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January 31st, 2009 by Dr. Shabbir

A Biased, Prejdiced, Hateful, Ignorant, Criminal Mullah

This Urdu link on BBC won’t last long. http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2009/01/090128_zakat_minister_nonmuslims.shtml

The Pakistani minister of Zakaat & ‘Ushr, Nur-ul-Haq Qadri, has ruled in the national parliament that Zakaat cannot be given to a non-Muslim even under the direst circumstances, even when a non-Muslim is dying of poverty.

Obviously, the minister is a Mullah, a bearded goat. He failed to mention which verse of the Qur’an ordains this atrocity. What discrimination! How frank is the violation of the Book of Allah! What ignominy they bring to Islam and Muslims. Must not “The Islamic Republic of Pakistan” try this criminal in the court of law?

To compound the shameful deed, not a single person in the assembly stood up against him. Does Pakistan deserve to survive? Could this be one of the last nails in Pakistan’s coffin?

These N2I bearded goats and Hijabi mushrooms are taking the country, and the Muslim Community, to total humiliation and, eventually to - ANNIHILATION.

The Qur’an is the most benevolent Harbinger of tolerance, pluralism, and unity of mankind. Did the ignorant Mullah look at the Charter of Madinah, promulgated by the exalted prophet with mutual consultation with Jews, Christians, Sabians and Muslims? It was the first ever constitution of a state?

Almost, invariably, the Mullahs think that verse 9:60 defines the recipients of Zakaat. Then, where does Allah exclude non-Muslims in this verse (or anywhere else)? The meaning of Zakaat will become clear in the verses as we go along.

THE QUR’AN:

 9:60 (The funds that the Central Authority receives as) Alms and Charity (Sadaqaat) belong to the following categories: The poor, those who are not able to earn enough living to meet their basic needs, those whose running businesses have stalled or the ones who have lost their jobs, those who have become needy with their active lives coming to a stand-still, officials who have been appointed by the government to collect alms and charity, those who are hindered from joining the Divine System for financial reasons, to free men and women from bondage of any kind: physical slavery, unjust captivity, and oppression from any quarters.
Also to those who are pressed under the load of ransom or heavy debt from an enemy, defense of the Ideological State, in the cause of God, the wayfarer who becomes needy, or travels to the believers in destitute condition, and the homeless son of the street.

This is a Duty from God. He is the Knower, the Wise and His commands are based on knowledge and wisdom.

[It is important to bear in mind an almost universal misconception among Muslim scholars and the masses about Sadaqaat (alms and charity). They understand the above eight categories as pertaining to Zakaat. But Zakaat indicates the Just Economic Order where everyone in the society flourishes. The cornerstone of Zakaat is spending whatever is surplus for an individual (2:219, 6:141). In more concrete terms, that means turning the extra income voluntarily to the Central Authority who, in turn, will transform the State where everyone works according to his capacity and is paid according to his needs. Verse 9:60 is talking about Sadaqaat (alms and charity) and not Zakaat. Sadaqaat are meant to be an interim arrangement applicable at any time until the Divine System is established and the Just Economic Order (Zakaat) is set up in the society]

Mankind Is One Community:

2:27 (Just as there is One Creator, likewise mankind is but one Community.) Those who break this ratified Bond of God and cut asunder the unity of mankind that God has commanded them to uphold, and thus lay the foundation of chaos on earth, those will be the losers in the long run. [9:33-34, 9:111, 10:19, 13:20-24, 31:28, 83:6, 114:1]

O Mankind! You have a common origin. Your Lord began the creation of life at the unicellular level. There was one life cell that divided into two, male and female (6:99). (Evolution took place, as has been alluded to in this Book (16:8, 20:50, 21:30, 22:45, 30:20, 31:28, 51:49). Eventually, numerous men and women came into existence on the earth. Since all of you have this common origin, you must consider all mankind as one community (10:19, 57:25). Your first step in that direction is to strengthen your family relations. Be careful of your duty to God in Whose Name you expect rights from one another. God ever watches over you.

