to come into circulation\u201d\u2013(Nahjul Balagha<\/em>, sermon 215, pp. 386-388). \u00a0(Thus the safe path is, since the Prophet governed only by the Qur\u2019an, whatever contradicts with the Qur\u2019an is to be discarded).<\/span><\/p>\n

What Muslims are to do are:
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0-entomb and incinerate sectism. It is shameful, disgraceful, and unGodly that after 1400 years Sunnis and Shi\u2019ahs are squabbling over who should have succeeded the Messenger of All\u0101h \u2013the Caliphs did not squabble or fight each other; they cooperated with each other. All\u0101h tells us not to divide ourselves. We must be the biggest maroons in creation if we believe we can defy All\u0101h and sectify ourselves (and even kill one another) and yet expect All\u0101h to give us Jannah. (See\u00a0<\/span>Islam-sectism among Muslims)<\/a>
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0-abolish stoning (see <\/span>Islam-stoning<\/span>)<\/a>
\n\u00a0 -abolish honor killing (see\u00a0<\/span>Islam-honor killing)<\/span><\/a>
\n\u00a0 -abolish death for blasphemy (see\u00a0<\/span>Islam-blasphemy<\/span>)<\/a>
\n<\/span>\u00a0-abolish death for homosexuality and lesbianism (see\u00a0<\/span>Islam-homosexuals & lesbians<\/a><\/span>)
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 -abolish death for apostasy (see <\/span>Islam-apostasy<\/span>).\u00a0<\/a> Muslim students are to be schooled in comparative religion, proving that Islam is the only Divinely revealed religion, and is superior to all religions \u2013there is no <\/span>Karma and Reincarnation<\/a><\/span>; there is no Trinity, inherited sin and vicarious atonement: trinity was invented by the Church 300 years after Christ, and inherited sin and vicarious atonement were devised by Paul and institutionalized by the Church 300 years after Jesus; see\u00a0<\/span>Christianity dupes people <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -end oppression and discrimination of women; the Muslim woman is not a footstool of the Muslim man (see\u00a0<\/span>Islam-liberated women<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Contrary to Irshad Manji\u2019s claim, it is not \u201ctribal honor\u201d that represses Muslims; it is ignorance (or negligence) of Islam that represses Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n

Young Muslims especially need to be wary of who they follow. These fakes may very well take you with themselves into Hell. Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an and his comprehensive work The Religion Of Islam<\/em> are two excellent sources of knowledge. You do not need to read the entire books at one sitting; two pages a day and eventually you will complete them. For these books as well as others including some on comparative religion see www.muslim.org<\/a>.
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 There is no \u201cproblem\u201d with Islam; there is \u201cproblem\u201d with Irshad Manji.<\/span> See\u00a0<\/span>The Trouble with Islam-Irshad Manji<\/a>
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\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>COMMENTS ON IRSHAD MANJI\u2019S\u00a0<\/span>ALL\u0100H, LIBERTY & LOVE <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Manji states: \u201cIt (ijtihad) comes from the same root as jihad, <\/em>\u201cto struggle,\u201d but unlike violent struggle, ijtihad is about struggling to understand our world by using our minds.\u201d (p. 2).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Manji implies that jihad is violence \u2013a \u201cviolent\u201d struggle; that All\u0101h enjoins violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0 Jihad<\/em> which means to \u201cstrive\u201d against evil has several forms. One of which is the armed struggle against oppression\/ persecution; which Muslims are required to undertake even on behalf of non-Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0 If taking up arms to end evil is a \u201cviolent\u201d struggle, then, some of the biggest names in violence would be Canada (in her War of 1812 to stem American aggression); and the Allies of World War II to end Hitler\u2019s reign of terror. (For an explanation of jihad and ijtihad see\u00a0<\/span>Islam-Jihad & Jihad Watch<\/a><\/span>;\u00a0 <\/span>Islam-ijtihad (reason).<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. (Manji wrote about a Muslim student asking about ijtihad).<\/span>
      \n\u201dWhy,\u201d he wondered, \u201caren\u2019t we taught about this Islamic tradition in our madressas?\u201d (pp. 2-3)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Why do you need to be taught everything in madressa? Is everything you know in material knowledge taught to you in school? Seek knowledge on your own. Get \u201cchutzpah\u201d by following the precepts of All\u0101h and His Prophet Mohammad. (See\u00a0<\/span>Islam-ijtihad (reason<\/span>)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. Manji questions, \u201cWhy can\u2019t I take Christians and Jews as friends? Why can\u2019t a woman lead prayer? Why should I avoid examining the Qur\u2019an and understanding it? Isn\u2019t this all a recipe for corruption?\u201d (p. 3).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Response:<\/em> If you had taken time to learn the Qur\u2019an you would have known the background to this verse that prohibits Muslims from taking Christians and Jews as friends. Have you ever investigated the teachings of Islam to know if a woman can or cannot \u201clead prayer?\u201d Who or what is preventing you from examining and understanding the Qur\u2019an \u2013certainly not All\u0101h and His messenger?\u00a0 All this is not a \u201crecipe for corruption.\u201d All this is a recipe for ignorance.<\/span><\/p>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 Not taking Christians and Jews for friends: <\/em>Which is worse, not taking one as friend or to enslave him? The Bible instructs Jews and Christians to enslave their \u201cheathen\u201d neighbors\u2013Lev. 25:44. It refers to non-Jews as \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 From its inception, Jewish and Christian powers tried to destroy Islam. Christians and Jews allied to steal Palestine, to attack Egypt (to control the Suez). Christians want to have control over Muslims\u2019 lands and resources. Christians also fragmented Sudan.<\/span><\/p>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 Allah has given guidance to all peoples. He reveals in His Qur\u2019an that the Jews received numerous prophets \u2013probably more than any other nation. This does not mean that a person who receives guidance could not be or become unjust.\u00a0 The Muslim world \u2013which has the ultimate in Divine Revelation\u2013 is saturated with despots.<\/span><\/p>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 This injunction that Muslims are not to take Jews and Christians for friends, does not relate to social intercourse.\u00a0 Allah does not forbid Muslims from having good relations with non-Muslims\u2013(Qur\u2019an 60:8); only that non-Muslims are not to be part of Muslims national affairs. Letting foreigners into your private matters give them an insight into your strengths and weaknesses. Non-Muslims would not allow Muslims to be a part in their private affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 Regarding Qur\u2019an 60:8-9 which state: \u201cAll\u00e5h forbids you not respecting those who fight you not for religion, nor drive you forth from your homes, that you show them kindness and deal with them justly. Surely All\u00e5h loves the doers of justice. All\u00e5h forbids you only respecting those who fight you for religion, and drive you forth from your homes and help (others) in your expulsion, that you make friends of them; and whoever makes friends of them, these are the wrongdoers.\u201d Muhammad Ali comments:<\/span><\/p>\n

        \u201cThis verse (8) and the one that follows (9), revealed as they were at a time when the relations between the Muslims and the disbelievers were most strained on account of the existence of a continual state of war between the two parties, settle conclusively that friendly relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, as such, are not prohibited. It is in the light of these verses that all the verses forbidding friendly relations with the disbelievers should be read, because here the true principle is revealed in unmistakable language, allowing friendly relations with one class of disbelievers and prohibiting such relations with those of another class.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 Women leading prayer: see\u00a0<\/span>The Trouble with Islam<\/a><\/span>,<\/span> item #11. Also\u00a0<\/span>Islam-liberated women.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. Manji states: \u201cHamza, a Canadian teenager with Pakistani parents, implored me in an email \u201cnot to leave Islam\u201d because \u201cwe really need people like you.\u201d But, he prodded, \u201csometimes you criticize Islam too much. Perhaps you could endorse the open-minded, forward-looking Islam more\u2026.\u201dI embraced his challenge; it showed faith in my capacity to grow.\u201d (pp. 6-7).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Poor pathetic Hamza.\u00a0 Talk about the blind asking the woefully blind to lead him.\u00a0 Please Ms. Irshad detail what is there in Islam to \u201ccriticize;\u201d what is there in Islam that is not \u201copen-minded, forward-looking.\u201d Please \u201cfocus on the trouble with Islam\u201d and detail for us what you find. (See our response to The Trouble with Islam<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. On pages 15-17 Manji posts letters from Muslim youths fearful of relating their true feelings to their parents.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> This is most unfortunate. As Muslims we need to keep in foremost remembrance that whatever we conceal and reveal are known to All\u0101h and whatever we say and do are recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 All\u0101h\/Islam requires us to speak truth and be honest. There is no issue that cannot be amiably resolved if we refer the matter to All\u0101h and His noble Messenger (the Qur\u2019an and Sunnah). In their judgment there is no \u201churt feelings\u201d to contend with.<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 Moreover, Islam requires children to be good to parents and have good relations even with pagan parents; keeping true feelings from parents is not being \u201cgood\u201d to parents and not having \u201cgood relations\u201d with them\u2013(Qur\u2019an 17:23; 29:8; 31:14-15;\u00a0 56:15-18; Bokhari Vol. 3, #789; Vol. 1, #505; Vol. 8, #1; Vol. #789; Muslim Vol. 3, #4257, 4260).<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 While Muslims are to honor parents and respect families this is not to compromise truth and justice:<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u201cSurely We have revealed the Book to thee with truth that thou mayest judge between people by means of what All\u00e5h has taught thee. And be not one pleading the cause of the dishonest\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:105)<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<\/strong>O you who believe, be maintainers of justice, bearers of witness for All\u00e5h, even though it be against your own selves or (your) parents or near relatives \u2014 whether he be rich or poor, All\u00e5h has a better right over them both. So follow not (your) low desires, lest you deviate. And if you distort or turn away from (truth), surely All\u00e5h is ever Aware of what you do\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:135).<\/span><\/p>\n

            Muslims are to learn Islam; and in matters of conflict with parents are to point out the Islamic verdict. If parents are All\u0101h-conscious they would have no difficulty in accepting. Even in cases where no unison is reached yet there is to be no acrimony; for All\u0101h will show us the truth of the matter whereby we differ:<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u201cAnd be not like her who unravels her yarn, disintegrating it into pieces, after she has spun it strongly. You make your oaths to be means of deceit between you because (one) nation is more numerous than (another) nation. All\u00e5h only tries you by this. And He will certainly make clear to you on the day of Resurrection that wherein you differed\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 16:92).<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<\/strong>Say: O All\u00e5h, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Thou judgest between Thy servants as to that wherein they differ\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 39:46).<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAnd in whatever you differ, the judgment thereof is with All\u00e5h. That is All\u00e5h, my Lord; on Him I rely, and to Him I turn\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 42:10. Incidentally, these verses show that there is no justification for \u201csectism\u201d among Muslims. See <\/span>Islam-sectism among Muslims<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

            Muslims are even required to keep good relations with pagan parents\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 3, #789; Vol. 4, #407; Muslim Vol. 3, #\u2019s 4257, 4260;<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 In the matter of marriage. \u00a0While parents may see it fit to find a mate they believe suitable for their child, the final choice rests with the son or daughter.\u00a0 Says the noble Messenger of All\u0101h:<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cA matron should not be given in marriage except after consulting her; and a virgin should not be given in marriage except after her permission\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7, # 67, 68; Vol. 9, # 98, 100).<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 -A virgin\u2019s consent, because of bashfulness, is expressed by her silence\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7,\u00a0 # 68; Vol. 9, # 98, 100-101);<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 -And that \u201cIf a man gives his daughter in marriage in spite of her disagreement, such marriage is invalid\u201d \u2013it notes the dissolution of such a marriage by the Prophet on behalf of a \u201cmatron\u201d who disliked the marriage her father had arranged\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7, # 69; Vol. 9, # 78).<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 -A woman may also propose to a man\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7 #\u2019s 48, 53, 54). There is a report of a woman proposing marriage to the Prophet\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 3, # 505). (See\u00a0Islam-liberated women<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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            1. On page 25 Manji states: \u201cI\u2019ve explained to my students that by \u201ccourage,\u201d I mean speaking your truth.\u201d But on page 33 in response to one Muslim who \u201cdisagreed with the title\u201d of her book \u2013The Trouble with Islam<\/em>– which should have been The Trouble with MUSLIMS. Manji responded:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              \u201cHad I called my book The Trouble with Muslims, the professional lobbyists who pawn themselves off as Muslim \u201crepresentatives\u201d would have accused me of hate-mongering against an \u201cidentifiable group.\u201d Imagine the lawsuits.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

              Clearly, to tell others to have \u201ccourage\u201d (which is to speak the truth<\/em>) and for you to not speak the truth<\/em> that there is Trouble with Muslims is not \u201cmoral courage.\u201d In fact not only is your action \u201cmoral\u201d hypocrisy but gross \u201cmoral\u201d hypocrisy.<\/span><\/p>\n

              \u00a0\u00a0 And if you have proof that there is Trouble with Muslims how can you be afraid of telling it? moreover, as you wrote in your pages that the trouble is <\/em>with \u201cMuslims\u201d? And are you not now afraid they will drown you in \u201clawsuits\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n

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              1. Manji notes, one Palestinian Muslim woman wrote: \u201cAll the problems in the Middle east are because of Israel\u2026.Why can\u2019t you say anything to help the Palestinians? I know we are the best nation that All\u0101h has chosen.\u201d (p.33).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (See also item #59 and #63 about Hamas and Hezbollah). Irshad Manji seems frigid to the injustice and brutalities meted out to the Palestinians. As one (seemingly Jewish) individual agonized on the Internet,<\/em> (quoting from memory): \u2018If you have a heart you will cry for the Palestinians.\u2019<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Ismail Zayid points out in his (booklet) Palestine<\/em>\u2013A Stolen Heritage<\/em> (pp. 10, 11):<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u201cSumner Welles affirmed: \u201cBy direct order of the White House, every form of pressure, direct or indirect, was brought to bear by American officials upon those countries outside the Moslem world, that were known to be either uncertain or opposed to Partition.\u201d\u201d And <\/em>\u201cJames Forrestal, then U.S. Secretary of Defense, wrote: \u201cThe methods that had been used to bring coercion and duress on other nations in the General Assembly bordered closely on scandal.\u201d\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>(No Court of Justice would view as one\u2019s legal property an item acquired through \u201cpressure\u201d and\/or \u201ccoercion and duress.\u201d Where are the Muslim, and other just individuals, legal brains to challenge this illegally-created Zionist entity in the World Court?)<\/span><\/p>\n

                The major cause of the \u201cplight of the Palestinians\u201d is the monumental and grotesque obscenity perpetrated against them by America (through her diplomatic thuggery at the UN) and the United Nations \u2013the theft of their land\u2013 to facilitate the Jewish state. If Jews only wanted a homeland they would have taken it in Uganda where the British was offering it to them. But Jews covet Arab\/Muslim Palestine and have been scheming since the 1800\u2019s to boot the Palestinians from their land:<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -Theodor Herzl wrote that Jews would have to \u201cspirit the penniless\u201d Arabs out of Palestine \u201cwhile denying\u201d them \u201cemployment in our own country\u201d (??? our \u201cown\u201d country? How did Pales-tine become your country? Arrogance at its peak<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -Joseph Weitz wanted an Israel \u201cwithout Arabs.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -Chaim Weizman \u201cpromised\u201d that \u201c\u201cPalestine will be as Jewish as England is English.\u201d\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -Israel Zangwill envisioned \u201ca land without people for a people without land\u201d \u2013in other words a land without Arabs for Jews who had no land.<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -Theodor Herzl envisioned the Jewish state to stretch from Turkey to Egypt:\u00a0 \u201c\u201cThe northern frontier is to be the mountains facing Cappadocia (in Turkey), the southern, the Suez.\u201d\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -Moshe Dayan, as Chief of Staff of the Jewish army is noted as stating in 1952: \u201c\u201cIt lies upon the Israeli army to carry out the fight with the ultimate objective of erecting the Israeli empire.<\/strong><\/em>\u201d\u201d (And this was only a meager four years after their occupation \u00a0\u00a0of Palestine).<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 And as Jewish general, Dayan boasted after their victory in the 1967 six-day war with Egypt and Syria: \u201c\u201cOur fathers had reached the frontiers which was recognised in the Partition Plan. Our generations reached the frontiers of 1949. Now the six-day generation have managed to reach Suez, Jordan and the Golan Heights. This is not the end. After the present ceasefire lines, there will be new ones. They will extend beyond Jordan \u2013 perhaps to Lebanon and perhaps to Central Syria as well.\u201d <\/strong><\/em>(How is he so certain there will be new ceasefire lines? Seems like it is their plan to instigate wars and occupy more territory? Clearly, from their own declarations and actions Jews had no intention of having only a home-land; their ideal was\/is to occupy\/usurp all of Palestine).<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 These are some of the declarations of the people who project themselves to the world as \u201cdoves of peace and examples of injured innocence,\u201d as brilliantly penned by Ismail Zayid is his presentation Palestine<\/em>\u2013A Stolen Heritage<\/em> for details see\u00a0<\/span>Palestine<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Jews are not only occupying Palestinians\u2019 lands and yet stealing more lands they are slaughtering Palestinians to hold on to what is not theirs:<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cWe came to this country which was already populated by Arabs, and we are establishing a Hebrew, that is a Jewish state here\u2026.You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you, because these geography books no longer exist; the Arab villages are not there<\/span> either.<\/em>\u2026.There is not one place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population.\u201d3<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cNot only did the Israelis refuse to allow the return of the (Palestinian) refugees to their homes, but they consummated the tragedy by seizing all their property in one of the greatest acts of plunder in modern history. The confiscation of Arab land was not confined to the holdings of the refugees but extended to the 200,000 Palestinians who remained in their homes in 1948, by a series of extraordinary laws and regulations of legalised robbery. These included \u201cThe Land Acquisition Law,\u201d \u201cThe Abandoned Areas Ordinance, 1949,\u201d \u201cThe Absentee Property Regulations, 1948\u201d and others a<\/sup>. The injustices, to which the Arabs in Israel were subjected, went far beyond the expropriation of their farms and property, and included flagrant infringement upon their basic human rights and civil liberties. Derek Tozer, a British correspondent, writing in The American Mercury<\/em>, stated: The official policy of the Government (of Israel) is unequivocal. Arabs, like Jews in Nazi Germany, are officially \u2018Class B\u2019 citizens, a fact which is recorded on their identity cards\u201d\u201db<\/sup>. William Zukerman, Editor of the Jewish Newsletter<\/em>, said \u201ca more flagrant case of discrimination is hard to find even in the annals of the chauvinistic twentieth century.c<\/sup>\u201d\u201d4<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

                -Ilan Pappe notes in his scholarly presentation, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine<\/em>, the ruthless methods \u201cemployed\u201d \u201cto forcibly evict\u201d the native Palestinians were \u201clarge-scale intimidation; laying siege to and bombarding villages and population centres; setting fire to homes, properties and goods; expulsion; demolition; and finally, planting mines among the rubble to prevent any of the expelled inhabitants from returning;\u201d and that at the end of their \u201cmission\u201d which took \u201csix months\u201d to complete: \u201cmore than half of Palestine\u2019s native population, close to 800, 000 people, had been uprooted, 531 villages had been destroyed, and eleven urban neighborhoods emptied of their inhabitants.\u201d (pp. xii, xiii).<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cofficial Israeli military policy has been to attack Arab civilians en masse.\u201d5<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -(Israel\u2019s) \u201cstrategy was always to provoke the Arabs and get an appropriate response so we could attack and smash them\u201d6 <\/sup>(And yet Arabs\/Muslims are villainized).<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -In his book Pirates and Emperors, Old And New, International Terrorism in the Real World<\/em> (p. 9) Prof. Noam Chomsky notes the loathsome, disgusting, treatment meted out to Arab prisoners: \u201cThese included regular exercises of humiliation, such as forcing Araboushim to urinate and excrete on one another <\/em>and crawl on the ground while they call out \u201cLong Live the State of Israel\u201d or lick the earth;<\/em> or on Holocaust day, to write numbers on their own hands \u201cin memory of Jews in the extermination camps.\u201d\u201d (This, from God\u2019s \u201cchosen people\u201d and the \u201conly democracy\u201d in the Middle-east. Fortunate for these prisoners these Jews were not the Devil\u2019s \u201cchosen\u201d ones and a tyranny in the Middle-east). Emphasis added).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                At the time of Partition of Palestine Jews were 34% of the population and owned less than 6% of the land. Yet the Plan allotted Jews 56% of the land including the valuable coast-land, 42% for a Palestinian state and 1% as an international sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 What would you do should your Government forcibly squeezes you and family into forty-four percent of your <\/em>house and put a homeless family of fewer members into the remaining fifty-six percent; and give this homeless people title of ownership to this fifty-six percent of your<\/em> property? And whereas members of your family do not <\/em>have the right to come and live in your house, members of the homeless people born anywhere in the world has the right to live in your house \u2013whereas a Jew born anywhere in the world has automatic citizenship to Palestine, a Palestinian born in Jaffa, his own country, is a refugee. This is the reality and injustice Palestinians face.<\/span><\/p>\n

