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More Concepts by Islamic Viewpoint

These are a few questions that the West asks about Islam time and

again and I hope that the answers to these would make the asking mind

see the Truth clearly without any doubt insha Allah.

(Q-1)Why are Muslims involved in Terrorism? Does Islam profess

Terrorism?

(A)-Islam is truly a path of life that asks for peace. Islam is not only a

religion but a complete code of life. It is the collection of Commands of

Allah and as Allah is from all times, His collection of Commands

"Islam" as His Attribute is from all times and from the first messenger

of Allah namely Adam PBUH to the last messenger of Allah namely

Muhammad PBUH, these Commands were clearly presented to HumanBeings but most people rejected the Truth and only a few accepted it by

the teachings of the Messengers and it was only fully accepted and

applied at the golden time of Muhammad and the specific name

"Islam" (to surrender one's desires to the Will of Allah) was given to

these Commands. Islam was not founded by Muhammad PBUH and

that is why Islam is not named for any man like many other paths of life

but it is the Truth from all times indeed and please note that the Truth

must always be ONE. It must not change with time and place and must

not be based on any man's name (that is why Islam is surrender toAllah's Will and not Muhammadenism as some westerners do term it

without any knowledge, thinking that Muhammad was the founder of

Islam). We do not like to be called by the name of any person though we

Muslims do respect Muhammad greatly as he was the last messenger of

Allah conveying the same message of Allah that was given by Adam,

Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, Daniel, Zechariah, Yahya

(John) and many other messengers that are between these all great men

and messengers and of course Jesus the symbol of Love and Peace who

was born 600 years before Muhammad and no other messenger is

between these two great messengers of Allah (salaam on all these greatMessengers of Allah). Its a pity that due to terrorist actions that are

totally against Islam, of such individuals who call themselves Muslims

and even have the appearance of good Muslims, Islam is being projected

by its ill-wishers as a path of terrorism. Note that terrorism has two

faces; one is where it targets innocent persons without any alarm so as

to make them weak, totally oblivious of the grave danger they face and


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the other is where it targets people already weaker in physical powers

than itself even by information for whatever reason it deems fit just to

better their matters by its own viewpoint by force. May Allah curse both

these faces of terrorism that we find today around us. Believe me we

would have to fight against Terrorism together (not in the sense it is

said in the West but in the sense that we have to defend the weak people

of the world without claiming lives of our attackers only asking them to

live apart) and if we don't win this fight now, Humanity & Love have

little chance to survive. We Muslims are in a problem as we have to

defend Islam too and fight terrorism too but Westerners have only to

target terrorism so they must not drag Islam to become a side of terror

as terrorism is a problem that humanity is facing. The problem that we

Muslims face is that much injustice according to our viewpoint is being

done to us in todays world just on the basis of martial strength and

much of that injustice is related to the territories that Muslims had heldfor centuries. Although the claim of Muslims is being accepted by many

a people now as valid and these people do care for the peace in the

world and understand that the world is for everyone of us to live yet

practically their support goes to those unconditionally for this reason or

that who are responsible for this situation of political turmoil all over

the world. This hypocrisy of those who could have made the situation

better due to the political status they enjoy today, have led to such

desperation in some small factions of the Muslim Society that they have

decided to take the matters in their own hands mostly in the name ofIslam (and this is an error of judgment on their part and not an error in

Islamic Teachings) not caring about how many innocent lives might be

lost or how it would affect their Muslim brothers. On the other hand,

there are people who consider themselves as Super Power professing

that for their self defense it is totally just for them to take the

philosophy I would kill your brother if you kill mine and the matter

has assumed a status of egg and chicken but here both the concepts

are totally wrong by the Islamic Perspective as both target innocent

lives for sure. The reason behind both these concepts is intolerance and

though we all talk about tolerance, patience, sacrifice, forgiveness,justice, love and humanity, nobody is ready to give his due practical

share to these great concepts of life. Also, I do wonder what this phrase

Super Power really means, as it is such foolishness to consider ones

own self superior than others and without any doubt it is related to

Inferiority Complex that itself stems from a sense of deprivation of

necessities of life. This complex can make a man very dangerous if he


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achieves power and if you read recent history you would find that those

who were known as totally heartless people, had a childhood that was a

collection of deprivation of all sort and when they got some power they

went on to inflict great disaster to all the people around without any

feelings of humanity at all as their psyche asked for a revenge for what

they had gone through, not caring at all about who was really

responsible for that. All such persons justified their actions by

philosophies and concepts that were based on hatred towards a number

of people for this reason or that and its a blessing of Allah that all such

hatred has found its fall now yet its a real worry if phrases like Super

Power are applied in a regular fashion to some nation and I ask humbly

all peoples of the world if my words are heard and that also without any

prejudice not to use such terms please, as these are again giving rise to

other philosophies of hatred like the ones we have just managed to get

rid of, so such terms must better be avoided even if someone takes theirapplication in language as valid for any reason whatsoever.

(Q-2)What is Jihad?

