KHUTAB IV: 18. SLANDERING ISLAM
18. SLANDERING ISLAM
(ANUMA, 04.12.2009)
Recently we have seen the news on TV that people in Switzerland opposed
the building of a minaret in a mosque, although the Swiss government had
approved its building confirming and
applying the policy of freedom of religion in that country. The reason: the
minaret is a symbol of Islamic presence and establishment, and they were
suspicious of this religion due to allegations made by Western mass media. Out
of approximately one hundred mosques there, only four of them have minarets.
One month after the event of September 11, 2001, the
Italian President Berlusconi while talking with the German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and the Russian
President Vladimir Putin denounced Islam as an uncivilized religion, and
praised Western civilization as a
superior one because it guarantees and maintains human rights. He made a
conclusion that the West has to be able to conquer Muslims as it had done with
the Communism. To his surprise, while his statement was still fresh in people’s
mind, bad news for him came from Riyadh. The Italian ambassador to Saudi Arabia,
Torquato Cardelli embraced Islam and pronounced the shahādah (the
declaration that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of
Allah) on 15th November 2001, one day before Ramadan that year.
After a long and strong spiritual struggle within his mind he decided to
abandon his Catholic faith and to embrace Islam. He was the second Italian
ambassador to the Muslim world who converted to Islam. The first one was Mario
Scialoja. He embraced Islam at the end of
1988, when he was Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy
to the United Nations in New York,
with the rank of Ambassador.[1] Alhamdu lillah, so far, we have not heard any
Muslim ambassador who converted to any other religion.
Comparing God in Christianity and in Islam, the Evangelist Franklin
Graham, the fourth son of the late Evangelist Billy Graham of the Southern
Baptist Church, made his conclusion that they are different, and Islam is an
evil religion, and that the Qur’an preached violence.
Despite incessant slander on Islam in the West, a
German scholar Dr. Gerard Anders, Rector of Bochum University which is one of
the largest universities in Germany,
and the Head of Arabic and Islamic Studies in this university said that the
allegation of terrorism to Islam by the West is unfounded and unjustified. The
term “fundamentalism” if it is meant
“the total acceptance of Islamic teachings,” kāffah in Arabic, then this
principle, Dr. Gerard Anders argues, is the one that united the Islamic world.
Terrorism and barbarism of Muslims alleged by the West had nothing to do with
Islam. The Taliban movement in Afghanistan,
he argued, was only the different interpretation of Islamic law, which is
normal in the field of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence).
In the same month of September 2001, a senior reporter of the Sunday
Express in London was captured by the Taliban on an undercover assignment in
Afghanistan. Her name was Yvonne Ridley. She was treated well by the Taliban
and finally released. The shocking news of her capture by the Taliban was
followed by shocking news for the West. Upon her return to England she
converted to Islam. She said:
… I can define the moment that I lost faith in
Christianity. And that was during the siege of Manger Square,[2] when
the Israelis were shelling the Church
of Nativity, the holiest shrine in
Christendom, and not a single church leader in this country [United Kingdom]
condemned what was happening. Children up-and-down the country re-enact the
Nativity every Christmas, it’s so pivotal to the whole religion, and not one
lousy bishop or archbishop – not one of them –stood up. If they don’t have the
conviction to stand up and shout about the abuse that’s happening to the
holiest shrine in Christendom, if they couldn’t care less, why should I care?
Two years ago, in April 2007 Yvonne Ridley came to Australia and spoke at the Islamic Conference in
Melbourne.
The more amazing story of conversion to Islam is that
of Joseph Cohen. He was a devout Jew who emigrated with his family from the USA
(Brooklyn, New York) to the occupied Ghaza by Israel, then moved to
Netivot, and finally to Morocco.
After three years he decided to embrace Islam. He told his intention to
his wife Luna whom he had married ten years ago, who was also a devout Jewish.
He told her that he loved her and had to be honest with her, that he had read
the Qur’an and believed that it was a divine revelation. He said further that
if he kept claiming to be a follower of Judaism, he would have lied. The whole
family embraced Islam, and moved from Netivot to a small village in East
Jerusalem, and eventually to Tetouan in Morocco, the native town of his
wife.