 7:24 (Self interests of people had given rise to unjust marking of land and individual hoarding. Suppression of the weak had begun.) God told them that they had fallen down from the high station of humanity. They had ignored the law that “Mankind is one community” (10:19). From then on, they would live as tribes and nations, enemies to one another, “There will be for you on land an abode and sustenance for a while.” [Tribes 49:13]

10:19 All mankind were but one community (and are meant to be so); then they differed. Had it not been for a Word that went forth from your Lord (the Law of Free Will), He would have judged their disputes immediately. [2:30, 2:213, 2:256, 11:118, 16:9, 76:2-3]

17:60 We said to you (O Prophet), “Your Lord encompasses all mankind, so We have given you the vision (of mankind’s unity).” Those who hinder this Plan will end up eating the bitter, pungent Tree of Division that is mentioned in the Qur’an. This vision and the Tree of Division shall be a test for them. Now We have conveyed a warning to them, yet, for a time it shall increase them in gross rebellion. [Vision: Mankind will become one community again. Division: 7:19, 14:26, 15:39, 17:60, 37:65, 38:82, 44:44]              

23:52 And certainly, this community of yours is one community and I am your Sustainer. So, remain conscious of Me.”

Benefiting Humanity:

2:62 (That was a glimpse of the past.) Those who believe (in the Qur’an and call themselves Muslims), and those who are Jews, and Christians and the Sabians; whoever truly believes in God and the Last Day and does works that benefit humanity, their reward is with their Lord. For them shall be no fear from without, nor shall grief touch them from within.

10:26 Those who benefit humanity get rewarded manifold. No dust of sadness and no trace of humiliation will overshadow their faces. Such are the rightful dwellers of the Garden; they will abide therein.

33:29 “But if you desire God and His Messenger, and the Home of the Hereafter, then certainly, God has prepared for those among you who benefit humanity, an immense reward.”

13:17 He sends down water from the height causing the riverbeds to flow according to their measure and the flood bears on its surface swelling foam. When they use fire to refine metals for their jewelry or equipment, foam is produced like it. In this way, God is citing for you the example of the truth and falsehood. For, as far as the foam is concerned, it passes away as scum upon the riverbanks - While that which is of benefit to mankind, exists on earth. This is how God uses analogies for you to understand. [The real existence on earth is of the person or the system that benefits humanity]

27:89 Those who benefit mankind will be rewarded better than the recompense for their good deeds. And they will be secure from horror that Day. [21:103, 27:87]

The Criminal Mullah even disregarded Ahadith that they hold above the Qur’an.

HADITH: The exalted prophet is reported to have said:

- The essence of religion is wishing well for all humanity. (Ma’arifil Quran)

- What is pride? Denying the truth and treating people with contempt. (Muslim)

- There is reward for you in kind treatment of any living being. (Bukhari)

- Allah is Kind to those that are kind to His creations. (Bukhari)

- Be kind to the dwellers of the earth and the Creator of the Universe will be Kind to you. (Abu Daud, Haakim)

- Anyone who afflicts a non-Muslim in the Islamic State has afflicted me. (Shibli)

- One from whose torment the neighbor doesn’t feel secure cannot be a believer. (Bukhari)

- A person who sleeps with a full stomach while his neighbor remains hungry cannot be a believer. (Bukhari)

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January 25th, 2009 by Dr. Shabbir

The term “Pillars of Islam” is absolutely non-Qur’anic. There is no such term as ‘Imaadil Islam’ or ‘Imaad-id-Deen’ in the Book. (’Imaad means pillars.) But our clergy, the “Imams” of Hadith, invented the so-called five pillars of Islam.

The Sunni Pillars: *Iman (Faith) – *Salat (Relegated to ritual prayers five times a day) - *Zakaat (distorted as annual charity or poor-due) - *Saum (Fasting in the month of Ramadhan) - *Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah).

