Muslim Excommunicated for speaking against terrorists

[Krackels]

I just heard this on Dennis Prager this afternoon.

I was able to locate the OP Ed. piece here.

This was published in the Tulsa World on the Editorial Page.

Originally Posted by Tulsa World

Readers Forum: Message of Islam is not jihad, fatwahs
By JAMAL MIFTAH
10/29/2006

I moved to the United States in March 2003, with my four kids and wife from Pakistan bordering Afghanistan. There was a call by a local jihadi organization to fight the coalition forces in Afghanistan. One of my dearest friends, Mirza Kohistani, fell prey to that call and joined the group, despite my advice and that of his wife to him.

All the leaders of that organization returned safely after the fall of the Taliban empire, but they left behind the body of my friend and hundreds of other innocent people like him.

I am obliged to respond to Ayman al-Zawahri's recent video message, portraying himself as champion of Islam and others as liars.

My message to Ayman al-Zawahri and Muslims of the world: "Islam" means submission and is derived from a word meaning "peace." Islam, Christianity and Judaism have the same origin, the Prophet Abraham. The prophet of Islam has said that God has no mercy on someone who does not have mercy for others.

I ask that al-Zawahri look at his deeds and those of his master, Osama bin Laden, and other so-called Islamic jihadists.

Because of lack of knowledge of Islam, Muslim youth are misguided into believing by the so-called champions of the cause of Islam that the current spate of killings and barbarism, which has no equal in the recent civilized history, is jihad in the name of Islam. They are incited, in the name of Islam, to commit heinous crimes not pardonable by any religion and strictly forbidden in Islam.

Cowards like al-Zawahri and bin Laden are inciting the ignorant and innocent youths to commit suicide bombings to kill innocent civilians including children, women and the elderly, while they hide in spider holes and caves. They never send their own sons and daughters, born out of half a dozen of their wives, to get killed in the name of Islam. They are themselves hypo crites, cowards, thugs and liars. For 12 years they misappropriated aid received from the U.S. and the West to fight Russia. Now they are ensuring smooth flow of petro dollars from Arab countries in the name of jihad against the West.

Even mosques and Islamic institutions in the U.S. and around the world have become tools in their hands and are used for collecting funds for their criminal acts. Half of the funds collected go into the pockets of their local agents and the rest are sent to these thugs.

They are the reason for branding the peaceful religion of Islam as terrorism. The result, therefore, is in the form of Danish cartoons and remarks/reference by the Pope.

I appeal to the Muslim youth in particular and Muslims of the world in general to rise up and start jihad against the killers of humanity and help the civilized world to bring these culprits to justice and prove that Islam is not a religion of hatred and aggression.

I appeal to the Muslim clerics around the world that, rather than issuing empty fatwas condemning suicide bombing, they should issue a fatwa for the death of such scoundrels and barbarians who have taken more than 4,267 lives of innocent people in the name of Islam and have carried out more than 24 terrorist attacks on civilian installations throughout the world. This does not include the chilling number of deaths because of such activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, which is well over 250,000.

I appeal to al-Zawahri and his band of thugs to hand themselves over to justice and stop spreading evil and killing innocent humans around the world in the name of Islam. Their time is limited and Muslims of the world will soon rise against them to apprehend them and bring them to justice.

Jamal Miftah is a resident of Tulsa.

You can listen to the show here.


In case you haven't listened to the show, this isn't where the story ends. After this piece was published he was threatened by Muslims in his own mosque and even forbidden from returning to his mosque until he retracts what he has written and appologizes.

Newscaster: Miftah says several muslims told him he is no longer allowed at the mosque. He says leaders told him there is only one way he can come back to worship.
Miftah: "There are two members of the community who spoke to them. And they are sayin he has to appologize, he has to take his article back and that's the only ay we can let come into [the] mosque."

And I'd highly recommend you check out the local CBS news affiliate, channel 9 news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbkrKH7SCio

There is also more information here.

All of this because he asked for a fatwah against terrorists?

Is this really a religion of peace and tolerance


Flame away.

[OrangeSkies]

More like the religion of feces.

[Miguel]

Islam is in a deperate need for internal change, or risk a war that could see it either win it all, or lose it all. Moslems (influnetial ones) either take back their religion, and persecute the likes of Al Qaeda and Hizbolla, or risk winning/losing it all by following them. Moselms around the world do most of the fighting against the likes of Al-Qaeda, but too many influential Moslems support the cause of terrorism, if only by donating a few bucks here and there, or chastizing a fellow like this one.
If what Bush wanted to do had been done by all of the west in a united manner (force out dictators in the Arab world, and put democracies in their place), this would have defused a lot of terrorism. Regretfully the Arab world remains one of the last bastions of military dictatorships, some supported by us.