(A)- Jihad has nothing to do with terrorism. Jihad means to fight in the

way of Allah those people who pose a great danger to the life style of

Islam to punish the wrong-doers then and there and end such threat. It

is a manner to punish those people who after getting the message of

Islam, the collection of commands of Allah, reject it because Muslimsare the appointed force of Allah in the world but this attitude is not to

impose the viewpoint of Islam on others as where and when it becomes

clear that the mischievous people that have been presented the Islamic

Teachings clearly would not accept it and in addition, would not make a

respectable pact of peace with Muslim, then Muslims have to take

action for their punishment challenging them openly clarifying that

Muslims are commanded to fight those who are a threat to the Islamic

Way of Life in the world being the appointed force of Allah upon the

Earth. Please note that the first option is to ask for a respectable pact

from the enemy of the Islamic Values but if no pact of peace is madewhere the enemy of Islam clarify clearly that they would not pose any

threat to the Islamic way of life and would try to keep away from

Muslims as much as possible and also show this attitude in practice

clearly, Jihad has to be initiated as this rejection by such mischievous

people to the Message of Allah is a Fitnah (trouble created by satan)

that must be ended by force so that such non-Muslims who pose a threat


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to the Islamic way of life, live in the world only remaining without any

value not having much of a say in the matters of the world. Please note

here that ZIMMI, the non-Muslims living with Muslims, would not be

challenged at all though they would be presented the teachings of Islam

clearly for which acceptance or rejection depends on their own free will.

Jihad may be fought in defense or initiated where no option seems

available (though the Islamic Teachings must be fully conveyed to all

before taking any initiative) yet in today's world I have written clearly

in my books and at the net too that we must not take the initiative for

Jihad as that would cause Muslims to kill innocent persons

unintentionally due to the very deadly weapons in use at war that can

not be guided exactly at target with all caution a person can take. The

best way to deal with enemies in todays world is to ask Allah to take

His revenge directly for He is capable of doing anything He wants and

even though Muslims are the appointed force of Allah, Jihad at presentis not much of an option for us except for defense. Jihad is to save weak

and innocent people and also to pave way for the existence of an Islamic

Society and its defense and it is not meant to kill any innocent person

intentionally or unintentionally. It also needs an Islamic Commander

who is wise, courageous, daring, caring about Humanity and who also

has a good support for the good cause of defending Islam. So, in brief,

Jihad is to fight openly challenging the enemy (that rejected Islam when

it was clearly presented to it and also refrained from making a

respectable pact with Muslims) at face clarifying the reason of thecombat to punish the enemy, remaining loyal to a Commander of Islam

who has the support of a great number of staunch Muslims, without

applying any tactic to attack and hide without caring what harm it

would cause to their brothers due to the inhuman thinking and martial

power of any such enemy who considers the philosophy of Might is

Right as the corner stone of its culture and society. In short, initiative

for Jihad is not an option for us Muslims in today's world and if Jihad

does exist somewhere it is purely in self-defense to which nobody can

raise an eyebrow except where he considers Muslims as vicious animals

due to hatred, and not human beings.

(Q-3)Why Muslims have not made a mark in Recent Scientific Pursuit

and why dont they show gratitude to the West for the scientific

commodities that are in use today taking the Western life-style as

superior to their own?


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(A)-This is a good question and many Muslims try to avoid it not

knowing what to say. Let me be frank in my answer and note here that

without any intention of insulting the West in any way, I just want to

point out the Islamic Viewpoint in this regard. There are quite a few

things taken as discoveries leading to some opening in the knowledge of

the study of man, mostly in the field of Psychology due to its affinity

with the spiritual side of man, which have been put forward by Muslims

many centuries before in true nature and the Meaning of Dreams by

Ibn-e-Sereen (available even now) is one of the greatest works of

Muslims in this regard that has been done centuries before Freud wrote

his interpretation of dreams. Muslims have much contributed to the

knowledge of Medicine and Astronomy too (Averros, Farabi, Avissenna

and many others are big names in these matters) and in fact these 3

subjects have been studied by Muslims very deeply a few centuries ago

and even today they are at a better position to clarify the commands inthese three regarding moral side. Note that the Holy Quran has pointed

out that by the study of AAFAQ (universe) and ANFUS (self), non-

Muslims would be convinced of the Holy Quran being the Truth

particularly about QAYAMAT (See Surah HA-MEEM AS-SAJDA-53)

and therefore there is no doubt that concentration on these 3 subjects

would indeed pave way for the non-Muslims to respect Islam, if not

accept it fully. This is a prophecy that is fulfilled now proving that the

Holy Quran is Truth indeed and this also clarifies that it was destined

that the non-Muslims achieve an advancement in the matters of Scienceand Technology but with all said and done, I would point out the fact

that every people do have intelligent persons who are capable to achieve

advancement in different fields though it needs much support from

influential people to present their findings and achievements to general

public as the history points out. We Muslims are having a total hard

time since a century or two with no support from influential people (and

this position stands at present too when Muslims have regained

independence from the British and others in the last century, as our

administrators are still much impressed by the Western thought) and

that caused us to be at the receiving side only in the matters of science &technology. My personal opinion in this regard is that the events have

taken a good shape by Islamic viewpoint as according to the Holy

Quran, it was clear that advancement in Science & Technology was

destined for people other than Muslims (and the no-care attitude of

non-Muslims for moral limitation about the scientific gadgets and

technological achievements have put world into a chaos that was never


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seen before in the history of mankind) so I must write here that we must

