A very interesting article by
Michael Wolfe called “Islam: The Next American Religion?” got my
attention.
The Great Prophecy in Quran
[Quran
48:28] He is the One who sent His messenger with the guidance and
the religion of truth, to make it prevail over all other religions.
GOD suffices as a witness.
In the very beginning Mr. Wolfe wrote this remark
“The U.S. began as a haven for Christian outcasts.
But what religion fits our current zeitgeist? The answer may
be Islam.”
Keeping this in mind, he wrote what he believes would
be the reason for Islam (Submission in English) to be that next
American religion.
Although I agree with him in the major points of his
article, I disagree on a very serious issue.
The traditional Islam known around the world and is
still represented by most of the Muslims in the USA is not the kind
of Islam, Mr. Wolfe dreams of or is speaking about.
The kind of traditional Islam we see around the world
and in most of the mosques in the USA is the wrong Islam and
will die out as the new generations are more educated and
well informed of the corruptions that entered the traditional Islam.
Traditional Islam as practiced today is a case of
disfigurement of the beautiful and peaceful religion of Islam, it
has deserted the Quran and used the man made books of Hadiths and
Sunna to ruin all the major commands in the Quran, the Final
Testament and word of God. I will include what Mr. Wolfe wrote in
red and my comments and reply in black.
<<
Americans tend to think of their country as, at the very least, a
nominally Christian nation. Didn't the Pilgrims come here for
freedom to practice their Christian religion?
Don't Christian values of righteousness under God, and freedom,
reinforce America's democratic, capitalist ideals?
True enough. But there's a new religion on the block now, one
that fits the current zeitgeist nicely. It's
Islam.>>
With that I agree., but the
Islam that will dominate this country, is not the traditional Islam
that is corrupted beyond belief. It is the Islam (Submission)
based on the Quran and that refuses all the corruptions derived
from the man made books of Hadith and Sunna.
[Quran 45:6] These are GOD's revelations that we
recite to you truthfully. In which Hadith other than GOD and
His revelations do they believe?
<<
Islam is the third-largest and fastest growing religious community
in the United States. This is not just because of immigration. More
than 50% of America's six million Muslims were born here. Statistics
like these imply some basic agreement between core American values
and the beliefs that Muslims hold. Americans who make the effort to
look beyond popular stereotypes to learn the truth of
Islam are surprised to find themselves on familiar ground.>>
This truth of Islam can be found in God’s words in
the Quran, not in any other books that traditional Islam follows
especially the books of Hadith and Sunna.
<< Is
America a Muslim nation? Here are seven reasons the answer may be
yes.
(1) Islam is monotheistic.
Muslims worship the same God as Jews and Christians. They also
revere the same prophets as Judaism and Christianity, from Abraham,
the first monotheist, to Moses, the law giver and messenger of God,
to Jesus--not leaving out Noah, Job, or Isaiah along the way. The
concept of a Judeo-Christian tradition only came to the fore in the
1940s in America. Now, as a nation, we may be transcending it,
turning to a more inclusive "Abrahamic" view.>>
It is true, USA is definitely an Abrahamic nation.
Traditional Muslims in the worst of their corruption, and despite
their denial, have made of Muhammad another idol. Their salat,
Hajj, commemoration and glorification does not involve GOD ALONE
anymore, as Quran teaches, but includes as much and sometimes more
of Muhammad, the human being. By doing so, traditional Islam is
no more a monotheistic religion. Even in the mosques of
traditional Islam in the US and abroad , you see the name God (Allah
in Arabic) side by side and equal in size to Muhammad.
Submission (true Islam) and Submitters (True Muslims)
still uphold and honor and devote the religion to God alone as
commanded in the Quran.
This is the kind of monotheism Americans will be
looking for. The new generations are not ready to make Muhammad
another idol. They are more sharp, more sophisticated and well
educated especially when they can see the three religions side by
side.
<< (2)Islam is
democratic in spirit. Islam advocates the right to vote and
educate yourself and pursue a profession. The Qur'an, on which
Islamic law is based, enjoins Muslims to govern themselves by
discussion and consensus. In mosques, there is no particular
priestly hierarchy. With Islam, each individual is responsible for
the condition of her or his own soul. Everyone stands equal before
God.>>
This is very true, but a look around the world will
show that those who call themselves Muslims (traditional Muslims),
are the worst in applying the democratic laws established in the
Quran. 3:159
Only by following the laws of God in the Quran
(Submission-True Islam) can we guarantee the democracy we enjoy in
the USA.
The future generation will definitely reject the
traditional Islam with its oppression , lack of all kinds of
freedom, lack of freedom to worship, freedom of expression,
freedom of commerce, freedom to travel…etc.