                No one in the world <\/em>\u2013no King or Queen or Prince or pauper or President or Prime Minister or Foreign minister or doctor or lawyer or Rabbi or teacher or writer or student or peasant or American or British or French or Canadian or Russian or Jew or\u2026 \u2013<\/em><\/span> would accept such an ignominious scheme and not challenge it in every way open to him and her. Yet Palestinians are forced to accept the fate that no one in the world would accept.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                Palestinians are not to suffer for Christian\u2019s\/Europe\u2019s shame!
                \n<\/span>Those who criticize and\/or condemn Hamas\/Palestinians, Hezbollah (and Amal) for \u201cjihading\u201d to reclaim that which was stolen from Muslims are to put their dignity (if they have) where their mouths are and accept for themselves this monumental and grotesque obscenity that was perpetrated, and continues to be perpetrated for more than six torturous decades now, against the fearless and forbearing Palestinians \u2013they must swallow this unpalatable bit of morsel they and their governments are trying to force-feed the Palestinians: they must give half of their property to the homeless and half of their country to the natives or ethnic sector for their State; they must suffer what the Palestinians have suffered and endure what the Palestinians are enduring and accept what the Palestinians are forced to accept.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Any Muslim who acquiesces to this foreign domination of Palestine is a traitor to himself, his people, and to All\u0101h and His noble Messenger; and will have to account to All\u0101h for his\/her betrayal of this trust. Palestine is the moral, social, historical and spiritual heritage of Palestinians and all Muslims:<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -Morally<\/em>: Palestinians are the descendants of the natives. (Present-day Jews are not descendants of Jacob. Palestinians inhabited Canaan\/Palestine eons before Abraham arrived there).<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -Socially:<\/em> a country is not dissected because one sector does not wish to live with the \u201cother\u201d(a country forced into dividing because two races militate against each other is not the same as Jewish intent to create a state, or because they desire their own state; the Sikhs and the Gypsies of Europe should petition the UN for their respective State in India and Europe, if only to test the integrity of the UN); those who do not wish to live with the \u201cother\u201d must leave. If ownership to a piece of land constitutes the right to secede from the whole, or if a country is dissected because one sector does not wish to live with the \u201cother,\u201d or along sectist, racial, and theological lines, or for want of their own state many a country might now be standing in rumps.<\/span><\/p>\n

                -Historically<\/em>: Palestinians history in Palestine predates that of Jews \u2013Jewish sovereignty in Palestine was for a mere sixty years, two thousand years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 -Spiritually:<\/em> as in the Bible (noted below, by Prof. Dawud). All\u0101h, the God of Justice and Goodness, would not take Palestine from the believing Palestinians and give it to a stiffnecked and rebellious people, most of whom are faithless, treacherous, transgressors, on whom His curse is upon, whom He has declared to subject to severe torment to the day of Resurrection, and who have lost the kingdom of God\u2013(Exodus 33:3; Deut. 9:7; 31:27; Isaiah 65:2-3; Matt. 21:43; 23:31-38. Qur\u2019an 2:88-89; 2:100; 5:13; 5:81; 2:88-89; 7:167).<\/span><\/p>\n

                Regarding the Palestinians\/Muslims spiritual heritage of Palestine, Professor \u2018Abdul Ahad Dawud \u2013\u201cthe former Reverend David Benjamin Keldani, B.D., a Roman Catholic priest of the Uniate-Chaldean sect\u201d\u2013 explains in his revealing book Muhammad In The Bible<\/em>:<\/span>
                \n\u201cThere are three distinct points which every true believer in God must accept as truths. The first point is that Ishmael is the legitimate son of Abraham,<\/em> his firstborn, and therefore his claim to birthright is quite just and legal. The second point is that the Covenant was made between God and Abraham as well as his only <\/em>son Ishmael before Isaac was born. <\/em>The Covenant and the institution of the Circumcision would have no value or signification unless the repeated promise contained in the divine words, \u201cThroughout thee all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,\u201d and especially the expression, the Seed \u201cthat shall come out from the bowels, he<\/em><\/strong> will inherit thee\u201d (Gen. xv. 4). This promise was fulfilled when Ishmael was born <\/em>(Gen. xvi.), and Abraham had the consolation that his chief servant Eliezer would no longer be his heir. Consequently we must admit that Ishmael was the real and legitimate heir of Abraham\u2019s spiritual dignity and privileges.<\/em> The prerogative that \u201cby Abraham all the generations of the earth shall be blessed,\u201d so often repeated \u2013though in different forms\u2013 was the heritage by birthright, and was the patrimony of Ishmael.<\/em> The inheritance to which Ishmael was entitled by birthright was not the tent in which Abraham lived or a certain camel upon which he used to ride, but to subjugate and occupy forever all the territories extending from the Nile to the Euphrates<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>which were inhabited by some ten different nations (Gen. xvii. 18-21). These lands have never been subdued by the descendants of Isaac, but by those of Ishmael<\/strong>. This is an actual and literal fulfilment of one of the conditions contained in the Covenant.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                The third point is that Isaac was also born miraculously and specially blessed by the Almighty, that for his people the land of Canaan was promised and actually occupied under Joshua. \u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u2026.The Jews have always been jealous of Ishmael because they know very well that in him<\/strong> the Covenant was made and with his circumcision it was concluded and sealed, and it is out of this rancour that their scribes or doctors of law have corrupted and interpolated\u00a0\u00a0 many passages in their Scriptures.<\/em> To efface the name \u201cIshmael\u201d<\/em><\/strong> from the second, sixth, and seventh verses of the twenty-second chapter of the Book of Genesis and to insert in its place \u201cIsaac,\u201d<\/em> and to leave the descriptive epithet \u201cthy only begotten son\u201d is to deny the existence of the former and to violate the Covenant made between God and Ishmael. <\/em>It is expressly said in this chapter by God: \u201cBecause thou didst not spare thy only begotten son, I will increase and multiply thy posterity like the stars and the sands on the seashore,\u201d which word \u201cmultiply\u201d was used by the Angel to Hagar<\/em> in the wilderness: I will multiply thy offspring to an innumerable multitude, and that Ishmael \u201cshall become a fruitful man\u201d <\/em>(Gen. xvi. 12. It is Muslims<\/strong> whose numbers are<\/em> \u201clike the stars and the sands on the seashore\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u2013(Gen. 22:17). Now the Christians have translated the same Hebrew word, which means \u201cfruitful\u201d or \u201cplentiful\u201d from the verb para <\/em>\u2013identical with the Arabic wefera<\/em>\u2013 in their versions \u201ca wild ass\u201d!\u00a0 Is it not a shame and impiety<\/em><\/strong> to call Ishmael \u201ca wild ass\u201d whom God styles \u201cFruitful\u201d or \u201cPlentiful\u201d?\u201d (pp. 30-32.\u00a0 Italics\/Emphasis\/color added).
                \n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Man can alter Scripture(s),<\/span>\u00a0man cannot alter decree of God.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                Jews have a right to be in Palestine; NOT the state! As evidenced, so-called \u201cIsrael\u201d is an illegally-created Zionist entity (and, theologically, it is an obscene blot in the heart of the Islamic sun).(See also item #59). In the annals of modern history no people has suffered so much and for so long as Palestinians have suffered, and continue to suffer. If there is any cause on which to immortalize our names it is the cause of the Palestinians!<\/span><\/p>\n

                Jewish claim that \u201cGod gave us this land\u201d (Palestine) is one of the three biggest crocks ever peddled under the name of God and religion \u2013the other two crocks are that God has a son and mankind inherited sin from Adam.
                \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Unless U.S. President, Harry Truman, is God of the Jews and that God accomplishes His purpose through diplomatic thuggery than through righteousness, let Jews prove that God gave them Twentieth-century Palestine \u2013no Court of Justice would view as one\u2019s legal property an item acquired through \u201cpressure\u201d and\/or \u201ccoercion and duress.\u201d God gave these alien occupying Jews nothing \u2013ZERO, ZILCH, SQUAT, KADOODLE.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                (America can give Jews New York, California, or Texas for their homeland; more Jews live in America than in Palestine anyway. Or Britain \u2013the instigator of the partition of PALESTINE\u2013 can give Jews England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales for their homeland. Or France can give Jews Paris, Marseilles, or Nice for their homeland. Or Canada can give Jews Ontario, Quebec, or Alberta for their homeland. Or Germany can give Jews half of the Fatherland in atonement \u00a0Or Jews can cultivate dignity and maturity and migrate to Tristan da Cunha.<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 We often read from Western writers that Jews made the \u201cdesert bloom;\u201d as if it is meant to justify the theft of Palestine. Though Palestinians made the desert bloom and for hundreds of years before Jewish presence. Let the Christian Bible commentator tell it, speaking about the discovery of \u201cThe Tell el-Amarna Letters\u201d: \u201cA most valuable discovery which throws light on the history of Palestine BEFORE THE HEBREW CONQUEST\u2026They show that Palestine was inhabited by AGRICULTURAL PEOPLE AND CITY DWELLERS by 1400 B.C. and that they were HIGHLY CIVILIZED and POSSESSED MUCH WEALTH.\u201d <\/span>(Self-Pronouncing Edition, Holy Bible,<\/em> Sec; The Archeology of the Bible, p. 20, emphasis added).
                \nThere is no report that the Palestinians were occupiers and thieves. Or that they engaged in intrigue and treachery and terrorism and stole another people\u2019s land. They were \u201cHIGHLY CIVILIZED and POSSESSED MUCH WEALTH\u201d way long \u201cBEFORE THE HEBREW CONQUEST\u201d.
                \n(Since Jews are adept at making the desert \u201cbloom\u201d Americans would have no qualms in relocating Jews from Palestine to Nevada).<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 It is unbridled bigotry and crass political putrefaction to label Hamas, Hezbollah (and Amal) \u201cterrorist\u201d for trying to liberate our stolen land \u2013Palestine.
                \nIs Canada \u201cterrorist\u201d for preventing American occupation of Canada in 1812? Is Britain \u201cterrorist\u201d for voyaging half-way round the globe in 1982 to boot Argentina off the \u201cdisputed\u201d Falklands Island?
                \nIs the French Resistance \u201cterrorist\u201d for fighting German occupation? Is the Allies of World war II \u201cterrorist\u201d for heaving Germany from France?
                \nIs America \u201cterrorist\u201d for forcing Cuba to dismantle its Russian missile base in 1962?<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Hamas, Hezbollah (and Amal) could hardly be \u201cterrorist\u201d for exercising our God-given right to boot the occupier and reclaim our land which was blatantly and arrogantly stolen. And the \u201cOccupied\u201d has the right to fight by whatever means and whatever methods available; man has no right to edict judgment against them: this judgment is only for All\u0101h.
                \nThe occupier\/usurper\/thief has NO <\/strong>\u201cright,\u201d \u201cinalienable\u201d or otherwise, to \u201cretaliate\u201d\/defend against his victim: he being the transgressor to begin with \u2013a mugger has no \u201cright\u201d to break the arm of his victim when his victim turns on him. \u201cRight\u201d is for the victims. Palestinians are the victims.<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Whether we call Him Ishwar, Eli, Yahweh, All\u0101h, Atnatu or Manitou, one by one the arrogant butchers of Palestine (and of the world) are returned to God to toast for their crimes.
                \nThe magnificence of it is, in the Court of All\u0101h God, there is no diplomatic immunity, no legal technicality, no hung-jury\/no mistrial; no bribery; no one to \u201cpressure\u201d or bring \u201ccoercion and duress\u201d on; and no godfather to shield behind his coat \u2013in fact, the godfather would be hustling for a skirt for himself to hide behind\u2013<\/span> you did the crime, or was involved in it, you toast the time. And considering that one Divine day is equal to a thousand human years, even if the maximum time spent in Hell is twelve months, in Divine terms that would be 365,000 human years. You\u2019re well crisped!<\/span><\/p>\n

                ~~~Palestine~~~<\/span>
                \n<\/span>Timeless! <\/span>Celestially Ours!<\/span>
                \n<\/span>Long live free Palestine!<\/span>
                \n<\/em><\/span>Who will be the next Saladin? <\/span>(Salahuddin Ayyube)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                To the writer\u2019s statement that Muslims \u2018are the best nation,\u201d Manji states: \u201cDon\u2019t you sound like a zealous Zionist when you insist that All\u0101h has \u201cchosen\u201d Arabs as the best nation?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> In Qur\u2019an 3:109 All\u0101h says: \u201cYou are the best nation raised up for men: you enjoin good and forbid evil and you believe in All\u0101h.\u201d The \u201cbest nation\u201d referred to is NOT Arabs but Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Unlike Zionists who plume themselves to be not only God\u2019s \u201cchosen people\u201d to the exclusion of others but also as the \u201cmost superior of all races\u201d7<\/sup> \u2013a mentality that can, and does, lead to unspeakable horrors against others to satisfy this end\u2013 Muslims come from every band of the color spectrum.\u00a0 And Muslims are the \u201cbest nation\u201d only because we enjoin good and forbid evil and believe in<\/em> All\u0101h. And as there is no hypocrisy in Islam, in order to enjoin good we must do good; and to forbid evil we are to avoid evil.<\/span><\/p>\n

                Belief in All\u0101h does not mean blind faith \u2013All\u0101h has proven His existence through the Qur\u2019an, see\u00a0<\/span>Qur\u2019an-prophecies<\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0Qur\u2019an-science.<\/a><\/span> Belief in All\u0101h means: All\u0101h is One and Only; the Eternal, Absolute; on Whom all depend; He begets not; nor is begotten; there is none like Him; He incarnates not; has no \u201cchosen people\u201d to the exclusion of others;\u00a0 needs no \u201csatisfaction\u201d to forgive sins; belief in all His Angels; Books; Prophets; Resurrection; Judgment; Heaven and Hell.
                \n(While we are to believe in all His Scriptures, All\u0101h God has informed us what not to believe, such as: polytheism, idolatry, partnership with God, Trinity, sonship of God, inherited sin, vicarious atonement, karma, and reincarnation).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                –All\u0101h, God, is One<\/em><\/strong> i.e.<\/em> He is not One in a Trinity \u2013whether it be the Hindu Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, the Christian Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, or the Pagan Trinity of Juno, Jupiter, and Minerva\u2013 nor is He One in a Duality \u2013as in the Zoroastrian\u2019s God of darkness and all things evil, and God of light and all things good\u2013 nor is All\u0101h One in a polytheism. And He is One in attributes \u2013there is no other existence with attributes as He.<\/span><\/p>\n

                –All\u0101h, God, is Eternal, Absolute<\/em><\/strong>, i.e.<\/em> He never dies nor can be killed.\u00a0 As a son is the successor of his father, and as All\u0101h, God, is eternal He does not need a son to succeed Him.\u00a0 To say that God has a son, or that He needs a son, is to say that He is not eternal (and needs someone to succeed Him). All\u0101h is not dependent on anyone, but all are dependent upon Him. All\u0101h, God, is Absolute, i.e.<\/em> there was none before Him, and there is none after Him.<\/span><\/p>\n

                –Allah God begets not<\/em><\/strong>, i.e.<\/em> being One and Only, the First and Creator of all and thus could not have a consort<\/em>, He begets not. Fatherhood (begetting)<\/em> requires the joining of sperm with ovum. Apart from Mary not being the consort of God, \u201cGod is a Spirit\u201d\u2013(John 4:24). Spirit cannot bear parental relations with mortal, who is flesh and blood.<\/span><\/p>\n

                The belief that Jesus was born through a miracle does not make him son of God. Adam and Eve had neither mother nor father; and Melchisedec had neither mother nor father nor beginning nor end\u2013(Heb. 7:1-3).<\/span><\/p>\n

                That God can do anything is no argument (God cannot create His mother). This is not a question about God creating an item; it is a matter of God having a relation. Whereas God has the power to create an object, He could not have a mother\/father as He is \u2018un-born\u2019 and is the First and the Creator of all. Mary was not the consort of God so that her son, Jesus, could be son of God. Scientists who clone animals are not fathers of these clones; clones are not children of these scientists. If Jesus is son of God because he is said to be \u201cfatherless\u201d and of \u201cvirgin\u201d birth, human clones who would be \u201cfatherless\u201d and even of \u201cvirgin\u201d birth would also be sons\/daughters of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

                Son of God as All\u0101h reveals and as research has uncovered, is a remnant of Paganism\u2013(Qur\u2019an 9:30. Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din has detailed the pagan nature of Christianity in his revealing book, The (pagan) Sources Of Christianity. See\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Christianity-is paganism<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                –All\u0101h, God, is not begotten<\/em><\/strong>, i.e. Being the First and Creator of all and thus having no mother and father<\/em>, He is not born.\u00a0 A woman created by God cannot be the mother of God. God cannot be son of a woman.<\/span><\/p>\n

                –There is none like All\u0101h, God<\/em><\/strong>, i.e. <\/em>being First and Last,\u00a0 Evident and Immanent and one in attributes <\/em>there is none like Him; being Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent <\/em>He incarnates not; being Just <\/em>He has no \u201cchosen people\u201d to the exclusion of others; being Beneficent and Merciful <\/em>He needs no \u2018blood sacrifice\u2019 to forgive sins; and does not give to every action an equal and opposite reaction \u2013He forgives sins altogether or He requites evil with its like; and He rewards good up to seven hundredfold\u2013(Qur\u2019an 39:53; 6:160; 2:261. Bokhari Vol. 1; ch. 32, #40).\u00a0 (See ALL\u0100H).<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Manji also notes the view of a Palestinian youth: \u201cWe cannot keep blaming the Israelis for our problems. We all know that opinions in our Arab societies are determined by family loyalties instead of reason. My brother and I against my cousin; my cousin, brother and I against an external threat.\u201d (pp. 129-130).<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>This Palestinian youth needs to put on his head. \u201cIsrael\u201d may not be blamable for all your problems, but \u201cIsrael\u201d is the nucleus of your problems. While a free Palestine may not have been free of corrupt and myopic leaders; without \u201cIsrael\u201d Palestinians would have had all their lands and be free of the humiliating and disgraceful check-points, bulldozed properties and destroyed orchards and farms, etc;\u00a0 they would not be forced to live like chickens in overcrowded coops. In fact, Palestine may even be like Kuwait or Abu Dhabi.<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 And. Lest we forget! It was the Muslim Salahhuddin Ayyube, the Majestic Saladin, who brought Jews back to Jerusalem from where they were barred by their Christian brothers-in Scripture \u2013and for centuries Muslims and Jews lived in peace and harmony until Zionism reared its ugly, despicable head; as stated, from the 1800\u2019s Zionist Jews were scheming to kick the unsuspecting Palestinian natives from their land\u2013 and this is how Zionist Jews repay Muslims\u2019\/Arabs\u2019 benevolence and love: with hatred, intrigue, massacre, expulsion, occupation\/usurpation and more than sixty years of torture, humiliation, and barbarism\u2013 they devour the hand that fed them!<\/span><\/p>\n

                (For a list of Jewish atrocities read Noam Chomsky, Pirates and Emperors, Old And New, International Terrorism in \u00a0the Real World<\/em>, Edward Said, The Question of Palestine<\/em>;\u00a0 Ilan Pappe The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine<\/em>; if you can digest intellectual, \u201ccivilized,\u201d and \u201cdemocratic\u201d savagery. See also SHAPED BY TERRORISM, NOURISHED BY BLOOD By Barbara L of http:\/\/snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. One writer points out that Muslims who transgressed the teachings of Islam are \u201cNOT to be identified with Islam.\u201d To which Irshad Manji wrote: \u201cMuslims are not to be identified with Islam? That\u2019s patently illogical\u2026.The truth is, Islam is whatever we Muslims make of it\u2026.He (Prophet Mohammad) was reportedly asked, \u201cWhat is religion?\u201d And he reportedly replied, \u201cReligion is the way we conduct ourselves.\u201d By that definition, how we Muslims behave is Islam.\u201d (p. 36).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Thus, by Manji\u2019s understanding (of the Prophet\u2019s saying) Judaism is Semite supremacy because Jews believe they are \u201cthe most superior of all races\u201d; and Christianity is \u201csodomism\u201d because of Christian priests sodomizing boys (see Internet<\/em>, \u2018Christian priests guilty of sodomy\u2019).<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \u00a0 All\u0101h says: \u201cThis day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favour to you and chosen for you Isl\u00e5m as a religion\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 5:3). Islam is \u201cpeace and submission to All\u0101h God. And \u201creligion\u201d is the \u201cway of life.\u201d Thus the Muslim\u2019s way of life is \u201cIslam: And the Islamic \u201cconduct\u201d (or \u201cway of life\u201d) is clearly laid out in the Qur\u2019an and Sunnah of the Prophet. Anything other than this is one\u2019s OWN religion!<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \u00a0\u00a0 This saying of the Prophet, \u201cReligion is the way we conduct ourselves,\u201d means exactly that \u2013Muslims who behave contrary to the precepts of Islam are \u201cconducting\u201d THEIR OWN Religion: they are NOT conducting Islam. To declare that the actions of Muslims who transgress the teaching of Islam is \u201cIslam\u201d is crass ignorance.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. Interfaith marriage (pp. 42-43). Manji notes one mixed-faith couple who \u201cgoes further in reimagining family. \u201cNow my grandson is an evangelical Christian,\u201d she volunteers. \u201cThis is fine with my son and me. There is only one God.\u201d (p.45). <\/span>(See Women Marrying non-Muslim Men<\/span>).<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>Whereas a person is free to hold whatever beliefs he\/she chooses; and while there is \u201conly one God,\u201d what is paramount is one\u2019s conception of God. It is the Divine requirement that we govern by \u201creason\u201d: \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u201cCome now, and let us REASON together, saith the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool\u201d\u2013(Isaiah 1:18).<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cCall to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and argue with them in the best manner. Surely thy Lord knows best him who strays from His path, and He knows best those who go aright\u201d\u2013Qur\u2019an 16:125).<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Like a person going on a journey would need to have his route clearly mapped out lest he stray from his destination. Likewise, since they make the difference between Heaven and Hell, the cardinal doctrines of a religion are to be clearly expressed lest one strays into Hell.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00a0\u00a0 (Whereas the cardinal doctrines of Islam \u2013Unity of God, Prayer, Zakaat\/Charity, Fasting, and Hajj\u2013 are clearly expressed in the Qur\u2019an, and taught and practiced by the Prophet Mohammad). The cardinal doctrines of Christianity \u2013Trinity, inherited sin, and vicarious atonement\u2013 are NOT clearly expressed in the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00a0\u00a0 God did not reveal and Christ did not teach Trinity \u2013to say that God incarnated Himself as Jesus Christ is to say that God went into the belly of Mary, subjected Himself through the various stages of fetal development, emerged from her vagina, and sucked her breast and even had Himself circumcised (making God son of Mary, a woman He created, and making Mary mother of God). This is blasphemy as it would make God less \u201cclean\u201d then Adam and Eve who were not born\u2013(Job 4:17; 25:4).<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00a0\u00a0 God or Jesus did not say that mankind inherited sin from Adam \u2013that God puts the sin of Adam onto BABIES and in their MOTHERS\u2019 WOMBS and worldwide for at least five thousand years now and until the Resurrection. To imprison one person for the crime of another is an injustice. To say that God put Adam\u2019s sin onto others is to attribute injustice to God<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00a0\u00a0 God or Jesus did not say that God sent Jesus to be killed for anyone\u2019s sin \u2013that whereas MAN is to forgive his transgressor seventy times seven and go another mile with his compeller and give the other cheek to his assailant as Jesus said, but God cannot forgive even one-seventieth or go another mile with His compeller or give the other cheek to His assailant; and that God would not only load the sin of a MAN (Adam) onto BABIES in their MOTHERS\u2019 WOMBS and worldwide and for at least five thousand years now and until the Resurrection but that God is so devoid of mercy that He had Jesus, an innocent man, savagely beaten and killed to free us of a \u201csin\u201d committed by Adam. Rather than being a demonstration of \u201clove\u201d for world this can be said to be a demonstration of monumental and grotesque injustice. To have someone killed is to be complicit in murder. To say that God had Jesus killed is to make God complicit in murder; and to say that God had Jesus killed for the sin of others is to attribute injustice to God.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00a0<\/span>These cardinal doctrines of Christianity \u2013Trinity, inherited sin, and vicarious atonement\u2013 are assumed and propagated as Divine truths. Trinity was invented by the Church three hundred years after Jesus Christ, inherited sin and vicarious atonement were devised by Paul and institutionalized by the Church three hundred years after Jesus. (See\u00a0<\/span>Christianity dupes peopl<\/a>e<\/span>)<\/span>. Thus, while there is one God, one need to ask himself and herself, how can I go to heaven by following doctrines God did not reveal?<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00a0\u00a0 To follow or teach doctrines in the name of God that God did not reveal is blasphemy. Jesus says blasphemers are heading into \u201ceternal damnation,\u201d the \u201ceverlasting\u201d \u201cfurnace of fire\u201d that \u201cnever shall be quenched\u201d in which is \u201cwailing and gnashing of teeth\u201d\u2013(Mark 3:29; 9:43; Matthew 18:8; 13:42).<\/span><\/p>\n