now clarify the Spiritual Teachings according to Islam about whatever

physical advancement the Man has made today as we are the ones who

can do that much better. Please note here that strictly by the Islamic

viewpoint, the concentration must only be through the power of

observation and laboratory experiments must totally be avoided as

much of the wrong has been committed through lab. in these 3 fields of

knowledge as the recent history points out clearly. We have seen and

are seeing that the West has given the world all good and bad at one

time in the name of Science and Technology so we Muslims have to

remain cautious about what to take and what to leave. To point out a

few atrocities about Science & Technology, I would mention that the

astronomical ventures that have been undertaken until this time have

caused a huge amount of human resources that could have made the

situation better for many a hungry people of the world facing faminetotally deprived of basic necessities of life. We could have done without

many a useless gadgets and scientific commodities that are taken as

necessities in todays world due to propaganda and advertisement

(mostly of medical nature) as people can remain healthy without such

things and there are attitudes and acceptance of attitudes in the Medical

Field that Islam does not appreciate at all so those have to be indicated

and have to be changed. We find amazingly deadly weapons just due to

the desire to rule and be at the head of things and what a foolishness

this thinking and attitude is, that has put all the people of the world intoan unwanted fear. Apart from atrocities in the field of Astronomy,

Medicine and Psychology that clearly denote moral deterioration, there

are other fields too where Science and Technology has provided

appliances in the good name of making life easier that have caused

stress to a huge number of people as no care has been taken to see moral

deterioration those gadgets might cause (specially the gadgets that work

on the basis of satellites). There are much useless scientific appliances

for entertainment (computer not included as it can be used for much

educational work and this is a wonderful gadget no doubt specially

when its working is not based on satellite), that could have been avoidedwithout any loss to the development of humankind. For the psyche of an

ordinary man too, these scientific commodities have provided a shock

coming so many so fast in a short time that to keep them in a necessary

moral limit is a challenge now. I remember that some forty-five years

back or so in my childhood, radio transistor was the main source of

news, information and entertainment in Pakistan and now in these few


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years taking only the communication field, we got Audio Cassete

Players (first with big cassettes and then small in size with same or even

more space), Television, Video Cassete Players, Video Games Machines,

Computer with many amazing softwares and then it developed with

inclusion of net and now there are scientific gadgets that work on the

basis of satellites (and these satellite gadgets have brought a few social

& moral problems with them by the Islamic Viewpoint) so these

number of gadgets have come very fast in a short time and have affected

the social values regarding morals all over the world. We have to stop

somewhere sometime in regards to the inventions though discoveries (if

they are truly discoveries and not just vague satanic theories) dont

worry an ordinary man as those find their place well by morals &

ethics. These scientific commodities have also made a psyche of showing

off and those who can afford and have little care regarding morals, feel

that they must let others know by accumulating all sorts of scientificand technological items that they are capable of managing all this by

their money, time and effort. This has caused many to get into some

complex and even the life style that these scientific commodities have

brought about, is causing much deadly infections and diseases that were

never heard of before. But everyone has his work in the world and here

we Muslims come in. We are much better in providing how to deal with

all the chaos that Science & Technology has created in the world by the

Blessing of Allah. The point I intend to convey is that iron, wood, bronze

and other metals have indeed developed a lot but Man has not trulydeveloped for it needs development of psyche keeping morals and values

for that which Man has achieved in the history for sure. We Muslims

would show our gratitude to the West only if it accepts us at a better

position to better the situation regarding spiritual, moral and ethical

side of the scientific commodities they have presented to us. West has

done an outside job and we Muslims have a great capability to see to the

inside work by the Blessing of Allah as that would be the true

development of Humankind but only when everybody do accept us at

the better status for that with total heart. If the West is ready to give us

credit for the spiritual development (and we have always shown ourworth in many thousands of years that have gone in the past), we would

show our gratitude for its material development though taking from it

only what we deem fit or else, we would have to leave many of these

inventions ultimately for which they seem to demand much respect (and

in fact there are such voices too in the West who ask that due to these

scientific commodities that they have presented, we must take their


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lifestyle taking even those things that we presently take as highly

shameful by our standard of judgment of morals). Only time would tell

how the things turn out yet this is totally obvious that without the

support of Muslims wit about the morals that have the power to satisfy

the inner self of all the people of the world and keep them away from all

stress and strain, there is no way for the true development of the Man

for sure. Al-Hamdu-Lillah.

(Q-4)What is an Islamic Society? What would be the basic concepts in

its Economic System, Political System and Educational System?