The new American generations will appreciate the laws
of democracy in the Quran as represented by the new Submitters
(Muslims in Arabic) who insist upon upholding the Quran ALONE as
commanded by God.
The new American generations will never accept the
corruptions of governments as seen in those called “Islamic
Governments”.
We have a duty to teach them that this corruption in
the traditional Muslim country is NOT Islam but man made
corruptions, found mostly in books of Hadiths and Sunna, not in the
Quran.
<<
Americans, who mostly associate Islamic government with a handful of
tyrants, may find this independent spirit surprising, supposing that
Muslims are somehow predisposed to passive submission. Nothing could
be further from the truth. The dictators reigning today in the
Middle East are not the result of Islamic principles. They are more
a result of global economics and the aftermath of European
colonialism.
Meanwhile, like everyone else, average Muslims the world over want a
larger say in what goes on in the countries where they live. Those
in America may actually succeed in it. In this way, America is
closer in spirit to Islam than many Arab countries>>
We do agree that USA is closer to Islam in spirit
than almost all the so called “Islamic Countries” see our article
at;
http://www.submission.org/islam/usa.html
http://www.submission.org/islam/free-usa.html
<<
(3)Islam contains an attractive
mystical tradition. Mysticism is grounded in the individual
search for God.
Where better to do that than in America, land of individualists and
spiritual seekers? And who might better benefit than Americans from
the centuries-long tradition of teachers and students that
characterize Islam.
Surprising as it may seem, America's best-selling poet du jour is a
Muslim mystic named Rumi, the 800-year-old Persian bard and founder
of the Mevlevi Path, known in the West as the Whirling Dervishes……..
This is a concrete poetry of ecstasy, where physical reality and the
longing for God are joined by flashes of metaphor and insight that
continue to speak across the centuries. >>
Even
this mystical tradition is just that a tradition, and has been
corrupted over the centuries and do not represent the true Islam
(Submission) any more. God gave us ONE book, the Quran and asked us
straight forward not to follow any other source.
<< (4)Islam is
egalitarian. From New York to California, the only houses of
worship that are routinely integrated today are the approximately
4,000 Muslim mosques. That is because Islam is predicated on a level
playing field, especially when it comes to standing before God.
The Pledge of Allegiance (one nation, "under God") and Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address (all people are "created equal") express themes
that are also basic to Islam.>>
The
American constitution is based on principles already found in the
Quran over 1200 years before the constitution was written. See our
article at;
http://www.submission.org/islam/free-usa.html
<< Islam is often viewed as an aggressive faith
because of the concept of jihad, but this is actually a
misunderstood term.
Because Muslims believe that God wants a just world, they tend to be
activists, and they emphasize that people
are equal before God.
These are two reasons why African Americans have been drawn in such
large numbers to Islam. They now comprise about one-third of all
Muslims in America.>>
I
agree
<< Meanwhile, this egalitarian streak also plays
itself out in relations between the sexes.
Muhammad, Islam's prophet, actually was a reformer in his day.
Following the Qur'an, he limited the number of wives a man could
have and strongly recommended against polygamy.
The
Qur'an laid out a set of marriage laws that guarantees married women
their family names, their own possessions and capital, the right to
agree upon whom they will marry, and the right to initiate divorce.
In
Islam's early period, women were professionals and property owners,
as increasingly they are today.
None
of this may seem obvious to most Americans because of cultural
overlays that at times make Islam appear to be a repressive faith
toward women--but if you look more closely,
you can see the egalitarian streak
preserved in the Qur'an
finding expression in contemporary terms.
In
today's Iran, for example, more women than men attend university,
and in recent local elections there, 5,000 women ran for public
office.>>
As Mr
Wolfe himself writes, it is the Quran ALONE that guarantees
all these rights for women and the equality of sexes and races.
This
will totally disappear once you see what the traditional Muslims
follow outside the Quran in their man-made books.
Future
generations in the USA will be holding to the Quran ALONE
(Submission-True Islam) for what it offers and they will reject the
way traditional Islam and Muslims practice.
This
kind of traditional Islam is going to the grave and the true Islam,
upholding the Quran alone will be the future of this country.
Warning to the Arabs
[Quran 47:38] ……….. If you turn away, He will
substitute other people in your place, and they WILL NOT BE LIKE
YOU.
*47:38 The Quran was given to the Arabs, in their language, for 1400
years, but they clearly rejected it and refused to believe that it
is complete; they fabricated Hadith and Sunna.
<<(5)Islam shares America's new
interest in food purity and diet.
Muslims conduct a monthlong fast during the holy month of Ramadan, a
practice that many Americans admire and even seek to emulate. ………..
Muslims also observe dietary laws that restrict the kind of meat
they can eat.