                    While we have shown on our website (www.nogod butallah.org<\/a><\/span>) based on teachings of the Bible and Christian\u2019s scientific examination of the Shroud of Turn (the linen in which Jesus is said to have been placed after the \u201ccrucifixion) that CHRISTIANITY IS A FAKE, \u00a0Reza Aslan \u2013a Muslim who converted to Christianity and reverted to Islam after studying the Bible and the life of Jesus\u2013 has added another dimension to the falsity of Christianity: he has shown in his scholarly presentation Zealot, The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth,<\/em>8<\/sup> that the Gospelic Jesus is NOT the historical Jesus; that \u201cthe gospels are not about a man known as Jesus of Nazareth who lived two thousand years ago; they are about a messiah whom the gospel writers viewed as an eternal being sitting at the right hand of God;\u201d that \u201cDespite two millennia of Christian apologetics, the fact is that belief in a dying and rising messiah simply did not exist in Judaism.\u201d And<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u201cIn the entire history of Jewish thought there is not a single line of scripture that says the messiah is to suffer, die, and rise again on the third day\u2026.To the Jews, a crucified messiah was nothing less than a contradiction in terms. The very fact of Jesus\u2019s crucifixion annulled his messianic claims.\u201d (pp. 133-134; 165; 177-178).<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00a0 Christianity is not only a fake, Christianity is a colossal fake. In believing that Trinity\/Divinity of Jesus, inherited sin and vicarious atonement will take them to heaven Christians are living on Fantasy Island.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    God says to govern by reason and Jesus says \u201cyou shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free\u201d (from falsehood)\u2013(John 8:32). The Divine truth is Jesus was only a messenger to the Jews, he taught remission of sins through repentance, that eternal life lies in following the Mosaic Law until the coming of the Comforter who will guide into \u201call truth\u201d and \u201cabide forever.\u201d And Prof. Abdul Ahad Dawud B.D. \u2013\u201cthe former Reverend David Benjamin Keldani, B.D., a Roman Catholic priest of the Uniate-Chaldean sect\u201d\u2013 has shown in his book Muhammad in the Bible<\/em> that Mohammad is this Comforter; who abides \u201cforever\u201d through the Qur\u2019an.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00a0\u00a0 As eternal life lies in following the Mosaic Law until the coming of the Comforter (Mohammad) and as the Comforter will guide into \u201call truth\u201d and \u201cabide for ever\u201d there is no need for Jesus \u2013JESUS IS REDUNDANT\u2013 and the Bible, being devoid of \u201call truth,\u201d the BIBLE IS OBSOLETE (see\u00a0Bible corrupt & obsolete<\/span>).<\/span><\/a>
                    \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, Jesus became redundant the moment he preached adherence to the Mosaic Law and the Bible became obsolete 600 years after, with the advent of Mohammad, the Comforter. (See\u00a0<\/span>                    Jesus-Comforter<\/a><\/span>).
                    \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Every one who wants to go to heaven has to bend his\/her knees to All\u0101h and the Messengership of Mohammad: There is no God but All\u0101h; Mohammad is the Messenger of All\u0101h! As shown in our presentations on Mohammad:\u00a0<\/span>no man cometh to God but by Mohammad.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Rather than being \u201cfine\u201d with her grandson being \u201can evangelical Christian\u201d this \u201cmixed-faith couple\u201d and their son should be wailing and gnashing their teeth for their grandson\/son and trying to save him from Hell-fire.
                    \n<\/span>Blind faith is no passport to Paradise; R<\/span>eason is the door to God.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                    Non-Muslims, and Muslims who have apostatized from Islam (rather than learn about Islam) have the grand opportunity, while you are alive \u2013and no one knows when he\/she will die\u2013, to turn to All\u0101h and Paradise; when you die this grand opportunity evaporates like a dewdrop in Hell.
                    \nHeaven lies in following clearly-expressed Divine doctrines; not in following human inventions and assumptions.<\/span>
                    \n<\/span><\/p>\n

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                    1. Manji opines: \u201cIslam, after all, derives directly from Judaism and Christianity. The Universal Creator\u2026Everlasting life after death\u2026.Free will\u2026.Prophets prone to error. Muslims owe these cornerstone convictions to non-Muslims.\u201d (p. 47).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em>\u00a0 Where do Christianity and Judaism teach Universal Creator?\u00a0 True, the Bible says God created everything but when it comes to the Biblical God being the God equally of all nations Moses and Jesus made it clear that God is the God only of the Israelites. In fact, Jesus not only refused to give the bread of the \u201cchildren\u201d to the non Jews but considers them \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine\u201d and even preached in parables so these \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine\u201d would not understand and be converted and be saved. (See\u00a0<\/span>Jesus-only for Jews<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0\u00a0 Where does Judaism teach \u201cEverlasting life after death\u201d? \u00a0Though the Old Testament makes references to a future life\u00a0 there are no clear expressions by \u201cGOD\u201d that He will resurrect the dead \u2013as given in the Qur\u2019an 22:5-7; 67:15; 75:1-12; 99:1-8\u2013 and there are no clear descriptions of Hell and Heaven and details of punishments,\u00a0 which may be the reason why \u201cOne sect of the Jews denied the Resurrection.\u201d9<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0\u00a0 And whereas Jesus spoke of resurrection and suffering in Hell Jesus also gave no details of this form of punishment. (It is to be noted that Hell is not a \u201ctorture chamber\u201d of a vengeful God; nor is punishment in Hell \u201ceverlasting,\u201d as Jesus says. Punishment in Hell depends on the degree of one\u2019s sin; while Heaven is forever \u2013as long as All\u0101h wishes. (See Hell<\/a><\/span>;\u00a0 Heaven\/Paradise<\/a><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0\u00a0 Where do Christianity and Judaism teach \u201cFree Will\u201d? Judaism and Christianity require death for apostasy\u2013(Deut; 13:5-16); death for witchcraft\u2013(Exodus 22:18); death for worshipping \u201cstrange gods\u201d\u2013(Deut. 32:15-25); and Elijah slaughtered 450 prophets of the pagan god, Baal\u2013(1 Kings 18:18-40).<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0 <\/em>That \u201cProphets prone to error.\u201d<\/em> All\u0101h says the Prophet errs not; and prophets are sinless because they do and say only as God instructs\u2013(Qur\u2019an 53:2-3; 21:25-28; Gospel of John 4:34; 5:30-31; 6:38; 7:16; 12:49. Jesus doing and saying only as God \u201cgave\u201d him proves that Jesus is not God and that Jesus was a Muslim \u2013one who submits to God\u2013 and he taught Islam \u2013submission to God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0\u00a0 That \u201cMuslims owe these cornerstone convictions to non-Muslims\u201d:<\/em> All\u0101h raised messengers among all nations and gave them guidance suitable to their people and their time, and He sent Mohammad to the Arabs and the world with a \u201cperfected\u201d religion; and Manji mouths off that \u201cMuslims owe these cornerstone convictions to non-Muslims.\u201d (See\u00a0<\/span>Qur\u2019an-borrowed from Bible<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                      1. One non-Muslim wife wrote to Manji: \u201cMy husband always says the Qur\u2019an is the true word of God because the Qur\u2019an itself states that it will never be altered in any way. I ask: \u201cWhat if THAT line was the first to be altered.\u201d (p. 48).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>The Qur\u2019an was memorized and written down upon its revelation; and the Angel Gabriel rehearsed it with the Prophet. And All\u0101h invites the disbelievers to produce a chapter like the Qur\u2019an. (See\u00a0<\/span>Qur\u2019an is perfectly preserved<\/span>).<\/a><\/p>\n

                        \u00a0\u00a0 Even if the Qur\u2019an was \u201caltered\u201d no Scripture can be shown to be superior to or equal with the Qur\u2019an. And no religion can be shown to be superior to or equal with Islam.\u00a0Karma & Reincarnation<\/a><\/span> are not Divine doctrines; Trinity was invented by the Church 300 years after Jesus, and inherited sin and vicarious atonement were devised by Paul and institutionalized by the Church 300 years after Christ. (See\u00a0<\/span>Christianity dupes people<\/span> <\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Manmade doctrines cannot lead to heaven. Heaven lies in following Divine doctrines. The cardinal doctrines of Islam \u2013Unity of God; Prayer; Zakaat\/Charity; Fasting, and Hajj\u2013 are clearly expressed in the Qur\u2019an and observed by the Prophet Mohammad. These doctrines are conducive to reason: Islam is blessed with the Divine allure of \u201creason.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                        \u00a0\u00a0 All\u0101h loves us.<\/span>
                        \n<\/span>All\u0101h wants to guide us.
                        \n<\/span>All\u0101h wants us to be pure.
                        \n<\/span>All\u0101h wants us to have a life in Paradise.
                        \n<\/span>Islam<\/em> is our <\/span>PASSPORT TO PARADISE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                          \n
                        1. Manji notes one Muslim who wrote that while they are taught Islam is the religion of \u201cpeace\u201d their history books \u201cnever refers to Jews without the word \u201cracist\u201d beforehand; never refers to Europeans without the word \u201cterrorist\u201d beforehand. They teach us at one point that this is the religion of peace, and then flip to bashing various groups, including gays.\u201d(p. 50).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> By their own pronouncement Jews are \u201cracist\u201d: Prof. Noam Chomsky notes in his insightful work Pirates and Emperors, Old And New, International Terrorism in the Real World,<\/em> pp. 29-30:<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u201cZionism is thereby conceived as the doctrine that Israel must be accorded rights beyond those of any other state<\/em>; it must maintain control of occupied territories, thus barring any meaningful form of self-determination for Palestinians<\/em>; and it must remain a state based on the principle of discrimination against non-Jewish citizens<\/em>. It is perhaps of some interest that those who declare themselves \u201csupporters of Israel\u201d insist on the validity of the notorious UN resolution declaring Zionism to be racist<\/em>.\u201d10<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

                          And, the Jewish, \u201cKHUZARI BOOK, which is approved by the office of education. In the introduction to the book Dr. Tzifroni writes: \u201cThe nation of Israel is a chosen nation because of its race, its education and the climate of the land in which it was brought up. The race of the Israeli people is the most superior of all races.<\/em>\u201d\u201d11<\/sup> (See note for full text).
                          \n<\/span>(And Hitler was pilloried for his view that Germans is the master race. If supremacy is based on race, residency, and knowledge; then Palestinians\/Arabs are the \u201cmost superior of all races\u201d; having resided in Palestine for six thousand years, is the best nation, as All\u0101h says in His Qur\u2019an, and has given Muslims knowledge that brought light to the world \u2013at a time when Jews and everyone else were running around with flint tools and torches).<\/span><\/p>\n

                          It is this \u201cracism\u201d (and covetousness) that impelled them to dispossess Palestinians of their lands and for six torturous decades to subject the fearless and forbearing Palestinians to all sorts of degradation. (Though it would a big \u201cbeard-face\u201d lie to say all Jews are \u201cracists).<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 That Europeans are \u201cterrorists.\u201d What would you label those who invade other people and enslave them, and so you can plunder their lands? Like the Europeans in the Congo where they even chained naked African women at the necks.12<\/sup> (Though it would be dishonesty to call all European \u201cterrorists\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 However, while Muslims may recount these \u201cracism\u201d and \u201cterrorism\u201d Muslims are not to dwell on them or transgress against them (except to reclaim our lands, which is not transgression but liberation).<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 Prophet Mohammad came as a mercy to the world. We are to teach people the Divine truth: pointing out the errors of what they are following \u2013Karma and reincarnation whose origin are not clear; Trinity was invented by the Church 300 years after Jesus Christ; inherited sin and vicarious atonement were devised by Paul and institutionalized by the Church 300 years after Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 That \u201cThey teach us at one point that this is the religion of peace, and then flip to bashing various groups, including gays\u201d: Islam IS<\/em> \u201cthe religion of peace.\u201d Islam does not call to \u201cbashing\u201d any group. As noted, Islam does not allow Muslims to \u201cpeep\u201d into any person\u2019s bedroom. All\u0101h\/Islam enjoins punishment for certain sins, All\u0101h\/Islam does not allow the Masjid\/State into one\u2019s bedroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 Recounting history and teaching scripture is not \u201cbashing\u201d anyone. Truth is not \u201cbashing.\u201d Those who want their virtue extolled and vice suppressed need to cultivate dignity and maturity.<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 Regarding Muslims being labeled terrorist. The following is taken from an email:<\/span>\u00a0 German Muslim scholar replies on TERRORISM …
                          \n<\/span>I liked the answer of this German Muslim scholar when he was asked about terrorism and Islam: <\/span>He said :<\/span><\/p>\n

                          Who started the first world war? not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>Who started the second world war? not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>Who killed about 20 millions of Aborigines in Australia? not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>Who sent the nuclear bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>Who killed more than 100 millions of Indians in North America? not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>Who killed more than 50 millions of Indians in south America? not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>Who took about 180 millions of African people as slaves and 88% them died and were thrown in Atlantic ocean? not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>No, NOT Muslims!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

                          First of all, You have to define terrorism properly…
                          \n<\/span>If a non-Muslim does something bad..it is crime. But if a Muslim commits the same.. he is a terrorist…
                          \n<\/span>So first remove this double standard…then come to the point!!! , . . . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

                          In addition to the above:
                          \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 -Who stole Palestine from Palestinians, and left tens of thousands homeless and wandering? not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 -Who invaded Iraq twice and killed thousands? not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 -Who savaged in Libya, Chechnya, Dagestan, and Bosnia?\u00a0 not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0-Who invaded Egypt to have control of the Suez Canal? not Muslims.
                          \n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0-Who committed the first act of air piracy in the Middle-east? not Muslims. (See Noam Chomsky, Pirates And Emperors, New And Old, International Terrorism in the Real World<\/em>, p. 66).
                          \n<\/span>\u00a0 -Who overthrew the governments of Hawaii, Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Iran, Guatemala, South Vietnam, Chile, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, and Iraq? not Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n

                          Incidentally, had Muslims heed the admonishing of All\u0101h to not sectify ourselves, to have military preparedness, and to protect one another Palestine would not have been stolen; Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia would not be under Russia\u2019s jackboots; Bosnia, Kashmir, Uighuristan, Afghanistan, Iraq etc; \u00a0would not be bleeding; Singapore would not have been facilitated to secede from Malaysia, Sudan would not have been dismembered; and the Middle-east would not have been \u201ctreacherously\u201d carved up by Britain, France, and Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n

                          These obscenities against Muslims can be obliterated. Muslims do not suffer defeat: only setbacks. Muslims are destined to be successful, victorious, and triumphant.<\/span> (See<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Islam-sectism among Muslims;\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Islam-Muslims\u2019 destiny<\/span>).<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

                          However, there is a way to end the Palestinian\/Muslim-Jewish divide without any bleeding and which would not only legitimize Jewish presence in Palestine but also give them a life in Paradise.
                          \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Like Christians, for two thousand years Jews are wandering in \u201cdarkness and misunderstanding\u201d about their religion. This is the age of knowledge and reason. Muslims are to enlighten Jews that \u201cspiritually the Jewish religion<\/span> has no future\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 -that the eschatological Messiah they are expecting is a MYTH<\/strong>:<\/strong> he is not coming because there is no such teaching in the Bible<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 -that Jews are God\u2019s chosen people to the exclusion of others is a MIRAGE<\/strong>:<\/strong> they do not exist; reasoning alone would dictate that God does not merit people because of their race or nationality or color or sex: factors in which they had no choice; such a God would be unjust; even human governments endeavor not to judge people on their race or color or religion<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 -that Jews have a Divine right to Palestine is a big BO-BO<\/strong>:<\/strong> God\u2019s favor does not include wrong-doers or based on wrong-doing as was\/is done to Palestinians. God\u2019s covenant was already fulfilled under Joshua; and God did not promise to fulfill His covenant twice<\/strong>; and moreover when this promise was for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob\/Israel<\/strong> and their righteous<\/strong> descendants; and when Jews have yet to fulfill their covenant with God<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 -that Jews can do whatever they like and God will be merciful to them is a STRETCH<\/strong>; <\/em><\/strong>Deuteronomy 32:43 which says: \u201cPraise his People, O Nations: For he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will render vengeance against his adversaries and make expiation for his land and his People\u201d does NOT<\/strong> refer to future nations; it refers to those nations at the time of the many \u201cites\u201d kingdoms that Joshua would exterminate, so God can keep His word to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0\u00a0 -that evil Jews will suffer only twelve months in Hell (which is not in the Bible) is a DREAM<\/strong>:<\/em><\/strong> more; a NIGHTMARE<\/strong> if this twelve months is not human terms but Divine; in which event, given that a Divine day is a thousand years, Jews are looking at 365,000 years in Hell: throw in another thousand years if it\u2019s a leap year (ref.<\/em> Qur\u2019an 2:80, 94).<\/span><\/p>\n

                          The Mosaic law was Divinely decreed to end upon the advent of the Prophet Mohammad \u2013the truth of which the Jewish elders knew. \u00a0(See Judaism-no future<\/a><\/span>).
                          \n<\/span>Jews salvation lies in them bending their knees to All\u0101h and the Messengership of Mohammad:\u00a0<\/span>There is no God but All\u0101h,\u00a0<\/span>Mohammad is the Messenger of All\u0101h.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                          1. Manji comments about one Muslim female: \u201cWe\u2019ve learned that her identity as an Arab or Muslim takes a backseat to her integrity as an individual\u2026.Identity can trap you, but integrity will set you free<\/em>\u201d (p. 51).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>In Islam \u201cidentity\u201d IS<\/em> \u201cintegrity.\u201d The Muslim identity is one of distinction: he\/she is of the best nation; the nation that \u201cenjoin good, forbid evil, and believe in All\u0101h.\u201d There is no integrity higher than this.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                            1. One Muslim male wrote about Islam: \u201cI don\u2019t like a lot of the things associated with it. For example, the stoning of Homosexuals, Apostates, Adulterers. The fact that a woman can be slapped if she is disobedient. Can we reject some of the dreadful parts of Islam without angering the almighty?\u201d (p. 55).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                              \u00a0\u00a0 Response<\/em>:<\/em> If this brother had invested some time and studied the Qur\u2019an (and hadith) he would not have wasted time writing this letter (moreover to one who does not know one end of Islam from the other). This brother would have known that All\u0101h does not require death for any of the items he mentioned. He would also know that a Muslim is not even allowed to hate his wife much less slap her (see\u00a0Islam-wife beating<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                              Another charge usually hurled against Muslims is that a man does not have to tell anyone why he beat his wife. The answer is: BUTT OUT AND MIND YOUR OWN BLOODY BUSINESS! STOP POKING YOUR NOSE INTO OTHER PEOPLE\u2019S AFFAIRS! However, from the Islamic perspective, All\u0101h says in Qur\u2019an 2:187 that men and women are garments to each other \u2013to protect, comfort, beautify, and CONCEAL FAULTS from others. Thus, unless the matter is in court, the act of not telling why one has beaten his wife is the act of covering her fault(s) from others. It is doubtful any decent man would like his wife to let outsiders know his fault(s).<\/span><\/p>\n