The clergy, however, abjectly fail to describe a beautiful building on these “pillars”. Guarding human rights, benefiting people are the central themes in the Qur’an. Give and grow!

I can imagine “Imam” Bukhari committing an atrocious forgery, writing an incomplete, erroneous sentence with a fibrillating heart and a trembling hand, “Al-binaa-il-Islam ‘ala khams.” (The foundation of Islam is on five.) Notice the word ‘Pillars’ missing even here, betraying his attempt at frank forgery.

The Shi’a Pillars are quite different: *Tawheed (Monotheism) – *‘Adl (Justice) *Nubuwwat (Belief in the prophets of God) - *Imamat (Imamate or belief in “Imams”) -*Qiyamat (Resurrection).

THE FOUNDATION OF ISLAM: Guarding human rights and benefiting humanity have been very frequently stressed and ordained in the Qur’an. Narrating the history of nations, the Book makes it clear that no community ever faced decline or annihilation unless they violated human rights or started oppressing the weak and stopped helping others. Not a single nation suffered humiliation or destruction for want of rituals. (To confirm these statements, see Surah 11, HUD which gives us a history of many communities).

Now just a few verses to prove the point:

19:86 And drive the violators of human rights to Hell as a thirsty herd is driven to a well.

13:17 He sends down water from the height causing the riverbeds to flow according to their measure and the flood bears on its surface swelling foam. When they use fire to refine metals for their jewelry or equipment, foam is produced like it. In this way, God is citing for you the example of the truth and falsehood. For, as far as the foam is concerned, it passes away as scum upon the riverbanks - While that which is of benefit to mankind, exists on earth. This is how God uses analogies for you to understand. [The real existence on earth is of the person or the system that benefits humanity]

 20:74 Surely, as for him who shall appear before his Sustainer while he had been violating human rights, for him shall be Hell. He will neither die there nor live. [14:17, 87:13]

 20:111 All faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent Maintainer of the Universe. And the violators of human rights will be undone.

 22:45 And how many a township have We (Our Law of Requital) annihilated, for, they oppressed people and violated human rights! And now they lie deserted, with their roofs caved in! And how many a well lies abandoned, and how many a castle in ruins that once stood high!

29:69 As for those who sincerely strive for Us, We will guide them onto paths that lead to Us. (New channels keep opening for them leading them out of the spider’s web onto the straight path.) God is with the benefactors of humanity. [Muhsineen = Benefactors of humanity]

And too many verses to mention here.

Shabbir, a life-long student

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January 22nd, 2009 by Dr. Shabbir

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January 21st, 2009 by Dr. Shabbir

Mortgage, Insurance, Usury (Interest), Selling Beer, Touching Pork, Lottery, Gambling

We Are Fresh Water Fish Living In Salt Water

Not a day goes without people asking my humble opinion on the above issues.
Questions:

1. They say buying a home on mortgage is not permissible because of having to pay the forbidden interest. Shall we keep living in the rented apartment then?