Joseph Cohen totally changed. He changed his name from
Joseph Cohen to Youssef al-Khattab. Before, he was supporter of the Orthodox
Jewish party, now he supported the radical Hamas, the Palestinian people’s
liberation movement against the Israeli occupation. He did not call any longer
the land he was living in “Israel”,
but “Palestine”,
where he believed that an Islamic state had to be created. Before, his children
were devout students of Judaism, now devout students of Islam. His eldest son,
Abdul-Rahman was said to have memorized the Qur’an on 2 November 2009, two
month ago, at the age of 17. Here is what Youssef Khattab said about himself in
2006:
I
was born to a Secular Jewish family, and at the age of 18 years old decided to
look “deeper" into belief in God. Like most people, I looked at religion
from a view point that was closer to me. Being that my family was Jewish and I
was raised to attend Jewish schools I looked into Rabbinical "Orthodox
Judaism".
In the year 1988 I entered a Yeshiva and started
my journey into the Orthodox Rabbinical racist cult. In 1991 I wed my 1st wife
(then) Luna Mellul now Qamar al Khattab[3].
She was from the Moroccan town named Tetouan and was attending the racist
Orthodox Jewish girl’s seminary known as Breuers or Sampson Raphael Hirsh Bet
Yaakov aka Bais Yakov.
1992 brought us the birth of my 1st child
Abdel Rahman (formally Rachamim Cohen). Alhumdulilah he was then as
he is now my pride and joy. Upon the birth of Abdel Rahman we were living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in
the Satmar Hasidic community. I used to see all the lying and cheating,
government scams and money laundering using the Synagogue and Yeshiva bank
accounts and the poor hygiene of these folk, and was nervous for my new born
son not to grow up like these folk. We tried broadening our horizons and
moved to the Ocean Parkway
area of Brooklyn, later that year.
1994 till 1998 brought us the birth of 3 more
wonderful children alhumdulilah. Hesibeh, Abdel Aziz (formally Ezra), and
Abdullah (formally Ovadia) during these years I tried to convince
myself that Judaism was a true path and I just didn’t understand it
because I never read the entire set of Talmud and in 3 different
ways of understanding it including the "hidden level".
You see this is the trick in the rabbinical cult, you will not EVER finish
learning all the rabbinic text thus you are subservient to the Rabbis (aka
Elders of Zion)
who will interpret Judaism for you. During this time frame the Rabbis saw that
we doubted their beliefs thus constantly followed our family contacting all new
friends and employers etc. The Rabbis MUST ALWAYS know where you move to and
who your friends are. The Rabbis were starting to be a big nuisance as were the
Rabbinical Jews; so seeking a better future elsewhere we loaded up the family
and moved to Palestine.
(then like most westerners we were brainwashed to refer to the Jew entity
as Israel).
September, 1998 we now arrived in Ghaza or what the
Jewish squatters refer to as Gush Qatif. Quickly my wife was turned off by the
lies of the folk there and my son Abdel Rahman came running home
from school one day saying "Daddy, my teacher doesn’t cover her
hair properly, her dress is to short, they don't learn Torah here
and all they do is play"!! Maashaallah, my son was very correct so
with no possessions or money we set off to find a home in the nearby Jew
settlement of Netivot in occupied 1948 Palestine.
Shas, a religious political party" immediately helped us
by providing a home and their private school system and my kids went from
knowing NO Hebrew to being tops in their class alhumdulilah. During our stay in
Netivot I met a Muslim from UAE and we had conversations for about 2 years
where he would ask me questions about Jewish Aqeedah or Jewish creed, and then
compare it to Tawheed al Elohiya a part of Islamic Monotheism. I would then go
and ask major Rabbis questions about the Jewish creed and always got 60000
different answers. The Jews can't even tell you where there God is based on text;
rather they say God is everywhere! (authubilah) One day I decided to go to the
Arab souk and buy a translation of the meaning of the Holy Quran in the English
language. Subahanallah!!!!! I could not put it down!! Every problem I had with
Jews and Judaism was being addressed by Allah the Most High, in the 1st 3
chapters of the Quran.[4]
Allah swt answered most of my doubts about Judaism. The Quran is firm with the
Jews and invites them to a just truth (Islam) to save them from the hellfire
their ancestors are currently in.
When I finished reading the entire Quran, I could no
longer associate with Jews any longer, thus I was obliged to tell my wife I am
a Muslim. Alhumdulilah within 2 weeks my wife decided to read the Quran and
became a Muslimah!!! Then the kids after her alhumdulilah.
Today
2006 alhumdulilah I live in Morocco
with my wife Qamar and kids. My kids no longer remember Hebrew and their 1st
language is Arabic. All the kids are learning in Islamic Arabic Schools,
alhumdulilah we thank Allah subhana wa tala for blessing us with Islam.
