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		<title>A Muslim for Liberty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hasan Mahmud]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why, as a follower of the Islamic faith, I stand firmly against Sharia law. ]]></description>
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<p>In his recent speech in Scotland, Imam Rauf claimed that no Muslim wants stoning or amputation in America. But if that is true, why have Muslims already brought female genital mutilation, “Islamic” finance and the “disciplining” of wives to America? If they have brought these aspects of Sharia, why would they not bring stoning or amputation as well? Have these laws suddenly somehow lost the approval of Allah?</p>
<p>Many of us Western Muslims are alarmed by this kind of deception by some of our leaders. We know well that Sharia law legitimizes violence in the name of divinity. We are sad to see countless open and secret Sharia courts across the West &#8212; now they are trying to do it in America. TAM (The American Muslims) created the first blueprint of a USA-Sharia court system back in 1993 in the model of Native American courts.</p>
<p>Sharia law is more than stoning and amputation. It sanctions other unjust laws even more devastating. Sharia law destroys family peace by setting brothers against sisters with its codification of half-inheritance. It does the same by setting husbands against wives by establishing the husband&#8217;s absolute control over his wife&#8217;s person and sexuality. That is why there is no such thing as the rape of a wife in Sharia law. Sharia law allows child-marriage without caring what the husbands do to the unfortunate little &#8220;brides.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sharia law is a threat to world peace because it thrives on hating others. By dehumanizing others, it blocks us from sharing this planet joyfully with our fellow human beings. It gives us a false sense of superiority and provokes us to govern the world, whereas in the last thousand years our countries have invented almost nothing. Many Sharia supporters wouldn&#8217;t live a day without the gifts of the West. Still, they come here to enjoy the freedom of the liberal democratic system &#8212; while they seek to destroy the same freedom and democratic system.</p>
<p>We must realize that Sharia constantly victimizes every Muslim woman. Whether a husband “disciplines” his wife or not, whether he marries other women or not, his right to do so is an insult to her. These laws were created based on several fake Hadiths and by violating, abusing or ossifying contextual Quranic verses. Changing the meaning of the Quranic word “Sharia/Shara’a” from &#8220;moral guidance&#8221; to &#8220;state law&#8221; was a major conspiracy against Islam. We Muslims have paid heavily for this crime.</p>
<p>Sharia is more than stoning and amputation; it is also an attitude. This Trojan horse of the West is not a benign legal system; but a malignant provocation to establish global Mullahcracy. It gives the informal ownership of Islam to a certain group of people who use sweet talk to hide violent laws.</p>
<p>Much of the reason for Muslims&#8217; sorry state today is a matter of commonsense that the Prophet warned us about:  “<em>What I fear most respecting my people are their misleading Imams”</em> &#8211; Sahi Ibn Majah Vol 5 Hadis 3952.</p>
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		<title>John Esposito&#8217;s Deceptions on &#8216;Islamophobia&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hasan Mahmud]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a doctor betrays a patient.]]></description>
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<p>In most cases, a patient won’t even realize, let alone resist, when a doctor betrays him.</p>
<p>I am a Muslim. I believe that accepting our (Muslims&#8217;) share in creating &#8220;Islamophobia&#8221; in the West will help eliminate it. Dr. John Esposito’s <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/islamophobia-a-threat-to_b_676765.html">recent article</a> in the Huffington Post, “Islamophobia: A threat to American Values?” puts the entire blame on Western “media commentators, hard-line Christian Zionists and politicians.” He even neglects to mention the huge contribution Muslim societies have had on the issue. Esposito ignores that in our global village the West is regularly flooded by violence coming from Muslim societies; violence which is perpetrated in the name of Islam while citing Quranic verses and the Prophet’s examples. The list is long. Here are some examples:</p>
<p>1.	A Sharia court stoned to death a gang-raped girl, who was a minor at the time.</p>
<p>2.	A Sharia court flogged another girl to death for having an affair.</p>
<p>3.	Punishing raped girls/women by Sharia courts is continuing.</p>
<p>4.	Wife-beating is openly preached.</p>
<p>5.	Child-marriage is openly preached.</p>
<p>6.	“No rape in marriage” is openly preached.</p>
<p>7.	Female genital mutilation (FGM) is supported by many clergics including some of Al Azhar University.</p>
<p>8.	Women are instantly divorced – there is no maintenance in such cases.</p>
<p>9.	A woman appealed to a Sharia court to order her husband to beat her not every day but once a week.</p>
<p>10.	Sharia-police (Hisba) are invading people’s lives.</p>
<p>11. The persecution of Muslims with different ideas is reaching a frightening level.</p>