2. Is insurance forbidden in Islam?

3. I feel guilty working at the bank since all banking is based on usury. What should I do?

4. I feel uncomfortable with doing all banking because they deal in interest.

5. As Muslims we must put our trust in God. Isn’t relying on life insurance ‘Shirk’ and Haram?

6. Insurance must be Haram because the insurance companies thrive on interest.

7. I own a convenience store but I must sell beer. Or, my business will take a nose-dive as it did once.

8. I work at Publix where I have to handle pork and feel very bad about it.

9. Can I play lottery to get lucky?

Answers: Most of those Mullah-oriented people who tell you that, live in mortgaged houses themselves. Hypocrisy is the order of the day among the so-called Muslims. While others may be ‘Mushrik’ (idolaters in different forms), the so-called Muslims are both - Mushrikeen (‘Imam’, Saint-Mullah worshipers) and Munafiqeen (Hypocrites). The Mullah would rather have Muslims trail behind all other nations - Keep living in rented pigeon holes all your life and never own a property!
CHANGE THE SYSTEM? The problem is in the root and we keep shooting at the branches. What is the problem? - That there is not a single country in the world where the Qur’anic System is in place. Even living on another planet won’t help. Humans are supposed to live in the equitable, just and benevolent System ordained by the Last Word of God, the Qur’an, but everywhere we are living in manmade systems. So, our example today is that of the FRESH WATER FISH forced to live in SALT WATER.
Can you and I change the wrong system of life prevalent everywhere? No! So, shall we remain silent spectators? No, again! Our Divinely ordained, mandatory duty is to keep conveying the Qur’anic Message and we Muslims will be questioned about that in the Court of our Lord. Due to lack of knowledge and often due to our own blunders, non-Muslims think of the Taliban or Saudi ‘Shariah’ laws being imposed as soon as the Qur’anic System of Life is mentioned. Even the majority of Muslims fail to understand that while the manmade Shariah is a scourge of humanity and Islam, the pristine teachings of the Qur’an are the most benevolent gift to all mankind.
The Qur’an repeatedly predicts that the equitable Divine System (Kingdom of God) will ultimately and most certainly prevail over all systems of life.
9:32 They seek to extinguish God’s light (the Qur’an) by their utterances. But God will not allow this to pass, for He has willed to spread His light in all its fullness even though the rejectors may detest it.

9:33 He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the True Religion (Deen = The System of Life), that He may cause it to prevail over all religions and systems of life, even though the idolaters may detest it. [9:31-33, 13:31, 14:48, 18:48, 41:53, 48:28, 51:20-21, 61:8-9. Please check all the verses referred to here.]

So, until that time, keep conveying the Qur’anic Message.

PAYING INTEREST: Read through the entire Qur’an. You will not find a single verse denouncing the giver of usury. Allah, in His infinite wisdom, always knew that the capitalist elite would exploit the less fortunate. On the other hand, the taker of usury is repeatedly condemned in the strongest terms. While trade is the permissible return on labor, usury is the forbidden return on money. (2:275-279)

INSURANCE: After the exemplary State of Madinah, no state in history has truly guarded human rights and comprehensively catered for the citizens’ needs. Do you know that in the first two centuries of Islam, it had become impossible to find a person willing to accept charity? The State used to take care of all basic needs of all her citizens, regardless of color and creed. That included the provision of job, transportation, food, clothing and shelter, tools for work, unemployment and retirement benefits, disability income and health care. Today, who will take care of your family in case of your untimely demise or disability? Are you allowed to drive a car without insurance? What will you do without insurance if you have an accident or if your house is destroyed by a hurricane, tornado or flood?

BANKING: Change the internationally established banking system if you can. Or, keep conveying the Qur’anic Message until those at the helm of affairs see the sublime Qur’anic alternatives.

SELLING WINE AND BEER: Allah has only forbidden the consumption of alcohol and intoxicants. Still, keep looking for alternatives in your business  as soon as possible.

LOTTERY: Any form of gambling is prohibited in the Glorious Book. So, don’t play lottery. Keeping the Lotto machine for your business is a different thing.

5:90 O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! Intoxicants and gambling and games of chance, sacrificing animals on stones (altars of idols) and forecasting the future by such means as arrows, raffles and omens (all) is an immoral handiwork of Satan. Refrain from it that you may prosper.

5:91 By means of intoxicants and games of chance Satan, your rebellious and selfish desires, excites you to enmity and hatred among you and hinders you from being conscious of God and following the Divine System. Will you not then abstain?

HANDLING PORK: The Qur’an forbids only the consumption of swine-flesh. It does not go to extremes. The Old Testament does forbid even touching its carcass.

16:115 He only prohibits for you (consumption of) the dead animal, blood, and swine-flesh and anything that has been dedicated to other than God.