(A)- Islamic Society is a gathering that in Belief, is based on the fact that

Allah is the only True Authority so only His Commands must be obeyed

and where there is a clash of some command with His Commands, that

command must not be obeyed; and in deeds, it is based on Justice andHEJAB. Actually, there are two main categories of sins, cruelty and

shamelessness, in which all the sins can be grouped. When men abuse

their physical power (this means the power of their influential status in

todays world), cruelty and injustice and even terrorism, take place and

when the women take to wrong types of fashions and display their

beauty without any care about moral values whatsoever, shamelessness

takes place. With satanic philosophies that are well suited for an animal

life-style rather than a human life-style, like might is right and

consent of adults is enough to commit sexual act, the society does notremain a humane society but becomes a society of animals where a

hatred between the male & the female develops leading towards a great

mental tension & a high moral deterioration. Islamic Society, on the

contrary, asks for care about the weak not in words only but in practice

too, without fail insha-Allah (by the will of Allah). The institution of

marriage would be developed even more (and by the Blessing of Allah,

it is strong even in these trying times in the Muslim world) and kept

intact and a tie between all family members would be seen by laws that

would enhance such culture. It would be preferable for the men to

marry more than one woman as more than one marriage withannouncement, responsibility and trust is much better than committing

any wrong and I am totally sure that even the woman at the east

especially among Muslims, after seeing where West has led its women

to, would fully support this system by their total regards to it. The law

would be totally Islamic based on the Holy Quran and the SUNNAH

(the sayings & deeds of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH as they also


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clarify the Commands of Allah only) in the Islamic Society and courts

would make their decisions fully in accordance with Islam (and this

implies that judges would be well-versed in the Islamic Law for sure).

HEJAB would prevail at the Political, Economical and Educational

System at the Islamic Society insha-Allah. The financial responsibility of

the female lies upon the male (father when unmarried and husband

when married), so she does not have to worry in this matter and if she

earns something taking care about HEJAB, she is liable to keep that

amount in total too in addition to what she receives from her father or

husband though she must be at 30 years of age or more if she wants to

work outside her home. She can keep property if she deems fit and with

HEJAB, she can even run a business if she is at or more than 30 years of

age though such activity is not much appreciable in Islam as she would

have to deal with males (but still it is not prohibited). She would not be

allowed to hold any political office though she would be asked heropinions time and again for political matters and where seems fit, her

opinion would be taken into practice specially in matters that relate to

the female in the Islamic Society. It is a matter of trust and that is how it

would remain insha Allah. She can go for high education too though

subjects for her would be specified so that she finds them useful in

practical life (not because of any discrimination or her inferiority as

even though she is regarded in a man's care in the world for her

security according to Islamic Viewpoint yet she is equal to man in the

matters of AKHIRAT, the true life after this life). However, aftercoming to adulthood, her education would remain separate from men

except for medical education where she can study at co-education with

strict reservation of attitude plus necessary physical HEJAB without

any pressure from outside. All private co-educational institutions,

coaching centers or other academic establishments would totally be

eliminated after the tenth grade and the Govt. institutions would also

not provide education at co-education after it for the first year and the

second year of college though after that only those girls who excel in

studies, can go on with their Medical or Arts & Commerce studies in a

co-educational set-up with strict reservation of attitude plus necessaryphysical HEJAB at Medical Colleges or specific Universities if they

want. Girls would not be allowed to pursue the high study of Science

except for Medical as it leads their minds to confusion only and that is

also a waste of time and money on their part. They can take up nursing

& teaching as professions for them as they do now in the Pakistani set-

up, when they are at 30 years of age or more yet in nursing, they must


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not tend male patients and must take care of the teachings of HEJAB;

while at teaching, they must not develop any tendency of beating

children for education and must take care of the teachings of HEJAB.

The Film Industry can not remain in the Islamic Society so it would be

eliminated totally though a few TV channels would operate that can

present female actresses in decent dramas. The Economic System at an

Islamic Society would be totally clear of interest in all transactions and

QARZ-e- HASANAH would be appreciated and developed in this

Society. This means to extend loan to needy persons telling them in

writing that this would be returnable when the debtor feels at ease.

Mind it that the Islamic Society would be totally clear of interest and the

Bait-ul-Mall (the National Treasury) would also extend such loans with

the same statement. Islam develops a character that values the True

Faith and Good Deeds and it works to discourage the love of material

possessions as selfishness has no place in the Islamic Society. Live withNecessities as much as possible is its motto regarding Economics (and

not that human wants are unlimited and resources to fulfill them are

limited asking for preferences; we do not appreciate such thinking) and

this would be clarified time and again so as to have such persons ahead

in the society that might show angelic character all the time at all the

place. The Political System would be based on the votes of all the people

as Islam does value democracy as a political system, though it might

seem a surprise to many people given to the western thought. However,

it is much better to carve a better system for elections of the members ofthe parliament as Islam does not appreciate competition among

Muslims in getting the leadership and more important is the fact that it

does not allow obedience to anyone when the commands of Allah are

violated. One of the ways the evil effect of competition can be

neutralized is to give a seat to the successful candidate and also a seat to

the runner-up, the second in line. If there are two parliaments like the

National and the Provincial from where the persons are competing, each

can be allotted a seat in one of the parliaments respectively while the

third might have some say in the political set-up too by the law and

there must not be more than three competitors; other ways to endcompetition might also be considered. The point I intend to make, is

that the evil effects of competition in the voting system must be

neutralized as competition in worldly matters is not appreciated in

Islam which asks to compete in the matters of AKHIRAT but not in the

matters of this world. Also, there would be no compromise on Islamic

Principles that would be totally clarified so that no one finds a way to


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impose his own thinking in the name of democracy; that would be a

form of dictatorship too according to the Islamic Teachings. Note that

the obedience to any person is based on condition that there would be

no disobedience to Allah and this attitude would be the basis of the

Islamic Society. Nobody in the whole world can be so open minded and

tolerant than a True Muslim when his principles are not challenged and

its a pity that due to some factions of Muslims, Islam is taken as

intolerant of any other view than its own. When Muslims are not

challenged and they find leading their lives totally easy upon Islam

collectively without any kind of injustice, they would never interfere in

the matters of others in today's world as this attitude is totally in

accordance with the teachings of Islam clearly. We Muslims are not

Nosey-Parkers as many "developed persons" have shown themselves to

be, and in fact we do not appreciate such attitude anytime anywhere.

