Have you met Sheikh Isa?
One of the more dynamic speakers in the area of Muslim outreach on MySpace.com, Sheikh Isa maintains a blog giving one Muslim man's point of view on world events and politics.
Incensed by the current papal row igniting anti-Christian sentiments in the Muslim world, Sheikh Isa writes:
Currently, around the world, there are a handful of people who claim to be muslim, yet are violating Islamic law. Yes, violating the Qur'an, pushing the Sunnah aside, disregarding Shariah. Does this make them non-muslims. I cannot answer that, only Allah can judge the intentions of Man. However, what I can do is state unequivocally, that what they are doing is not Islam.
Again, this is not an Irshad Manji or an adherent to "liberal Islam". This is a devout Muslim speaking out about what he sees as Qur'anic injustices:
You think that Allah is going to reward you with Jannah because you killed a nun?!? Subhanahu Allah, you just broke three commands in one shot there. You think you can firebomb a church, and not have to answer for it?
Do you think this is Jihad, when you are not even living your life according to the Sunnah, and you just listen to someone telling you to kill innocents?
Lest we forget, 9/11 was caused by "Islamic fundamentalists" who were in a bar the night before.
One who fights jihad is, in Arabic, a mujahid, one who fights holy war. One who is a religious hypocrite, calling out for actions not in line with shari'a under the pretense of Islam, is exhibiting nifaq, and is called munafiq. I think Sheikh Isa would, along with this author, decry the blurring of the two categories.
Sheikh Isa concludes:
To my non-muslim friends. The actions of these fricking idiots is NOT what Islam teaches. A) It is forbidden to kill priests, rabbis, monks. B) It is forbidden to destroy churches. C) It is forbidden to harm the women, children and eldery.(sic) D) It is forbidden to engage in physical Jihad without just cause, and without a threat to Islam.
Perhaps you might want to take a look at his profile.
A refreshing voice of Qur'an in a growing sea of media spin. Voices like these, which unequivocally stand for the peaceful sublime essence of their faiths while clinging wholeheartedly to their holy texts, actually serve the cause of coexistence, rather than the cause of global warfare.
Peace is Pax is Shalom is Sala'am. What kind of problem could you have with that?
Comments
Wow, thank you so much for your kind words brother.
May Allah keep us all on the straight and narrow path of serving Him alone, and guide to more knowledge and understanding each day.
Posted by: Isa | September 19, 2006 12:54 AM
I found Isa a while ago through your myspace. Great thinker. Isa, I again invite you to contribute to my blog. Check out the url on this comment.
Posted by: simon | September 19, 2006 12:33 PM
'Isa is one I refer to as my common-law son. I could not be more proud of him and his stance for his faith than I was when I read his most recent blog on the subject.
Posted by: Maggie Stewart-Grant | September 19, 2006 06:35 PM
Thank you for posting this blog.
Posted by: Najlaa | September 20, 2006 02:09 PM