                              \u00a0\u00a0 Even if there were \u201cdreadful parts\u201d in Islam yet no religion can be shown to be superior to or equal with Islam. Whereas there are no such Divine doctrines as \u201cchosen people\u201d to the exclusion of others; Karma and reincarnation; and Trinity, inherited sin and vicarious atonement \u2013nor are these doctrines conducive to reason\u2013 the doctrines of Islam \u2013Unity of God, prayer, Zakaat\/Charity, Fasting, and Hajj\u2013 are not only Divine doctrines clearly expressed in the Qur\u2019an and observed by Prophet Mohammad, they are conducive to reason: Islam is the only sensible religion; it is the only religion whose doctrines can survive hammering on the anvil of \u201creason,\u201d the factor on which God calls us to govern our belief (as already noted, Isaiah 1:18; Qur\u2019an 16:125).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                              1. Manji notes about one Christian man\u2019s son, that: \u201cAfter much \u201cprayer, study and reflection,\u201d\u2026.the son concluded that neither the Bible nor Christ approves of apartheid.\u201d (p. 57).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> This \u201cson:\u201d needs to engage in more intense \u00a0\u201cprayer, study and reflection.\u201d His God\/Son of God, Jesus, regarded non-Jews as \u201cdogs\u201d and swine\u201d\u2013(Matthew 7:6; 15:26); and he commanded his followers to \u201cgo not<\/em> to the Gentiles and the Samaritans, but \u201cto the lost sheep of the house of Israel\u201d\u2013(Matthew 10:5-6). It may be argued that the Bible and Christ laid the foundations for \u201capartheid.\u201d (Please note, this is the Christians\u2019 Jesus; for the Muslims\u2019 Jesus read the Qur\u2019an. See\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jesus-only for Jews<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                1. Manji seems displeased by a Muslim who wrote that Muslims are to correct each other in private. And one Muslim sister \u201ctestifies that Muslims routinely excoriate her as a kafir (unbeliever)\u201d (p. 59).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                  \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Unless it is a matter in which others might be mislead, Muslims are to correct each other in private so as to avoid any possible embarrassment. This is called discretion.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                  \u00a0\u00a0 It is extremely grave that Muslims are calling other Muslims kafir. There are varying degrees of kufr\/disbelief. To call another Muslim kafir is such a grave matter that if these Muslims who label other Muslims kafir knew the danger they would chain their tongues for fear of unintentionally calling another Muslim kafir:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                  Prophet Mohammad is reported to have said, \u201cThree things are the basis of faith: to withhold from one who confesses faith in la ilaha ill-Allah<\/em>, you should not call him kafir<\/em> for any sin, nor expel him from Islam for any deed…\u201d (Abu Dawud 15:33)\u201d.
                                  \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 And \u2018Umar is reported to have said, \u201cWhoever calls the people of la ilaha ill-Allah<\/em> unbeliever (kafir<\/em>) is himself nearer to unbelief (kufr<\/em>).\u201d (Muhammad, The Religion of Islam<\/em>, p. 125). (For more on this see\u00a0                                  Islam-sectism among Muslims<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                  1. Manji notes that Judea Pearl informed her that he had requested a Muslim scholar in America to teach her book, The Trouble With Islam<\/em>, but: \u201cThe scholar told me it\u2019s divisive,\u201d Pearl lamented. \u201cThat\u2019s it. That\u2019s all. That\u2019s why he won\u2019t teach it. How can this be?\u201d (p. 63).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                    \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (The Muslim scholars\u2019 reason aside). If Judea Pearl knew Islam he would understand \u201chow\u201d this can be. No knowledgeable Muslim would even recommend Manji\u2019s book (including this one, All\u0101h, Liberty & Love<\/em>) much less teach it. Manji does not know one end of Islam from the other and is projecting herself as an authority on it. She\u2019s liable to take Muslims behind her into Hell.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                    \u00a0\u00a0 We invite Mr. Judea Pearl to read our responses to Manji\u2019s books (The Trouble With Islam<\/em> and All\u0101h, Liberty & Love<\/em>) and petition the Universities and Colleges (secular and Christian) to teach them to their students. (Also, for Mr. pearl to petition the publisher(s) of Manji\u2019s books to publish our responses to these books. Not to worry, no written permission is required from us; and no royalty. It\u2019s all fi-sabi-lill\u0101h<\/em> \u2013in the path of All\u0101h).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                    1. Manji declares: \u201cA universal Islamic caliphate\u2026.is the last thing I desire.\u201d (p. 70).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                      \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (What about a \u201cuniversal\u201d Christian Papacy?). An Islamic Caliphate is democracy at its pinnacle.
                                      \n<\/span>\u201cSurely All\u00e5h commands you to make over trusts<\/span>to those worthy of them, and that when you judge <\/span>between people, you judge with justice. <\/span>Surely All\u00e5h admonishes you with what is excellent. <\/span>Surely All\u00e5h is ever Hearing, Seeing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>(Qur\u2019an 4:58)
                                      \n<\/span>\u201cAnd those who respond to their Lord and keep up<\/span>prayer, and whose affairs are (decided) by counsel<\/span>among themselves, and who spend out of<\/span>what We have given them\u201d<\/span>(Qur\u2019an 42:38).
                                      \n<\/span><\/span>Muhammad Ali has noted that<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u201clegislation was not placed in the hands of the king. First of all the Qur\u2019an, then the Prophet\u2019s precept or practice, then the will of the people, such was the machinery that framed the law; and the law, not the king, was the supreme authority. In subordinating kingship to the law of the land and the law of the land to the will of the people, Abu Bakr laid the foundations of a truly democratic government as also of liberty and equality in the truest sense of these words.\u201d
                                      \n<\/span>But, as Muhammad Ali adds:
                                      \n<\/span>\u201cTo the misfortune of the community of Islam, how-ever, this golden rule of government was abandoned after the reign of \u2018Ali, the fourth Caliph.\u00a0 Kingship again became private property, as also did the public treasury.\u00a0 Democracy gave way to despotism, and thus began the disintegration and decay of the power of Islam.\u201d (The Early Caliphate<\/em>, p. 52)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u00a0\u00a0 The freedom and equality espoused by Islam is unrivalled in the annals of history, ancient and modern.\u00a0 Muhammad Ali has pointed out in his The Early Caliphate:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u201cBilal, \u2018Ammar, and others who were, originally slaves but were among the first to embrace Islam, were shown preference over the great chiefs of the Quraish.\u2026All distinctions of heredity were abolished and society was ordered on the Qur\u2019anic principle: \u201cThe most honourable among you is the one who has the greatest regard for his duty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe weak and disabled were granted allowances from the public treasury, and in this there was no discrimination between Muslim and non-Muslim. The system of old-age pensions now prevailing in many countries in Europe was first introduced by \u2018Umar.For wayfarers, large caravansarais were erected in all big centres. Children without guardians were brought up at the expense of the state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThere was no restriction whatever on freedom of opinion or on the expression of that opinion. Governors were made accessible to the public to the extent that they were forbidden to have guards at their doors lest there should be the least hitch for the aggrieved to approach the highest authority at any time\u2026The position of the Caliph himself, in this wonderful democracy, was no higher than that of a commoner. He was considered the servant of the people, not the king, and as such he was open to criticism\u2026This unrestricted freedom, in itself the highest virtue, served in the hands of mischief-mongers as the most deadly weapon to undermine the power of Islam.\u201d (pp. 121, 122, 136, 137, 143).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      Without doubt, \u201cequality and freedom of opinion were the two most important rights that Islam conferred on every individual,\u201d as noted by Muhammad Ali. (The Early Caliphate<\/em> p. 143).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u00a0\u00a0 As noted, Islam requires that power be given only to those qualified (as opposed to those who run for office); and Muhammad Ali comments on Qur\u2019an 42:38 which requires governance by counsel:
                                      \n\u201cIn this, Islam has laid the basis of Government by parliaments, and the idea found a clear practical expression in the early days of the Caliphate, when the Khalifah had to refer every important affair to counsel. It is strange indeed that Government by parliament is now looked upon by Europeans as an institution which is quite foreign to Islam and unsuited for the Muslim people\u201d (This must be \u201cEuropeans\u201d arrogance or ignorance of Islam; or both).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                                      Whereas the Islamic Caliphate is a union of material and spiritual knowledge with liberty and equal justice and All\u0101h has \u201cperfected\u201d our religion and \u201ccompleted\u201d His favors to us and has sent Prophet Mohammad to unite mankind under one set of Laws (the Qur\u2019an), and the Prophet established this Islamic Caliphate \u2013brought the world to our feet and eternity to our arms\u2013 Irshad Manji derides this Islamic Caliphate. (And she probably expects All\u0101h to give her Jannah). (Notably, there is no such distinction as \u201csecular\u201d knowledge. All knowledge is from All\u0101h God, see\u00a0Islam-knowledge and benefits to man<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      (It is to be noted that Islamic democracy is unlike the fallible secular democracy. In secular democracy there are opposition parties, the laws are man-made; and laws usually are determined by the will of the majority \u2013e.g. capital punishment; abortion.
                                      \nIn Islam, since the laws are infallible Divine injunctions, and are not based on the will of the majority, there is no need for an opposition. In the cases where secondary laws are required, owing to the progress of society, the legislation of such laws are not governed by the dictates of the majority, but are based on the principles of the Qur\u2019an, and are formulated through consultation. Thus, under Islamic democracy there is no marginalization of any sector of society: one cannot prove his judgment\/belief superior to the teaching of the Qur\u2019an).
                                      \n<\/span>\u00a0The Islamic Caliphate:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -requires the fulfilling of covenants, keeping of oaths and not to be deceptive (Qur\u2019an 16:91-92); to speak justly (6:153); to be righteous (2:277-278; 6:152-154); to not let hatred for a people incite you to transgress (5:2); to render back trusts to whom they are due, and to judge justly (4:58); because Allah God loves those who judge in equity (5:45-47).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u00a0\u00a0 -admonishes against dealing unjustly with men (Qur\u2019an 2:279, 5:8);\u00a0 and not to rob them of their dues (26:183);\u00a0 to give justice even if it be against one\u2019s self or parents or kins or whether he be poor or rich (4:135), encourages the feeding of the needy and the poor, to free the captives, to help those in debt, to care for the orphans, the wayfarer, and to free the slaves (9:60, 2:177), not to act corruptly in the earth or to make mischief (26:183); not to be transgressors (2:190), to restrain our anger and forgive others (3:133), to fight on behalf of the oppressed (4:75); because Allah God loves those who are just, and because He commands justice and the doing of good, and He forbids injustice (60:8, 16:90).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u00a0\u00a0 -forbids against helping one another in sin, and to not counsel one another in sin, but in goodness (Qur\u2019an 5:2; 60:8-9); not to take a greater recompense than the injury suffered (2:194; 16:126; 42:40); that instead of retaliation, to make reconciliation, and to show patience and forgiveness (16:126; 42:39-43); to be merciful and forgiving (3:133); to fight only as long as there is persecution and oppression (2:193), and to make peace when the enemy desires peace (4:90,\u00a0 8:61);\u00a0 because Allah God loves the doer of good, and the dutiful (2:195, 3:75).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u00a0\u00a0 -teaches that all men are created equal (Qur\u2019an 95:4), that we are made into different tribes and nations that we may know one another (49:13), that we are to be judged not by our race, color or nationality but by our deeds (6:133), that angels ask forgiveness for all mankind (42:5), that the noblest ones are those who are righteous (49:13, 98:7), to\u00a0 return evil with that which is better (23:96), to give justice (4:58; 5:8); because Allah God loves those who judge in equity, and because Allah God is aware of what you do (5:45, 4:135).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u00a0\u00a0 -gives freedom of religion (Qur\u2019an 2:256; 6:105-109; 9:107-108; 10:88-100; 18:29; 42:15; 50:45; 76:3; 109:1-6); freedom of movement, thought, and expression [though freedom of expression even in modern advanced societies would seem to have its limit when it advocates anarchy, and when it proves slanderous]\u2013(4:140; 6:68, 108; 29:52); the pursuit of knowledge, and the acquisition of wealth and property\u2013(2:274-275, 276-282; 35:12; 53:48; 62:10); to choose only those worthy of power and to exercise justice\u2013(4:58); to govern by consultation\/counsel.\u2013(3:158; 4:58; 42:38).
                                      \n<\/span>Without doubt, for the ultimate in peace and justice every country in the world is to be an Islamic Caliphate. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                      1. Manji notes a \u201cmanifesto\u201d from \u201cAkbar Ladak\u201d in which Ladak made such references as \u201cIslamic fanaticism\u201d and that \u201cMuslims define Islam, and we are all its guardians\u201d (pp. 77-79).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                        \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> There is no \u201cfanaticism\u201d in Islam: Islam and \u201cfanaticism\u201d are incompatible; it is All\u0101h who defines Islam and All\u0101h is Guardian of the Qur\u2019an\/Islam.
                                        \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 While it is commendable that Brother Ladak wants to speak out on behalf of truth and justice, clearly, Brother Ladak needs to first spend less time proclaiming about \u201cI\u201d and learn Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                        1. Manji wrote: \u201cthe prophet (Mohammad) shamed his society. He denounced false gods, later opposing oppressive customs such as slavery and female infanticide. A turncoat extraordinaire, Muhammad tarnished the reputation of his own noble tribe, the Quraysh.\u201d (p. 80)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                          Response: <\/em><\/span>Mohammad did not \u201cshamed his society:\u201d Mohammad called his society to the utility of reason; he preached the irrationality of polytheism and the degradation and futility of idolatry; and of the phantasm of superstition (see\u00a0Polytheism and Monotheism<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                          The Quraish tarnished their own reputation by subjugating their intellect and worshipping objects fashioned by their own hands \u2013things that confer no benefit and effect no harm.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                          That Mohammad was a \u201cturncoat\u201d which connotes \u201ctraitor-ship.\u201d Mohammad brought his people from tribalism into unity; from ignorance into knowledge; from drunkenness into sobriety; from profligacy into chastity; from idolatry and polytheism into monotheism and Divine Purity; from superstition into rationalism; he liberated the woman and slave; ennobled the orphan; he gave justice to all; and catapulted backward camel-drivers into masters of science and into \u2018thrones of Caesars\u2019 \u2013to label Mohammad a \u201cturncoat\u201d (moreover a \u201cturncoat extraordinaire\u201d) is not only libel but gross stupidity.
                                          \n<\/span>(This is one of the many absurdities that \u201cthe Jakarta Post<\/em> in Indonesia, the world\u2019s largest Muslim country,\u201d has plumed as \u201cpositive change\u201d by Irshad Manji. Muslims need to be vigilant of whom and what they follow).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                          1. 21. Manji states: \u201cFeeling the heat of few initial converts and rising resentment, the prophet (Mohammad) made a strategic decision: he diluted his message to curry favor with Meccans. For starters, Muhammad massaged the name of God. What he\u2019d earlier referred to as \u201cLord\u201d became \u201cAll\u0101h\u201d\u2013-the \u201cfamiliar All\u0101h of the pagan Qaraysh,\u201d writes Subhash C Inabdar in Muhammad and the Rise of Islam<\/em>.\u201d (p. 80).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                            \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (What utter rubbish! Apart from the fact that Allah revealed the Qur’an and Mohammad could not\/did not change “Lord” into “Allah”).<\/span> This is rather amusing, considering that Mohammad also was Arab and would have known that All\u0101h was God. \u201cAll\u0101h\u201d and \u201cLord\u201d are intermingled throughout the Qur\u2019an.
                                            \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 The first five verses revealed to the Prophet Mohammad are those of chapter 96, which instructed the Prophet: \u201cRead in the name of thy Lord Who creates\u2014Creates man from a clot, Read and thy Lord is most Generous, Who taught by the pen, Taught man what he knew not.\u201d
                                            \n<\/span>And:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI am ALLAH,<\/strong> the Seeing. (This is) a Book which We have revealed to you (that you may) bring forth men, by their LORD\u2019s<\/strong> permission, from utter darkness into light to the way of the Mighty, the praised One\u201d-(Qur\u2019an 14:1).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                                            So what that \u201cMohammad\u201d referred to All\u0101h as \u201cLord\u201d? Are not Royal proclamations and Presidential declarations made in the status of leaders instead of their names, such as \u201cBy order of the King\/Queen or His\/Her Majesty\u2026.\u201d \u201cFrom the Office of the President of the United States of America\u2026.\u201d?
                                            \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Muhammad Ali elucidates on the matter: \u00a0\u201cAll\u00e5h<\/em>, according to the most correct of the opinions respecting it, is a proper name applied to the Being Who exists necessarily by Himself, comprising all the attributes of perfection <\/em>(T-LL), the al being inseparable from it, not derived <\/em>(Msb-LL). Al-il\u00e5h <\/em>is a different word, and All\u00e5h <\/em>is not a contraction of al-il\u00e5h<\/em>. The word All\u00e5h <\/em>is not applied to any being except the only true God, and comprises all the excellent names, and the Arabs never gave the name All\u00e5h <\/em>to any of their numerous idols. Hence, as being the proper name of the Divine Being and not having any equivalent in any other language, I have adopted the original word in this translation\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019anic comm. 1:2).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                            \u00a0\u00a0 Professor Abdul Ahad Dawud B.D. \u2013\u201cthe former Reverend David Benjamin Keldani, B.D., a Roman Catholic priest of the Uniate-Chaldean sect\u201d\u2013 notes in his revealing book Muhammad in The Bible<\/em> (p. 12): \u201cIf the Christian priests and theologians knew their Scriptures in the original Hebrew instead of in translations as the Muslims read their Qur-an in its Arabic text, they would clearly see that Allah is the same ancient Semitic name of the Supreme Being who revealed and spoke to Adam and all the prophets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                                            \u00a0 \u00a0Muslims address All\u0101h as Rabb (Lord) and in His ninety-nine names (All\u0101h has ninety-nine names and the crowing name All\u0101h, making a total of one hundred names).<\/span>\u00a0 That Mohammad \u201cdiluted his message to curry favor with Meccans\u201d and \u201cmassaged the name of God\u201d is sheer ignorance and stupidity.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                            Irshad Manji continues her diatribe about the Prophet: \u201cStill, anger at his proselytizing only picked up speed. Enter the \u201csatanic verses.\u201d These are Qur\u2019anic passages that the prophet, in his fallible human judgment, approved as divine revelations. (Though All\u0101h tells us the Prophet does not err and speaks only according to Divine revelation; see item #10.) <\/em>He had them chronicled by his companions, only later learning that these verses deified heathen idols. Muhammad then withdrew the verses, blaming the mistake on a trick by Satan. (And what are these verses that Mohammad withdrew? Qur\u2019an 53:19-21 are not about worship of idols as will be shown)<\/em>.…<\/strong>When we ask\u00a0 \u00a0that question, the story becomes more than interesting; it becomes enlightening\u2026.Ibn Ishaq, a Muslim historian, narrates the legend of what happened next, courtesy of a loving God:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                            \u201c[The Angel] Gabriel came to the Apostle and said: What have you done, Muhammad? You have read to these people something I did not bring to you from God and you have said what he did not say to you.\u201d The Apostle was bitterly grieved and was greatly in fear of God. So God sent down (a revelation) for He was merciful to him; comforting him and making light of the affair and telling him that every prophet and apostle before him desired as he desired and wanted what he wanted and Satan interjected something into his desires\u2026God annulled what Satan had suggested.\u201d (pp. 80-82).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                            \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Response:<\/em>\u00a0 The absurdity of Ibn Ishaq\u2019s report is belied by the story itself. How could Ibn Ishaq know that Gabriel said those words to Mohammad? Mohammad is the only one to whom Gabriel spoke. And there is no report that Mohammad made such a confession to anyone. Even if Mohammad had ordered such a worship of these idols it is doubtful Mohammad would have told anyone about Gabriel\u2019s remonstration to cast aspersion(s) upon himself; and even cost him followers who might question subsequent revelations as being Divine.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                            \u00a0\u00a0 Qur\u2019an 53:19-21 have nothing to do with Mohammad assenting to worship of idols. That Satan \u201ctricked\u201d the Prophet into reading \u201csatanic verses\u201d is nonsense; the verse reads: \u201dAnd We never sent a messenger or a prophet before thee but when he desired, the devil made a suggestion respecting his desire; but All\u00e5h annuls that which the devil casts, then does All\u00e5h establish His messages. And All\u00e5h is Knowing, Wise\u201d\u2013Qur\u2019an 22:52).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                            \u00a0\u00a0 As careful reading of the verse shows it is a when prophet \u201cDESIRED\u201d to do something (and Divine revelation is NOT a prophet\u2019s desire but decree from God) then Satan would make a suggestion regarding this \u201cdesire.\u201d After which time All\u0101h would give revelation. (For a full treatment of Manji\u2019s claim see\u00a0Qur\u2019an-Satanic verses<\/span>).<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                            1. Manji spoke about \u201cmainstream Islam.\u201d (p. 83). Please explain what is \u201cmainstream\u201d Islam?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                              1. Manji states, \u201cCultures don\u2019t take decisions\u2013-individuals do.\u201d (p.84).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Response:<\/em> It is individuals that make culture. Cultures do <\/em>take decisions. Who or what is it that legislates the age of marriage, and the legality or illegality of matters?<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                1. Manji notes one Muslim girl expressing her fear of \u201cdishonoring\u201d her community by speaking the truth.\u201d (p. 87).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>If this Muslim girl knew Islam she would present its truth to her community and have it \u201cfear\u201d the judgment of All\u0101h for not honoring the teaching of Islam. Islam enjoined \u201cquestioning\u201d and \u201creasoning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 As noted elsewhere All\u0101h requires us to govern by \u201creason\u201d and the Prophet Mohammad is reported as teaching that learning is a treasure-house. Its key is questioning: (Abu Naeem) MM1-361-112 W. (i.e<\/em>. Mishkat Misabih, Vol. 1, p.361, #112W); and that seeking knowledge for 1 hour, is better than keeping wake whole night: (in prayer) (Darimi) MM1-361-112 W.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 Prophet Mohammad is also noted as saying that the superiority of the scholar over the worshipper is as the superiority of the (full) moon over the stars\u2013(Abu Dawud, Vol. 3, #3634).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                  1. Manji said to her mother: \u201c\u201cThe custom of honor existed before Islam. If we hang on to culture in the name of Islam, then we\u2019re worshipping what man, not God, has created. Isn\u2019t that idolatry?\u201d Mum sighed, \u201cIt\u2019s stupidity.\u201d\u2026Culture is not sacred.\u201d (p. 88).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (Taking Islam in its secondary sense \u2013from 7th<\/sup> century Arabia\u2013 than from its primal sense \u2013from the beginning of creation13<\/sup>). Depending on what \u201cculture\u201d is \u201cculture\u201d can<\/em> be \u00a0<\/em>\u201csacred.\u201d (Without any disrespect, your \u201cmum\u201d also needs to learn Islam).