Personally, even as an ordinary Muslim, I do not like secret services andposing enmity to any country today yet as it takes two to make for this

attitude, it must be seen how people deal with us. If people dont only

talk about peace but do really care about it, it would be a Blessing of

Allah on the world indeed. The Educational System would ask for all

that could be learnt by an individual and there would be no imparting

of knowledge by force. Examination would be avoided preferably and

basics of all the subjects like Astronomy, Medicine, Psychology, Biology,

Physics, Chemistry, History, Geography, Math (Algebra included),

Statistics, Economics, Business Dealings (Banking and Correspondenceincluded), Law of the country and many other subjects with the most

necessary inclusion of Islamic Teachings (the Holy Quran, SUNNAH

and great works of the great scholars of Islam) to put everything onto its

place, would be totally imparted for the sake of strength of the Islamic

Society. In brief, we all must note that for an Islamic Society, we don't

need to take actions that are sudden or imposed by force as Islamic

Values command a respect naturally that don't need such a forced way

of manifesting themselves so Insha Allah the current society can be

changed into an Islamic Society by taking the following steps of

elimination into practice by the persons in authority or in any powerfulposition to influence the current society easily while the necessary good

attitudes that would develop for the consolidation of Islamic Values

would take place as the matter of natural tendency insha-Allah. Mind it

that this authority is the AMANAT given by Allah that must be used to

put Allah's Commands into practice as much as possible; Al-Hamdu

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-a- It is a matter of Belief that Allah is the only True Authority.

-b- All forms of injustice would be eliminated with ADAL (power of the

Law by which Islamic Teachings mostly ask Muslim men to take action)

insha-Allah for which firstly, the clauses of the law of the land that are

un-Islamic would be eliminated; secondly, beatings to children for the

purpose of their education and beatings to the accused persons for their

confession of crimes specially putting them in shameful condition, would

be eliminated; thirdly, post mortem of human bodies for the sake of

education or in the name of justice would be eliminated; fourthly, much

paper work and high documentation needed for official purposes would

be eliminated; fifthly, usury & interest in the Economics Field, would be

eliminated; sixthly, extreme poverty (MEHROOMEE), where one does

not even find basic necessities to fulfill one's needs and the needs of

those who are dependant on one, would be eliminated; seventhly, byTABLEEGH of taking up good activities and of giving up bad activities,

the evil effect of the current environment would be eliminated. These

steps would insha-Allah bring about such a good environment where a

Muslim person would find totally easy to fulfill the Islamic minimum

requirement of Belief practicing the command of SALAH by practicing

at least FARDH-SALAH five times a day at home or at mosque and

SAUM (Fasting) in the holy month of RAMAZAN, ZAKAT once a year

and HAJJ once in the life-time if a person is rich (in fact, we all Muslims

must try to fulfill at least the minimum requirement that Islamic Beliefasks from us in all circumstances any time anywhere). So, insha Allah

with these seven points with the assistance of the Muslim man, injustice

would be eliminated from the current society by ADAL i.e. the asking of

the law of the land.

-c- All matters that Islam takes as shameful matters would be

eliminated with EHSAAN (asking humbly the Muslim women-folk to

fulfill good Islamic Traditions of HIYA i.e. the natural tendency

towards goodness & HEJAB i.e. keeping the attitude of distance from

unrelated men in all ways possible) for which firstly, indecent clothing,

as Islam takes it, for the women-folk when they come out for necessities,would be eliminated; secondly, treatment for women by males in

gynecological afflictions and in all major afflictions, would be

eliminated; thirdly, co-education at the first year & the second year of

the college education keeping the Pakistani educational set-up in view,

and also further study for girls who have not shown excellence in their

study, would be eliminated; fourthly, service in public or private sector


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by women-folk that are not at or above the age of 30 years, would be

eliminated; fifthly, dancing of women anytime anywhere that is

becoming so common nowadays at TV and even at some indecent

gatherings, would be eliminated; sixthly, film industry, indecent dramas

and a host of TV channels that transmit their programs & features all

day long, would be eliminated; seventhly, still photos & pictures for un-

official reasons plus videos that are intended for private use, would be

eliminated. So, insha Allah, with these seven points with much

assistance of the Muslim woman, shameful matters would be eliminated

from the current society by EHSAAN i.e. by asking of the good natural

tendency.

Now, if we Muslims try to fulfill even the minimum requirements of

Islamic Teachings and go on spreading those wonderful teachings

asking for the application of all good deeds and for the avoidance of allbad deeds, insha Allah the current society would soon turn into an

Islamic Society providing us a further guidance of how to consolidate it

well by the Blessing of Allah. It is necessary that in all matters, all the

people though ordinary or at office in the Government Institutions, do

take care that Islamic Values prevail in the Society with love, hope and

humanity so as to make even this worldly life totally pleasant that

becomes a representation of the peace at gardens of Paradise that insha

Allah, would be its reward after this life. Al-Hamdu Lillah.