Shabbir, a life-long student

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January 13th, 2009 by Dr. Shabbir

A bridegroom or his family asking Jahaiz (dower, wealth or property from a bride or her family) is a detestable custom especially prevalent in the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Obviously, this great social evil stems from greed. Although it has nothing to do with Islam, unfortunately, Muslims of the subcontinent have adopted this custom from the Hindu culture. As a result of huge demands of dower from the bride, many good young ladies find it difficult to get married. Or, the poor parents have to burden themselves under huge monetary debt.

Reading the entire Qur’an we fail to find a single command for the bride or her family to pay Jahaiz or dower in any form. On the other hand, every bridegroom is commanded to give a generous gift to his bride according to his capacity at the time of marriage. The Qur’an terms this act of benevolence as a mandatory duty, a sweet gift without expecting any returns, a selfless award given in a decent manner.

2:236 There is no blame on you if you nullify the marriage before you have intimately touched the women with whom you have signed the marital contract, and before you have fixed the marital gift. This would be an unexpected situation involving emotional trauma. Therefore, show compassion by giving her as generous a gift as you can afford. This would be an act of equity and it is a binding duty on all those who wish to be counted among the benefactors of humanity. [Fareedhah = A mandatory duty]   

 2:237 And if unexpected circumstances lead you to divorce women before you have intimately touched them, but after the marital gift has been fixed, give them half the amount unless they volunteer to forgo it. If the move for divorce originates purely from you, let her have the whole portion. If you men forgo it, it is closer to righteousness. O People! Never forget kindness among yourselves. This command is from God Whose Law of Requital ever monitors your actions and the motives behind them. [Fareedhah = A mandatory duty]

 4:4 Upon marriage, give women their marital gifts, a generous portion of your property, unless they forgo it voluntarily. In that case you are welcome to accept it as rightfully yours. [Nihlah = A sweet gift without expecting any returns, like bees depositing honey in the hive selflessly]

4:24 …. You like to marry women for a better quality of life, so give them their portions as a duty….. [Ujoorahunna, Fareedhah = A selfless award, a mandatory duty]

4:20 If you wish to marry another wife in place of your present wife, and you have given her a whole treasure, you shall not take back anything. Would you take it back by way of slander, a transgression that will drag down your own ‘self’? [Qintaar = Mountain of gold = A whole treasure]

4:25 …… Pay them a generous marital gift in kindness….. [Ujoorahunna bil-ma’roof = A selfless award given in a decent manner]

5:5 …. And so are the virtuous, chaste women of the believers and the virtuous, chaste women of those who were given the Scripture before you (provided they do not associate anyone with God 2:221). But you must give them their marriage portions and live with them in honor, not in fornication, nor as secret lovers. (It must be an honest wedlock 4:24.) Anyone who rejects belief, his work is vain and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter. [Ujoorahunna = A selfless award]

60:10 ….. And there is no blame on you if you marry these women, when you have given them their due marital gift….. [Ujoorahunna]

Since Allah does not ordain it, the detestable, non-Qur’anic custom of Jahaiz must be stopped forthwith.

Shabbir, a life-long student

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January 10th, 2009 by Dr. Shabbir

A lady from Egypt has contacted me with a problem. She has been married for 7 years and the couple has 4 daughters. The husband is threatening to bring in a second wife to have a male child. I have spoken to them and, fortunately, the accountant husband understands the situation. He had just obtained an edict from Jami’a Al-Azhar in Cairo in favor of marrying another wife as well.

Here is what showed him the Light.

- Jami’a Al-Azhar in Cairo is the oldest university in the world but it follows the manmade Number Two Islam.

- The Qur’an states that Allah bestows children, male & female according to His laws.

42:49 To God belongs the Dominion of the heavens and the earth. He creates and designs all things according to His laws. He bestows the gift of daughters according to His laws and the gift of sons according to His laws.

42:50 Or He bestows both males and females, and He leaves infertile some according to His laws. He is Knower, Omnipotent.