These laws require that the permitted, or halal, meat is prepared in
a manner that emphasizes cleanliness and a humane treatment of
animals.
These laws ride on the same trends that have made organic foods so
popular. >>
I do
agree with Mr. Wolfe, but he ignores the fact that traditional
Muslims made their own man made laws of what is permitted (Halal)
food and ignored the simple basic rules in the Quran.
Please
see our article about Halal (Permitted) food, at;
http://www.submission.org/halal-meat.html
The
new generations in America will have no tolerance to the man made
laws used by traditional Muslims and mosques especially after
knowing the simple rules of God in the Quran.
They
will be rushing in groups to uphold the TRUE ISLAM (SUBMISSION) and
will reject totally the corruption in the traditional Islam and
mosques in the US and outside it..
[110:1] When triumph comes from GOD, and victory.
[110:2] You will see the people embracing GOD's
religion in throngs.
[110:3] You shall glorify and praise your Lord, and
implore Him for forgiveness. He is the Redeemer.
<<(6)Islam is tolerant of other
faiths. Like America, Islam has a history of respecting other
religions. In Muhammad's day, Christians, Sabeans, and Jews in
Muslim lands retained their own courts and enjoyed considerable
autonomy.
As
Islam spread east toward India and China, it came to view
Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and Buddhism as valid paths to salvation.
As
Islam spread north and west, Judaism especially benefited.
The return of the Jews to Jerusalem, after
centuries as outcasts, only came about after Muslims took the city
in 638.
The
first thing the Muslims did there was to rescue the Temple Mount,
which by then had been turned into a garbage heap.
>>
Agree, but we cannot ignore what the traditional
Muslims do in their own, so called “Islamic” countries, persecute
people from other religions, prohibit freedom of religions, torture
and kill others, like Bahaais, Hindus, Christians…etc.
While doing this they totally disobeying God’s rules
in the Quran to respect all other religions and treat them in an
amicable way.
The future American generation will definitely refuse
this kind of corrupted Islam and will chose to follow the true Islam
(Submission) based on the law of God in the Quran.
Traditional mosques in the USA harbor all kinds of
corruptions derived from the man made books and will ultimately
loose as people will become more aware of the true and real Islam
(Submission) that is written allover the ONE complete book, the
Quran.
<<
Today, of course, the long discord between Israel and Palestine has
acquired harsh religious overtones.
Yet
the fact remains that this is a battle for real estate, not a war
between two faiths.
Islam and Judaism revere the same prophetic lineage, back to
Abraham, and no amount of bullets or barbed wire can change that.>>
Agree
<< (7)Islam
encourages the pursuit of religious freedom. The Pilgrims
landing at Plymouth Rock is not the world's first story of religious
emigration.
Muhammad and his little band of 100 followers fled religious
persecution, too, from Mecca in the year 622. They only survived by
going to Madinah, an oasis a few hundred miles north, where they
established a new community based on a religion they could only
practice secretly back home.
No
wonder then that, in our own day, many Muslims have come here as
pilgrims from oppression, leaving places like Kashmir, Bosnia, and
Kosovo, where being a Muslim may radically shorten your life span.
When the 20th century's list of emigrant exiles is added up, it will
prove to be heavy with Muslims, that's for sure. >>
As
much as this is true about Submission (True Islam) (see our article
at ), it is not true in traditional Islam which is practiced
by the majority of Muslims around the world and in the USA, where
hadiths books took away the freedom given by God in the Quran and
placed instead of them man made laws that fight and kill those who
chose to practice their religious freedom.
No
American generation will ever accept this kind of corrupted Islam.
The future American religion will look with admiration and will
accept Submission (True Islam) because its just laws are set by
God Almighty HIMSELF.
<< All in all, there seems to be a deep resonance
between Islam and the United States.
Although one is a world religion and the other is a sovereign
nation, both are traditionally very strong on individual
responsibility.
Like
New Hampshire's motto, "Live Free or Die," America is wedded to
individual liberty and an ethic based on right action.
For
a Muslim, spiritual salvation depends on these. This is best
expressed in a popular saying: Even when
you think God isn't watching you, act as if he is.>>
[4:1] O people, observe your Lord; the One
who created you from one being, and created from it its mate, then
spread from the two many men and women. You shall regard GOD, by
whom you swear, and regard the parents. GOD is watching over you.*
<< Who knows? Perhaps it won't be long now before words like
salat (Muslim prayer) and Ramadan join karma and
Nirvana in Webster's Dictionary, and Muslims take their place
in America's mainstream. >>
God
willing it will, but the True Islam (Submission) will be the
dominant religion, for the values it has, the TRUE word of God, the
Quran.
Mahmoud
Wasfy
info@submission.org