(Q-5)What is HEJAB? How would women proceed with their lives inthe Islamic Society?

A-By the Islamic command of HEJAB, it is meant that the Muslim

women must remain in their houses except for necessities which they

themselves must decide with a true devotion to Islam. Whenever and

wherever in an Islamic Society she decides that some necessity permits

her to leave the house to see to it, she can leave her face, her hands up-to

wrists and her feet up-to her toes uncovered. A big CHADAR or

BURQA must be used in addition to usual garments for the sake ofHEJAB that must be observed in an Islamic Society though on the level

of EHSAN (good natural tendency; this means that, besides the law of

the land that would not interfere in this matter except where the

aberration seems collective, women must observe HEJAB by their own

good judgment and respect for Islamic Values). So there are three

points to note regarding HEJAB and among them the first is that it


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actually means that Women must not leave their homes without any

Islamic reason and the second is that when they do leave their homes on

necessity that they would decide themselves keeping Islamic Teachings

in view, they must not leave with make-up & fashions and take a

CHADAR (big unattractive sheet of cloth) hiding their hair and

themselves totally and the third is that as soon as the necessity ends,

they must return to their homes without waste of time. If Muslim

women do take care about these points specially about how to leave the

homes on necessity keeping prohibition and obligation in view that is

they must take care that no make-up should be done while facing Na-

Mehrum persons and that a Big CHADAR must be taken when they

leave their homes for some necessary work, which must hide all the

body except for face, hands and feet, then there would not be much left

to ask from a Muslim woman regarding HEJAB. Note that the Na-

Mehrum for a woman is any man who can ask her into marriage if sheis, or would have been, unmarried. Men having enough resources,

should marry more than one woman as Islam allows keeping in

marriage four women at one time for the Muslim men with total trust,

responsibility and announcement. They must not worry about the gossip

such attitude might cause as we Muslims must care about the word of

Allah and not the words of people when it falls against it. I am sure this

will put an end to many social problems which Muslim women are

facing in today's world and the Muslim women would insha-Allah

honor this attitude themselves in the Islamic Society by their own.HEJAB should be felt in the society by the setting of traditions and for

this we must ask humbly the Muslim women to set traditions and fulfill

them by asking attention of each other towards those. No force at all but

with good faith, sacrifice and tolerance. As for how would women fare

in the Islamic Society so this matter depends on their own-selves as they

can set Islamic traditions to live within and as they live in big Muslim

cities now, they would have to make just a few necessary adjustments in

that living style particularly relating to HEJAB yet nothing would be

imposed and every attitude would be asked to be developed with total

counseling keeping to Islamic Teachings with total heart.

(Q-6) Does the Islamic Society ask for Dictatorship not letting anyone

say his thoughts and what attitude would be taken for mobile cell-

phones and what about Fine Arts that relate to Music, Cinema, TV,

CD's, Computer (specially net)?


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A- No, Islam does not ask for Dictatorship. As I have said that Islamic

Society is based on Justice and HEJAB so it is totally impossible that

any dictatorship becomes appreciable in a True Islamic Society. Islam

does not even appreciate an ordinary dictatorship so there is no

question that might arise of harsh attitudes forbidding people to speak

other than what the state tells them. Differences to the Government

might be present and this must be considered as a normal phenomenon

and must not be worried about as that would never take hold in the

general public when the State is based on the True Islamic Values and

then these dissenting voices would automatically work to provide for

any betterment in the attitude of the Government by Islamic Principles

or to ask for more leniency in the matters that the dissention asks

attention to, remaining inside the Principles of Islam. However, the

problem arises when an open challenge to Islamic Principles takes placeon some disciplined manner by quite a number of people as that is not

dissention but an asking for a practical revolution against Islam that is

the basis of the Islamic State and this disciplined opposition to Islam is

intolerable. Even then, such people must not be killed just because they

became members to such opposition but they must be given an open

trial and must be given a chance to betterment in their attitude

according to the Islamic Teachings by the law of the Land without any

force. However, if these people kill other people for their own black

cause then they would be dealt by the law accordingly. There must beno ban on saying or writing anything whatsoever yet it must be seen

that only those attitudes develop in the society that ask for a better

Islamic Living by a psychological guidance rather than a political

stance. LOVE of Humanity in total practice, must be the basis of all

general attitude here as this is the True Islam. The attitude for

democracy plus the respect for Islamic Principles on which the Islamic

State comes into existence both must be present simultaneously in the

general attitude. This does happen all over the world that a person

appreciates the honor of the place he lives in with all the thinking he has

for a good living, without any force or an unnatural burden on hispsyche. This position would take some time to develop here due to the

effect of much rumors that have been spread by the ill-wishers of Islam

yet this position is not unachievable as it is most natural to the Human

Psyche. However, to take Islamic Society as intolerant to all types of

dissention is alien to Islamic Teachings itself. The regular accusations

against Islam that have no basis denote an inappropriate political


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attitude. This attitude is mostly taken by politicians against their

opponents blaming them for this and that only in vague manner relating

to future, specially when their opponents are incapable to answer

adequately due to personal incompetence, due to problem in

communication or due to any other reason whatsoever. The examples

might be seen where and when politicians blame their opponents for

planning to kill a prominent personality or planning to commit some

other big criminal act, without providing any valid proof for such

statements so that they might validate their black actions against their

opponents through force with an appreciation in response or at least

with a silence in response from the general public. This political way of

dealing things must not be taken into practice at any scholarly

discussion where the matter in consideration must be dealt fully and

truthfully so the best medicine for such invalid psyche is to prove

practically that a True Muslim is never a dictator and hears everythingtaking what his Principles allow without challenging his opponent

leaving him on his own even if he has Power to put him into trouble.