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                    1. Manji notes from \u201cPalestinian psychologist\u201d Eyad Serraj\u201d: \u201c\u201cIslam was introduced to move Arab beyond tribalism,\u201d Dr. Serraj said. But Islam has not conquered Arab culture; Arab culture has conquered Islam.\u201d\u201d (p. 90).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>\u00a0Islam did<\/em> \u201cmove Arab beyond tribalism;\u201d until Muslims digressed from the path of Islam and disgraced themselves. However, this resplendent throne of All\u0101h is ever available for Muslims to ascend. As the venerable Caliph, \u2018Umar, reminds us: \u201cGod gave us honor and greatness through Islam, and if we seek it now in other ways than those enjoined by Islam, God will again bring us into disgrace.\u201d (See\u00a0Islam-sectism among Muslims<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                      1. Manji notes one university\u2019s newspaper reported that a \u201cMuslim chaplain on campus had justified death for apostates. Later denying that he personally holds this view.\u201d (p. 92).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>There is no death for apostasy in Islam. The Qur\u2019an was revealed over a period of twenty-three years; during this long period, unless he received Divine Revelation in the matter, the Prophet followed the teachings of the Bible, which requires death to the adulterer, the unchaste bride, the apostate, the blasphemer, and the homosexuals; which Biblical laws were annulled by subsequent Qur\u2019anic revelations\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:106; 16:101. See Muhammad Ali\u2019s comm. His translation of the Qur\u2019an can be viewed online: www.muslim.org<\/a><\/span>). Prophet Mohammad taught according to the Qur\u2019an\u2013(Qur\u2019an 10:15; 21:45; 46:9; 53:3-4). (See\u00a0<\/span>Islam-apostasy<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                        1. Manji wrote that Polly Toynbee \u201ccampaigns for the equality of women everywhere.\u201d (p. 97).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Islam has given women equality with men thirteen hundred years before Polly Toynbee was born. Muslim women need to learn Islam and demand this All\u0101h-given right from their ignorant or arrogant menfolk. Let these \u201cpatriarchs\u201d be aware they cannot defy All\u0101h and deny women the right He has given them and yet expect that All\u0101h will give them Jannah.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                          1. Manji notes that David Littman proposed \u201cbefore the UN Human Rights Council\u201d that \u201cthe grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University issue a fatwa against the crime of stoning women to death.\u201d (p. 98).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>Why do we need the grand Sheikh to issue this fatwa? All\u0101h issued such a decree fourteen hundred years ago. Muslims need to study the Qur\u2019an\/Islam; they themselves will refuse to \u201cstone\u201d to death. There is no stoning to death for any crime in Islam. (See\u00a0<\/span>Islam-stoning<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                            1. Manji notes that the UN Human Rights Council \u201chas also nixed discussions about girls as young as nine being married off. All because Muslim diplomats have fulminated that revelations of marriage by force and of murder by rocks defame Islam.\u201d (p. 99).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> There are no Qur\u2019anic revelations that allow \u201cmarriage by force\u201d and \u201cmurder by rocks.\u201d\u00a0 As noted there is no \u201cstoning\u201d or \u2018stoning\u201d to death in Islam; these are the Jewish and Christian requirements. Women have the right to choose their husbands:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cA matron should not be given in marriage except after consulting her; and a virgin should not be given in marriage except after her permission\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7, # 67, 68; Vol. 9, # 98, 100);<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 -A virgin\u2019s consent, because of bashfulness, is expressed by her silence\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7,\u00a0 #68; Vol. 9, #98, 100-101); and that \u201cIf a man gives his daughter in marriage in spite of her disagreement, such marriage is invalid\u201d\u2013it notes the dissolution of such a marriage by the Prophet on behalf of a \u201cmatron\u201d who disliked the marriage her father had arranged\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7, # 69; Vol. 9, #78).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 -A woman may also propose to a man\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7 #\u2019s 48, 53, 54). There is a report of a woman proposing marriage to the Prophet\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 3, # 505).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 Regarding the marrying of nine-year old girls. Considering that people mature physically, anatomically and intellectually at different ages \u2013and some young girls are more developed than older girls\u2013 All\u0101h, Wisely, has not laid down a set age for marriage. Hinduism, Judaism and Christianity do not lay down any specific age for marriage. (For more on this topic see\u00a0<\/span>\u2018Aisha & Mohammad<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                              1. Manji wrote about \u201creviving ijtihad.\u201d (p. 103).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> The door to reasoning (ijtihad<\/em>) in Islam is never closed: it is open to the Resurrection. \u201cIjtihad<\/em> is the third source from which the laws of Islam are drawn.\u201d The first two being the Qur\u2019an and Sunnah <\/em>(Sayings and practice of the Prophet).
                                                                \nMuhammad Ali notes:<\/span>
                                                                \n<\/span>\u201cReasoning or the exercise of judgment, in theological as well as in legal matters, plays a very important part in the religion of Islam, and the value of reason is expressly recognized in the Qur\u2019an, which is full of exhortations like the following: \u201cDo you not reflect?\u201d\u2026. \u201cHave you no sense?\u201d \u201cThere are signs in this for a people who reflect;\u201d \u201cThere are signs in this for a people who understand;\u201d and so on. Those who do not use their reasoning faculty are compared to animals, and spoken of as being deaf, dumb and blind.\u201d (Qur\u2019an 2:171; 7:179; 8:22); 25:44).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                \u201cThe exercise of judgment (ijtihad)<\/em> is recognized in Tradition as the means by which a decision may be arrived at when there is no direction in the Qur\u2019an or Tradition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                \u201cThe work had begun, as already shown, in the Prophet\u2019s lifetime, since it was impossible to refer every case to him.\u00a0 After the Prophet\u2019s death, the principle of Ijtihad<\/em> obtained a wider prevalence, and as new areas were added to the material and spiritual realm of Islam, the need of resorting to the exercise of judgment became greater.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                \u201cDecisions were given and laws made and promulgated subject only to the one condition that they were neither contrary to the Qur\u2019an nor to the practice of the Prophet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                Muhammad Ali also states:<\/span>
                                                                \n<\/span>\u201cThe impression prevailing in the Muslim world at present that no one has the right, even in the light of the new circumstances which a thousand years of the world\u2019s progress have brought about, to differ with the four Imams, is entirely a mistaken one.\u00a0 The right to differ with the highest of men below the Prophet is a Muslims\u2019 birthright, and to take away that right is to stifle the very existence of Islam. \u2026In fact, the closing of the door on the free exercise of judgment, and the tendency to stifle independence of thought which took hold of the Muslim world after the third century of Hijrah, was condemned by the Prophet himself who said:\u00a0 \u201cThe best of the generations is my generation, then the second and then the third; then will come a people in which there is no good\u201d\u2013(KU. VI, 2068)\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                (The three generations referred to in the tradition)<\/em> \u201crefer to three centuries, the first century being the century of the Companions, since the last of them died at the end of the first century after the Prophet and the second and the third being those of the next two generations known as Tabi\u2019in<\/em> and taba\u2019 Tabi\u2019in<\/em>.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, we find that while independence of thought was freely exercised in the first three centuries, and even Muhammad and Abu Yusuf, the immediate followers of Abu Hanifah, did not hesitate to differ with their great leader, rigidity became the rule thereafter with only rare exceptions.\u00a0 The time when independence of thought was not exercised is, therefore, denounced by the Prophet him-self, as the time of a crooked company.\u201d (Muhammad Ali, The Religion of Islam<\/em>, pp. 97, 98, 99, 100, 115-116. Italics and emphasis added. For greater details on this topic \u201cIjtihad\u201d<\/em> read The Religion of Islam;<\/em> see www.muslim.org<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                Allah the Gracious revealed that He created everything in the heavens and the earth for our use (and whose subjection and\u00a0 utility can only be achieved through knowledge).<\/em> And the Prophet Mohammad, the magnanimous, taught us: \u2018The superiority of the scholar over the pious worshipper is as the superiority of the (full) moon over the stars.\u2019
                                                                \n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 If Muslims are not illuminated by this brilliant flame from the mighty Messenger of Allah, to explore the expanse of reason and progress, no other human being can brighten the density of our minds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                1. Manji wrote about a \u201cSwedish Muslim man who wouldn\u2019t shake hands with a female CEO because of Islam.\u201d (p. 109).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em>\u00a0 Why do you want to shake the hands of another man\/woman? Go hold the hands of your own husband\/wife.<\/span>
                                                                  \n<\/span>(According to experts disease are more readily spread by shaking hands than by kissing. Why not advocate we greet one another with a kiss, as Paul recommends Christians greet each other with a \u201choly kiss\u201d\u2013whatever that is\u2013 Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:12. Besides, you do not know where the person\u2019s hand had been before taking yours. Same goes for the person\u2019s lips\/mouth).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                  Perhaps we can greet each other with a little bow (as Japanese do) which is a sign of humility, or by raising our right hand in peace (as the native Indians). And instead of the insipid \u201chow-do-you-do\u201d we can express the harmonious \u201cpeace\u201d to each other or express \u201cpeace, and mercy and blessings of God be unto you\u201d \u2013which doubtlessly is the best greeting anyplace; for when one has peace, and mercy and blessings of God he has everything: he needs nothing more\u2013;<\/span> even to the atheist (the atheist can deny the existence of God, the atheist cannot disprove the existence of God. All\u0101h God has proven His existence through the Qur\u2019an, see\u00a0Qur\u2019an-science;\u00a0<\/a>Apostate Prophet-Qur\u2019an poor science<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                  1. Manji notes a \u201cBelgian parliamentarian\u201d who states about the Muslim woman\u2019s \u201cveil\u201d: \u201c\u201cNothing in Islam, in the Qur\u2019an or in the Sunnah imposes this form of dress. It seems to me it\u2019s more a political or ideological sign.\u201d (p. 109).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>Islam does not require the Muslim woman to \u201cveil\u201d her face (but on the contrary requires her face to be open). However, if the Muslim woman desires to \u201cveil:\u201d her face where is the problem. Isn\u2019t this choice to cover her face because \u201cI\u201d WANT to present a demonstration of \u201cmoral courage\u201d? (and \u201cmoral courage\u201d against open-faced culture)?
                                                                    \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Go mind your own business! Isn\u2019t your tie and suit \u201cmore a political or ideological sign\u201d or a bondage to \u201cculture? This \u201cBelgian parliamentarian\u201d and Manji \u201cneed to be deprogrammed from tribalism\u201d and arrogance.
                                                                    \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 You want to bare your breasts and bottom, fine; go bare your breasts and bottom. The Muslim woman wants to \u201cveil\u201d her face, fine, let her \u201cveil\u201d her face.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                    1. (As noted at the beginning) All\u0101h reveals in Qur\u2019an 3:7: \u201cHe it is Who has revealed the Book to thee; some of its verses are decisive \u2014 they are the basis of the Book \u2014 and others are allegorical. Then those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part of it which is allegorical, seeking to mislead, and seeking to give it (their own) interpretation. And none knows its interpretation save All\u00e5h, and those firmly rooted in knowledge. They say: We believe in it, it is all from our Lord. And none mind except men of understanding.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 That part of the Qur\u2019an is \u201callegorical\u201d Manji wrote: \u201cThe Sodom and Gomorrah story\u2013-Islam\u2019s parable of Lut\u2013-is ambiguous. You\u2019re certain it\u2019s about homosexuals, but\u00a0 it could be about the rape of straight men by other straight\u00a0 men as a display of power and control. God punished Lut\u2019s tribe for cutting off trade routes, hoarding wealth and dissing outsiders\u00a0 \u2026.I don\u2019t know that I\u2019m right. According to the Qur\u2019an, though, you can\u2019t be sure that you\u2019re right either.\u201d<\/em> (pp. 112-113).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (This is Manji\u2019s desperate and futile attempt to Scripturally legitimize homosexuality).<\/span> There is no ambiguity about homosexuality and lesbianism in the Qur\u2019an. All\u0101h states \u00a0in Qur\u2019an 4:15 and 4:16, respectively: \u201cAnd as for those of your women who are guilty of an indecency, call to witness against them four (witnesses) from among you; so if they bear witness, confine them to the houses until death takes them away or All\u0101h opens a way for them,\u201d and about men: \u201cAnd as for the TWO of you who are guilty of it, give them BOTH a slight punishment; then if they repent and amend, turn aside from them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 And the Prophet Mohammad said that both homosexual partners are to be killed\u2013(Abu Dawud, Vol. 3, #4447; though this saying would have been prior to the revelation of Qur\u2019an 4:15 requiring lashes; in which event the Prophet was following the Torah which requires death for homosexuality. Prophet Mohammad taught according to the Qur\u2019an\u2013Qur\u2019an 10:15; 21:45; 46:9; 53:3-4). (See\u00a0Islam-homosexuals & lesbians<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 All\u0101h created man and woman to be mates of the other; not of the same. All\u0101h did not make homosexuality and lesbianism. He made man and woman to propagate the species. Species are not multiplied through homosexuality and lesbianism. If mankind (males and females) were to engage solely in homosexuality and lesbianism then, barring cloning and non-sexual means of conception\/reproduction, in about a hundred years time mankind will be extinct.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                      \u00a0 \u00a0If God made people homosexuals and lesbians as Manji believes, according to Manji God also made people pedophiles and sadists, in which case Manji is to accept and propagate that pedophiles and sadists are not to be prosecuted.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 Significantly, unless homosexuals and lesbians engage in public (or keep a \u201ccommon bawdy house\u201d) it would seem almost impossible to enforce punishment for homosexuality and lesbianism. Seeing that four witnesses are required in a case of sexual misconduct\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:15) and one is not allowed to peep into another\u2019s house; but in fact, it is legal to poke the eyes of the peeper: \u201cHe who peeped into the house of people without their consent, it is permissible for them to put out his eyes\u201d\u2013(Muslim Vol 3, #5370; Bokhari Vol. 7, #807; Vol. 8, #258-259; Vol. 9, #26; 38-39).
                                                                      \nIt is clear then that whereas All\u0101h\/Islam has prescribed punishment for homosexuality and lesbianism (and adultery and fornication) All\u0101h\/Islam does not allow the Masjid\/State into people\u2019s bedroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                      1. Manji notes one Muslim girl was killed by her father because \u201cshe stood by her decision to reject hijab. That\u2019s not the \u201cIslamic\u201d headscarf for women; it\u2019s the headscarf mandated by pre-Islamic<\/em> tribal honor, taken as a punctilious religious requirement by Islamo-tribalists, such as her dad\u2026.Under the code of tribal honor, a woman is the vessel of shame.\u201d (p. 116).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>So Islam is to be blamed because uneducated father(s) kill daughter(s) because daughter(s) \u201creject hijab\u201d?
                                                                        \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 So what that pre-Islamic women wore head-coverings before Muslim women? Jewish women also wore head-coverings before Muslim women\u2013(Numbers 5:18; 1 Corinthians 11:5-6). In fact even Mary, the Christian\u2019s \u201cMother of God\u201d wore hijab<\/em>. So why are Muslim women impaled and not hailed for wearing hijab<\/em>?<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 So because pre-Islamic women wore hijab\/head-covering All\u0101h cannot have Muslim women wear hijab\/<\/em>head-covering? Pre-Islamic women ate meat so Muslim women cannot eat meat?<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 Whereas Islam has enjoined a dress code for Muslims there is no punishment prescribed for not conforming to this dress code; much less to kill one for non-conformity.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 Pre-Islamic women headscarf may be a \u201dtribal honor.\u201d But the \u00a0Muslim woman\u2019s headscarf is of Divine \u201chonor\u201d: \u201cAnd let them (women) wear their HEAD-COVERINGS over their bosoms\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 24:31). And Prophet Mohammad informed Asma who was wearing thin clothes at the time: \u201cO Asma, when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays her parts of\u00a0 body except this and this, and he pointed to her face and hands\u201d Abu Dawud Vol. 3, #4092.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 These garments \u2013overcoat (jalaba)<\/em> and head-cover (hijab)<\/em>\u2013 are to distinguish the Muslim woman from other women, a mark of devotion and of distinction: of being the exalted nation\u2013(Qur\u2019an 33:59; 24:31; 2:143; 3:110). Muslim girls\/women need to learn the significance and excellence of the hijab<\/em> (See\u00a0<\/span>Hijab\/head covering<\/a><\/span>).
                                                                        \n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Irshad Manji not only rebels against the hijab\/head-covering, she condemns All\u0101h.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 That the Muslim \u201cwoman is the vessel of shame\u201d is patent nonsense and ignorance of Islam. \u00a0Islam esteems womanhood as the symbol of purity and motherhood as the gateway to Paradise.
                                                                        \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Whereas it is one matter to choose to not wear the hijab, why would the Muslim woman desirous of All\u0101h\u2019s everlasting beauty criticize, condemn and even revile the hijab?
                                                                        \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Muslim youths \u2013males and females\u2013 need to be wary of whom you are following. Self-styled \u201cexperts\u201d on Islam may take you behind them into Hell-Fire. Allah alarms us to charlatans:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                        \u201cAnd of men is he whose speech about the life of this
                                                                        \n<\/span>world may dazzle you, and he calls Allah to witness<\/span>
                                                                        \n<\/span>\u00a0as to that which is in his heart,
                                                                        \n<\/span>yet he is the most violent of adversaries.
                                                                        \n<\/span>And when he holds authority, he makes effort in the land
                                                                        \n<\/span>to cause mischief in it and destroy tilth and offspring;
                                                                        \n<\/span>and Allah loves not mischief.\u201d
                                                                        \n<\/span>(Qur\u2019an 2:204-205)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                        \u201cAnd of men is he who takes instead frivolous
                                                                        \n<\/span>discourse to lead astray from Allah\u2019s path
                                                                        \n<\/span>without knowledge, and to make it a mockery.
                                                                        \n<\/span>For such is an abasing chastisement.\u201d
                                                                        \n<\/span>(Qur\u2019an 31:6)<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                        1. Manji: \u201cAnd if a woman must cover her hair, why not with a baseball cap should she choose?\u201d (p. 117)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (As shown above All\u0101h instructs Muslim women to use a part of their head-covering to cover their bosoms. Lets\u2019 see Manji cover both her hair and bosom with her baseball cap).
                                                                          \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Would you attend a Judicial court in a \u201cbaseball cap\u201d or appear in the presence of Her Royal Highness wearing a \u201cbaseball cap\u201d?\u201d Will the Judge and Royal court allow it?<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 Let\u2019s see you attend the Police Academy and after graduation you engage in \u201cmoral courage\u201d and tell the Director \u201cI\u201d don\u2019t want to wear your \u201ccultural\u201d head gear \u201cI\u201d want to wear a \u201cbaseball cap.\u201d What do you think, will they bow to your demand (and even present you with a Babe-Ruth-autographed \u201cbaseball cap\u201d) or chuck you out the door?<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 There are institutions that have a dress code. Likewise All\u0101h has enjoined a dress code for both women and men \u2013men are to be covered between the areas, and including, the navel and knees and half of the chest, as they are during the Hajj.
                                                                          \n<\/span>\u00a0 Since you will not (or will not be allowed to) stand before Justice and Royalty in whatever attire you \u201cchoose\u201d how much higher regard should you have for the institution of All\u0101h and when you stand in His Court (to pray). (Under circumstances a Muslim can pray bare-headed or with a cap or other covering).
                                                                          \n<\/span>Those \u201cemail buddies\u201d whom you \u201ceducated\u201d that \u201chijab comes from a culture prior to Islam,\u201d need to, like yourself, revisit the teachings of Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 Manji continues: \u201cThen again, why \u201cmust\u201d she cover her hair? If you as a Muslim man worry about being aroused, why not do as the Qur\u2019an recommends and glance down for as long as your hormones necessitate? Why does compensation have to be exclusive cargo of women and girls?\u201d (p. 117)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (This is \u201cOsama bin Laden\u2019s worst nightmare,\u201d and the Jakarta<\/em> Post\u2019s<\/em> \u201cpositive change in contemporary Islam\u201d).
                                                                          \n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 As shown above, women cover their hair not because men are \u201caroused,\u201d but because their covering is identification, devotion, and a distinction of honor. And All\u0101h requires both men and women to \u201cglance down\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 24:30-31). And All\u0101h says:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                          \u201cSurely the men <\/em>who submit and the women <\/em>who submit, and the believing men<\/em> and the believing women<\/em>, and the obeying men <\/em>and the obeying women,<\/em> and the truthful men<\/em> and the truthful women<\/em>, and the patient men <\/em>and the patient women,<\/em> and the humble men<\/em> and the humble women,<\/em> and the almsgiving men<\/em> and the almsgiving women,<\/em> and the fasting men<\/em> and the fasting women,<\/em> and the men <\/em>who guard their private parts and the women <\/em>who guard, and the men <\/em>who remember All\u0101h much and the women <\/em>who remember\u00ad \u2013All\u0101h has prepared for THEM FORGIVENESS AND A MIGHTY REWARD<\/strong>\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 33:35).
