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TIME
MAGAZINE'S HATE PROPAGANDA
AGAINST ISLAM
Islam Has Stood The Test Of Time
While Time magazine surveys this destruction of Christianity at its own hands,
it is bewildered to see Muslims grow in numbers and faith across the world. Instead
of explaining this phenomenon in a cool-headed and rational manner as the church
recently did in South Africa, Time magazine abdicated its responsibility and laid
bare its fanatic intolerance. The front page headline is Islam, but Islam is not
explained. If Islam had been explained and a comparative perspective presented,
things would have stood out focussed in a very different light.
The significance of the Qur'an as The Word of Allah, the Glorified and the
Exalted, and the living miracle of Sayyidina Muhammad, peace be upon him, is not
explained. The challenge to non-Muslims to produce even a small chapter like it,
is not answered. Allah has Himself promised in the Qur'an that He will preserve
it and that it has been so preserved is not even mentioned. Its spiritual power,
its linguistic beauty and its captivating qualities are not touched upon. Then
there are the ahadith (sayings) of
Rasulullah, Sallallahu 'alaihi wa alihi wa sallam, one of which is on Arkan-al-Islam
or Pillars of Islam. These are to bear witness that no one is worthy of worship
but Allah and that Muhammad is His Prophet, to establish salah
(ritual prayer), give zakah, fast
in the month of Ramadan, and to go for Hajj
for those who can afford to. A related and very important institution is tahara
(ritual purity). In comparison, what institutions do other religions offer and
how do other religions compare? Why is it that people in the West are beginning
to appreciate the simplicity, decency and dignity of Muslim burial compared to
the extravagance and waste of non-Muslims? Why is Islam the fastest growing religion?
Why did giants like Al-Hajj Muhammad Ali (formerly called Cassius Clay) and Al-Hajj
Malik Shabbaz (formerly called Malcom X) become Muslims? What did the X stand
for in the name Malcolm X, and why did Al-Hajj Malik Shabbaz say "Only if
we believe in the unity of God can we believe in the unity of mankind"? Could
Time magazine really explain all this and not increase the chances of people converting
to Islam?
If someone takes upon himself the onerous responsibility of teaching Islam,
he has to start with explaining the Sifat
of Allah, the Asma Allah ul Husna (the
Beautiful Names of Allah) and the husn khuluq (exemplary character) of
the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him; about his piety, the intensity of
his worship; his zuhd (abstinence); juhd (exertion in the way of
Allah), jihad (fighting to eradicate polytheism, oppression and evil and
to establish justice); his unshakable faith in Allah; his generosity; his magnanimity
in victory; his charitable, forgiving nature; the comprehensive nature and the
range and depth of his 'ulum (knowledge); how his prayers were answered
instantly and his prophesies came true; about his miracles and how he completed
his mission to convey the Deen of Islam. Then he would have to explain about the
Glorious Khilafat of the Khulafa ar-Rashideen
al Mahdiyyeen, the four Rightly Guided Khulafa of Rasulullah, Sallallahu
'Alaihi wa alihi wa sallam, that is, Sayyidina Abu Bakr, Sayyidina Umar, Sayyidina
Uthman and Sayyidina Ali, may Allah be pleased with them all. Then come the awliya
(the saints) and the saleheen (the pious) and their spiritual stature and
their achievements in piety. Add to that the complete, balanced and comprehensive
(fiqh and sharia code of law) of Islam as codified by the a'immah
of madh-hab. In comparison what can secularism and so-called liberalism
offer except racism, moral corruption and the fanaticism of Time magazine?
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