[nickb]

sammi....Nikon..... is Jamal Miftah on the right track? Or was he treated fairly by his mosque?

[Krackels]

Not to knock on the religion as a whole, but it's disturbing when we see these kind of Islamofacist ideas so close to home.

I mean this is Tulsa, Oklahoma not Tehran or even London for that matter.

[sammi]

He did make a mistake. As muslims we don't belive chrstianity and judaism stemmed from abraham as he said. muslim=submitter. We belive abraham was a submitter, not a jew or a christian. If jesus didnt hear of the word christian how did abraham...

Its very simple when it comes to terrorism. They are a deviant sect.

prophecys of such people to come that our prophet (peace be upon him) warned us about. One famoue one narrated from the diceple of the prophet when he went out with his army to destroy them. Ali (radiallahu annhu) said:

“There will arise a people from my nation, those who will recite the Qur’aan; your recitation is nothing (insignificant) compared to theirs, your prayer is nothing (insignificant) compared to theirs. They recite the Qur’aan believing it is evidence in support of them yet it is actually against them. Their prayer will not even go beyond their throats (mere reading only). They will pass through and out of Islaam just as an arrow passes out of a target.”

other prochecys which are found in the most authentic source for muslims besides the quran which is the sunnah.

<FONT face="Trebuchet MS"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"><FONT face=Arial>The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

[sammi]

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

“There will appear at the end of time a group of people and it is as if this man is from them. They will recite the Qur’aan yet it will not reach beyond their throat. They will pass through Islaam as an arrow passes through a target. Their distinctive mark is their shaven heads. They will not cease to appear until the last of them rise up along side the antichrist…"

And in another hadeeth (narration) the prophet (peace be upon him) said:

“At the end of time there will emerge people who will be young and foolish. They will speak as if they are the best of creation and they will recite the Qur’aan but it will not go any deeper than their collar bones...They are the most evil of people and of creation...They will call people to the Book of Allaah but they have nothing to do with it. Whoever fights them is closer to Allah than them and there sign is that they shave their heads.”

(The fighting here is meant for the Muslim authorities, not the common people, just as 'Ali the 4th caliphate took his army to defeat them)

[sammi]

Islaamic condemnation on the despicable acts that occurred on 9/11 and events like it:
"…the terrorist attacks that took place and what occurred of general (mass) killing, then it is not permissible and Islam does not allow it in any form whatsoever. Islam frees itself from this action, regardless of whether those responsible for it were Muslims or non-Muslims. And none of the scholars who are upon the correct form of Islam, affirm the likes of these actions. The likes of these actions, in any place or time, which happen here and there, were never known in Islam, ever. In fact, never since Allaah sent the Prophet (peace be upon him) till this time of ours. These actions were never known amongst Islam and the Muslims – assassination of innocent people and bombings and widespread murder. So Islam does not allow them and nor do Muslims perform them, and the true followers of Islam – which is balanced and moderate – then they free themselves from these actions and from those who performed them, regardless of whether they were Muslims or non-Muslims. This is oppression and Islam forbids it…"

Excerpt taken from a speech given by Shaykh Saalih as-Suhaymee in Saudi Arabia

[sammi]

The permanent council holds this (bombing) to be none other than a sinful act of transgression and an atrocious crime. It is an act of treachery and treason, a public display of breaching, that which is held inviolable by religion, wealth, their safety, and security. None but a wicked evil person could do such an act—someone full of envy, disloyalty, jealousy, oppression and enmity, and the hatred of life and well-being. Muslims have never differed with regards to the forbiddance of such an act, its hideousness, and the great sin acquired thereby. The verses of the Qur’aan and Hadeeth (statements of the Prophet Mohammad [peace be upon him]) regarding the forbiddance of such crimes are well-known.

-The Permanent Council of Saudi Arabia’s Senior Scholars Condemnation of Bombings

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if you are interested and want to find out more, as these terrorists can be written abuot in volumes... this is a good site for it.

http://www.calgaryislam.com/imembers...rror_page.html

[sammi]

excellent lecture given to birtish media in UK about these terrorists.

http://www.spubs.com/sps/sad/mp3.cfm?scn=dl&LeID=129