                                                                          \n<\/span>If you knew Islam you would not have asked the foolish question: \u201cWhy does compensation (in mode of dress) have to be the exclusive cargo of women and girls?\u201d (Manji is challenging All\u0101h).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                          1. Manji wrote: \u201cWhen president George W. Bush authorized the invasion of Iraq, I made a brazenly na\u00efve assumption: that his administration would forge ties with Iraq\u2019s most consistent tribunes of democracy\u2013-secularists. Any committed alliance with them would have ensured that the new Iraqi constitution gave civil law more prominence than religious law. Muslim fanatics would then have been on notice that they couldn\u2019t get away with human rights violations by using Islam as cover.\u201d (p. 119).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                            \u00a0Response: <\/em>(At least Manji admits Bush\u2019s act was an \u201cinvasion\u201d). Please detail these \u201chuman rights violations\u201d in Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                            1. Manji notes a letter from a 15-year-old Muslim telling her: \u201cI can see that while you have not dismissed your heritage, you have adopted a style of Islam that allows you to connect to both Eastern and Western cultures.\u201d Manji advises (in general): \u201cYou define your honor.<\/em>\u201d (pp. 122-123).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> There is no \u201cstyle\u201d of Islam. Whether \u201cEastern\u201d or \u201cWestern\u201d; whatever in \u201cculture\u201d conflicts with Islam is not \u201cIslam.\u201d This 15 year-old really do need to think for himself and ground himself in the teachings of Islam. An invaluable base for him is to obtain a copy of Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an and his The Religion Of Islam<\/em> also his The Early Caliphate<\/em>; which can be viewed\/obtained at www.muslim.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 That \u201cYou define your honor.<\/em>\u201d Tell this to the drug-lord who believes that supplying people with narcotics because people can and want to feel like \u201cheaven\u201d is an \u201chonor.\u201d (Excessive food also can kill, as with drug overdose).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                              1. Manji states: \u201cSince men have all the self-restraint of children, it\u2019s up to women to curtail their choices. Which is why women must cover their hair and sometimes their entire bodies. They\u2019re compensating for the inherent deficiency of men who neglect the Qur\u2019an\u2019s guidance that they lower their gaze in front of women. It\u2019s also why a woman may not lead congregational prayers; men wouldn\u2019t be able to hold themselves together at the sight of a woman\u2019s rear. (What about homosexuals looking at the Imam\u2019s and men\u2019s crotch and \u201crear;\u201d or lesbians looking\u00a0 at women\u2019s and the female-Imam\u2019s mouth, bodice, and \u201crear\u201d?)<\/em><\/span> After all, we\u2019re told, they\u2019re not capable of following the Qur\u2019an to begin with.\u201d (p. 134).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Manji indirectly indicts All\u0101h as discriminating against women for her form and physiology \u2013a form and physiology of which she has no choice: a form and physiology He gave her. This is blasphemy of the highest order.
                                                                                \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 As already noted the head-covering and over-garments are Divine prescriptions; and are an identification and symbol of devotion and distinction. And All\u0101h requires BOTH men and women to lower their gaze.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 Who told you men are \u201cnot capable of following the Qur\u2019an? Did you investigate on your own? Women can lead prayer, etc; (see\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Islam-women, item #19 Revelation<\/a><\/span>).
                                                                                \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Who told you men are \u201cnot capable of following the Qur\u2019an\u201d? Who were<\/span> the Prophet and the Caliphs? And the legions of men who have shown that Islam does not require death for any sin; that Islam does not subjugate women; and have preached against sectism; etc. Please detail what is there in the Qur\u2019an that men are \u201cnot capable of following,\u201d and who told you this.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                1. Manji wrote: \u201cA (Muslim) husband-to-be, notes Rana Husseini, considers virginity as \u201cevidence of exclusive possession.\u201d The blood of his bride\u2019s broken hymen proves that \u201cthe \u2018merchandise\u2019 is brand new and his wife will not be able to compare his performance unfavorably to that of another man.\u201d\u201d (p. 137).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (Would you like your husband to \u201ccompare\u201d your \u201cperformance\u201d\/reception to that of other women; even though he may have four wives? And what if after marriage the \u201cvirgin\u201d decides to parlor herself, won\u2019t she be able to \u201ccompare\u201d her husband\u2019s \u201cperformance\u201d to that of her paramour[s]?)<\/span>
                                                                                  \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t British \u201cculture\u201d require that the bride of the crown-prince be a \u201cvirgin?\u201d And subjects her to physical examination to verify this? So where is the difficulty if the virginal Muslim man wishes that his bride be a virgin?<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                  Notably, Prophet Mohammad\u2019s first wife, Lady Khadijah, was a matron. In fact, almost all the wives of the Prophet were previously married; and Juwairiyyah, Safiyyah and Mary the Coptic, were \u201cconverts\u201d to Islam).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                  Perhaps Irshad Manji will take up the \u201cgauntlet\u201d of \u201cmoral courage\u201d and vociferate and advocate for the abolition of the British\/Royal \u201cculture\u201d of requiring the bride of the crown-prince to be virgin and subjecting her to the demeaning examination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                  1. Manji notes: \u201cToday, women in Iran fight for their equality using lessons from the American and British antislavery movements.\u201d (p. 141).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> This is pathetic. Grossly pathetic. Had these Iranian women studied the Qur\u2019an they would know that All\u0101h has given them rights alongside men from the cradle all the way to Jannah.\u00a0 What these women need do is band themselves together and demand these All\u0101h-given rights from their men-folk: let them know they cannot defy All\u0101h and deny them their rights and yet expect All\u0101h to give them Paradise. (See\u00a0Islam-women<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 It is shameful and disgraceful, not to mention unGodly, that Muslim leaders \u2013standing in the shadow of the Prophet\u2013 would violate this trust which they have undertaken to uphold. Do you not fear All\u0101h?\u00a0 Do you not know the penalty for betraying the trust of the people? Refresh yourselves: <\/span>\u201cO you who believe, be not unfaithful to All\u0101h and the Messenger, nor be unfaithful to your trusts, while you know\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 8:27).
                                                                                    \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Prophet Mohammad said to Abu Dharr who wanted to be a public official that \u201cauthority is a TRUST, and on the Day of Judgment it is a cause of humiliation and repentance EXCEPT FOR ONE WHO FULFILLS ITS OBLIGATIONS (and) DISCHARGES THE DUTIES ATTENDANT THEREON\u201d\u2013(Muslim Vol. 3, #4491).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                    Muslim women do not need Rana Husseini or anyone else to advocate \u201cindividual rights,\u201d All\u0101h has enunciated these rights in His Qur\u2019an. Muslim women do not even have to demand these rights: it devolves upon the Muslim men to institute and execute these rights. Else they are trapezing over the Fire.
                                                                                    \n<\/span>(If Rana Husseini wants to help Muslims or to be effective she needs to directly present to her public clear evidence from the Qur\u2019an and Sunnah that there is no death\/stoning for adultery, apostasy, blasphemy, and no honor killing. Husseini, and anyone else, can take\/use the materials from our site; no permission or royalty or recognition required).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                    1. Manji notes: \u201cNomani wrote about an uprising against gender segregation at the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C.\u201d when \u201cfour Muslim women prayed in the men\u2019s section of the mosque.\u201d (p. 142).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> There is no barring women from the men praying area in Islam. While women are to pray in separate rows from men, there was no barricade between them, they only formed a line behind the men: \u201cIn the lifetime of Islam\u2019s Apostle the women used to get up when they finished their compulsory prayers with Taslim. The Prophet and the men would stay on at their places as long as All\u0101h will. When the Prophet got up, the men would then get up\u201d\u2013(Bokhari, Vol. 1, # 825).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 Muhammad Ali has noted in his The Religion of Islam<\/em> that two<\/span><\/span> hundred<\/span> and forty years after the Prophet, \u201cropes\u201d were used to separate men and women; the \u201cropes\u201d were subsequently fortified into a \u201cwooden barrier;\u201d but \u201cby and by the pardah <\/em>conception grew so strong that women were altogether shut out from the mosques,\u201d (pp. 381-382).
                                                                                      \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 While this partition is not an Islamic requirement, perhaps (some) Muslim women find this barrier a benefit\/convenience in that in offers them some privacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                      1. Manji states: \u201cIslam, shorn of tribal honor, can embrace freedom and human right.\u201d (p. 151).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Manji implies that Islam is devoid of \u201cfreedom and human rights.\u201d Yet All\u0101h\/Islam establishes \u201cfreedom and human rights\u201d 1400 years ago (see item #45).
                                                                                        \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Muslims \u201cmoral courage\u201d does not need to nourish from \u201cother individuals.\u201d All\u0101h\/Islam has given Muslims \u201cnourishment(s)\u201d in all facets of life. Go study the Qur\u2019an and hadith.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                        1. Manji notes that Abdul Ghaffar Khan, \u201ca twentieth-century Muslim reformer\u201d (according to Manji), that his \u201cbrother wed an English woman. When asked by (Mahatma) Gandhi whether his sister-in-law had converted to Islam, Ghaffar Khan replied, \u201cWhy should marriage alters one faith?\u201d No wonder the Mahatma lauded him as a \u201cuniversalist.\u201d\u201d (pp. 146-147, 153).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                          Response:<\/em><\/span> If the sister-in-law had \u201cconverted\u201d to Islam this would have made Ghaffar Khan not a \u201cuniversalist\u201d?
                                                                                          \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 As shown elsewhere Islam IS <\/em>universalism. Moreover, had Ghaffar Khan or his brother (known and) explained Islam to the sister-in-law she, whether Christian or atheist or whatever, would have no choice but to accept Islam. For no religion can be shown to be superior to or equal with Islam \u2013there are no such Divine doctrines as\u00a0                                                                                          Karma & Reincarnation<\/a><\/span>: God and Jesus did not teach Trinity, inherited sin and vicarious atonement: these doctrines are assumed and propagated as Divine truths. Trinity was invented by Christians 300 years after Jesus; inherited sin and vicarious atonement were devised by Paul and institutionalized by the Church 300 years after Jesus (see\u00a0Christianity dupes people<\/a><\/span>). Atheists can deny the existence of God, atheists cannot disprove the existence of God: All\u0101h has proven His existence through His Qur\u2019an (see\u00a0Qur\u2019an-science<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 While a person is at liberty to follow the belief of his choice; whoever desires to go to heaven, and knows about Islam\/Mohammad, has to bend his\/her knees to All\u0101h to get heaven. There is no other way. Gandhi included.\u00a0 (See Mohammad-no man cometh to God but by<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                          1. Manji states: \u201cGiving offense goes with the territory of fighting for diversity.\u201d (p. 155).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> All\u0101h\/Islam establishes diversity without anyone having to fight for it. All\u0101h tells us<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 -He created us from a single pair; raised messengers in all nations and gave them rites and ceremonies; and that all religions are for Him-(Qur\u2019an 4:1; 16:36; 22:67; 8:39)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 -He made us into different tribes and nations and of colors and languages that we may know one another-(5:48; 30:22; 49:13)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 -we are to be judged not by our race, color or nationality but by our deeds-(6:133);<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 -every person is at liberty to follow his own inclinations-(2:256; 6:107; 9:6; 10:99-100; 17:7; 18:6, 29; 42:15; 50:45; 76:3; 109:1-6)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 -to give justice even if it be against ones\u2019 own parents or self or kins or whether he be poor or rich-(4:58, 135; 5:8); to believe in all prophets and revelations-(3:83; 4:163-164; though He also tells us what not to believe, such as Karma and reincarnation, Trinity, Divine sonship of Allah, God incarnate, inherited sin and vicarious atonement; \u201cchosen people\u201d to the exclusion of others)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 -not to revile other gods-(6:108); fulfilling of covenants, keeping of oaths and not to be deceptive-(16:91-92); to speak justly-(6:153); to be righteous-(2:277-278; 6:152-154); to not let hatred for a people incite you to transgress-(5:2); to render back trusts to whom they are due, and to judge justly-(4:58); because \u00a0He loves those who judge in equity-(5:45-47)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 -He admonishes against dealing unjustly with men-(2:279, 5:8);\u00a0 not to rob them of their dues-(26:183);\u00a0 not to act corruptly in the earth or to make mischief \u2013(26:183); not to be transgressors-(2:190), not to help one another in sin and aggression-(5:2), to restrain our anger and forgive other-(3:133)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 -to fight on behalf of the oppressed-(4:75); because He loves those who are just, and because He commands justice and the doing of good, and He forbids injustice-(60:8, 16:90)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 -He forbids helping one another in sin, and to counsel one another in sin, but to counsel in goodness-(5:2; 60:8-9); not to take a greater recompense than the injury suffered-(2:194; 16:126; 42:40); that instead of retaliation, to make reconciliation, and to show patience and forgiveness-(16:126; 42:39-43); to be merciful and forgiving-(3:133);<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            to fight only as long as there is persecution and oppression-(2:193), because All\u0101h God loves the doer of good, and the dutiful-(2:195, 3:75)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 -that the noblest ones are those who are righteous-(49:13, 98:7), to return evil with that which is better-(23:96), because He loves those who judge in equity, and because He is aware of what you do-(5:45, 4:135).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 If only Muslims will (put away the smokes and bottle and dice?) and invest some time in studying and acting upon these lofty and sublime directives of All\u0101h we will be the \u201cbest nation\u201d which we are destined to be. The venerable Caliph, \u2018Umar, reminds us: \u201cGod gave us honor and greatness through Islam, and if we seek it now in other ways than those enjoined by Islam, God will again bring us into disgrace.\u201d (See ISLAM-SECTISM).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                            1. Manji wrote: \u201cOffense is the price of diversity<\/em>.\u201d (p. 160).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>While everyone has the right to express his\/her views. Intelligent people do not \u201coffend;\u201d they enlighten. \u00a0To restate: Islam \u2013the religion of wisdom, reason, argument and examples\u2013 does not seek to silence voices: Islam seeks to enhance mentality: \u201cCall to the way of Thy Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and argue with them in the best manner\u201d \u2013(Qur\u2019an 16:125).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                              1. Manji notes one Muslim student asking her: \u201cCan Islam and free expression live together?\u201d (p. 161).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Had this Muslim spent a few minutes a day learning the Qur\u2019an (not just chanting for thawaab<\/em>\u2013blessings)\u2013 \u00a0he would know that Islam IS <\/em>for \u201cfree expression.\u201d
                                                                                                \n<\/span>\u00a0 Rather than sit in between Jum\u2019a salah<\/em> (Friday congregational prayer) twiddling thumbs and airing teeth waiting to swallow whatever crud (some) Imams throw at us, Muslims are to seek knowledge on our own. All\u0101h and His magnanimous Messenger expect this from us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                1. Manji: \u201cNobody should be forced to treat traditions as untouchable, including traditions that result in the messed-up Muslim practice of equating our human prophet with some inviolable idol. (???-mine)<\/em>. Monotheists are to revere one God, not one of God\u2019s emissaries.\u201d (p. 161).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Please detail the traditions in which Muslims equate the Prophet \u201cwith some inviolable idol.\u201d Muslims have it drummed into our system at least twenty times a day \u2013in our five daily prayers and the Adhan (call to prayer)\u2013 that Mohammad is not God; is not son of God; is not partner with God; is not associate of God; that he is only Messenger of God.\u201d<\/span> (Please show us the Muslim(s) who equate the Prophet with All\u0101h God so we could slap him on the head all the way to the Resurrection).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 (\u201cRevere\u201d has various shades of meaning). While Muslims are to worship only All\u0101h God; All\u0101h does call on us to \u201crevere\u201d (honor) the Prophet Mohammad:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cThose who follow the Messenger-Prophet, the Ummi<\/em>, whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel\u2026.So those who believe in him and honour him and help him, and follow the light which has been sent down with him\u2015these are the successful\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 7:157)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cSurely All\u00e5h and His angels bless the Prophet. O you who believe, call for blessings on him and salute him with a (becoming) salutation\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 33:56)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 -Surely We have sent thee (Mohammad) as a witness and as a bearer of good news and as a warner. That you (people) may believe in All\u00e5h and His Messenger and may aid him and revere him. And (that) you may declare His (All\u0101h\u2019s) glory, morning and evening\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 48:8-9).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 Tradition \u2013sayings and doings\u2013 of Prophet Mohammad forms an integral part of Islam. And while some traditions are not \u201cuntouchable\u201d \u2013they are subjected to interpretations\u2013 there are those that are clearly \u201cuntouchable.\u201d We are to take whatever the Prophet gives and avoid what he forbids\u2013(Qur\u2019an 59:7; Bokhari Vol. 6, #408); and to obey the Prophet\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:31, 131; 4:13, 69; 8:1, 20, 24; 24:54, 56; 47:33; 57:7; 64:12).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                  1. Manji wrote about \u201cIslamism\u201d and \u201cIslamists\u201d and \u201ccriticism of Islamic practices.\u201d (pp. 157-168).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> You (and others) can make whatever designations you like, there are no such Islamic concepts as \u201cIslamism\u201d and \u201cIslamists.\u201d Our religion is \u201cIslam\u201d and followers are \u201cMuslims,\u201d irrespective of their actions. And please detail the teachings of Islam that you (and others) \u201ccriticize.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                    1. Manji wrote about \u201ca Turkish-American Muslim\u201d and others producing a \u201cQur’an: A Reformist Translation<\/em>,\u201d \u201cthat they described as \u201cGod\u2019s message to those who prefer reason over blind faith.\u201d\u201d (p. 171).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Wonder which Qur\u2019an this Turkish Brother and his \u201ccoauthors\u201d translated. Could not be All\u0101h\u2019s; they would surely have known that All\u0101h\u2019s Qur\u2019an does NOT advocate \u201cblind faith\u201d (nor can they show that any of the translators advocate \u2018blind faith\u201d). All\u0101h\u2019s Qur\u2019an is of wisdom, reason, argument, and examples. We invite Manji and this \u201cTurkish-American Muslim\u201d and others to prove that the Qur\u2019an teaches otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                      1. Manji uses the term \u201cviolent jihadists.\u201d (p. 172).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/span><\/em>Jihad and \u201cviolence\u201d are contradictions (see\u00a0Islam-Jihad & Jihad Watch<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                        1. Regarding All\u0101h\u2019s injunction that captives of war be set free or after being ransomed\u2013(Qur\u2019an 47:4); Manji mouths off that this \u201cfee\u201d for the captives\u2019 release \u201cmight sound like extortion.\u201d (p. 172).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> These enemies, who had the liberty to accept or reject the Divine Message \u2013which frees them from the irrationality of polytheism and the degradation and futility of idolatry among other ills; and which sought to give them sobriety in place of drunkenness; chastity in place of profligacy; unity in place of tribalism; modesty in place of frivolity; knowledge in place of ignorance; and Paradise in place of Hell\u2013<\/span> apart from subjecting Muslims to armed defense and even death, burdened the Muslims with costs which funds could have been utilized for society\u2019s progress. Why then should these arrogant and audacious idiots not pay for their release? \u2013help defray the costs they needlessly heaped onto Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 All\u0101h does not require that captives of war be \u201cbeheaded;\u201d All\u0101h says: \u201cSo when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, smite the necks; then, when you have overcome them, make (them) prisoners, and afterwards (set them free) as a favour or for ransom till the war lay down its burdens\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 47:4). Muhammad Ali comments:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                          \u201cThe word athkhana <\/em>occurring in this passage has been fully explained in 8:67a<\/em>. This passage mentions the only case in which prisoners of war can be taken, and thus condemns the practice of slavery, according to which men could be seized anywhere and sold into slavery. Here we are told that prisoners of war can only be taken after meeting an enemy in regular battle, and even in that case they must be set free, either as a favour or after taking ransom. It was the former of these alternatives that the Holy Prophet adopted in most cases; for instance, in the case of the prisoners of the Bani Mustaliq, in which a hundred families were set at liberty, and in the case of Haw\u00e5zin, in which fully six thousand prisoners of war were released merely as an act of favour. Only in the case of the seventy prisoners taken at Badr is there mention of redemption having been taken, but this was when Isl\u00e5m was very weak and the powerful enemy was determined to crush it.\u201d (For Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an, which I recommend to Muslims and non-Muslims, see, www.muslim.org<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 Manji also dabbles in \u201cJizya.<\/em>\u201d She wrote: \u201cshould Muslim governments levy a tax on non-Muslims? Even at the zenith of tolerance in Islamic civilization, religious minorities had to pay a special surcharge, or jizya,<\/em> to their Muslim overlords.\u201d (p. 172).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>See\u00a0Islam -jizya<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                          1. Manji notes one Muslim who was\/is frustrated \u201cwith mullahs who have interpreted the Qur\u2019an to control populations.\u201d (p.179).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Do you not know to read and write and think? All\u0101h encourages us to pray for knowledge\u2013(Qur\u2019an 20:114), and Prophet Mohammad exhorts to go even to China (i.e.<\/em> wherever we need to) to acquire knowledge). Mercifully, we do not have to go to China to gain knowledge: China\/knowledge comes into our bedrooms (via Internet<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 Two sites to bring into your \u201cbedroom\u201d are www.muslim.org<\/a> <\/span>\u00a0where you can view (and perhaps download) Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an and his comprehensive work The Religion Of Islam<\/em> and The Early Caliphate<\/em>; and www.nogodbut allah.org<\/a><\/span> that gives insight into Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Bahaiism; and shows the superiority of Islam over all religions.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 The \u201cmullahs\u201d are NOT the last word on religion. Any Muslim has the right to differ with any man below the Prophet; so long as his \u201cdifference\u201d is based on reason and not opinion and does not contradict with the Qur\u2019an (see\u00a0Islam-ijtihad (reason)<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 To requote the venerable Caliph, Abu Bakr Siddique, in his inaugural speech: \u201cIf I do well in my job, help me. If I do wrong, redress me. truthfulness is fidelity, and lying is treason \u2026.Obey me as long as I obey God and His Prophet. But if I disobey God\u2019s command or His Prophet\u2019s, then no obedience is incumbent upon you.\u201d