<p>12.	Non-Muslims are arrested for carrying their holy books.</p>
<p>13. The persecution of non-Muslims is continuous and reaching a disturbing level.</p>
<p>14.	Hate preaching against non-Muslims in media is common.</p>
<p>15.	Indoctrination of children with such hate is open and alarming.</p>
<p>16.	School syllabi are full of hatred directed at “The Other.”</p>
<p>17.	Non-Muslim places of worship are destroyed regularly.</p>
<p>18.	Lying and deceiving are supported.</p>
<p>19.	Civil rights are violently suppressed by “Islamic” governments &#8212; often by hanging.</p>
<p>With such phenomena and experience, what else does Dr. Esposito expect from the West except  &#8220;Islamophobia&#8221;?  He also blames the West for resisting the Ground Zero Mosque. I wish he knew how many Muslims around the world are opposed to the proposed Islamic center, not because we don’t want mosques, but because before its construction, the notion of the center created &#8220;fitna&#8221; (division) and violently divided the whole nation.</p>
<p>Esposito is also utterly wrong to state: “Today, opposition to mosque construction with claims that all mosques are &#8216;monuments to terrorism&#8217; and &#8216;house embedded cells&#8217; in locations from NYC and Staten Island, to Tennessee and California, has become not just a local but a national political issue.” I wish he knew that only last month a new mosque, Baitul Gaffar, was constructed in New York without a shadow of resistance, or how many euros European governments are pouring into the construct of new mosques. By the way, women were barred from attending the opening ceremony of Baitul Gaffar (House of Creator) in New York.</p>
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		<title>To Stop or Not to Stop Sharia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hasan Mahmud]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a Muslim, let me counsel my fellow Westerners on how to best fight radical Islam. ]]></description>
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<p>The litmus test to differentiate a progressive Muslim from a radical one is to inquire about the belief in Sharia law being divine. Sharia law is by no means a benign legal system; to the contrary, it is a malignant weapon that aids the pursuit of a global theocracy. The claim that the violence of Sharia law is Allah’s Law destroys the legitimacy of Islam as a “Religion of Peace.”</p>
<p>Like many Muslims I am deeply concerned with the alarming penetration of the institution of Sharia law into the West. After conquering most of Muslim world, this theological python is encircling our civilization and tightening its grip. Muslim women are its primary victims, followed by secular Muslims and non-Muslims. Even a cursory look into Sharia law’s content, spirit and case studies shows that it brutally violates human rights.</p>
<p>Sharia law forms the constitution of radical Islam. Radical Islamists often pose as “Sufi” (saint-like Muslims), “Moderate” or “Progressive” Muslims to deceive the West. But no matter how they dress or what they say, they work to destroy secular democracy and to establish the Islamic State. This deadly virus is flowing through the arteries and veins of the West with the help of numerous politicians, journalists, intellectuals, academics, judges and even religious leaders. An axe can only destroy a tree when it is helped by its wooden handle. On the other hand, the West is constantly bombarded by news of the horrific violence on women and minorities under Sharia law in the Muslim world. As a result, the recent popular opposition to Sharia law in the West was inevitable.</p>
<p>But the resistance is failing; the way the tide is going, Sharia law is appearing to be unstoppable. To defeat it, we need to know its strength and weakness. It is a powerful institution with a legacy of 1300 years, unlimited finance, countless organizations and millions of dedicated followers led by a cunning leadership capable of instant metamorphosis and changes of strategy. Indeed, the leadership has a shrewd ability to learn from failure and a craftily tailored theological structure that allows deception and the killing of opponents.</p>
<p>Sharia law has withstood the world’s two mightiest war machines and emerged as the State constitution in Afghanistan and in previously secular Iraq. Its weakness is in its content and spirit. Sharia law is not only about reading books, it is also about living it. That puts secular Muslims in a stronger and more legitimate position against Sharia law. The Canadian Sharia court that ran for 14 years with the blessing of Canadian law was eliminated mostly due to the forceful movement of secular Muslim organizations MCC and CCMW (Muslim Canadian Congress and Canadian Council of Muslim Women) along with a secular group’s “<a href="http://www.nosharia.com/index.htm">Inter</a><a href="http://www.nosharia.com/index.htm">national Campaign Against Sharia Court in Canada</a>”</p>
<p>If it could happen in Canada, it can happen anywhere.</p>
