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fruits may be rotten.
It is possible to preach a good brand of Islam and still be able to support
the arguments with a number of moderate Quranic verses and Hadiths.
By Mumin Salih Most Muslims follow such approach when they start practicing Da’awa
(calling for Islam) and it is a recognized Islamic practice to use even
2006/01/03 financial incentives to tempt people to join in the fold of Islam. The
Quran made it clear that such new comers (Al Muaalafat Qulubohom)
Most of us, if not all, agree that there are many good Muslims around who are still not sure of Islam are given Zakat money to help them to
who believe in the same human values that are common to all nations make their decision, which is the practice in Saudi Arabia today. It
and cultures and, at the same time, practice their religion with comes as a no surprise that many good Muslims see Islam from the
moderation and without jeopardising their relations with others. This moderate verse’s and ahadith points of view and believe it to be a
kind of Muslims genuinely believes that Islam teaches peace, love and religion of peace and noble social values. They would usually produce
other good social values. Many exMuslims may have once belonged to the same set of moderate Quranic verses and hadiths in defence of their
this category, until they started to dig deep on Islamic knowledge and religion.
discover more about the untold secrets of Islam.
It is during this stage that a Muslim commits himself/herself to the
Those socalled good Muslims (described above), as well as many absolute obedience and total submission to Allah, that is, to
western apologists of Islam, ardently believe that there is no problem Mohammed’s teachingsas if they sign a contract with Allah that
with Islam itself, but the real problem lies in its correct understanding becomes binding immediately. Once this stage is achieved and a Muslim
and appropriate application. Some may wonder why we don’t promote signs the agreement with Allah, the rest is just a matter of reading the
this good brand of Islam as an alternative to radical Islam. This essay small print when other Islamic teachings about slavery, aggressive wars
will explain why this is only a wishful thinking as moderate Muslims can and treatment of others will come to light. Only then they realise there is
easily turn to radicalism. more to true Islam than what they had initially learned.
Marketing Islam
The Islamic package comes in several stages: in the first stage, Muslims Covenant of Allah
are introduced to a soft aspect of Islamic teachings which is purported to
be in harmony with natural human instincts like relations with parents The Quran makes many references to this kind of agreement between
and giving charities. Following today’s fashion you may also add the Allah and Muslims using the word Ahd (Arabic for Covenant) this word
emphasis on the myths of Quranic miracles which only exist in the minds can also be used to mean an agreement or contract in Arabic.
of Islamic scholars. With this, also include some favourable quotations
made by westerners for various reasons and in peculiar circumstances Read the following Quranic verses to see how Allah sees this covenant
which is outside the scope of this essay. This is an introductory phase (Translations of Yusuf Ali)
designed to establish allegiance to Allah, i.e. to Mohammed’s teachings.
This is always kept nicely polished and claimed as ranking high at the Q.2:27 Those who break Allah's Covenant after it is ratified, and
top of the Islamic package. Marketing Islam in this way reminds me of who sunder what Allah has ordered to be joined, and do
how shops in many Islamic countries sell big boxes of fruits and mischief on earth: these cause losses (only) to themselves.
Q.2:40 …and fulfil your Covenant with Me as I fulfil My the Shahada is also a self contradicting statement as it is about giving the
Covenant with you, and fear none but Me. name Allah to God. If Muslims really believe there is only one God then
why he needs a name, especially a pagan name?
Q.16:91 Fulfil the Covenant of Allah when ye have entered into it
…. Also, according to this contract, the second party (Muslims) will commit
themselves to a total trust in Mohammed’s teachings without ever
Q.16:95 Nor sell the Covenant of Allah for a miserable price: for questioning them even when they seem so bizarre. Muslims are not
with Allah is (a prize) far better for you, if ye only knew. committed to trust human minds unless they are in agreement with
Mohammed’s teachings, because, according to them human minds can
Q.13:20 Those who fulfil the Covenant of Allah and fail not in be misleading. Islam (which means submission, not peace) demands
their plighted word; total blind faith from its followers. Therefore, Muslims are expected to
place their total trust in Mohammed’s teachings, no matter how much
Q.33:15 And yet they had already covenanted with Allah not to absurd they might sound. When Mohammed says dip the fly in your food
turn their backs, and a covenant with Allah must (surely) because there is cure in its wing then that must be true regardless of
be answered for. what science says. Muslim intellectuals devised various excuses to help
their brains swallow such inedible nonsense, such as: saying ‘who
Q.33:23 Among the Believers are men who have been true to their knows? May be in the future science will prove it right! Allah knows
Covenant with Allah: of them some have completed their best’
vow (to the extreme), and some (still) wait: but they have
never changed (their determination) in the least: In effect, Muslims accept to put their brains to rest as no more thinking is
required. A Muslim’s mind is mainly used to read and memorise the
Q.48:10 ….. and anyone who fulfils what he has covenanted with Quran, hadiths and other Islamic studies. Outside the Islamic field, a
Allah, Allah will soon grant him a great Reward. Muslim’s mind can only be used to augment whatever information
already exists in the Islamic library and must always come to the
It appears from the above verses that the Quran is talking about a conclusions that are supportive to the Islamic ideology. Other
contract between Allah as the first party and Muslims as the second conclusions will not be tolerated and may even be treated as crimes that
party, and it is very important that Muslims must fulfil their part of the might be punishable by death sentence.
contract in order that Allah fulfils His part. Let us have a look at some of
its clauses. In return for the above, Allah (the first party), promises victory to
Muslims in this life, and Paradise in the next life. Allah is the tool used
by Mohammed to discipline his followers and is still used for this
purpose in our time. To avoid His severe punishment in life and after life
According to this contract, the second party (Muslims) promises to Muslims are in constant fear of upsetting Allah, and there is no shortage
pronounce The Shahada, which is the single most important pillar of of examples in the Quran of how Allah had punished those who
Islam and makes the difference between a Muslim and a nonMuslim. disobeyed Him in the past. At certain stage, Allah nearly annihilated the
The Shahada (in Arabic it means seeing or eye witnessing) is a entire human race from the face of earth. This is why when a committed
statement made by a Muslim that he/she is a witness that Allah is God, Muslim is asked to become a suicide bomber he/she has no choice but to
and that Mohammed is his messenger. Considering that not a single oblige—can a Muslim ever dare to disobey Allah?
Muslim has ever seen Mohammed in the last thirteen centuries you know
what a big flat lie this is! It is amazing the number of Muslims who are
willing to make such a wrong statement in front of God! The first part of
Making of a radical Muslim from a good one
Good Muslims are good so long as they are still in full personal control
of their minds. Even then, they are within the reach of the hands of
radicalism. All it takes to make fundamentalists from good Muslims is to
produce some of the radical verses or hadiths to show them how they are
in breach of their contract with Allah and, by agreement; they will shut
up and be convinced. The weakness of Muslims is: they agreed to
surrender their minds’ abilities to reason. They surrender their minds to a
7 th century man whom they never met or seen—a man who painted for
them a brutal picture of Allah which they are not allowed to dispute for
one second.
Good Muslims are carriers of a deadly virus of cult; they feel healthy and
appear healthy but are always vulnerable to develop the full blown
disease. The very fact that they are good puts them under increased risk
of giving up the controls of their minds to Mohammed’s teachings to
honour their contract with Allah. Once that happens, it is only a matter of
time when they will be sucked into the black hole of radical Islam.
Mumin Salih’s e mail address is: mumbo.mua884@googlemail.com