                                                                                                            \nThe question is, how can Muslims know when their leaders are not obeying All\u0101h and His Prophet if they do not have knowledge?<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                            1. Manji wrote about \u201cmost modern Islam.\u201d (p. 192).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Please explain what is \u201cmodern Islam\u201d (never mind \u201cmost modern Islam\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                              1. Manji notes that \u201cAhmadis,\u201d \u201ca minority sect within Islam,\u201d are regarded as \u201ckafirs\u201d (disbelievers) in Pakistan and that \u201cthe Ahmadis face derision by moderate Muslims in the West and paroxysms of rage in Pakistan.\u201d (p. 200).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 Response: <\/em>Every person who professes belief in the Unity of All\u0101h and the Messengership of Mohammad <\/em>\u2013Laa elaaha il-Al-laah Mohammadur-rasul-Allaah<\/em>\u2013 is a Muslim. There are varying degrees of being Muslim depending on how many precepts of Islam one observes \u2013the first and paramount precept is the Unity of All\u0101h and Messengership of Mohammad which initiates one into Islam, and which is the \u201cmost excellent\u201d branch of faith\u2013(Muslim Vol. 1, #56); and is the highest form of faith placing you above all other religionists; as you have attributed to God’s absolute Purity: that He is One and Only without partners or relations and is free of all defects including that of meriting people based on their race.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 Likewise there are varying degrees of kufr\/disbelief <\/em>\u00a0(of being a kafir\/disbeliever<\/em>). However regardless of his degree of disbelief a person is yet a Muslim, unless he renounces belief in the Unity of All\u0101h and Messengership of Mohammad. But under no circumstance is it allowed to kill a Muslim for any item of \u201cdisbelief.\u201d
                                                                                                                \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Muslims who label other Muslims kafirs<\/em>, if they knew the gravity of their act they would chain their wretched tongues for fear lest they inadvertently call another Muslim kafir,<\/em> much more to kill a Muslim. (See\u00a0                                                                                                                Islam-sectism among Muslims<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                1. Manji notes one of her Muslim \u201creader(s)\u201d questioning: that while the West has committed \u201csome unfair and hypocritical deeds but what about us? What about our conception of Islam, of a \u201cMuslim\u201d society, of our \u201cMuslim values\u201d? Do we have the key to knowledge and righteousness just because we are Muslims? And what is Islam? Do we practice it the right way? What is the right way?\u201d (p. 204).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (Without being cynical or insulting).<\/em> This Muslim speaks the way Manji writes. It seems obvious this Muslim knows nothing about Islam; he\u2019s probably never held the Qur\u2019an and Hadith.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Muslims have the \u201ckey to knowledge and righteousness.\u201d All\u0101h raised messengers among all people and gave them guidance that was applicable to their people and for a limited period. Through the Prophet Mohammad All\u0101h has \u201ccompleted\u201d His favor to us and \u201cperfected\u201d our religion to the Resurrection and He requires us to follow this Law \u2013the Qur\u2019an.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 The Qur\u2019an consists of the teachings of past Scriptures that are applicable to all time and contains teachings not met with in past Scriptures. Thus, the Qur\u2019an consists of, exceeds, and supersedes all Scriptures. No religion can be shown to be superior to or equal with Islam.
                                                                                                                  \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 To know the \u201cright way\u201d to practice Islam learn the Qur\u2019an and the teachings of Prophet Mohammad.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                  1. Irshad Manji states that \u201cIslam\u2019s self-declare moderates\u201d are to be questioned, \u201cAs you castigate the West, do you also repudiate Islam\u2019s own segregationists\u2013-those who divide humanity between the kafir and everyone else?\u201d<\/em> (p. 213)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> When you say \u201cWest\u201d do you mean secularists,\u00a0 those who plunder Muslims\u2019 oil and\/or for other reasons, or all nations outside of Muslims?
                                                                                                                    \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t Hindus consider the world to be \u201csegregated\u201d between Hinduism and the rest of the world? Don\u2019t Jews consider the world to be \u201csegregated\u201d between Judaism and the rest of the world? Don\u2019t Christians consider the world to be \u201csegregated\u201d between Christianity and the rest of the world? (in fact Christ laid the foundation for this \u201csegregation,\u201d see\u00a0<\/span>                                                                                                                    Jesus-only for Jews<\/a><\/span>). \u00a0Don\u2019t Sikhs and Bahais and others consider the world to be \u201csegregated\u201d between themselves and the rest of the world? \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                    Muslim spiritual \u201csegregation\u201d does not mean Muslim social isolation: this spiritual segregation does not prohibit social integration; in fact Muslim spiritual segregation requires Muslim social integration:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 -we are made into different tribes and families that we may know one another (Qur\u2019an 49:13),<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 -zakaat\/charity is also for the poor and needy and wayfarer, which includes non-Muslims (Qur\u2019an 9:60)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 -Muslims are to fight on behalf of the oppressed whether Muslims or non-Muslims (Qur\u2019an 22:39-40).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 -Muslims are to missionize \u2013invite people to Islam\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:103).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 However, Muslim \u201cintegration\u201d does not mean indulging in practices that are prohibited by Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                    1. Comparing the Talibans killing people (who are probably all Muslims), Manji postulates: \u201cIf you condemn the Ku Klux Klan, then you should have no hesitation\u2013-none, nada\u2013-in seeing the Taliban in the same light. In fact, they\u2019re near replicas of the knife-and-rope-packing lynch mobs that terrorized Jim Crow America.\u201d (p. 213).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Do the Talibans kill people because of the color of the people\u2019s skin and texture of the hair and\/or because they claim they are \u201cracially superior\u201d than the people they kill?<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 Will you equate Jews who believe they are \u201cthe most superior of all races\u201d14<\/sup> and whose \u201cofficial Israeli military policy has been to attack Arab civilians en masse?\u201d and whose \u201cstrategy was always to provoke the Arabs and get an appropriate response so we could attack and smash them\u201d \u2013will you equate these Jews with \u201cthe Ku Klux Klan\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 Will you equate Christians who kill each other in Ireland (and who kill Muslims in Central African Republic and eat the flesh of Muslim) \u2013will you equate these Christians with \u201cthe Ku Klux Klan\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                      \u00a0 Will you equate Hindus who kill Muslims and destroy Masjids \u2013will you equate these Hindus with \u201cthe Ku Klux Klan\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 Will you equate Buddhists of Myanmar\/Burma who kill and burn Muslims (and Buddhists in Sri Lanka who attack and loot Muslims) \u2013will you equate these Buddhists with \u201cthe Ku Klux Klan\u201d? (Incidentally, where is the Dalai Lama\u2019s voice of \u201cpeace\u201d against his sheep\u2019s savagery against Muslims? Hibernating in hypocrisy?)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                      \u00a0\u00a0 To equate the Talibans with \u201cthe Ku Klux Klan\u201d is blatant arrogance and audacity. It may even be libel.
                                                                                                                      \n(I\u2019ve had Christians try to blame Islam for Muslims killing and suicide-bombing. My response:<\/em> If your children transgress your precepts are you to be blamed? Do you blame Jesus Christ for Christian priests \u2013who are vicars of Christ\u2013 sodomizing young boys? [See Internet<\/em>]).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                      1. Manji states that \u201cof the multiple reasons to repudiate Hamas, one must surely be that its charter accepts slavery under Islam. (It tells the slaves of Muslims that they may battle Zionists without their masters\u2019 permission. Hamas, therefore, tolerates bondage by Muslims while clamoring for emancipation from non-Muslims).\u201d (Brackets Manji\u2019s). (p. 216).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/span><\/em> Aside from the fact that there is no slavery in Islam \u2013(see\u00a0<\/span>Islam-slaves\/slavery<\/a><\/span>). Zionists are occupiers of Hama\u2019s land and by extension occupier of the \u201cslaves.\u201d Even though Hamas is misguided in his belief, the slave is a guardian of his master\u2019s property\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 3, #730; Vol. 7, #116; Vol. 9, #252; Muslim Vol. 3, #4496).
                                                                                                                        \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 As stated in item #7 Jews are not only occupying Hamas\u2019 lands and yet stealing more lands they are slaughtering Palestinians to hold on to what is not theirs:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 To restate. Those who criticize and\/or condemn Hamas\/Palestinians, Hezbollah (and Amal) for \u201cjihading\u201d to reclaim that which was blatantly and arrogantly stolen from us are to put their dignity (if they have) where their mouths are and accept for themselves this monumental and grotesque obscenity that was perpetrated, and continues to be perpetrated for more than six torturous decades now, against the fearless and forbearing Palestinians \u2013they must swallow this unpalatable bit of morsel they and their governments are trying to force-feed the Palestinians: they must give half of their property to the homeless and half of their country to the natives or ethnic sector for their State; they must suffer what the Palestinians have suffered and endure what the Palestinians are enduring and accept what the Palestinians are forced to accept. (See Palestine<\/a><\/span>).
                                                                                                                        \n<\/span>In the annals of modern history no people has suffered so much and for so long as Palestinians have suffered, and continue to suffer. If there is any cause on which to immortalize our names it is the cause of the Palestinians!<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                        1. In Qur\u2019an 5:32 All\u0101h says: \u201cwhoever kills a human being, except as punishment for murder or other villainy in the land<\/em>, shall be regarded as having killed all mankind\u201d (Manji\u2019s italics). And Manji states, \u201cFor the London jihadis\u2026.”villainy in the land\u201d describes the boot prints of U.S. soldiers in Iraqi soil. This otherwise humane Qur\u2019anic passage gives all jihadis an escape hatch that starts with \u201cexcept\u201d\u2026.”villainy in the land\u201d can describe actions by al-Qaeda and the Talibans.\u201d (pp. 222-223).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/span><\/em> As \u201cGod alone knows the meaning of His words,\u201d as Manji states, as per Qur\u2019an 3:7 (pp. 112-113), why then judge al-Qaeda and Taliban if they claim justification under this verse for their actions? Why not leave it to All\u0101h to decide?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cVillainy in the land\u201d (or \u201cmischief in the land\u201d as Muhammad Ali translates) refers to local individuals who engage in criminality; the next two verses (verses 33-34) elucidate on this; they state: \u201cThe only punishment of those who wage war against All\u00e5h and His Messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is that they should be murdered, or crucified, or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides, or they should be imprisoned. This shall be a disgrace for them in this world, and in the Hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement. EXCEPT those who repent before you overpower them; so know that All\u00e5h is Forgiving, Merciful\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 5:33-34). Muhammad Ali comments on verse 33:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                          \u201cThe words used here imply originally all those opponents of Isl\u00e5m who waged war on the Muslims and made mischief in the land by causing loss to the life and property of innocent Muslims who fell into their hands. But it has generally been accepted as including all dacoits and murderers who cause disorder in a settled state of society. In fact, when war came to an end in Arabia and the kingdom of Isl\u00e5m was established over the whole peninsula, the enemies of Isl\u00e5m, being unable to oppose its authority openly, resorted to dacoity and murder to disturb the peace which was now established in the land. Hence, though it is such enemies that are primarily spoken of here, the words are general and include all cases of murder and dacoity.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                          The punishment described is of four kinds, which clearly shows that the punishment to be inflicted in any particular case would depend upon the circumstances of the case, as well as the time and place where the crime was committed. For instance, if murder has been committed in the course of dacoity, the punishment would include the execution of the culprit, which may take the form of crucifixion if the offence is so heinous or the culprit has caused such terror in the land that the leaving of his body on the cross is necessary as a deterrent. In other cases, the punishment may be imprisonment, where the severer punishment of cutting off of hands is deemed unnecessary. The judge would take all the circumstances into consideration and inflict such punishment as he thought necessary. A particular case dealt with under this verse was that of a tribe called \u2018Urainah. Some men of this tribe came to the Prophet, and accepted Isl\u00e5m. They fell ill and were sent by the Prophet to a place at a little distance from Madinah for change of climate and recovery of health. But when they regained health, they killed the very people who had served them and went off with their camels. Then they committed dacoities and violated the chastity of women, and they were severely punished (B. 4:66, and the comments on it in \u2018Aini<\/em>). Many other cases of this nature are recorded by IJ.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                          Yunfau min-al-ard\u02d9 <\/em>literally means they should be banished from the earth<\/em>, but according to Im\u00e5m Abu Hanifah the meaning here is imprisonment <\/em>(al-\u221aabs<\/em>), and most lexicologists accept this (Rz). LA also accepts the interpretation that they should be kept in the prison<\/em>. The reason is apparent. No one can be banished from the whole of the earth unless he is kept in prison. Deportation is included if we take al-ard\u02d9 <\/em>as meaning a particular country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                          And MA comments on verse 34:
                                                                                                                          \n<\/span>\u201cThis verse speaks of people the course of whose life has been changed before they are caught \u2014 those who repent before you overpower them<\/em>. Repentance, of course, here means a changed course of life which is apparent to all. It clearly refers only to cases in which an enemy, who is guilty of crimes against life and property, becomes a Muslim before he falls into the hands of the Muslims. He should not be tried and punished for what he did when he was in the hostile camp.\u201d
                                                                                                                          \nThere is no \u201cnasty side\u201d to the Qur\u2019an (see\u00a0                                                                                                                          The Trouble with Islam-Irshad Manji<\/span>,\u00a0<\/a>item #30).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                          1. In Qur\u2019an 2:282 Allah enjoins: \u201cO you who believe, when you contract a debt\u2026call to witness from among your men two witnesses; but if there are not two men, then one man and two women.\u201d And Manji notes one Muslim wondering: \u201cHow am I supposed to counteract this negative image of women (that her evidence is half that of man\u2019s)<\/em> when our own doctrine seems to support the idea of submissive and deficient females.\u201d (Bracket ours). (p. 223).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> You \u201ccounteract\u201d it by studying the Qur\u2019an for yourself. (See\u00a0Islam-liberated women,<\/span> item #2<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                            1. Manji wrote about \u201cmoderate\u201d Muslims that \u201cmany moderates sincerely believe that Islam is peace. What they\u2019re saying is, \u201cIslam means<\/em> peace.\u201d What they\u2019re not saying is, \u201cJust because a word means something doesn\u2019t guarantee that reality lines up.\u201d\u201d (p. 228).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> (And to know Manji projects herself as an authority on Islam. Allah help those Muslims\u00a0<\/span> who flock behind her).<\/span>
                                                                                                                              \nIslam is not a \u201cword;\u201d Islam is a complete way of life. This \u201cway of life\u201d was lived\/practiced by the Prophet Mohammad. And this \u201cIslam\u201d \u2013way of life\u2013 is enshrined in the Qur\u2019an and emphasized by the words, denoting the practitioners of this way of life as the best nation: \u201cYou are the best nation raised up for men: you enjoin good and forbid evil and you believe in All\u00e5h\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:109).<\/span> And as there is no hypocrisy in Islam, to \u201cenjoin good\u201d we must practice good, and to \u201cforbid evil\u201d we must avoid evil.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                              Belief in All\u0101h means: All\u0101h is One and Only; the Eternal, Absolute; on Whom all depend; He begets not; nor is He begotten; there is none like Him; He incarnates not; has no \u201cchosen people\u201d to the exclusion of others;\u00a0 He needs no \u201csatisfaction\u201d to forgive sins; belief in all His Angels; Books; Prophets; Resurrection; Judgment; Heaven and Hell.
                                                                                                                              \nWhile we are to believe in all His Scriptures, All\u0101h God, has informed us what not to believe, such as: polytheism, idolatry, partnership with God, Trinity, sonship of God, inherited sin, vicarious atonement, karma, and reincarnation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                              1. Manji wrote about a Muslim man who wrote about a Muslim woman, Malika, who blogged that Islam\u2019s \u201c\u201cduty\u201d\u201d is to destroy the West. Manji retorted that Malika \u201crants about Western intrusions\u201d but says nothing about Sunni Muslims in Pakistan killing Shias; Afghan warlords who \u201cgang-rape Muslim girls;\u201d Lebanese Palestinians exist on \u201codd jobs\u201d \u201cbecause they\u2019re barred from buying property, let alone become professionals;\u201d and that Hezbollah rockets against \u201cIsrael\u201d destroy \u201cthe homes of Arab Muslims.\u201d And Manji suggested to the Muslim man to \u201cAdd these truths to Malika\u2019s; then we\u2019ll talk.\u201d (pp. 232-233).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> \u00a0(If two of your brothers are fighting and a stranger is beating your father, who will you attack, your brother or the stranger?)<\/span>
                                                                                                                                \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Islam\u2019s \u201cduty\u201d is not to destroy the West or anyone but to enlighten the world to Divine truth. Allah forbids Muslims intentionally killing Muslims or innocents. Rape may carry the maximum penalty of death as per Qur\u2019an 5:32. \u00a0Hezbollah needs powerful \u201csmart\u201d \u201crockets\u201d that can outfox the \u201ciron dome.\u201d (It is the Divine requirement that Muslims who have armaments supply Hezbollah [and Hamas] and also teach them how to produce their own. Se<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>                                                                                                                                Islam-sectism among Muslims<\/span>)<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                However, (not to minimize Hezbollah\u2019s inadvertent destruction of \u201cthe homes of Arab Muslims\u201d), briefly,
                                                                                                                                \nAmericans, British and Canadian soldiers have been killed by \u201cfriendly fire;\u201d in 1967 so-called \u201cIsrael\u201d \u201cmistaken(ly)\u201d bombed the USS Liberty, killing 34 Americans and wounding another 174;
                                                                                                                                \nand in 1986 American bombs in Libya \u201clanded off-target\u201d and even \u201cnarrowly missed\u201d the French Embassy. (Notably, France did not give America use of her air-space to undertake its bombing raid on Libya).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 While Malika may not have \u201cblogged\u201d about these acts by Muslims, Where is your (Manji\u2019s) vociferance and demands \u2013and Manji has the luxury of the media at her disposal\u2013 \u00a0<\/span>that America, Britain, France, and Russia return Palestine to Arabs and compensate them for their more than six torturous decades of suffering and degradation?
                                                                                                                                \nWhere is your vociferance and demands that America compensate the peoples of Hawaii, Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Iran, Guatemala, South Vietnam, Chile, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, and Iraq for overthrowing governments to preserve her \u201cinterest\u201d?15<\/sup>
                                                                                                                                \nWhere is your vociferance and demands that Russia get out of Chechnya and Dagestan and compensate their citizens for the crimes she has committed against them?
                                                                                                                                \nWhen you (Manji) take a stand against these, rather than condemn Malika, you will have a measure of credibility over Malika.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 In addition, Manji suggests that Malika should learn from the American who discovered that he was lied to in the invasion of Iraq and was\/is \u201ccommitted to sharing his royalties (from his book about the \u201cdeception that infests Washington, D.C.) with the families of Iraq war victims, whom he said he\u2019d injured with the misinformation he\u2019d been given\u2013-and handed out\u2013-while in the White House.\u201d (p. 233).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> While this is a noble and commendable act. And while Muslims are to strive to end injustice against Muslims and others, Malilka is hardly to be condemned. Especially when contrasted against Manji who has access to the media \u2013radio, television, print\u2013 and audiences yet she is deathly silent on crimes perpetrated by various governments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                1. Manji notes from one publication that \u201crecommends we keep asking\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s working, and how we can do more of it?\u201d (pp. 240-241).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                  \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Terrorists, occupiers and oppressors can also employ this precept. In fact, China is employing this precept against the Uighur Muslims (of Uighuristan); Russia against Chechnya and Dagestan; and Jews have been employing it against Palestinians for decades: stealing more and more lands under one pretext or the other. \u00a0(We are yet to hear Manji\u2019s voice and pen against these monstrosities).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                  1. Manji notes one Muslim woman complaining: \u201cI\u2019ve never been able to understand organized religion. It\u2019s been hammered into my heads since childhood that being a good person isn\u2019t enough \u2026that hell has more women than men in it.\u201d (p. 241).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                    \u00a0 \u00a0Response:<\/em> Every believer in God has to be a follower of organized religion, as it is the Divine requirement that we live in communities \u2013even animals and birds live in communities (Qur\u2019an 6:38).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                    Why do you let it be \u201chammered into my head\u201d? Do you not have a brain? As shown \u201corganized religion\u201d does not mean blind faith or blindly following Imams. Not even All\u0101h requires us to have blind faith in Him, which is why He exhorts us in His Qur\u2019an to wisdom, knowledge, reason and argument.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                    That hell has more women than men:<\/em> This is not exclusive to Muslim women but to women in total. (You, Manji, may very well be one of them; having no knowledge about Islam and leading others astray).\u00a0<\/span> Since the Prophet saw this vision that there are more women in Hell, why crab at the Prophet for stating what was shown to him? Do you not believe he was telling the truth? Wait till you get there.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                    The reason more women are in hell is, \u201cThey are not thankful to their husbands and are ungrateful for the favors done to them. Even if you do good to one of them all your life, when she seems some harshness from you, she will say, \u201cI have never seen any good from you\u2019\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7, #125). This vision of Hell should serve as a purification to \u201cungrateful\u201d Muslim women \u2013to cease being \u201cungrateful.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                    1. Manji notes from \u201can anthropologist doing research with Muslim living in the slums of Kolkata, India\u201d who introduced Manji\u2019s book, The Trouble With Islam Today<\/em>, to some of the women, and the head of the NGO \u201cimmediately incorporated\u201d Manji\u2019s book into her classes on Islam.\u201d (p. 242).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                      \u00a0 \u00a0Response<\/em> This Muslim Sister (and the anthropologist, unless she wants Muslims to go astray) needs to be cautious what she follows and teaches. She may be kindling her Hell-fire with Manji\u2019s book. This Sister needs to check our response to Manji\u2019s book. There is no \u201ctrouble\u201d with Islam; there is \u2018trouble\u201d with Manji.<\/span> (See\u00a0The Trouble with Islam-Irshad Manji<\/a><\/span>).