That Divine Law translates into science as below:

- The ovaries of all women produce ova that have only X

chromosomes.

- The sperms of all men are about 50% X and the rest 50% Y.

- If a Y chromosome from the man joins the ovum from the woman, the

result is XY, a baby boy.

- If an X chromosome from the man joins the ovum from the

woman, the result is XX, a baby girl.

- Therefore, the sex of the fetus is determined from the husband’s side.

- And, therefore, the idea of a second wife is irrational and unscientific.

       - Furthermore, does any NIKAH (marital contract) stipulate that male children will be guaranteed?

        - Why should daughters be seen as a second rate gift of Allah?

        - The Qur’an does not allow polygamy except in certain exigencies such as war in which numerous men have been killed.

4:3 If you fear that you (the society) shall not be able to do justice with the orphans, (as may happen in times of war and political turbulence, the government shall announce a state of Emergency), then, in order to accommodate widows and orphans, men of sound finances and character shall be encouraged to marry these widows; two, three, and four (4:127). But, if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly, then, you must not take additional wives, and may continue with what you already have (4:129). This will be more suitable to prevent you from doing injustice and face financial hardship. [Second marriage during peace time is a frank violation of the Qur’an – note “If you fear that you (the society)” …]

Shabbir, a life-long student

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January 8th, 2009 by Dr. Shabbir

THE NUMBER TWO ISLAM

SHABBIR AHMED, M.D. 

(AUGUST, 2003)

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. 

- Voltaire, 1694-1778

 You cannot trust your judgment if your imagination is out of focus. 

 - Mark Twain, 1835-1910

I think, any distorted belief system throws our imagination out of focus. Consequently, our 

judgment and the resulting actions end up being wrong. While there is no room for clergy, 

priesthood or Mullahism in Deen-il-Islam, this vicious band emerged side-by-side when the Muslim 

rulers, although still called caliphs, became despotic monarchs. The Mullahs or “Imams” then 

converted Ad-Deen into Religion (Mazhab or the Number Two Islam) with a deplorable set of 

rituals, non-Quranic dogmas, beliefs, themes and fabrications of all kind. 

Even today, they are the ones who refuse to grasp the Quran in its pristine form, to think rationally,

or accept anything rational. And thus, they fall victims to blind following of their 

ancestors. Yet, they claim to be the custodians of Islam to the exclusion of all sensible ideas, and 

mislead the masses. I will not suspect every Mullah’s sincerity since their formal teaching in the 

Madrassahs disables them from independent thinking and reflecting on

the Quran.

25:30 And the Messenger will say, “O My Lord! These are my people, the ones who had disabled this Quran making it of no account.” [Mahjoor = Disabled = Abandoned = Neglected. They had immobilized it like villagers who bind a cow by tying her front foot to her horn]

The latest example has been shown by the Taliban. Under very questionable practices similar to 

the “rain dance” of old Native Americans, the Taliban Mullahs had been conducting regular rain 

prayers (Namaaz-e-Istisqa)  to end the severe drought in Afghanistan during 1996-2000. Results 

remained conspicuous by their absence. 

Did they stop and think for a moment? Yes and no! Perhaps they thought they were not praying 

enough! 

 The True Islam was implemented in the lifetime of the exalted Prophet Muhammad and his noble 

companions 14 centuries ago. No seeking mind can deny the glory of humanity in that era. 

Human dignity, women’s rights, rule of law, justice and equity, freedom of religion, speech, true 

democracy, and sanctity of human life, honor and property have been well documented in the 

surviving golden pages of history. 

 Never since that noble era has the world seen Islam as a collective System of Life anywhere.

 To mention economic prosperity, the Islamic state of Madinah was the only Empire in all history 

where it had become impossible to find a person willing to accept charity. The would-be second 

Caliph of Islam, Omar the great, was the Chief Justice of the Empire in 633-34 CE. It is 

mind-boggling to learn that not a single case was brought to his court about theft, rape, murder, 

robbery, or any form of violent crime. Non-Muslims used to embrace Islam by watching and 

experiencing the beauty of the True Islam. 