Wearing a gamis (Arab gown dress) with a white
cap on his head, Yousef al-Khattab tried to forget his fast and concentrate on
his present to become a fully 100% Muslim, a kāffah (“fundamental”)
Muslim. He still cites the morning prayer of the Jews, but instead of thanking
God for not being born as non-Jews, he thanks Him for not making him a Jew, i.e.,
a follower of Judaism. We watched on the television long time ago Richard Dawkins, the world's most famous atheist
from Oxford, England came to
interview him in the mosque. To his disappointment Yousef al-Khattab told him
that the Jews were occupying the land
of Muhammad, a statement
Richard Dawkins never expected. He left immediately.
When the newly appointed Pope Benedict XVI criticized Islam, Youseph
al-Khattab gave his answer posted on 17 September 2006 as follows:
I believe the true reason that Pope Benadick [sic]
made his recent statements condemning Islam as a religion of hate, is pure self
hatred. Islam forbids forcing ANYONE to convert, and allows Jews and Christians
the right to live and prosper in our lands. Case and point is the city that I
live today Tetouan; this
city was basically founded by Jews and Muslims that were thrown out of Spain
due to the Catholic Inquisition.
Historically, Morocco
for example has been a bastion of peace for Islam, Christianity and Judaism
where all lived without worry until the establishment of the Jew Enemy Entity
in 1948. Could we say the same about the Jews under Catholic Europe?
…
In conclusion, you can hide the truth to all people,
but not all the time; you can hide it all the time, but not to all people, let
alone hiding it to all people all the time. No matter how you hide the truth,
eventually, it will prevail. (MAS 04.12.09)
Sources:
(http://www.atlastours.net /holyland/mosque_of_omar.html).
(Wikipedia)
[1] Mario Scialoja was a retired Italian diplomat,
and was born in Rome on July 29, 1930. His last post was Ambassador to Saudi
Arabia from 1994 to 1996. Upon retiring he has decided to spend his last years
serving the Muslim Community of Italy. .… (Wikipedia)
[2] “Manger Square (Arabic:
مَيْدَانُ اْلمَهْد) is an important city square in the center of Bethlehem. It
takes its name from the manger where Jesus
was born which, according to Christian dogma, is in the Church of the Nativity (Arabic:
كَنِيْسَةُ اْلمَهْد),
possibly the oldest existing church in the world, which surrounds the square.
Also around Manger Square is the Mosque of Omar (the city's only mosque)
and the Palestinian Peace Center …. In May 2002, during an Israel Defense Forces raid into the square, a
number of locals (some of whom were armed) occupied the Church of the Nativity. It became the site
of a 5-week stand-off. The number of people inside was estimated between 120
and 240 Palestinians that several Palestinians inside the church compound were
shot dead by Israeli snipers during the siege. ”. (Wikipedia encyclopedia). The Mosque of Omar in Bethlehem) is not the Mosque of Omar (Dome of the
Rock) which was built earlier in 1193 in Jerusalem. This mosque was built in 1860 and last
renovated in 1954 on the location where Omar ibn al-Khattab prayed when he
visited the city in 638 as an envoy of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.). (http://www.atlastours.net
/holyland/mosque_of_omar.html).
[3] Luna, in Roman mythology, the goddess of the
moon and the month, in Latin and Italian means “the moon” itself, and in Arabic
is qamar. So, the name Qamar is the Arabic translation of Luna.
[4] The three chapters he means are (1) surah
al-Baqarah (chapter 2) containing
286 verses. Here Allah talked directly to the Children of Israel (يَا أَهْلَ
اْلكِتَاب) in 34 verses,
and about them in 28 verses; total: 62 verses;(2) surah Āl ‘Imrān
(chapter 3) containing 200 verses. Here Allah talked directly to them and the
Christians as ‘the People of the Book” (يَا أََهْلَ ْالكِتَاب) three times, and indirectly through Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.
(قُلْ يَاأَهْلَ الْكِتَاب) also three
times, and about them nine times; total: 15 times; (3) surah al-Nisā’ (chapter 4) containing
174 verses. Allah talked to them directly twice, once as ياَ
أَهْلَ الْكِتَاب (“O People of the Book”) and the other “O you who have been
given the Scripture (Jews and Christians(
” (يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِيْنَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَاب), indirectly twice
“Say (O Muhammad), O People of the Book”
قُلْ يَاأَهْلَ الْكِتَاب) ( , and about
them 10 times; total: 12 times.
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