<p>Western secular and humanist forces are flooding the media with personal opinions against Sharia law without exposing its details. This gives radical Islamists the opportunity and legitimacy to support Sharia law without exposing its details either. As a result, people are unable to make their own judgment as to which side is correct. Nobody wants to be deceived. Once Muslims are shown how they have been deceived in the name of Islam many of them are expected to turn back as I did. One of the most forceful battles in the UK against radical Islam is led by two ex-radicals. The West is not aware of it, but a similar movement is taking place all over the Muslim world. We must use the proofs to create awareness in Muslim societies. A little basic information from past and recent Sharia books can help:</p>
<p>1.      The head of an Islamic State cannot be charged, let alone be punished for theft, murder, robbery, adultery and drinking (Hudood cases) &#8211; Codified Islamic Law Vol 3 # 914C of and page 188 of Hedaya the Hanafi manual. This law alone turns the whole Sharia doctrine upside down.</p>
<p>2.      The perpetrators of genocide, mass rape and plunder will not be punished if they repent &#8211; Codified Islamic Law Vol 1 # 13.</p>
<p>3.      Rape requires four adult male Muslim witnesses for proof. Women’s testimony is not accepted &#8211; Pakistan’s Hudood ordinance 7 of 1979 amended by 8B of 1980. Literally thousands of raped women and girls in many countries have been punished for Zena (physical relations outside marriage) by Sharia courts for want of witness. Ayesha Duhulowa, a gang raped 13 year old girl, was stoned to death by orders of a Sharia court.</p>
<p>4.      Apart from strengthening the oppression of women, the very first impact of Sharia law was the violent fragmentation of Muslim society. Followers of one Imam used to curse followers of other Imams and would not pray after them.</p>
<p>5.      Marriage between followers of Hanifa and Shafi’i was forbidden.</p>
<p>6.      Imam Shafi’i was beaten to death by followers of Imam Hanifa.</p>
<p>7.      None of the Sharia-Imams claimed their laws as God’s law. It was done by Caliphs and a patriarchy that needed the cloak of Islam to legitimize their anti-Islamic control of and women and people generally.</p>
<p>8.      None of the Sharia Imams allowed their law to be enacted as State-law.</p>
<p>9.      None of them joined the political power structures even after repeated invitation; rather each of them was brutally tortured by state-power.</p>
<p>10.  The Sharia-Imams wrote only a few laws; the palace-clergies inserted their own laws in the names of the Imams after their deaths.</p>
<p>11.  Imam Abu Hanifa was killed in the prison by Caliph Harun-Or Rashid. Imam Taymiyah was also killed in the prison.</p>
<p>12.  Even the Ka’aba was not spared. Followers of four Sharia-Imams used to pray in four pulpits built in four corners of the Ka’aba by their own clergy. This anti-Islamic fragmentation continued until the 17<sup>th</sup> century.</p>
<p>There are many more examples. So defeating Sharia law starts with the magic question: “Can you show me your laws?” Radical Islamists cannot survive it.</p>
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		<title>A Muslim Against the Ground Zero Mosque</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Muslim identity, dignity, safety and rights are not toys for our religious leaders to play with.]]></description>
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<p>It is  indisputable that as Muslim immigrants we, as a whole, have failed to put ourselves in  the shoes of the host people. For the last few decades almost all that Americans  have seen from those of us who take our religion literally is violence,  conspiracy, intimidation, gender-discrimination and terrorism. Meanwhile, those of us  who consider ourselves moderates have mostly stood silently by, watching  open or stealth intolerance in the name of Islam from the sidelines.</p>
<p>The  following is an example of graceful behavior when it comes to religious tolerance: On  March 3, 2002, the Hindustan Times in India conducted a poll on building a temple on the ruins of the Babri mosque destroyed by radical Hindus. The destruction involved mass-murder,  mass-rape and the burning of properties of thousands, mainly Muslims, in communal  riots. The result of the poll showed an astounding 69.13% of Hindus supporting  the rebuilding of the original mosque and in opposition to building a Hindu  temple. That was enlightenment on their part.</p>
<p>Ground  Zero is a place of the mass-murder of innocents. Opposition to building a mosque  there is not “anti-Islamic conspiracy” but the opinion of nearly 70% Americans  and 61% of local citizens (CNN, Aug 17, 2010). Indeed we have a legal right to  build it, but lest we forget: applying a right attached to religious faith mandates serious wisdom. The plethora of “Legal Right” gave unethical legitimacy  not only to the mosque-builders but also to the “Koran Burning” project on 9/11 of Rev.  Terry Jones&#8217; of Florida  Dove Outreach  Center. &#8220;It is our right&#8221; he claimed on CNN.  Yes, Jones finally abandoned his idea of carrying out the plan yesterday (Thursday, September 9), but one still wonders: Is Jones not aware that progressive Muslims also share his agony about Sharia law? Is he not aware that, after functioning for fourteen years with the support of provincial  law, the Canadian Sharia Court was legally uprooted not by violence but mainly by the forceful movement of progressive Muslims (i.e. the Muslim Canadian Congress, The Canadian Council of  Muslim Women and the International movement against Canadian   Sharia Court)?</p>
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