 Now, the unfortunate antithesis: For the first time ever in the history of mankind the Number Two 

Islam which guarantees misery, was implemented in full force by the Taliban. (Even the Arab 

Kingdoms and Sheikdoms were no match to them.) They were destined to be routed and 

thoroughly capitulated, and they have been. 

 The Quran boldly declares, “Do not ever, then, lose heart, and do not 

grieve, for you are bound to prevail if you are truly believers. (3:139)

 It further states,   “God has promised that those of you who will 

believe in the Divine laws and strengthen human resources, 

He will make them rulers on earth, as He granted rule to 

the previous nations. ..(24:55)

 It appears that the developed countries,  consciously or unconsciously, are greater and practical 

believers in the Quranic Laws. 

I think it is about time that the Muslims worldwide stop and think. Is the Quran wrong? 

No Sir/Madam, a great, great majority of Muslims in the world are not indeed believers. They think 

themselves as believers because they were born into the so-called Muslim families and are

 being charmed into thinking as such by the Mullahs just because they UTTER belief in God and 

His Messengers. Mullahs do so BECAUSE OF IGNORANCE and because they want to keep their 

stranglehold on the masses and protect their false pride, honor  and financial interests. Therefore, 

the so-called Muslims of today are slaves of false tradition and blind following. 

 THE LITMUS TEST: Before proceeding with the Number Two Islam (N2I) further, let me present a

 litmus test for the representatives of N2I. Any person, male or female, that preaches beard and 

Hijab (veiling) belongs to Number Two. This is because beard and veiling are not ordained in the 

Quran. They were borrowed by ancient Mullahs from their culture. Beard and veiling have become 

tools for them to get a false sense of gratification, of displaying piety, enslaving women, feeling 

proud and taking delight in ridiculing (as the second class Muslims) those who won’t grow beards 

or use Hijab. The Quran is the great Equalizer of humanity and the foremost Liberator of humans 

from all kinds of mental and physical bondage. 

It very strongly upholds human rights and very forcefully declares, “There is no compulsion or 

coercion in religion.” (2:256). This rule has absolutely no exceptions. 

 Being a student of the Quran, the Bible and history, I have reached a conclusion. What is that 

conclusion? That in the third century after Prophet Muhammad (S), the so-called Imams of tradition,

history, Fiqh (religious jurisprudence) and Hadith (the most

unreliable sayings of the exalted Prophet Muhammad collected on

hearsay centuries after his demise) imposed a religious Martial Law on people. They 

tried to extinguish the Quranic Light and very successfully bound the Muslim masses back in the 

same shackles that the Quran had so effectively smashed. 

These criminals got vehement support from the rulers because the Number Two Islam catered to

 their evil and wicked desires; desires for harems, palaces, concubines, slaves, pomp and luxury. 

 The Quran being the foremost equalizer of humanity, had taught that just as God is One, mankind

is one community. 

The only distinction among people could be based on good conduct. Color, wealth, ethnic origin, 

gender, geography, family, lineage, would not incur superiority or inferiority upon any human 

being. (49:13)

 The inventors of the N2I i.e. the Mullahs and Sufis in various ways reverted the Muslims back to 

the era of Jahiliyyah (the Age of Ignorance). Writing books contrary to the Quran was only one of

 their methodologies. 

They stand responsible for throwing the imagination of Muslims out of focus. And we have seen 

that when our imagination is out of focus we cannot trust our judgment. The results have been 

horrendous. Muslims not only continue to live at subhuman levels, but their actions have harmed 

themselves and the “Family of God”. 

 Just as I believe that the Number Two Islam is a scourge of humanity, it is my conviction that the 

True Islam encompassed by the Quran is the only hope for humanity. When I state that Islam is the 

only hope for humanity, I am in good company with such greats as George Bernard Shaw, Johann 

Goethe, Allama Iqbal, Alphonse Lamartine, Rev. Bosworth Smith and the like. 