                                                                                                                                      \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps this anthropologist (or some other) will introduce our site                                                                                                                                       www.nogodbutallah.org<\/a> <\/span>to these women of Kolkota (and elsewhere) and have them \u201cijtihad<\/em>\u201d our responses to Manji\u2019s books, The Trouble With Islam<\/em> and All\u0101h, Liberty & Love<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                      1. Manji wrote: \u201cAs Sultan Abdulhameed notes, a remarkable fact is that the Qur\u2019an does not recommend a format for prayer. The Qur\u2019an insists that people should pray but consistently avoids prescribing a method for doing it.\u201d\u2026.In The Trouble With Islam Today<\/em>, I explained my choice to communicate with God in English, not Arabic, and through structured daily dialogue, not rote ritual. Knowing myself better than somebody else\u2019s rules could know me, the practice I\u2019ve chosen restores my intimacy with All\u0101h.\u201d (p. 252).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em>\u00a0 (This brother needs to get off the hookah and revisit the Qur’an and hadith. Hadith is an integral part of Islam; it explains certain verses of the Qur’an and Allah tells us to obey\/follow the Prophet<\/em>).\u00a0<\/span>
                                                                                                                                        \nSalah<\/em> is the second foundation of Islam. All\u0101h says to establish regular Salah<\/em> and He gave their five daily timings16
                                                                                                                                        \n<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0All\u0101h says those who bow down (make ruku) and prostrate (make sujood) will receive a mighty reward\u2013(Qur\u2019an 9:111-112); and He calls our attention that, <\/span>\u201cIs he who worships devoutly during the hours of the night prostrating<\/em><\/strong> himself and standing<\/em><\/strong>, taking care of the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord (like one who does not)?\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 39:9).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 While All\u0101h did not say in His Qur\u2019an we are to first stand, recite Sura Fatihah <\/em>(opening chapter of the Qur\u2019an) and another portion of the Qur\u2019an, then bow down, stand erect, go into prostration etc; and what to recite in these movements and positions, it is clear that the postures of salah \u2013standing, bowing, prostrating\u2013 are stated in the Qur\u2019an.\u00a0 And it is within reason that in the logical state of motion one would first stand, then bow then go into prostration.
                                                                                                                                        \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 The five daily prayers were enjoined at fixed times and the \u201cformat for prayer\u201d \u2013standing, ruku, sujood etc\u2013 were revealed by All\u0101h and demonstrated to Prophet Mohammad by Angel Gabriel under the instructions of All\u0101h\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 1, #500; Vol. 4, #444). (See\u00a0                                                                                                                                        Hadith & Salah-why believe in;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Arabic-why pray in?<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                        \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cFear of God<\/em>\u201d means to avoid evil. The other \u201cfear of God\u201d means to dread the result of our evil actions. Notably, Hell is not a torture chamber of a vengeful God (see\u00a0<\/span>Hell<\/a><\/span>).
                                                                                                                                        \n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 All\u0101h invites us in loving, compassionate terms to forgive us our sins: \u201cSay: O My servants who have sinned against their souls, despair not of the mercy of Allah, surely, Allah forgives all sins. Verily, He is Most Forgiving, Ever Merciful\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 39:54).<\/span> Imagine All\u0101h, the Creator and Who needs nothing from us, imagine the expanse of His love, mercy, and compassion to address us in such noble terms. And He forgives \u201call\u201d sins without having anyone killed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                        1. Manji states: \u201cNo religion speaks for itself. Its practitioners speak on religion\u2019s behalf.\u201d (p. 255).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                          \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> This must be so of other religions. Islam speaks for itself. Go study the Qur\u2019an and Sunnah and give proofs that Islam does not \u201cspeak for itself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                          1. Manji notes one Muslim writer questioning herself: \u201cDo I fully consider myself a Muslim?….I don\u2019t know. A sizeable amount of being a Muslim to me is what I\u2019ve known to be \u2018truth\u2019 through cultural practices, not what causes me to stop in my tracks and feel the presence of divinity.\u201d (p. 255).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> This is a classic example of blind faith and blindly following Imams. Do you not know to read? Do you not have access to a Qur\u2019an and books of Hadith?
                                                                                                                                            \nThat you do not “feel the presence of divinity.\u201d All you need do is look into yourself; Allah is closer to you than your jugular\/life vein-(Qur’an 50:16).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 As stated above, there are varying degrees of being Muslim. The first degree is the acceptance of the Unity of All\u0101h and Messengership of Mohammad (Laa elaaha il-Al-laah Mohammadur-rasul-Allaah) <\/em>\u2013which is the \u201cmost excellent\u201d branch of faith\u2013(Muslim Vol. 1, #56); and is the highest form of faith placing you above all other religionists; as you have attributed to God absolute Purity: that He is One and Only without partners or relations and is free of all defects including that of meriting people based on their race.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 The other degrees of being Muslim depend of how many of the precepts of Islam you observe (just like the more work one does the more payment he receives). (For an understanding of what belief in All\u0101h means see Allah<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                            70: Manji notes one Arab author: \u201cI am an Arab Muslim woman intent upon living in a sound society where all members benefit from justice, regardless of rank, religion, race, or gender.\u201d (p. 257).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                            \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Whether this Muslim Sister (and Manji) knows it or not, she is echoing the teachings of Islam. Only one verse need be entered:
                                                                                                                                            \n\u201c<\/strong>O you who believe, be maintainers of justice, bearers of witness for All\u00e5h, even though it be against your own selves or (your) parents or near relatives \u2014 whether he be rich or poor, All\u00e5h has a better right over them both. So follow not (your) low desires, lest you deviate. And if you distort or turn away from (truth), surely All\u00e5h is ever Aware of what you do\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:135).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                            As the magnificent Messenger of All\u0101h, Mohammad, reminds us:
                                                                                                                                            \n\u201cWhat destroyed the nations preceding you, was that if a noble amongst them\u00a0stole, they would forgive him, and if a poor person amongst them\u00a0stole, they would inflict Allah’s legal punishment on him.\u00a0By Allah, if\u00a0Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad\u00a0stole, I would cut off her hand\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 5, # 597). Favoritism or preferential treatment has no place in Islam\u2013<\/span> (Bokhari Vol. 3, #554).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                            1. Manji notes that one email she received reads: \u201callah (non-existent) sucks. Mo the false prophet Warlord sucks. The Koran \u2013-a Declaration of open-ended warfare against the Infidel\u2013-sucks. Get it? Brava Wafa Sultan, Hirsi Ali, Brigitte Gabriel, Nonie Darwish, and Bat Ye\u2019or. You, Manji, are NOTHING compared to them. You\u2019re still a moon-god worshipper\u2026\u201d (p. 258).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                              \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> Where Islam is concerned, this emailer is a classic example of uber-ignorance.\u00a0 As shown on this site, all charges against Islam have been dispensed with on one page or the other.
                                                                                                                                              \nHaving no intelligent discourse to promote their beliefs, critics try to prove that Islam is false to mislead uninformed Muslims into apostatizing from Islam.
                                                                                                                                              \nWe challenge the critics -the emailer; Wafa Sultan, Hirsi Ali, Brigitte Gabriel, Nonie Darwish, and Bat Ye\u2019or, and all others including Christians and atheists on the Internet<\/em>–<\/span> to put your dignity, if you have, where your mouth\/pen is: show a religion that is superior to, or even equal with, Islam and we will follow it;\u00a0 but as you critics cannot show any such religion then you follow Islam!
                                                                                                                                              \nPut up or shut up!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                              1. Manji notes a presentation by \u201cImam Khaleel Mohammed\u201d giving \u201cinterfaith marriage blessing.\u201d (p. 262).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/em> All\u0101h instructs us in Qur\u2019an 2:221: \u201cAnd marry not the idolatresses until they believe; and certainly a believing maid is better than an idolatress even though she please you. Nor give (believing women) in marriage to idolaters until they believe, and certainly a believing slave is better than an idolater, even though he please you. These invite to the Fire and All\u00e5h invites to the Garden and to forgiveness by His will and He makes clear His messages to men that they may be mindful.\u201d
                                                                                                                                                \n<\/span>\u00a0 But Irshad Manji, using this Imam\u2019s view, blindly encourages Muslims to marry whoever they like; possibly having Muslims commit adultery or fornication. For more on this topic see                                                                                                                                                 Islam-liberated women<\/a><\/span>, item #5).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                Whereas Manji challenges Muslims to take up the badge of \u201cmoral courage\u201d and confront \u201ccultures\u201d:
                                                                                                                                                \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 -Manji is yet to pin on herself this badge of \u201cmoral courage\u201d and defend WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden for exposing\u00a0 government(s) actions in the public\u2019s name and actions against the people.
                                                                                                                                                \n(Which governments\u2019 actions may be likened to Imams doing what they believe to be good for the people. If governments can do what they believe to be the right thing why can\u2019t the Imams and Al-Qaeda and the Talibans \u2013Miss Manji?).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 -Manji is yet to pin on herself this badge of \u201cmoral courage\u201d and condemn and to require the Dalai Lama to condemn the Dalai Lama\u2019s followers in Myanmar\/Burma killing and burning Muslims (and Buddhists in Sri Lanka attacking and looting Muslims).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 -Manji is yet to pin on herself this badge of \u201cmoral courage\u201d and demand that India give the Kashmiri\u2019s their right to choose their future.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 -Manji is yet to pin on herself this badge of \u201cmoral courage\u201d and demand that Jews get out of the Golan Heights (and Palestine).<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 -Manji is yet to pin on herself this badge of \u201cmoral courage\u201d and demand that Europe give the Romas a national homeland (preferably in Britain, as Britain had no qualms in promising Jews a homeland in Palestine)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 -Manji is yet to pin on herself this badge of \u201cmoral courage\u201d and demand that America return every grain of sand of Palestine to Palestinians and compensate the people of Hawaii, Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Iran, Guatemala, South Vietnam, Chile, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, and Iraq for overthrowing governments.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 -Manji is yet to pin on herself this badge of \u201cmoral courage\u201d and demand that Russia get out of Chechnya and Dagestan and compensate their citizens for the crimes she has committed against them.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 -Manji is yet to pin on herself this badge of \u201cmoral courage\u201d and demand that China get out of \u201cUighuristan\u201d and Tibet.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 Where is Irshad Manji and her \u201cmoral courage\u201d \u2013hibernating in her hypocrisy?<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                \u00a0\u00a0 While Muslims are not to blindly follow our Imams, Muslims are to be wary they are not lead astray by Manji. You want to learn about Islam read Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an, his The Religion Of Islam<\/em> and The Early Caliphate<\/em> which can be viewed\/obtained from www.muslim.org<\/a>;<\/span> also see www.nogodbutallah.org<\/a>.
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                                                                                                                                                \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 NOTES<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                                1. Kamal-ud-Din, Khwaja, Open Letters To The Bishops of Salisbury & London<\/em>, p. 100.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                2. Qur\u2019an 3:7: \u201cHe it is Who has revealed the Book to thee; some of its verses are decisive \u2014 they are the basis of the Book \u2014 and others are allegorical.a<\/sup> Then those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part of it which is allegorical, seeking to mislead, and seeking to give it (their own) interpretation.b<\/sup> And none knows its interpretation save All\u00e5h, and those firmly rooted in knowledge. They say: We believe in it, it is all from our Lord.c<\/sup> And none mind except men of understanding.\u201d Muhammad Ali comments:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                                  \u201c7a.<\/em> The verses of the Holy Book are here stated to be partly muhkam <\/em>(decisive) and partly mutash\u00e5bih <\/em>(allegorical). In 11:1 the whole Qur\u2019\u00e5n is spoken of as a Book whose verses are made plain<\/em>, and in 39:23 it is called k<\/em>itab-an mutash\u00e5bih-an, a book, consistent in its injunctions<\/em>. A little consideration will show that there is no discrepancy in the three statements; they actually explain each other. Literally, muhkam <\/em>(from h<\/em>akama<\/em>, meaning he prevented<\/em>, whence ahkama<\/em>, i.e., he made a thing firm <\/em>or stable<\/em>) is that of which the meaning is secured from change and alteration. Mutash\u00e5bih <\/em>(from shibh<\/em>, meaning likeness \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>or resemblance<\/em>) is that which is consimilar <\/em>or conformable in its various parts<\/em>, and mutash\u00e5bih\u00e5t <\/em>are therefore things like <\/em>or resembling one another<\/em>, hence susceptible to different interpretations <\/em>(LL). Therefore when it is stated that the whole of the Book is muhkam<\/em>, the meaning is that all its verses are decisive, and when the Qur\u2019\u00e5n is called mutash\u00e5bih <\/em>(39:23), the meaning is that the whole of it is conformable in its various parts<\/em>. In the verse under discussion is laid down the important principle how verses susceptible of different interpretations may be interpreted so that a decisive significance may be attached to them. The Qur\u2019\u00e5n, we are here told, establishes certain principles in clear words which are to be taken as the basis, while there are statements made in allegorical words or susceptible to different meanings, the interpretation of which must be in consonance with the other parts and the spirit of the Book. In fact, this is true of every writing. When a certain law is laid down in a book in unmistakable words, any statement carrying a doubtful significance or one which is apparently opposed to the law so laid down must be interpreted subject to the principle enunciated. The subject is very appropriately dealt with here as a prelude to a controversy with the Christians, who attribute divinity to Jesus and uphold the doctrine of atonement by blood on the basis of certain ambiguous words or allegorical statements, without heeding the fundamental principles established by the earlier prophets.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                  7b.<\/em> The fi<\/em>tnah <\/em>is the misleading <\/em>of the people (T, LL), or the sowing of dissension<\/em>, or difference of opinion <\/em>(Q, LL), by giving to one part an interpretation which is falsified by another. Ta\u2018wil <\/em>(from aul, to return<\/em>) is the final sequel <\/em>or the end <\/em>of a thing, or the interpretation <\/em>of what is ambiguous or allegorical, such as the interpretation of dreams, etc. Kf explains ta\u2018wila-hu <\/em>here as meaning the interpretation which they desire<\/em>, and this, according to AH, is the significance; hence the addition in the translation of the words their own <\/em>within brackets. They do not care to seek the real interpretation, which can only be found by referring to the principles laid down elsewhere. But the words may also signify their giving an interpretation to an ambiguous verse alone<\/em>, i.e. without considering it in conjunction with other consimilar verses or the principles laid down elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                  7c.<\/em> These words afford a clue to the right mode of interpretation. The words it is all from our Lord <\/em>signify that there is no disagreement between the various portions of the Holy Book. Hence the rule of interpretation which they follow is that they refer passages which are susceptible to various interpretations to those whose meaning is obvious or to consimilar passages, and subject particular statements to general principles. Thus reading various passages in the light of each other, they discover the true significance of ambiguous passages. Hence such people are spoken of as knowing <\/em>the true interpretation of allegorical verses (B. 65: iii, 2). (For Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an see www.muslim.org<\/a>)<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                                  1. Moshe Dayan, Ha-Aretz<\/em>, April 4, 1969. Noted in Edward Said, The Question of Palestine<\/em>, p. 14. For full quote see PALESTINE.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                  2. Ismail Zayid, Palestine<\/em> A Stolen Heritage<\/em>, p. 15. a. Peretz, Don, Israel<\/em> and the Palestine Arabs<\/em>, Washington 1958, pp. 95-96, 152, 172; b. American Mercury Magazine<\/em>, August 1957;\u00a0\u00a0 c. Jewish Newsletter<\/em>, June 1959. See THE END OF FAITH-SAM HARRIS item #13.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                  3. \u201cas General Gur put it in May 1978, official Israeli military policy has been to attack Arab civilians en masse?\u201d Edward Said, The Question of Palestine, <\/em>p. 224.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                  4. \u201cOur strategy was always to provoke the Arabs and get an appropriate response so we could attack and smash them.\u201d\u2013Israeli General, Moshe Dayan\u201d (A<\/em>nd yet Arabs are villainized). Th<\/em>e Islamic Post<\/em>, International Edition, January 2007; article, Zionism, The Media, and World Control, <\/em>pp. A3, 7.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                  5. Zayid, Ismail, Palestine<\/em>,<\/em> A Stolen Heritage<\/em>, p. 33; (From a letter written by a student) Published in \u201cHaolam Haze,\u201d an Israeli newspaper, (issue 1594) and quoted in \u201cIsrael Imperial News,\u201d October, 1968. <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                                    \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The entire material states:\u00a0 \u201cI am a pupil in a college in Be\u2019er Sheva. I don\u2019t want trouble. The director of the office of education will not like my letter; therefore I am not signing my full name.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                    The problem: KHUZARI BOOK, which is approved by the office of education. In the introduction to the book Dr. Tzifroni writes:
                                                                                                                                                    \n<\/span>\u201cThe nation of Israel is a chosen nation because of its race, its education and the climate of the land in which it was brought up. The race of the Israeli people is the most superior of all races\u201d. I think that these sentences require no explanation.
                                                                                                                                                    \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mira, Be\u2019er Sheva.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                                                                                                                    1. Reza Aslan\u2019s book, Zealot, The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth,<\/em> is \u201cPublished in the United States by Random House.\u201d This book is a must read for those interested in Jesus Christ. Even if you have to beg, borrow, or chisel it.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                    2. Muhammad Ali, comm. to Qur\u2019an 60:13.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                    3. Emphasis added. As shown this UN resolution is not \u201cnotorious.\u201d Please read this book.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                    4. See note #7.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                    5. A.J.P. Taylor, J.M. Roberts, Alan Bullock, 20TH. Century,<\/em> p. 4.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                    6. As all Prophets were sent by the same One God, the religion from God could not be partial to any person, place or thing. The name of God\u2019s religion should reflect our service to Him. Such is the religion of Islam \u2013which means peace and submission (to Allah)<\/em>; or peace and submission to the Will of All\u0101h. <\/em>The oldest religion or eternal law is Islam \u2013submission to the law of All\u0101h God. <\/em>The first human beings submitted to this law of All\u0101h, God, \u2013Islam<\/em>. Only this submission to All\u0101h, God, was not yet known as Islam. The following makes this point clear: \u201cThen He (All\u0101h) directed Himself to the heaven and it was a vapour, so He said to it and to the Earth: Come both, willingly or unwillingly. They both said:\u00a0 We come willingly<\/em>\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 41:11). We \u2018come willingly\u2019 or we submit to your command \u2013Islam<\/em>. Thus, Islam \u2013submission to the command of All\u0101h God<\/em>\u2013 is as old as the heavens and the earth. All creations conform to the laws of All\u0101h God. (See<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 All people are Muslims<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                    7. See note #7.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                    8. As noted on the Internet<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                                                                    9. Qur\u2019an 2:43, 110, 177; 6:72; 14:31; 17:78; 22:78; 24:56; 29:45; 30:31; 31:3-5; 35:29; 42:36-39; 58:13; 73:20; five daily prayers: Qur\u2019an 4:103-104; 11:114; 17:78; 20:130; 30:17-18; (See M. Ali comm; 619; 1457; 1934).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                                                                                                                                      \u00a0In the name of All\u0101h, \u00a0the Beneficent, the Merciful. \u00a0Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad. \u00a0DEDICATED TO \u00a0All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High, \u00a0Lord of the worlds \u00a0AND TO \u00a0Mohammad\u2013who brought the world \u00a0to our feet and eternity to our arms. \u00a0* Response to ALL\u0100H, LIBERTY& LOVE BY IRSHAD MANJI (See also The Trouble with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5377","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5377"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5420,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5377\/revisions\/5420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}