The greatest man, the last messenger of Allah, the Holy Prophet

Muhammad PBUH gave pardon to all the prominent and ordinary

persons of Makkah when he conquered the city, though these people

had given such trouble to the Messenger that he had to leave it and

settle in MADINAH and they had tortured Muslims a lot. Our

traditions are to give pardon even to enemies and not to kill our fellow

country-men just because their views seem to collide with the IslamicValues that we want to implement. This attitude runs in our blood and

that is why Muslims feel an obligation to support and care for the

security of the non-Muslims of the land they rule in the best way

possible for them, remaining inside the Principles given by Islam.

However, it would be clarified in plain terms that a disciplined

opposition to Islamic Principles would not be tolerated in the Islamic

Society as that would pave way to a chaos in the peaceful Islamic

Society and as such, it would cause a mutiny against Islam itself. This is

called FITNAH in the Islamic terms which is plainly and clearly, totally

intolerable in the Islamic Society and that would be openly challengedand cleared from the Islamic Society with as much care for humanity as

possible. Al-Hamdu Lillah. As for MUSIC, I really feel that many

Islamic persons go to height in its opposition. The problem arises when

at one side, we find total opposition to any type of music and at the

other side, we find total liberal attitude towards music as when it comes

to entertainment by music, it is taken for granted that this means a


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messy mixed gathering having a fast music with a lot of noise without

any care for the Islamic Values. These both attitudes have to be termed

as extremism according to what I have learnt by the KITAB and the

SUNNAH after many years of study by the blessing of Allah. Please note

that there are some points to consider in this regard without fail. Each

point has some Islamic reasoning at its base that is easy to understand

and if needed, I would provide that with pleasure. However, here I

would present the points in brief and even an ordinary Muslim would

understand their validity well only by their mention insha Allah. The

first point is that Islam does not allow men to converse with women un-

necessarily and vice versa as that is against the command of HEJAB so

the songs that are spread in the Islamic Society must be clear of the

voice of women. The second point is that the words of the songs must

not challenge Islamic Morals in any way and this matter must be

decided by ordinary Muslims yet with total devotion to Islam. The thirdpoint to note in this regard is that the singers, players of instruments

and musicians must not be professional as their occupations must be

some other works while Music remains a pastime and a matter of

relaxation to them and to all those who enjoy music. The fourth point is

that the music must be soft and not a rhythmic din of some kind as a

fast music is not appreciable in the Islamic set-up. The fifth point is that

dancing of women is totally unacceptable in the Islamic Society so that

must not be present at the songs though presence of women in a

romantic video song sung by a male person might be tolerated whereshe remains in decent clothes with decent attitude. The sixth and the last

point in this regard is that the instruments used for the songs must not

be more than two because high number of instruments give the

impression of the song being a professional kind of a thing and also

breaks the rule of making the song a presentation of a soft music. Please

note that this last point does not mean that two categories of

instruments might be used in any number but it means that the total

number of instruments must be two only. It is even better if a

computerized gadget that is able to provide different musical voices, is

used for the song with a set-up of the voices of two musical instrumentsthat fulfill the minimum requirement of the music (yin and yang) in the

song that must remain soft in nature. The Holy Quran does not ban

music by any verse and the only verse that is taken to prohibit music is

not directly related to the matter (Surah Luqman-6). It tells about the

evil of taking useless stories that the true knowledge would never

appreciate. The verse was revealed when a person from the infidels


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brought two women that could sing well so that they could divert

attention from the recitation of the Holy Book Quran towards their-

selves. In fact, this verse clarifies well that the music must not be a

challenge to Islam taking the points given in application without any

inclination towards accepting any fiction; that hopefully would make it

tolerable in the Islamic Society. The whole universe is manifesting a

rhythm and this rhythm must rather be appreciated even by the Islamic

persons and not discarded without any rhyme or reason. There are

Ahadith that show some reservation regarding music yet some of them

do not fulfill the criterion set by MUHADDISEEN (persons who

understand the status of Ahadith) for the words to be taken truly as

Ahadith while others have the margin to be interpreted as prohibiting

professional attitude towards Music or prohibiting a total engagement

in it taking it more than a form of relaxation. As for the Cinema, please

note that there would be no film industry in an Islamic Society as thatviolates much of the Islamic Values. However, there can be a Dramatic

Club or two (one to be run necessarily under the management of the

Government only to provide attention to Islamic values and these clubs

must not be high in number in any way) that might provide for the

Drama programs run at different channels of TV in the Islamic

Country. This automatically clarifies that TV and TV channels would

operate in the Islamic Society though their channels must be very little

in number and registered. Foreign Channels must be discouraged until

they comply with the requirements of the Islamic Society. These TVchannels must care about Islamic Morals with total commitment to