The ideas that inspired the French Revolution and the Declaration of Rights that guided the Framing 

of  the American Constitution and inflamed the struggle for independence in the Latin American

countries [and elsewhere] were not inventions of the West. They find their ultimate inspiration and 

source in the Holy Koran.

- Robert Briffault (Making of Humanity)

 Allow me to share one of my special concerns. I was naïve, and probably justifiably so, about 

twenty five years ago in thinking that the PhD Mullahs and the Western Islamic scholars would 

belong to a different stock than an ignorant Imam in a village in the East. No, no, not at all! 

The ‘Imamist’ Martial Law I referred to was so far reaching that even today it remains in full force 

behind the college degrees as much as behind the beard and veil. 

We need to reform our Islamic schools in the East and  West. They must refrain from preaching 

N2I (The Number Two Islam). They will be doing a great service to Islam and Muslims, the West, 

and the entire world  if they revert to the Glorious Quran. Even here I have a word of caution. 

Almost all translations and tafseers (explanations) of the Quran have been done by the 

proponents and followers of the Man-made, ‘Ajami’, Alien, Counterfeit Islam, the N2I. Let us not 

accept any interpretation without due reflection. Trying my best to find a satisfactory translation 

and failing, I had to undertake the daunting task myself. (This may be a good occasion to see my 

biography on this Blog.) Numerous  knowledgeable people consider my humble English rendition of 

the Quran easy, accurate and reliable - “THE QURAN AS IT EXPLAINS ITSELF”.

 If my Muslim brothers and sisters feel offended on seeing the reality, they should feel free to call 

me with questions, comments, and tantrums seven days a week at 954-746-2115. 

 A few words about terrorism: The Quran declares in no uncertain terms, “Persecution or terrorism

 is a crime more grievous than killing” (2:217). The Glorious Book also advises all mankind that the 

best way to ensure peace and to avoid fear and grief is to benefit the fellow humans and do 

justice even with the enemy (5:8). 

Thanks, and may God bless you!

Shabbir, a life-long student

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January 1st, 2009 by Dr. Shabbir

04 Muharram 1430 AH

Dear friends, Happy New Year to all! - A year of peace & blessings!

A Mufti in India has issued an edict that any Muslim wishing “Happy New Year” on 01 Jan, will be a Kafir (infidel) since that is a “Christian calendar”. Unfortunately, edicts of this kind have been surfacing with much regularity.

No wonder, there is a common misconception among ignorant Muslims. They think that the Lunar (Hijra) calendar is Islamic, whereas the Solar (Gregorian) calendar is Christian. What a joke! Aren’t the sun and the moon both created by the Almighty? Isn’t He the Creator and Sustainer of the entire Universe and of all humanity?

The Qur’an confirms that we can use the sun and the moon both for making and using our calendars and there is no such thing as a “Christian” or a “Muslim” calendar.

2:189 They ask you (O Messenger) about the phases of the Moon. Say, “They are calendars to help mankind determine certain seasons such as Hajj.” —.

6:96 He is the Cleaver of the daybreak. He has appointed the night for stillness, (rest and tranquility) and the sun and the moon to run their well-calculated courses. They become means of calculating time for you —-.

9:36 God has ordained twelve months in one year. This has been God’s Ordinance since the day He created the heavens and earth. —-.

Since the Lunar calendar has 354 days and a half, it is shorter than the Solar calendar by 10 days and a half. This lends us variety of seasons as well.

10:5 He is the One Who appointed the sun as a splendid glow, and the moon as a cool light. He appointed stages for the moon, in due measure. You make your calculations and calendars accordingly. God has created the Universe as the absolute reality and for a purpose. —-.

55:5 The sun and the moon run by a mathematical design.

 Shabbir, a life-long student, in addition, says, “Let us be Mubarak to the New Year!” Let’s make it a Happy New Year.

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