Tuesday, 6th January 2009
Muslim deviance? Gimme a break
Few, if any, in the Western leadership seem to make the point that Al Qaeda is a deviant phenomenon within the Islamic world, just as Hitler was a deviant phenomenon within the Christian world (commentators seem to overlook Hitler’s early speeches calling on Catholic principles). But Islam has a much better record over the ages (despite its founder being far more warlike than the founder of Christianity) of dealing with its deviants who take violence to excess.
Responsibilities of Muslim immigrants
This speech was delivered at Toronto on June 10, 1977.
O My bondmen who believe!
The history of the world would have been different had America been blessed with Islam
The United States not only abounds in mineral resources, but has, also, the bands to exploit them. In this respect, it is exceedingly fortunate and the whole world is, as if it were, keenly desirous to prove it. Everyone is a beggar at its door, eager to solicit its favours. But their ingenuity, sense of discipline and capacity for management, the people here have organised their life so well that the world at large is benefiting from it. In the material and economic fields they are supreme. You can justly be envious of America and admire it as much as you like. I do not believe in partisanship whether religious, social or political. One must give praise where praise is due. But, at the same time, this country is most unfortunate. I say it with a full sense of responsibility. Many of you may be shocked at it, but it is a fact.
Discovery of America
(The speech was delivered at the Muslim Community Centre, Chicago on June 19, 1977, before
Cheese, Cartoons and the Holocaust
Jaihoon’s critique on the blasphemous cartoons published in Denmark.
11 May 2008CE | 06 Jumada al-Ula 1429AH |