Islam and besides decent drama and musical programs, they must air

open political discussions as they do now, give Islamic advices and also

provide necessary education to shape good attitudes that Islam asks for

in a decent Islamic Society. They must also air programs where reading

of books of fiction, of education, of biographies and of Islam is

presented as that would be most beneficial when the Islamic Morals are

kept in view. Please note that regarding TV and other places in the

Islamic Society, there must be no dancing of women or any modeling of

women or any advertisement that presents women in a vulgar form orany free kind of attitude of women towards men as this all is indecency

in Islam that must be totally avoided, both at the individual and at the

collective level in the Islamic Society. Computers would be used openly

and net would be available though Government must see that all sites

that present nudity and vulgarity must be banned in all ways possible

on the basis of the law obstructing such sites to open at screen by net by


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technical applications yet the best thing is to ask all people on the basis

of EHSAAN regularly to avoid all such sites by their own good choice

but still stoppage by the law on the basis of ADAL would not be

abandoned in this matter. Cd/s offered at the market must be cleared by

the Islamic Watchful Eyes among the Government so that there remains

no immoral or un-Islamic material in them and if they have songs, those

must not be sung by women-folk but comply with the points given about

music. Mobile cell phones that are at general use would remain well in

use insha-Allah yet these gadgets would only be used generally for the

communication of messages while the voice-communication would only

be allowed by high charges monthly to professional business persons

and registered companies only; the gadgets would have no camera in

them. Please note that liberty does not mean independence from

Islamic Values but it means to live in accordance with good Islamic

moral values without any pressure from outside. A person does have toconform to some order and if he does not conform to the Order set by

Allah, he would conform to other orders that are only satanic leading

himself to total mental pressure that would make his life and lives of

others that are dependent on him for their requirements, totally

miserable for certain; note that committed people to the cause of Islam

that are just and lenient are necessary for the task. The Truth is only

One that is the way of Allah while satanic philosophies are many in

number though the One Truth has the power to satisfy the inner self of

a person totally well while the satanic philosophies increase mentaltensions only, without offering any guidance towards an honorable

inner satisfaction. Please note well that the Islamic Teachings do not

ban music but they put a check on the evil presentation regarding music

as specified while TV can operate at homes with some necessary

adjustments as many of the scholars of Islam have tolerated photos for

official needs by the Islamic reasoning and this leniency does provide an

opening to tolerate the operating of TV in an Islamic Society though its

programs must not violate the Islamic Morals in any way. Al-Hamdu

Lillah.

This was an answer to some of the questions that arise in the Western

mind and I have tried to clarify to the best of my capability as an

ordinary Muslim studying Islam for more than 36 years now by the

blessing of Allah. To me, it seems strange that the West feels that Islam

is a challenge to it as in today's world, we Muslims are better when

unrelated with the West as there is much for us to worry about from its


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side and not the other way round. Again it is strange that the West

knows so little about us Muslims and our Belief yet there are people

who without any touch of shame, present such teachings about Islam

hearing which even a layman in Muslims would feel amused or shocked.

I don't know if things like Islam is 1500 years old and Muhammad

(PBUH) was the founder of Islam and Jihad is terrorism that Islam asks

for to get JANNAH (paradise) so Islam professes terrorism and

Muhammad (PBUH) was obsessed with animal desires and he was

always ready to wage a war on enemies of Islam and music is banned in

Islam as it does not appreciate fine arts and Islamic Punishments are

against Human Rights and women are actually slaves in Islam (in fact,

the high respect we have for women is something the West would not

understand due to its current set of morals though we do take the

Female as given in the Male's care for her own betterment and security

and it is a matter of trust yet both have only one aim of life and that is toobey Allah every-time every-where so regarding the life after this one,

both are equal), are being presented by some conspiracy or the West

has such fools as think-tanks who even after presenting some document

for themselves denoting a degree of being learned in Islam, are unaware

of even the basic matters of Islam. At least, I would not try to present

Christianity to Christians or anyone for that matter, though I do

understand its salient features, for the simple reason that it is not my

status being a Muslim to comment on this matter. Please note that the

best way to understand Islam is to read the Holy Quran about whichevery Muslim believes that nothing has changed in it since its revelation

upon the Last of Prophets Muhammad (PBUH) and reading even a

good translation of this Holy Book of ours with the assistance of the

SUNNAH, would reveal clearly what Islam is all about. Why leave this

simple manner of understanding Islam and project misunderstandings

about Islam as its teachings, misguiding all without any rhyme or

reason. If all the inhabitants of the planet Earth have to live with total

peace then we all must respect each others views, solving our political

problems by the application of Justice and not by abuse of power as that

would worsen the problems for sure. May Allah help all the peace-loving people to make a working partnership among all peoples of the

world so that the world does prosper without any challenge to any-one;

everybody has to answer for his or her own self at AKHIRAT so after

the presentation of Islam to all, we Muslims have no more obligation, at-

least not at the present moment of time; Al-Hamdu Lillah.


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Completed this writing

at the night of 18th Rabi-ul-Awwal 1427

(April 17, 2006)

Muhammad Saleem Dada

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